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Himeko watched her retreating figure, sighed, and turned to face Shiro.

However, in that instant, she saw a golden pendant in Bai Yan's hand, swaying and shimmering with a healing light.

The next second, she lost consciousness.

Volume 1: Chapter 73: Disappearance

The golden pendant immediately dimmed and began to fade.

A soft light flickered, and Himeko Murata felt her eyelids grow heavy, irresistibly drifting into sleep.

The power of abundance is slowly repairing her body, and the numerous invisible Honkai energies that have been eroding her flesh are being cleared away one by one.

The intense burning of life was suppressed to its lowest point at this moment.

She fell into a deep sleep, her bright red curly hair flowing freely, and she was completely at peace.

In the end, the golden pendant turned completely black, shattered, and scattered all over the ground.

"The Medicine King's Compassionate Heart," Bai Yan murmured again.

He retrieved the God-Slaying Spear from her body, took her communicator, and searched through the Plague Gem inside the Crimson Armor. Bai Yan opened up the Soul Steel pieces one by one and began the initial dismantling work.

In the end, he found and disassembled the Plague Gem, and the Crimson Armor immediately lost its blood-red luster, as if it had faded and no longer had any heat.

Tesla, noticing the commotion, ran out and, upon seeing the scene before him, covered his forehead in disbelief.

"You guys are really something, helping teachers and students... But why did you remove the Plague Gem? Don't you intend to—"

Tesla suddenly stopped talking, realizing what Bai Yan wanted to do.

"I'm warning you, young lady, doing this is tantamount to suicide! Stop now, I'll help you put it back!"

Bai Yan held the Plague Gem without moving it: "No need, this suits me better."

"You're all insane! Insane! You're all even more insane than me!"

"Please take care of Himeko-sensei. I can't look after anyone else here."

"Hey, I advise you not to try it..."

Tesla wanted to stop him, but when he thought about the fighting prowess Bai Yan had displayed, he realized he was powerless to stop him.

However, Bai Yan had already pressed the gemstone to his forehead.

Seeing this, the red-haired scientist turned his back, used all his strength to half-lift Himeko's body, and dragged her back to the laboratory as if his life depended on it.

She locked the door and peered nervously through the specially made glass window, peeking out with half her head.

“I remember Jingliu once said that the gem of desire entered from between my eyebrows…”

The hot gemstone touched the skin without causing any burning sensation, only warmth.

no response.

Just as Bai Yan was about to forcefully press the disease gem into his body through his chest, the disease gem suddenly burst out with a fiery red light.

After a while, the gem gradually became ethereal again and slowly disappeared into Bai Yan's brow.

"It's done!"

When the disease-causing gem enters the body, it's like swallowing a stone with a constant temperature, continuously radiating heat.

An inexplicable power surged from his soul, as if it were about to permeate Bai Yan's entire spiritual sea.

Bai Yan subconsciously looked at his hands.

His skin was rosy and glowing, as if he had been reborn, and at the same time, his heart was beating more and more powerfully.

At this moment, it was as if some unknowable being was casting its gaze through the endless void, witnessing the boy's transformation.

He closed his eyes, and the "door" reappeared, undergoing an even more bizarre transformation than before.

The two symbols became three, with a symbol representing flame appearing, and a faint red color permeating it, making it more vivid than the other two.

Then, the "door" gradually began to burn, and the fire grew bigger and bigger until it completely engulfed the ancient wooden door.

However, the "gate" seemed to burn endlessly; even as the flames raged, the "gate" remained standing there, unchanged through the ages.

In Tesla's eyes in the laboratory, Bai Yan's shoulder-length short hair was suddenly dyed red, floating and drifting like a scorching flame.

Her ice-blue dress was also stained red, transformed into her unique armor by the influence of the Herrscher's power.

The guitar case that was originally used to store weapons and props was also assimilated by the power of fire, as if it had been reborn from the ashes and turned completely into a fiery red.

At this moment, Bai Yan opened his eyes, sensing something, and gently clenched his right hand.

The Godfall Sword has appeared.

The raging flames spread, and he felt as if he were engulfed in fire.

He stood up, and with a slight flick of his wrist, the Godfall Sword vanished.

"If my feeling is right, Luo Shen Bian seems to have... leveled up again? It's at 120% now."

"Becoming the Herrscher of Flame is good, at least I don't have to gamble on whether I can accommodate multiple cores."

At that moment, Tesla opened the door and rushed out.

But she didn't run towards Bai Yan; instead, she went towards the black fragments.

"Just now, did you use this thing to do something to Himeko?"

“It’s a talisman given to me by an elder,” Bai Yan glanced at her, still sensing the changes within himself. “It’s exhausted now. If you’re interested, Doctor, you can take it.”

Tesla narrowed his eyes slightly: "This thing seems to be able to repair irreversible damage. It's an incredible life-saving device, yet you're using it to save others... The God-Slaying Spear can do the same thing, so why are you doing this?"

"The God-Slaying Spear has its own mission."

