Note: I just reread all my chapters and I have to admit... It took very long to finish. I was really surprised because scrolling through it seemed endless. Now, I understand a bit why people like long story chapters (Initially I thought it didn't matter much).
Just a reminder that at the end of each chapter, I will conclude with the number of templates that Lux possesses. I will also add their photos to clarify their appearances (although you can search for them on Google), but that will take time. You can also help by adding photos.
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Beneath the distorted sky, two entities of chaos faced each other.
Both radiated a terrifying aura that made the reality around them churn.
The world seemed to hold its breath, not daring to move.
The Herrscher of the Void hovered gracefully on her white wings, her golden eyes glinting coldly as she looked down on the creature standing before her.
True Cthulhu, which had never before met an entity capable of matching it, now moved warily, its tentacles writhing wildly.
"[โ๐ฒ๐ช๐๐ซ๐ฐ??]"
True Cthulhu tried to communicate again, perhaps to gauge the Herrscher's reaction.
But the Herrscher of the Void merely smiled coldly, her eyes narrowing in contempt.
Without warning, True Cthulhu shot forward at a speed impossible for a body of its size.
Dozens of tentacles attacked from every direction, each moving at extraordinary speed and emitting an aura of chaos so thick it was suffocating!
The Herrscher of the Void did not move at all.
Instead, hundreds of golden portals opened around her, and from within them Subspace Lances shot out at the speed of light, striking every tentacle that approached.
๐พ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐! ๐พ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐! ๐พ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐!
Black and purple blood splattered in every direction as the tentacles were severed with ease.
True Cthulhu let out a sound like an angry drone and pulled back its remaining intact tentacles.
"๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ??" The Herrscher of the Void tilted her head, her cold gaze unchanged. "๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ."
True Cthulhu roared, its voice shaking the dimensions. This time, the creature concentrated fully and began releasing pure chaos energy from its entire body. The air around it rippled and space began to crack like shattering glass.
The Herrscher of the Void remained calm, raising her hand in an elegant motion.
"๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐๐."
At that single brief command, thousands of Honkai Beasts charged at True Cthulhu from every direction.
The creatures were like a terrifying white storm, each radiating destructive Honkai energy!
True Cthulhu responded by unleashing a tremendous shockwave of chaos.
The wave struck the first wave of Honkai Beasts and destroyed them instantly!
But there were too many of them, and they kept appearing from new portals!
"๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐."
The Herrscher of the Void called in a soft tone, and from the largest portal emerged a giant dragon about 100 meters in size.
Benares, a Judgement-class Honkai Beast, roared loudly as it appeared, its wide wings covering the sky above them.
True Cthulhu noticed the new threat and shifted its attention to Benares.
With a swift motion, the creature leapt high and fired a dense spiral of chaos energy from its mouth!
Benares nimbly dodged and retaliated with a blast of purple lightning energy from its mouth.
The two attacks collided in the air, creating a tremendous explosion that shook the entire area!
๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐๐๐!!!
The explosion created a giant crater below them, destroying everything within a radius of several kilometers.
The shockwave spread in all directions, shattering mountains in the distance and creating a tsunami in the nearby ocean!
"๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก," muttered the Herrscher of the Void as she crossed her legs elegantly, still floating in the air. "๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข'๐ฆ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ญ."
The Herrscher of the Void slowly raised her hand and the space around True Cthulhu began to tremble.
The creature immediately sensed the danger and tried to leap away, but it was too late.
"<<๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ข๐>>"
The space around True Cthulhu suddenly collapsed inward on itself, forming a small singularity that pulled everything around it with tremendous force.
True Cthulhu's body was drawn inward and compressed from all directions!
With a deafening roar, True Cthulhu released a massive explosion of chaos energy from its entire body, shattering the singularity that confined it!
๐๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐๐!!!
The space broke like glass and True Cthulhu shot out at high speed, heading straight for the Herrscher of the ๐๐จ๐ข๐!
This time the creature was not playing around.
Highly concentrated chaos energy formed energy tentacles around its body, each ready to destroy anything it touched!
The Herrscher of the Void smiled faintly and raised her finger in an elegant motion.
"<<๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ซ>>"
A golden barrier immediately formed around her as True Cthulhu's energy tentacles struck!
