Chapter 421
How can tens of thousands be compared with tens of millions or even hundreds of millions?
However, Aisha found it incredible. As the team leader, she naturally knew that Seele, like Wendy, was Herrscher candidate, and the two often participated in research courses that Tesla specially set up for them.
Yes, the two of them were the subjects of research.
The two were mostly studied separately, so Wendy didn't know much about Seele's abilities and only knew that Seele inherited the core of the Sixth Herrscher [Herrscher of Death].
The most prominent characteristics of the Sixth Herrscher are the power of Wither and the power of Creation. However, due to inherent flaws, the core of the Herrscher of Death, the Gem of Serenity, contains very weak power of Creation, while the Herrscher of Death's power of Wither is more complete.
Research shows that the power of Wither is not very effective against creatures with Honkai resistance; it is a type of indiscriminate, wide-area destructive ability specifically designed for humans.
Because it is less effective against Honkai Beast, Seele herself rarely uses this ability in missions.
It is even more impossible to create such a terrifying result using the power of Wither.
Even though the small Floating-class Honkai Beast among the ocean Honkai Beast —the planktonic Honkai Beasts that look like shelled jellyfish—are weaker than the so-called land-based Honkai Beast, the Honkai Beast themselves are immune to a certain degree of Honkai Energy damage.
"Seele, why does it have such power?"
Aisha wielded her twin rapiers, swiftly slaying the Tidal-class and Floating-class before her, and asked in the makeshift wartime communication channel.
Upon hearing Aisha's question, Seele, who was being helped by Ann, revealed a smug smile.
"Although it is mainly the power of Wither, it also contains the power of Creation..."
It's like asking a dish why it glows, and the chef replies, "I added special effects."
Although the original question might have been about why the food was so delicious, and the chef's answer was that he added some kind of secret seasoning, Seele felt that there shouldn't be much difference in tone between the two.
She was indeed very pleased with herself at this moment. The Herrscher of Death's abilities were suitable for killing humans. Although the power of Creation had the effects of healing and regeneration, excessive treatment with the power of Creation would cause the body to undergo some uncontrollable and irreversible changes.
"I used the power of Creation to drive the evolution of the marine Honkai Beast, and then integrated them with the power of Wither. All the Honkai Beast can be immune to some of the damage caused by Honkai Energy, but they will not refuse the benefits that Honkai Energy brings..."
"So that's how it is, poison coated in sugar?"
Aisha immediately White Seele's Withering Mist could inflict such terrifying damage on the ocean Honkai Beast.
While bathed in the mist of decay, the life forms of those ocean Honkai Beast were being modified and evolved to adapt to the environment, but they absorbed a large amount of power of Wither, resulting in the complete collapse of their life structure.
"However, there may be Honkai Beast that have adapted to the power of Wither."
"Of course, but... slightly stronger Honkai Beast are no problem for the Silver Wolf Squad at all. The Silver Wolf Squad has the strongest firepower among the 13th Generation trainees."
As Seele answered listlessly, Bronya continued to shoot through the heads of those Great Honkai Beasts with her Planck sniper rifle.
Huohuo also took the opportunity to concentrate his firepower, bombarding the large number of floating corpses and opening fire on the Elite Rank Honkai Beast that were hiding under the corpses but were finding it increasingly difficult to conceal their aura.
The Honkai Beast, forced out of its predicament, was shot through the head by Bronya with almost no power to resist.
Even if the heads of some Honkai Beast are not a weak point, a single shot from the positron sniper cannon is enough to blast half of the bodies of those Great Honkai Beasts.
Bronya, using both the Planck sniper rifle and the positron sniper cannon interchangeably, begins to demonstrate her strength as the strongest firepower.
Despite the pain all over her body Seele couldn't help but laugh out loud. Even if she cried out from the pain for the next ten days or so, she would still be happy for her Sister Bronya's good results.
The laughter coming from the wartime communications channel left Aisha looking utterly helpless.
"I'm sorry... everyone, I wasn't able to bring out your full potential."
