At the same time, in the air suddenly echoed waves of murmurs, as if whispering about this sword's past.
In the midst of countless murmuring voices, Van's cold and clear voice appeared exceptionally resolute.
Ji Xuanyuan, "The long night shall eventually descend, I shall hold the torch for all beings."
Although what Van did was merely a simple, couldn't-be-more-simple sword-swinging motion, yet the power that erupted far surpassed everyone's imagination.
Even the simulated black hole that Herrscher of Geo Ji Xuanyuan constructed with all her strength... was also easily sliced through like paper under the sharp sword aura.
Ji Xuanyuan, seeing this, her eyes were full of disbelief. "How… possible… actually with one strike the simulated black hole…"
Realizing this, she tried to repeat the old trick, attempting to reconstruct the simulated black hole to block, but it was already too late.
Because wherever the sword aura passed, all things were annihilated.
At this critical juncture, Memory Van finally made a move.
He waved his big hand, layers upon layers of barriers composed of Honkai energy stacked up in front of them.
Sword light and barriers clashed, dazzling light suddenly exploded, instantly illuminating the entire valley like broad daylight.
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Seeing this scene, netizens sincerely gave their knees to Van.
No other reason, just too damn cool.
[Hey hey hey… this combat power is too exaggerated]
[Whether it's Black Van or White Van, feels like their fighting style is two completely different art styles]
[Why do I feel that White Van is even stronger than Black Van, the original one?]
[Now that you mention it, I feel the same. Could there be a reversal later?]
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As the white light gradually dissipated, everyone could finally see the scene before them.
A distant mountain silently split apart, clouds high above neatly sliced through.
Memory Van was kneeling on one knee, tightly hugging the unconscious Ji Xuanyuan in his arms.
After waving to disperse the defensive barrier around him, Memory Van looked at Van with a complicated expression.
"Why hold back?"
"Ji Xuanyuan was also once my comrade. To swing a sword at a comrade, that kind of thing, I can't do it."
Looking at Van's increasingly transparent figure, Memory Van snorted coldly, said with a cold expression, "Sentimentality of a woman! Aren't you afraid I'll now seize their Herrscher cores?"
Van shook his head with a smile, said, "I know you won't, because whether you or I, we are Van…"
Van's words left Memory Van momentarily speechless. He stayed silent for a while, turned around, and said, "You spared Ji Xuanyuan, so I will also spare them. From now on, we owe each other nothing."
"So you'll give up trying to seize Kiana and the others' Herrscher cores in the future?" Van asked.
Memory Van's expression instantly turned cold. "Don't push your luck. I only promised not to harm them before the final plan arrives. As for afterward… that depends on their own ability."
After speaking, he waved his big hand, and a lotus-shaped object shining with fiery red light flew toward Fu Hua.
Fu Hua instinctively reached out to catch it, and upon clearly seeing the object in her hand, couldn't help exclaiming, "Feather Dust?"
But before she could ask, Memory Van already carried the unconscious Ji Xuanyuan and turned to walk into the teleportation gate.
As Memory Van left, things finally came to an end.
The battlefield finally returned to calm, everyone's face bearing a look of relief.
Kiana looked excitedly at the Feather Dust in Fu Hua's hand, "That's great, with this, we can save Van!"
Although Bronya still had that same emotionless expression, from her gentle eyes one could still feel her joy.
The most lively Ivana was even more excited as she shouted toward Fu Hua, "Hurry and give me the Feather Dust!"
Only Fu Hua lowered her head to look at the Feather Dust in her hand, then looked at Van's increasingly transparent figure, her gaze complicated.
Because she knew, things probably weren't that simple.
Just as Fu Hua was thinking, she suddenly felt a tug from her hand.
Immediately after, Ivana's voice rang beside her.
"Give it here!"
Maybe because Fu Hua hadn't moved for a long time, the somewhat impatient Ivana simply snatched the Feather Dust from Fu Hua's hand.
Her movement was so fast even Fu Hua didn't have time to react.
After doing this, Ivana rushed before Van, face full of joy.
"With this, you won't disappear anymore!"
After speaking, Ivana immediately began trying to re-establish the connection between Van and the Feather Dust.
But after a while, Ivana's expression instantly froze on her face.
Because she discovered that even after establishing the connection between Van and the Feather Dust, it still couldn't change Van's body continuously fading away.
This sudden turn of events made Ivana immediately anxious, "Damn it, why isn't it working?!"
Suddenly, Ivana seemed to have thought of something, the whole person stunned on the spot as if struck by lightning.
Because she recalled what Memory Van had said, and the trace of decisiveness in Van's eyes before swinging his sword.
Thinking of this, Ivana stared hard at Van, voice trembling, "Why… why do this… why choose to sacrifice yourself… maybe… maybe there were other ways..."
But halfway through the words, Ivana couldn't speak any further. Because she herself knew, those words were just her wishful thinking.
After all, in a desperate situation like that, what better choice was there?
Compared to the people around who were steeped in sorrow, Van not only wasn't discouraged at all, he even started joking.
"We clearly won, so why do you all look like you've lost?"
His gaze lightly swept over everyone's face, and in a relaxed tone, he said:
"Someone once told me, making beautiful, lovely girls cry is a kind of crime. So at this final moment, how about a smile?"
"After all, you all are the heroes who will save the world and defeat Finality in the future. How can heroes show this kind of sad face~"
Everyone forced a slight smile.
Van nodded in satisfaction, "That's more like it… you all still look best when smiling…"
Before the words fell, his body suddenly began to fade even faster.
For this, Ivana poured Honkai energy into him like crazy, but could only watch helplessly as his figure grew fainter and fainter.
In the end, under everyone's reluctant gazes, Van turned into a scarred feather, slowly falling into Kiana's palm.
Kiana lowered her head, looking at the dim, lusterless feather, memories of past times with Van surfacing in her mind.
Then suddenly, she clenched her fist, tears in her eyes not yet falling were replaced by a determined light.
"Enough! Again… again using sacrifice in exchange for so-called victory, I can't accept that!"
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