"Oh, the dark-skinned girl is so well-endowed, and her figure is so explosive, hehe! Wow! Kira looks so young on the outside, but her figure is amazing too. Curves in all the right places. Nice!" Ethan Lane appraised them while peeking.
Just as she was enjoying the view, she suddenly saw Shigure Kira's expression change. Then, she clearly felt the Honkai Energy in Shigure Kira's body become chaotic. Kira let out a muffled groan, and a trickle of blood seeped from the corner of her mouth.
Ethan Lane's face changed. She quickly swam to her side and supported her, saying, "Sister Kira, are you alright! Where does it hurt? Do you need me to treat you?"
Shigure Kira stabilized the chaotic Honkai Energy in her body and said, "It's nothing, Xiaolin. I'm fine now. This is a common occurrence for Valkyries. After all, Honkai Energy is not something to be trifled with."
"But..." Just as Ethan Lane was about to say something, Patricia interjected, "Lane, don't worry. Kira just had some problems when she became a Valkyrie, which is why she has this reaction when her Honkai Energy becomes unstable. It's not a big deal. All Valkyries experience this, some more severely than others. After all, if a Valkyrie wants to gain power, she has to pay a price."
Ethan Lane's expression darkened as she began to think about how to solve the problem of the periodically rampaging Honkai Energy in Shigure Kira and the others.
Just as Patricia said, to gain power by using Honkai Energy, one had to pay a price, and that price was life force. For Valkyries, it was rare for any to live past thirty. Apart from the years of constant fighting, the occasional rampage of Honkai Energy was also a very important reason. The stronger you were, the harder it was to control the increasingly powerful Honkai Energy in your body.
While Ethan Lane was deep in thought, Shigure Kira spoke up, "Pat, how long has it been since we've relaxed like this? I thought this Honkai incident would be another tough battle, but it suddenly turned into a vacation."
"How long? Ever since we became Valkyries, we've either been training or on our way to the battlefield. I don't remember how long it's been since we've relaxed like this," Patricia lamented.
"Yeah, speaking of which, I used to want to be an idol, but who knew I'd become a Valkyrie. It's all Salome's fault," Shigure Kira pouted.
Patricia suddenly smiled and said, "Kira, if you weren't so competitive back then, how would you have become a Valkyrie? Besides, you haven't given up on your idol dream after becoming a Valkyrie, have you?"
"Hmph, in short, it's her fault. I..." Shigure Kira's words were suddenly cut off. Ethan Lane, beside them, clapped her hands and said, "Oh! I've thought of a way, Sister Kira."
Shigure Kira asked strangely, "Xiaolin, what did you think of?" "It's about the Honkai Energy in your body that can rampage at any time. I've thought of a way, but I'm not sure if it will be effective," Ethan Lane explained.
"Is that so? Can you tell us what it is?" Patricia asked from the side. Shigure Kira also nodded. "Mmm, okay. It's like this: my Stigmata's ability is healing. I also found that it can regulate other people's bodies, so I want to try and see if I can regulate the Honkai Energy in your body."
This was indeed her idea. Her Spiritual Qi was transformed from Honkai Energy, so maybe it could stabilize Honkai Energy. Even if it couldn't, it could at least help sort out Shigure Kira's body.
As long as her life force, which was being consumed by Honkai Energy, could be replenished, her lifespan could be extended. Shigure Kira and Patricia looked at each other, and finally, Shigure Kira nodded in agreement with Ethan Lane's experiment.
"I agree, but what should I do?" Shigure Kira asked. Ethan Lane shook her head, "You don't need to do anything, just calm your mind and spirit."
Shigure Kira nodded, took a few deep breaths, and closed her eyes. Seeing that she was ready, Ethan Lane swam behind her and placed her hands on her back.
Shigure Kira's body trembled slightly, and her shoulders tensed up nervously. "Don't be nervous. My ability is not dangerous, so rest assured," Ethan Lane said with a slight smile. Shigure Kira relaxed a little, although she was still a bit nervous. Ethan Lane closed her eyes and began to guide the Spiritual Qi, transformed by her Stigmata, into Kira's body.
When the transformed Spiritual Qi entered Shigure Kira's body, Ethan Lane clearly felt the abnormality of the Honkai Energy within her. Although it was calm now, it was like a dormant beast, ready to bite at any moment.
Shigure Kira's meridians were filled with cracks left by Honkai Energy erosion. These were hidden injuries. She was still young now, with relatively strong life force, but as she got older, the erosion of Honkai Energy would deepen, and her life force would eventually be exhausted. If she couldn't reach the S-rank Valkyrie realm by then, the only outcome was death.