Whether it's Huohuo's still powerful area-of-effect damage ability, or Wendy's overpowered combat strength after using the Herrscher transformation device, both are beyond the norm.
"It's not Aisha's fault."
"Exactly, it's the vice-captain of the Silver Wolf Squad who went too far with his cheating."
"Herrscher transformation device, my previous test showed a difference of 0.5."
"0.5 is a big difference, okay? My suitability is 0.37 less. By the way, I heard that the one called Xing is only 0.08 less."
The members of the Radiance Squad seemed to know that, based on the current results, the Radiance Squad had already lost to the Silver Wolf Squad. Upon hearing Aisha's trembling words of self-blame, they all panicked and began to comfort Aisha.
Aisha wanted the Radiance Squad to achieve more success, primarily so that the team members would receive treatment commensurate with their abilities, rather than having their futures ruined because of some of their personality issues or habits.
However, the comfort from her teammates did not make Aisha feel better; instead, it made her even more resentful.
She always felt that the reason why the Radiance Squad lost to the Silver Wolf Squad was not because Wendy was not strong enough, nor because Huohuo was not strong enough, nor because the other members of the squad were not strong enough, but simply because she, as the captain, was too mediocre.
Aisha bit her lip and charged toward the Honkai Beast that had landed near the coast.
After Seele Honkai Beast to tens of thousands, there was no longer a need to rely on Improvised Wall for defensive battles.
That being said, Aisha rushed out not to fight any kind of annihilation battle, but simply to hide the tears in her eyes and use killing to cover up her guilt and self-blame.
The members of the Radiance Squad sounded relaxed, as if they weren't at all frustrated by losing to the Silver Wolf Squad in this operation. After all, there was a score cap for the Valkyrie squad in each cycle, and both the Radiance Squad and the Silver Wolf Squad had already racked up enough points for this cycle.
Although you can still accept missions even if you reach the maximum score, and accumulate achievements and rich rewards, there is currently not much difference between the Radiance Squad and the Silver Wolf Squad in terms of Valkyrie squad score calculation.
Since they couldn't increase their scores or improve their ratings, the Salty Fish Squad, cough cough, the Radiance Squad, naturally weren't particularly motivated. The reason they were a little motivated this time was because they hoped to fulfill their captain's wish.
Huohuo maintained high-intensity firepower coverage, constantly bombarding tens of thousands of Honkai Beast near the sea. Occasionally, she would cooperate with Bronya to force out the Emperor Honkai and Emperor-class Honkai Beast hidden under a large number of floating corpses.
The scales of victory are now completely tipping in favor of both teams.
Although Wendy and Seele would suffer a bit in the days that followed as a price, the results they achieved after transforming into Herrscher were truly terrifying.
Although Aisha was somewhat unwilling... as the number of enemies she killed continued to increase, she gradually accepted the reality of this defeat.
After sending the incapacitated Wendy and Seele to Bronya's side, the Valkyrie still possessed combat abilities began to exterminate the remaining Honkai Beast.
Many Great Honkai Beasts that had adapted to the power of Wither seemed to have received some kind of order and began to return to the deep sea, while some Great Honkai Beasts that had not adapted to the power of Wither launched a frenzied attack on the coast before their life structures completely collapsed.
As Freya looked down from high above at the passing series of animals, a smile appeared on her lips. She smiled smugly at the unknown object that was watching her.
"It seems we've won. Shouldn't the losers say something tough?"
Both Wendy and Seele performed better than expected in this large-scale operation, and Tesla, who received the experimental data at this point, must have been very excited.
"It seems you're not planning to say 'I'll be back next time'."
Freya shrugged and said.
The white-robed girl who was looking at her remained silent. She summoned several Emperor Honkai affected by the Withering Mist to her side, and the Emperor Honkai beside her roared warnings at the affected Emperor Honkai.
She and the few Emperor Honkai who stayed on the edge of the Devil's Triangle Sea Area were not affected by the Withering Mist.
