Although she didn't know what the gold and black on the chains represented, at least the spread of the gold color didn't give Kiana a good feeling.
And even though the change in the other party's ability was minuscule, Kiana could still feel that the other party's aura was growing little by little...
Okay, it wasn't something as metaphysical as an aura. It was just that Kiana, who was at the forefront, could feel the difference in each of the other party's attacks.
Each attack was a few thousandths of a percent stronger than the last, and this kind of enhancement had already occurred hundreds of times.
If the other party had the ability to keep strengthening like this, then they would be in danger.
But breaking the deadlock... was there any way to break it?
The damage they had currently inflicted on the Herrscher was minuscule so to speak. The damage from the two punches that Kiana had managed to land was actually not as high as the damage from Nicholas's Jizo Mitama.
The Key of Inspiration could only strengthen oneself, and had no active attack methods. Even the clash of powers was a counterattack triggered by the other party's active provocation.
The damage they had caused was mostly on Xiezhi.
That Honkai beast, which had transformed from a Honkai Emperor, would rush over with a life-or-death attitude every time the Herrscher was attacked, tanking the damage.
The reason Nicholas and the others could stop Xiezhi before was because the distance between Xiezhi and the Herrscher was far enough. It would usually be intercepted by them before it could charge too far.
But in this kind of big melee, the distance between the Herrscher and Xiezhi could not be opened at all.
Xiezhi could rush to the Herrscher's side and protect it with just a little damage, and then be led away by them.
After several cycles of this, Xiezhi's injuries were quite serious. It wouldn't be long before it was besieged and killed.
But don't forget, while they were causing damage to Xiezhi, the Herrscher was also consuming the high-ranking officials of the City of Sighs who were actively offering themselves up.
According to Ai-chan's calculations on the Noah's Ark, Bronya had already judged that the Herrscher's power would definitely fall on people.
Now that these high-ranking officials were occupying a large amount of the Herrscher's power, what would happen after all of them were dead?
Currently, besides Siegfried, no one could escape the judgment. Even Cecilia had...
It was obvious which was a greater threat to them, Xiezhi or the Herrscher's power.
She had to think of a way to break the deadlock now... She had no attack methods. The only ones who could hurt the Herrscher were Mei and Li Sushang, but Mei couldn't keep up with the rhythm of the battle with her and the Herrscher...
Kiana quickly made a decision.
If she rushed up and hugged the Herrscher, wouldn't Li Sushang have a chance to attack?
Let's do it!
Just as Kiana was mentally preparing to find a time when the Herrscher and Xiezhi were separated to rush over and hug the other party, Bronya's voice suddenly sounded anxiously in her mind.
Yes, in her mind.
Salome had never fought such a convenient battle! The information in her mind did not require any explanation or translation. As long as she proposed an idea, the other party could immediately accept it perfectly.
She didn't know how this was done, but with the help of this ability, she was even more in her element.
Everyone's battles and movements were under her control. The battle in front of her was like a large chessboard, and she also had a particularly powerful intelligent AI constantly assisting her, telling her the possible consequences of each choice...
The ones assisting her were Bronya and Ai-chan. It was still the combination of Ai-chan doing the calculations and Bronya making the decisions.
As for this special little channel in their minds—it was a clever combination of several powers.
The power of Sight could simply influence a person's thoughts. Although it couldn't change a person's thoughts like Memory, it was very simple to stuff a piece of information into their minds.
And if it was just the power of Sight, it could only transmit the thoughts of Sirin, the owner of the power, to others, just like in the battle with Desire, when Sirin transmitted the idea of "gathering in the square" to everyone.
And the connection between everyone relied on Frélle's power. The reason Sirin couldn't use her power for a long time was because she didn't have a core in her body, but Frélle did.
It was not the first time the two of them had cooperated like this. They had cut Kiana's connection before by doing this.
And the Noah's Ark was the best amplifier for their powers. The canopy that covered the battlefield, besides collecting information, was most importantly to provide a channel for them to use their powers.
Within the range of the canopy, they could hit wherever they wanted!
But now, that was not the important thing.
"Something has violently broken through the canopy and entered!" Bronya's urgent voice sounded in everyone's hearts. "According to the analysis, it is a huge Honkai energy reaction! This magnitude... is even stronger than this mutated Honkai Emperor!"
"Kiana! She's coming for you! Be careful!" Bronya shouted in Kiana's head, trying to remind her.
Kiana's reaction was indeed fast enough. Even though she didn't feel any killing intent or hostility, the moment Bronya reminded her, Kiana still obediently retreated a long distance, leaving herself a safe position.
And so, in her line of sight, a figure of blue, black, and gold slammed straight into the Herrscher like a meteor.
The Herrscher obviously didn't have that good a reaction. Or rather, because the large Honkai energy reactions that had been rushing at her had always been Xiezhi, she hadn't reacted in time that this time it wasn't Xiezhi.
Because she also didn't feel any hostility or malice!
The Herrscher's expression twisted as she turned her head in the air, wanting to see which uninvited guest had attacked her, and even more so, who, like Kiana, could attack her without any hostility.
And when she turned her head, what she saw was a person she would never have expected... and even more so, her form!
It was Bianka... but not Bianka.
At least the golden-haired girl that the Herrscher knew was not in this state, covered in bone armor and exuding a bone-chilling cold.
But no matter what state the other party was in, the Herrscher was not in a state to be slaughtered.
The chains beside her swung quickly, shooting at Bianka who was holding her waist and pushing her back quickly.
Bianka quickly let go, and then did a flip in the air, grabbing one of her chains.
The next moment, a powerful force wanted to pull the Herrscher, who was pulling away, over. But the Herrscher quickly cut the chain that was being held, and it ended.
