"Velvie, do you think that if all the Herrscher Cores were embedded into it, it could unleash the power of Finality?"
Velvie froze for a moment at Chang Yuan's question.
But then she shook her head.
"Impossible. Didn't you say so yourself before? All Herrschers are merely projections of the Herrscher of Finality. No matter what, a projection can never surpass the original. But nothing is absolute."
"What do you mean?"
Chang Yuan immediately became interested when he heard that Velvie had not completely ruled out the possibility.
"If—I'm saying if—we activated the Blank Divine Key at the cost of destroying every Herrscher Core, then it might be able to rival Finality, even if only for an instant."
"But if we truly did that, the person wearing the Blank Divine Key would definitely die. The Honkai Energy produced by ordinary Herrschers alone is enough to irradiate many people to death."
"As for Honkai Energy at the level of the Herrscher of Finality, even Herrschers themselves might not be able to withstand it. So this idea is fundamentally impossible to achieve. The user might die the instant it is activated."
"..."
Hearing Velvie say this, Chang Yuan naturally felt somewhat disappointed, but at the same time, a flame called hope ignited in his heart.
No one could withstand the Honkai Energy of the Herrscher of Finality now, but what about the future? The future was not necessarily impossible.
And Kevin was undoubtedly the most suitable candidate. After all, in the future, he had stolen Finality's authority.
"Enough thinking about all that nonsense. Finality's descent is still far away. We'll definitely think of a solution before then. At worst, we'll just build several hundred Moonlight Thrones when the time comes."
Seeing that Chang Yuan was in a bad mood, Velvie slapped the back of his head, telling him to stop overthinking.
The blow made Chang Yuan stagger, and he stopped letting his thoughts run wild.
After all, that slap had scattered his thoughts entirely.
"Velvie, can't you control your strength a little? Do you think you're still an ordinary person? If my physical condition hadn't improved too, that slap would've killed me."
Rubbing the back of his dazed head, Chang Yuan twitched his lips and spoke helplessly.
"It's because I know you can take it that I dared to hit you like that. As your creator, I naturally know the limits of what your body can endure."
As she said this, Velvie proudly raised her head and puffed out her chest.
Other than Airi, she could be said to know Chang Yuan better than anyone else—physically speaking, of course.
After all, Chang Yuan had once asked her to give him a physical examination. In the end, after teaching herself medicine for three days, she had completed it.
The final result was that he was normal.
Beep, beep, beep—!
"What? A Herrscher suddenly descended?"
Chang Yuan's expression immediately changed at the sound of the alarm.
This was an alarm designed for Herrscher-level Honkai Energy.
It would only sound when Herrscher-level Honkai Energy had appeared.
The two of them immediately stopped chatting and went to take command.
The Third Eruption had descended. This also meant that Dr. Mei and Kevin would join Flame-Chasing Moth.
"Another Eruption has descended? Yuan, do you think this one will be difficult to get through too?"
Airi asked worriedly aboard their dedicated helicopter.
She had not experienced the First Eruption, and Chang Yuan had nearly died during the Second Eruption.
So she was already worried about the Third Eruption.
"It'll be fine. Have you forgotten the Second Divine Key? As long as nothing goes wrong, killing a Herrscher will be easy. But remember, you have to hit the head."
"Whew, I know. You don't trust my archery?"
Letting out a breath, Airi regained her usual smile.
Before long, the two arrived at the central city where the Third Herrscher had descended.
They immediately leaped from the helicopter at an altitude of one hundred meters.
Just before hitting the ground, they activated Velvie's cushioned landing devices.
They could have landed directly, but that would have caused too much commotion. With the Herrscher hidden in the dark and them exposed in the open, that would not have been good.
After landing, the two took out the Honkai detection radar Velvie had given them.
It would guide them to the place with the densest Honkai source, where the Herrscher would be.
Relying on the Second Divine Key, Airi was practically unstoppable along the way. Chang Yuan did not make a single move.
Soon, the two arrived at the place where the Honkai Energy was most concentrated.
But the instant they appeared, a bolt of violet-red lightning shot toward them.
"We've been discovered."
They were both somewhat surprised at being discovered.
But on second thought, electromagnetic force seemed capable of sensing the bioelectricity of living beings.
They immediately understood why they had been exposed.
But exposed or not, against a Herrscher, they only needed one arrow to kill it instantly.
After dodging the first wave of attacks, Airi quickly drew her bow and nocked an arrow.
But before she could release it, a massive serpent appeared.
The dark green liquid it spat out collided directly with Airi's arrow.
Though the fired arrow was struck by the spray, it still pierced straight through the giant snake's throat.
However, that mass of liquid seemed to possess the power of an electromagnetic field. It directly distorted the arrow's trajectory through space, causing it to graze past the Third Herrscher.
Only then did Chang Yuan realize that he had underestimated all Herrschers in the end.
Before Airi could fire a second arrow, the dark green giant snake swept its tail toward them.
Airi did not have time to shoot and could only leap into the air.
Chang Yuan naturally did the same.
The snake was at least two hundred meters long, and its diameter was at least ten meters.
When its tail swept down, every surrounding building collapsed with a thunderous crash.
It even accidentally injured many Honkai creatures.
But the dark green giant snake clearly did not care. It spat a mouthful of dark green liquid at Airi instead.
Faced with this chain of attacks, Airi had no opportunity to strike back. She could only dodge continuously, while also avoiding the collapsing high-rises.
Since Chang Yuan had not posed any threat to the Third Herrscher, neither she nor the dark green giant snake paid attention to him.
After he dodged the first tail sweep, neither of them continued to notice Chang Yuan.
Even though the Third Herrscher sensed that Chang Yuan was still alive, she still did not care.
Because in her perception, Chang Yuan's threat was not even one percent of that pink-haired woman's threat.
So what she needed to do now was kill the pink-haired woman first. Then she could deal with the other bug.
But she did not know that bugs could bite people to death too.
Using a leaning building for support, Chang Yuan quickly ran upward step by step.
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