Although the Fog of Withering covers a wide area, almost covering the entire Devil's Triangle Sea Area, it has little impact on the edge of the Devil's Triangle Sea Area.
As for why tens of thousands of Honkai Beast still survive in the near sea, it's because Seele limited the range of the Withering Mist to outside the near sea to avoid accidental damage.
This number of Honkai Beast would be troublesome for other Valkyrie, but for Huohuo, who possesses the most ferocious firepower, and Bronya, who has the strongest firepower, it would only take a little more time to deal with them.
If Seele were to launch an indiscriminate attack, the withering mist spreading from her would be enough to cover the area of two Devil's Triangle Sea Area in just one minute.
Furthermore, Seele's Withering Mist, imbued with the power of Creation, is essentially a beneficial ability for Honkai Beast. However, the Honkai Beast, whose life was forced to evolve, suffered a collapse of their life structure due to the surrounding environment being filled with Honkai Energy of the Withering attribute.
The Honkai Beast that can adapt naturally have more wither attributes, but Seele's power of Creation has a certain flaw. That is to say, the power of Creation she adds to the wither mist is limited and flawed. This causes her to force those Honkai Beasts to evolve, making them absorb the more lethal wither attribute Honkai Energy, but the power of Creation she forces them to evolve is not enough to make them evolve completely.
Even if those Honkai Beast adapted to the Wither attribute, they were actually in a very bad state due to the defects of the power of Creation. Not only did they fail to truly master the Wither attribute, they also fused this very deadly attribute into their bodies in a wrong way.
Simply put, it's half-baked.
The girl in white observed several Emperor Honkai that had returned to her side and discovered that they only had the Wither attribute added to their bodies. However, this Wither attribute Honkai Energy not only did not strengthen these Emperor Honkai, but instead consumed their lives at all times.
The several Emperor Honkai around her kept roaring warnings because they had noticed the condition of the affected Emperor Honkai.
In this state, the Emperor Honkai gradually lose their rationality. Although Honkai Beast themselves do not have any rationality, most Honkai Beast have some animal instincts and appear around their superiors like a swarm of bees guarding a queen. The white-robed girl discovered that these Emperor Honkai were gradually losing their rationality, even ignored her orders.
This is as if the inherent hierarchy of the Honkai Beast has been destroyed, causing these Honkai Beasts, born from the arrival of Honkai, to no longer accept the commands of Honkai, but instead to become a destructive creature without any logic.
Don't assume that Honkai Beast are irrational just because they lack rationality.
The malice of the Honkai towards human civilization, and the obedience to the orders given by superior Honkai Beast or Herrscher, are the only logic existing in the minds of all Honkai Beast.
"Did the change in life form lead to the destruction of the Honkai class structure? What an interesting result."
For the girl in the white robe, this outcome was indeed quite interesting.
Given the logic of the Honkai mechanism, they will quickly devise countermeasures against such methods. It is now impossible for them to use the Withering Mist, which has been modified with a slightly flawed power of Creation, to achieve such a massive victory.
This isn't a new direction for human civilization; it's more like a bug in the Honkai Beast mechanic. So, what Honkai needs to do next is fix this bug.
"... You mean I'm going to say something harsh?"
The white-robed girl, who had completely ignored Freya while observing the Emperor Honkai, suddenly gave Freya a very sweet smile when Freya appeared beside her and tried to grab her.
"... Well, according to the logic of human civilization, making a harsh statement should be a harsh statement said before leaving, that is, a threat. Unfortunately, I do not intend to leave. For me, this is an interesting observation."
At this point, the girl in white tilted her head to look at Freya beside her. The crystal barrier that opened in front of her only blocked Freya for less than a second.
But the next moment, a tentacle tens of meters long and in diameter shot out directly from the seabed, forcing Freya back.
"Although this is not our first meeting, let me formally introduce myself. Nice to meet you, you thief who attempted to steal divine power, the unfortunate arrogance, and the pitiful worm devoured by the Honkai Consciousness. I am the criminal who killed you 50,000 years ago and caused your plan to steal divine power to fail— Jana."
