Behind-the-scenes video of the beginning of Honkai.

"It's not... over yet!"

Kiana concentrated all her Honkai energy into her core, attempting to awaken the frozen power. The condensation of this Honkai energy, combined with Kiana's will, caused a faint light to appear in the previously frozen core. That light gradually expanded until it was fully visible.

The blazing flames, accompanied by light, clashed with the ice crystals binding Kiana. Kiana accelerated the formation of Honkai, and the flames burned tenaciously as they coalesced. With unwavering determination, Kiana declared, "The flames will not cool; they will only—ignite again!"

boom!!!

At this moment, Kiana's Herrscher core broke free from the ice and snow, and her power was fully restored. Kiana broke free and leaped up, gathering all the Honkai energy in her body. In mid-air, she suddenly drew the Flame Blaze Greatsword and swung it forcefully at the Ice Queen!

The Ice Queen calmly raised her scepter, and gusts of cold wind clashed fiercely with the blazing greatsword in the sky. In the end, the cold wind prevailed, and the Ice Queen easily suppressed her again.

At the same time, the Ice Queen swung her arm horizontally, summoning several ice spikes out of thin air, which struck Kiana, who was injured by the residual force of the attack as she fell to the ground.

As the ice spikes drew near, Kiana wiped the blood from her mouth and struggled to raise the Flameblade. The blazing and violent flames spread and burned across the blade. The next second, disregarding her injuries, she used her remaining strength to swing the scorching flame blades at the approaching ice spikes!

Boom! ...

The storm of flames melted all the ice spikes, and even the ice crystals binding Raiden Mei, Bronya, and Jiuxiao evaporated! Kiana, seeing her companions rescued, collapsed to the ground, and her Herrscher form disintegrated.

"..."

The Ice Queen made no comment, and endless ice and snow once again approached Mei and the others.

"Eden's Star Zero Power Level - Simulated Black Hole!"

After Bronya became the Herrscher of Truth, she could easily create the Star of Eden, and its power was even very close to the original.

An astonishing amount of energy erupted from the Star of Eden in Bronya's hand.

Cracks appeared in the bursting red energy waves of the Ice Palace, and the massive area covered by the simulated black hole directly swallowed the entire Ice Palace, even attempting to destroy it under immense pressure.

"It seems your strength has increased considerably since becoming the Herrscher of Truth, but unfortunately, you're still too green to fight me!"

The Ice Queen's power surged through her scepter into the Ice Palace, instantly restoring the previously crumbling palace to its original, perfectly stable state.

Chapter 273 Receiving a Blow from the Power of the End

【"break!"

The simulated black hole transformed into countless ice crystals that rained down from the sky, creating a beautiful spectacle. Bronya's simulated Ninth Divine Key, Star of Eden, was also shattered into fragments. Bronya Mei herself was also injured and collapsed from the Ice Queen's attack.

"Unfortunately, it's not a real black hole after all!"

The Ice Queen finally launched her attack, gathering terrifying energy in her scepter and unleashing it with a deafening roar in the next second.

Even though they managed to react, the aftershock of that attack still sent them flying backward, completely overturned by the force!

They crashed through the walls of the central palace and fell directly to the ground outside, each of them creating a large crater. Fortunately, they were not ordinary people and did not suffer fatal injuries, but they could not get up for the time being.

"I am tired of fighting you. It seems your determination to stop me is nothing more than this. In the face of absolute power, all beauty is nothing but charity from the strong to the weak. You have no right to talk to me now, so your journey ends here!"

Suddenly, hundreds of enormous ice spikes appeared out of thin air under the power of the Ice Queen, and in the next instant, they fell from the sky and pierced through the group.

Mei watched the attack with despair, holding Kiana who had already fainted from the attack beside her, wanting to shield Kiana from the blow with her own body, and slowly closed her eyes.

Meanwhile, Bronya wiped the blood from her mouth, trying to push the Herrscher Core to at least create something that could serve as a counterattack.

Jiuxiao quickly stopped the damage caused by the residual force and was thinking about making another deal with Tianqi.

However, just as the ice spikes were about to pierce through Kiana and the others, at the same time, cracks gradually appeared in the space behind them. A blazing fire emerged from the cracks, directly evaporating the extremely high temperature of the ice spikes into a thick mist. Moreover, the residual power of the fire rushed straight towards the Ice Queen, as if it wanted to tear her apart.

Unfortunately, the Ice Queen easily neutralized even the remaining power of the flames.

"who!?"

The Ice Queen was extremely wary of the attack that had blocked her path; the power of that previous strike was extraordinary.

As the white mist dissipated, the newcomer revealed his full form, which was Kevin in his demonic form.

