“Remember how you got the Fire?”

The scene of their farewell over the Pacific Ocean emerged in Kiana’s mind, the same dim sky, the same cold storm, and the small flames flickering.

“Does this power really belong to you? Or…”

“You just stole the power that should have belonged to Su Jue?”

339 Shaking Flame

“Xinyan…”

There was an obvious loophole in the words of the Herrscher of the Void. She deliberately avoided Kiana’s own growth, denied all her experiences, and attributed the power of Fire Flame to Su Jue.

This should have been a fallacy that could be seen at a glance, but the vague sense of imperfection when using Fire Flame made Kiana subconsciously think about this problem.

“Is this power really mine?” the girl murmured to herself.

All along, Kiana has been following Su Jue’s footsteps, like a lost traveler yearning for fire, instinctively running towards the place where the light is.

Now, when she finally reunited with Su Jue, in addition to the feelings of relief and joy, she also had a vague feeling of unreality.

People chasing the light will not lose their way because they can see the flames. But when she becomes the center of the light, she will feel lost when she looks around and sees only darkness.

It’s like a student with excellent grades who can answer the teacher’s questions fluently, but when she stands on the podium, she stammers and can’t say anything.

The Herrscher of the Void seized on this illusion and distorted it, trying to make Kiana doubt her own strength, because the Herrscher of the Void knew very well that this was the last chance to shake Kiana.

Whether in terms of strength or will, Kiana’s growth rate is beyond everyone’s expectations. Once she truly becomes the Herrscher of Fire, it means that the Herrscher of the Void will no longer have the possibility of resistance.

“That’s right. This power shouldn’t belong to you. Do you still remember what you looked like in Sky City? At that time, you were a homeless poor guy. It was Su Jue who saved you, and it was this fire that illuminated you.”

“Now, he has handed this power to you. Can you really bear this power?”

The power of Fire Flame is very strong, and Kiana can feel it clearly. Even if she simply wields the Fire Flame Greatsword, it is enough to fight against the powerful Herrscher of Meteoric Ice.

But with such a powerful force in her hands, she felt a little uneasy. She was like an ordinary girl standing alone in the dark, holding a torch high, but not daring to take the first step.

“Can I really do it?” Unconsciously, Kiana was influenced by the Herrscher of the Void, and she actually began to doubt herself.

She did not notice the mocking sneer on the face of the Herrscher of the Void.

Just as Kiana was wavering, the silent Herrscher of Meteoric Ice also recovered from her injuries, and the remaining chains stretched out from under her skirt, turning into sharp claws and attacking again.

More than a dozen cold claws were like poisonous snakes, biting at her one after another. Kiana could only temporarily put aside her inner uneasiness and concentrate on facing the attack of the Ice Herrer.

Compared to the previous sneak attack with the hook alone, the full-strength attack of the Ice Herrscher doubled the threat to Kiana, and she would be hit by the hook if she was not careful. Fortunately, her strength was strong enough, and she did not fall into a disadvantage even when she was besieged.

boom!

Fierce flames burst out from the sword, instantly blasting one of the claws into a fireball. Kiana felt relieved, but the words of the Herrscher of the Void emerged in her mind, and she subconsciously thought – if it was Su Jue…

Wow.

It was at this moment of hesitation that the sound of chains suddenly rang in her ears. Kiana’s expression changed and she immediately raised her sword to block.

However, after blocking the first attack, the second wave of attacks was already ready to be launched. Kiana did not have time to adjust her posture and could only block her arms in front of her body.

“Well.”

With a dull collision sound, Kiana groaned and felt a burning pain in her arm. She gritted her teeth, resisted the damage, grabbed the chain with her backhand, and used the high temperature of the flame to melt it directly.

But when Kiana can only defend passively, it means she is already at a disadvantage.

As expected, the attacks of the Ice Ruler became more and more fierce, but the Fire Flame that should have burned everything to ashes was restricted in its output, and it was unable to strike out with the sword that could cut through everything.

“See? You don’t even have the courage to use it right now.”

The Herrscher of the Void took advantage of Kiana’s predicament and continued to shake her with words. Seeing Kiana becoming more and more exhausted, the Herrscher of the Void smiled more and more.

“Kiana, give me your body.”

“Shut up!”

The flames suddenly erupted, cutting off all the surrounding chains. Kiana’s hand holding the sword trembled slightly, and she kept gasping for breath.

“Oh? It seems you haven’t faced reality yet.”

“You are a Herrscher. You should possess the authority of the Herrscher of the Void. The power of Fire Flame does not belong to you.”

“Is that all you can say?” Kiana ignored Kong Lu’s chattering. She had heard similar words countless times in Tianqiong City. It would not be easy for Kong Lu to shake her.

