Honkai: Strijder - Chapter 127: Red Lotus

“Roar~”

The colossal beast Chi You, after appearing on the sea surface for about five minutes, finally stirred, accompanied by a deafening roar that shattered the clouds, and the towering waves surged in all directions.

“It’s coming!”

Welt’s expression froze, and a blue sphere appeared in her hand.

“Star of Eden, Tenfold Gravity!”

Due to the massive scale of the waves and the consumption required to sustain the platform, Welt only activated tenfold gravity, but it was already quite effective in restraining the waves.

At the same time, Chi You’s enormous size destined it to bear extraordinary weight.

As the visibly sinking waves subsided, the massive head of Chi You also sank down. However, countless dark dots fell from its towering cliff-like body.

No, those weren’t dots; they were just relatively small compared to Chi You’s monstrous size. In fact, those were colossal Honkai beasts, measured in the scale of skyscrapers.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

One by one, the Honkai beasts fell into the sea, and what’s worse, they didn’t resurface.

Welt watched this scene, slightly puzzled.

With a smirk, Hera asked:

“Oh, I almost forgot to remind you. Honkai beasts don’t need to breathe. They can completely advance underwater. If the Honkai beasts don’t resurface, how can our combat platform intercept and annihilate them? Mr. Welt, any brilliant ideas?”

Welt’s mouth twitched.

This cunning woman didn’t forget to remind him; she was waiting to see a joke. Did Otto really have so much confidence that, even without that platform, he could still intercept those swarms of Honkai beasts?

Welt wasn’t sure about Otto’s thoughts. He just shook his head and said:

“I believe Sigurd has considered it. Let’s wait for his arrangements.”

As soon as he finished speaking, part of the drones in the sky combined to form peculiar devices floating on the sea surface.

Then, special low-frequency sound waves echoed over the sea.

“Hmm?”

Hera was momentarily stunned.

The next moment, countless gigantic Honkai beasts burst out of the sea, heading towards the special devices floating in the sky.

Each signal device was surrounded by thousands of Honkai beasts, and when the creatures gathered to a certain extent — light appeared.

“…”

Between the sea and the sky, there seemed to be a momentary silence.

But it was just an illusion.

Boom! Boom! Boom!!!

Massive explosions sprayed a large amount of water vapor into the air. One by one, expanding white light circles emerged, as if new suns were rising from the sea, illuminating the entire world and obliterating everything covered by the white light.

When the light dimmed, those closer to the scene regained their senses from the deafening roar and dizziness. They found countless dead sea creatures floating on the sea surface, along with a few remnants of Honkai beasts. Other than that, there was nothing alive.

“So that’s how it is!”

Hera clapped her hands, revealing an appreciative smile.

“Jackal’s technology.”

She added, understanding everything now.

The value of Grey Serpent lay in its unique consciousness network technology and the vast knowledge accumulated in the network for over 1.500 years.

And the value of Jackal lay in quantum field research, as well as — Honkai beast research and modification technology.

The special audio signal to attract Honkai beasts was probably from Jackal’s research. It was indeed a creative and disruptive technology. Its value in combating the Honkai beasts was immeasurable.

Sigurd used this technology to confine the activities of the Honkai beasts to the surface of the sea, which was quite appropriate.

Subsequently, more Honkai beasts fell from Chi You’s head.

The drones began to form more signal devices, arranged in arrays, covering almost the entire sea surface with low-frequency sound waves, extending all the way to the area where the fortress was located.

Sigurd probably also made corresponding designs so that the Honkai beasts didn’t just swim on the sea surface but radiated outward, rather than simply chasing the signal devices in the sky.

As the Honkai beasts moved outward, in the sky, the EINS fighter jets and more drones launched their attacks.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The densely packed laser weapons and missiles ruthlessly swept through the beast swarm, harvesting the lives of the Honkai beasts like a scythe cutting through straw, swiftly reaping their lives.

This scene, with its blend of cruelty and sci-fi beauty, was quite spectacular.

After admiring for a moment, Hera opened a virtual screen to observe the movements under the sea.

Sure enough, there was always a portion of Honkai beasts that either had relatively special perception abilities or simply evaded the range of the special sound waves, remaining indifferent as they prowled underwater.

Suddenly, Hera saw countless black dots rising from the seabed, intertwining and swirling together like a dark underwater current.

“Is this… his swarm?” Hera looked slightly surprised.

The next moment, the massive black current split into numerous branches, engulfing one sea Honkai beast after another.

As the torrent passed, the Honkai beasts could no longer swim. They all turned into fragmented chunks of flesh, slowly sinking to the dark and lightless seabed.

“They don’t use lasers, but physical attacks?” Hera took a deep breath, feeling a slight sourness in her teeth.

Sigurd’s HIVE system had exceeded her expectations. It could not only remotely activate lasers and nuclear explosions but also launch sharp physical attacks like a swarm of insects devouring prey. It was becoming increasingly perfect and difficult to deal with.

Shaking her head, Hera put away the observation screen.

“It seems that Sigurd has made very thorough arrangements. These Honkai beasts won’t break through for a short time, so we have enough time to arrange the defenses outside. But I wonder if this big guy is willing to stay quiet for a while.”

Hera’s pessimistic prediction seemed to work.

Just as Chi You remained quiet for a while, it suddenly surfaced again.

This time, not only its head but also its body, limbs, and tail, the indescribable colossal creature emerged directly from the sea in an extremely short time.

Rumble!

Chi You stood in the sea, with a large amount of seawater pouring down from its body like numerous massive waterfalls descending from above the clouds.

