Honkai Impact: Starting from Wandering with Kiana

"Tsk...are they hiding from Bronya?"

"None of your business!" Xing shouted angrily, embarrassed and furious after being exposed by Jiu Xiao's words. "Don't tell anyone!"

"Fine, fine, you're loud, so you get to decide."

Jiu Xiao covered his ears and then distanced himself from Xing. He wanted to keep his distance in case she got angry and tried to attack him, lest her blood splatter on him.

It seems that Xing still harbors some resentment towards Bronya for killing her. Xing liked both Bronya and Seele, but now she'll probably only like Seele, right?

"Oh right, I just realized... Xing, did you undress someone again?! You used to be such an exhibitionist with just a few pieces of fabric, but now you're all covered up, what are you up to?!"

Upon hearing Jiu Xiao's question, Xing glared at him with disgust, crossed her arms, ran to a distance, and shouted at him.

"Don't you know what kind of image you have in my eyes? Slaanesh, greedy, slothful, your head full of filth, a worm that only crawls around! What if you have designs on me?! I'm crazy, not stupid. If you try to force me, I can't resist!"

"Damn it, the author must have been obsessed with eroticism and influenced me. And you ugly bastard, you can look down on yourself, but don't underestimate my sensibilities! Wait…your body?"

Jiu Xiao's tone turned serious as he flashed to Xing's side and slightly loosened her collar.

Just as Xing was angrily baring her teeth and brandishing her claws, Jiu Xiao noticed deep Honkai energy erosion patterns on Xing's neck, which was covered by her clothes.

Lifting her collar, sure enough... beneath the layers of clothing, Anzu's body was covered with patterns of decay and erosion.

"Go away!"

After realizing that Jiuxiao had discovered the Honkai energy patterns on her body, the clock in her almond-shaped eyes began to turn, instantly stopping time.

Just as Xing was about to escape, she discovered that Jiu Xiao was completely unaffected by the time stop and was looking at her with excitement.

"Time stop...time stop! Yes, there's time stop!" Jiuxiao suddenly thought of a way to rewrite this world.

If one can freeze time, continuously accumulate the power to transform between reality and illusion during this time stop, and then unleash it the instant the time stop ends, it will be enough to suppress the world's rate of absorbing energy from the transformation between reality and illusion, thus rewriting the world into reality.

"Cough cough cough... Xing, I need your help with something really important! It might require draining you dry."

Jiuxiao rubbed his hands together, watching Xing with eager anticipation. His own time was only slowed, not truly stopped, but Xing's was truly stopped!

Xing felt a chill run down her spine; the usually madwoman was now somewhat flustered.

Jiuxiao's gaze was somewhat frightening at that moment, like a big bad wolf discovering a tender white rabbit... and considering the image of this guy in the Eye of Sin...

What should I do? Is this lustful being, who is practically the embodiment of the seven deadly sins, about to attack me? I can't beat him, and I can't fight back!

Xing clenched her fists, the clock hand dagger in her hand twisting slightly from her grip. Finally, Xing closed her eyes, opened her arms, and appeared ready to be taken.

"For Seele's sake, I cannot die here! Come on! I will remember this humiliation, and one day I will kill you!"

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Jiuxiao's eyes, which had been filled with joy, suddenly cleared, and he looked at Xing as if she were an idiot.

"Are you out of your mind, you idiot? Even though I'm not a good person from your perspective, it doesn't have to be this outrageous!"

Chapter 318 It's time to look up at the sky after crawling on the ground for too long!

After Jiu Xiao explained things to her thoroughly, Xing realized that she had made a mistake and misunderstood Jiu Xiao. With the misunderstanding cleared up, the two began to discuss the feasibility of the plan.

"Although I don't know why you can move freely in my time stop, it's unlikely that this is possible... because my time stop is very short, not enough for you to accumulate enough energy to cover the entire world."

"If we rely entirely on my own energy, there definitely won't be enough time. But..."