“Haha, maybe, but have you ever thought about what would happen to Su Jue if you took away this power? If I remember correctly, his physical condition was not very good at the time. If it weren’t for the power of Yan Lu to maintain his life…”

The girl’s pupils suddenly shrank and her movements paused for a moment.

The next second, the end of the hook that she had cut off actually emitted a dazzling blue light. At the same time, a strong energy fluctuation was also transmitted into her perception.

Blow up!

The hook is just a disguise, this is the killer move of the Ice Herrscher. Using the power of the Star Herrscher, the Honkai energy hidden in the hook is compressed by gravity, and at the moment of release, the power is no less than the full force of the Star Herrscher.

Kiana reacted quickly and decisively activated the Space Law to teleport away, but the gravitational black hole created by the Star Law interfered with the surrounding space, which was obviously aimed at Kiana’s teleportation ability.

And around Kiana, there are dozens of grappling hooks that have entered the detonation state.

boom!

The compressed collapse energy exploded with a loud bang, emitting a dazzling blue light. The terrifying impact even shattered the nebula created by the Meteoric Ice Ruler.

With nowhere to dodge, Kiana held the Fire Flame Greatsword in front of herself, trying to protect her body as much as possible.

The violent explosion formed a mushroom cloud in the sky, and the circular impact spread in all directions. In the spreading smoke, Kiana’s figure flew from the center of the explosion to the ground like a rag doll.

……

“Kiana, your growth is just this much.”

The girl’s injuries were not serious, but her consciousness fell into a temporary coma due to the impact. The Herrscher of the Void sighed and took the opportunity to try to occupy Kiana’s body.

However, the moment her consciousness touched Kiana, countless familiar golden threads appeared again, binding her tightly in the consciousness space.

“Damn it, it’s you again.”

Kong Lu’s golden eyes were filled with murderous intent, and he looked at Su Jue who was slowly picking up Kiana from the ground in the form of a conscious body.

As early as the first time she came into contact with Su Jue, Kong Lu noticed that something was wrong with Su Jue. However, Kiana didn’t listen to her at that time, so Su Jue has kept it secret until now.

And now, when she was about to succeed, Su Jue came out to make trouble again.

Su Jue ignored Kong Lu. He looked at the injured Kiana in silence, feeling guilty.

“sorry.”

340 Divinity

In fact, as early as when Kiana was fighting with the Ice Herrscher, Su Jue noticed that something was wrong with the girl.

Fire Flame is a power specially customized for Kiana, which consumed most of his energy during this period. In theory, after it is handed over to Kiana, the power it exerts should be able to kill the Ice Herrscher in seconds.

However, although Kiana’s performance was still impressive, it was quite different from what Su Jue had expected.

It was perhaps because the perfect ending of the Coral Island Project made him relax his vigilance, and he did not realize that something was wrong when he first discovered the situation.

After all, even Su Jue himself, when exposed to a new power, even with the assistance of the puppet, it takes some time to adapt. Therefore, he just thought that Kiana had just obtained the complete authority of Xinyan and was not yet accustomed to this power.

But as time went by, Kiana was frequently distracted during the battle, and was almost successfully ambushed by the Ice Herrscher. He finally realized that the situation might be beyond his original expectations.

Fire is not a particularly powerful power, it is just a kind of inheritance, a form of passing on the faith of the forerunner to the successor. Its uniqueness lies in its ability to perfectly and perfectly integrate the power of the inheritor with the power of the successor, thus breaking through the original limit.

In essence, the complete Fire Flame is actually a kind of authority that integrates multiple powers. Its core is still the power provided by the multiple gems in Kiana’s body.

It’s just that Su Jue considered that he might never meet Kiana again, so he eliminated the destruction in the Plague Gem, transformed it into Fire Flame, and integrated some of his own powers as the Herrscher of the Thousand into it. This allowed the Plague Gem that Kiana obtained to gain abilities similar to a plug-in.

His original intention was to give Fire Flame as a farewell gift, leaving it with Kiana to protect her.

This self-righteous protection obviously changed Kiana’s original life trajectory. She seemed to simply regard Xinyan as some kind of powerful authority, the inheritance left by Su Jue.

It was not until now, when he saw that the Fire Flame, which was supposed to be a fusion of multiple powers, only showed the power of fire in the hands of the girl, that he knew that Kiana was likely to have fallen into some kind of misunderstanding.

After the Pacific War, Su Jue was ready to completely sever ties. However, in the previous plan, in order to get rid of the persistence of the will of collapse, he deceived himself emotionally. The sequelae of this plan were more serious than Su Jue expected.

During that period, his emotions and mood swings were the most severe.

His guilt and fatigue interfered with his judgment all the time.

During this period of time, both Kiana and Su Jue were too exhausted. It was not until the illusion later made time stand still that they had a chance to catch their breath and heal each other’s hearts.

However, it was also the illusion that made Su Jue finally face up to his feelings for Kiana. He no longer chose to escape, but used his own methods to help the girl.

