"Fenghuang Down, Zero Rated Power!"
Impossible!
Fu Hua had guarded for fifty thousand years.
Even such a long passage of time could not extinguish her will to defend humanity.
Just an Herrscher of Ice, perhaps even with another Herrscher's authority, but thinking that would defeat her?
Absolutely impossible!
The last generation's Herrscher of Ice was torn apart by Kalpas before he had even joined the Fire Moth!
The Herrscher of Ice of this era won't be arrogant either!
Fenghuang Down activated its ability at just the right moment. In an instant, before anyone could react, Fu Hua had already transferred her consciousness into the feather placed on Teresa.
"Teresa, I'm fine." Fu Hua's voice sounded, and Teresa abruptly stopped on Benares' back.
"Fu Hua, w-what happened?!"
"Mhm, the Fenghuang Down I left earlier worked."
To guard against another situation like the Herrscher of Domination, Fu Hua distributed Fenghuang Down feathers to everyone just in case.
She didn't expect the first time they'd activate wouldn't be to save others, but to save herself.
"I have transferred my consciousness into Fenghuang Down. The priority now is to defeat the Herrscher of Ice and rescue Anna!"
Looking at her current situation, Fu Hua suddenly had an idea.
The Herrscher of Ice froze for a moment when Fu Hua's body suddenly lost consciousness.
Not because she sensed the consciousness transfer, that authority belonged to the Herrscher of Sentience.
But she knew Fu Hua's strength from their previous clash. She had taken a small advantage earlier only because of sudden burst power and lack of information. Just as she was preparing to strike hard, Fu Hua's body suddenly went limp.
Did she think she was stupid!!
With a dark expression, the Herrscher of Ice raised her hand to completely destroy Fu Hua's body.
Then, a sudden change occurred.
"Buzz!"
Surging Honkai energy converged into a visible purple waterfall, continuously flooding into the unconscious body!
A perfect body, powerful combat instincts.
And no conscious resistance. Every factor was flawless.
Such a perfect vessel before her, in the eyes of Will of Honkai, this was the most ideal body imaginable. Faced with such temptation, after having experienced so many failures, it was impossible not to be tempted.
Such a huge commotion made Fu Hua's eyes narrow.
"Teresa, destroy my body, quickly!"
Fu Hua said decisively.
"But if we do that, you won't be able to return, right?!"
"Now isn't the time to think about that. I cannot allow my body to fall into Honkai's grasp!"
Since she said it to this point,
Mei's expression became firm. Thunder roared, purple lightning wrapped around her, carrying overwhelming force as it charged toward Fu Hua's Honkai-infused body!
"ROAR!"
Benares roared, electromagnetic force merging with Mei's lightning, strengthening it dramatically!
The power of a Herrscher and a Judgment-class Honkai Beast struck together.
"Am I invisible to you?" The Herrscher of Ice sneered, extracting all moisture from the air and turning it into an unbreakable ice wall under the infusion of Honkai power.
Thunder smashed into ice, producing blazing sparks!
The Herrscher of Ice's mocking smile grew wider. Without Fu Hua's consciousness resisting, this body would undoubtedly stand with her.
At that time, two Herrschers favored by Honkai joining forces, who could stop them?!
One front, one back, the world would belong to them.
Just as she was reveling in the thought, a streak of red-black power cut through the cocoon of Honkai energy.
The next moment.
"Inch Force Punch!"
With a soft shout, unimaginable force struck her from behind out of nowhere.
Then,
"BOOM!!"
In front of everyone's stunned eyes, the Herrscher of Ice shot out like an unstoppable rocket, smashing straight into the ice field she created earlier.
The massive impact blew open a human-shaped hole.
"What… happened?" Yae Sakura and Kallen, who had just arrived, blinked in confusion.
They looked to the others, who were equally clueless.
No one could describe what just happened, except that the shout Inch Force Punch was definitely not something normal people could produce.
But very soon, they didn't need to guess.
Red-black Honkai energy spread like a storm across the sky. Beneath it, an imposing figure stood upon a giant web-like platform formed of interwoven chains.
Crimson eyes gleamed.
A familiar face showing an arrogant and unbridled smile.
Gray hair fluttered, her luxurious garment embroidered with golden patterns symbolizing her identity, overlooking everyone with absolute presence.
"Good afternoon, everyone."
The suddenly appearing stranger used a face everyone knew too well, wearing a reckless expression Fu Hua herself had never shown, greeting them 'politely.'
The Herrscher of Sentience.
....
A colossal shadow passed silently, causing no ripples.
Godzilla's figure swept across the Imaginary Tree, from top to bottom.
This was the first time Godzilla descended from above.
Normally, he lay at the very top, overlooking everything.
In simpler terms, lazy, unwilling to move, and would never bother coming down unless absolutely necessary.
But this time, something was jumping around in front of him, hard not to move his tail.
"Buzz!"
At the end of the Imaginary Tree, the cocoon sensed something rapidly approaching.
Unease pushed it to release power constantly, searching, but finding nothing.
Yet that presence still existed, drawing closer and closer.
The cocoon had no will of its own, it merely repeated and fulfilled its mission.
But with such immense power, it had its own instinctual sense of danger.
Only, this time, the source of danger was unlike anything before, not something easily detected.
The Cocoon of Finality continued its search; before completing its mission, it would eliminate all threats.
Finally, it found the source approaching.
As for how,
"Atomic Breath!"
"BOOM!!"
A beam of light shot from afar, overwhelming everything, unstoppable, arriving directly before the Cocoon of Finality.
"Buzz!" Faced with the sudden attack, it reacted instantly.
