With a flash, Ming Yu instantly rushed out of the captain's room.
With no time to pay attention to the surprised faces of the Valkyries he encountered, Ming Yu zipped through the warship's corridors like lightning, leaving behind a series of afterimages.
"Nemesis, open bay door number one immediately!"
His eyes urgently scanning for a path forward, Ming Yu said in a grave voice.
"Yes! Captain!"
A synthesized female voice sounded, and the bay door, already in sight, began to open slowly.
"Also, inform the Hyperion," pausing in his steps, a cold glint flashed in Ming Yu's eyes, "St. Freya is under attack by Anti-Entropy. I'm going ahead!"
With a flick of his left hand, a broad, silver greatsword appeared in Ming Yu's hand. But if one looked closely, they would see that only the silver-white scabbard was thick. The slightly bone-colored scabbard encased the blade tightly, preventing any part of the blade from being seen.
"God-Driving Armor: Lunar Abyss, engage!"
As soon as his voice fell, the silver greatsword instantly broke down into streams of light that enveloped Ming Yu. As the light faded, a suit of silver armor appeared on his body. Beneath the silver mask were irrepressible blood-red eyes and a boiling rage.
The moment the bay door opened a crack just wide enough to pass through, Ming Yu sideways-dashed out.
The high-altitude wind howled past. Three pairs of light wings suddenly spread from the back of the Lunar Abyss, stabilizing Ming Yu's body in mid-air. Faint blue particle streams flickered at the edges of the wings, adding a touch of dreamlike color to the silver armor.
Gazing towards St. Freya from afar, Ming Yu flicked the Jizo Mitama in his right hand. The black longsword instantly transformed into a streak of light and sped away, tracing a dark trajectory across the night sky.
Watching Jizo Mitama depart, the anxiety in Ming Yu's heart did not lessen in the slightest.
Although Ming Yu knew that in the original timeline, Anti-Entropy had also organized an invasion, he didn't know the specific time. In addition, the matters at headquarters had taken up almost all of his energy, causing him to completely fail to anticipate that Anti-Entropy would invade at this moment.
Even though in the manga plot, it seemed that the St. Freya side suffered no casualties, with his current understanding, this was almost impossible. After all, Anti-Entropy was no charity organization.
As long as it could achieve its goals, it wouldn't mind using some blood to cover up its true objectives. What's more, that crazy woman Cocolia was involved in this operation, and she was no kind soul.
At the very least, from what he had just sensed, Higokumaru's condition was extremely bad.
Fu Hua seemed to be on a mission recently and wasn't at the academy. Although Theresa usually stayed at St. Freya, as Anti-Entropy's true target, she would definitely be held up. And Himeko and he were still on their way back. As for those conventional defense measures, even he could break through them, let alone a well-prepared Anti-Entropy.
The vast St. Freya was, at this moment, unusually weak in its defenses!
You Anti-Entropy bastards, just you wait!!!
The emotions in his blood-red eyes gradually receded. Ming Yu took a deep breath, and the wings of the Lunar Abyss vibrated violently. A cyan glow instantly covered the entire suit of armor, and his flight speed began to climb rapidly. In just a few seconds, he broke the sound barrier, leaving a series of sonic booms behind as he left the two warships in his wake, rapidly chasing after the streak of light from Jizo Mitama's departure.
Watching the silver figure disappear from sight, Himeko slammed her fist on the table. She didn't doubt Ming Yu's words in the slightest. The failed communication with St. Freya moments ago had already confirmed it from the side. St. Freya's entire communication signal had been jammed, and conventional means could not establish contact.
What is Anti-Entropy trying to do, start a war?
Thinking of the perilous situation St. Freya was in now, Himeko's heart couldn't help but tighten.
Since the Second Honkai Eruption, Schicksal and Anti-Entropy had always maintained a relative restraint. Although conflicts had been escalating in recent years, they were still within a controllable range.
But once St. Freya suffered huge losses, Theresa, who regarded it as her personal domain, would surely go mad. If she just cried a little in front of the Overseer, the war between Schicksal and Anti-Entropy would inevitably explode in full.
At the thought of that blood-soaked scene, Himeko couldn't help but close her eyes.
Theresa, what on earth are you doing!
......
Sometime earlier at St. Freya.
Looking at the wall that had been reduced to rubble in an instant, a flash of anger and fear crossed Mei's face, but her eyes were filled with determination.
"Higokumaru, fall back immediately! Bronya, request backup quickly! I'll hold the enemy off!"
Quickly making a judgment, Mei issued commands to her companions behind her while charging towards the man in front of her.
Even though Mei knew in her heart that she couldn't fight such an enemy alone, there was not a trace of retreat in her eyes. Because behind her, there were companions she needed to protect.
Glancing disdainfully at the girl rushing forward, the man's lips curled into a grin, and he laughed loudly, "How ignorant. Let me show you the power of a god (Herrscher)!"
Lightly sidestepping Mei's punch, the man grabbed her wrist. The black sphere that had rushed over suddenly trembled, and an enormous impact force acted on the girl's body, completely stopping her follow-up attacks.
The smirking man flicked his finger, and several black spheres transformed into wisps of Honkai Energy chains, binding Mei tightly.
So easy!
Glancing at the immobilized Mei, a hint of disappointment flashed in the man's eyes.
"Let go of Big Sis Mei!"
Shielding Higokumaru behind her, Bronya sent out an attack alert while immediately summoning Project Bunny. The spherical cannon of the Book of Cangxuan was aimed firmly at the man, and a dazzling blue electric light began to gather at the muzzle.
Boom!
A spear of lightning shot straight towards the man, and the brilliant blue light instantly filled the entire field of vision.
As the blue light gradually faded, deep surprise appeared in Bronya's eyes. In her line of sight, the man was completely unharmed, not even his hairstyle had changed. There was just a semi-transparent shield around him.
Evidently, it was that shield that had blocked the attack from the Book of Cangxuan.
"Tch, what a boring attack."
Sighing, the man's right hand slowly opened towards Bronya, then suddenly clenched.
An immense amount of Honkai Energy erupted instantly. Project Bunny was shattered into pieces, and a terrifying gravity pinned the girl firmly to the ground.
"Next, you're the only one left. Don't resist, or you'll die, you know~"
His smiling eyes sized up the last girl. The man's playful gaze was like a cat staring at a mouse it had already caught.
Glaring at the man with hatred, Higokumaru had no intention of being captured without a fight. With a tap of her toes, her body suddenly shot backward.
But in the next moment, a pitch-black sphere pierced through the girl's body like a bolt of lightning, shattering the gaming equipment behind her and causing the leaping Higokumaru to fall heavily back onto the floor.
"Huh?"
Looking at the girl who had fallen to the ground, the man couldn't help but let out a soft cry. The expected gory mess didn't happen. The spot on the girl's abdomen torn open by the sphere was just a hole with a pale purple edge. Liquid containing Honkai Energy dripped intermittently onto the floor, corroding small pits into it.
"Oh, not human? Then killing you should feel different, right?"
Slowly approaching the retreating pink-haired girl, watching the unwillingness and fear in her eyes, the interest in the man's eyes grew stronger, and the Honkai Energy fluctuations from his body grew more intense.