Chat Group: Starting by Swapping Bodies with Elysia?

Jiang Qiao was quite embarrassed by the reminder.

She had been so focused on the situation in Nagazora City and also on sorting out Elysia's relationships that she hadn't had any time to explore the power of this body.

The only thing she had used was that abnormal physique, when she fought Ato yesterday.

But that was undoubtedly a very stupid move.

She wasn't a Fusion Warrior yet. Furthermore, Elysia wasn't the type who specialized in physical combat.

As a Herrscher, what Elysia was most praised for was her exquisite Honkai energy manipulation skills. Even Kevin, the strongest Fusion Warrior, had expressed his admiration for them.

"What a blockhead I am."

The pink-haired girl slapped her head in annoyance.

Elysia: Let me teach you a little bit.

Although it wasn't easy to explain through words, Elysia on the other end still planned to teach Jiang Qiao the correct way to use her body as much as possible.

At times like this, she would think, if there were a more convenient method, like if she could send her skills as a red envelope to Jiang Qiao.

—Elysia sent a [Honkai Energy Manipulation Skill Red Envelope—Pink Fairy Limited Edition]

...Huh? It really worked?

—Jiang Qiao has received it.

In fact, Jiang Qiao's mind was also blank after receiving the red envelope.

So, the chat group could be used like that?

However—

In the blink of an eye, a glint flashed in the pink-haired girl's eyes as she walked through the snow.

"So that's how it is? I understand completely now!"

Jiang Qiao: wryyyyyyyyy, I have completely mastered this body's usage techniques!

Jiang Qiao: This feeling of comfort, I'm just so high right now!

Sakura Kyouko: Wow, that feels disgusting.

Hu Tao: Indeed.

Yunyun: ...It does seem a bit like it.

Elysia was also stunned when she saw it.

Then, a hint of regret appeared.

It felt like, she had opened a door she shouldn't have. Was it still possible to close it now?

The answer was, of course—it was too late!

Whoosh—

An arrow, with a sonic boom, pierced through a huge Honkai beast, the powerful kinetic energy overturning the nearby area.

She slowly lowered her bowstring. The pink-haired girl was now standing confidently in the snow, with a smile full of confidence on her face.

Ah, she was feeling great right now.

Heaven… cough cough.

Jiang Qiao, who had almost raised a flag, reacted in time and abandoned that invincible thought.

"Why do you feel different from before?"

Zhi, who was accompanying her, hesitated, and asked her about his confusion.

He felt like the current Elysia was suddenly a bit flamboyant, revealing a kind of lawless delusion.

"What? That must be your imagination, right?"

Jiang Qiao laughed and put down the bow in her hand.

In fact, she still didn't really know how to use a bow and arrow.

After all, what Elysia had given her was the skill to use Honkai energy, not weapon techniques.

But it was okay. Honkai energy was omnipotent.

With the Honkai energy manipulation techniques from Elysia, although skills weren't equal to experience, Jiang Qiao was able to fully utilize the power of this body, which was essentially a Herrscher's.

In fact, she could further develop Elysia's body.

Elysia didn't know that she was a Herrscher, but Jiang Qiao knew. She also clearly knew what kind of authority Elysia, as the Herrscher of Origin, had.

After understanding this and getting the skills, she instantly figured out methods of use that even Elysia didn't know.

That meant Jiang Qiao now knew this body better than Elysia herself!

"Hmph, the Second Herrscher?"

Looking into the distance, sensing the huge, familiar Honkai energy source, her lips curled into a smile.

If she had been worried about fighting a Herrscher before, now, Jiang Qiao just felt relaxed.

You're a Herrscher, and I'm a Herrscher, too!

The further they went, the more they could see scorch marks, and the air even seemed to have traces of heat.

—These were the marks left behind by Honkai energy fission bombs.

According to the information Zhi had revealed, Fire Moth had already tried to launch an attack using high-powered weapons before they arrived, but unfortunately, the battle situation was not good. The bombarded village was still completely intact.

It was as if it had been teleported somewhere else.

Thus, Fire Moth's researchers had determined the nature of the Second Herrscher's powers to be—space.

They had to investigate further to understand the specifics.

Unlike the later times, when people could research the past and use that to their advantage, people of this era trying to fight against the Honkai were like exploring a new dungeon for the first time. They had to spend a great deal of time gathering information about the Herrschers before figuring out a suitable solution to solve the problem.

To rely on humanity's military power and charge head-on? The First Herrscher had already shattered humanity's pride.

To put it bluntly, Elysia and the other Fire Moth soldiers were acting as vanguards to investigate the Herrschers.

If they were lucky, they could directly defeat the Herrscher, but if they were unlucky, they would just be cannon fodder to investigate the Herrscher's power.

The more they pushed forward, the more difficult it became. Not only were the Honkai beasts becoming stronger, the concentration of Honkai energy in the air was also increasing exponentially.

The concentration of Honkai energy at the location where Jiang Qiao was was already at a level where the instrument was beeping constantly. Ordinary people would contract Honkai sickness if they stayed there for even a second, and they would likely not survive for more than a minute.

What about her teammates? Although they had special anti-Honkai suits, Fire Moth's soldiers were selected to have a certain level of Honkai resistance, but she had already seen purple marks appear on a few of them. Without a doubt, those were signs of Honkai energy infection.

Even Zhi was no exception.

His breathing became abnormally heavy.

"It seems we can only go this far."

He had also noticed the abnormalities in his body, and he felt a bit regretful, but when he looked at Jiang Qiao, he was quite impressed:

"As expected of Elysia. You're much stronger than all of us."

Compared to them, Jiang Qiao hadn't changed at all.

Was she one of those people with high natural resistance to Honkai energy? She was naturally gifted by the heavens.

Only Jiang Qiao herself knew that Herrschers couldn't be infected by Honkai energy.

"Well then, you guys should stay here."

It was impossible for them to continue moving forward. Jiang Qiao understood that. If they continued, it would just be sending them to their deaths, and they might not even get to see the Herrscher.

What they could do next was to retreat from the inner area, and then clear out the Honkai beasts on the outskirts.

And she, had to keep going forward.

Although Jiang Qiao could choose to give up, even after having come all this way, no one would blame her for retreating. Even if the Second Herrscher wasn't defeated by Elysia, she would definitely be defeated by someone else.

At most, the losses would be greater.

But—

"Even Elysia is brave enough to try to save Nagazora City. If I were to back down here, that would be too pathetic."

There was no way she could take a step back!