As Chi You stood up, the deep East Sea was only enough to submerge its feet. Even the sea level of the entire area dropped massively because Chi You emerged from the ocean — it could be foreseen that the entire planet’s ocean currents would be completely disrupted due to this event, and even the planet’s gravity might undergo slight changes.

At this moment, it was not just the Valkyries on the fortress, but also the people along the coast of the East Sea who saw this indescribable gigantic creature.

Chi You perfectly demonstrated the innate fear of life towards massive things.

In fact, it was not just fear anymore; people felt suffocated, unable to think about anything in their blank minds.

“Roar!”

Chi You roared, its sound shaking for miles, causing a strong storm similar to a large typhoon.

The glass of the coastal skyscrapers shattered one after another, and countless buildings were destroyed in the storm.

On the fortress, Valkyries collapsed to their knees.

“It’s… impossible…”

“How could there be such a thing?”

“Herrscher… I’d rather face a Herrscher…”

On the deck of the Hyperion, Welt’s coat fluttered in the fierce wind, his expression heavy.

“Damn it, their morale is gone.”

It wasn’t the Valkyries’ fragility to blame, but the Chi You in front of them was simply beyond human capabilities.

The massive figure, which couldn’t be fully seen even from hundreds of miles away, was like an existence from another dimension.

No matter how strong a Herrscher was, it was still humanoid, and with fearless courage, one could still charge forward.

But facing Chi You, it wasn’t like ants facing an elephant; it was more like cells facing humans — how could one charge towards a continent? The disappearance of morale was a natural occurrence.

“What are you worried about, Welt?” Hera asked with a smile.

Welt frowned.

“This won’t work. They can’t fight anymore.”

“Don’t worry! Their loss of composure is because they realize they can’t deal with Chi You. But in fact, we don’t expect them to confront Chi You. Their mission is just to deal with those Honkai beasts that escape from the swarms and other fighter squads. As for Chi You, there are naturally people and means to deal with it.”

“… You’re right, but how do we make the soldiers realize this?”

“It’s simple. Look, isn’t someone already doing it?”

Hera pointed upwards.

Welt suddenly looked up and saw, directly above Chi You, at an almost space-like altitude, a rapidly expanding red light.

…

In space, beyond the atmosphere.

Sigurd held the sword with both hands, flames flowing in all directions.

‘The Tai Xu Sword Qi encompasses the five aspects of heart, intention, form, soul, and spirit. Heart and intention are the internal skills, while form and soul are the techniques. The spirit encompasses all five aspects, and it’s the true essence.’

‘I still can’t fully understand the so-called realm of intention, unable to learn all the aspects of the spirit, but just mastering the internal skills and techniques is enough.’

“Tai Xu Sword Qi: Red Lotus!”

Sound couldn’t travel in a vacuum, but the continuously expanding sea of fire, which purged everything around, replaced Sigurd’s words.

The Tai Xu Sword Qi used the human body as a channel, not storing Honkai energy but gathering and outputting the massive Honkai energy from the outside world through the body. In theory, the output capability was infinite as long as there was unlimited Honkai energy from the outside.

Currently, using the “Gem of Desire” and the “Key of Thunder” as Honkai energy sources, supplemented by Sigurd’s own nearly Herrscher-level Honkai energy, Sigurd poured them into the “Judgement of Shamash” and unleashed the Tai Xu Sword Qi.

Sigurd held the “Judgement of Shamash,” his body wrapped in flames, even his silver-white hair burning and flickering like flames.

The Honkai energies of four Herrschers, guided by the Tai Xu Sword Qi, merged into one, unleashing a more powerful force to break through the limits.

Externally, it manifested as an endless sea of fire covering about one-tenth of the surface area of the atmosphere.

Then, Sigurd crashed into the planet, and the towering flames followed suit.

“The sky, why has it turned red?”

“Look over there, what’s descending!”

“Oh my god, is that fire? Or… a sword?”

People looked up at the sky, some shocked, some numb.

The appearance of Chi You had already shattered the worldview of too many people. Even the Valkyries were shocked. Another “Judgement of Shamash” didn’t seem to be a strange occurrence.

However, things far exceeded people’s imaginations.

The rapidly descending red dot turned into an increasingly large flaming sword shape, until — it surpassed the scale of Chi You!

Chi You also sensed something and slowly lifted its head. In its eyes, comparable to the size of a large country, reflected the increasingly close and massive flame sword tip.

“Roar!!!”

Sensing the threat, Chi You opened its huge abyss-like mouth and emitted an immensely powerful black shockwave, colliding with the descending flaming giant sword from bottom to top.

Boom!!!

The planet seemed to tremble.

Even Welt and Hera were stunned by the scene of destruction, so one can imagine the helplessness and fear of the others.

The result of the collision was obvious. Perhaps it was the first shockwave launched by Chi You in its life, but it had no effect against the sword in the sky, allowing the sword to continue its descent until it finally crashed into its body.

Boom!!!

It was flames that burned the sky, a heavenly sword piercing through the ocean. The world lost its color, and after the clouds were burned away, the sun was revealed in the fire, losing its radiance in the blaze.

With a single blow, Chi You’s limbs knelt down, sinking into the East China Sea, which was left with only a small amount of residual water. The upper half of its massive body was burned in the endless heavenly fire.

The Hyperion retreated more than a hundred miles, still feeling intense vibrations and scorching temperatures.

Even though the circular fortress was on the edge of the destruction caused by the heavenly sword, it still required Welt’s full effort to ensure that the fighting force above was not affected.

It was a long time before the seawater poured back, and the sky returned to blue. The giant beast, with only its limbs and half of its body left, knelt in the gradually recovering waters of the East Sea, motionless.