Chapter 422
Jana claimed that she was merely an observer and would not participate in any battles, but she was indeed the criminal who had attacked her past self 50,000 years ago.
The events that happened to him before his death in his previous life were probably not within SU's scope of observation.
After all, those were things that happened in the Previous Civilization, and when SU started using the Second Divine Key to observe the development of parallel worlds, it was also to observe the current civilizations in those parallel worlds.
In the Previous Civilization, FU, who was carrying out his plan of reincarnation and stealing divine power alone, was attacked by Jana.
Considering the strength of the tentacles that Freya had just forced back and then destroyed, Freya dared not relax for even a moment.
Both she and Kevin believed that the unknown creature that had spied on their duel three years ago was stronger than either of them. Now, when they actually faced it, Freya realized that she and Kevin might have underestimated its fighting power.
"You don't want to fight? In that case... how about obeying me?"
As she spoke, Freya stopped holding back and went straight into Finality Mode.
The gown, as dark as night, covered her entire body, with a long skirt that was black on the outside and blue on the inside, stretching backwards. Whether it was the halo symbolizing power or the golden wings formed by the overflowing Honkai Energy, it all represented that Freya now possessed power that was far beyond the reach of ordinary people.
"In the words of my lovely sister, this is the Eternal Night's Finality Goddess Mode."
Freya smiled and spoke in a voice barely audible to others.
Perhaps she was just at the right age to fall ill; although it might be a bit early for her actual age, Aurora was clearly affected by her maturing body, developing a disease that was particularly common at her age. She not only named Freya's Finality Mode "Goddess of the Finality of Eternal Night," but also named her own and Kiana's Finality Modes "Goddess of the Finality of the Sky" and "Goddess of the Finality of the Polar Day," respectively.
Regardless of how embarrassing such a name is, considering that it is the cute little sister's wish, Freya and Kiana, although they would not tell others the unique name of the Finality Mode, actually accepted this name that was full of chuunibyou (delusional) vibes.
Furthermore, Aurora's name is indeed based on the power characteristics of both her and Kiana.
The power to pull everyone's consciousness into endless darkness truly lives up to the title of Goddess of the Finality of Eternal Night.
The moment the Finality Mode is entered, the surrounding space twists slightly. This is the power of a consciousness-based ability user who can influence reality, or rather, the power of an ability user who can distort reality through consciousness.
"Obey? I'm sorry, but please allow me to refuse this request. Besides, I have no interest in imposters like you."
"Oh? So you've seen my sister? I see. So, you created that mischievous Humanoid Honkai Beast? Judging from its behavior, you really have a terrible personality. Do you also like blowing up toilets? Or do you like playing with poop?"
Freya's sharp words had barely faded when a tentacle as thick as the one she had destroyed earlier attacked her again from beneath the sea.
This time, a total of six tentacles attacked her.
Each tentacle was tens of meters thick, and naturally the tentacles became thinner and longer towards the tip. Freya made a simple estimate and found that the part protruding from the sea surface was a full eight hundred meters long, while the diameter of the tentacle below the sea surface was obviously more than one hundred meters. It was clear that the owner of these tentacles was not much smaller than the Judgment-class that Kevin had eaten as a supplement three years ago.
In the Honkai Beast system, where sheer size signifies strength, a super overlord with a body length exceeding eight thousand meters and a shape resembling Dragon King Whale possesses an aura exceeding the Judgment-class. However, the Honkai Beast attacking Freya with its tentacles is undoubtedly such a super overlord.
Unfortunately, the opponent hid its true form in the deep sea, which not only prevented Freya from detecting its Honkai Energy, but also prevented Freya from launching an attack on its true form.
Perhaps sensing that this battle would be difficult, Freya opened her communication device and contacted Kevin was stationed in the Alliance.
"I've run into 'that guy.' I'll gather as much information about him as possible. If I lose, the alliance is yours."
"...clear."
After a brief silence, Kevin agreed.
