Cultivating in Honkai!

Theresa was insightful to reach out for an emergency call. She managed to notify Hyperion of the emergency. The communication line remained untouched. It went contrary to her expectations. She expected it to be jammed.

'What…'

Thud-!

Theresa's body fell to the ground uncontrollably. The delayed onset of weakness assaulted her entire body. The exposure to the anti-honkai reagent from before took effect.

It took a while for her to stand up. The sense of weakness remained.

'No—!'

Theresa thought of Siegfried. If even she was affected to this extent, how would he fare?

Bam-!

Her worries turned out to be true. Siegfried, although not as weakened as Theresa, could no longer handle Gray Serpent with ease. Coupled with the need to divert collaterals, he could not fight with his full strength.

"That guy's a handful…"

Siegfried stood up from the office floor. It is the seventh floor of a high-rise building. He met the stunned gazes of the white collar workers.

Without a word, he leaped off the building, just in time to meet Gray Serpent whose entire body looks like a honkai beast.

Bam-!

Bam-!

Although weakened, Siegfried had no choice but to fire more rounds. He has to take its attention away from normal humans.

The dark blue honkai beast flashed and disappeared from its position. It avoided Siegfried's attack.

Its figure reappeared right behind him.

Zoom-!

Buzz-!

The honkai beast's claws struck Siegfried to the ground—to the gas cloud of anti-honkai reagents.

Rumble-!

A cloud of dust emerged from the ground. The vacant cars beneath were destroyed. Some of them flipped over, with nearly all of them ringing out their alarms.

'To think I'd fall for this..!'

His instincts told him to hold his breath, which spared the reagent's weakening to a certain extent.

Within a year, Anti-Entropy managed to develop means to heal his badly battered body. Except for his missing arm, he had fully recovered.

Siegfried was able to return to his prime. That gave him back some of his confidence before everything in his life went wrong.

He became more confident with his firepower.

Who could have expected World Serpent's anti-honkai gas bombs?

Twelve seconds of exposure halved his combat effectiveness. Gray Serpent is also more intent on causing harm to ordinary people than fighting him.

Thus, it resulted in his disadvantage.

"Fu…"

He was about to pull out his trump card when a bright golden light descended onto the honkai beast. It disappeared instantly, only reappearing moments later as small dots of light.

BAM-!

ROAR-!

A loud roar resounded along with a heavy aura that threatened him to kneel. Strangely enough, its landing did not cause any physical damages.

Before Siegfried knew it, he saw the honkai beast dissipating into motes of particles.

"Stinky old man. Why didn't you call me quickly?"

The girl with the Dragon Spear turned out to be his daughter.

*****

Kiana's absentmindedness disappeared. Her white jacket fluttered as she stood up.

"Eh? This came from…"

"Sister Kiana?"

She did not respond to Seele's inquiry. She stared in the distance for a while.

"There are enemies."

"Ah?"

Currently, the three girls gathered in the orphanage's courtyard. Shi Tian asked them to be on guard today, for there are enemies that might invade the orphanage.

He pushed it onto Cocolia's shady business partner, Gray Serpent. This caused Seele and Bronya to become highly vigilant today.

"I need to go out for a while. I will be right back!"

Before Kiana left, she turned her back to Bronya. She threw over a transparent case made of spiritual ores. Inside are several gray papers—middle third grade talismans imbued with Shi Tian's [Sword Light Refraction].

"Use it when you are in trouble."

"The Bronya understands."

With a poof, her figure disappeared from the orphanage. The next second, she reappeared in the skies of the Far East.

"My mark became unstable… The old man must be fighting someone."

The spiritual consciousness of a Purple Mansion Realm could 'mark' people. Any changes to their current state will be sent back to the cultivator. It is permanent, though farther distances spell weaker connections. It is difficult to maintain a connection throughout Earth, more so other dimensions.

Siberia and the Far East belong to the same continent. It is not an issue for Kiana to sense the spiritual marks he left on some people—Siegfried included.

Within three steps, her figure teleported continuously. The consumption of honkai energy bore a burden on her mind. In exchange is her swift arrival in Nagazora City.

Kiana's spiritual consciousness enveloped the entire city. She saw the battle within the urban area.

The strange gas beneath caught her attention.

"The old man and… my aunt?"

Siegfried is barely holding on. It was Theresa who was in dire straits. She soon realized the gas' effects.

'Preventing honkai energy..? But why is that monster unaffected… oh.'

Kiana felt dumb the next second. Gray Serpent transformed into a quantum-attributed honkai beast. It receives its energy from the Sea of Quanta, not the imaginary space. Kiana noticed this difference.

Five seconds passed after her analysis. She acted swiftly.

First, she consumed her spiritual qi to erect a transparent barrier that isolated the fog. Then, she moved most of the affected people outside the barrier. Finally, she separated the "alright" humans from the "might turn into zombies" ones.

A specially made single-cell was formed to enclose them. Since she designated its durability to hold Qi Refining cultivators, it did not consume much of her spiritual qi. She easily built dozens of cages.

With the ordinary humans settled, Kiana focused her sights on the dark blue honkai beast.

"He said to finish battles in a single strike."

She felt the magnitude of Shi Tian's statement now. It would be fine to fight if not for the ordinary humans around. She deeply loathed World Serpent's actions. The number of injured and casualties are increasing up to now.

"One strike… to end it swiftly…"

The pressure on Kiana's mind was huge. She could not bear to see others being hurt. Defeating the dark blue honkai beast in one go is her solution.

The best way is to use her Herrscher Power. Her current output far surpasses the six-cored Sirin.

"Restraint… and a single strike…"

A subspace lance appeared out of nowhere. It was constructed by her Herrscher Authority.

Spear Soaking Flower Pond.

Kiana's spear cultivation is stuck on the second level. She lacked the conditions to break through the third level, Dragon Spear.

At this opportune time, she finally realized what it truly meant.

Putting every ounce of faith onto the spear;

Is the time the heavenly dragons draw near.

To control one's power accurately is the characteristic of a heavenly dragon (determination) within the spear!

Hum-!

The subspace lance in her hands began to change. Its previous black body became tinged with golden light. Dragons' phantoms could be heard from within.

Buzz-!

ROAR-!

Her body swiftly descended from the skies. The golden light followed her.

Zoom-!

The honkai beast became stuck in place. It could not contest the authority of a Herrscher like Kiana.

The two travelled upon the imaginary space in a split second.

Psshk-!

Its entire body was instantly shattered into motes of blue light. Her physical strength and Herrscher Authority dealt with it easily.

The next second, she returned to Earth. The first person in her sight is none other than Siegfried.

"Stinky old man. Why didn't you call me quickly?"

Kiana did not wait for his reply. She focused on dealing with the affected people around them. Her cultivator capabilities came to use as she temporarily opened up the [Two Phase Art]. It removed all of the 'free energies' including the harmful ones like honkai energy.

"Ziggy?"

A voice resounded not far from them.

The two Kaslanas looked over and saw Theresa looking at them.

"...Kiana?"

The destined reunion took place.

*****

A/N: Bonus chapter will come tomorrow, though that depends on when I can return home. I have two exams to take so it might be uploaded just a few hours behind the typical upload schedule.