I am a hero of the former civilization.

Lightning crackled through his skin, a giant tail slammed against his back, the seawater turned crimson, and Ryan, riding on the Honkai Beast, transformed into a focused craftsman, raising his fist and slamming it down with all his might.

Punch after punch, smashing the outer shell, tearing into the body, and plunging into the deep sea.

As the man and the snake sank deeper and deeper, the sea, which had been constantly exploding with water columns, gradually calmed down, but the air at 10,000 meters above sea level remained scorching hot.

As the light of the N1 bomb dimmed, countless missiles, shells, and beams flew over. Now that the two Honkai sources were completely separated, Edwin no longer needed to worry about friend or foe. He could definitely fire all his might at the target in the sky.

The hurricane blew the missiles off course, and the air wall deflected the shells, but the Herrscher of Wind was not having an easy time either. Each defense required a huge amount of energy, and there was a lack of cover on the sea.

"A human attacking me from hundreds of kilometers away?"

She could get there in minutes and tear that fleet apart, but the extraterrestrials have vanished. What use would it be for me to destroy humanity?

The logical contradiction prevented her from making a judgment. The 'wind' was her tentacles; even if Ryan hid hundreds of kilometers away, he would still be locked on. But the sea clearly formed an obstacle.

Woo woo woo...

Countless tiny stars appeared from afar, and the fire-chasing moths unleashed their attacks as if they were free. If it weren't for the hurricane causing the bombers to flip over, they would have already surrounded them and engaged in battle.

The Scepter of God and the Annihilation Star are changing course; the second round has been loaded.

The Herrscher of Wind's eyes twitched. At that moment, she sensed the annihilation of Shesa. It was as if a pair of eyes were staring at her from the surging sea. She immediately understood something.

The extraterrestrial being never intended to escape; he intended to use the moths chasing the flame—

Counterattack!

Chapter 112 Let the Storm Rage On!!

Ryan floated on his back hundreds of meters below the surface, while Shesa had become a twisted mass of debris and sunk into the deep sea.

This Honkai Beast, which was hoping to get a bargain, has really had a run of bad luck. It never expected that Ryan would abandon the Herrscher of the Sky and concentrate all his efforts on causing trouble for it.

Having lost a large amount of energy due to the self-destruction, it had no strength left to resist Ryan and was quickly extinguished, unwillingly sinking to the bottom of the sea.

The bubbles formed by Honkai energy blocked the water pressure, and Ryan, with his eyes closed, probed for information from the outside world. His electromagnetic field was not blocked by the seawater.

Shesa is dead, but unfortunately he did not devour destiny and cannot immediately replenish his energy. He needs time to recover. And the Herrscher of Wind guessed correctly; he wanted to fight back.

The first step is to lure, the second is to test, the third is to approach, the fourth is to break away, and the fifth...

"It depends on your choice."

A meticulous plan unfolded in Ryan's mind. This battle was inherently strange. Apart from Shesa, the Herrscher did not have a large number of Honkai Beasts as cannon fodder. On the contrary, he had the Fire Moth as his 'familiar'.

As long as she dares to start a war, then let her fight the Fire Moth slowly. When the energy levels rise and fall, it's uncertain who will kill whom. As for the Fire Moth discovering her secret?

If I possessed the authority of two Herrschers and pushed Honkai energy to over 2000 HW, what could you do to me?

Within the magnetic field, the sea surface was filled with exploding high-energy spheres, and hundreds of missiles and shells were exploding, with shrapnel falling densely into the sea. Of course, this kind of attack could not harm the Herrscher at all.

After waiting for about ten seconds, Ryan's expression changed, and he quickly sank into the sea.

Woo woo woo...

The air vibrated, as if countless hands were knocking on glass, causing a noticeable distortion in the sky. The Fire-Chasing Moths fired another volley of hundreds of projectiles, but upon entering this sea area, the projectiles lost their balance.

It was like being slapped hard in the face; the whole thing fell into the sea, and after a brief silence, it exploded with a deafening roar.