Kevin then immediately summoned the highest-ranking members of the alliance, the so-called Seven Archons of the Alliance. Except for Freya, who was still in the Devil's Triangle Sea Area, all the others arrived at the top-floor conference hall.
This time, however, representatives from other departments and senior executives were not summoned, making the huge conference hall seem somewhat empty.
After learning about the situation from Kevin, everyone became tense, since Freya had encountered an enemy Kevin admitted was likely no match for.
At this moment, Freya was recording everything using a spherical quantum computer she carried, and the large screen in the conference hall continuously displayed the ultimate battle records sent by Freya—
Only half an hour passed between Kevin receiving Freya's message and Kevin summoning the important members.
However, the Bermuda Devil's Triangle Sea Area have disappeared from the map, and the Devil's Triangle Sea Area itself has been completely transformed.
Even those far away in Changkong City gradually felt the vibrations and Honkai Energy fluctuations emanating from the Devil's Triangle Sea Area.
The combat logs sent by Freya were very blurry. Even though she was controlling a satellite to take pictures from the sky, the Devil's Triangle Sea Area was always covered by dark clouds, so the satellite could not capture particularly clear images.
Fortunately, the spherical quantum computer is the crystallization of knowledge from Previous Civilization. If it were replaced with a filming tool from a current civilization to record combat footage, it would probably be disturbed by Honkai Energy fluctuations and wouldn't be able to capture a single image.
Kevin fell into a deep silence. While laymen were shocked by the earth-shattering scene, he, as an expert, felt a sense of crisis.
"FU, it was completely suppressed."
"Kevin, the combat log is a bit blurry. What's the situation? Does Miss Freya have the upper hand?"
SU asked him a question, but Kevin found it difficult to answer. He and Freya originally thought that the other was stronger, but he thought that if he and Freya joined forces, they should be able to restrain the other.
However, the blurry battle lights and shadows in Freya's combat log reminded Kevin of the scene tens of thousands of years ago when he fought against the Herrscher of Finality on the moon with other Fusion Warrior.
"...No."
Kevin stated his answer directly and gave his judgment.
"This time, the enemy should be the 'Planetary Honkai Beast' that Mei predicted would appear a long time ago."
"..."
Upon hearing Kevin's answer, SU fell silent.
In the Previous Civilization era, Mei predicted the existence of Planetary Honkai Beast. However, at that time, the Fire Moth was being suppressed by the Herrscher. Although she established a simple satellite defense system and built a huge structure on the moon, in the end, none of her preparations could be used.
Previous Civilization failed to defeat the Herrscher of Finality, it naturally wouldn't have encountered Planetary Honkai Beast.
Of course, this doesn't mean that Planetary Honkai Beast are stronger than Herrscher of Finality; it's just that encountering Planetary Honkai Beast requires special conditions.
If a civilization's development stagnates and it uses an invincible, massive weapon to suppress every new Herrscher, then as long as the intensity of Honkai Energy is consciously limited to prevent it from reaching an environment that allows the Herrscher of Finality to descend, the battle can be prolonged. Although it will inevitably face attacks from Planetary Honkai Beast afterward, it will also allow this stagnant civilization to enjoy decades of peace.
In the countless parallel worlds observed by SU, many worlds are immersed in such false victories, only to find themselves in a stalemate when faced with the approaching Planetary Honkai Beast.
Those civilizations were fundamentally incapable of defeating the Herrscher of Finality; they merely used clever methods to prevent the Herrscher of Finality from being born. Yet, the Honkai still had ways to destroy these civilizations.
Mei predicted that the Planetary Honkai Beast were meant to hold back the arrival of the Herrscher of Finality from the Previous Civilization, so Mei made preparations in advance. Unfortunately, they failed to stop the arrival of the Herrscher of Finality, and even the trump card, the Moonlight Throne, prepared for the Herrscher of Finality, ultimately failed to cause significant damage to the Herrscher of Finality.
