Honkai Impact 3: Deadwood

Looking at the Temple-level Honkai beasts approaching him and Xier at full speed, with their bodies covered in ominous dark purple and revealing some "things" in their translucent bodies, the captain clenched the sword in his hand.

"The Snake said that those things are servants of the Quantum Sea. They were bred by the Quantum Sea to prevent anything from escaping from its swallowing. They are like guards."

"..."

Is it just a matter of fighting? With the "first rated power" still activated? The captain couldn't help but hesitate.

In order to return to his original world from the bottom of the quantum sea, the "Key of God" has almost exhausted all the energy that was just recharged. If he is dragged into a protracted battle under such circumstances...

"Idiot, what are you standing there for? It's coming!"

"?"

Miss Butterfly beside him warned in a stern tone in a completely different way from the captain's original impression of Xier, as her wings changed from dark blue to dark red.

While he was puzzled, the captain reacted immediately. The light wrapped around the two of them turned slightly and easily avoided the spears that were stabbed from several directions at the same time.

"Oh? Not bad?"

"Xi'er? You..."

"Heh, let's talk nonsense later, just focus on escaping first!"

"..."

The other party was right. The most important thing now was to leave the Quantum Sea. After hearing this, the captain temporarily put aside his doubts and accelerated towards the surface of the Quantum Sea while fighting with those predators again and again.

As he got closer and closer to the sea surface, more and more "Honkai Beasts" came to stop him from leaving. Just when the captain felt more and more exhausted, several huge ice spikes quickly emerged from the dark and deep ocean currents and shot down several Temple-level Honkai Beasts that were entangled with the ray of light.

"Kevin!?"

Looking at the ice blades that passed by him, the captain suddenly remembered that Kevin did say that he would provide him with the necessary "support". Was this what he meant?

"You've arrived just in time, but it's almost time for us to finish this. Hey, you..."

"Are you Xier...?" Because Miss Butterfly flying around him suddenly seemed like a different person, the captain could only open his mouth again to confirm.

"What else? Oh, don't worry about it. We are about to reach the sea surface. We can't leave the Quantum Sea. You have to go back the rest of the way by yourself."

us……

Obviously, the "we" the other party mentioned was not referring to her and himself.

"Miss Xier...you..."

"Since Xi'er and you get along very well, I'll help you this time. So, you desperate guy, I wish you success. We'll meet again if we're lucky, hehe~"

After saying that, "Xier" flapped its red wings, turned around and flew towards the remaining predators that were following the captain.

"Wait, Xi'er!!!"

At the last moment before breaking through the surface of the Quantum Sea, the captain only saw Miss Butterfly behind him rushing towards those Honkai beasts, her red wings gradually transforming into a human outline, holding a giant sickle and cutting one of the Honkai beasts into two.

The moment he emerged from the sea, the captain seemed to really see the tree standing above the Quantum Sea, which was as huge as the surface of the Quantum Sea that might have no end at all - the "Tree of Imaginary Numbers".

In the pure white where nothing can be seen, the captain relied entirely on the beacon prepared for him by his old friend and flew at full speed towards a certain light spot in the pure white. At the same time, some strange sounds began to surround his ears.

Click, click, click…

Just like the sound made by the hands of a clock every time they move, the closer the captain gets to his own world, the more obvious the sound becomes.

The dimension kept changing in the space around him, and the pure white hyperspace gradually turned into endless darkness. Only the light emitted by the beacon was still flickering there.

"!?"

Just before reaching the beacon, the captain suddenly felt a chill due to his warrior instinct. As he subconsciously dodged, a huge golden sword passed by him, as if judging the mortal who attempted to violate the law of "time". The judge born from "nothingness" appeared from the darkness, causing the captain to shudder.

The lifeless black body composed of machinery and clockwork represents the irresistible law itself; the gilded giant sword plated with dark gold symbolizes the inviolability of God's power; the cross light cone guarded by the circular body shows that this is the embodiment of the law of imaginary numbers.

Anyone who wants to arbitrarily change the "law of time" governed by the "Tree of Imaginary Numbers" will receive severe divine punishment under its sword...

This is——"Imaginary God's Skeleton·Nihilism".

"You won't let me use the power of "Time" so easily, but——!"

He dodged the giant sword that was falling from the front again. The captain, who had lost all his support, was seriously injured. He used all his strength to stab the sword in his hand: "This piece of broken copper and iron, just...get out of here!!!"

In the remaining dark hyperspace, the golden light and the dark purple sword light collided and entangled with each other at high speed. After only a few rounds of confrontation, the pitch-black blade, with the full force of its owner, pierced through the opponent's body in one blow.

Even with such serious injuries, in a battle using only sword skills, almost no one dared to say that they could defeat the captain who was giving his all without reservation, let alone such a heartless creature with only an empty body.

However, as a servant born from "nothingness" by the "Imaginary Number Tree" to prevent itself from being affected or attacked by external objects, the other party also possesses power that matches that of the usurper who attempts to change the laws of the world.

Click, click, click…

Along with the eerie sound of the hands turning, the mechanical body that was pierced and thrown away by the captain once again rushed towards the humans who were approaching the beacon at full speed intact.

The sound of pointers ringing in his ears made the captain react immediately to what was happening. When the opponent swung his sword at him, the captain immediately turned around and slashed his sword at the tip of the opponent's sword, blocking the opponent's attack. In the next moment, he swung his sword again to cut the opponent's huge iron body in half.

As the captain expected, the other party still had no intention of letting him go. The power of "time" manifested itself on the servant's body that was split in two, and instantly restored it to its original state.

"Tsk..."

Although this made the captain feel very difficult, it also ignited more hope in his heart. In order to save those people who he failed to save but still had a chance to save, he must not retreat, let alone stop here.

Just like that, two different rays of light once again fought fiercely in the dark dimension.

The third time, the fourth time, the fifth time... No matter how many times it was defeated by this already seriously injured human, the "Virtual Divine Skeleton" would immediately rely on the power of time to repair its body, and then once again stand in front of the human. Even so, the captain had no intention of retreating, even if he could only advance a little bit each time, he must reach the place where the light spot was.