Boom boom boom——

Hundreds of water columns shot into the sky at the same time. The Wind Herald stared intently at the sea surface, but no lightning flashed, proving that the target had once again dived into the deep sea and had no intention of resisting.

He's still holding back, waiting for me and the Moth of Flames to wear each other down.

Another round of 'starlight' flew in from the horizon. Humanity's firepower was inexhaustible, and the fleet a hundred kilometers away had also formed an air defense formation. Breaking through would not be so easy.

The Herrscher hesitated for a moment, then turned around gently, unfolded its tattered wings, and several rings of energy bloomed in succession.

"The Herrscher has begun to move, at a speed exceeding Mach 2, and is still accelerating."

Tension immediately rose in the bridge. At this speed, they would arrive in no time, and their fate would be no better than that of the Southern Shenzhou branch.

Sweat beaded on Edwin's forehead. He looked up at the screen, first in surprise, then momentarily stunned.

"No, why did she head east?"

Over there lay the vast ocean, devoid of cities and the army of the Moths of Fire. The branch secretary blinked, and an unbelievable thought popped into his head.

"She's running away?"

How could the Herrschers escape? Didn't they just appear suddenly and then attack the nearest human city?

And why should she run away? At that speed, the Fire-Chasing Moth would only be left behind, eating the exhaust fumes.

"It seems the Herrscher has shown another characteristic." Fully armed Himiko came to the bridge, carrying an alloy greatsword, and said expressionlessly, "I feel that her goal is not destruction at all. This Herrscher is very strange, really very strange. Even the guys in the intelligence department can't figure out what she wants to do."

No one could answer him, because humans had never come into contact with the Herrschers, and their judgments of the Herrschers were all based on experience.

"It seems the problem lies in the combat, but the interference is too strong, and we have no idea who she is fighting."

"What matters is what the Herrscher is thinking; they're not like monsters whose minds are filled with nothing but destruction."

Everyone fell silent. From the commander to the lowest-ranking soldier, no one knew what a Herrscher was. She simply appeared suddenly and was then wiped out by the Moths of Flame. This had happened three times so far.

“What the Herrscher is thinking doesn’t matter. Judging from the characteristics she’s exhibiting, I feel we’re in big trouble.” Edwin sighed. Anyone with a modicum of intelligence would know how serious this problem was.

If the Herrscher can escape, then the army is useless. She can unleash a storm on a city and then wreak havoc on the entire continent, while only two humans can stop her.

Could it be Alicia or Ryan?

Himiko glanced at the battle area. Her intuition told her that the Fourth Herrscher was completely different from the previous three. But even if she knew that, what could she do? Kill these two to please the Herrscher?

"Summarize the information and report to higher-ups. Recommend immediately initiating the Fusion Warrior program; otherwise, if the Herrscher of Wind launches a guerrilla attack, humanity will be wiped out." Edwin, having finished his analysis, rose heavily. "Activate all detectors to monitor and predict her target city. If she suddenly disappears—"

"Then the enemy we face will be extremely terrifying!"

.......

A white line stretched tens of thousands of meters into the sky. Sakura stood at the bow of the ship, gazing at the spectacular contrails, her purple eyes filled with worry.

Judging from the intercepted communications, the Herrscher of Wind actually escaped and suddenly disappeared after traveling thousands of kilometers away, as if she had collected all her Honkai energy, which is unprecedented.

In the past, Herrschers were always born with a roar, fighting bloody battles with Honkai Beasts and Fire Moths, and finally becoming corpses. Now that she can conceal her energy and sneak around, does that mean that Herrschers can also integrate into humans?

This is terrifying. If it were to suddenly break out in a city, the Fire-Chasing Moths wouldn't even have the right to collect the corpses.

Sakura hadn't thought that far ahead; she just kept adjusting the communicator frequency, trying to find out Ryan's whereabouts. As she listened, she suddenly gripped her sword tightly.

Hey.

A wet hand suddenly pressed against the gunwale, and then a black-haired man emerged, his flesh mangled and barely recognizable.