Each tentacle exploded violently upon contact with the barrier, creating shockwaves that destroyed everything around!
With a single gesture, the Herrscher of the Void summoned a Subspace Lance to her hand.
The spear glowed brightly with pure void energy. With an elegant motion, she swung the spear, creating a wave of Honkai energy that cut through the air toward True Cthulhu!
True Cthulhu did not try to dodge.
Instead, the creature met the energy wave with its own body!
When the wave of energy struck, True Cthulhu's body seemed to absorb the attack into itself!
"๐๐จ๐ญ ๐๐๐," commented the Herrscher of the Void, her eyes widening slightly. "๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ค๐๐ข ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ. ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ค๐."
True Cthulhu's body began to tremble violently.
The absorbed Honkai energy began to conflict with the chaos energy in its body!
The two opposing energies created a very dangerous instability within the creature's body.
No, more precisely, this Honkai energy was trying to devour its chaos energy!
But True Cthulhu was no ordinary creature.
With a roar that shook the dimensions, the creature converted the absorbed Void energy into its own Chaos energy. Its body radiated a chaos aura far denser than before.
"[๐๐ฆ๐ข.... โ๐ฒ๐ช๐๐ซ๐ฐ]"
The words sounded like the creaking of a broken machine played backward, but their meaning was clear.
True Cthulhu had succeeded in speaking words that could be understood.
The Herrscher of the Void raised her eyebrows slightly.
With a very swift hand motion, the Herrscher of the Void opened a giant portal behind her. The portal shone with a very bright purple-gold light.
Suddenly, tens of thousands of Subspace Lances shot out of the portal, all aimed at True Cthulhu.
Like a rain of spears of light, the Subspace Lances poured down on True Cthulhu from every direction, giving it no chance to dodge.
Each spear exploded upon contact with the creature's body, creating tremendous explosions of Void energy.
๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐๐! ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐๐! ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐๐!
Explosion after explosion enveloped True Cthulhu's body, creating enormous clouds of dust and energy.
The ground beneath them cracked and shattered, creating a crater that grew ever deeper and wider!
However, as the dust began to settle, True Cthulhu was still standing there.
Its body was full of wounds and some parts had been destroyed, but the creature was still alive and radiating stable chaos energy!
"[๐๐ฌ๐ฒ... ๐๐ฏ๐ข ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ช๐๐ซ... ๐ด๐ฅ๐๐ฑ ๐๐ฏ๐ข ๐ถ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ถ?]"
The Herrscher of the Void smiled coldly. "๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ข๐ง. ๐... ๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ..." She pointed at it. "๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ."
True Cthulhu roared loudly and this time, its roar carried a wave of chaos stronger than before!
The wave spread in all directions, destroying everything it touched.
Even a Rank S Hunter who heard it, however briefly, could not avoid madness!
The remaining Honkai Beasts were destroyed instantly, and even Benaresโa Judgement-class Honkai Beastโwas forced to retreat to avoid the wave!
The Herrscher of the Void did not move.
Her Imaginary Void Barrier easily withstood the wave of chaos, showing no sign of breaking.
"๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ," she complained. "๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ง '๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐'."
True Cthulhu did not give up. With a very swift motion, the creature shot toward the Herrscher of the Void, trying to break through her Imaginary Void Barrier with full force.
The Herrscher of the Void merely smiled faintly.
"<<๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐>>"
The space around them suddenly changed. The sky turned dark with unfamiliar constellation patterns.
The ground beneath them disappeared, replaced by an endless void. They were now in another dimension, a special dimension created by the Herrscher of the Void.
"๐๐๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐๐๐ญ." The Herrscher of the Void smiled coldly. "๐๐๐ซ๐, ๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐. ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ... ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ญ."
True Cthulhu roared in anger, but its roar sounded muffled in this dimension.
The creature tried to use its chaos power, but its energy seemed to be absorbed by this dimension!
The Herrscher of the Void raised her hand and thousands of energy cubes appeared around True Cthulhu, each radiating dense Honkai energy.
The cubes moved quickly, surrounding and confining True Cthulhu from all directions. Each cube that touched the creature's body exploded violently, releasing destructive Honkai energy!
๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐๐! ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐๐! ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐๐!
Explosion after explosion enveloped True Cthulhu, yet the creature still would not give up.