At that moment, Freya felt a chill.
The girl in white robes before them had transformed into a girl in black robes with red eyes.
488. Do you also like blowing up toilets? Or do you like playing with poop?
Upon hearing Jana's self-introduction, Freya felt a chill run down her spine. Instinctively, she raised her hand and swung it downwards, shattering the thick, long tentacle, tens of meters in diameter, that had just forced her back into the ground.
"Oh?"
The girl, who had transformed from a white robe to a black robe, revealed a great deal of information in her self-introduction.
In particular, the girl referred to her as 'the thief who attempted to steal divine power,' 'the unfortunate arrogance,' and 'the pitiful worm devoured by the Honkai Consciousness.'
Freya sensed something from these three names.
Among the Herrscher created by Honkai, the Herrscher of Finality is undoubtedly the most unique. However, Freya intuitively doesn't believe that the Herrscher of Finality's power of 'absolute control over Honkai Energy's is the same as the divine authority the girl is referring to. Instead, it's the portion of the Imaginary Tree Authority that the Herrscher of Finality controls that aligns with the divine authority the girl is referring to.
Freya frowned as the tentacle chunks of flesh she casually destroyed continued to fall into the sea, but the girl, now dressed in black robes, didn't care at all; she smiled calmly.
"Can't speak anymore? Human..."
"Oh? You actually call me human?"
Freya quickly calmed herself down and retorted with a smile.
"You say you are the culprit who killed my past life 50,000 years ago, causing my plan to steal divine power to fail, but my plan in my past life doesn't seem to have failed."
Although Freya had very little Imaginary Tree Authority, she ultimately touched upon the essence of the Imaginary Tree.
Even if only a small portion of the Imaginary Tree Authority is stolen, it can still be considered a successful theft of the so-called divine power from the girl in front of him.
This prompted Freya to sneer at the girl.
"It seems you couldn't stop me. Could it be that you were tricked by my past self? Oh, my apologies, I shouldn't have laughed at you. After all, you don't look very smart."
Hearing her cheerful reply, Jana was clearly experiencing a sharp tongue for the first time and was momentarily speechless.
She wasn't angry; instead, she wondered why Freya had provoked her.
"What an interesting reaction. However, this civilization seems to describe your sharp words as something like 'all talk and no action.'"
However, Jana's counterattack was also unexpected.
Although it wasn't as sharp as Freya's knife, it still caused a stinging sensation.
"Is all you can do is talk?"
Freya repeated the words Jana used to retaliate, a familiar smile curving her lips.
"Now that you've finished introducing yourself, shouldn't you go and die?"
As soon as she finished speaking, a thunderclap resounded in the already dark and cloud-covered sky. Soon after, a flash of light tore through the sky and fell, the purple lightning striking the crystal barrier that had suddenly appeared above Jana's head, destroying the seemingly sturdy barrier.
"Please forgive me for refusing your request. I do not want to die, nor do I want to fight you. Generally speaking, I am just an observer and do not participate in any battles... It is only because your actions 50,000 years ago violated the rules of the Imaginary Tree that I received the order to kill you."
Jana answered calmly.
Even after she transformed into a black robe and appeared to be full of malice towards her surroundings, in reality, Jana was simply stating the facts from beginning to end.
Perhaps it was precisely because of her innocent and unmalicious statement of the facts that Freya felt a chill run down her spine.
This is similar to a researcher conducting an experiment on a few mice and then reporting the experimental data obtained from dissecting those mice to others.
The researchers spoke in a cold and indifferent tone when reporting experimental data. Since mice and humans are not the same species, the researchers naturally did not feel any guilt about dissecting mice.
The girl in front of him seemed to be the researcher, and she and the world seemed to be the lab rats that researcher was studying. In order to obtain data from experiments with lab rats, the researcher did not hesitate to 'dissect' the lab rats.
Jana, who claims to be a prisoner, also claims to be an observer.
She clearly wanted to express her stance.