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

Even after undergoing initial modifications with Honkai energy, ordinary living beings are far inferior to the Advance-class Honkai Beasts, and the Living Puppet can only utilize the number of crows.

A hole opened up in the vine at the girl's will, and Sato Yuno readily led Su Qing'an into the vine.

He looked like a guy driving a convertible who, after seeing the fine rain falling, smiled and closed the top, his movements exuding an indescribable elegance and nonchalance.

Arrows rained down, their blood staining the dragon-like vines crimson.

The jet-black raven feathers barely penetrated the surface of the vines, as if simply adding scales, but they did nothing to slow it down.

Then the rest of the puppets appeared.

It was a black bear, but its appearance clearly exceeded the specifications of ordinary animals. Its four-meter-tall body and strange, jet-black shell that resembled armor were enough to prove that it was far stronger than those weak crows.

Based on its appearance alone, it gives the impression that its combat power is no less than that of a tank-class Honkai Beast.

In fact, in terms of sheer power, it is more powerful than the tank class.

It stood in front of it but wasn't immediately knocked away by the oncoming vines. However, the carapace on its chest was still shattered by the strong kinetic energy, and large amounts of blood seeped out.

The giant bear let out a terrible howl as its four-meter-tall body was violently pulled forward by the dragon-shaped vines.

But its feet carved two deep furrows in the ground, clearly showing that even such suffering could not make it give up.

The giant bear, essentially a living puppet, only retains the basic consciousness of a wild beast; it is normal for it not to give up.

Although the giant bear did not manage to capture Sato Yuno directly, it did slow down their escape from the battlefield.

We cannot give the living puppets even the slightest chance to stop them.

Beautiful flowers bloomed on the surface of the vines, and spores, just like those used when dealing with the living dolls, were released into the air and drifted toward the giant bear.

It's clear that Sato Yuno intends to use the same method to kill the giant bear directly and eliminate the obstacle.

Immediately, fog rolled in.

The living doll stood silently on the giant bear's shoulder, its spores corroded by the mist.

It took action itself.

The power that controls the living doll's body is essentially Honkai energy, but its manifestation is remarkably similar to telekinesis in movies.

It not only erased the spores emitted by Sato Yuno, but also imbued the giant bear with this telekinetic power.

The vines' forward movement suddenly slowed down.

We must not waste the opportunity that Su Qing'an created at such a high cost.

The girl glanced at the boy kneeling beside her, panting heavily, and made up her mind.

Even if it exceeds the maximum power that can be output at present, we must break through the encirclement.

The dragon-shaped vine is about ten meters long, and its tail is burning.

Literally, burning.

Essentially vines shaped from Honkai energy, the latter part of which was used by Yuno Sato as fuel to propel her forward.

It's like the locomotive, which provides most of the power, abandons the dozens of carriages behind it, allowing it to move forward at high speed.

Beyond that, the burning of Honkai energy will provide even more powerful kinetic energy, much like the nitro boost in a game – a kind of mystical phenomenon. But if you play QQ Speed ​​and don't use nitro boost, who can you beat?

So now that Sato Yuno has used nitrogen acceleration, all kinds of demons and monsters must give way.

The same goes for the live dolls and the giant bear.

A roar far louder than that of a Maybach's engine filled the air as the dragon-shaped vine slammed into the giant bear, sending its four-meter-tall body and the living doll flying through the air. The scene was somewhat surreal.

"How dare a mortal blaspheme against a god?!" The living puppet's face remained unchanged, but its will roared.

The chaotic accents and words seemed to the two of them as if the entire village of Kanbara was simultaneously and inexplicably repeating the same sentence, mechanical and strange.

The live puppet used all its strength.

It extracted all the Honkai energy from the Earth's crust at once, and the massive amount of Honkai energy accumulated over the past ten years was now completely under its control.

Fog, still fog.

An immeasurable amount of fog billowed out.

It's as if following some kind of rule that the fog is a fixed manifestation of Honkai energy here.

The mist condensed into a black and red dragon-shaped shell, and this intangible dragon rushed towards Sato Yuno to wrestle with her.

The two fake dragons, which were merely physical entities, collided with each other with a deafening roar, their Honkai energy clashing and colliding with each other, producing a piercing sound.

"This is never going to end. It should be over," Sato Yuno said indifferently.

The Honkai energy intensified the burning, and two-thirds of the vine's body was burned to ashes in a second, the purple flames illuminating the already pitch-black night in an instant.

The speed was so exaggerated, it was like drifting through a corner, going over a speed bump, and then activating nitro.

But this was only the prelude. The dragon's head was raised high, and the strong wind caused by the opening and closing of its mouth dispersed the fog, revealing the girl standing calmly.

The school badge on Sato Yuno's chest emitted a blinding white light, suddenly making her pitch-black vision clear.

She opened her palm, and an unstable sphere, intertwined with violent Honkai energy fluctuations, floated quietly.

“Go,” she said.

Thus, the beam of light, which had gathered countless Honkai energies, was released and crashed down, starting from the object in the girl's hand.

From a distance, it looked like a giant dragon roaring and unleashing a torrent of purple dragon breath, a magnificent sea of ​​light engulfing everything.

The mist dragon shattered.

