Starting as a Behind-the-Scenes Boss in the Honkai World

"Impossible! How can your will be so much stronger than mine!?"

Watching Shi Hen continuously approach, the Stigmata Will retreated incessantly, like a mouse seeing a cat.

"Hey, I'm asking you, what were you born for?"

Shi Hen asked.

"Why... of course, it's because of your weakness."

The Stigmata Will murmured, then quickly provided the answer.

"Yes. But I've already abandoned my weakness." Standing before the Stigmata Will, Shi Hen thrust the bat in his hand straight forward, completely disregarding the face that looked exactly like his own. "I am the man who will become the final boss of this world!"

As his voice fell, Shi Hen's bat pierced the Stigmata Will's chest. Countless white lights burst from within the other party, like the dawn breaking through darkness as the sun rises.

"So... I'm no longer needed."

Looking with difficulty at the bat that mercilessly impaled him, the Stigmata Will showed a wry smile.

"So, farewell."

After greeting, Shi Hen fiercely twisted the bat in his hand, and a burst of power instantly shattered the Stigmata Will's body into countless white light fragments.

For a moment, light spots danced, and the entire space seemed to be covered in a vast, fluttering snowfall.

Bathed in this white radiance, memories from when he first arrived in this world surged from the depths of his mind, causing Shi Hen to close his eyes, a hint of nostalgia in his expression.

Weakness, confusion... the Stigmata Will was essentially his past, his hesitation in this world.

When Shi Hen first arrived in the Honkai World, he had initially considered going to St. Freya Academy to seek Theresa's protection.

If nothing else, at least within St. Freya, he wouldn't have to worry about being locked up and dissected for research one day.

Unlike now, even though he possessed strength comparable to Durandal, he still had to worry about World Serpent's potential betrayal, though the probability wasn't high.

But they were all in the same business, and asking Shi Hen to trust Gray Serpent and the others' moral standards... that was asking a bit too much of him.

However, after deep contemplation, Shi Hen ultimately abandoned the St. Freya option.

He didn't believe in love and peace, nor did he pursue fairness and justice. He hadn't even considered saving the world.

All he wanted was to become the final boss of this world!

It was hard to say whether Shi Hen's inner thoughts caused the system to have such a main quest, or if the system itself had nurtured Shi Hen's thoughts in this regard, but at least the young man was very willing to complete this main quest.

With his future path clarified and his own confusion and weakness discarded, defeating the Stigmata Will was an easy task for him.

Just as Kevin was never held back by the past, nor defeated by Kaslana's Stigmata Will.

And for those who awakened Stigmata and also possessed a firm will, the Imaginary Tree would naturally bestow additional rewards.

His black hair grew longer and turned white. His original hooded white robe also transformed into a style closer to a miko's robe. Upon closer inspection, countless rhombus patterns could be seen on it, resembling the scales of some creature.

"Heavenly Sovereign Realm, huh?"

Feeling the immense power that allowed him to command the entire world, Shi Hen chuckled lightly, and his figure immediately vanished.

Chapter Thirty-Four: The Appearance of Shattered Stars

"Where did he go?"

Noticing Shi Hen's disappearance, Jackal asked Raven.

"Uh... I think he said he was going to level up..."

Blinking, Raven also looked bewildered.

With such a significant Shi Hen disappearing without a trace, she felt helpless.

Frowning, Jackal also found it difficult to understand. "Level up? His brain..."

Before he could finish speaking, a familiar yet somewhat strange figure appeared before them.

"...White?"

Looking at the masked figure with waist-length white hair, Raven hesitated for a few seconds before tentatively calling out, deliberately using the appellation that matched Shi Hen's current identity.

"Yes, it's me." Shi Hen nodded. "Sister Natasha, lend me Seven Thunders of Sin's Purge."

"Eh?"

With a startled cry, before Raven could react, the sniper rifle in her hands was already in the young man's grasp and instantly transformed into the appearance of a fruit knife.

