In Honkai with Tom Cat

As Kiana watched the fierce battle between the Herrscher of Thunder and Tom, she felt her entire worldview gradually shattering.

"How is this possible… How could that cat manage to torment a Herrscher like this…?"

Li Huan responded casually, as if it were the most natural thing in the world, "Why wouldn't it be possible?"

"But that's a Herrscher! A being endowed with immense power by the Honkai."

"So what? It's just a mere Herrscher," Li Huan said, resting his chin on his hand as he watched the battle.

"A mere Herrscher…"

Hearing Li Huan's bold words, Kiana began to break out in a cold sweat.

What on earth is with that cat…?

"By the way, you seem pretty relaxed watching this," Li Huan suddenly said, looking at Kiana. "Aren't you planning to get ready? You might need to jump in soon."

He stood up from the ground, grabbed a baseball bat, and stretched his arms.

"I should get ready too. The right moment should come any second now."

Meanwhile, over at the battlefield between the Herrscher of Thunder and Tom...

"Ah-ha!"

The wooden sword in Tom's hand was swinging up and down, repeatedly landing blows on the Herrscher of Thunder's face.

*Smack smack smack smack!*

Despite trying to defend herself, the Herrscher of Thunder's face was continuously struck by the wooden sword.

Her once beautiful and cold face was now swollen and bruised, with lumps all over, completely transformed into a pig's head.

When Tom says he'll turn someone into a pig's head, he does it. That's the way of the cat.

As long as the opponent isn't some mouse or its extended family, Tom never fails when he takes action.

Any sense of majesty, arrogance, or disdain was completely gone. All that remained was her desperate attempts to fend off the attacks and the pain she felt from being beaten.

Just a moment ago, she had been using all kinds of sword techniques to attack, but they were all meaningless against Tom.

As soon as Tom let out an "ah-ha," her moves became useless, immediately countered, and her head was struck by the wooden sword.

As for her swordsmanship... she couldn't understand it. She couldn't figure it out at all! She had no idea how to counter Tom's simple strikes, which effortlessly dismantled her refined techniques.

"Ah-ha!"

Just like now, Tom had once again countered her swordsmanship and delivered a heavy blow to her forehead.

The excruciating pain from her forehead made the Herrscher of Thunder almost numb to the sensation…

The only consolation was that if Tom had been using a real sword, her head would probably have been chopped into pieces by now.

No, if it were a real sword, that might have been better! It would have been preferable to being beaten into a pig's head.

Now, her head was full of lumps and bruises, and she was in unbearable pain!

But that wasn't even the biggest problem.

A few minutes ago, Tom hadn't moved an inch. It seemed that after realizing she was no match for him in swordsmanship, Tom had casually stood in place, holding the wooden sword with one hand, and fought her without moving.

Even when she moved around him in a 360-degree arc to attack, Tom blocked her every move as if he had eyes all over his body. A simple "ah-ha" was enough to fend off her attacks.

To make matters worse, the cat was yawning in boredom while deflecting her attacks! His dismissive attitude was infuriating her to the extreme!

Wait, could that "ah-ha" be some sort of magic spell? As long as he chants it, he can—

"Ouch!"

Without saying a word, Tom landed another blow on her head.

The Herrscher of Thunder cried out in pain and immediately backed away.

"Damn it…" The pig-headed Herrscher muttered in barely audible words, "You monster… how can I possibly beat you with a sword…"

At that moment, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck her mind, like a lightning bolt behind her head.

"Wait a minute, why am I still using a sword to fight?"

A thought that should have occurred to her earlier finally surfaced in her mind. She let go of the sword, and the Honkai energy sword fell to the ground, gradually dissipating into Honkai energy.

When Tom saw the Herrscher of Thunder drop her sword, he thought she was giving up.

Has this hopeless woman finally decided to give up? At last, I can save some energy.

During their previous exchanges, Tom had already labeled her as utterly hopeless. Her swordsmanship was so poor that it wasn't even worth comparing to his old rival's nephew.

At least that nephew could keep delivering messages while getting beaten up, even managing to do so several times. But this woman gives up as soon as her head gets hit. Seriously—

Boom!

Just as Tom was thinking, a bolt of purple-black lightning shot into the sky, and the wind and clouds shifted.

The Herrscher of Thunder was now shrouded in raging lightning, with sparks of electricity crackling around her. Her face, at some point, had returned to its original form from the previous pig-headed appearance.

"I should have done this from the start... Even if I can't beat you in swordsmanship, and my shield can't block you..."

The Herrscher of Thunder glared at Tom with a fierce expression. "I'll just use all my power and blast you into ashes with lightning!!!!!"

Seeing the lightning surge into the sky, Tom swallowed nervously, his legs beginning to tremble.

What's going on? This doesn't look easy to deal with at all.

At first, he thought the lightning might be all show, but seeing the other side's intensity, Tom began to feel uncertain and afraid.

Maybe I should test it out with the wooden sword first?

Just as he was thinking this, a stray bolt of lightning struck the wooden sword Tom was holding.

"Oww↗↘↗↘"

Accompanied by Tom's scream and the crackling sound of electricity, Tom was electrocuted to the point where his bones were visible through his body.

When the shock finally ended, Tom's fur was spiky and charred black all over, and the wooden sword in his hand had turned into a piece of charcoal, crumbling into fragments when the wind blew.

Seeing this, Tom quickly shook himself, returning to his original state. He looked at the Herrscher of Thunder in fear, trembling all over.

Seeing Tom in this state, the Herrscher of Thunder felt a long-lost sense of satisfaction.

Finally, this damned cat was scared. He's not invincible.

"You finally feel fear! But it's too late!" The Herrscher of Thunder gathered her hands together, channeling endless lightning into her palms, gradually forming a lightning ball.

"The shame and pain you made me endure… I'll return it all to you right here!"

She raised her hands, glaring viciously at Tom, and then violently thrust her hands in Tom's direction.

"Die!!!!!!!!"

The massive purple lightning bolt surged towards Tom!

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