These two were trying to trap him here to death!
If Shu was still a bit confused by Theresa's actions, then Kiana, who was hanging onto his arm like an accessory, made him immediately understand her intentions.
On his left, the authority of [Binding] was on high alert. On his right, the authority of [Evolution] was bombarding him relentlessly. Both were fighting with a suicidal intensity, clearly willing to pay any price to hold him here.
And after they held him, what then?
It would inevitably be a decisive, match-winning attack!
Was it Bianka's [Hope] attack? Or Li Sushang's second, long-awaited Edge of Taixuan?
No, neither of those were enough!
Those two couldn't even bring out a complete, single-core authority. Their attacks could, at best, only injure him!
So who else could launch a single-core level attack? Theresa and Kiana were already holding him down, and this kind of resource-draining restraining tactic clearly wouldn't get a second chance.
So who else could launch a complete, single-core level attack? Seele and the Book of Time?
No, the Book of Time had no offensive capability. Its meager resistance couldn't even break through his [Hope] defense. Affecting him for a split second when he wasn't aware was its limit. It definitely didn't have a decisive move.
Then... was it Noah's Ark?
That was also impossible! Although the Noah consciousness he had destroyed had attached itself to the consciousness-less Noah's Ark in that channel, it still only had half a core, and Noah itself had no authority at all.
Noah's Ark was still Noah's Ark. Interfering with his passive perception with its sky canopy was its limit. It couldn't possibly have more power.
Then... Sirin and Fréllei's combined effort?
What good was a flawed [Vision] authority plus a pseudo-Herrscher level of Honkai energy? It would be better to have Bianka stab him in the heart! Although it wouldn't kill him, at least it would hurt.
What else could Sirin do besides make him sleepy? Summon a HOMU to act cute?
Shu felt his brain twitching. He didn't know who the final target to deliver the winning blow was, nor could he figure out why Theresa and Kiana were so desperate to hold him down.
But at least one thing was certain... these two, who were consuming their energy so frantically, would definitely not get a second chance to hold him!
Did they really think he had no way to break free?
Shu's single-core authority indeed couldn't break through two suicidal single-core authorities in a short time, but there was one authority that could.
[Binding]!
Almost all authorities canceled each other out one-to-one, but the authority of [Binding] was an absolute special attack that suppressed from above.
They were just two Divine Keys, not even real Herrschers!
Golden cogwheels unfolded beneath Shu's feet. The surging energy in the air began to stagnate. Theresa's feet suddenly slipped. The previous feeling of being as solid as a rock disappeared, and the memory of being thrown into the sea took over.
Feeling like she was about to be thrown again, Theresa wanted to use two more chains to hold onto the ground, but no matter how she called, Judah gave her no response.
At the same time, Kiana also felt the world-destroying power she had previously possessed rapidly draining away. She seemed to have returned to the weakling who could only stand behind Shu.
The magnificent long dress on her body became illusory again. The hem of the dress had already dissipated into pure Honkai energy. Kiana could already feel the lingering cold from the seawater frozen by Bianka. Only the warmth of Shu's arm in her embrace remained.
Perhaps it was because of the cold, perhaps it was because of the weakness from losing her power, or perhaps it was because of the unwillingness of impending failure. Kiana said nothing, but her embrace grew tighter.
The Divine Grace Barrier had suppressed their authorities almost instantly. The only reason they could still stand here was because of the slight authority advantage from the Thousand Stars of Reason and a whole core.
But what could this slight advantage do?
It could let someone hug Shu's waist from behind!
The moment he felt someone hug his waist from behind, Shu was not surprised, because he knew who was behind him.
You ask why Shu knew who was hugging him from behind without even looking?
Because the thing that had invaded his body and made a mess of his simulated [Binding] authority was called [Hope]!!
The authority of [Binding] was not ineffective against Bianka. The black bone armor all over her body was already covered in cracks. When she hugged Shu's waist, she used so much force that a large piece of small black fragments stained with blood fell off.
Among all the people present, Bianka, as a MANTIS, was the most severely affected. Theresa and Kiana had only lost their power, but Bianka truly felt the Honkai Beast genes in her body trying to tear her apart.
But even so, Bianka did not use a single bit of her stored [Hope]. She endured the tearing pain and silently snuck up behind Shu.
The moment Bianka hugged him, all her [Hope] surged into his body without reservation, for no other reason than to turn the massive amount of [Hope] in his body upside down!
This was a method that, like Kiana and the others, disregarded consumption, and could even be said to be suicidal!
Shu panicked... At this moment, Shu really panicked.
If the scepter was in his hand, and he still had the [Dream] authority, he wouldn't have to worry about this situation at all.
Not to mention that he could have sent everyone flying like golf balls one by one. All of them together didn't even have the qualification to stand in front of him.
Even if he had actively entered this situation, the authority power of two cores would have given him enough leeway to resist the authority attacks of Theresa and Kiana on one hand, and absorb the [Hope] invested by Bianka as a snack on the other.
But—because Otto had moved all the power from the base, he had left the scepter and the [Dream] authority in the base!
The unfolded golden cogwheels seemed to have suddenly rusted. After stuttering twice, they dissipated into a large patch of golden light.
The suppressed power was instantly restored. Theresa's feet no longer slipped, but were directly inserted into the ice layer. Although Kiana's clothes had already dissipated by more than half, and her long skirt had disappeared, the strength in her hands was not small at all!
And with Bianka, whose consciousness was already a bit blurry, behind him, when she realized that she might not be able to continue, she had already unleashed her final power, firmly freezing his lower body and all of her own body except her head!
The authorities of [Binding] and [Evolution], under the cover of Bianka's [Hope], launched their final fierce attack on the [Hope] core in his body!
But... why?
After failing to struggle, Shu couldn't help but return to his initial question.
Why did these three use this method to trap him here? You know, the Thousand Stars of Reason only had a usage time of half an hour...
Shu didn't understand, couldn't comprehend.
Until he saw, in front of him, about a hundred meters away, a flash of light with a mixed aura of authority.