Sato Yuno's powers are indeed not suitable for attacking, but that's in comparison to the pseudo-Herrscher, and to the Herrscher.

What Su Qing'an could only do with the help of the Holy Mark, she could also do. The only difference was that the boy could only do it because of his top-level skills and could do it almost instantly, while Sato Yuno simply used the immense Honkai energy to compress and unleash it.

From the moment she chose to leave the battlefield, she was compressing her preparations, but in terms of power, it was still not as good as the sword strike that Su Qing'an had unleashed, but that was enough.

The vines transformed into a dragon, moving as fast as a beam of light, smashing everything in their path and successfully piercing through numerous obstacles.

And the destination is right in front of us.

The living doll used every trick in the book, but even that couldn't stop Sato Yuno, who was a pseudo-Herrscher.

She should have come to participate in the B-level mission to unleash her full power.

But as if by fate, she and Su Qing'an came to the Shenyuan family to help them end their five-hundred-year-old destiny.

But the path to breaking free from destiny is never smooth sailing.

The vines, now almost entirely in the shape of a dragon's head, crashed into the transparent wall.

It's a barrier.

38. Jizo Mitama?

The plan to withdraw from the battlefield has completely failed.

When the living doll extracted all the Honkai energy from the earth's crust, the barrier was reborn in less than a breath.

Sato Yuno leaped out from the ashes of the vines, carrying the boy with her.

As the two stood at the edge of the barrier, the normally aggressive doll once again went into a daze, obediently kneeling on the messy ground, its kimono below its knees stained with dust and soil.

It now seems that the living dolls may not possess the intelligence they previously imagined, and the reason for their behavior logic should be related to the rituals of Kambara Village.

"...I'm sorry," the girl whispered to Su Qing'an, clearly a little disappointed.

In Sato Yuno's view, Su Qing'an, who had achieved such a level of performance with such poor Honkai energy resistance, was already quite remarkable. On the contrary, she herself, who was chosen by Honkai and transformed into a pseudo-Herrscher, was too useless to even complete such a simple task.

Moreover, this is all under the premise that Su Qing'an paid such a price.

Su Qing'an stood up. His strength was gradually recovering. The first time he had experienced the Holy Mark clearly extracting his life force had left him in a very dazed state. Perhaps this situation would improve as he got used to fighting with the Holy Mark.

He said to the girl:

"You did very well."

"The Living Doll's trump card has been revealed, and the Honkai energy underground is almost completely depleted now. If that thing really exists, you can definitely find it now."

In the instant the situation changed, Su Qing'an adjusted his mindset. He calmly analyzed the pros and cons and comforted the girl.

Unlike before, he silently recited the Sword Heart Mantra, actively transforming all his anxiety and unease into nourishment for the Sword Heart.

He only used this tactic frequently back in Changkong City, when he was dealing with his first massacre and escape.

I am far from mature enough. Even though I know that anxiety is meaningless and will only make things worse, my emotions still run wild.

"Also, now is not the time to dwell on this." He paused, then continued.

“Mm.” Sato Yuno nodded in response.

It's good that the living puppet isn't attacking the two. According to human intelligence, continuing to harass and delay would be normal, but for the living puppet, this seems to be enough.

As long as the barrier is not attacked, it may remain in a state of inactivity.

The two sides seem to be playing a game called "Statues." They were fighting to the death before, but now they're peaceful and quiet. It's like they're playing house.

It's not impossible to continue breaking the barrier, but Sato Yuno understands that this barrier is linked to all the Honkai energy that the living doll can control. The barrier created by such a huge amount is not the same strength as the previous barrier, and it would take a lot of effort to break it.

In Su Qing'an's opinion, even if the barrier is broken, there is still a possibility of follow-up methods. Rather than waiting for the living puppet to keep coming up with endless tricks, it would be better to kill it once and for all.

The two men knew that if the villagers were simply elite assassins, there was no way they could be defeated in a short time.

If a fully automatic rifle hits the lower limbs, the assassin will lose the ability to move; if it hits the head, he will die instantly.

In theory, with the added obstruction of electric fences and landmines, coupled with gunfire, the villagers could even be wiped out.

However, Su Qing'an could still sense a certain unease, which was the reason he chose to decisively use the Holy Mark.

In retrospect, even though they didn't manage to escape the battlefield, forcing out the living doll's trump card and making Sato Yuno's search easier couldn't be considered entirely meaningless.

The Honkai energy imprint left underground by the power was completely dispersed when the living doll pulled out a massive amount of Honkai energy.

Yuno Sato is re-invading the earth's crust with her powers, re-covering such a large area of ​​the earth's interior—a rather massive project.

She was able to do it during the ten-minute gap before the live puppet appeared. Perhaps she could do it faster this time with experience, but it would still take some time.

Five minutes later, the girl successfully sensed a strange Honkai energy fluctuation deep underground at the shrine. The wavelength of this Honkai energy was almost identical to the nearby Honkai energy mist, but it was even stranger, based on the senses of a Herrscher.

This is why Sato Yuno has been trying so hard to find it. The living doll is like hiding a drop of strange water in the ocean. If you don't dry up the ocean, it's just wishful thinking to try to find that drop of water.

Even the strongest Honkai energy sensory ability would be blinded in this situation, but without any cover, Sato Yuno found it very easily.