Taking this opportunity, Kiana could finally see clearly what had suddenly broken in.
The ferocious monster arms, the twisted bone armor covering nearly half of her body, and a thick tail extending from her back...
"Bronya, why do I feel that this looks so familiar!" a strange sense of familiarity made Kiana's eyes widen. "I feel like I've seen her somewhere!"
"Kiana, don't be careless!" Bronya quickly reminded her. Kiana nodded and took up a fighting stance again. "Then should I go help her?"
Bronya, who was also observing due to a strange sense of familiarity, twitched her eyebrows. "Kiana... you..."
Did Kiana not hear what she had just said about a "large Honkai energy reaction"?
They did have some means to use Honkai energy now, but none of them could reach the intensity of the other party's Honkai energy. At least here, the other party was an unknown third party!
"But she's helping us fight the Herrscher!" Kiana immediately retorted anxiously, because she saw that the Herrscher had already reversed the situation and was starting to suppress Bianka!
And Bianka wasn't retreating at all! She was charging forward against the Herrscher's storm of attacks, and her posture of fighting to leave a wound on the Herrscher even at the cost of being injured made Kiana anxious.
This could indeed cause some damage, but... she would also be more seriously injured! The damage caused was actually not as high as a steady and stable fight...
But...
Kiana unconsciously clenched her fists.
What the other party was doing now... was exactly what she had just wanted to do... to open a breakthrough at all costs, to break this situation that was gradually heading towards a certain defeat.
If she could go up and help this person who had suddenly rushed out and looked a little strange, the two of them working together might be able to...
Although she was anxious, Kiana still obeyed Bronya's orders and could only worry in place.
"Kiana, you first..." Bronya was about to say that Kiana should observe before making a decision, but looking at the collected images and Bianka's desperate look, Bronya suddenly stopped.
Perhaps sometimes, she should be like Mei and Shu, and choose to trust Kiana once.
"Kiana," Bronya sighed. "You decide for yourself... you must ensure your own safety. You must remember that Shu is nearby."
"Okay!" a smile quickly appeared on Kiana's face. The next moment, she rushed forward, straight towards the Herrscher.
Kiana's entry once again interrupted the Herrscher's rhythm, forcing her into a disadvantage again. And Kiana actually cooperated with Bianka, even though there was no communication between the two...
The other party was like another herself. She could know her every move without communication.
Bronya looked at the strange tacit understanding between the two, and the sense of familiarity in her heart grew stronger.
Where had she seen her before...
And on the other side, Shu, who was seen by Bronya as the final insurance, had encountered some difficulties.
A figure fell from the clouds like a cannonball, and the next moment, hundreds of long spears that seemed to be able to freeze time chased after the figure and pierced the area.
But even with such a dense barrage, the falling figure was not pinned down in the desert.
Shu only saw a figure running out of the sand and dust, rolling and crawling.
She also pulled out a golden spear that was stuck in her body and threw it to the side.
That was Judas's spear, not Theresa's Otto version of Judas, but the Judas in Shu's memory that had the power of binding!
Let alone the other party being directly pierced by a spear like this, just by the fact that there were so many spears containing the power of binding near him, he shouldn't be able to move!
But the facts were in front of him. The other party was not only alive and kicking, but had even pulled out the golden spear and thrown it on the ground like trash.
And what confused Shu the most was that the aura emanating from Gu Chu, who was fleeing rapidly at this moment, was almost exactly the same as the Judas he had materialized!
Even the small gap between the two was being rapidly closed.
The two binding powers were canceling each other out, and the influence of the golden spears was getting weaker and weaker.
The first thing Shu did when he decided to kill Gu Chu was to use the power of binding. The previous probing had already let Shu know Gu Chu's approximate strength, but from the moment the power of binding appeared, Gu Chu had refreshed Shu's understanding of him.
When Judas had just appeared, Gu Chu had indeed lost his ability to resist in an instant. Shu had also successfully taken this opportunity to give Gu Chu a hard blow.
The golden spear had indeed pierced Gu Chu's head and heart. Shu's hand was also aimed at the core in Gu Chu's chest. It was a delay of less than half a second. Shu's fingers had already pierced the flesh and ribs of Gu Chu's chest and touched his core...
But at this moment, Gu Chu had suddenly kicked him in the abdomen with a reflex, creating a distance between the two of them.
Shu had not expected Gu Chu to be able to break free from Judas's restraints. He was stunned for a moment when he was kicked away.
And even without this momentary daze, Shu would not have had time to dig out Gu Chu's core.
But the reason he was so shocked by the other party was that he saw him stand up shakily but did not immediately attack again.
At that moment, he was thinking about how Gu Chu had broken free, checking whether the power of binding had really taken effect, and guessing whether Gu Chu was just holding on, or was pretending to be vulnerable to lure him into continuing the pursuit.
The deterrent effect of breaking free from the binding was a bit too great. By the time he figured out that Gu Chu was just bluffing, Gu Chu had already recovered the ability to move like a normal person.
And then it was now. Shu had smashed Gu Chu, who was trying to pull away, to the ground again, but it didn't have much effect anymore.
Binding was now less of a threat to Gu Chu than the Heavenly Fire he had been holding back at the beginning.
And from the moment he had used the power of binding until now... only about ten seconds had passed.
A golden spear shot at him from below. Shu tilted his head slightly and grabbed the golden spear that was about to graze his cheek with one hand.
The moment he caught it, Shu felt a sense of being bound. All the Honkai energy and [Hope] in his body froze at that moment. Even his heart stopped for a moment when he caught the spear.
But it was only for a moment. A wave of binding power also surged out of Shu's body, counteracting the golden spear in his hand.
Looking at the spear that had turned into fragments in his hand, Shu looked at Gu Chu with a grave expression.
What was his power?