Without hesitation, Sakura picked up the knife and rushed over, but after seeing who it was, she quickly put the knife down.

"Ryan, you escaped?"

"It's not exactly an escape, but I can't have too much contact with the Fire Moths." Ryan leaned against the railing, panting heavily, his weakness almost written all over his face. Sakura ran over and brought him a cup of hot tea.

This was of course useless. Ryan exhausted his last bit of energy and traveled hundreds of kilometers underwater, finally finding Sakura by relying on the connection between Shesa's core and the black mud.

However, the hot tea made him feel a little better, and his chest heaved.

"The Herrscher of Wind escaped. I had a chance to kill her when she was fighting with the Moth of Fire."

"So you're disappointed?"

“No, it was a sense of fear.” Ryan turned his head, his gray eyes full of seriousness: “This surprise wasn’t just that a Herrscher suddenly appeared, but that her purpose was questionable. Damn it, she even managed to escape immediately after missing her first attack?”

He was indeed being targeted, which also resolved a long-standing concern. Previously, Honkai Beasts were always appearing around him, something Ryan had suspected when he was at Chiba Academy.

Even if they cleverly escaped this time, and almost managed to turn the tables, the Herrscher didn't die. Having learned to escape, they will eventually use more complex schemes, and the Fourth Herrscher is not the end.

If they send five Lawyers down to gang up on me, I'm doomed.

Ryan was immediately annoyed. Although the possibility was extremely low, according to the research of the Fire Moth, after each Herrscher, Honkai energy would accumulate for a period of time before the next one would be produced. But if the fourth Herrscher survived until the fifth Herrscher came to support, wouldn't the combat power still double?

So, did humans harm me, or did I harm humans?

Even Ryan couldn't figure out this messy situation; he only knew that the fates of the two sides were now completely intertwined.

"Are you... alright?" Sakura asked anxiously, as she rarely saw Ryan lose his composure.

"It's okay. Do you know what my biggest takeaway was this time?"

"Have you figured out that High-Rank Honkai Beasts and Herrschers possess intelligence?"

Ryan leaned on his sword and stood up, coldly saying, "No, it is my war against the Honkai that has begun."

Isn't that the same thing?

Sakura didn't quite understand and quickly chased after him, but Ryan knew perfectly well that these were two completely different things.

The Herrschers were born for different purposes. The Fourth Herrscher came to kill him. They had at least talked a few words, and Ryan had a deep understanding of the Herrschers.

Simply put, personality, intelligence, and strength are all secondary; their foundation lies in why they were born. Just like the Fourth Herrscher lost the chance to kill me, she wouldn't get carried away and fight the Moth of Flame.

'So even if I hide in the hibernation pod, it's useless. She will definitely try every means to kill me, and future Herrschers might even target me as a secondary objective. How bad would that be?'

It seems there's no way out.

Ryan looked in the mirror; his face was covered in burn marks, his shoulders were sunken, and his internal organs were in disarray. But he had not only run hundreds of kilometers, but new skin had also grown back.

The super-fast regeneration ability of Shesa is unfortunately unable to reach the root of the problem, and it almost drained my Honkai energy.

He remembered that Mebius could be resurrected by fusing with Shesa, but he didn't care about the difference. The Honkai Beasts' abilities were weaker than the Authority and not as good as the Fusion Warrior's surgery.

"Killing the Third Herrscher to gain power was my instinct, so what is there to regret?"

Once you embark on this path, there's no turning back. At first, you might regret it, but as you delve deeper, that option is eliminated from your mind.

Either go all the way, or disappear completely.

Ryan reached out and took the shirt Sakura handed him, slowly buttoned it up, shook his wet hair, and looked at the contrails in the sky.

The Herrscher has gone far away, but upon closer reflection, it feels as if he has always been by my side; that feeling is very familiar.

He recalled his first slaying of a Honkai Beast and the awakening of his destiny. This first defeat of the Herrscher was like stepping onto stairs to a deeper place.

Coincidence, or inevitability?

He had no answer, nor could he reverse time; he simply swept his damp hair behind his head.

"Let the storm rage on."