Tesla choked, as if something extremely heavy was lodged in his chest.

"You know what you're going to do next, right?"

"Correct."

"……How old are you?"

"She'll be 17 soon."

Bai Yan turned to look at Tesla.

"Don't think I'm going to my death. I'm very strong. Even the Herrscher of the Void, I can fight her."

"I'm leaving now. You stay here and keep an eye on my teacher."

Tesla stared at Bai Yan's retreating figure, speechless.

As Bai Yan stepped out of Heimdall Laboratory, a massive Terran battlecruiser approached from afar.

As the Hyperion drew closer, Theresa’s somewhat impatient voice came through the communicator that Bai Yangang had just obtained.

[Himeko, Himeko, we have arrived. Please reply upon receiving this!]

[Repeating: Himeko, Himeko, we have already...]

Bai Yan picked up the communicator: "Headmaster, it's me."

[Hey, Xiaoyan?! Why is Himeko's communicator with you? Are you and her alright? Where did you go before? Nobody could find you.]

"Himeko is fine, and I'm also fine. I've just become the Herrscher of Flame, and I'll take her place in her battle against the Herrscher of the Void."

【what? 】

Theresa's brain was instantly overloaded.

However, fate did not give her a chance to recover, and a huge white shadow crashed into the Hyperion.

[Eh?! It's that Judgment-class Honkai Beast! Everyone prepare for battle!]

Bai Yan glanced at the sky; apart from Benares, there was nothing else there.

He then stomped his foot.

Amidst the raging flames, he soared into the sky, riding the trail of fire, as fast as a fighter jet.

With a flick of his hand, the Divine Fall Sword appeared.

Benares circled the Hyperion, constantly damaging its shields.

It suddenly turned its head and saw Bai Yan rushing straight towards it, and immediately turned to meet the enemy.

Bai Yan did not draw his sword, but simply formed a sword shape with his left hand and fingers together.

Charge up your power, and unleash a devastating strike!

The dazzling sword energy grew as it faced the wind, its diameter almost equal to that of a Judgment-class Honkai Beast.

The latter's survival instinct kicked in; it abruptly stopped its descent and desperately tried to increase its altitude to avoid the sword strike.

The sword energy contained extreme heat, barely grazing the edge of Benares's wings.

next moment.

One of the Honkai Beast's wings was immediately sliced ​​off, and its huge body lost its balance, tumbling and falling in the sky.

Bai Yan put away his sword technique, took a deep breath, and chased after Benares.

Benares fled for his life.

Bai Yan chased after him at top speed.

Two figures, one red and one white, chased each other in the sky. Everyone on the Hyperion was stunned, and they stopped what they were doing.

They stared blankly at the screen, the red figure vaguely familiar, seemingly from the fifth squad...

"That's Bai Yan?! She was one of the top 16 in the school competition back then!"

"Chasing after a Judgment-class Valkyrie? Can an S-class Valkyrie do that? Only Lady Durandal could, right?!"

"What's she going to do? Take care of the Judgment-level opponent, and then beat up that Herrscher of the Void?! My god! Our Far East Branch actually has such a goddess hidden away!"

"goddess!"

"Lady Bai Yan is the best in the world!"

"Lady Bai Yan is the best in the world!"

The tense atmosphere on the Hyperion suddenly shifted, and morale soared. Everyone was filled with surprise after confirming the reality of what they were seeing.

Theresa tapped her head with her fist and rubbed her eyes to make sure she wasn't dreaming.

"Something's not right with her!"

"Order the entire Hyperion to follow Bai Yan!"

Following the red and white streaks of light, Hyperion also gave chase. (The remaining text appears to be gibberish and unrelated to the preceding sentences.)

Benares roared repeatedly upon seeing this, whether out of unease or anger, it was unclear.

The three pursued each other all the way to a small island, where Benares finally landed, seemingly unable to bear the pain of his injuries.

Seeing this, Bai Yan slowed down and gently landed next to Benares.

The latter stared at him warily, its wings fluttering slightly.

At this moment, Hyperion also landed, but did not act immediately, waiting for Bai Yan's reaction.

"I'll give you two choices: either I kill you now, or you go back and wait for your master to live the life she always dreamed of before you come out again."

The flapping of its wings stopped, as if it were pondering something.

Then it stood up, flapped its wings again, raising a cloud of dust, and struggled to maintain its balance, before finally turning its head to look at Bai Yan and flying into the sky.

"ridiculous!"

In an instant, just as Benares flew further and further away, a voice rang out above the island, accompanied by the distortion of the surrounding space.

At that moment, Benares seemed to be summoned by something. It suddenly turned around, desperately accelerated its dive, and then circled down, hovering at the feet of a figure.

It let out a long howl, but showed no will to fight.

"Humph!"

Celine snorted coldly, and Benares immediately fell silent, letting out a soft hum before silencing all other sounds.

“Not only did you not die, you also came to bewitch my servants,” Xilin turned to face Bai Yan, “I’ll give you one more chance. Kneel down and beg for my mercy, and become my servant.”