Honkai Impact: Starting from Wandering with Kiana

Escape... We must escape from here...

Anna now has only one thought: "Escape and survive."

Fear held her back, but the desire to live gave her strength.

Anna began to flee, heading towards the Valkyrie's gathering place.

"If it were there... I would definitely be able to survive."

The scattered limbs and fragments along the way, along with the groans and screams of the half-dead, filled Anna with even greater fear and terror.

She dared not look at those people, afraid that if she looked at them even once, her legs would go weak and she would never be able to stand up again.

"Why...why is this happening...this is completely different from what I was taught..."

"It's all a lie...it's all a lie..."

"Everyone said we were strong, so why... why did we all sacrifice ourselves?!"

Tears streamed down Anna's face as she ran; all of this had finally broken the 16-year-old girl.

"Sister...save me..."

A weak voice interrupted Anna's thoughts. She looked in the direction of the voice and saw a girl lying under the rubble, still breathing.

"Sister...save me..."

The girl's cries for help were like a demon, constantly tempting Anna to save her. But Anna, overwhelmed by fear, continued running without stopping.

“I’m sorry…I’m sorry…I’m sorry…”

Anna kept repeating words of self-blame, gradually moving further and further away from the ruins.

deserter...

A terrible thought popped into Anna's mind.

"No...no..."

Anna remembered the vow she made when she became a Valkyrie... but now, her vow, her ideals, and the city have all shattered.

For the first time, the girl felt how weak she was, so weak that she didn't even have the courage to save a life.

"No... I'm not a deserter... What I want to do shouldn't be like this..."

"If it were Lady Cecilia... she definitely wouldn't run away..."

"If it were Durandal and Lord Nine Heavens... they would definitely choose to save her..."

Anna stopped trembling, gritted her teeth in fear, and turned to run towards the ruins where the girl was.

But reality is cruel. Atop the girl's ruins stood a Temple-class Honkai Beast, and a large number of assassins and Honkai Beasts continued to surround her...

Because the girl's Honkai energy adaptability was exceptionally good, the Honkai Beasts received a divine decree to welcome their new companion, or rather, "master".

"........."

Remorse, regret, and fear overwhelmed Anna. If she hadn't hesitated and chosen to save that girl... instead of running back now, would things have been different?

“I’m sorry…I’m sorry…”

Anna ran away again. She couldn't save the girl, and she probably couldn't save herself either... The Honkai Beasts had already found her.

The Temple-class Honkai Beast raised its knight's lance and charged toward Anna at supersonic speed.

Anna stared in despair at the incredibly sharp spear; death was so close at that moment.

But time seemed to slow down as demons from hell began to entangle Anna.

"So...do you crave power? Do you crave to live? I can give you the power to save or destroy everything...but the price..."

Chapter 189 Chen Tianwu

Before the deal was even finished, the demonic whisper vanished. Anna didn't know the price, but she agreed without hesitation.

But nothing happened. The power the voice spoke of did not descend, and the Honkai Beast's knight's lance was already less than a meter long.

"Heh...so it was just a fantasy before death..." Anna closed her eyes with a self-deprecating laugh.

"I hope in my next life... I can be a true Valkyrie..."

boom--

The power descended, but not on Anna; instead, it exploded on the Honkai Beast.

With a sharp cry, the Purple Flame Phoenix swooped down from the high heavens, crushing the Temple-level Honkai Beast into the ground with one foot.

The massive blast wave from the impact knocked Anna to the ground, and when she opened her eyes, she witnessed a scene she would never forget.

The S-rank Valkyrie of Destiny, and one of her idols, Lord Jiuxiao, was currently standing atop the head of a Honkai Beast resembling a mythical phoenix, with its back to her.

"You've done a great job. Now you can leave the rest to me."

Jiuxiao coldly swept his gaze across all the Honkai Beasts and Death Warriors in his line of sight, then pointed downwards into the air.

"Kneel down!"

The dozens of Honkai Beasts and zombies present all began to twist in an unusual way, eventually curling up into a ball and turning into a puddle of mud, dead beyond any doubt.

Jiuxiao leaped down from the head of the Purple Flame Phoenix and walked towards the ruins where survivors still lingered. With each step he took, a nearby collapsed rubble would scatter and rise up.

The people and buildings were separated by the heavens, but only Chen Tianwen survived...