"Kevin, you shouldn't be here at all! How did you leave the Sacred Mark Space?"

Upon seeing Kevin appear here, the Ice Queen's eyes revealed a hint of surprise. She knew that in order to trap Kevin, she had used the Holy Mark Will she created, along with most of the Holy Mark Project's authority, to deal with him. In her calculations, Kevin's strength should have made it impossible for him to escape. What was going on?

Are you all alright?

Kevin didn't answer the Ice Queen's question. Instead, he asked the group of people who had gotten up from the ground in a very calm tone.

"Don't worry, Kevin, we're not going to die!"

Mei carried the unconscious Kiana over and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Kevin appear. After all, she knew Kevin's strength, and finally there was someone who could stop the Ice Queen.

"That's good. You may all leave now. Leave the rest to me!"

After the group retreated to a certain distance, Kevin raised his hand and swung his greatsword. With a fierce swing, a huge blade of flame swept towards the Ice Queen like a hurricane. The ice palace exploded with several loud bangs. The flames exploded violently as soon as they touched the ice crystals. The scorching flames flew everywhere, and the high temperature melted a large area of ​​the ice just by scraping across it.

Seeing that Kevin's first move was a killing blow, the Ice Queen glanced at him and then, with a crack, cold, solid ice appeared out of thin air, causing the surrounding temperature to plummet and the burning flames to be forced back by the sudden blizzard.

“Kevin, you actually escaped. Then you should know my purpose. There is no need for us to become enemies. After all, what I need to do is just for you to make up for your losses.”

The Ice Queen was wary of Kevin's sudden appearance. What she was doing now was stalling for time. Once the time was up, no matter what Kevin did, she was destined to win.

"I know, but there's no need for us to talk!"

Kevin, however, directly amplified the power of the Heavenly Fire Annihilation, unleashing an even stronger attack on the Ice Queen, resulting in a spatial rift between the two.

"Ice Queen, prepare to receive this blow from the end!"

A chilling tone came from Kevin's mouth, and in that instant, the Ice Queen was astonished to find that Kevin's power had surged to a terrifying level in such a short time.

Kevin's eyes sharpened, and then, the Heavenly Fire Calamity in Kevin's hand suddenly burst into black flames, and the Heavenly Fire Calamity upgraded once again, with overwhelming power emerging from his body.

Even the ice palace floating on the moon, created by the Ice Queen, began to crumble under the immense destructive power.

"This is the power of the end. It was Prometheus who helped you. No wonder you were able to escape!"

Upon seeing this familiar power, the Ice Queen knew immediately that Prometheus had betrayed her.

Unlike the Prometheus 17 who was saved by Yuto, this Prometheus is the one that the Ice Queen discovered was the one from the previous civilization that put shackles on the Honkai. After the Ice Queen extracted him from the Honkai will, he has been working for her. It can be said that the Ice Queen was able to complete the revised Stigmata project so quickly thanks in large part to this Prometheus.

The Ice Queen could actually use the power of the end through Prometheus, but in the end, she chose the path of the will of all humanity and gave up the power of the end.

But now the power of the end has appeared on Kevin, and the Ice Queen knows without confirmation that Prometheus betrayed her and helped Kevin.

With Kevin's strike imbued with the power of the end, even the space around the real world seemed to tremble. Terrifying power poured out from Kevin's hand, and the Ice Queen, facing this attack, felt as if the end of the world had arrived.

Unable to dodge in mid-air, the Ice Queen unleashed her full power, deploying layers of ice crystal defenses formed from absolute zero. However, these defenses were completely shattered by the attack, sending her flying and crashing into the center of the Ice Palace like a meteor. Many exquisite ice palaces were destroyed, ultimately creating a massive crater.

And seemingly because the Ice Queen suffered a severe blow, the already badly damaged Ice Palace began to crumble from its edges.

Chapter 274 The Ice Queen Begins to Become the Will of Humanity

Kiana: "That's way too strong!"

Previously, Kevin and the Ice Queen were evenly matched, but when Kevin used the power of the end, his strength became so great that he directly defeated the Ice Queen with overwhelming power.

Padofelis (Memory): "As expected, Boss Kevin is invincible! Boss Kevin is the best!"

Thousand Tribulations (Memory): "If we were truly invincible, then the previous civilization wouldn't have perished in the end!"

Sakura (Memory): "Senju, as a companion, your words to Kevin were too extreme."

Thousand Tribulations (Memory): "I know, of course I know. The 'companions' of the Fire Chaser, in the end, compared to the Honkai, how are the Fire Chaser any better? Or is it that after the Honkai ends, shouldn't those who deserved to die go to hell?!"

