allonlinenovel Chapter 379 Kiana: It's common knowledge that bosses have many phases, isn't that reasonab
Chapter 379 Kiana: It's common knowledge that bosses have many phases, isn't that reasonab
Inside the hollow of Epsilon Harbor, everyone was trying their best to dodge attacks from the sky. Ies's short, stout body drew graceful arcs on the ground, while some attacks that were impossible to dodge were intercepted by Hoshimi Miyabi.
The ground attacks were entirely handled by Mistriline, who manipulated various Stigmata Forms to clash with Kiana's summons. The humming sound of clashing swords echoed throughout the space, and every now and then, a summon was cut down by the Stigmata Forms, only to be followed by a surge of more summons that completely buried the Stigmata Forms.
Realizing that continuing like this would only be a meaningless war of attrition, Mistrien waved her hand, and the flag in her hand transformed into a barrier, lifting her into the air.
Only one figure remained, clad in armor almost identical to Mistrine's, wielding a spear and engaging Kiana's summoned creatures in battle. A powerful force erupted from her, and with a single hand, she grasped the surrounding ethereal energy, transforming it into a gravitational sphere that attracted all the summoned creatures around her before slicing them in half with her spear.
On the other side, Hoshimi Miyabi and Durandal, who was already wearing the Luna Armor, worked together to approach Kiana in the air, determined to shoot her down from the sky, otherwise everyone would be dragged to their deaths here.
Hoshimi Miyabi was the first to make a move, slamming her thumb onto the fingerprint authentication button on the scabbard. Instantly, a chilling blue foxfire enveloped the blade, emanating a sharp, icy aura.
Stepping on Kiana's spear of light that was flying towards him, Hoshimi Miyabi finally arrived in front of Kiana and slashed at her face.
Kiana neither dodged nor avoided Hoshimi Miyabi's attack, which came straight at her face. The next second, Hoshimi Miyabi seemed to have struck a projection, and the demon sword in her hand sliced through Kiana's head as quickly as it cut through the air.
Hoshimi Miyabi was momentarily thrown off balance by the momentum of her full-force attack. Although it was only for a split second, that single moment was enough.
The next second, Kiana swung her light spear at Hoshimi Miyabi's abdomen with a thud. It was Durandal's lance, thrown at this critical moment, that changed Kiana's attack trajectory and saved Hoshimi Miyabi's life.
Hoshimi Miyabi, who had fallen back to the ground, did not say much. She simply caught the lance that fell from the sky and then threw it back to Durandal.
After receiving the lance, Durandal placed it in front of him, closed his eyes, and began to chant slowly.
"I am the black that devours everything, I am the white that gives birth to everything; born before creation, existing after annihilation; Divine Key - Black Abyss White Flower, first rated power - Holy Lance blooms!"
Then a dazzling light burst forth from the Black Abyss White Flower in Durandal's hand, and the powerful Honkai energy was quickly converted into ether energy, which was then thrown towards Kiana.
But just like Hoshimi Miyabi's attack, the Black Abyss White Flower passed through Kiana's body without any hindrance and was pinned to the ground not far away. Looking at Kiana's figure, Durandal understood.
"Did you hide in the imaginary space? Then how about this?"
Durandal made a grasping motion and drew a magnificent golden sword from the void, followed by a suit of golden armor covering his entire body.
He held the sword in front of him, covering half of his face, and looked at Kiana with a determined gaze through his left eye.
"Xiao You, I'm counting on you from now on."
"I understand, I understand. You want me to find a way to pull her out of the imaginary space, right?"
The being referred to as "Little Yu" by Durandal is the built-in AI of Durandal's holy sword Durandal, and the name Durandal itself comes from the name of this holy sword.
"Honestly, all I have is the ability to manipulate the molecular arrangement of objects I come into contact with. I've only obtained the data on the transplantation world bubble method of the Hughes clan. Don't expect me to be able to do it."
"I understand, but how will I know if it will work if I don't try?"
"Alright." Xiao You reluctantly agreed to Durandal's request, "But remember to wait until I say 'attack' before you attack."
Durandal nodded, then charged towards Kiana with the Holy Sword. After dodging wave after wave of attacks and successfully reaching Kiana, the Holy Sword shouted.
"Now! Attack the space to her right!"