"..."

Jiuxiao remained silent, then beckoned Chen Tianwen over. He then used the shattered buildings to bury all the people who had already lost their lives underground. Finally, the earth compressed and solidified, completely annihilating them.

This was a last resort; if their bodies weren't cremated, they would be corrupted by Honkai energy and turn into undead or Honkai beasts.

“I’m sorry… I had no choice but to do this.” Jiu Xiao bowed to the deceased, then led Chen Tianwen toward Anna.

The moment Cortana saw her, she had already given her information to Jiu Xiao.

"Lord Jiuxiao..." Anna called out Jiuxiao's name with a mixture of excitement and fear.

"Just call me Jiuxiao. Anna Shaniat, the vice-captain of the Snow Lotus Squad..."

Jiuxiao reached out and helped Anna, who was slumped on the ground, to her feet.

"Lord Jiuxiao, I'm alright now! There are other important places where you need me, so you don't need to worry about me anymore."

The girl's eyes were so firm at that moment, but the fear in her heart was revealed by the uncontrollable trembling of her body.

She had lost the will to fight, but there was still something she could do: rescue other civilians.

"Kids shouldn't try to be brave. They should calm themselves down first! The casualties are already bad enough. Let's not add to the tragedy."

With a light chop to Anna's head, Jiuxiao placed the Build Driver on Anna's waist, and then Kamen Rider Anna transformed.

"I'll lend you my Valkyrie armor for now. Take care of yourself! I need to go and rescue others."

Jiuxiao waved to Anna, flicked his cloak, and disappeared from Anna's sight.

Even the elite team Snow Lotus is down to just Anna. What about the other ordinary teams...? Jiu Xiao didn't have time to think about it. He just hoped to save as many teams as possible.

But the information says Anna is an A-rank Valkyrie, right? How come she doesn't even have Valkyrie armor and weapons? And Otto keeps bragging about how great the benefits are for Valkyries at headquarters. Isn't this clearly worse than the treatment at St. Freya Academy?

At least the students of St. Freya Academy are fully equipped with Valkyrie armor and weapons. A Valkyrie without Valkyrie armor is ultimately just a mortal being; although far superior to ordinary humans, she is still far inferior to a Honkai Beast.

(I seriously suspect that apart from the main characters, no one else in the game has Valkyrie armor. Every time something trivial happens, a large number of them die. Even the Undying Blade is wiped out every day.)

And Anna's mentality... is terrible... But after all, she's only 16 years old, and it's understandable that she's afraid and terrified on her first battlefield...

However, it's obvious that they haven't cultivated enough inner strength. Once this Honkai Impact ends, Jiuxiao must give the Valkyries at headquarters a proper training session.

Feeling the boost from Build, Anna felt her fear lessen considerably.

"It's decided, from now on I'm Lord Jiuxiao's die-hard fan! Now, let's hurry up and save them! Anna, you can do it, you're a Valkyrie!"

Anna cheered herself up and then pressed the bio-detector displayed on the Valkyrie armor to begin searching for survivors.

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"Earth-shattering Star."

Jiuxiao used his power to create an abnormal gravitational singularity and threw it into the air. The powerful gravity sucked all the buildings, Honkai Beasts and zombies within a radius of tens of kilometers into the air and compressed them into a huge solid sphere.

Jiuxiao learned this move from anime, and aside from anything else, it's quite useful for clearing the area.

After the buildings and survivors were separated by the Earth Explosion Star, Jiu Xiao placed the surviving survivors on the body of the Purple Flame Phoenix and then flew towards the refugee camp with them.

On the way back after the second search and rescue operation, a boy woke up.

Although the boy was in so much pain that he was about to faint again, his worry for his sister made him grit his teeth and persevere.

Chen Tianwu struggled to sit up and looked around. He knew someone had saved him, but he wondered if his sister was among those he had rescued.

Then Chen Tianwu saw Jiuxiao, who could change the world with every move he made.

Stunned, Chen Tianwu forgot his pain and looked at Jiuxiao, who had noticed he was awake and was flying towards him, and couldn't help but say something.

"Are you... Superman?"

"No... I'm not. Lie down first, you're seriously injured... some of your internal organs and limbs are already necrotic... hang in there a little longer, we'll be able to get to the refugee camp for treatment soon."