That’s why he planned the current Coral Island incident.

The entity that was moving towards the imaginary number tree was not simply moving forward. While intercepting the time crystal, he also inadvertently glimpsed the fear hidden in the imaginary numbers.

He was eager to gain new power and improve his own strength so that he could better protect Kiana.

And in order to make Kiana grow herself, he carefully arranged all the enemies that the other party would encounter, and intentionally or unintentionally guided others to move forward along the route he set.

He is eager to use his abilities to influence others, but in reality, this is a manifestation of arrogance.

Su Jue understood at the very beginning that the humanity and divinity of the Herrscher were extremely subtle, and if he wasn’t careful, he would be dragged into the abyss of destruction. The authority of domination was both a gift and a curse. It could control the consciousness of thousands of people, and it would also affect Su Jue’s self.

During the time in Sky City after the Pacific Ocean, Su Jue’s complex feelings towards Kiana were obviously a manifestation of excessive human nature. And now his arrangement for Kiana is likely to be the influence of the ruling divinity.

He obviously forgot that Kiana was not the weak and confused little girl when he first met her in Sky City. Now she is an excellent warrior. She should make her own choices instead of following Su Jue’s footsteps.

Just like a parent watching his child grow up, the child will grow up one day, but he, as a parent, did not notice this and arbitrarily arranged the growth trajectory for Kiana.

Until now, when he saw the girl using the Fire Flame Greatsword, and not following the previous fighting style of the Herrscher of the Void who used dual guns, but was intentionally or unintentionally imitating Su Jue’s previous fighting style, Su Jue finally realized what a mistake he had made and how serious the impact had been.

It was her own excessive intervention that made Kiana confused. She was dancing following her own shadow and was becoming unlike herself.

The girl is not a puppet under the control of a string.

She is Kiana.

“Yes, she is Kiana.” Looking at the unconscious girl in his arms, Su Jue’s eyes showed a hint of tenderness that had not been seen for a long time.

He gently carried the girl to a clean tree, and with every step he took, the snow covering the tree would slowly dissipate, and the originally dry, cold and withered treetops would sprout green buds and grow new branches and leaves.

The World Tree reflected in the golden iris seemed to be swaying gently. In the melodious space, the joyful cry of the sheep spirit could be heard faintly.

Everything around fell into silence. The dry and cold snow was covered with green grass, and the Ice Ruler raging in the sky was like a prey caught in a spider web, falling into stillness.

Su Jue sat down against the tree trunk and laid the girl flat on the newly grown grass, letting her rest her head on his thighs in a soothing posture, and then slowly closed his eyes.

The branches of the treetops swayed slightly, and the whole city of Berlin fell into a peaceful tranquility.

……

“Sky City…” Looking at this familiar city, a trace of nostalgia flashed across Kiana’s face, but she quickly shook her head to dispel the feeling.

“Hersher of the Void, did you do this?” Kiana asked coldly, looking at her own reflection in the street window.

However, there was no response from the empty streets, nor was there the irritating voice of the Herrscher of the Void.

The phantom of the city in the consciousness space was created only based on Kiana’s own memory. There was no one on the streets, only flashing neon lights and dazzling lights.

This was how Kiana felt when she first came to this city. While wandering, she looked at this prosperous city and couldn’t even find a place for herself to stay, so what was revealed was naturally an empty world.

“Do you think that creating this kind of illusion again will affect me?” Kiana continued to ask, but still no reply was given.

Gradually, she finally realized that this place was most likely not created by Kong Lu, but her own world of consciousness. This discovery not only did not make her feel at ease, but made her panic.

“No, I have to wake up quickly and return Xinyan to Su Jue.”

She started running quickly down the street, trying to leave the space of consciousness, but consciousness has no boundaries. No matter how fast she ran, she was just standing still.

The girl didn’t stop until the scene around her repeated itself over and over again. She knew that this method was futile, but she had no other choice.

“Damn it!” Kiana clenched her fists and punched the wall next to her. The street sign light on the wall made a squeak, fell to the ground with flashing arcs, and slowly went out.

The girl stared blankly at the “Tianqiong Central Hospital” on the billboard, then suddenly raised her head and saw the familiar hospital.

However, the hospital was not empty, but there were two figures. A white-haired girl was pushing a boy in a wheelchair, walking slowly forward.

341 The meaning of Xinyan’s existence

In the quiet hospital garden, the moonlight shines through the treetops onto the granite tile path. The edge of the wheelchair occasionally presses over the cobblestones, making a crisp squeak.

The figures in the garden can be clearly distinguished as Su Jue and Kiana, but at this time they are translucent. After all, this is only Kiana’s consciousness space, and everything that happens before her eyes is just a projection of past memories in the consciousness space.

But this insignificant trickle in the long river of time soothed Kiana’s inner impatience like a clear spring.