Everyone, including Mei, actually underestimated the power of the Herrscher of Finality.
The Herrscher of Finality is different from all the Herrscher that have appeared before.
Because the Previous Civilization was dealt with by the Herrscher of Finality, it was naturally not the turn of the Planetary Honkai Beast to appear.
That being said, Kevin was quite puzzled as to how the 'Planetary Honkai Beast' that Freya was fighting came to be.
Planetary Honkai Beast typically only appear in Galactic Civilization; Previous Civilization and current civilizations simply haven't reached that standard.
As for controlling the global Honkai Energy intensity to create an environment that prevents the Herrscher of Finality from descending, it is indeed an attempt to attract Planetary Honkai Beast. However, if the other party is attracted by this action, then it is too early.
The Herrscher of Finality, who was originally supposed to arrive seven or eight years later, was unable to do so, and when the situation reached a stalemate, the Planetary Honkai Beast finally came to this world.
Moreover, the Honkai Consciousness of this world is clearly adept at targeting people. For example, it created Humanoid Honkai Beast with Honkai Energy integrated into Freya's body, targeting Freya who possessed anti-Honkai Energy.
"The timing is wrong."
"Yes, this Honkai Beast is neither from the current civilization nor from Previous Civilization."
"So, even earlier?"
SU and Kevin quickly communicated and concluded that there was likely another civilization era before the Previous Civilization, and that that civilization era had used this stalemate tactic, thus attracting a Planetary Honkai Beast.
The conclusion that this Planetary Honkai Beast had been hiding on this planet throughout these two civilization eras sent chills down the spines of both SU and Kevin.
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489. Deceiving the world, deceiving friends, deceiving the rules...
While Kevin and SU were analyzing the combat records sent by Freya, the Devil's Triangle Sea Area had already become another world.
The molten lava churned in the sea, and the dark clouds continuously unleashed thunderbolts. The rocks rising from the seabed completely altered the shape of this sea area, making it look from the outside like a giant beast roaring at the sky with its mouth full of sharp teeth.
Standing amidst the scorching lava, Freya stretched out her hand and swung it forward forcefully, instantly creating a new underwater volcano that spewed massive amounts of lava directly at the tentacles in front of her.
"Luckily, I had Bronya and the others retreat in advance..."
Freya was glad that she had sent the Silver Wolf Squad and the Radiance Squad away on the Saintess before the battle began. Earlier, when the Saintess arrived and the two squads fought against countless marine Honkai Beast, she had evacuated the residents of Bermuda in advance.
So there are no casualties at the moment. Of course, for Freya, it's enough as long as her lovely Valkyrie are safe.
However, the fact that the terrain of the entire Devil's Triangle Sea Area had been changed to this state so soon after the start of the battle was indeed beyond Freya's expectations.
At the center of that massive rock formation, which seems poised to swallow the entire Devil's Triangle Sea Area, lies a colossal whirlpool. As the epicenter of the most intense collisions, the temperature here is terrifyingly high; even a piece of heat-resistant steel would melt instantly upon falling into it.
Despite being surrounded by the crystal barrier, Jana remained calm and composed throughout it all.
She did indeed declare at the beginning that she did not want to fight Freya, but she completely changed the natural environment of the area just for Freya's attack.
It is likely that this hellish environment will not disappear for hundreds of years to come.
At this moment, Freya, who was standing in the middle, could not tell whether she was standing on the seabed or suspended in the air as before.
Freya could feel her power increasing again.
After entering the so-called Finality Mode, her control over Honkai Energy far exceeded the scope of common sense, and she didn't even know what state she was in at the moment.
By distorting reality with the power of her will, Freya successfully made the ocean appear beneath the sky, and countless volcanoes spread across the land. However, the reason for her success was also due to Jana's resistance.
"This is a terrible result. Judging from their current strength, they are probably stronger than me."