Jiuxiao pointed upwards, towards the dead spot in the sky that obscured the heavens and gathered the Honkai energy of the entire world.

"Isn't it already readily available in the sky?"

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Jiuxiao returned to the newly established base of the Fire Moth at the Me Society and told Penglai Temple Jiuxiao and the others about her thoughts.

If Phimiris separates this Stigmata World, and then Houraiji Jiuxiao gives Jiuxiao the Honkai energy of the Heavenly Death Mark and Sirin, and then uses Xing's time stop to make the power of "real-virtual transformation" explode instantly, it will be enough to rewrite the inevitable destruction of this world.

However, one prerequisite is being met…

Fimiris was unable to divide the Stigmata space of Houraiji Jiuxiao because the Stigmata of Houraiji Jiuxiao was not fully awakened yet. The unawakened Stigmata did not have enough power, and Kiana's power took the initiative.

Kiana has now become active again due to the Honkai, and her consciousness has been affected and interfered with by the Honkai consciousness, preparing to destroy everything.

In other words, if we want to divide the Stigmata Space, we must first solve Kiana's problem.

Ultimately, things returned to where they started: killing Kiana...

But now that there is hope of rewriting the ending, even if the Herrscher of the End is an insurmountable barrier, we must give it a try.

Iselin installed the Herrscher Core of the Second Herrscher into the Hyperion's power reactor, attempting to use the Herrscher Core's energy to restart the reactor.

Although the power plant nearly exploded several times due to energy runaway, it was finally successful in the end.

By continuously depleting the Honkai energy of the Herrscher core using the Hyperion, the charging of Death Mark can be slowed down, buying more time for the final countdown to destruction.

The Hyperion's anti-gravity system was completely destroyed, rendering it unable to take off. Therefore, Iserly planned to use the primitive method of gliding acceleration to give the Hyperion an initial speed sufficient for takeoff, but the acceleration run was conservatively estimated to be at least 20 kilometers... almost requiring crossing most of the Long Sky City.

Moreover, even if it eventually takes flight, it will only be a "flying coffin" with only a one-way ticket and no chance of landing.

Therefore, Jiuxiao rejected the plan and directly summoned Kukulkan, who was still drifting in the universe, back.

Hearing the call from the heavens, Kukulkan, enveloped in flames generated by friction with the atmosphere, returned from beyond the sky…

But when the flames subsided, Kukulkan appeared before everyone in a state of near-death. Its body, from its left wing to its tail, had been pierced straight through by a massive spear of the end.

Kukulkan had been basking in the sun in outer space for a long time, and with the power of the Sun God, it finally regained some of its strength. But the recovery of its strength also meant that its life energy reaction had increased, which, in the perception of the Herrscher of the End, was a suddenly magnified beacon.

Ordinary Honkai Beasts wouldn't be a concern for the Herrscher of the End, but the Feathered Serpent God Kukulkan is a different story. Even if Kiana doesn't want to act, the Herrscher of the End will, destroying all living beings, including Honkai Beasts.

Kukulkan groaned softly as he called out to the heavens.

"Roar..." (Boss, save me... I'm going to die)

The Spear of the End shattered several of Kukulkan's cores, while the power of the End remaining on the Spear of the End continued to destroy and suppress Kukulkan's life force.

"This doesn't look like a new injury. If I hadn't called you, were you planning to just die alone in outer space?"

"Roar..." (Because there are no dead spots or atmosphere in outer space, I can last for several hundred more years by relying on sunlight...)

"So you're planning to hide until the world ends, to escape at the very end, is that it?! Bear with it... it might hurt a lot when you pull it out like this..."

Jiuxiao reached out and grabbed the spear shaft. Just as he was about to pull it out, he thought for a moment, called Xing over, and asked her to give Kukulkan some space around him.

After the apricot season ended, Jiuxiao grabbed the Spear of the End and ripped it off Kukulkan's body, then quickly used the power of creation to heal Kukulkan.

