Cultivating in Honkai!

I felt lighter than ever.

Out of my time in this world, I kept quite a lot of secrets. Being able to straightforwardly tell my knowledge of Honkai feels very refreshing. It is the knowledge of reaching the end-game, in particular.

Finally, it is fun to play as the riddler on Su. I am giving him the same treatment he gave Durandal.

My spiritual consciousness spread out to this entire bubble world. My mind came across thousands of individual things. Most of them are inanimate objects formed by the Sea of Quanta's power.

They contained traces of spiritual qi. It resulted in these objects becoming more "real", rather than a high-end replica from the Sea of Quanta's power.

There is nothing much in this bubble world. Its entirety did not surpass the limits of my range. Except for the plants, greenery, and some ruined infrastructures, there is nothing else.

With my mental cultivation at the Late Stage of Purple Mansion Realm, it can reach as far as a thousand miles.

"Your friend is making a lot of mess."

Su projected something reminiscent of a live feed.

The moment I saw Kiana's face, I knew what they were up to.

They did not disappoint me.

Currently, she is confronting Cocolia on the beach. Along with her is Seele. Bronya is not there.

As long as the X-10 experiment does not happen, it cuts off the subsequent effects of Raiden Mei's Herrscher Awakening. I already cut off Otto's chance with the Imaginary Tree. There is also the Seed of Sumeru that was supposed to stabilize the bubble world inside Durandal.

I messed up a lot of things.

Do I regret it? No.

Humanity will defeat the honkai with the best ending possible. To hell with Kevin's at all cost.

Plus, there are still room for maneuver when it comes to Otto's side. Giving a Second Divine Key away in exchange of him being distracted studying it for a year or two is a worthy trade. Su and I seriously considered doing it.

Looking at the Tuna's confrontation, I looked forward in their upcoming fight.

*****

Nine months ago, Kiana went back to the orphanage. As per Shi Tian's reminders, she helped Bronya and Seele to break through. Kiana helped them secure a second grade spirit vein and ensured nothing would go wrong on their "tribulations".

Bronya dealt with it easily. Her [Starlight Controlling Art] dealt with the tribulation clouds. It was Seele who had difficulties.

She did not practice much of her spells' combat side. The [Heavenly Water Falling Art] has the sides of life and death. It exists to drown and to save. Seele focused more on the saving part, which led to her difficulties on the tribulation stage. Kiana ended up dealing with the clouds for Seele's cultivation bonus.

Fwoosh-!

The flight speed of a Purple Mansion Realm caused a whistling in the sky. Some aircrafts who came across it tried to read their radars, but to no avail.

That was how Kiana remained unnoticed while looking for the underwater base.

"Cocolia is spotted. You can get ahead of her, Kiana."

It was Einstein who spoke on the intercomms.

'I'm not late!'

That made Kiana heave a sigh of relief.

Three days ago, Seele sent her a message. She and Bronya will head out to see the beach in three days… which is today.

That was when Kiana thought of the artificial beach in Siberia. That served as Cocolia's gateway to the underground laboratory.

Even if it was a false alarm, it sent Anti-Entropy to a state of alert. Their reconnaissance over Cocolia's turf was increased.

Kiana decided to break through at this juncture. Welt Yang's Foundation Establishment can ensure the operation's success even without her.

The breakthrough is more of an assurance than anything else… and Kiana took that gamble.

In the end, she broke through the Purple Mansion Realm. She suppressed the strange urge inside her dantians and took action. The condensation of supernatural seeds has to wait for later.

Soon, she arrived on the artificial beach. It is cordoned off from the outside. The scale of the "beach" is not large enough to pose issues for satellites above. Seeing a white sand beach in Siberia is extremely suspicious.

A brief scan revealed more than a hundred Titans hidden within the beach's kilometer radius. They are ready to respond to all external threats.

Kiana saw there weren't any humans inside the hundred Titans. They are all controlled remotely or with artificial intelligence.

"Uhm..?"

Seele seemed to have noticed Kiana beyond her light concealment. She stared at the huge spiritual qi source up above.

Her abnormal reaction was seen by Cocolia.

"What is wrong?"

Just as she asked, Kiana broke out of her concealment.

"Kaslana..?"

Cocolia has a dozen questions.

Coincidentally, Kiana also has questions for her.

"Miss Cocolia."

Her words served to worsen Cocolia's expression. She thought of something and frowned.

Kiana's appearance, her flying midair, and her battlesuit-looking outfit all served to point out something.

"Mister Yang is on the way here. You can explain your unauthorized actions later. For now…"

Boom-!

Boom-!

Boom-!

…

Dozens of small explosions rang out on the beach's surroundings. The spears made from spiritual qi accurately pierced through each and every Titan.

A wave of her attacks disabled Cocolia's most prided force. Kiana restrained her aura, yet it was enough to cast a shadow of intimidation on the radical faction's ringleader.

"Sister Kiana…"

Seele looked conflicted with the duo's fight. One of them is her good friend. The other one is her mother figure. She cares about them both.

"Think of Bronya, Seele. What would she think if something bad happens to you?"

"..!"

"That will make her very sad." A melancholic look appeared on Kiana. "So, experiments can come later."

"..."

Cocolia did not say a word. She is testing out the few countermeasures she had left. Needless to say, none of them worked.

Just then, a person's silhouette came from outside the woods.

Kiana anticipated his appearance and turned at him. He wore a black robe and a white half-mask resembling a skull. His footsteps left a trail on the sand.

The cadre of the World Serpent showed himself.

"Amazing. The power to see beyond yourself… and the strange force outside of honkai. How did you do it?"

"I won't answer a coward in his fake body!"

Several shackles surrounded Gray Serpent. They are made of Kiana's void constructs. Simultaneously, a strong force sent him kneeling down.

The [Taixu World Rendering Sutra] is about the control of the void. It possessed the same, if not greater capabilities to Kiana's Second Herrscher Core.

As such, she can mimic the Core's abilities with spiritual qi.

Boom-!

Gray Serpent's head suddenly short-circuited. A wave of black smoke rose up.

"Oops…"

Kiana did not expect his self-destruction. She looked back and saw Seele with a firm expression. Cocolia, on the other hand, looked conflicted.

She realized Gray Serpent must have foreseen this event. She got played unknowingly.

It made her doubt herself, or rather, her choices.

'Am I doing the right thing..?'

*****

A/N: Tuna aura farming this time around.