Freya distorted reality once again, and a huge ice rock emerged from the seabed flowing with lava, piercing towards the vast ocean in the sky, instantly freezing that ocean into the permafrost of Siberia.
The scorching environment, which had just been intensely hot, was quickly transformed into an even more extreme frigid environment under Freya's distorted will, reminiscent of the legendary Eight Cold Hells.
Jana still did not make any substantial counterattack. Countless equally thick tentacles continued to emerge from the seabed, just to force Freya back.
The next moment, the countless tentacles were frozen by the extreme cold and then shattered into countless ice shards. Freya stopped just as she was about to get close, and was once again forced back by the countless tentacles, which deflected the icy hell that was attacking Jana.
The blasted ice hell landed outside the Devil's Triangle Sea Area, immediately creating a massive iceberg over 6,000 meters high, causing the surrounding temperature to drop rapidly by tens of degrees.
Even though Freya and Jana had contained the battle's fluctuations within the Devil's Triangle Sea Area, the occasional overflow of power still caused significant trouble for the outside world.
The sudden appearance of the iceberg alone caused drastic climate change, creating two new typhoon eyes. Cities along the North American coast are expected to be affected. Most importantly, a tsunami up to 20 meters high is already heading towards the coastal cities.
Although her face remained expressionless, her rich inner world kept criticizing Jana for being a tentacle monster, yet she also sensed something strange.
Freya originally thought that the tentacles manipulated by Jana were the tentacles of some kind of Honkai Beast, but she had completely distorted the entire Devil's Triangle Sea Area, yet she did not find any strange creatures on the seabed.
Moreover, those tentacles that only wanted to force her forward emitted the same scent as Jana from head to toe. Logically speaking, those countless tentacles should have the same origin as her.
However, Freya did not see where the Jana grew from under the crystal barrier, but they were very similar to Freya's attack method of distorting reality with her will.
The difference is that Freya used her will to distort reality and create various natural disasters, while Jana used her will to create tentacle monsters...
(No, it should be "dominate the ocean.")
Freya thought to herself.
Sensing the surge of energy emanating from the sea beneath his feet, which was mingled with lava, a hint of annoyance appeared on his usually expressionless and aloof face in Finality Mode.
"Your ability... is to control the ocean. Are you Herrscher? Or perhaps Honkai Beast?"
"As expected of a blasphemer who stole divine power. However, at my level, whether I am Herrscher or Honkai Beast makes no difference. Shouldn't you have seen another development of Honkai Beast? It's just that, for the Honkai Consciousness, humans are the most suitable vessels to become Honkai Apostle, but that doesn't mean that Herrscher must be born from humans."
Jana, who prides herself on being an observer of civilization, smiled slightly. She harbored no hostility towards Freya, and the reason she killed Freya 50,000 years ago was simply because of a mission given to her by the Honkai Consciousness.
"I am indeed Planetary Honkai Beast, but you can also consider me the Sea Herrscher."
As she spoke, Freya felt an immense sense of oppression. Suddenly, a huge black shadow appeared beneath the red-glowing sea, directly blocking the volcanoes Freya had created.
"I don't have a physical body. If I had to say, the ocean on this planet is my physical body."
"Fake."
"Hmm, it's fake. I knew I couldn't fool you, you blasphemer."
As Jana watched the surrounding crystal barrier shatter, she erected a new layer of crystal barrier.
Freya's gaze shifted beneath the sea surface, then she raised a finger and pointed sharply at the enormous shadow. Reality was once again distorted by her will; at this moment, Freya transformed the concept of 'death' into a natural disaster and threw it upon the enormous shadow.
Jana looked at Freya with some surprise, then watched as the monster she had created died, its countless tentacles that had just emerged from the sea withered instantly.
She thought she had overestimated this blasphemer, but his performance still exceeded her expectations. She never thought he would kill her projection so easily.
Jana recalled the attack 50,000 years ago, when her plan to steal divine power was thwarted and her body was pierced by tentacles, but the man wore an incomparably joyful smile.