Honkai Impact 3rd.
Pupil earthquake.
The ice cream in Kiana's hand went "splat" as it fell onto the ground, yet she herself remained completely unaware.
Only when the colors that had been swallowed by Nihility on the Celestial Screen recovered and the torrential rain poured down did the young girl's azure-blue pupils finally recover from the earthquake.
"Mei Mei!" She suddenly grabbed the shoulders of the young girl beside her and shook them frantically. "Did you see that?! Just-just now... she split the sky of Penacony into two with one slash! And that white..."
Kiana was temporarily a little tongue-tied. Thinking of the scene that had just been swallowed by Nihility, she trembled with lingering fear. The scene of the entire world having its colors erased was something she would never forget for the rest of her life—like... the Earth being swallowed into the belly of some enormous existence.
"This is Nihility..." Himeko picked up the coffee on the table. Only then did she discover that her hand was still uncontrollably trembling. Just now, when she witnessed Acheron drawing her blade, she had been drinking coffee. Yet merely blinking her eyes once, the cup of coffee in her hand together with the surrounding world had all turned white.
She was so startled she nearly sprayed it out in one mouthful.
Although she had made sufficient mental preparations, the impact given to her was still unavoidably too great.
"Hey hey, isn't this way too unfair?"
After recovering from the shock, Bronya let out a dissatisfied hum from the side: "Why is Mei's counterpart this strong? Merely drawing her blade can already affect us?! This isn't fair!"
"Aaaah when will Silver Wolf also have this kind of achievement? Emanators and the like are too much of a foul—it's simply a cheat!"
...
Meanwhile, on the other side, the Elysian Realm.
"My my, such a pretty girl, yet her moves are so sharp. It really makes one's heart race~"
Elysia propped her chin, her azure-blue eyes blinking. Even after just experiencing such a terrifying scene, the young girl still maintained a blooming smile.
However, Kalpas and Kevin sitting directly opposite her were clearly not so calm. Although both of them were people who had seen great scenes, after being swallowed by Nihility, that eerie and strange scene still inevitably hard-controlled them for several dozen seconds.
Only when Acheron sheathed her blade and everything returned to normal did Kalpas gradually calm down.
Kalpas crossed his arms and coldly snorted: "Heart racing? If a woman came to Earth and delivered one slash, whether humanity would still have heartbeats would be a question. This is a dreamscape protected by [Harmony], and she split it open so easily..."
"I thought you would be a little more surprised?" Elysia smiled lightly.
"I'm already very surprised. At least more surprised than seeing this guy here." Kalpas turned his head to glance at Kevin beside him. Fifty thousand years had passed, and this guy seemed to have become even more silent and reserved.
"Kevin coming to the Realm—I originally wanted to notify everyone to gather in the conference room for a chat. Speaking of which, it's been a long time since everyone gathered together, hasn't it? As a result we just happened to encounter Acheron drawing her blade. My my… should I say it was coincidental or not coincidental?" The pink-haired young girl showed a somewhat troubled little expression.
"There's no rush for the time being. I will come here often in the future. There will always be opportunities to meet everyone. After all, [Paths] seem to be something more worthy of attention than the Honkai."
Kevin spoke unhurriedly. "That white world just now not only affected the Elysian Realm, but could even affect the memory constructs... sufficient to show that under the concept of [Nihility], there is nothing that cannot be swallowed."
"The key is that blade." Kalpas added.
Kevin nodded: "Mm. That blade... seems to be some kind of 'vessel' that carries Nihility. When she draws the blade, Nihility will uncontrollably swallow everything until she sheathes the blade."
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The Boys.
"Like a monster?"
"What the fuck do you mean 'like a monster'? She is a monster, okay? A humanoid monster!"
"Do you know how many car accidents and incidents occurred in America within those few dozen seconds just now? Hmm?" Ashley angrily flipped over the tablet in her hand, enlarged the rapidly rising red bar chart on the screen, enlarged it again, so that the man in front of her could clearly see the numbers below.
"Three hundred and fifty thousand incidents! Right now the entire military is in complete chaos. The Deep… can you put the energy you use when dealing with octopuses and dolphins into maintaining the Company's image? Don't go looking for him at a time like this."
Ashley placed heavy emphasis on the word "him," hoping The Deep could hear the implication in her words.
"Uh… what I wanted to say is that right now the entire United States is in chaos. This is precisely the time for Homelander to step forward and harvest the fans' trust and support rate." The Deep said. "If Homelander can step forward at this time and deliver a speech, then it would definitely—"
"Damn it… your brain was definitely sucked away by that octopus while you were tongue-kissing it." Ashley couldn't help but curse under her breath. She moved a little closer to The Deep and lowered her voice very, very low. "Homelander right now is a little, uh... PTSD."
"PTSD?" The Deep thought he had misheard. This term was not unfamiliar to him at all, but its appearance on Homelander was very unfamiliar.
...Could this appear on him?
"Right now he will produce a stress reaction toward all white things—including the white spotlights on the stage. Because he personally witnessed Aventurine being completely swallowed by that gushing white." Ashley let out a deep sigh. "You also know what just happened. Additionally... right now when he sees Japanese-style tachi he will also have large emotional fluctuations."
"Ha?"
"When Acheron drew her blade just now, the entire world..." Ashley swallowed. "Today there was a person with a samurai style training in the training room, but when going downstairs they unluckily ran into Homelander and were shot dead on the spot by him. Right now when he hears the sound of drawing a blade he gets a little... cough cough. Anyway, keep this matter confidential. Right now under no circumstances can Homelander appear in front of the public, understand?"
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Jujutsu Kaisen.
"This woman... hehe. She finally drew her blade."
"Let me take a look... hmm?"
Ryomen Sukuna's pupils suddenly contracted. The instant Acheron drew her blade, he discovered that the world in his eyes had undergone some "small" changes. Everything in his eyes had turned white. The table in front of him, the fresh pieces of sorcerer flesh... everything had turned white.
When the white of Nihility enveloped the world, even the King of Curses found it difficult to escape.
"What the hell..."
He raised his hand and saw that both hands remained only a monotonous white, like a blank sheet of paper. The ferocious curse marks on his body, his clothes—like pencil traces erased by an eraser... all colors dissolved in an instant within Nihility, leaving only outlines.
This is... some kind of Domain?
Could it be Satoru Gojo?
He was stunned for about two seconds, then both hands rapidly flipped and formed seals in front of his chest. In an instant, with his feet as the center, a scene of mountains of corpses and seas of blood appeared. Countless corpses and white bones broke through the earth. A shrine built of flesh and blood rose from beneath his feet. A nauseating bloody stench instantly filled the Domain within a radius of two hundred meters.
"Domain Expansion—Malevolent Shrine."