With a loud roar, True Cthulhu tried to concentrate all of its chaos energy into one final devastating attack!
"[๐๐๐โ!!!]"
Highly concentrated chaos energy exploded from True Cthulhu's body, creating a tremendous shockwave.
The wave destroyed the energy cubes around it and continued to spread in all directions.
The Herrscher of the Void did not move. She merely raised her hand slowly, and before her a giant pitch-black portal formed.
"<<๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ค๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐>>"
The portal turned into an enormous black hole. Its incredibly strong gravity began to pull in everything around it, including the wave of chaos energy released by True Cthulhu.
True Cthulhu struggled, trying to resist the pull of the black hole. Its tentacles gripped anything within reach, but nothing could withstand the power of the black hole.
"๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ, ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐๐๐ญ?" The Herrscher of the Void smiled coldly. "๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐. ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ง๐จ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ญ๐, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐ฌ."
True Cthulhu roared in frustration as its body was drawn ever deeper into the black hole. The creature tried to use all its remaining strength to resist, but in vain.
"๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ." The Herrscher of the Void waved her hand elegantly. "๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ."
As True Cthulhu's body was almost entirely drawn into the black hole, the creature made an unexpected final move. One of its remaining tentacles suddenly extended at extraordinary speed, aimed straight at the Herrscher of the Void.
The Herrscher of the Void was slightly surprised by this sudden move, but her reflexes were extremely fast. She moved the Subspace Lance in her hand to parry the tentacle.
๐พ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐!!
The tentacle was severed easily, but before it fell, it released somethingโa kind of shimmering purple spore that shot toward the Herrscher of the Void!
"๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ค," muttered the Herrscher of the Void, activating her Imaginary Void Barrier to stop the spore.
The thick purple smoke released by the spore began to spread rapidly, enveloping the Herrscher of the Void in a deadly poisonous fog.
The Herrscher of the Void merely laughed coldly.
"๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐๐ค?"
With a single wave of her hand, a blue light swept over the purple smoke, neutralizing it instantly.
What's more, the smoke was actually absorbed into her palm, adding to her own power.
Meanwhile, True Cthulhu was almost completely pulled into the black hole. Only part of its head was still visible, roaring in pain and unrestrained rage!
"[โ... ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฉ... ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ซ...]"
Those final words sounded like a terrifying promise before True Cthulhu's body vanished entirely, sucked into absolute emptiness.
The Herrscher of the Void gazed at the black hole for a moment before closing it with an elegant gesture of her hand.
However, before the black hole had fully closed, something strange happened.
Instead of shrinking normally, the black hole began to twitch, as if something were trying to get out from within.
"๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ..." The Herrscher of the Void raised her eyebrows.
Suddenly, the black hole exploded violently, releasing an extremely powerful wave of void energy.
The wave swept through the Imaginary Space, causing severe distortion in the Herrscher of the Void's artificial dimension.
From within the black hole emerged True Cthulhu. But the figure that came out was very different from before. Its body was now enveloped in the void energy it had absorbed and converted into chaos energy.
Its tentacles, once blackish-green, were now purple-gold, glowing with a chaos energy never seen before.
"[๐๐ฌ๐ฒ... ๐ฒ๐ซ๐ก๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ก... ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ข๐ฐ๐ฐ]"
Its voice was now clearer, like many voices speaking at once.
"[โ... ๐๐ก๐๐ญ๐ฑ๐ข๐ก ๐ฑ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฑ...]"
True Cthulhu had evolved.
Within the absolute void, this transcendent being had not been destroyedโinstead, it had adapted and absorbed the Honkai energy itself. Now it had returned, stronger than before.
The Herrscher of the Void finally showed a serious expression.
"๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐๐ฎ๐ญ..."
The Imaginary Space around them shook violently as the Herrscher of the Void released her true aura of power.
Her white energy wings now turned bright gold, emitting a blinding light.
Portals appeared around her, each radiating pure void energy.
"๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ '๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ' ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ค๐๐ง."
True Cthulhu wasted no time.
At impossible speed, the creature shot toward the Herrscher of the Void, its tentacles now enveloped in void and chaos energy, attacking from every direction!
The Herrscher of the Void no longer stayed in place.
Now she moved at the same speed, dodging the attacks with graceful movements that were almost like a dance.
