A person in Honkai Impact, just became a Decade Knight

"You've got some skills, Mr. Gu Yu..."

Feeling the electric current coursing through his body, Junichi Shimura, lying on the ground, looked shakily at the armor he was wearing.

At this point, the armor on his body had begun to show signs of disintegration to varying degrees.

If not addressed promptly, this phenomenon might continue to affect him after the armor collapses.

What's worse, he no longer had the strength to continue fighting.

"Hmph, still not dead... You're really tough. That's the advantage of being immortal."

After shakily getting up from the ground, Gu Yu looked at Shimura Junichi, who was still breathing, and walked towards him.

"Yes, not only did they not die, but..."

Seeing Kouyu walking towards him, Shimura Junichi suddenly sprang up and lunged at the Chongxing Sword that had fallen to the side.

Upon witnessing this scene, Gu Yu immediately took out a card.

The next second—

AttackRide Time

【Spirit (Human Soul)】

After both sides simultaneously activated their chosen undead abilities, Gu Yu froze time...

—After activating this card, Shimura Junichi used his Nen Wave to strike Kouyu at the very moment Kouyu's time was frozen.

Although time in this space had been frozen again, Gu Yu, who was hit by the telekinetic wave, suddenly felt an excruciating pain.

Gu Yu, who intended to endure the attack and heal himself with his healing knight powers, suddenly felt a sharp pain erupt within his body.

"Damn it... this card..."

Seeing that Shimura Junichi was unable to move due to the time stop, Kouyu really wanted to go over and stab him twice.

But now, he discovered that he was completely unable to move because of the power erupting within him.

"[Spirit]...The power of this card..."

Looking at Gu Yu's chest, seeing that the injury was not worsening, he felt his consciousness gradually fading away.

"Didn't you expect this card...?"

At that moment, he finally understood why he could feel other parts of his body also groaning at the same time.

When Shimura Junichi struck him, it wasn't his body that was injured.

Just as the card 【Spirit】 implies, what Gu Yu was attacked by the psychic wave was... his soul.

After Gu Yu's consciousness completely disappeared and he deactivated his transformation, he naturally could no longer maintain the power of the Time Scarab.

After the power of the Time Scarab dissipated, Junichi Shimura looked at his armor and knight belt, which had been tattered by the power of the Herrscher of Thunder, and sneered as he instantly sent the armor flying.

"Hmph... Hahahahahaha!"

"That's good, then... no one can stop me!"

From the very beginning of the battle, Junichi Shimura had been holding back a final move.

It wasn't that he lacked confidence in his own abilities, but whenever Shimura Junichi recalled the scene of his battle with Kenzaki Kazuma, he always felt that he should have kept a backup plan.

After his birth, Junichi Shimura, who had spent four years studying the power of the undead in the Board's wreckage, along with Sakuya Tachibana, was well aware of where the human warriors' greatest weakness lay.

The body can be forged, and armor can be modified, but the soul is something that most humans cannot strengthen.

The card that targets the soul of the undead is precisely the Heart 2 [Human Undead], which exists as the ancestor of humanity.

If he still had the Heart 2 card in his hand when he fought Kenzaki Kazuma, how could he have possibly lost to that guy?

So this time, at the last moment, he chose this card to unleash its power and used it to launch a surprise attack on Gu Yu's soul.

And now—his plan has succeeded.

After revealing his monstrous form as the "Albino Clown," Junichi Shimura forcibly suppressed the electric current coursing through his body and strolled toward Kouyu.

"To cut the weeds, you must nip them in the bud. Mr. Gu Yu, what a pity..."

"Today, you will die here."

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PS1: The ability of the human undead is something I made up based on my translation of the word "Spirit" (meaning "strong liquor" or "soul"). Actually, some fans have speculated for a long time that the reason Hearts 2 was able to become the final winner might be because of this "Spirit" ability, which allowed them to attack the souls of other undead.

In short, this is a secondary interpretation; the official documentation has never provided any specific ability settings for Hearts 2.

Chapter 438. Tracking

"Senior Gu Yu!"

Just now, everyone was trying to break free from the amplified Honkai energy field.

Theoretically the strongest Raiden Mei was weakened after she unleashed her power into the surroundings, lending it to Kouyu to amplify the destructive power of her ultimate move.

At this moment, Wendy Vede, the second strongest after Mei, saw the approaching enemy and immediately unleashed her potential, breaking free from the Honkai energy suppression field and charging towards Shimura Junichi.

"Stay away from your senior!"

After gently clenching her right fist in mid-air, Wendy immediately manipulated the bodily fluids within Shimura Junichi, gathering them near his wound before unleashing them all at once.

At that moment, Shimura Junichi, whose blood had been manipulated, stumbled and almost fell to the ground because he was caught off guard.

"This blood... is green?"

"Heh, I underestimated you, Fourth Herrscher."

Realizing that his injuries were affecting his combat ability, Junichi Shimura immediately jumped back slightly, creating some distance between himself and Wendy.

"Forget it. It doesn't matter whether Mr. Gu Yu lives or dies. In the end, he's not my target this time."

"If he hadn't been blocking my way, why would I have made things difficult for this fellow traveler from a foreign land?"

Although Wendy didn't understand the meaning behind what Shimura Junichi was saying, the enemy's words were not important to the girl at that moment.

He hurt the person most important to Wendy, the person Wendy was rescued from the abyss by the Ancient Rain...

"Those bastards who hurt Senior Gu Yu deserve to die!"

With everyone still behind us and Senior Gu Yu nearby, we cannot use wide-area attacks.

So--

After manipulating the underground water in the beach to burst forth from the ground, Wendy transformed it into an incredibly sharp water blade and stabbed it at Shimura Junichi.

"Sigh, the killing intent is too strong."

【Time (The Scarab Beetle of Time)】

At this moment, the albino clown, who had already shown his monstrous form, transformed into the Scarab Undead after knocking down the Ten of Spades [Scarab of Time].

He then activated the Scarab Undead's power, freezing time once again.

"Your vitality is strong, but I don't want to use a Herrscher within me who can connect to the consciousness of Honkai as a guest at the 'banquet'."

After dodging the blade that almost pierced him, Junichi Shimura walked over to Kiana, who was still being suppressed by the Honkai energy suppression field, and gently punched the girl in the abdomen.

Once the Scarab Undead activates its time-stopping ability, it will strike others with the same force during the frozen time.

But for Junichi Shimura, this level of impact was nothing at all.

The next second, after everyone's time resumed, they were shocked to see Shimura Junichi transform back into the Albino Clown and grab the unconscious Kiana in his hand.

Kiana!

"Alright, that concludes today's warm-up battle. It seems the ladies have broken free of my Honkai energy suppression field, so—"

After gently raising his right hand, Junichi Shimura said indifferently.

"Let these guys keep the ladies entertained for a while."

The Valkyries who suddenly sprang up and charged toward Shimura Junichi were simultaneously stopped by the albino cockroach monsters that appeared behind him.

Even though they wanted to stop this enemy, in just an instant, Junichi Shimura disappeared from everyone's sight.

It was several tens of seconds after they swept away these cockroach monsters.

"Big brother...big brother!"

Yae Rin, who had been protected by everyone from the very beginning, rushed to Gu Yu's side immediately after the monster completely disappeared and used the power she had obtained as a Herrscher of Death [Creation].

"We have to catch up...we absolutely have to catch up!"

After continuously pouring power into Gu Yu's body, Yae Rin broke out in a cold sweat on her forehead.

However, at the same time, everyone also saw that Gu Yu's injuries were gradually healing.

"Rin, that's enough!"

After seeing Yae Rin's figure begin to appear and disappear, Yae Sakura immediately pulled her younger sister away from Kouyu.

"Mr. Gu Yu's body is fine now, don't waste your energy!"

"But... my older brother hasn't woken up!"

Looking at Gu Yu's unfocused pupils, Yae Rin said with a sob in her voice.

"Sister, let me continue using my power! Rin is able to live happily with everyone because of Big Brother. If I exhaust this power, it can wake Big Brother up...!"

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Seeing the anxious Yae Rin, Wendy suddenly spoke to Yae Rin in a fit of irritation.

“Senior Gu Yu, there’s absolutely no need for you to sacrifice yourself! Besides…”

Seeing Gu Yu's miserable state, Wendy suddenly stopped talking.

"Moreover, Mr. Gu Yu's current condition is not due to external injuries."

Lynn Maggie, who was slightly calmer than Wendy, spoke to the crowd in a trembling voice.

“Our A-rank Valkyries have received basic battlefield medical training, and Mr. Gu Yu is currently in this condition…”

"It's brain death, and not just ordinary brain death."