Dark Jixuanyuan stared blankly at the duo rushing out from the corner, her gaze firmly locked onto the Herrscher.
It was a face too familiar.
It was she who led Jixuanyuan onto the path of battling against the Honkai, and it was she who enabled Jixuanyuan to persevere in this dark and hopeless seal—even though, over the course of centuries, the reason for perseverance had shifted from love to hatred... But the soul had persisted, until today.
"Jingwei..."
In the perception of the Herrscher, Dark Jixuanyuan's emotions surged explosively like an explosion, and she couldn't even control her Honkai energy, forcibly blowing away two death soldiers who were too close.
Senti squinted, sensing a slight anomaly.
It was well known that Herrscher were the darlings of the Honkai, with a miraculous core inside them capable of many things.
For example, triggering Honkai, hiding the consciousness of Herrscher, acting as a chat client for Herrscher, providing Herrscher with the authority to change the world... Of course, the most important and inconspicuous function among them was to provide Honkai energy to the Herrscher.
The Herrscher's core was a singularity that connected to the imaginary space, allowing Honkai energy from the imaginary space to flow into the Herrscher's body, providing the Herrscher with almost perpetual power.
Thanks to Senti's "Fuhua face," Dark Jixuanyuan's mind was greatly shaken. She was unable to control the Honkai energy, which led to Sentience discovering the similarities between that purplish-red stone and the Herrscher's core.
It was also a singularity that connected to the imaginary space, continuously overflowing with Honkai energy, and even affecting the quantity and variety of Honkai beasts generated in the surrounding environment...
But Sentience concluded that this purplish-red stone did not possess that marvelous ability to change the logic of the world.
Because she was the Herrscher, she had absolute authority on this matter—how could such a huge Herrscher core be circling inside her body without Senti sensing even a hint of a similar scent from the other party.
"Helix" also seized the opportunity of Dark Jixuanyuan's Honkai energy loss, carefully sensing that the stone seemed to have a significant connection with the "earth" beneath her feet.
"Miss Pink Elf" looked solemn and spoke in the mind link chat room, "This thing seems to be resonating with the 'Chiyou' entity... Could it be that Dark Jixuanyuan used this stone to 'remote login' to the 'host' of 'Chiyou'?"
"Not just a remote login device!"
Senti squinted, "It's also the core of 'Chiyou'!"
In the original plot, Jixuanyuan, Fuxi, and Nuwa came to seal "Chiyou," the scientist sisters sacrificed themselves, sealing the core of a Judgment-class Honkai beast each, then Jilin took the Xuanyuan sword and went to the heart of "Chiyou," finally completing the seal...
Adding it all up, "Chiyou" should have three cores, and what Dark Jixuanyuan was holding now should be the core located in the heart.
"I thought the cores of 'Chiyou' were all very huge, at least as thick as two people hugging and four to five meters tall..."
"Just because 'Chiyou' is large doesn't mean the core has to be the same size..."
The conversation in the mind link chat room didn't take a few seconds. When Luo Lin turned to look at Dark Jixuanyuan again, she was actually startled by the latter.
"Long time no see..."
The woman spoke with a gentle tone.
Senti suddenly felt creepy, because she could still see Dark Jixuanyuan's ongoing, violent emotional fluctuations, contrasting sharply with her calm expression.
Upon this, Sentience immediately shook her head to make a statement: "You probably have the wrong person. I am not Jingwei."
"You know who I'm looking for, and you look so much like her... Ah, I'm sure you have a very close relationship between you."
Dark Jixuanyuan flashed a charming smile, "Jingwei must be your mother, right?"
"!￥@%＃（*＆）@!"
Senti immediately exploded, "I'm not in that kind of relationship with the old hag! I and her... uh..."
The relationship between the Senti and Fu Hua was complicated, indeed posing a new challenge to modern ethics...
Of course, the situation was similar in the neighboring Kaslana family, with Cecilia, Kiana, Sirin, Bianka, if we include Theresa and Kallen... Oh God, it would be even more exaggerated.
"Helix" turned her head, glanced at the sulking Sentience, and almost laughed out loud.
Dark Jixuanyuan calmly pressed the "Chiyou" core against her chest. Under the enchanting purplish-red light, she smoothly embedded the object into her body.
The next moment, a dense Honkai energy surged out from the glowing core on her chest, sweeping away the weakness on Dark Jixuanyuan's body. Even the armor-clad warhorse that had been shattered and disappeared earlier reappeared, affectionately rubbing against Dark Jixuanyuan's arm once again.
Dark Jixuanyuan touched the horse's head and, like a certain Electro Archon next door, pulled out another "Dark Xuanyuan Sword" from the core in her chest.
Obviously, this was not the "Key of Dominion," but just a superficially similar item, probably because Dark Jixuanyuan was used to this weapon, so she casually created it with Honkai energy.
Dark Jixuanyuan's fingertips lightly touched the spine of the sword, and a Dark light, different from the golden lightning before, wrapped around the weapon.
"Jingwei, you must not know how I persisted over these years..."
At this moment, Dark Jixuanyuan completely abandoned her previous professional warrior demeanor of "able to carry people on fists and run horses on arms," instead leaning on the body of her armored warhorse, like a shy little girl from a certain family, carefully and cautiously, using the side of her face to glance at the person she cared about.
"Thinking of your voice, thinking of your fingertips, thinking of the delicacies you made for me, thinking of the techniques you taught me, thinking of the leisurely time we spent together..."
She sighed, "I miss you very much, very, very much."
"But I am not Jingwei."
Senti clenched her fists, replying forcefully.
"It doesn't matter, you have the same face as your mother... I've waited here for too long and don't want to wait anymore."
Dark Jixuanyuan shook her head with a smile, "Actually, I found out very early on that Jingwei is not as omnipotent as the legend says. She, like a mortal, has joys and sorrows... At that time, I began to feel that Jingwei is actually a lovable Immortal..."
Dark Jixuanyuan mounted her horse, swung her long sword forward, and the Honkai beasts and death soldiers immediately moved, closing in on Helix and Senti.
"What would such a person look like when she cries? What would she look like when she despairs?"
Then, the smile on Dark Jixuanyuan's face gradually twisted, finally pulling out a terrifying curve.
"I'm very curious."