But advancing to S-rank Valkyrie wouldn't extend your lifespan by much. The vast majority of S-rank Valkyries still rarely lived past thirty. This is why the age of Valkyries is generally concentrated in the 12-30 range. Before 18, their life force is strong, which is the peak period for a Valkyrie. After 18, their life force declines year by year. If they don't get effective replenishment, a Valkyrie's life basically enters a countdown stage.
But there are always exceptions, like a certain flat-chest... A certain twelve-year-old girl with Vishnu genes probably doesn't count as human... Getting off topic, Ethan Lane began to gradually repair the hidden injuries left by the Honkai Energy erosion.
At first, it went smoothly, but as the repair point gradually approached the dantian, the Honkai Energy entrenched there began to become restless. When the Spiritual Qi moved further in, the Honkai Energy directly began to rampage. However, Ethan Lane, who had anticipated that something might happen, had already infused a considerable amount of Spiritual Qi into Shigure Kira's body.
A huge amount of Spiritual Qi quickly surged from the meridians into the dantian, confining the rampaging Honkai Energy within the dantian and gradually compressing its space. But as an A-rank Valkyrie, the concentration of Honkai Energy in Shigure Kira's body was quite high. How could it be so easily contained?
It began to counterattack, with each wave of momentum stronger than the last. Even the external Honkai Energy was somehow attracted and began to gather around Shigure Kira. Seeing this, Ethan Lane split off a portion of her Spiritual Qi to patrol Kira's meridians, directly expelling any Honkai Energy that tried to enter.
Shigure Kira's body instantly became a battlefield. Her face, and even her whole body, began to bead with sweat, and her brows furrowed involuntarily. Patricia, watching anxiously from the side, couldn't intervene and dared not disturb them, so she could only pray silently.
"I was careless. This Honkai Energy acts as if it has intelligence. Not only does it counterattack on its own, it can even call for reinforcements. If I can't solve this now, Kira's only fate is death," Ethan Lane thought anxiously. However, she didn't panic. She began to accelerate the rotation of the Taiji in her dantian to release more Spiritual Qi.
As this Spiritual Qi began to gather in Shigure Kira's dantian, the Honkai Energy seemed to realize that the situation was not good. It did not directly counterattack, but instead began to gather into a ball, as if it were surrendering.
"Hmph! Judging from your rampage just now, you think you'd give up so easily? What a joke. It's perfect that you're contracting. I was just wondering how to gather you all in one place." Ethan Lane's intention was to use Spiritual Qi to bind the Honkai Energy, creating a safety measure that would restrain it when it rampaged without affecting Shigure Kira's ability to use it.
Ethan Lane began to mobilize her Spiritual Qi to gradually contract, trying to bind the Honkai Energy. Seeing this, the Honkai Energy, which had been contracting, suddenly stopped. The scene became quiet for a moment. But this was just the calm before the storm. The Honkai Energy suddenly erupted, and like a shockwave, it slammed into the cage made of Spiritual Qi in the blink of an eye.
"*Boom!*" Of course, there was no sound in the dantian. Shigure Kira let out a muffled groan, her face turning pale. But this desperate counterattack from the Honkai Energy did not break through the spiritual cage, because the total amount of Spiritual Qi gathered at this point had already surpassed the total amount of Honkai Energy.
In the previous incident that triggered Schicksal's response, the amount of Honkai Energy absorbed and transformed by Ethan Lane was immense, definitely enough to create a Herrscher. This small amount of Honkai Energy couldn't possibly cause any trouble.
Seeing that it couldn't break free, the Honkai Energy tried to guide external Honkai Energy for support again. But Ethan Lane had already changed her firefighting strategy. She directly wove a net of Spiritual Qi, firmly restricting the entry of external Honkai Energy.
Ethan Lane began to control the Spiritual Qi to gradually compress the Honkai Energy, squeezing it smaller and smaller until it became a ball the size of an egg. Seeing this, Ethan Lane still didn't give up compressing; she felt that something was still missing. "One more push! Heave!!!"
Ethan Lane controlled the Spiritual Qi to continue compressing. The Honkai Energy within seemed to reach a certain critical point. With a *ding* sound, the Honkai Energy was compressed into a diamond-shaped purple crystal. "What is this? A Honkai Cube? But this doesn't look like the Honkai Cubes in the game."
This crystal, formed from concentrated Honkai Energy, looked unremarkable on the outside—though it was quite pretty—but Ethan Lane could feel an immense, highly compressed Honkai Energy from within. "This thing is a bit dangerous. I'd better leave some Spiritual Qi as a failsafe."
Following the records in the Dao Yan Record, Ethan Lane wove a net of Spiritual Qi to bind the Honkai crystal. This served as both a safety measure and a way to slowly release Spiritual Qi to gradually improve Shigure Kira's body. After patrolling Shigure Kira's meridians one more time and repairing some remaining hidden injuries, Ethan Lane withdrew her Spiritual Qi from her body.