Chapter 441

The way of the sword is ever-changing; the sword itself is merely the object upon which it is used.

To paraphrase a certain invincible master, after the age of forty, he reached the point where grass, trees, bamboo, and rocks could all be used as swords. From then on, he refined his skills and gradually progressed to the realm where having no sword is better than having a sword.

In other words, I'm so damn strong, you fell down before I even drew my sword.

To put it another way, this invincible powerhouse doesn't need any profound techniques; all he has is a simple punch, a serious punch, and a serious beating.

As for the final god, or Divine Essence, as mentioned before, its essence is to shape and extend Honkai Energy.

Freya and her sisters are all well-suited to studying Divine Essence.

Not to mention Kiki, who lives with them. This K423 from a parallel world also cultivates Divine Essence under the guidance of Fu Hua in the parallel world.

Even Freya couldn't claim to be completely unharmed after personally experiencing the attack of the Tai Xu Sword Qi.

Looking at the few strands of silver-white hair that had withered away before her, she looked at the annihilated wolf pack around her. In the great sword of flames, the speed at which the endless wolves gathered could not keep up with the killing speed of the Tai Xu Sword Qi energy.

The Imaginary Barrier shattered completely, and the wolf turned to ashes in the flames, which were then burned away in an instant.

"Is this the Tai Xu Sword God?"

Her will was constantly under attack, and the wolves around her could no longer serve as a barrier. Freya, in her Finality mode, was still full of inner turmoil, even though on the surface her expression was calm, carrying a kind of indifference that regarded all living beings as ants.

But deep down, Freya was thinking, "The Tai Xu Sword God is so damn cool!" Strength is temporary, but coolness is forever.

"However, passively taking a beating has never been my style. I'm a petty and vengeful guy."

At this point, Freya's gaze seemed to transcend the flames that burned everything and landed on Fu Hua.

No, it fell upon the 'god' who controls Fu Hua, residing in the truth, on the throne.

"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth... Tai Xu God Slaying!!"

Freya stood solemnly with her arms crossed in front of her. Then, the crimson sky above the alien Mount Tai Xu suddenly emitted a dazzling red light, and a huge crimson greatsword, so large that its tip could shatter Mount Tai Xu, slowly fell from the sky.

Fu Hua, who was launching an attack, raised her head, but the Honkai Consciousness controlling her remained silent.

During the Second Eruption War, 'He' severed his link with the Second Herrscher, Sirin, due to Fu Hua's attack.

Although such an attack cannot reach the higher-dimensional spacetime where 'He' resides, it already has the power to disrupt the link between 'He' and those apostles.

Upon discovering that Freya intended to replicate the events of the Second Eruption War, 'He' silently launched a counterattack.

The same moves wouldn't work on a Saint Seiya, let alone against Honkai Consciousness, so Freya naturally didn't use Fu Hua's tactics.

The Tai Xu God Slaying is a special attack that she developed based on the Taixu Divine Essence she cultivated.

Although she categorized it as a natural disaster attack, it was actually an attack that distorted reality and transformed non-existence into existence.

Do you really think this is Immortal Fu Hua's Tai Xu Sword God? No, this is Freya's materialized Cataclysmic Attack!!

The sword was real. In order to materialize it, Freya also poured the willpower she had accumulated over half a month to create the 'Order Stone' into it.

"Most likely, Sister Tesla will have to give us a lecture."

Even though the Tai Xu God Slaying cannot completely destroy the Honkai Consciousness, it is enough to inflict pain on the opponent.

Of course, for pure researchers, what's the point of a single gram of Order Stone if it's just about inflicting pain on the Honkai Consciousness?

Although it was only a pain equivalent to being bitten by a small ant, it was indeed a counterattack by the current civilization against the Honkai Consciousness.

The Honkai Consciousness, residing in a higher dimension, silently watched as the enormous sword fell upon Mount Tai Xu, yet not a single pebble was damaged. Instead, it entered Fu Hua's consciousness, following the link between 'He' and the Herrscher of Consciousness into the higher dimension.

The moment Tai Xu God Slaying entered the higher-dimensional spacetime, it turned into nothingness. However, the Honkai Consciousness looked at its right hand and saw a shallow scratch on the faceless white humanoid 'He'.

The bizarre experience of being secretly taken to someone's home via the internet and brutally attacked left the Honkai Consciousness bewildered.

Of course, the Honkai Consciousness itself has no emotions; it neither hates nor rejoices, but operates according to strict rules. However, at this moment, 'He' let out a sigh.

This is humanity's counterattack.

This was humanity's first successful resistance against the Honkai.

