Shenzhou's Flatboard. A fusion warrior of the anti-Honkai organization "The MOTH" from the Previous Era, designated CM-014. One of humanity's strongest warriors, named Hua.
In the final battle, she was no match for the Herrscher of the End. Surviving into the current civilization era within a stasis pod, she changed her name to Jingwei and became the Guardian of Shenzhou, recognized by the martial arts world as the number one expert.
However, following some unclear events, she lost the vast majority of her power during the "Event at Taixu Mountain." To protect Shenzhou, she struck a deal with Otto and became a Valkyrie under his command.
After that, she lived alone for a very long time.
This solitary life continued for ages.
It wasn't until she adopted Cheng Lixue, who had lost everything due to a family tragedy in Shenzhou, that this lifestyle came to a pause.
After Fu Hua brought her back to Taixu Mountain, she taught her to read, write, play the zither, and practice martial arts.
Then, Cheng Lixue, who endlessly admired Fu Hua, became a Valkyrie.
And then, she became a member of Snowwolf Squad.
The Frost Swordsman—Cheng Lixue.
In Fu Hua's heart, she undoubtedly held immense weight.
But now, that girl who had been chasing her back all this time had disappeared.
With the outbreak of the Second Great Honkai Eruption, the entire Snowwolf Squad, along with the irregular member Siegfried, had gone to Siberia to crusade against it.
And then...
They all went missing.
Naturally, this included Cheng Lixue.
Standing in the wasteland, the "young girl" with long grey hair relied on her perception of Honkai energy to advance toward the place where the energy was most intense in this area.
She was going to find the Second Herrscher.
Cheng Lixue was the real deal—a Super A-rank Valkyrie whose strength surpassed even that of the future S-rank floor-tile Rita. There were very few people in this world who could harm her.
There were only two people who fit the combat power requirements and belonged to a hostile faction.
The Anti-Entropy Sovereign—Welt.
And the Second Herrscher.
Now that the Anti-Entropy Sovereign had been killed by the Second Herrscher, the only person fitting the criteria was the god born within the Second Eruption—the Second Herrscher.
Cheng Lixue's disappearance absolutely could not be unrelated to the Second Herrscher.
Just as she had disregardfully stepped into the Third Honkai Eruption 50,000 years ago to save a close friend, now, 50,000 years later, she stepped onto the land of the Second Honkai Eruption.
Unlike back then, the current Hua was no longer that little girl who could only hide in an alleyway when encountering a Honkai Beast.
At this point in time, she was the true pinnacle of combat power in the Honkai world!
The woman who, in the original plot, would practically massacre the six-core Sirin into slag, advanced rapidly.
If Lixue was safe, she would bring her back to Taixu Mountain and order her to continue her studies, only allowing her to walk the jianghu once her kung fu was perfected.
If something had happened to Lixue...
Then she would use the Second Herrscher's blood to send Lixue off!!
Holding such resolve, Hua stopped in front of a town.
In this town, she smelled the scent of danger.
"Long time no see, Hua."
Almost the instant she stopped, a very clear and bright laugh rang out from behind her.
When?!
The Guardian of Shenzhou, who hadn't realized she was being tracked at all, was startled.
Instinctively, she threw a punch behind her.
Powerful force erupted with unparalleled speed. The fist punched into the air as if drilling into a current of water, the resistance multiplying exponentially.
When such a fist fully extended, it completely tore through the sound barrier.
Like a typhoon had been whipped up, the air in front of her was instantly torn into countless fragments, erupting explosively and rolling up a storm of destruction.
The torn sound barrier exploded into countless tiny wind blades, scattering in all directions, leaving scars like heavy sword slashes on the surrounding ground, trees, and protruding rocks...
Calling that scene a natural disaster wouldn't be an exaggeration.
One could imagine that if struck by such a punch, even a giant dragon would bleed out on the spot.
This was the power of the Immortal who had pacified Shenzhou's calamities for thousands of years.
However—
Such a fist was actually caught.
A slender, long hand, like a sculpture by a master artist, gripped her fist.
Simultaneously, the violent fist wind seemed to be forcibly suppressed by an unknown power, dissipating into nothingness.
The air had been dominated.
No, the fluid had been dominated.
Fu Hua's pupils couldn't help but contract abruptly.
This was only the Second Eruption; why would the Authority to dominate fluids appear?!
That should be the power of the Fourth Herrscher.
"Really now. We're partners who built the Ark and slew Heretical Gods together, after all. Is it really okay to throw such a heavy punch right off the bat?"
"Hua, you're too impetuous."
The somewhat helpless voice of a young man fell into her ears.
Fu Hua looked up slightly and saw a very handsome young man.
Black hair, golden eyes, with black-and-red feathers floating around him.
Wait, Hua?
The expression of the super-soldier, who had abandoned the name Hua and taken up names like Jingwei and Fu Hua since entering the new era, grew increasingly grave.
Why does this guy know my real name?
And what is this about building an Ark and slaying Heretical Gods together?
Also—
Those feathers around him... that's Fenghuang Down, isn't it!
Fu Hua, who had always been the holder of the 8th Divine Key and had never lent it out, sensed a slightly unusual aura from them.
"Who are you?"
Fu Hua, continuously circulating Honkai energy and ready to launch a super attack at any moment, asked the young man who radiated an unusual aura from head to toe.
"I am the person who defeated Snowwolf Squad, or rather, a Herrscher."
Very calmly, the young man stated his identity.
The Herrscher who defeated Snowwolf Squad!!
Fu Hua, who hadn't expected a Herrscher to suddenly show up at her door, felt her mood gradually turn heavy.
The so-called Herrschers were apostles of the Honkai, natural disasters meant to exterminate humanity. If the guy in front of her really was a Herrscher, he was most likely her enemy.
Thinking this, the circulation rate of the Honkai energy within Fu Hua's body rose madly, and crimson feathers began to dance around her as well.
Her intuition told her that the enemy before her was terrifyingly strong—more terrifying than any Herrscher except the Finality.
If she had to fight him, she would have to use the Eminence of Taixu.
Even if she would have to pay a price for it.
"Is it really worth burning away your memories for a single, relatively powerful attack?"
Like a prophet, the young man—who had yet to launch an attack but possessed an extremely terrifying sense of oppression—sighed.
"Friends?"
The Guardian of Shenzhou, having her final trump card exposed, looked at the guy who seemed overly familiar with her and asked in a deep voice.
The young man, whose smile was very sunny, opened his mouth and spoke.
"Yes, good friends from the future."
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