"Wait, sis, didn't we agree that you'd help me recover the other Heliobus fragments, and then I'd fight you?"
Cirrus cried out strangely.
He suddenly regretted trusting Felicity. Humans were indeed complex and cunning creatures, easily going back on their promises.
"That's right."
Felicity nodded cheerfully.
"Then why..."
"Since I can agree to help you recover the other Heliobus, I can also agree with someone else not to recover it."
Felicity wagged a finger lightly, answering seriously, then turned her gaze to Tail nearby.
"Tail, do you want to become Cirrus's nourishment?"
"Hah? Are you joking? It should be him becoming my nourishment!"
Tail snapped back irritably.
"You see."
Felicity grinned, her eyes returning to Cirrus as she shrugged helplessly.
"Do you remember what I said? Those who seek shall receive, but you were never special, Cirrus. I can help you gather those willing to reunite with you to form the Great Heliobus and fulfill your wish to battle the General again, but I absolutely won't help you target whoever you want to take down."
"..."
Cirrus clicked her tongue in displeasure.
Her words made so much sense that Cirrus couldn't think of any way to refute them for a moment.
"Tail is sealed by the Ten-Lords Commission and can't go anywhere!"
Huohuo suddenly found her courage at this moment, glaring fiercely at Cirrus before timidly moving closer to Felicity's side and reminding in a very small voice,
"Th-that, although Huohuo has only heard a little about the legends... if that bad guy becomes the Great Heliobus, the Xianzhou would be in great danger!"
"If the sky falls, the General will hold it up."
Felicity didn't hesitate to borrow Jing Yuan's name, patting Huohuo's shoulder reassuringly.
Only then did Huohuo remember that the sister before her seemed to bear the title of the General's honored guest, finally relaxing and nodding obediently.
Since the other party had invoked the General's name, her actions must be according to the General's will. The General must have his profound reasons for doing this.
"Alright, let's first see how to get out of this place. Let me see..."
Felicity clapped her hands, effectively ending the discussion. Her gaze followed the path she had blasted open, but ahead remained tightly closed doors.
It was like an endless corridor - behind the corridor would be another corridor, no matter how far they traveled, there was always more path ahead.
How strange.
"Tch, one after another, none of you seem particularly bright."
Just as Felicity was lost in thought, Tail suddenly spoke up again, its tone full of impatience,
"Your power surpasses that of Furynox who created this maze illusion. Just fire some energy blast at the sky to shatter the illusion."
"Fire at the sky?"
Felicity nodded as if suddenly enlightened. She raised her hand, and an emerald green light pillar immediately shot skyward from around her.
BZZZT—
In that instant, the entire world seemed to become surreal. The sky cracked like spiderwebs layer by layer, then similar cracks spread throughout the entire world before completely shattering and collapsing as if it could no longer hold together.
"Waaahhh!! Are we going to die—"
Huohuo screamed while tightly clutching Felicity's arm, not even daring to open her eyes.
Their vision briefly went dark, and when they opened their eyes again, Felicity found herself back in Fyxestroll Garden.
"Sister Feli!"
Bailu came flying into a hug, her small face full of tension and worry, with a hint of displeasure,
"You finally came out! I was so worried!"
"I wouldn't die from an illusion of this level."
Felicity smiled wryly while ruffling Bailu's head.
"..."
Herta didn't speak immediately, just coldly stared at Felicity - on one side was Bailu who had just flown into a hug, and on the other was Huohuo who had been holding Felicity's arm since emerging from the maze illusion.
They're already hugging?
"...Are we out now?"
Huohuo nervously glanced around, then took out a small paper talisman from her bosom and tossed it into the sky before letting out a sigh of relief and releasing Felicity's arm.
The little fox girl blushed and fidgeted awkwardly, probably trying to figure out how to properly thank Felicity.
"You've gotten stronger?"
Herta suddenly spoke up, hands on her hips, expressionlessly sizing up Felicity from head to toe.
Of course she had ways to sense what was happening inside the bronze mirror - she had seen Felicity display her power, completely different from before. It wasn't just an improvement in control precision; her fundamental strength had also increased by a level.
"Really?!"
Felicity was shocked.
It was already hard enough for her to die, and now Herta was telling her she had become even stronger? Wasn't that just adding insult to injury?
Damn it.
Felicity looked up in despair.
"Would I lie to you?"
Herta rolled her eyes, then poked Felicity's cheek with her finger, observing Felicity's condition with great interest.
"When are you free? Come back to my space station again. I'm really curious about what you're capable of now. Maybe you should stop traveling with the Astral Express and just stay at the space station instead."
"That won't do. I've already grown fond of this feeling of exploring the unknown. But I'll definitely come back to visit you sometime."
Felicity readily agreed.
"Fine."
Getting the response she wanted, Herta nodded in satisfaction.
Her gaze then fell upon Cirrus floating near Felicity's shoulder.
"What's this thing?"
"How dare you call me a thing!"
Cirrus immediately protested.
"It says its name is 'Cirrus,' one of the fragments of that ancient great Heliobus called 'Ignamar.' It claims that if most Heliobus fragments are collected, it can restore the divine might of 'Ignamar' that once confronted the Luofu General."
Felicity explained.
"Sounds boring."
Herta pouted, but she noticed the somewhat expectant look in Felicity's eyes and immediately guessed what Felicity was thinking.
"You want to help it restore its great Heliobus form, then use it to help you die?"
She sighed helplessly.
It won't work, you fool.
Even the Felicity before setting out on her journey couldn't be killed by a great Heliobus. That thing would probably be rejected by the excess Abundance energy the moment it tried to enter Felicity's body.
The gap between an Emanator and ordinary people is like heaven and earth. No matter how powerful a great Heliobus is, it can never touch the blue sky.
However,
If this could provide an opportunity to observe Felicity's current strength up close, that wouldn't be so bad.
Herta became somewhat interested.