In both her hands, two Subspace Lances appeared, spinning at high speed, cutting every tentacle that approached!
๐พ๐๐ผ๐๐๐! ๐พ๐๐ผ๐๐๐! ๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐!
Purple-gold blood splattered in all directions as the tentacles were severed.
However, True Cthulhu kept advancing, unaffected by the loss of several tentacles.
Even more terrifying, the severed tentacles quickly regenerated, now enveloped in even thicker void energy!
"[โ... ๐๐ช... ๐๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ก... ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ด]"
True Cthulhu opened its mouth wide and from within emerged a black singularityโsimilar to the Herrscher of the Void's black hole, but enveloped in chaos energy swirling wildly!
The singularity shot toward the Herrscher of the Void at high speed. The Herrscher immediately formed layered Imaginary Void Barriers to withstand the attack!
๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐๐๐!!!
A tremendous explosion occurred as the chaos singularity collided with the void barrier.
The entire Imaginary Space shook violently, causing dimensional cracks in every direction.
The Herrscher of the Void was pushed back several meters, her barrier cracked but not yet broken.
Without giving her time to rest, True Cthulhu attacked again.
This time, its tentacles transformed into sharp spears resembling Subspace Lances, each enveloped in chaos and void energy!
The Herrscher of the Void smiled coldly. "Even if you can absorb Honkai energy, in the end the result will be the sameโdeath."
With a single motion of her hand, the Herrscher of the Void opened a giant portal before her.
The portal functioned like a black hole, absorbing True Cthulhu's spears as they shot toward her.
True Cthulhu realized its strategy was not working and immediately changed tactics.
The creature concentrated fully and suddenly, the entire Imaginary Space began to shake violently.
"[๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ซ... ๐ฌ๐ฃ... โ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ถ]"
The reality around them began to distort.
The laws of physics in the Imaginary Space began to break down.
Gravity changed direction randomly, space curved and twisted, and time flowed erratically.
The Herrscher of the Void realized that True Cthulhu was trying to seize control of the Imaginary Space from her. This should have been impossible for any entity other than herself.
"๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ," she muttered.
With a single surge of power, the Herrscher of the Void restored her stability over the Imaginary Space.
Gravity returned to normal and the distortion of space-time began to subside. But True Cthulhu did not simply give up.
"[โ๐ฃ... ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ข๐ฐ๐ฐ... ๐ฆ๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฐ... ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข๐ซ... ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฐ... ๐ฆ๐ฐ ๐โ๐๐!!]"
Suddenly True Cthulhu released an enormous amount of chaos energy.
The energy did not attack the Herrscher of the Void directly, but instead spread throughout the entire Imaginary Space, creating zones of chaos amid the zones of void.
The two opposing energies clashed, creating small explosions across the entire dimension.
The Imaginary Space began to split into two partsโhalf dominated by the Herrscher of the Void's Honkai energy and the other half by True Cthulhu's chaos energy.
"๐๐ก?" The Herrscher of the Void furrowed her brow. "๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐, ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐."
Benares, which had been watching the battle from a distance, immediately flew close to the Herrscher.
With a single hand motion, the Herrscher of the Void opened a giant portal leading back to the real world.
True Cthulhu noticed this and tried to stop it. Its tentacles shot out at high speed, trying to close the portal!
"๐๐จ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐."
The Herrscher of the Void and Benares slipped into the portal, returning to the real world.
True Cthulhu roared in anger and immediately leapt after them into the portal.
***
The real world shook violently as three entities of extraordinary power re-entered the dimension.
The sky, once blue, was now filled with swirling black and purple clouds. Golden and purple lightning flashed among the clouds.
The Herrscher of the Void floated high in the air, with Benares beside her. True Cthulhu appeared not far from them, its body now much larger than beforeโreaching nearly 50 meters in height.
True Cthulhu emitted an extremely dense aura of chaos, affecting the area around it.
The ground cracked and floated, water turned to steam, and the laws of physics began to break down around the creature.
"[๐๐ฌ ๐ช๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ... ๐ด๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข ๐ถ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐๐ฏ๐ข... ๐ถ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฉ... ๐ก๐ฆ๐ข]"
With one swift motion, True Cthulhu released its tentacles in all directions.
This time, the tentacles did not only target the Herrscher of the Void, but also the entire area around her.
