Regarding the question of whether one thousand lives are enough to beat Honkai Impact 3rd.

She took her boxing stance.

Fu Hua was very familiar with that posture; it was the Tai Xuan Liu O-Beng Jin.

This is a move that Su Qing'an created by combining the original Tai Xuan style with the martial arts she learned from her.

This is also the only martial arts technique that Sato Yuno has learned from Su Qing'an in the past few months.

Beng Jin is a straightforward and domineering style of boxing. Choosing such an offensive move shows that Sato Yuno has completely recognized her own shortcomings.

When you are less skilled than others in all aspects, using force to overpower them might be more effective.

More importantly, she wanted Yuno Sato to confront the power of the armor and control it.

This is quite simple and obvious for Sato Yuno, who has a certain ability to control Honkai energy even without using her powers.

However, the design of the jade to absorb Honkai energy made her, who was similar to a Herrscher, instinctively feel displeased. It was as if her domain had been invaded by an outsider, and it was only natural to feel unhappy.

Therefore, she instinctively resisted the enhancements that the armor provided to her.

Even she herself didn't realize this, and only when facing an opponent as formidable as Fu Hua and under the constraint of never being allowed to use her powers would she break free from the shackles of instinct and take control of this power.

The emerald-colored Honkai energy began to condense in the outside world at the moment it started, following the calculation formula of the armor.

In the instant that the Honkai energy rate inside the armor accelerated, this Honkai energy replicated a model of her own complete arm in reality and covered it over the fist frame.

As the armor's destructive energy rate reached a dangerous limit, the white light patterns at the armor joints became increasingly dazzling, while the sound effects roared out again amidst the dense drumbeats of the music.

"[Release safety lock] (Unlock the safety lock)!"

The illusory arm also clenched into a fist, and the moment the sound effect rang out, the Honkai energy expanded violently, and the illusory hand instantly magnified tenfold proportionally.

It flows through the whole body, twisting the force.

She threw a punch.

Tai Xuan Liu O Beng Jin.

The girl made no unnecessary movements, nor did she intend to materialize any armor. She also adopted a boxing stance, but this was her own martial art. The fluid ease and completely unified power and technique were things that Sato Yuno did not possess.

And then there's that oppressive force that suddenly descends like the gaze of an ancient dragon.

Martial prowess.

The martial energy contained within this punch will be an aid in defeating the enemy.

A single strike opens the sky.

A faint, wisp-like burst of destructive energy surged into the fist stance, breaking through the upper limit of technique, allowing this punch to easily unleash dozens of tangled streams of energy, while the force of the punch itself extinguished the streams of energy in the next second.

"Try one's best!"

Amidst a sharp roar, the enormous illusory hand and the girl's delicate, pale fist collided.

Boom boom boom.

The louder sound drowned out the sound effects.

The Tai Xuan Liu's "Beng Jin" and "Cun Jin" collide here.

The surface of the illusory hand cracked the moment it touched the girl's fist imprint. Then, the Honkai energy condensate crumbled inch by inch, turning into a large number of light spots that scattered in the air. Sato Yuno's real fist, which was now powerless, lost most of its power.

The two fists eventually landed smoothly together.

The outcome is decided.

111. The pseudo-Herrscher, Sato Yuno.

Judging from the training results, this is a victory for Sato Yuno.

In that punch, Fu Hua used Honkai energy, even if it was only a tiny amount, but that was enough to prove that Sato Yuno successfully used the full power of the armor.

If we disregard training factors, then it would be a complete defeat for me.

Defeat is something that Sato Yuno cannot allow.

It has nothing to do with any subtle emotions, nothing to do with self-esteem or the arrogance that is imposed on the soul after being influenced by the consciousness of collapse.

Yuno Sato simply didn't want to lose again. No matter what kind of battle it was, she would inevitably feel a deep sense of powerlessness whenever she was defeated again.

Both the death she faced that night and the subsequent funeral with its crisp sound of rain were sources of her sense of powerlessness.

She still clearly remembers the girl kneeling in front of the tombstone, her small and frail back, her hair gradually getting wet, the forced smile on her face, and... the tears gently covered by the rain. These are images that Sato Yuno can never let go of.

Kanbara Yuu still cried.

From then on, the white flowers in front of the tombstone became a mark on Sato Yuno's heart.

Therefore, I don't want to lose.

So, I don't want to lose again.

She can do better; she must be stronger than before.

In order to prevent that feeling of powerlessness from recurring, she had to do even the most irrational struggles and efforts.

“Continue,” she said softly.

Sato Yuno retreated step by step, then stepped forward again.

This time she gave up on opening up her boxing stance. Technique itself was something she wasn't good at, and the explosive force she used was full of flaws and crude.

If the opponent wants to, once they've set up their stance, countless openings will become the reasons for their defeat.

