The Doomsday Beast launched its Last Counterattack.
The antimatter energy stream possessed such terrifying destructive power that even the Doomsday Beast-a war machine forged in the War Furnace from an Ancient Beast's remains and the resentment of dead souls-began to melt beneath its torrent.
Jiang Yu stood on the Space Bridge as everyone retreated, trying to avoid contact with the streams of antimatter energy.
He wanted to find a less dangerous way out of this predicament, but the antimatter energy streams surged relentlessly forward. The fragile materials of Herta Space Station could not halt those beams for even a moment.
The terrifying heat had already begun to engulf the Astral Express Crew, and there was still no sign of the train or Old Yang.
Then... this was the only way.
Jiang Yu stepped forward instead of retreating, his entire body moving like a gust of wind as he skimmed along the edge of the antimatter energy stream.
The Space Bridge shattered. With a casual sweep of his hand, Jiang Yu snatched an enormous fragment from the wreckage.
The next instant, fierce winds erupted. The white-haired youth in blue robes leaped into the air, gripping a fragment of the Space Bridge more than twice his size in both hands as he charged forward!
The storm bore the will of death as it carried him onward, granting the dead their rest and consigning ruined remains to eternal sleep.
The storm surrounded Jiang Yu, obeying his will and delivering him before his enemy!
Particles spilling from the antimatter energy stream relentlessly battered Jiang Yu's body and the bridge fragment in his hands!
Those particles struck his body with searing pain. No blood flowed; his body simply began to dissipate, pieces of it vanishing.
At that moment, the pain seared Jiang Yu's nerves. Not once since arriving in this world had his mind been as clear as it was now!
Only when life was about to slip away could he feel so keenly that he truly was alive-alive in the world of Honkai: Star Rail.
This life was no dream. Only now did he realize how long he had dwelled amid its splendor...
A smile curled at the corner of Jiang Yu's lips. He was close enough now.
With the power Aha had given him, victory was assured. Yet now, it seemed he would not even need to use it.
The storm abruptly expanded. Jiang Yu charged at the Doomsday Beast, raising both hands high before smashing the bridge fragment down with all his might!
Another leaping cleave!
Strutting Around!
With Gale's blessing and Jiang Yu's strength, the bridge fragment easily pierced the floating, core-like object inside the Doomsday Beast's skull of forged bones!
The Doomsday Beast immediately began to struggle, flinging Jiang Yu away with tremendous force.
The Ancient Beast swayed unsteadily, shrieking again and again. Its ruined body had reached the end.
"Jiang Yu!"
March 7th cried out as she watched Jiang Yu fall.
The next instant, Dan Heng, Stelle, and March 7th all rushed forward. Racing along the surviving portions of the Space Bridge, they reached the Platform in a few leaps, ready to catch Jiang Yu as Clear Breeze held him aloft.
Himeko smiled too. It seemed everything had finally ended...
But...
A vast amount of antimatter energy gathered within the Doomsday Beast's core. It committed all its remaining energy to this attack, unleashing an even more terrifying antimatter jet from the mouth of the Ancient Beast's ruined body that swept toward Jiang Yu!
March 7th's pupils contracted at the sight.
The antimatter jet was too fast. There was no time left to move Jiang Yu away or give him a shield.
Besides, a shield she made might not withstand that terrifying, enormous antimatter jet tearing through the cosmos.
Dan Heng gritted his teeth, a blue-green light rising in his eyes.
A faint pulse silently spread through his body. Power like towering waves surged from a hidden corner, filling his frame...
But someone else was faster.
Stelle leaped forward. The Stellaron pulsed inside her like a heart, power steeped in Destruction spreading through her body. Her speed became astonishing in that instant!
Like a phantom, Stelle immediately placed herself between Jiang Yu and the antimatter jet.
The Stellaron's power surged and pulsed, colliding head-on with the antimatter jet. The enormous impact sent Jiang Yu flying once again!
Stelle gritted her teeth and roared, but her consciousness was slowly slipping into blankness.
The next instant, she hazily came to her senses and realized she was no longer on the space station. She was floating in the deep, boundless Sea of Stars.
An enormous shadow enveloped her. A terrifying rift opened across the body of the universe, and scorching golden blood fell to the ground, igniting endless karmic flames among the stars!
Stelle was drawn to that rift, which seemed capable of devouring the cosmos. Her body drifted toward the terrifying wound.
Her own voice? Kafka's voice?
Or someone else's...
The voice came from within her, sounding deep in her mind and humming incessantly in her ears like a restless clamor. It came from the Stellaron!
It said...
"It's time to set out...
"Reach that destination.
"Reach that ending through your own will.
"HE has already noticed you."
Countless images flashed through Stelle's mind. Past, present, and future connected into a single line at that moment, until a piercing whistle erupted inside her head and she could hear nothing else!
Stelle finally saw the colossal figure standing amid the universe clearly!
HE appeared to be a young man, with dark skin and gray-white hair...
HE spilled streams of divine blood that became golden flames, scorching the cosmos. HE cast off HIS black robes, which resembled ashes and marked the end of all things. HE let karmic flames devour the universe, made life fade and matter vanish, and reduced every civilization to a single point. Destruction, then creation!
If entropy increase was the universe's irreversible law, heat death the inescapable fate of the material world, and Destruction the final sight every civilization would behold, why should countless living beings struggle? Embrace the karmic flames, burn yourselves, and journey together toward... oblivion.
Golden divine eyes opened at that moment, casting an inconsequential glance at Stelle.
Her consciousness returned. Boundless pain erupted from inside her body as the Stellaron's power flowed through every limb and bone. Every cell in Stelle's body was burning!
The Stellaron gradually expanded, its power surging. A wisp drifted from her body as power sufficient to destroy a star rose wildly!
The antimatter jet was instantly shattered by that power, and the Stellaron's force consigned the Doomsday Beast's body to oblivion.
The girl screamed in agony, no longer able to control the rampaging power of the Stellaron inside her.
Dan Heng and Himeko stepped forward to block the gale stirred up by that power, while March 7th caught the falling Jiang Yu.
There was no way to approach that swelling power by ordinary means. For a moment, everyone seemed helpless, able only to watch as Stelle's body was torn apart by the Stellaron's pulsing force!
Now was the perfect time!
After the time they had spent together, using Aha's power to suppress the Stellaron now would be the perfect way to reap popularity!
Jiang Yu suddenly opened his eyes in March 7th's arms. Though he had been somewhat drained just moments before, he now brought out the power Aha had given him.
The youth's body showed no change. He simply turned into a gentle breeze and instantly rushed into the midst of the Stellaron's swelling power.
At that moment, everyone watched in shock as the youth plunged into the space seething with the Stellaron's power.
It happened so suddenly that no one had time to react!
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