Every tentacle that touched the ground created small dimensional cracks, releasing its energy into the world.
"๐๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ?" The Herrscher of the Void laughed coldly. "๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ."
With a wave of her hand, the Herrscher of the Void released a wave of Honkai energy across the entire area.
The energy collided with True Cthulhu's chaos energy, creating tremendous explosions in the air.
The air vibrated with Honkai radiation, forcing living things nearby to become Honkai zombies or die instantly!
Countless portals appeared. From them emerged tens of thousands of small white creaturesโlow-level Honkai Beasts in innumerable numbers.
The creatures shot in all directions, filling the sky like a snowstorm moving at high speed!
True Cthulhu did not sit idle.
With a roar that shook the earth, the creature released a wave of chaos that destroyed most of the Honkai Beasts in an instant. But there were too many of them, and they kept appearing from the Herrscher of the Void's portals.
"๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ?"
With a wave of her hand, thousands of Subspace Lances shot toward True Cthulhu at terrifying speed.
The air whistled sharply as the energy spears split the sky, forming a deadly rain of silvery-white light!
True Cthulhu knew it could not dodge all of the attacks. Instead, the creature raised several of its tentacles, creating a dense dome of chaos around its body.
The chaos energy swirled rapidly, creating a defensive wall that was difficult to penetrate!
๐พ๐๐ผ๐๐! ๐ฝ๐๐๐! ๐พ๐๐ผ๐๐! ๐ฝ๐๐๐!
The Subspace Lances collided with the chaos dome, creating tremendous explosions that shook the air.
Several spears managed to break through the defense, embedding deep in Cthulhu's body.
Purple-gold blood gushed from the wounds, creating an acid rain that burned everything it touched.
"[๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฐ... ๐ฆ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ฐ๐ฐ]"
With a single motion, True Cthulhu pulled out all the Subspace Lances lodged in its body. The wounds instantly regenerated, closing within seconds.
Then, with an unexpected move, it hurled all those spears back at the Herrscher of the Void, now enveloped in thick chaos energy!
Seeing this, the Herrscher of the Void raised her eyebrows, not expecting the creature to use her own weapons.
Quickly, she created an Imaginary Void Barrier to deflect the counterattack.
The spears, now cloaked in chaos energy, slammed into the barrier, creating a huge explosion that pushed the Herrscher back several meters in the air.
Meanwhile, True Cthulhu did not waste the opportunity. The creature leapt high, above the Herrscher of the Void's height, then opened its mouth wide!
"[๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฏ... ๐ฌ๐ฃ... โญ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฐ]"
From its mouth shone an extraordinarily dense purple-gold beam.
The beam formed a storm of smoke far larger than the Herrscher of the Void's Vapor of Serenity.
This chaos smoke created reality distortions wherever it passed, damaging the molecular structure of the air itself!
The Herrscher of the Void made no move to dodge.
Instead, she raised both her hands. Blue light flared from her palms, facing the approaching purple-gold storm head-on!
The two energies collided in mid-air, creating a tremendous explosion that split the sky!
Purple and blue smoke collided, swirled, and mixed, creating strange colors never seen before!
The air around them seemed to boil, creating an incredible heat wave!
For a few moments, the two forces seemed evenly matched. However, gradually, the Queen's attack became more dominant, pushing the Vapor of Chaos back!
๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐!!
The blue smoke gained more and more ground, pushing the purple smoke back toward True Cthulhu.
The creature realized the danger and immediately stopped its attack, moving quickly aside to avoid the wave of death now directed at it.
"๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ? ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ."
The Herrscher of the Void raised her hand high and the blue smoke instantly changed direction, chasing True Cthulhu at high speed.
The creature moved in zigzags at extraordinary speed, trying to evade the smoke of death that kept pursuing it!
While True Cthulhu was busy dodging, the Herrscher of the Void opened a giant portal above the creature's head.
From within the portal came a pillar of white light that struck True Cthulhu's body directly, pushing it to the ground with tremendous force.
๐ฝ๐๐๐!!!
The ground shook violently as True Cthulhu's giant body slammed into the earth, creating a large crater hundreds of meters in diameter.
Dust and debris flew into the air, covering the area in a thick brown fog.
"๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐, ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐."