Therefore, instead of continuing to be fixated on this, it's better to decisively abandon this method of attack.

She began to actively try to let the Honkai energy in her body be absorbed and compressed in conjunction with the power reactor of the armor. In the short time it took to do so, the temperature of the armor began to rise rapidly. Even the extremely strong heat insulation layer made her feel that the surface of her skin was no longer cool, but warm.

The background music, which had been gradually becoming somber, suddenly picked up speed again, and a familiar sound effect roared out at an ear-piercing decibel level.

"【Starting Honkai Energy Compression】"

"[Release safety lock] (Unlock the safety lock)!"

A large amount of Honkai energy, following the predetermined calculation formula, once again condensed into an illusory hand, and the emerald-colored Honkai energy burned in the air, producing a large number of sparks.

She was using her instinct to manipulate Honkai energy, similar to a Herrscher, to forcibly compress and shape Honkai energy beyond the calculated formula. If it did not exceed the limits of the armor itself, the third-generation Valkyrie armor alone could not shake the person in front of her.

A-rank Valkyrie?

Although I don't understand what a normal A-level is, the other party is clearly no longer an ordinary A-level.

This is ridiculously strong.

But this is for the best.

It couldn't be better.

According to the calculation formula, Honkai energy should have formed a phantom hand that was magnified ten times in proportion to crush the enemy within one second of being released into the outside world. This was a form that was taken into account in response to the huge size of Honkai Beasts. However, when facing Fu Hua, who is also human, such an attack seemed too weak.

What Sato Yuno is doing now is not anything else. She is completely compressing the illusory hand, which was originally going to be magnified ten times proportionally, into a shape like external armor, making it obediently exist on her arm. This way, the force can be completely condensed into one place, instead of being as vulnerable as before.

However, this behavior, which contradicted the calculation formula, caused the armor to begin to bear a load that was not anticipated at the beginning of the design.

But she still succeeded. Manipulating Honkai energy is an instinct for the pseudo-Herrscher that doesn't even require the use of power. In the brief moment when the pseudo-Herrscher's core trembled slightly, the emerald-colored illusory hand compressed and condensed into a pale green arm armor that attached itself to her right arm.

The moment the arm armor took shape, she threw a punch without hesitation.

"Try one's best!"

Accompanied by the fixed sound effect of the armor hitting the opponent, Fu Hua once again used the Inch Heart Fist Technique to block the punch. However, unlike the almost non-existent Honkai energy before, this time she was a little more serious.

The impact of their punches created a dangerous, knife-like aftershock that completely shredded the clothing covering Sato Yuno's armor, exposing her slender figure to the air. Hot steam billowed from the thrusters, once again obscuring the beautiful curves that had been outlined.

Conversely, the cuffs of the girl's training clothes also developed tears.

Unlike her previous unwavering stance during the punches, her body was forcibly dragged back several steps by a tremendous force, leaving the ground behind her feet in a shattered mess—a result of her using all her skills to deflect the force.

Fu Hua glanced at her cuff, a faint smile playing on her lips:

"Yuno Sato, you've improved."

This punch is beyond the level that a normal B-rank Valkyrie could use. Has she finally learned to make use of her natural talent?

Very good. This is the path you must take.

Gradually master this power until it becomes your own.

At that time, you will no longer need to fear that the Honkai consciousness can easily overwhelm you.

And in this process, troubles and hardships are inevitable.

“Not enough,” the girl said.

Sato Yuno's eyes grew increasingly alluring, and a certain extreme stubbornness was evident in her words.

The pseudo-Herrscher's core unconsciously overflowed Honkai energy during the ebb and flow of her emotions, which should have been detected and alerted by the warning device in the Emerald.

But at this moment, the armor remained motionless for some reason.

Once again, Sato Yuno used the illusory hand equipped with the armor.

The illusory hand from last time had been forcibly solidified into a semi-transparent arm armor, which did not disappear even after this punch landed.

Sato Yuno's idea was simple: if one stack of power wasn't enough, then two would do it. As for the load the armor would face, that was no longer a consideration for her.

Outside the translucent arm armor, the extremely unstable Honkai energy began to be gathered and compressed again by an inexplicable force.

The system, recognizing that the armor was gradually reaching its load limit, issued a warning.

"【THESystemOverload】(System Overload)!"

Noisy.

Ignoring the sounds around his ears and the red-glowing crystals behind his neck, the Honkai energy wailed as it was forcibly forced into the posture the girl desired.

"【sanbyougo】(Three seconds later)!"

Noisy.

In a single second, the Honkai energy was sculpted into an even more grotesque gauntlet that snaked around the original gauntlet. Clearly, Sato Yuno no longer cared about aesthetics at this moment.

"[Logout]!"

Noisy.

Then throw this punch within three seconds.