This was a wound... no ordinary person could endure. Blood dyed Kiana and her school uniform red. At that moment... Mei felt as though the entire world had frozen, leaving only the sound of her own heartbeat...
Slowly, it seemed that even her heartbeat had vanished!
Despair, confusion, pain, rage...
Countless negative emotions flooded her mind. After her father had been imprisoned, Kiana had been the only light illuminating her life.
And now... that light was slowly going out...
Tears fell completely beyond her control. She began to hate herself. If Kiana had not been trying to save her... how could Kiana have been hurt? She also hated these Honkai Beasts. If not for them...
"Ahhh! Ah!"
Mei held Kiana's body and let out a grief-stricken howl through her tears. That heart-rending cry seemed determined to release every last bit of her resentment.
At last... even Mei's screams began to turn hoarse.
Yet the Temple Honkai Beast, already flying through the air, paid no attention to Mei's despair. It merely raised its spear-like weapon and thrust it directly at Mei.
Just as it was about to strike the two of them, an electromagnetic barrier blocked its attack! Immediately afterward, electric currents spread through the area...
At that moment, countless bolts of lightning floated around Mei like her servants!
Mei slowly raised her head. Her eyes had changed into another color—eyes that only a Herrscher possessed!
At the same time... beneath Mei's left waist, near her hip, a mark resembling a tattoo appeared on her body. It was the mark of the Gem of Conquest!
As the mark of the Gem of Conquest emerged, "Mei" expressionlessly held Kiana in one arm and floated into the sky.
Terrifying Honkai energy and Herrscher power continuously gathered within her body. To Mei's left...