Chapter 81 - The Legion Mobilizes!

"This is..."

Lu Xing looked at the thoughts transmitted into his mind by the Ice Emperor.

The so-called "My path is not a lonely one," to put it bluntly, meant there was "support."

However, what surprised Lu Xing was that the support the Ice Emperor spoke of was actually a familiar face to him:

The Variant Tide-class!

It was the giant crab that Lu Xing had thoroughly blasted, providing him with a full two levels of experience and burying itself beneath the oasis!

And the one capable of injuring the Tide-class to such an extent was none other than the Ice Emperor before him!

That's right.

That [Variant Tide-class] was also once a subordinate of the Ice Emperor. But after awakening as a Variant...

No matter how the Ice Emperor "persuaded" it, the Tide-class remained unwilling to continue following.

Killing it directly would have been too wasteful.

Left with no choice, the Ice Emperor ultimately "released" the Tide-class after a sound beating. The condition, however, was that when the Ice Emperor needed it, as long as the situation wasn't certainly fatal, the Tide-class had to contribute its strength.

As a primarily aquatic Honkai Beast, the Tide-class could exert even greater combat power in the deep sea. Coupled with its ability as a Variant to command its own kind, it was the most suitable helper imaginable.

Leveraging the power of the Great Rift, the Ice Emperor could "project" the Honkai Beasts here to any location on the Australian continent. With its main body near the east coast, teleporting to the Pacific Ocean was not a difficult feat—the Quillspike-class had been dispatched in this very manner.

Simultaneously, transmitting its thoughts to the Tide-class—which was currently active off the east coast of Australia—was a familiar task. Even if the giant crab was no longer its subordinate, this didn't hinder its ability to sense the other party and transmit information.

Time flowed slowly.

Fifteen minutes later, Lu Xing finally received news from the Quillspike-class.

The chaotic portal opened once more, and large chunks of transparent "jelly" tumbled out from the gateway, landing on the ground. Then, under the continuous infusion of Honkai energy, it took only about 45 seconds for them to reassemble into the Quillspike-class's form.

"Gurgle gurgle."

After a series of noisy bubbling sounds, like the whispers of an ancient god, the Quillspike-class floated away with the same elegant posture it had on arrival.

"Threat eliminated."

After uttering these three words, the Ice Emperor's fluctuating mental energy slowly dissipated.

Although it wasn't explicitly stated, Lu Xing knew very well that there probably wasn't much time left before the Ice Emperor finished constructing the portal completely.

Otherwise, there would have been no need for it to "rush things" by dispatching the Quillspike-class in such a manner.

Race: Legion Leader · Variant · Absolute Zero · Knight Captain

Level: 40

Abilities: [Spiritual Perception], [Power Strike], [Dash], [Spinning Slash], [Ballista], [Hold Shield], [Shield Bash], [Crystal Wall], [Strike], [Fission], [Space-Time Rend], [Atomic Breath], [Honkai Lance Projection]

Equipment: Erosion-type Radiant Star, Frost's Lament - Bio-Slayer

Attack: 88 (+6)

Speed: 82 (+5)

Constitution: 88 (+6)

Evaluation: Workhorse

Lu Xing let out a long sigh.

The Honkai energy emanating from the Great Rift was becoming increasingly tumultuous.

As long as he was within this space, it was equivalent to having an innate spring of infinite, instantaneous regeneration; any injury could be healed immediately.

Facing the perilous human world, Lu Xing believed he had prepared everything he possibly could.

A heavy lance, a sharp longsword.

They were the weapons Lu Xing relied upon for survival.

As for the skills in his ability list, he was thoroughly proficient with all of them—the two most recently acquired skills were nothing particularly special.

[Spiritual Perception], which had evolved from [Appraisal], possessed no offensive capabilities—eye techniques and the like were not something Honkai Beasts were supposed to have. Instead, it was a no-cost, super-enhanced version of the original skill.

It didn't require active triggering.

Information about all life forms his gaze swept over would be automatically recorded, and Lu Xing could retrieve the relevant data from his mental world at any time through [Spiritual Perception].

The amount of intelligence obtainable through [Spiritual Perception] had also further increased.

For example—

Lu Xing could now access the Ice Emperor's data.

Although the specific attribute section was still unqueryable due to the power difference, its skill list, numbering as many as 30...

Let's not list them here.

In short, Lu Xing felt that even a true Emperor-class Honkai Beast probably didn't have such an extensive skill list.

With the aid of the Great Rift, the Ice Emperor was likely not far from becoming a true Emperor-class.

There was no need to elaborate on [Atomic Breath].

One listen to this move, and you knew it was something that could only be used after transforming into some kind of Honkai-zilla or a monster from those creature-collecting games. For now, Lu Xing could only drool while looking at this skill.

The truly interesting move was the skill provided by the "Clearing the Sovereign's Side" achievement, which originally belonged to the Cruiser-class: [Fission].

[Fission: Create a Shuttle-class Honkai Beast avatar.]

This skill was the key ability that allowed the Cruiser-class to become a shuttle carrier.

However.

The [Fission] that Lu Xing mastered seemed to be quite different from the original version.

Firstly, his body size wasn't large enough to accommodate a Shuttle-class; secondly, the Shuttle-class option hadn't appeared in his evolution branches, so he lacked the "template" to create such an avatar.

So...

The following is the accurate description of this skill:

[Fission: Create an avatar of a form already unlocked by the holder, two or more tiers lower than the main body. While the avatar is active, the main body's attributes are reduced by the "values provided to the avatar." ]

[The avatar carries a portion of the main body's consciousness.]

[The avatar cannot exceed a certain distance from the main body.]

This was not a combat skill.

Its usage leaned more towards reconnaissance or infiltration.

But!

It seemed there was no need to study this skill right now.

After all, according to the ability description, Lu Xing would only potentially be able to create a Ranger-class avatar after he advanced to the Temple-level.

As a Knight-class, he could only say... the future held promise.

"Hoo."

The Honkai energy released by the Great Rift had reached an extremely exaggerated level; the entire space trembled with its "breathing."

Now.

All Honkai Beasts belonging to the legion had gathered around the Great Rift and the Ice Emperor.

[Emperor Guard · Quillspike-class]

[Emperor Guard · Warlord-class]

[Legion Leader · Variant · Absolute Zero · Knight Captain]

[Legion Leader · Variant · Tree of Sighs · Frost Lightning]

[Legion Leader · Variant · Heavy Crush · Ice Chariot Beast]

Two Emperor Guards and three Legion Leaders, along with their Honkai Beast legion numbering over ten thousand—they would advance through the space-time gate opened by the Honkai Emperor, starting from "Dubbo" city, and sweep eastward across the entire Australian continent.

"Our brethren."

The Ice Emperor still needed to fulfill its role as the gateway.

It was not included in the first wave of the advancing army.

"The enemy is on the other side."

Directly above the Great Rift.

The crystalline firmament, condensed from energy, transformed entirely into a swirling chaos and slowly descended—

"Crush them!"