"I'll give you one last chance, if you don't want to become seven pieces."

Gazing at the fruit knife in his hand, Shi Hen spoke in a calm voice.

He now had the strength to break a Divine Key.

Trembling slightly, under the gaze of the young man, Seven Thunders of Sin's Purge quickly transformed into the appearance of a baseball bat.

Seven Thunders of Sin's Purge - Bat Form, Unlocked!

Flicking the baseball bat, which was a transformed Divine Key, to test its feel, Shi Hen nodded with satisfaction.

Although it wasn't a sword or blade form suitable for a weapon, the baseball bat was the item he was most comfortable using.

Moreover, as someone who aspired to be the final big boss of this world, Shi Hen didn't care about fancy things like sword intent or blade intent.

The fundamental principle remains the same.

No matter how sharp your swords are, I have a staff to break them.

"Have you ever seen what it looks like when stars shatter?"

Gazing at the three faint lights in the sky, Shi Hen asked softly, as if addressing Raven and the others, or perhaps talking to himself.

Without waiting for their answers, Shi Hen's figure transformed into a white light and shot towards the sky.

Raven's pupils dilated instantly as she stared at the afterimage left by the young man, unable to snap out of it for a long time.

She had seen it clearly just now; Shi Hen had not paused at all as he flew into the sky.

It was obvious that the other party had truly mastered the power to roam the heavens and earth!

From disappearing to reappearing, Shi Hen had only taken ten seconds, but the changes in him were almost earth-shattering.

Not long ago, the young man had felt like a crouching tiger, his dangerous ferocity impossible to conceal.

But now, the young man was like a high mountain lake, appearing peaceful and docile at first glance, yet his depths were unfathomable.

Ignoring the astonishment of Raven and the others, Shi Hen on the other side was already heading straight for the three nuclear missiles.

Lightning surged above the Seven Thunders of Sin's Purge, and intense numbness and scorching heat simultaneously drilled into Shi Hen's body, making him feel as if he were holding not a baseball bat, but a ball of crackling lightning.

"Haha, you truly are an enthusiastic child."

Shi Hen couldn't help but chuckle softly.

The more powerful a weapon, the more discerning it naturally was of its wielder.

Just as the fully unleashed flames of the Phoenix Incinerator would turn its wielder to ash, the Seven Thunders of Sin's Purge in Shi Hen's hands erupted with a similar power.

"After being dormant for so long, you must be eager for action, right?

Then let me witness your power, Seven Thunders of Sin's Purge!"

Shi Hen shouted loudly, lightning seemingly flickering within his eyes.

Vast amounts of Honkai Energy were rapidly injected into the Seven Thunders of Sin's Purge, and the patterns engraved on the Divine Key became even more brilliant. Shi Hen gripped the bat and swung it with all his might towards one of the missiles.

In an instant, as if the scene from fifty thousand years ago was replaying, the Seven Thunders of Sin's Purge erupted with a brilliance no less than its peak, and endless lightning surged from the bat, instantly engulfing a missile.

Without even a slight struggle, a nuclear missile, along with its rocket, was decomposed into its atomic state in the blink of an eye.

"Next, the second one!"

Without any pause, Shi Hen, carrying the momentum of a thousand feet of lightning, charged rapidly towards the second missile.

A burst of light appeared as the second nuclear missile detonated.

But before that terrifying energy could be released outwards, even more ferocious lightning had already consumed it.

If the Phoenix Incinerator possessed the most terrifying destructive power among the Divine Keys, then the Seven Thunders of Sin's Purge, known as the Key of Judgment, represented the most powerful single-target attack among the Divine Keys.

Although a baseball bat did not have the natural convergence effect of a sniper rifle, Shi Hen's own power was enough to compensate for this gap.

Even surpass it.

When myriad seas of lightning converged into one, and power capable of destroying a city was concentrated at a single point, the strength of that moment was enough to destroy anything.