Benares roared and flew toward the crater. The giant dragon opened its mouth wide, gathering a huge amount of lightning energy.
๐พ๐๐ผ๐พ๐๐๐! ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐!
Bright purple lightning gathered in Benares's mouth, forming an energy ball that grew larger and denser.
With a single motion, the dragon released an incredibly powerful lightning beam toward the crater, striking directly where True Cthulhu had fallen!
๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐!!!
A tremendous explosion occurred again, this time far bigger than before. The shockwave swept over the surrounding area, destroying everything it touched!
The ground cracked out to a radius of several kilometers, creating deep chasms that split the earth!
The Herrscher of the Void watched from above, her eyes never leaving the crater, now shrouded in smoke and dust. Suddenly, something shot out of the crater at extraordinary speed!
๐พ๐๐ผ๐๐!!!
A giant tentacle struck Benares's body squarely, piercing the dragon's chest and coming out the other side.
Purple blood gushed heavily from the wound. Benares roared in pain, flying unsteadily in the air.
"๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐!" The Herrscher of the Void was shocked to see her beloved Honkai Beast gravely wounded.
"[โ๐ฐ... ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐๐ฑ... ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ?]"
True Cthulhu's voice sounded from within the crater.
Slowly, the dust fog thinned, revealing the creature now standing upright. Its wounded body had fully regenerated, even looking stronger than before.
The chaos aura it radiated grew ever denser, creating visual distortions around it.
"[๐๐ฌ๐ฒ... ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ก... ๐๐ข ๐๐๐ฉ๐ข... ๐ฑ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ]"
With one swift motion, True Cthulhu pulled its tentacle back out of Benares's body, leaving the dragon staggering in the air.
Then, the creature raised both its hands upward and the entire surrounding area began to shake violently!
From within the ground, pillars of chaos energy shot into the air like geysers.
The pillars appeared at random, creating a sea of destructive energy ready to destroy everything it touched.
The Herrscher of the Void moved quickly to save Benares, teleporting to the wounded dragon's side and creating an Imaginary Void Barrier around them.
The pillars of chaos energy struck the barrier, creating small cracks on its surface.
"๐๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ."
The Herrscher of the Void raised her hand high and the entire sky darkened.
Black clouds gathered rapidly, swirling to form a giant vortex. From that vortex emerged an extremely bright white-gold light, illuminating the whole area.
"๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฉ, ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐๐๐ญ."
With a single motion of her hand, the Herrscher of the Void released a wave of pure Honkai energy across the entire area.
The energy took the form of white-gold light that swept over everything it touched. The pillars of chaos vanished at once, swallowed by the light!
True Cthulhu realized the danger and immediately formed a chaos dome far thicker than before.
However, the pure Honkai light was too strong. The chaos dome began to crack, slowly losing its integrity!
"[โ... ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฑ... ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ข!!]"
With a loud roar, True Cthulhu released all the chaos energy it possessed in every direction, creating a shockwave that collided with the Honkai light.
The two opposing energies created a strange phenomenon, a zone where space and time themselves began to split and distort.
The Herrscher of the Void did not sit idle.
With a strong thrust, she pushed the Honkai light with greater intensity, forcing it to fight back against the wave of chaos!
"๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐!"
With that motion, the Herrscher of the Void released part of her power!
Bright blue light fused with the white Honkai light, creating a blinding bluish-white flash.
The light swallowed True Cthulhu's wave of chaos, pushing it back toward the creature itself!
"[๐๐ฌ... ๐ซ๐ฌ... ๐๐๐๐๐!!!]"
True Cthulhu roared in agony as the Honkai energy struck its body squarely.
Its flesh and tentacles began to break down into tiny particles, corroded by the deadly energy!
However, the transcendent creature did not give up so easily.
In the midst of its destruction, it gathered the remnants of its chaos energy, creating a dense vortex of energy at the center of its body.
"๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐, ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ!"
The Herrscher of the Void sensed the impending danger. Quickly, she lifted the wounded Benares and teleported away. At that very moment...
๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐!!!
True Cthulhu detonated itself, creating a tremendously powerful explosion of chaos.
The shockwave swept over the entire area within a radius of tens of kilometers, destroying everything it touched. The ground split, the sky darkened, and for a moment, the whole world seemed to stop breathing.
