Sirin flexed the light wings of the battlesuit, hovering in mid-air, the smile on her lips becoming hard to suppress.
"Very good, just as I expected. This battlesuit can better unleash my power. I bet you never imagined that the equipment you humans created to fight Herrschers would one day become a Herrscher's tool!"
"Wings of Light, deploy!"
Countless beams of light shot out from the two pairs of wings on Sirin's back, spreading in all directions. Then, guided by the lock-on system, they instantly changed direction in mid-air and shot towards Fu Hua on the rooftop.
Fu Hua could only rely on Fenghuang Down to enhance herself, perceive the trajectories of the light beams, and dodge them by a hair's breadth time and time again.
"So what if you can dodge! The Gem of Serenity is in my hands. With the Honkai energy from the gem, I have enough power to destroy more than half the city with these beams!"
"This is really tricky... I don't have any anti-air capabilities right now..."
Fu Hua pressed a hand to her glasses, sending a message to Otto to lift the restrictions on her battlesuit and teleport it to her. At the same time, she sent a message to Ryn, telling him, "Your wife is in trouble. If you don't get here soon, she's going to be abducted."
Immediately, Otto lifted the battlesuit's restrictions and approved the teleportation request.
[System connection complete. Commencing charging.]
[Charging complete. Deploying battlesuit.]
Fu Hua's red glasses emitted a light that enveloped her. At the same time, the glasses began to flow like liquid, transforming into a fully enclosed black visor.
Shadow Knight: Moonbeam, a prototype 4th-generation Valkyrie battlesuit specially created for Fu Hua by Otto. In contrast to 「White Knight: Moonlight」, Moonbeam is not equipped with any long-range weapons, making it a completely specialized close-combat battlesuit. Furthermore, relying on the two sets of blade thrusters on its waist, Moonbeam possesses high mobility unmatched by other battlesuits.
(Key of Blankness was just the prototype. The Knight-series battlesuits were all built by Otto himself. Goushinnso Memento was also built by Otto, appearing in Kallen Fantasy as Yae Sakura's battlesuit...
As for the Previous Era battlesuits for Fu Hua and Sakura, miHoYo just didn't want to waste resources on new models and designs, so they reused old concepts.)
"How is that possible!? Why do you have the same battlesuit as me!" Sirin shouted in astonishment, looking at Fu Hua's armor.
Fu Hua ignored Sirin's question, simply exhaling lightly before extending her hand and pointing a single finger at Sirin.
"Let me teach you the proper way to use this battlesuit!" (I have 60 SP, you better watch your mouth.jpg)
With that, Fu Hua crouched down steadily. The moment the rooftop floor shattered under her feet, she used the reactive force to launch herself into the sky, rushing towards Sirin.
She was so fast that Sirin couldn't see her figure clearly at all. But Fu Hua didn't attack. Instead, she grabbed Sirin's hand, trying to snatch the Gem of Serenity that Sirin was clutching tightly.
The moment Fu Hua tried to grab the gem, Sirin reacted immediately, activating the automatic targeting gamma-ray attack system in front of her.
Light beams that blotted out the sky converged into a massive cannon of light, completely annihilating everything in front of Sirin and creating a huge explosion of smoke.
After it was over, Sirin let out a sigh of relief, then placed a hand on her hip and laughed confidently at the smoke from the explosion:
"Hahaha, even with the same battlesuit, getting hit by so many beams at such a close range would reduce anyone to ashes!"
But as soon as she finished speaking, Sirin immediately felt something moving at high speed behind her. The moment she turned her head, she saw nothing.
"Too slow."
Fu Hua, who had flashed behind Sirin, flashed in front of her again the instant Sirin turned her head, her fist tightly clenched and charged with power.
"What!" Sirin turned back, her eyes wide with terror at Fu Hua's fist rapidly approaching her.
"Inch-Punch: Sky Opener!"
A massive shockwave erupted from the point of contact, creating a giant mushroom cloud. The power of Sky Opener didn't stop upon hitting a solid object; like a force that could strike through mountains, the shockwave punched a hole through the clouds in the sky.
Sirin knew this move, as it was the one Kiana was most familiar with. Every time Kiana sparred with Fu Hua, Fu Hua would often use this move to end the match in an instant.
Sirin didn't know what Kiana and Fu Hua's duels were like, but the unforgettable pain of Inch-Punch: Sky Opener, like having her body turned into a steel plate and then folded in half from the waist, was something Sirin could clearly feel along with Kiana every time.
But why didn't it seem to hurt that much this time...
The expected fatal blow didn't come. Sirin opened her eyes and saw Ryn standing in front of her.
"This move comes with armor break, it actually hurts a little..." Ryn chuckled, gently pushing away Fu Hua's hand, which had stopped less than half a centimeter from his stomach.
The gauntlets of Shadow Knight: Moonbeam were augmented with the world's hardest alloy and contained some Soulium that ignored Honkai energy. Combined with her own strength...
Until Fu Hua had just punched an even harder object, she had never considered that it too could shatter...
Fu Hua couldn't see it with her naked eye, and the equipment on her suit couldn't detect it, but she could clearly feel from the punch that there was an invisible film covering Ryn's skin. A film that nullified all the Honkai energy from her punch and was harder than any known metal...
"The power of Janna, kid."
"?"
Fu Hua's visor covered the upper half of her face, so her expression was hidden, but from her slightly parted lips, Ryn could tell that Fu Hua was very confused.
But now was not the time for idle chat. Ryn turned and grabbed Sirin, who was trying to open a space portal to escape.
"Where do you think you're going? Aren't you going to explain the situation to me?" Ryn grabbed Sirin's hand, pulling her into his embrace and restraining her.
"Let go of me! Where I go is none of your business..."
Sirin's cheeks puffed out, and she struggled with all her might to escape from Ryn's arms. But no matter how much she struggled, she couldn't break free. Sirin became so frantic that her face turned beet red, and she was on the verge of tears.
Right now, Sirin was like a teenage girl with eighth-grade syndrome who, thinking her parents were out, started to unleash her wild side, arrogantly shouting about destroying the world, kicking dragons, and punching heroes... only to turn around and find her parents standing right behind her, staring dumbfounded at everything she was doing. She was guilty and scared, wishing she could find a hole to bury herself in.
Ryn: "How is it none of my business? You're using Kiana's body right now. If you do anything bad, wouldn't Kiana have to take the blame? Can you bear to let our little angel carry such a burden for no reason?"
Sirin was stunned for a moment. Her shy and guilty face immediately returned to its previous calm and arrogant expression.
"Heh... so you mean you only care about *that* Kiana, is that it?"