Thankfully, Xing stopped time for him; otherwise, Jiuxiao felt that just pulling out the Spear of the End would have been enough to tear Kukulkan into countless pieces...

When the time stop ended, Kukulkan reappeared before everyone perfectly intact.

Feeling no pain whatsoever, and with his injuries already healed, Kukulkan roared excitedly a few times, then rubbed his head against Jiuxiao's body with glee.

"With Jiuxiao's abilities combined with Xing's abilities, it's a pity these two aren't doctors."

Himeko, who had witnessed all this from afar, thoughtfully remarked, recalling the brutality that Jiuxiao and Penglaiji Jiuxiao had inflicted on her before—the digging and scooping...it almost killed her in pain. That bastard Jiuxiao now knows how to stop the pain; why didn't he think of using anesthesia when he was with Penglaiji Jiuxiao?!

The Spear of the End, pulled from Kukulkan's body, instantly returned to its normal size and was held in Jiuxiao's hand. The spear trembled incessantly, its tip pointing towards a certain point, wanting to return to its master's hand, but Jiuxiao held it tightly, preventing it from escaping.

"Get some rest. We'll be counting on you to lead us to the top of that tower for our final battle with Kiana." Jiuxiao patted Kukulkan's head before heading to meet up with Jiuxiao and the others at Penglai Temple to arrange things before the battle.

"Roar..." (Ah... I still have to go find the Herrscher of the End? I should have just stayed here...)

Kukulkan lay on the ground, looking dejected, and curled up. Its current timidity was all thanks to Kiana's attack... If it were to face Kiana again, it would be better to leave the Spear of End still embedded...

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With the help of Jiuxiao and Kukulkan, everyone will likely end up directly fighting against Shenhua Na and Shen Mei.

So Bronya arranged for all the members of the Flame Chaser to hide in the underground of ME Corporation. This place survived the Great Honkai Impact five years ago, and perhaps it can do the same this time...

If we can handle Kiana and Madara, then we won't have to worry about any of this. If we can't handle Kiana... then Kiana will mercifully shoot us through the entire ME organization from above, letting them die without pain.

Jiuxiao, Penglaiji Jiuxiao, Himeko, Theresa, Bronya, Seele, Xing, Iselin, and others gathered on Kukulkan's body, ready to go to the Tower of the End and fight Kiana to the death.

"Gentlemen! We have crawled on the ground for too long; it's time to look up at the sky! This is the final battle! Moths chasing the flame! Spread your wings and fly towards the light of hope!"

"Kukulkan, attack!"

Chapter 319 Light and Shadow in the Tower

As Jiuxiao and the others rode Kukulkan upwards, flying towards the top of the Tower of the End—the Tower of the End.

As they passed the walls of the Tower of the End, the walls began to move, splitting off wave after wave of Honkai creatures... Among them were countless dragon-shaped flying Honkai beasts of the Kukulkan race.

However, these normal-sized Kukulkan, which are only a few dozen meters tall, are insignificant compared to the feathered serpent god Kukulkan.

"Roar..." (Although they're all enemies, they're barely considered my kind. Hold on tight, I'm going to start accelerating to shake them off!)

Kukulkan roared and began to accelerate. The friction between its supersonic flight and the air caused its body temperature to rise rapidly. It then exploded with a sonic boom, which carried out and blasted away the Honkai Beasts in the distance. The weaker ones were instantly reduced to blood and gore.

"Waaaaah! I'm going to die!!" "Help!"

The screams of Penglai Temple's Nine Heavens and Xi'er came incessantly through the communication device developed by Iselin. Their snot and tears were forced uncontrollably down their faces by the wind pressure, and then evaporated and disappeared in the air...

Although Theresa unleashed Judah, binding them tightly with chains, and Jiuxiao protected them with a domain field to prevent them from falling or getting hurt, the visual and auditory experience brought by Kukulkan's supersonic flight still terrified them.