Honkai Impact: Starting from Wandering with Kiana

Chapter 166 Jizo's Soul

"Awaken, defenders of glory."

"Awaken, master of frost."

The self-driven phantom spirits acted like a shadow, following Durandal and Rita into battle, allowing the two of them to fight with the momentum of five or six people.

A flash of lightning streaked across the sky, and the Herrscher of Thunder, who had come from behind, descended before them.

Durandal raised the Black Abyss White Flower to the Herrscher of Thunder, her brows furrowed.

"Herrscher... friend or foe, choose."

"Tsk tsk tsk... I'm so scared~"

The Herrscher of Thunder smiled gently, lightly tapping the black abyss white flower with her finger as she walked and tapped, slowly passing by Durandal and heading to the next level.

"I'll spare your lives this time, but if you raise your weapons against me again, I won't hold back."

After the Herrscher of Thunder disappeared from their sight, Durandal also lowered her weapon.

"Looks like she's not an enemy. Is she another Herrscher fighting for humanity? Rita, let's go."

"Yes, Master Yulandel."

Rita quickly wiped away the sweat that had broken out from the tension caused by the sudden appearance of the Herrscher of Thunder, and then followed Durandal to the next floor.

Rita was a little curious as to why Lady Durandal wasn't particularly surprised by the appearance of the new Herrscher.

"I was surprised, but when I saw her face, I felt a resistance to attacking her... My intuition told me she wasn't an enemy."

"Lady Durandal! Relying solely on intuition is too hasty!! This must not be done next time!!"

“Okay. That should be the Third Herrscher, Raiden Mei. Jiuxiao showed me her information. Although I don’t know why she turned back into a Herrscher, with Jiuxiao and Welt as examples, it doesn’t seem strange that she’s not an enemy.”

With the addition of the Herrscher of Thunder, Durandal's team accelerated their infiltration of the castle tower. As the Herrscher of Thunder's thunderous roar blasted open the door to the final floor, the group encountered the Herrscher of Corruption, who had been waiting for them.

In the center of the room, on a futon, knelt a massive armored warrior, formed from resentment, holding a katana that gleamed with an ominous light in each hand.

This is the overwhelming resentment of the Herald of Corruption—the Jizo Mitama.

"You dare to steal my territory? Get ready to turn back into atoms, you scum!"

The Herrscher of Thunder charged forward first, wielding lightning as her sword, and slashed directly at the Jizo Mitama.

"Oborozuki: Takemikazuchi"

Faced with this attack, Jizo Mitama parried the Herrscher of Thunder's attack with his left hand, redirecting the attack to his side, and then slashed horizontally with his right hand.

Herrscher of Thunder immediately bent over and somersaulted to dodge the attack. At the same time, using the momentum of the somersault, Herrscher of Thunder decisively used "Swallow Return", instantly changing the downward slash into an upward slash.

The Swallow Return, already known for its speed and unpredictability, caught the Jizo Mitama off guard and had its left arm severed by its intuition.

"That's all there is to it..."

The Herrscher of Thunder gripped her swords with both hands and thrust them straight at the Jizo Mitama, preparing to press her advantage and eliminate it.

clang--

Jizo's left arm regenerated instantly, and the twin swords blocked the Herrscher of Thunder's thrust.

After failing to attack the Herrscher of Thunder, use "Shadowless: Moonlit Night View" to quickly dodge and move backward, increasing the distance between yourself and the Jizo's Soul.

"So regenerates... Wait until I turn you into atoms, then let's see how you regenerate." The Herrscher of Thunder retorted with a disdainful look.

As he was about to charge forward again, he glanced at Durandal and Rita and taunted them:

"Are you here to watch a show? Come on, let's all come at you!"

Durandal and Rita nodded and joined the battle.

After a brief exchange, they all realized that the Herrscher of Thunder and Rita had little effect on the Jizo's Soul, while Durandal's attacks were often highly effective.

After exchanging glances, the three decided that Durandal would take the lead in the attack, while the Herrscher of Thunder and Rita would assist in creating opportunities.

(Don't ask, the answer is that Jizo's Soul is a biological attribute with high elemental resistance. *Sarcasm intended*)

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Not only has Durandal's team encountered the Herrscher of Corruption, but Nine Heavens' team has also successfully entered the final level and encountered the Herrscher of Corruption.

However, compared to the mindless Jizo Mitama that was born from resentment in the main world, what awaited Jiuxiao and the others in the data space was the somewhat intelligent and talkative Hishi Gokumaru.

Looking at the huge pink fox, Yae Sakura's hand gripping the hilt of her sword trembled slightly.

"Why...why did you still choose..."

Higokumaru roared, interrupting Yae Sakura's words, and glared at her with a ferocious expression.

"There's no why... Yae Sakura, we never had a choice."

"How can you say you had no choice? You've already chosen to become Himeko-maru. Does that mean Himeko-maru's appearance is all fake?" Jiuxiao roared at Himeko-maru.

"Yes... Himeko's existence is real, but does that mean my existence is fake? Just like I said before, once you pick up a sword, you can only put it down when you die."