Throughout the worlds on the Imaginary Tree, no civilization has ever successfully harmed the Honkai.

All civilizations have always danced in the palm of the Honkai. No matter how many apostle of Honkai or Honkai Beast they have destroyed, they have never been able to harm the Honkai in the slightest.

After all, the Honkai Apostle known as Herrscher are the chosen ones selected by the Honkai Consciousness from various civilizations, and those Honkai Beast burdened with a lot of hatred are just animals mutated by Honkai Energy.

Even the most powerful civilizations only know how to utilize Honkai Energy, yet they still cannot harm 'It'. In Honkai Energy, under the lure of this high-quality energy source, Honkai Energy drives them to attack other civilizations.

However, Honkai Energy is inexhaustible, and as long as the Imaginary Tree continues to evolve the world, Honkai Energy will be generated continuously.

Those civilizations that actively hunt Honkai Energy are nothing more than puppets driven by the Honkai Consciousness in another way.

He looked with some regret at the destruction of the link between himself and the Herrscher of Consciousness.

The Tai Xu God Slaying successfully injured the Honkai Consciousness. Although, as Freya had thought, it was only equivalent to an ant bite, it was insufficient to withstand the power of the Tai Xu God Slaying in the passage between the two.

Freya was almost exhausted after using this move, and Fu Hua, who had broken free from control, immediately stopped her Tai Xu Sword Qi.

"Lick her!"

Freya immediately deactivated her Finality Mode and then commanded her Mist Monsters Wolf to continue attacking Fu Hua.

"Freya?"

Exhausted, Fu Hua was immediately pounced on by the endless black mist wolves, and then these demons, like licking dogs, kept licking Fu Hua's body.

"Wait, wait a minute, stop it! Ah, no, you can't lick it!"

"I want to take a picture and show it to Lixue."

"Freya!!"

"Who told you, you idiot, to fall into their trap and even dig your own grave?!"

Freya complained irritably, determined to Immortal Fu Hua a lesson this time.

When Immortal Fu Hua went missing, she was worried that Otto had intervened. However, Otto said that he really had nothing to do with it, but he didn't mind making a deal with the truth of the matter.

In reality, Fu Hua dug her own grave.

Of course, it can't all be said that it was Fu Hua's fault. After all, Freya and SU took into account that Fu Hua couldn't accept the memories of the Previous Civilization all at once, so they tried to blur some of the memories as much as possible. But who would have thought that Fu Hua herself left a backup on Mount Tai Xu, and that only Fu Hua herself could find the backup?

Who the hell could have imagined that this guy had left behind a contingency plan that backfired and caused him to get himself into a mess?

"I'll make you lose face in front of Lixue!"

Freya said with a wicked grin, and Fu Hua, probably not wanting to lose face in front of her adopted daughter, struggled even more fiercely.

But to the wolves surrounding her, her struggles seemed pale and powerless.

513. My dear bishop grandfather, your face is...

"In any case, at least we avoided the worst-case scenario."

Freya had come to Fu Hua's side, couldn't help but sigh.

As the battle came to an end, Mount Tai Xu, which had become an alien realm, gradually returned to its original state, and the consciousness space that had covered the original Mount Tai Xu was dispelled.

Freya subconsciously stretched her waist. Severing the link between Herrscher and the Honkai Consciousness is difficult enough, let alone when the Honkai Consciousness itself has chosen the target.

"The worst-case scenario?"

Fu Hua grabbed Freya's outstretched hand and asked curiously.

"Yes, the worst situation in my mind is never being controlled by the Honkai Consciousness to break through the world of consciousness, but that you are completely beyond saving."

"Am I really that important?"

Freya's answer did surprise Fu Hua somewhat, but she immediately shook her head.

"Even if it's just said in a nice way, I'm still happy."

Freya rolled her eyes in annoyance, then gripped Fu Hua's outstretched hand tightly and pulled her up from the ground.

Although her willpower was almost exhausted in the battle just now, she recovered earlier than Fu Hua.

Under the control of the Honkai Consciousness, Fu Hua also almost exhausted all her strength to unleash the Divine Essence attack of the Tai Xu Sword Qi, even though she still couldn't muster the strength.

Why do you say that?

"Perhaps... perhaps it's because I'm used to it."

When Freya asked, Fu Hua didn't hide anything.

In fact, the reason she was controlled by the Honkai Consciousness was because she blindly opened the seal on her memories. When all the memories vividly resurfaced in her brain, the memory of Himeko being killed by Kevin became the trigger, causing her to fall into the abyss.

To explain it using traditional Shenzhou culture, it means that she regained all her memories, but because she couldn't achieve mental clarity, she went mad and became possessed.