Following Xiaoyou's guidance, Durandal swung his sword towards the empty space to Kiana's right. After ducking to dodge Kiana's attack, Durandal instinctively launched a counterattack.
This time, Durandal successfully attacked Kiana, and Kiana's body plummeted to the ground, kicking up a large amount of dust.
Upon seeing Kiana successfully shot down, the crowd first cheered, then surrounded her completely.
As Durandal slowly descended, a thousand questions awaited Xiaoyou's answers. Xiaoyou, understanding the situation, began to explain the truth simply and clearly. After all, given her understanding of Durandal, explaining things in too profound a way would only hinder Durandal's comprehension.
The principle is actually quite simple. Just now, Kiana granted the Little Herrscher of the Void some of her powers, allowing her to manipulate a certain degree of imaginary space.
The guidance Xiaoyou just received was actually given to her by Kiana using her erosion power. There was a weak point in the space that Kiana had deliberately left there. As long as Xiaoyou cut towards that spot, her current power would be enough to pull Kiana out of the imaginary space.
"So, no matter what I bring out, the next attack will most likely have the same effect as before?"
"Theoretically, that's correct, since Kiana can now grant abilities to other people at will. But speaking of which, how did you come up with the idea of using me?"
"It was just a subconscious reaction..."
Yulandel scratched his head.
"Subconscious?"
"Ah."
"So you mean you didn't think that much about it at all, and just took me out based on your gut feeling?"
"Correct."
"...Okay, you win. I'll head back now and call me if you need anything."
After speaking, Xiao You fell silent. After tentatively calling out to Xiao You a few times and finding no response, Yulandar put the Holy Sword away.
In fact, the Holy Sword Durandal no longer needs to anchor the world bubble inside Durandal's body. Since she came to this world, Kiana has asked Durandal to help stabilize the world bubble completely.
Xiao You no longer needed to work day and night to calculate and process data to stabilize the world bubble. However, Durandal had long been used to Xiao You's silent days, and since she really didn't need the Holy Sword to appear, she never interfered with Xiao You's personal freedom.
If it weren't for her sudden flash of inspiration, Xiao You would probably still be doing what she wanted to do.
As for what Xiaoyou is doing now, after returning to her own space, Xiaoyou connected to the internet in this world and began watching various virtual streamers.
Thanks to the features of Xiaoyou AI, users can watch all the virtual streamers' live broadcasts during this time period without any obstacles or discrimination, and start giving them various rewards with their own money.
Getting back to the main point, since Kiana was shot down, she has never transferred herself into the imaginary space again.
After all, Kiana could become invincible simply by hiding within the imaginary space, which would defeat the purpose. Therefore, after Durandal broke through the imaginary space with the Holy Sword, Kiana sealed this part of her ability and activated her second stage.
Compared to her first phase, Kiana in her second phase has many more coordinated attacks.
Kiana occasionally summons various creatures and attacks with the skeletons, but unfortunately, at this stage, Kiana has lost the powers of the Herrscher of the Void and lacks abilities such as spatial teleportation. It is easy for the group to find the pattern of her attacks and then she is trapped in the middle and forced into a one-on-one battle.
Once again forcing everyone back, Kiana slowly ascended into the air, and the halo above her head began to emit a dazzling light.
Then, a gigantic spear of light slowly formed behind Kiana, the immense pressure causing everyone to break out in a cold sweat. Realizing they absolutely couldn't let Kiana complete her charge, the group began devising a plan to attack her from mid-air.
Unfortunately, Kiana blocked them all. Just before Kiana was about to finish charging up, a beam of light descended from the sky and struck Kiana.
Looking in the direction of the beam of light, the Hyperion, which had been hovering high in the sky, had slowly descended to Kiana's altitude. Then, a burst of bullets shot Kiana down again.
At that moment, the captain's slightly weak voice came from the channel where everyone was.
"Everyone has been waiting for a long time."
"Captain, are you alright?"
The captain, panting heavily, said, "Not very well, but my current physical condition is enough to allow me to command the warships to support you."
Hearing the captain's voice on the channel, everyone inexplicably pictured the captain, heavily wounded, clutching his wounds while forcing himself to fight alongside them despite his grief.
"Captain, if we can't hold out, we must retreat!" Yuecheng Liu said.
"Don't worry, I know my own body. Let's deal with the immediate crisis first!"