With a red glow in his eyes and flames rising from his body, Hiyokumaru charged towards Jiuxiao and the others after a brief moment of charging.

"Flame Chariot"

The crowd scattered and jumped away to avoid Hiyomaru's attack. Judah then unleashed four massive chains from behind him, attempting to restrain Hiyomaru and weaken it by activating his binding power.

But the Judah's Chains passed right through Hiyomaru's body, and then Hiyomaru's figure vanished as a phantom, only to reappear in the distance.

"The oath of Judah, ha... Do you think I'm still the same person you could manipulate at will? I've gained new power and become the complete me!"

Higokumaru roared to the sky, summoning the Cursed Stone out of thin air, which, engulfed in flames, crashed down on the crowd like a meteorite.

Jiuxiao flicked his palm upwards, freezing all the cursed stones in mid-air. Then, he opened his palm and clenched his fist, causing all the cursed stones in the sky to explode into countless particles.

"Since you enjoy meteor showers so much, let me give you an even bigger one: a meteor explosion."

With a downward flick of its fingers, the Cursed Stone powder in the sky accelerated its descent to the ground, creating a dazzling powder meteor shower. Sonic boom clouds and spontaneously combusting flames continuously erupted from within.

Because of its enormous size, the Higokumaru, with no way to avoid it, could only use high-speed shaking to create a teleportation effect and dodge the Nebula Explosion from the heavens.

Its evasive maneuvers alerted Fu Hua and Bronya to something amiss.

"Hiyokumaru's form is illusory; all the attacks just now passed through its body! But it managed to make all the attacks avoid that one part of its body, just like in Touhou Eienshou. That part is its hit detection point, its true form!"

Bronya kept reproducing and analyzing the patterns of the Herrscher of Corruption's dodging attacks while shouting out the conclusions she had just reached.

“Bronya is right, that guy isn’t the real Herrscher of Corruption! Her existence is more like a projection! Attacking that place will take down Himeko.” Fu Hua also shared her conclusions with everyone.

Then Fu Hua and Bronya nodded to each other and pointed to a certain part of Hishimaru's body.

Chapter 167 Let the world remember me forever

Startled by his exposed facade, Hiyomaru unleashed a powerful fire breath that repelled the group, and said disdainfully:

"So what if you know? I'll just expose myself, what can you do about it?"

"You'll find out soon enough what we can do." Yae Sakura, suspended in mid-air, sheathed her sword and slowly closed her eyes. After a brief moment of concentration, she opened them again, but it was just an afterimage; Yae Sakura herself had vanished.

"Scarlet Hell".

Jiu Xiao and Fu Hua attacked together. Jiu Xiao used a simulated black hole to devour Fei Yu Wan. Because time is infinitely stretched near the black hole, Fei Yu Wan's movements were also infinitely slowed down. Fu Hua used Feather Dust to suppress Fei Yu Wan, bombarding him with a large amount of junk information to disrupt his thoughts.

As the dust settled, everything ended in the blink of an eye. A flash of cherry blossom light, and Yae Sakura reappeared, wielding a scarlet katana.

This is the true form of Hiyomaru... Projecting Hiyomaru's twelfth Corruption Divine Key - Jizo Mitama.

"...?"

Only now did Hishimaru realize what was happening. He looked at Yae Sakura with disbelief and a touch of happiness, and said:

"As expected of the eldest sister... not only do they look so alike, but their fighting styles are even so similar..."

The coordinated attack by Jiuxiao, Fu Hua, and Yae Sakura allowed Feiyu Maru to relive the "time-freezing slash" that Sakura had delivered to her 50,000 years ago.

However, without the Jizo-myoji, Hiyomaru's existence could not last long. Yae Sakura's attack also accelerated Hiyomaru's dissipation, and in the end, Hiyomaru gave a self-deprecating laugh.

"You defeated me so quickly, that really surprised me! I had prepared a lot, but it seems I won't need any of it now. But... isn't this a case of getting what you deserved?"

Hisakomaru suppressed his fierce aura, sat down, calmly looked at everyone, and slowly began to speak:

“I have committed unforgivable sins, and I have utterly destroyed human civilization. But I do not regret it, because this is the will of the bell, this is the blood and tears of revenge, this is the cause of humanity’s sins, and in the end, I have become the result.”

"They buried me and Sister Sakura together in Changkong City 50,000 years ago, which was our hometown..."

A thousand years ago, I devoured a fox and briefly escaped my seal. At that time, people worshipped me as a god and held regular sacrifices for me...

But at that time, the Crimson Kite Immortal was still wandering the world. I was defeated by the Crimson Kite Immortal and Kita Shin Mei, and resealed...

(The black box was originally in Changkong City, but later it came into the hands of Schicksal, and then Kallen brought it back to Changkong City. Just like the relic (Void Treasury), it was not originally in the hands of Schicksal, but was gradually collected by Schicksal.)

The gods have vanished, but the sacrificial rituals continue. And this is the cause I sowed, and the result is…

Yae Sakura…

Five hundred years ago, I met you, who, like me, suffered the pain of losing loved ones. You had no power to resist, no power to seek revenge... so I gave you power, and as I expected, you decisively slaughtered the people of Yae Village..."