Even today, Fu Hua is still unable to let go of what happened to Himeko.

For her long life, there are a few things that are regrets that are etched into her heart.

Whether it was Cheng Lixue, the disciple who was killed in the Second Eruption War, the betrayal by seven disciples a thousand years ago, or Kevin killing Himeko, it has always been a void in her heart.

Fu Hua's life is filled with lies, some well-intentioned and some malicious.

The more she was surrounded by people, the more lonely she felt from the perspective of an immortal. Even though she could clearly discern lies, she was still betrayed by her disciple.

"Are you used to it?"

Freya looked somewhat puzzled, but she quickly shook off her doubts and asked another question that was on her mind.

"Immortal Fu Hua, I want to know... did you deliberately let your guard down, allowing the Honkai Consciousness to take control of your body?"

Upon hearing the firm question, Fu Hua paused slightly, then a helpless expression appeared on her face.

"Your tone is so certain, do you really need me to give you an answer?"

Fu Hua, who had initially intended to refuse to answer, met a pair of resolute eyes. Under the gaze of those beautiful blue eyes, she remained silent for a moment before replying.

"Just as you guessed, I did deliberately let my guard down, but that was when I was certain that I had been chosen by the Honkai Consciousness."

"I see. Because they realized they had become the target of the Honkai Consciousness, they relaxed their guard and therefore did not put up any resistance."

Freya couldn't help but sigh. After receiving Fu Hua's personal confirmation, she finally understood Fu Hua's purpose in doing so.

This made Freya repeatedly lament that none of the pioneers of the Previous Civilization were normal.

"You actually want to take this opportunity to locate the higher-dimensional spacetime where the Honkai Consciousness resides?!"

"... Well, it failed."

Fu Hua was not surprised that Freya could guess her purpose. After all, compared to other candidates who were passively selected to become Herrscher, Fu Hua became the Herrscher of Herrscher of Consciousness by her own initiative, and therefore held the initiative.

This is why the Herrscher Persona created by the Honkai Consciousness was peacefully sent away by her as soon as it was born.

Unfortunately, Fu Hua underestimated the dominance of the Honkai Consciousness, which prevented her from regaining her body after Herrscher Transformation.

In this context, it would be even more difficult to locate higher-dimensional spacetime.

"You really dare to dream, no, you actually dare to do it!"

If we can truly pinpoint the coordinates of higher-dimensional spacetime, even if the means to conquer the world of consciousness completely fall into the hands of the Honkai Consciousness, it would still be extremely valuable to Freya and the others.

"Hmm, what a pity."

"Yes, it's a pity. But were all the pioneers of Previous Civilization this crazy?"

In Freya's eyes, Kevin and SU were not normal people. She thought that only these two were crazy, but she did not expect that Fu Hua, a normal person, was just as crazy.

Only a madman, someone with a screw loose, would take the opportunity to sabotage himself again after accidentally getting himself into trouble.

Fu Hua's actions also made Freya have even less reason to blame Otto.

This result will obviously make Otto proud for a while.

After all, this was a rare instance where Otto didn't intentionally sabotage someone, but instead resold the information about others sabotaging themselves for a good price.

"... Perhaps, this is what normal pioneers are like. Only by becoming insane can we, the survivors, find even a sliver of a possibility to defeat the Honkai."

Fu Hua's answer silenced Freya. She could understand the hatred that the survivors of the Previous Civilization had for the Honkai. They were willing to pay any price to defeat the Honkai, even using a small country with hundreds of thousands of people as an experimental site.

Although Fu Hua, Kevin, and SU's madness is different in its own way, they do indeed have a way of thinking that is different from normal people.

From their perspective, the battle against the Honkai is a battle for survival, and it will only end when they all fall.

However, for most people in modern civilization, this level of development is far from being achieved.

Even though the current enemy has evolved several times and become very strong, it is still overwhelmed by the Alliance's combat power. Whether it is the Herrscher-style Valkyrie, the Herrscher of Law Fusion Warrior, or the Artificial Herrscher, they all have the advantage in the fight against the Honkai, so that human civilization has not experienced too much turmoil.

To put it bluntly, the fact that some small countries or remote cities are attacked by Honkai Beast has no impact on the major powers. Even if the people of the conquered countries are living in misery, the major powers continue to live in peace and prosperity.

Even though the exposure of those Honkai that were originally being concealed became more and more extensive, they quickly disappeared due to the decline in popularity because they did not affect the celebrities themselves. The public then turned their attention back to celebrity gossip and scandals, and started talking about whose little one was who.