As Lu Xing sent Su flying with a hammer-like blow.
Sakura, transformed into her "Yaksha" form, had already charged forward.
Neither her appearance nor her figure had changed significantly—"Yaksha" was a truly humanoid Honkai Beast. After entering the Eruption State, its most prominent feature was its ferocious and grotesque face.
But now.
Sakura wore her [Forget-Me-Not] mask from her time in the poison cocoon, concealing all "malice" beneath the fox-shaped visage.
The other major difference.
Was that Sakura had abandoned her personal swords—neither [Hellfrost] nor the [Counterfeit Dizui Qilei] were in her hands. Sakura directly used her palm, joined together to form a blade, and charged the Emperor at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye!
Her arm, her palm, her fingernails.
These places, which could not be hidden by a mask, had all been corroded by Honkai energy, turning an indestructible bluish-purple. Aiming for the chest of the behemoth before her—
She stabbed forward fiercely!
CLANG!
Honkai energy scattered into a shower of light particles!
The shield formed by [Echo] held for only a fleeting instant. In the next moment, her arm, like the edge of a long saber, plunged straight into the Emperor's chest!
BOOM!!
Dark crystals shattered and flew in all directions!
However.
An unchanged body size meant that a person's arm reach had its limits.
Aside from the arm that had pierced the armor, the Honkai energy clinging to it could barely advance an inch. And its rate of destruction couldn't even keep pace with the armor's regeneration—
CRACK!
A golden stream of light surged within his body.
In the blink of an eye, the crystalline armor had recovered completely and, in the process, locked Sakura's arm firmly within it!
An extreme low temperature began to spread.
[Universal Stagnation]
Following the arm surging with Honkai energy, the frost instantly froze Sakura's body into an ice sculpture!
Sakura had never shown her Eruption State before, leaving Lu Xing without a clear reference for the "Yaksha's" vitality. If he were to compare her combat power to Kalpas... three arms appeared before the Emperor simultaneously!
Two arms were restraining Su, while a third, attacking Kosma, was being held in a death grip by Griseo, who had transformed into a giant crocodile.
Now.
Lu Xing chose to abandon his physical defense against Kalpas and Kosma, directly summoning all his arms to launch this one attack!
The ultimate acceleration from [Heavenly Firmament Rupture], the destructive power from [Annihilation Iron Fist].
Together with the solid ice generated by [Universal Stagnation]—
Schlick!
BOOM!!!
"!?"
Sakura...
No, the Yaksha had the ability to release flames?
When [Universal Stagnation] had successfully sealed Sakura, she had not been restrained as he had expected!
Although this was Lu Xing's first time using this skill, it didn't mean he was unaware of [Universal Stagnation]'s terrifying power. If she hadn't been in her Eruption State, that single move would have been enough to freeze a normal Fusion Warrior to death on the spot!
Using it for mere lockdown and control was a gross underutilization of its power.
But just now.
As Lu Xing prepared to shatter Sakura with a full-power blow, flames that surged from within the "ice coffin" had actually managed to instantly melt the solid ice formed by [Universal Stagnation]!
In the split second before the three fists landed, Sakura's body transformed into a streak of light and shot away!
At the same time.
Kalpas, who was supposed to be weaponless, acted completely out of character. He snatched up Sakura's tachi, [Hellfrost], which was plunged into the ground, and flashed behind the Emperor at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye, slashing at the Honkai energy halo!
Ice particles frozen by the frost scattered down.
The wind wall formed by [Fluid Creation] was sliced open.
The power of [Hellfrost] was far from enough to harm the Authority-infused halo, but the momentary energy stagnation, combined with a timely reinforcement of "Discipline" from Aponia—"[Please] rest for a moment"—still affected Lu Xing's movements.
The two behind him...
THUD!!
The Honkai Beast that Griseo had transformed into was lifted by one of Lu Xing's arms and then slammed violently onto the ground. Although his Eruption State was not as powerful as the others, the giant crocodile was indeed quite annoying in terms of sheer size and defense.
As for Kosma's Eruption State...
Vishnu, with his demon-like appearance, was extremely agile. However, compared to the other five, Kosma's combat had the least impact on Lu Xing.
His lack of pure strength meant his close-range attacks couldn't break through the "wind wall" generated by [Fluid Creation]. His ranged energy attacks were effortlessly absorbed by [Phase Shift] and even risked hitting Griseo by accident.
Until—
Kosma began to use Devour.
Not "tearing with his mouth" in the literal sense; Kosma's Devour relied on the writhing tentacles and the orifice on his chest.
The tentacles captured food.
Then stuffed it into the circular orifice for rapid digestion.
This special ability, belonging to a "Doomsday-class," was not only effective against solidified Honkai energy (shells and cores) but could even "eat" pure energy, albeit at a certain cost!
That's right.
Seeing that his attacks could not break through the defense, Kosma began to directly embrace the Emperor's body and "gnaw" on it!
By the time Lu Xing freed up a hand.
A full tenth of the Authority's power used to maintain [Fluid Creation] had been eaten by Kosma!
Swoosh!
All six arms returned to their original positions!
WHOOSH!!
A scorching wind blew.
A super-high temperature, far exceeding any before it, baked the already tattered and broken land. In response to Griseo and Kosma's impudence—
[Molecular Manipulation]
A wave of fire surged forth, incinerating all things!
TSSSSSSSS!!!
Humanity's wisdom.
In a desperate situation, it burst forth with its most dazzling brilliance.
Looking at the Fusion Warriors before him, whose auras had dropped by nearly half, Lu Xing couldn't help but feel such感慨. Regardless of how it happened, he had used the power of asteroids to destroy 99% of the Mu Continent's civilization and even grievously wound Kevin.
Such a battle achievement.
Beyond the "unbelievable" terror, for humanity, this was also the best chance to eliminate the Black Emperor!
This guess was completely correct.
The fourteen meteors, involving orbital calculations, energy acceleration, and Authority endowment... Lu Xing had consumed a full three-quarters of his Honkai energy reserves.
His Honkai energy replenishment rate was indeed fast.
But that was still...
Calculated on a scale of days, or even weeks.
One must not forget that when Lu Xing had seized the four Herrscher Cores and returned to the Great Rift, he had to temporarily drain the rift, which could supply his entire legion, just to return to his full state.
Faced with the only possible chance to catch the Black Emperor in a moment of weakness.
The Flame-Chasers had gambled all their wisdom and their very lives. Creating a controllable "Artificial Honkai Eruption" drug was no easy task. The drug, which lasted no more than two minutes, would likely leave the peak combatants of humanity here bedridden for weeks, or even months, afterward... if they were still alive.
For Fusion Warriors in their Eruption State.
A battle of attrition was a complete pipe dream.
Therefore...
CLANG!
They took up their weapons and fought with all their might.
They bet all their hopes... on the next...
No, on the final blow!