Under the Heavenly Calamity, Civilization is Fragile, a Mere Ripple Sufficient to Erase It

The direction of the building's collapse was precisely where the Third Herrscher was located.

Reaching the top, Chang Yuan leaped up, and a long saber forged from Soul Steel swung towards the Third Herrscher.

This time, the Third Herrscher also sensed Chang Yuan's bio-electric energy, and immediately, purplish-red lightning erupted around it, shooting towards Chang Yuan.

Having anticipated this possibility, Chang Yuan immediately reconfigured the Soul Steel saber into a shield.

With a single blow, Chang Yuan was slammed hard into the ground.

The Soul Steel long shield also had a piece decomposed by the electromagnetic force.

"Hiss, damn it all, this feels like being stepped on by an Emperor-class Honkai Beast."

As he got up, Chang Yuan felt as if all his bones were dislocated.

If his physical fitness hadn't already surpassed that of ordinary people, he would have been turned into meat paste by this attack.

Noticing that Chang Yuan was still alive, the Third Herrscher immediately unleashed several more bursts of lightning towards him.

Compared to the speed of the lightning, Chang Yuan's speed was naturally a little slower.

However, he reacted in advance, so most of these lightning bolts grazed past him.

But the residual ability from them still completely disintegrated his clothes.

It was then that Chang Yuan realized how laughable his previous thought of instantly killing the Herrscher was.

While it was true that instant kills were possible, before you could kill her, she could also kill you.

Because Chang Yuan had drawn the Third Herrscher's attention, Airi gained some breathing room.

The giant, dark green snake had also shrunk considerably.

Airi therefore judged that if this snake were to be severely injured or killed once, it would consume some energy and gradually shrink.

It would only be able to be truly killed once it reached a critical point.

Thus, Airi didn't waste the opportunity Chang Yuan had created for her.

She quickly engaged the giant, dark green snake in battle.

The battle was incredibly fierce, with almost all the surrounding buildings collapsing.

And this city, which had been so prosperous just the day before, had now quietly disappeared from the world.

This incident absolutely couldn't be kept secret, so Chang Yuan was prepared to reveal the existence of the Honkai and rally the world's strength to fight against it.

As the battle continued, three minutes passed, and the giant, dark green snake finally fell forever after its body had shrunk by half.

It was only then that the Third Herrscher realized her subordinate had been killed.

She became incredibly enraged.

The sky, which had been bright and sunny, turned overcast and cloudy.

Purple-red lightning was mixed within the clouds.

In that instant, the Third Herrscher waved her hand, and the purplish-red lightning from the clouds above rained down, while Airi also fired her arrow.

This time, without the giant, dark green snake to block the attack for her, the shot pierced directly through the Third Herrscher's brain.

In an instant, the Third Herrscher plummeted from the sky, but the lightning she had unleashed did not dissipate.

"Hide under the giant snake's corpse!"

Chang Yuan shouted loudly at Airi, then immediately slid under the corpse of the giant, dark green snake.

Airi didn't mind the dark green fluid and, mimicking Chang Yuan, ran under the corpse.

The moment Airi hid, the purplish-red lightning from the sky struck.

After a barrage that lasted almost half a minute, the purplish-red lightning finally ended.

Seeing that there was no more lightning sound from outside, Chang Yuan endured the dark green fluid and crawled out.

Fortunately, because the dark green fluid had been there for too long, it no longer possessed its original ability; otherwise, he would have been reduced to bone.

But as soon as he emerged, the tragic state of the city was almost unbearable for Chang Yuan to witness.

Let alone Honkai Beasts, even the buildings had been completely decomposed, leaving behind endless craters.

Airi emerged closely behind him.

Seeing this scene, Airi was speechless for a long time.

Finally, she could only say with a look of pity, "An entire city's people dead just like this, countless families torn apart..."

"This is the Honkai, this is what a Herrscher is. We should be fortunate that at least this time we minimized the losses."

Although he didn't know what price Flame-Chasing Moth had paid in the original story to kill the Third Herrscher, it was definitely more than what they had.

After all, even with the Divine Key appearing in advance, it still took the complete annihilation of a city to kill her.

Therefore, in the era without Divine Keys, weapons would have limited damage against a Herrscher, making it necessary to pay an even greater price to kill her.

"Mhm... this is also thanks to you, Chang Yuan."

Hearing Airi use his full name this time, Chang Yuan immediately understood that she was in a very bad mood.

So he didn't say anything further, but stood beside Airi, keeping her company.

It wasn't until the logistics team arrived. When they initially reached the outskirts of this city, they were also shocked by its appearance.

This was a city, yet now there wasn't even a trace of any building that represented its former status as a city; only craters remained.

Even some of the surrounding cities had been affected.

"Captain Airi, and Vice-Captain Chang Yuan, we are the logistics team, here to collect the Herrscher's corpse and the Honkai Beast's corpse. Do you have any further instructions?"

"No. Oh, right, just give the Herrscher's corpse directly to Dr. Velvie. That dark green giant snake corpse can be given to Dr. Mobius."

"Understood."

After saluting, the logistics team didn't disturb the two captains standing there.

After nearly half an hour of recovery, Airi finally calmed down completely.

"Chang Yuan, do you think future Herrschers will become stronger and stronger? Will humanity still be able to survive then?"

"Yes. With you here, and with Velvie and the others, we definitely will."

"Mhm. When we go back this time, I want to suggest to Velvie that we create a satellite that can detect the rise of Honkai Energy levels in every region.

Then, I will go to any place where a Herrscher might be born. I don't want to see people lose their homes and countless children lose their parents again."

Upon hearing Airi's suggestion, Chang Yuan wanted to object.

After all, Honkai Energy fluctuates in every region. If Airi were to go to every single place, even though she was already considered non-human, she would certainly find such labor unbearable.

However, seeing the resolute look in Airi's eyes and her compassion for humanity, Chang Yuan ultimately didn't speak up.

Airi was just like that. She deeply loved humanity, but never truly loved herself.

Chang Yuan wished she would consider herself more, but the possibility was very low. Because if she were to do that, she wouldn't be herself anymore.