Like a flickering candle in the wind, the light of the second nuclear missile was completely extinguished before it could even bloom, following the fate of the first.

But at the same time, the power of the third nuclear missile began to erupt, with incredibly intense light and heat spreading outwards, like a blazing sun.

Glancing at the dim Seven Thunders of Sin's Purge in his hand, Shi Hen did not force the Divine Key further, as it had reached its limit.

His left hand opened slightly, and a line of white light surged from his palm, instantly growing into a pure white baseball bat.

Facing the power of a nuclear missile head-on, feeling the searing heat, Shi Hen's vision was completely filled with blinding light.

"Let this strike pierce the stars!"

With a great shout, Shi Hen swung the bat in his hand towards the sun before him.

In an instant, a colossal white baseball bat thousands of meters long appeared in the sky, smashing towards the erupting sun with an unstoppable force.

On one side was a giant baseball bat condensed from Honkai Energy, and on the other was the strongest weapon born from a thousand years of human technological crystallization. Immensely terrifying power converged, collided, and crushed each other in the sky, clearing away the surrounding clouds and allowing brilliant sunlight to pour down.

But at this moment, no one cared about the sunlight anymore; everyone's attention was occupied by the other sun that had appeared in the sky.

In the city, the Valkyries and soldiers who remained there looked up at the sky, their eyes fixed on the confronting bat and sun, their hearts filled with shock.

Those among them with more experience naturally understood what that sun was. But it was precisely because of this that their shock was even deeper.

On one hand, they were shocked that someone dared to throw nuclear missiles into the city, and on the other hand, they were shocked that someone could single-handedly fight an erupting nuclear missile.

This world seemed to be becoming more and more incomprehensible.

At the transport ship's location, Raven looked up at the sky, her beautiful eyes filled with worry.

Based on her understanding of the Seven Thunders of Sin's Purge, she could tell that the lightning that had erupted earlier belonged to the Divine Key's power.

But now that the lightning had vanished, it proved that the Divine Key had entered a state where it could not be used. Could Shi Hen, without the Seven Thunders of Sin's Purge, really confront a nuclear missile with only his own strength?

Beside her, Leona and the other Valkyries looked up at the sky, their eyes involuntarily showing a hint of worry.

Although from a positional standpoint, they were enemies with Shi Hen and the others, and at this moment, they should be cheering for the nuclear missile, hoping that the other party would blow up Shi Hen, this great enemy of Schicksal, into the sky.

But after interacting with Shi Hen, it was hard for them to feel any ill will towards this imposter Welt.

Moreover, no matter how many excuses there were, Shi Hen was, after all, saving them along with everyone else at this moment. How could the Valkyries possibly curse him for that?

"Set sail, set sail! Let's get out of this hellhole quickly!"

On the other side, Jackal was giving orders to the personnel on the transport ship.

She didn't want to stay in this cursed place for another second, who knew if more nukes would be dropped.

If the esteemed Bishop of Schicksal continued to go mad, they wouldn't have a second Shi Hen here.

"Jackal! What do you mean by this!?"

Seeing Jackal's move to flee, Raven couldn't stand it.

Shi Hen was still fighting desperately here, and it was a bit inappropriate for you to run off alone, wasn't it?

"Heh! If you want to stay here and keep taking nukes, then stay. I'm not accompanying you."

Jackal sneered coldly.

She had seen it clearly now; Shi Hen was a troublemaker.

She had been around the block for so many years without ever taking a bullet, yet this trip she had taken four nukes from Schicksal in a row.

Was there any law in this damn world anymore!?

As for abandoning comrades... World Serpent had no tradition of needing to save comrades.

"Besides, you should also think carefully about why that guy took the brunt of those nukes."

Seeing that Raven was about to lash out, Jackal quickly reminded her.

At such a critical moment, she didn't want to have any internal strife with Raven; it would greatly delay her escape.

Upon hearing this, Raven couldn't help but fall silent.