The Herrscher of the Void created layered Imaginary Void Barriers around herself and Benares, trying to protect them from the blast.
The outermost barrier began to crack and shatter as it met the shockwave, followed by the second layer, the third, and so on.
After a moment that felt like eternityโฆ the explosion finally subsided. Where True Cthulhu had been before, there was now only a giant crater several kilometers in diameter. There was no sign of life there, only residual chaos energy still swirling weakly.
"๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐๐๐ญ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐๐ง."
The Herrscher of the Void slowly descended to the edge of the crater, her eyes scanning the area carefully.
The wounded Benares landed beside her, gazing at the crater warily. Its wounds were slowly closing thanks to Honkai's regenerative energy.
The Herrscher of the Void walked a few steps forward, creating a platform of space that allowed her to hover above the crater.
At the center of the crater, she saw something strange, a small ball of chaos energy still swirling weakly.
"๐๐ฆ..."
The Herrscher of the Void narrowed her eyes.
With a hand motion, she drew the energy ball toward her, examining it carefully.
The ball was no more than 10 cm in diameter, blackish-purple in color with flashes of gold inside.
"๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ. ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐."
The Herrscher of the Void studied the ball for a moment before wrapping it in her own Honkai energy.
Slowly, the ball of chaos energy began to fade, absorbed into the Herrscher's hand.
After the energy ball was fully absorbed, the Herrscher of the Void turned and returned to where Benares waited.
Together, they floated high into the sky, surveying the area of destruction below them.
"๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ. ๐๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ฅ๐๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ค, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ."
With a wave of her hand, the Herrscher of the Void created a giant portal in the sky. The portal displayed the scene of a large city filled with humans.
Butโ
"I can't let you do that."
A soft and melodious voice suddenly sounded.
But behind its seemingly friendly tone, there was a trace of coldness and wariness.
Clearly, this attracted the Queen's attention...
"๐๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐๐๐ญ?"
The Herrscher of the Void raised her eyebrows, though, because the appearance of the figure was... rather unexpected, or one might even say, she found it quite distasteful...
Her blonde hair shimmered softly, and her pink eyes radiated warmth.
A rather revealing black dress with a pair of boots and gloves in gold made her look both elegant and strong.
Angel-like wings spread beautifully behind her.
In shortโฆ she was very beautiful.
Especially her aura, full of gentleness and warmth, like a mother, reminding her of a certain individual she did not want to remember... and she...
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต.
This emotion of hatred overflowed so much that she needed somewhere to vent it.
And...
"Stop doing this. You realize this isn't right, don't you?"
โA sentence that, to her, sounded hypocritical and sanctimonious, as if trying to soothe a child's tantrum.
That alone was enough to trigger her intense killing intent.
"๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐, ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐๐๐ญ. ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐๐ง?"
The girl narrowed her eyes before murmuring softly. "Then there is no other choice..."
From behind her, a giant winged black sphere transformed into a colossal golden drill with far more magnificent and menacing wings.
Its size was so great that it covered the surface of the land. The energy flowing through its body was so tremendous it created pressure, but... that was all.
To the Herrscher of the Void, who had fought True Cthulhu, the girl's power was not even worth mentioning.
"๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ฒ. ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฆ๐? ๐๐ก๐๐ง..." The Herrscher of the Void's golden pupils glinted coldly. "...๐๐ข๐."
***
Far in the depths of the earth, at the center of the crater created by the tremendous explosion, something moved slowly.
The remaining particles of chaos energy began to gather, slowly forming a familiar shape.
In the midst of absolute darkness, a pair of purple-gold eyes glowed dimly.
"[โ... ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฉ... ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ซ...]"
The voice was barely audible, only a faint whisper amid the destruction. Yet the whisper contained promises of the return of chaos far greater than before.
True Cthulhu was still alive, though only a tiny fraction of its consciousness remained.
But for a transcendent being like it, that was enough. Time was its ally and it would wait for the right moment to rise again, stronger and more terrifying than before.
At that moment, its gaze suddenly caught sight of a young man who attracted its attention.
No, more precisely, the ring that the young man wore.
It had a feeling that the ring could help it, and without hesitation it immediately tried to approach.
But unbeknownst to it, the ring would become its prison, because the owner of that ring was...
"๐ฆ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐".