A person in Honkai Impact, just became a Decade Knight

"That works too, I'm lacking help anyway. And right now..."

Seeing the four beams of light piercing the sky, Gu Yu immediately activated the Aurora Curtain, pulling all three of them inside.

"—We've found him! We've located him!"

Before Fu Hua could even utter a sound, she watched as the three figures suddenly vanished before her eyes.

"Eh...Eh???"

"You're just leaving like this, without even giving me a ride???"

Looking at the empty ground, the girl stomped her foot in dissatisfaction...

Looking at the ground where a minor earthquake had occurred, I suddenly realized I shouldn't do anything rash.

"Fine, it'll only take me a few seconds to fly there anyway. I want to see who's causing trouble on my turf..."

"Just how punchable is he?!"

……

After the Witch's Feast began, Fueki Kanade's attention shifted from the ritual itself to the act of protecting it.

Everything was proceeding according to his plan, but why...?

The magic power absorbed by the Philosopher's Stone was not as much as he had imagined.

Even though the magic circle transformation resulted in significant losses, the current population of Sky City is several times that of the location where he launched the attack.

The Witch's Feast is proceeding as planned, so where exactly did that energy go...?

"These humanoid humanoids are absorbing energy?!"

As the energy emanating from the four individuals intensified, Fueki Kanade suddenly began to panic.

The energy intensity emanating from these four individuals has already surpassed the combined energy intensity of the previous four human pillars.

Leaving aside Haruto Misaki, who possesses the Infinity Ring, the strength of these four individuals at this moment has already surpassed that of the four mages in their normal state.

If this continues...

"We've arrived, let's get started!"

After the Aurora Curtain dropped the three of them, Gu Yu immediately threw out a card.

Meanwhile, Rita and Durandal quickly completed donning their Godslayer Armor.

But in the next moment, Gu Yu immediately grabbed her right hand, which was throbbing with pain, and rushed to the two of them after finishing dressing.

"Everyone back up! There's a problem!"

At first, he suspected that the brat Herrscher of Knowledge was following him, which was causing the stigma on his right hand to keep throbbing.

But now, looking at the state of those four people, Gu Yu suddenly understood—that wasn't the case at all.

The intensity of Honkai energy here is unusually high.

Fueki Kanade maintained that he thought he had selected four powerful Jinchūriki.

But now it seems... all of this was part of the Honkai God's plan.

Four Jinchuriki with Herrscher potential participated in the energy-absorbing ritual here.

If the Honkai God were to guide this energy slightly, it could be distributed into the bodies of the four people...!

Rita and Durandal, who had already noticed this, changed their expressions and instinctively obeyed Gu Yu's instructions, hiding behind him.

And then, in an instant...

—A massive shockwave generated by Honkai energy began to rage wildly outwards from the center of this magic circle.

Chapter 473. Awaking

Headquarters of Destiny

Using the monitors on Rita and Durandal, Otto had been anxiously observing the situation in Sky City for several minutes.

After Rita and Durandal set off, an unknown energy appeared in the sky above Sky City, obscuring the city itself.

Even though Otto had mentally prepared himself, and even after seeing Rita and Durandal meet up with Gu Yu in Sky City, Otto still felt that something was missing.

Wiseman's fighting ability could easily overwhelm Rita, but that was when Rita was completely unprepared.

Having taken precautions this time, Rita was naturally not going to be so easily controlled by Wiseman's gravity-based abilities.

Both Durandal and Gu Yu possess the combat power to easily defeat a Herrscher.

In this situation, he had nothing to worry about.

Even if Sirin awakens now, she will not be able to fully utilize her peak strength during the Second Honkai Impact due to insufficient Honkai energy and the lack of Herrscher cores.

But why exactly...?

"Lord Otto, something bad has happened!"

Just as Otto was deep in thought, Amber noticed an alarm and immediately shouted loudly at Otto.

"The Plague Gem installed in the Blank Key at headquarters has now broken free of control and is rushing outwards madly!"

"...Where did it go?!"

Upon hearing Amber's exclamation, Otto immediately saw the shockwave being unleashed.

"Could it be...?!"

"Location... According to predictions, the Plague Gem is currently hurtling towards China... No, it has already arrived!"

"The exact location is where Lady Rita and Lady Durandal are—Sky City!"

…………

After the shockwave erupted, Rita and Durandal quickly regained their senses and prepared for battle.

"Mr. Gu Yu, are you alright?"

"No problem... not a big deal."

Before the shockwave spread, Gu Yu immediately activated his Honkai energy absorption ability, which he hadn't used in a long time, and absorbed the spreading Honkai energy into his body.

In the past, someone with this level of energy might have fainted on the spot due to excessive energy.

However, even after being devoured by Gu Yu, these Honkai energies, which were enough to cause a collapse, still failed to kill the now-grown Gu Yu.

but……

Did you fail to awaken any new cards?

Never mind, there's no need to worry about these things now. The most important issue right now is...

Looking at the four Jinchūriki floating in mid-air in front of him, a bead of cold sweat appeared on the forehead beneath Kouyu's mask.

These four musicians plus a flute player...

Tricky.

Moreover, I now understand that although Fueki Tsuneko had meticulously planned everything, it was all within the calculations of the Honkai God.

According to information from Ossiani, the Herrscher of Knowledge is almost certainly located in Sky City.

She probably didn't come here to reminisce about the past at Tianqiong Peak. If she really wanted to reminisce, she should have gone to Taixu Mountain, just like in the original story.

She came here because of the guidance of the Honkai God.

The reason why the Honkai God secretly guided the Herrscher of Consciousness to appear here unconsciously...

—It is precisely because the Honkai God needs her as a catalyst.

The Herrscher of Consciousness is a Herrscher who manipulates consciousness. If she were here, unconsciously using her abilities to resonate with the other Herrscher candidates, it could completely accelerate the previous step in their Herrscherization process—despair.

Meanwhile, through the unconscious resonance of the Herrscher of Consciousness, even if the Honkai energy in this place is not enough to allow four Herrschers to be born at the same time according to common sense, the actions of Fueki Kanade in treating the four as human jinchūriki can allow the four to serve as a transit station and store a large amount of energy in their bodies.

Now, everything is connected.

That old bastard Diemu thought he was doing a great job, but it turns out he's just the ultimate laborer in the national war!

What kind of witch's banquet is this... witch my ass.

This is a massive collapse!

"No, no, how did things turn out this way?!"

Seeing that his magic circle had changed, Fueki Kanade, who had been thrown away by the shockwave, immediately raised her hand and scooped up the Philosopher's Stone, which was now infused with some magic power.

"My plan, even if it wasn't perfect, wouldn't be like this!"

"Perfect my ass! You good-for-nothing, you didn't even realize you were being used!"

【KamenRide Build Genius Form】

After quickly throwing out a card, Gu Yu immediately raised his right hand.

【Lock (Fixed Lock Full Bottle)】—Ability stripping, iron chain binding, spatial gate activation.

After activating the ability of the Locked Bottle, Gu Yu immediately activated the spatial gate, causing the iron chains extending rapidly from the Locked Bottle to surround the four people who had begun to transform into Herrschers and Fueki Kanade from all directions.

If there's enough time, with those iron chains that can strip away flesh, he might still be able to...

"Heh, this guy seems to have some bad intentions."

However, before the iron chains bound these Lawbringers, Chen Tianwu, who had first fallen into despair, raised his right hand with a sneer.

"However, in the presence of a Herrscher..."

"Let's save these trivial tricks for now."

As Chen Tianwu released a burst of Honkai energy, everything around him except for the other three human pillars was pressed firmly to the ground by an immense pressure.

【Watch (Full Bottle of Watches)】—Manipulates and accelerates time.

Durandal and Rita escaped relatively quickly, and at that moment, Gu Yu activated the full-bottle ability of her watch, accelerating her way out of the opponent's gravity field.

"Four Herrschers... I'm not seeing things, am I?"

Even Durandal felt a bit overwhelmed when she saw the four human pillars floating in mid-air.

Even though she and Gu Yu are both Honkai warriors capable of defeating Herrschers, if all four of them attack at the same time, the trouble they bring is obviously not just doubled.