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Or perhaps, it's about creating someone who wields the power of the Herrscher.
She believed her skills had reached the level for the former, and Cocolia was willing to send one or two more people from the orphanage to the operating table for the latter—after all, this was an experiment to combat the Honkai, and as long as it succeeded, she could rise to the top in one step, and she had never cared about the failure rate.
Arrogance, haughtiness, stupidity... it seems that all negative emotions can be projected onto the face of the person who is laughing and looking at the screen with joy.
"Raiden Mei, Raiden Mei."
"After running away for so long, after hiding for so long, haven't you still been caught in my grasp?"
"You and your father are just as ridiculous as the Thunder Dragon Horse. You are weak and incompetent and have no self-awareness whatsoever, yet you think you can control everything."
Cocolia laughed arrogantly, a condescending laugh, as if she were a chess player who had everything under control, looking down at the brand-new chess pieces at her feet.
Until the scene on the virtual screen in front of them was clearly reflected in those emerald eyes.
The smile froze on his face for a moment, frozen in the instant the lightning-cracked fist slammed into Bronya's face.
Do not……
It's not abrupt at all.
It's just the most normal and predictable thing.
Bronya was defeated instantly.
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……
……
What exactly is despair?
What, then, can be called fear?
Bronya once thought that after that experiment, having lost most of her emotions, she would no longer have the words "despair" and "fear".
Until she saw the lightning that covered the sky come right in front of her.
Just standing there, his entire body emanated a purple hue, as if it had been eroded.
……
Chapter 31 The Herrscher of Thunder Descends from the Sky
The all-out attack couldn't even get close to the Herrscher. The maximum range of the attack, filled by the Heavy Bunny, was enough to shatter a Temple-level attack with a single shot. However, it would melt into a pool of molten iron if it advanced less than thirty meters in the dark, cloud-shrouded environment created by the Herrscher of Thunder.
Compared to the power to change the heavens with a wave of the hand, and the ability of mere emotions to cause clouds to blanket the boundless city as if to destroy the world, the naive girl is as laughable as a straw.
—This is already a relatively strong straw.
He is an incredibly powerful hero.
The only hero who can face the Demon King.
The rest of the roadside weeds and ants were so small and insignificant compared to Bronya that they would be crushed with the slightest touch.
Some even turned to ashes the moment the girl's emotions changed. A few realized the change in the situation and tried their best to escape, but in the end, they could only leave behind an image of desperately fleeing before turning into ashes that could not leave any trace on their bodies.
He didn't even have a chance to leave his last words.
They didn't even have a chance to scream.
Such insignificant lives are unknown in birth and in death.
Some mothers, who let their children run and play ahead, didn't even have a chance to hug their children. They watched as their children turned to ashes before their eyes, and then they themselves died completely in the decay.
"help me……"
They can reach out their hands to the sky and run half a step.
This person is already very talented.
Even the most gifted could only stare wide-eyed in terror at the sky, at the god-like being standing there—surrounded by countless bolts of lightning, shimmering with boundless power, making even the act of looking at it incredibly difficult, its towering presence dazzlingly glaring.
unimaginable.
I lack the ability to imagine.
There's no time to imagine.
Because—you must not look directly at God!
Ordinary people cannot even see its shadow.
Even with Bronya's blasphemous act, and the ultimate manifestation of radical technology on her body, only a faint outline could be discerned from the lightning—and that was only because she had already arrived.
In the endless thunder and lightning, the shadows that swept across the sky and earth did not even allow rain to fall. Only the almost dim, thick clouds pressing down on the sky and the occasional flashes of lightning that brought a little light and a momentary glimpse of the sky were inhuman.
Even amidst the thunder, the elegant purple beauty remained graceful and poised, seemingly greeted by countless thunderclaps, appearing as if subservient subjects, which only served to accentuate her nobility and reverence.
Like wings of light, it floated behind him, and the purple energy that spread outwards in the air without any connection points occasionally flickered with fine patterns.
The elegant, high-waisted skirt is only partially visible, as if it were being supported by countless invisible hands, allowing the spreading crimson color to showcase its magnificence.
The train was longer than the most extravagant princess dress, trailing on the ground, making it difficult to even see the girl's full legs. Yet it had the style of a knight-errant, with lightning bolt patterns symbolizing nobility visible everywhere, and the right sleeve was like an armor-like arm guard.
I don't know what material the clothes are made of, but they are soft, gorgeous, and exquisite... They seem to be the reincarnation of a god who symbolizes power in mythology.
It possesses the dignity of a god and the heroic bearing of a warrior; its demeanor is as distinctly integrated as the ceremonial robes it wears, which could not possibly be made by humankind.
Her long hair was no longer just a near-purple color; it had flowed freely in the wind, even past her ankles, and the smooth, shimmering hair was truly dyed with the purple of lightning—a unique color beyond human comprehension.
Although he didn't turn around and his true face couldn't be seen, the clothes he wore had long since become the divine armor that comes with a Herrscher due to his complete Herrscher transformation.
That sense that belongs to one person, and can only belong to one person, remains incredibly clear.
Because of those pupils, those eyes filled with sorrow.
Even the dazzling lightning is sad.
Although he couldn't even clearly see the girl—the distance was beyond the limits of what the eye could capture—he could only vaguely make out what appeared to be a red light emanating from her head, obscured by the lightning.
However, the emotions between beings cannot be felt through deep communication. For beings like the Herrscher, who are of high status, if they really want to express any emotion, it will spread outward like thunder, unstoppable.
This is a level of premonition that arises naturally, beyond smell and judgment, without any room for reasoning or deduction in the mind.
She is indeed the Herrscher of Thunder.
Ahhh...
Is this the enemy I'm meant to face?
Even the girl, who had lost all emotion, felt suffocated for a moment.
