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

The King-class Honkai Beast on the sea surface is stirring up towering waves. Most of the waves crash against the vast surrounding sea, while the potential energy carried by the waves that only reach the shore is enough to sweep away small buildings.

The ferocious-looking Honkai Beast resembles a combination of a giant whale and a great white shark. Its sharp horn and scarlet eyes completely distinguish it from normal creatures in nature.

It constantly navigates the whirlpools within the ocean, its towering hull, over a hundred meters long, making each flip enough to unleash a maritime catastrophe.

Marine mammals are significantly heavier than their counterparts, being far heavier than normal species of the same species.

The single horn contained most of the Honkai energy within its body. At this moment, the sea monster was playfully spitting out a huge amount of Honkai energy. Depending on its mood, the fluctuations of the Honkai energy were so subtle that they could not be detected by the detection instruments at all.

This is clearly why the logistics department hadn't discovered it before.

It has a certain ability to conceal its Honkai energy fluctuations, and it can easily fool instruments with low precision.

This Emperor-level Honkai Beast, in ancient times, might have been known as a cholera monster by the common people, called the Sea God.

But in the girl's eyes, that was an obstacle blocking her way.

The high concentration of compressed particles inside the power furnace began to extract terrifying kinetic energy.

The silent roar drowned out the clamor of the waves.

Thousands of fist shadows, shimmering with orange-red light, shattered and evaporated the waves heading towards the shore.

Immediately afterwards, she took a step and passed through the steaming water curtain, her slender body already standing before those scarlet beast eyes.

Immediately, he threw a punch.

Deadly force o Breaking the sea.

As if the sea had been severed, the fist intent, concealing the thoughts of an immortal, first shattered the sea beast's solid horn, then evaporated the edges of its eyes and skin like a hot knife cutting through butter.

Unlike the restrained power of ordinary boxing techniques, its domineering brilliance burst forth in an instant, overwhelming the night.

The floating remains of fish and shrimp in the ocean were illuminated with exceptional clarity.

The light, converging into a line, disappeared into the massive wound, extinguishing the brightness of the outside world.

The force traveled along the winding and complex skeletal structure, shattering the tendons, blood, and bones in its path, melting the thick layers of internal armor, and finally grinding down the skull below, annihilating the brain's nerves.

At this point, the Emperor-class Honkai Beast was completely dead.

The remaining force of the punch, carrying immense inertia, continued to press and penetrate the massive beast's body, which was tens of meters thick. The twisted vortex below was driven into the deeper sea by an even more overwhelming force.

The massive carcass of the sea monster was pulled by this force and continued to burst and fall into the depths of the whirlpool.

All of this happened in a mere second.

The result was that the immortal created a huge crater fifty meters long in the sea with a single punch, and the enormous creature was permanently trapped at the entrance of this abyss.

For a full ten seconds or so, the void remained open.

The sea gradually calmed down after the first minute had passed.

Fu Hua, the instigator, only glanced at it before throwing a punch and flying towards the direction of Jiuyou.

She didn't have time to linger here, so that punch she threw earlier was already very serious.

In less than three seconds, she killed an Emperor-level Honkai Beast.

This is the limit of what Fu Hua can currently achieve; even using the Divine Key O Feather Crossing ability, the process of killing the opponent won't be much faster.

The girl's eyes, hidden by the armor shield, seemed to hold the shimmering light of a vast blue sea.

She murmured the boy's name, and her heart responded with waves of phantom pain...

163. Mirror, [Stigmata].

The twelfth Divine Key, Jizo's Soul.

In the real world, this was a power that Su Qing'an should never have been able to use.

Even ignoring basic Honkai energy literacy, adaptability to the Divine Key is an inherent constraint.

Su Qing'an still held the [Calming the Waves], which had only briefly transformed into the same form as the Jizo Mitsu Soul.

The hilt of the sword, covered with ukiyo-e prints of cherry blossoms, was something the boy was all too familiar with.

He held the knife, a slight smile playing on his lips.

Yae Sakura did not die.

Just as Rin had hoped, she chose a different path and a different life, and was resurrected in this world, instead of guarding that dream that would never come in the Stigmata Space.

The anomaly that occurred during the "Calming the Storm" event was a parting gift that Yae Sakura and Rin gave to Su Qing'an.

One-time access to Jizo Mitama.

In this brief period of time, the [Calming the Storm] in the boy's hand will become a vessel for a portion of the power of the Divine Key, thereby unleashing the powers possessed by the Herrscher of Corruption.

Even a portion of the power of the Divine Key was far too much for Su Qing'an.

His poor Honkai energy resistance and lack of Divine Key adaptability meant he wasn't qualified to bear this power for long.

Otherwise, perhaps the priestess would have chosen to hand over the Key of God to Su Qing'an.

At this moment, in order to allow the others to escape and to deal with the blessing Chi You bestowed upon Ji Xuanyuan, Su Qing'an touched this forbidden power.

