"It's now!" Bronya suddenly shouted.
The Eden Core in her hand suddenly bloomed with dazzling light, and a massive pseudo black hole slowly formed behind Memory Van.
This sudden change caused Memory Van's eyes to narrow. He knew the consequences of being swallowed by a pseudo black hole, so he naturally would not sit and await death.
But because Bronya's calculated position was extremely precise, Memory Van found it difficult to escape for a while.
Seeing this, the crowd's mood was instantly lifted. Because they saw the dawn of victory.
As long as nothing unexpected happened, they could not only use this opportunity to escape their current predicament, but even gain the leverage to negotiate.
However, usually when people say "as long as nothing unexpected happens," that's exactly when something unexpected happens.
Sure enough. At this critical moment, Bronya suddenly felt the Eden Core in her hand seemingly disturbed by some invisible force.
Immediately after, the pseudo black hole in the sky suddenly began to distort and deform, eventually slowly dissipating and vanishing.
Seeing this, Fu Hua's expression instantly became serious.
Because based on what she knew, only one person could interfere with a pseudo black hole in this manner, that was the Geo Herrscher who once destroyed in the earlier part of the story.
As if to confirm Fu Hua's thoughts, a black-clothed girl entered the battlefield from a distant mountaintop.
Everyone saw her face clearly, it was Ji Xuanyuan, who should have perished long ago.
Even more shocking was that her whole body emitted obvious Herrscher energy fluctuations.
———
[In the Real World]
[Holy crap! Ji Xuanyuan became a Herrscher?!]
[I just remembered, at the end of the Nine Nether extra chapter, wasn't Ji Xuanyuan taken away by Black Van?]
[miHoYo's writers got some skills, huh, turns out they planted the foreshadowing way back then]
[Doesn't this mean miHoYo's writers were already planning how to stab Van at that time?]
[Damn it!]
[My drill has pierced the heavens and even the secondary dimensions, damn miHoYo, take my Heaven-Piercing Strike!!!]
[Given Ji Xuanyuan's background as a Shenzhou Guardian, it kinda makes sense for her to become the Geo Herrscher]
———
[In a Large Coastal City of Shenzhou]
A man named Zhongli looked at this comment and felt a strange feeling he couldn't describe.
As a Shenzhou native, Zhongli deeply respected Ji Xuanyuan's past deeds of guarding Shenzhou for years.
In Zhongli's view, Ji Xuanyuan becoming the Geo Herrscher was clearly intentional on the writers' part.
With common reasoning, compared to the destructive Flame Herrscher, the heaviness of the Geo Herrscher was more suitable for Ji Xuanyuan's former role as a guardian.
But back to the point, every time he saw someone call Ji Xuanyuan "Geo Lord Emperor" in the barrage, Zhongli felt a strong sense of discord in his heart.
As if the title "Geo Lord Emperor" belonged to someone else entirely.
———
[Back to the Video]
After arriving on the battlefield, Ji Xuanyuan first looked at Memory Van, and after confirming he was fine, she turned to Fu Hua and the others.
Her gaze slowly swept over everyone's face, a trace of unnoticeable nostalgia flashing through her eyes.
"Fu Hua, Kiana, Bronya… it's been a long time…"
At the side, Bronya keenly noticed, whether from her words or actions, Ji Xuanyuan didn't seem at all like someone who had been eroded by Honkai energy.
Thinking of this, Bronya suddenly questioned, "Ji Xuanyuan, since you still have your sanity, why are you helping the wicked? Don't you know his goal is to take all the Herrscher Cores?"
"I know." Ji Xuanyuan calmly replied. "Precisely because I understand his entire plan, I choose to stand by his side."
After speaking, Ji Xuanyuan lightly raised her hand, and the Geo Herrscher's power flowed in her palm.
"Even if the cost is my life."
The others still wanted to say more, but Ji Xuanyuan had already taken a battle stance.
"No need for more words. Since our positions are set, let our strength speak!"
Seeing this, whether it was Kiana and the others, or the audience in the real world, all felt the gravity of the situation.
Originally, just one overwhelmingly powerful Black Van was already enough to give Kiana and the rest a hard time, and now, on top of that, a full-powered Geo Herrscher had joined in.
This deathly combo was naturally beyond what the current Kiana and the others could withstand.
At this life-or-death moment, Van took a deep breath, then silently stepped in front of everyone.
At the side, Memory Van keenly noticed his intention and scolded, "You bastard, do you really like playing the hero that much?! With that broken body of yours, what else can you even do?!"
Although Memory Van's tone was full of disdain for Van's overestimation of himself, Fu Hua heard something different.
That feeling was as if… he was questioning his past self.
Van didn't reply, but his determined eyes already explained everything.
Immediately, Van's body suddenly burst with dazzling light, and an astonishing power swept the battlefield. His figure gradually became more real in the light, as if returning to his peak.
However, seeing this scene, whether it was Kiana and the others in the video, or the netizens in the real world, all showed pained expressions.
Because as the saying goes, great power always comes with risk.
And the price for what Van had just done, was likely himself.
———
[No! Vaaannn!!!]
[Sigh~ Even though I was already mentally prepared, seeing this scene still hits hard]
[Seriously, I just want to ask the miHoYo writers: can you not write without stabbing Van?!]
[Exactly! Can't you stab someone else for once? Otto looks like a good candidate...]
[Otto: Screw you]
[Can he stop dying for ONE SECONDD?!?!? (ノ｀Д´)ノ彡┻━┻]
———
[Back to the Video]
In the footage, when Van burst out with great power, for the first time, Memory Van's face showed shock.
"Impossible! With your current condition, how could you still hide such power?!"
Then, under his astonished gaze, Van slowly raised his hand and grasped at the void. Immediately, the void seemed to tear open a crack, and an old-looking longsword appeared in his hand.
The blade was dull and unreflective, yet gave off a suffocating sense of oppression.
Upon seeing the sword, Memory Van's expression drastically changed, "..... Don't you know the consequences of using that sword?"
"I know," Van calmly said. "But this is my mission, and my answer."
After finishing, Van's eyes grew resolute. He said no more.
The moment the sword was drawn, the entire world seemed to be paused. Heaven and earth lost all color, leaving only pure black and white.
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