……
……
……
--coming.
The naive girl will now pay the price for her blasphemous act of daring to approach, daring to come close, daring to look up at, and even attacking—paying the price before the Herrscher of Thunder even launches her attack.
Fair and soft as milk, her skin showed no signs of the roughness, wear and tear, or calluses that came with being a soldier; purple veins flowed through it.
Every centimeter of extension, every tiny movement and stretch, is an endless spread of pain.
The sudden, dull pain is beyond words and description, surpassing any direct pain.
The girl's forehead was covered in a fine sheen of sweat. The emotions that had been taken away by the surgery seemed to return at this moment, and every cell and nerve in her body was endlessly transmitting pain.
"Did you feel it carefully?" The high and mighty goddess looked down, her cold gaze devoid of any tenderness as she stared at the tower that once belonged to her.
"This is the pain of Honkai energy erosion, the pain he once experienced, and the disaster you brought."
The result, naturally, was no response.
No one can think under absolute pain.
Not to mention giving a verbal response, which is a complex reaction that actually requires the coordination of multiple functions.
Raiden Mei naturally didn't want to waste too much time, nor did she foolishly ask the other party what they wanted to do or why they were targeting her, like the protagonists in typical manga. She simply clenched her fists—now that she had already been shot in Jiangcheng and had her body pierced through.
The real answer given.
She simply waved her fingertips, like a queen, to deliver her judgment.
—It's lightning.
Without mercy or any emotional fluctuation, he simply wielded his authority, unleashing lightning with a whooshing sound to give the enemy a chance to defend themselves, using his extravagant power to defeat them with high precision.
……
PS: It's hard to imagine what Cocolia was thinking when she thought Bronya could capture the Herrscher of Thunder.
Even from Jiang Cheng's perspective as an ordinary person, Bronya was already an existence that no amount of wisdom and power could match.
Chapter 32 Mei: So weak, is it a self-destruct type?
The logic of the lightning was completely invisible because it was too tiny, hidden in the refraction of light. The countless arcs of electricity dancing in the sky were like top-notch assassins, rapidly contracting around the girl's location.
This is an electromagnetic application called plasma arc cutting. Plasma cutting refers to the cutting of an electric arc or free arc with an arc density equal to that under natural conditions. In a free arc, the conductive gas is not completely ionized, and the temperature of the arc hovers between 6000°C and 8000°C.
Under suitable air pressure, voltage, and magnetic field, a free arc can be compressed into a plasma arc. The plasma arc has a small conductive cross-section and concentrated energy. Almost all the gas in the arc column can reach the ion state. As a weapon and killing move, it is an unimaginable luxury that is both extravagant and wasteful.
At this moment, the temperature of the electric arc is as high as 15000°C to 30000°C, which is enough to quickly melt most of the metal objects outside the soul steel.
Accompanied by the Honkai energy spreading, lingering, and expanding in the air, the Herrscher herself personally ordered that its destructive power be amplified to an absurd degree.
As the Herrscher of Thunder who controls the power of electromagnetic fields, she is essentially a being from beyond the heavens, a projection of the Cocoon of the End that has persecuted countless worlds for billions of years. She is a unique being born from the embrace of Earth, and it is not difficult for her to squander her power in her current complete form.
The Thunder Queen was not young and intellectually deficient, nor did she forget everything she had learned in three years.
Using only a little bit of academic knowledge and the uniquely modified, aggressive, and lethal Honkai energy, a single strike is a veritable shredder, turning even Valkyries without special armor into charred remains.
Even a Honkai Beast approaching the high-level would be easily and completely shattered by this attack, leaving no core or even a chance to survive.
This is the supreme divine punishment belonging to the Lawgiver, and also the greatest revenge of a god who has been transformed into a calamity after suffering from malice, against the malice of the world.
As an initial probe against an enemy, this skill, though weak in attack power, is excellent in both range and speed.
As she launched her attack, Raiden Mei immediately focused intently on assessing the enemy's movements, showing no arrogance or conceit whatsoever.
Facing an enemy that Jiangcheng is prepared for, we absolutely cannot act on anger alone. We must suppress our anger temporarily and strive for victory!
……
……
Faced with this attack, the lightning, silent yet constantly flashing in the shadows, was a silent but ever-present threat.
The best Bronya could do was move the heavily armored bunny beside her behind her and raise the shield large enough to cover her petite body.
"puff……"
Blood started spilling from the corner of his mouth the moment he moved.
This most basic action alone made the body, which was already on the verge of collapse due to the contamination from Honkai energy, even more damaged.
The organs and nerves inside my body are constantly giving off a smell that they are about to break down or burn.
"Mother……"
This is……
A Herald?
Is this really something I can handle?
At this moment, Bronya, who had raised her head, now only had despair left in her seemingly cold eyes.
The silvery-gray color, which was already like a snowfield, suddenly felt like it had fallen into the boundless cold of Siberia, with not a trace of spring in sight.
The heavily armed bunny also made a creaking sound. The weapon mechanism in its right hand exploded naturally the instant it came into contact with the ultra-high concentration of electromagnetic energy, leaving only the shield in its left hand. Even the movement of raising its hand was extremely stiff.
Do not……
not right...
How could there be absolutely no preparation for defense?
Could it be the same ability as the infamous BIG?
Raiden Mei withdrew her attack, and the vast majority of the electric arcs that had swept across 360 degrees without any blind spots were instantly cleared away, leaving only a few to meet the shields created by Anti-Entropy head-on.
Worried that the opponent might be a self-destructing infantryman who unleashes power after death, as often seen in novels and comics, and also to avoid being drawn into a tactic of feigning weakness, her purple starry eyes focused intently on the front, watching for contact with that seemingly inconspicuous shield-shaped object that appeared to be just a simple shield.