Without fear or hesitation, Su Qing'an has never regretted it since the day he received the artificial holy mark.

For him, the power to change shackles by paying a price was an extremely gentle thing.

The young man deftly drew his blade, and the demon behind him roared as it slashed out with its twin swords, burning away a section of the Honkai energy barrier with jet-black flames.

The ever-burning flames contained the power of erosion, and even if the Honkai energy on the other side was as endless as the ocean, it could not repair this void in a short time.

Bronya gritted her teeth and ordered Heavy Bunny to lead everyone through the gap and head into the distance.

The communicator had been out of service since they were near the altar, but Bronya still hadn't given up hope of helping Su Qing'an.

She needed to get out of the area without signal as soon as possible and send a distress signal to the headmaster on the Hyperion.

Only Theresa, a former S-class Valkyrie, has the ability to help in this battle.

Simultaneously.

Chi You's ability to actively support the organisms within his body indicates that his seal is becoming increasingly weak.

We must find out the specific pattern and source of its Honkai energy transmission as soon as possible. Destroying the source directly with the Hyperion's main guns would also be of great help to the battle.

Even under extreme circumstances, the little girl's mind remained remarkably clear. She frantically considered the possibility of turning the tide of battle in the shortest time, only to sadly discover that no matter what the plan was, it could not escape the cost of Su Qing'an constantly burning his lifespan and the most likely tragedy.

The passageway outside was originally formed from the crystallization of Honkai energy, but it was already on the verge of collapse when all the Honkai energy was concentrated and flowed to the center of the altar.

Almost the instant the girl burst out of the vehicle mode in her heavy-duty bunny, the walls behind her began to collapse one after another, like dominoes, in a chain reaction.

Kiana put the underwater breathing apparatus on Sato Yuno, who remains unconscious. The excessive use of her powers has clearly had a significant impact on her.

They now have to face the constant possibility of seawater flooding in, while the signal remains disconnected even as they travel at high speed.

...

...

Ji Xuanyuan sat astride her warhorse, showing no intention of continuing to obstruct her.

"A lot of interesting juniors have run away, but it's okay, they won't go very far."

The girl's dark golden eyes were filled with indifferent killing intent as she spoke:

"Because you won't live much longer."

As he spoke, thousands of Xuanyuan swords, shaped from Honkai energy, surged toward Su Qing'an in an orderly and dense array.

Like missiles, each Xuanyuan Sword, carrying immense kinetic energy, was powerful enough to pierce through Su Qing'an's armored defenses.

Clearly, the armor Su Qing'an was wearing was far inferior to the real god-slaying armor.

It only replicates some abilities; the actual performance is less than two-thirds of the real thing.

But the existence of this armor played a crucial role in his ability to fight until now.

The boy held the woman's light body in his arms, his breathing becoming heavier. The brilliance of [Thousand Stars] had faded, and only the holy spear, still stubbornly attached to [Calming the Waves], shone with an ominous black-red glow.

The armor on his hand had been burned away at some point, and most of the flesh and blood of his hand had turned into charcoal. Only the bones stubbornly held onto all the ashes and remains, pressing them together on the hilt of the knife.

The moment Su Qing'an was able to use the power of the Earthly Treasury Soul, she chose to erode part of her own body in the opposite direction.

Now his arms no longer move by relying on the flesh and nerves, but are like a puppet being eroded by power and turned into a prop.

This was a decision made out of necessity. The Honkai energy patterns on his arm had begun to spread and would soon extend to the rest of his body. In order to maintain his fighting ability, sacrificing an arm was a necessary price to pay.

Faced with the rain of sword blades, he simply swung his knife with one hand.

Then, the demon behind him silently replicated the boy's movements.

The warrior seemed to have absorbed all of Su Qing'an's martial arts. The way it wielded its twin swords was completely different from the ferocity of its previous battles. Its elegant and natural swordsmanship was impenetrable, and the Xuanyuan Sword was completely swallowed up by the circle drawn by the black flames.

This seemingly powerful attack was like a pebble dropped into the deep sea, leaving no trace.

The boy looked up at the woman's peaceful sleeping face, coughing up blood as he asked:

"How much longer can I fight?"

[His entire skeleton is torn to varying degrees, his heart rate has reached a critical level, the Honkai energy erosion is severe, and his right arm is determined to be battle-damaged.]

You have a maximum of five minutes left, sir.

[Does it meet the core formula criteria? Do you want to enable it?]

A flood of data floated past my eyes, finally settling on a bright red option.

Five minutes is enough.

Just like that day in the Sacred Mark Space Sky Keep.

The boy's battered and bloodied appearance symbolized the approaching end, but his fear had long been crushed under his feet by something far more resilient.

When exactly was it?

Su Qing'an was no longer afraid—not of physical pain, not of an ending future, not of a hopeless fate, and...

The answer that could not be known.

He cast these thoughts aside, but they accumulated in his soul.

Today's teenagers don't want to think about anything.