Vast imaginary energy gathered around it, forming a barely visible, fragile-looking membrane.
After that, several orbs of light condensed in front of the Cocoon of Finality, sparkling. The next second,
"Bang!"
Several thick beams of light rushed forward to meet the incoming blue beam. The overwhelming power collided head-on, irresistible!
Only after colliding for a few seconds, the azure beam pushed the Cocoon of Finality's power back with even greater force!
A variety lights flickered around the Cocoon.
Godzilla didn't just sit idle in the Imaginary Tree and the Quantum Sea.
Before, he ate energy-rich ores... now he snacks on them casually.
And now, the Imaginary Tree and Quantum Sea are filled with endless energy.
Just as many in the universe suspected, Godzilla was constantly growing stronger.
And now, he has become even stronger!
Meanwhile, the Cocoon of Finality remained unchanged, that is the gap!
The Cocoon of Finality never imagined that one day it would actually be attacked. After all, this is the Imaginary Tree, the peak that countless living beings could never reach even in a lifetime!
But that doesn't stop it from being beaten up.
"Shoo!"
Another streak of azure, Red Atomic Breath!
The light blade sliced rapidly with terrifying speed through the defenses built by the Cocoon.
When all visible defensive measures were swept clean,
"Bang!"
Godzilla landed.
Awaiting the encounter between the newly born Cocoon and the King of Monsters.
The Cocoon flickered with uneasy light.
Even though it couldn't understand that feeling, it knew the big creature before it was a terrifying enemy.
Godzilla examined the cocoon.
The Cocoon of Finality, the source of Honkai.
Before this, it had ravaged every other planet in the solar system. If not stopped, Earth would have been its final destination. And if it could surpass Earth, who knows, maybe it would expand into other star systems.
Of course, those things haven't happened yet.
Now, its opponent is Godzilla.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Without warning, the Cocoon mobilized a massive amount of Imaginary energy and launched an attack on Godzilla.
Facing these attacks, Godzilla accepted them all.
Tail fins lit up, dorsal fins surged with power, and then,
"Atomic Breath!"
Atomic Breath sweeps everything. If once isn't enough, then fire a second shot.
When the second Atomic Breath shattered the defences, the Cocoon flickered rapidly a few times, and in the next second, under Godzilla's gaze, it turned into a rain of light, merged into the branches of the Imaginary Tree, flashed rapidly, and disappeared in an instant.
A swift escape. Such decisive and rapid fleeing was not something Godzilla expected.
His thick tail stood upright, forming a giant question mark.
'Cocoon of Finality... are you kidding me?'
Godzilla didn't know the Cocoon's true form.
To the Cocoon, fulfilling its mission was the only priority.
Fighting Godzilla had no benefit and might interfere with its mission. Even without consciousness, the Cocoon would never choose a losing trade like that.
The good side,
it escaped the battlefield quickly, without worrying about anything.
The bad side is... Godzilla was now extremely pissed.
A trace of murderous intent flashed in those golden vertical pupils. Godzilla never expected that thing to run so fast, so decisively.
....
Back to the newly born Herrscher of Sentience.
The scene became confusing for a moment.
"Pfft, look, look, look at this world. Humans and Herrschers mixing together, and yet you can't deal with even one Herrscher? Truly disappointing."
The Herrscher of Sentience shook her head as if disappointed.
Her words confused everyone.
"Uh, isn't that supposed to be our line?" Kallen scratched her cheek, her eyes full of confusion.
Everything she said was what they normally say. Since when do Herrschers steal our job?
"What in the world is going on?" Theresa was just as confused.
With her experience in dealing with Herrschers, even she couldn't understand what was happening.
Originally, they were preparing for a deadly battle, facing two Herrschers who were key focal points of Honkai. Yet the new Herrscher's first attack, ...was aimed at the Herrscher of Ice.
This completely unprecedented situation left her confused and stunned.
Combined with the Herrscher of Sentience's earlier words, so natural, as if she stood on their side.
If someone didn't know better, they'd think she was a Valkyrie.
Fu Hua fell into slight thought. She seemed to have found a reason.
"But all of this ends today!" The Herrscher of Sentience suddenly shouted, cutting off everyone's thoughts.
"I, Fu Hua, the Celestial Immortal, will end this chaotic world!"
"Ha??!!"
'You're Fu Hua? Then who is standing beside me?!'
Theresa stared dumbfounded, looking between Fu Hua and the Herrscher.
What is even happening?!
"Theresa, I may know the reason."
Just as she was bewildered, Fu Hua explained.
"Honkai tried to use my body to create a new Herrscher. It succeeded. The newly born Herrscher consciousness was born from my body."
"Because it's my body, and because my consciousness hadn't fully left yet, the new Herrscher absorbed all of my memories the moment she awakened. But the newborn consciousness couldn't handle all of my memories."
"I just don't know what Herrscher she is, or what her ability is." Fu Hua voiced her hypothesis.
"So you mean… she thinks she is you?"
Theresa blinked. Her mouth fell slightly open, tilting her head, eyes full of shock and… confusion.
It can happen like that?
"Most likely." Fu Hua nodded slightly.
"Then doesn't that mean she's not our enemy?"
With Mei and the others as examples, Theresa easily accepted the idea.
They just gained another ally.
"Probably not." Before Theresa could celebrate, Kiana interrupted.
"She clearly expressed dissatisfaction toward Mei and the others. Which means, she sees us as enemies!"
Right after those words, The previously calm sea suddenly erupted with terrifying Honkai energy.
"Bang!!"
Ice spikes pierced the sea, followed by countless more.
Then the furious voice of the Herrscher of Ice:
"You bastard!!!"