The captain paused for a moment before continuing, "I will activate the Moon Throne to interrupt attacks like the one just now. I'm sorry, but due to the previous all-out firepower, we don't have much regular ammunition left, so the support we can provide may not be very strong."
"It's alright, that's enough," Hoshimi Miyabi comforted her. "Captain, all you need to do is shoot Kiana down for us, and leave the rest to us."
After saying that, Hoshimi Miyabi rushed forward and started fighting Kiana again, and the others followed suit to help Hoshimi Miyabi.
Even so, the group was still unable to inflict any effective damage on Kiana, as if she was deliberately toying with them using power that was just slightly stronger than theirs.
As time passed, some people began to experience physical discomfort. These were mild symptoms of etheric erosion.
This meant that everyone was running out of time. At this moment, Zhe was solemnly analyzing Kiana's condition, trying to find Kiana's weakness.
But so much time has passed, and progress remains slow. Zhe bit his nails, trying to recall if he had overlooked anything, when suddenly he remembered something.
"Aiyi, please help me analyze Kiana's halo, quick!"
Having received Tetsu's order, Ai-chan, who was multitasking, also began analyzing the situation. At that moment, Rin brought over an energy drink to replenish her sugar levels.
Seeing that Ai-chan was analyzing Kiana's halo, she also showed a hint of curiosity.
"Is your aura really the key?"
“I don’t know either,” Zhe replied, “but we have to try to analyze it to see if we’ve missed anything.”
Ai-chan's analysis results came out quickly: Kiana's halo and the wings of light behind her belonged to different manifestations of the same energy.
While it's not certain, if we destroy both the halo and Kiana's wings of light, there's a high probability that Kiana will be rendered in a malfunctioning state!
After receiving Zhe's hint, everyone began to intentionally or unintentionally attack those three places. Kiana also realized this, and afterwards, Kiana focused her defense on those three places.
Gradually, only Hoshimi Miyabi, Durandal, Mei, Bronya, and Mysterin remained on the battlefield fighting Kiana. The others had to be transferred to the Hyperion for emergency treatment due to symptoms of erosion.
"Are you all still holding on?"
After calming her breathing, Hoshimi asked, and seeing that everyone gave her an affirmative reply, Hoshimi pondered for a moment before making up her mind.
"Everyone, I need your help to buy me some time. Just one minute will do."
The others exchanged glances, and then Mei stepped forward.
"Can Section Chief Ya guarantee that he can resolve this battle?"
"I...cannot guarantee it, but I can guarantee that I can definitely help you break through the situation."
"I understand."
After speaking, Mei stood in front of Hoshimi Miyabi, her katana hanging naturally at her sides. Mei closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled.
"I'm counting on you for Aya from now on."
After saying that, Mei rushed towards Kiana, knocking down the light spears that attacked her along the way, and Mei arrived at Kiana's side.
Mei, prepared to die, swung her sword, but unfortunately missed and was instead pierced through the body by Kiana's light spear that followed.
A large number of light spears pinned Mei to the spot. Fortunately, most of the light spears only grazed Mei's body and stuck into the ground, trapping Mei's entire body in them.
Seeing this, the others rushed to help, while Hoshimi Miya closed her eyes, cleared her mind of all distractions, and immersed her consciousness in her own mental space.
"Oh? I didn't expect you to come to me seeking power so soon?"
The projection of the will within the demon sword looked mockingly at Hoshimi Miyabi standing in front of it.
"For the past hundred years, your Hoshimi family has always been like this, choosing to submit in pursuit of absolute power. I originally thought you would be different from your ancestors, but now it seems there is no difference."
“…Perhaps in your eyes, the desire for power is the same regardless of the purpose,” Hoshimi Miyabi said. “Our ancestors chose to ask you for more power because they lacked their own, but I am different. I seek the power to bring my companions home.”
The Demon Blade's Will stared at Hoshimi Miyabi for a long time without saying a word, finally letting out a sneer.
“Interesting. I’ll make an exception and give you even more power this time. I want to see if you will lose yourself in this absolute power. Descendant of the Hoshimi family, I look forward to the day you come here again to ask me for power.”
After speaking, the demon sword's will departed. Hoshimi Miyabi, opening her eyes, murmured as she felt the power within her that did not belong to her.
“I will not lose myself in this power. I swear this is the last time I will ask you for power.”