If the Honkai truly ends, the first people Thousand Calamities will eliminate are those from the Moths of Fire.

They only reluctantly joined forces with each other from a human perspective; the evil deeds committed by the Fire Moths were no different from the destruction brought about by the Honkai.

Otto: "The power of the End? It's surprising that the power of the End can be seized. But it seems that the strength of the Herrscher of the End is even more terrifying than I imagined!"

Doctor: "What an incredibly powerful force! If only I could study it..."

This power is many times stronger than the power of the Demon God. Seeing this, the Doctor felt that the power he had pursued before was simply insignificant in the face of this power of the end. If this were not a live broadcast, the Doctor would have loved to rush into the broadcast to study it.

Diluc: "You Fatui are indeed a dangerous bunch. If you get your hands on it, Teyvat will probably be destroyed!"

The woman said, "You can't say things like that carelessly. After all, our ultimate goal as a group of fools is not to destroy the world."

Ningguang: "But it seems like you Fools haven't done anything good either."

Keqing: "I hope you won't cause any trouble in Liyue, otherwise Liyue will issue a full-scale manhunt for the Fatui."

Tartaglia: "Don't worry about that, I'm still in Liyue as the executor."

"Ugh! Damn it!"

Struck by this attack, the Ice Queen felt as if she was about to fall apart. It had been so long since she had experienced being overwhelmed like this since she became a fully-fledged Herrscher!

The Ice Queen, who had been lying on the ground, stood up again. Although the attack had seriously injured her, fortunately, most of the attack was blocked by ice crystals, which is why she was able to stand up now.

"One, both of them are like this!"

Knowing that Prometheus had betrayed her, the Ice Queen felt increasingly heartbroken. Just now, seeing Kiana and the others in front of her, she was lost in her past memories.

But everything changed after the appearance of the Honkai Will. Seele's death and her own helplessness made her unwilling to experience it a second time!

Whether it was her friends, teachers, or people she respected, they were all frozen by her own hands, just so she wouldn't lose them again. As the number of people she cared about decreased, her heart grew colder and colder. In the end, she completely buried her past as Bronya, leaving only her body with the title of Ice Queen.

Whether it's the invitation to Kevin or the greetings to Chaldea, it all boils down to wanting recognition from others.

But as the plan unfolded, he encountered one harsh reality after another. Whether it was the deception of the Feathered Rabbit, the ulterior motives of the Gray Serpent, or the betrayal of Prometheus, he only came to the conclusion that he was all alone.

"That's fine, after all, it should be this way. Saving the world was never my wish, I was just doing this to achieve my own goal."

The Ice Queen raised her hand and snapped her fingers lightly. Suddenly, a silver-gray hexagonal crystal appeared in her hand from the void.

This crystal looks so ordinary, without any energy fluctuations or special sensations. Yet, the more ordinary it is, the more it gives people a strange feeling that it has a profound sense of being able to devour everything. It is impossible to describe in words.

"Originally, the Sacred Mark Project was still a little short of completion, but I guess you won't let me continue. Although there will be some flaws now, it won't matter much. Let me show you the power of an entire civilization!"

A silver-gray light screen suddenly exploded, as if a silver-gray sun had appeared in the sky. The moment the core in the Ice Queen's hand unleashed astonishing power, the silver-gray light swept across the Ice Queen's entire body, transforming into a cocoon of light. Countless streams of light also appeared out of thin air, pouring into the cocoon of light.

"not good!"

Sensing the changes in the surrounding Stigmata space and watching the massive Honkai energy continuously gather into the cocoon of light formed by the Ice Queen, Kevin knew that he couldn't let the Ice Queen succeed, otherwise everyone would die at his hands.

The power of the End Heavenly Fire erupted once again, causing space to tremble violently and molecules to accelerate continuously. The flames that burned the world were unleashed in a single strike, the sword light sweeping across the sky, stirring up the heavenly winds, and rampaging wildly, becoming the only remaining fire in the world, like a sun. The universe was also momentarily illuminated by this attack.

The attack struck the cocoon of light, immediately unleashing an astonishing explosion and storm. The release of energy ignited a towering firestorm, and the entire world seemed to tremble amidst the thunderous roar. Countless flames and remnants of fire, mixed with shockwaves, flew everywhere. After a flash of crimson light, an enormous explosion immediately erupted in the air!

Like a new sun rising in space, the dazzling, scorching light radiated outwards, carrying with it shockwaves that spread rapidly in all directions, instantly turning the entire ice palace into steam.

"Run!"

Mei and the others, who were already far from the battlefield, clearly felt the power of the attack. They turned around and started running away. It wasn't until they returned to the surface of the moon that they were able to withstand the power of the aftershocks.