Normally speaking, one shouldn't accept such sudden, unfamiliar power.
But faced with such a desperate situation, MEI had no other way out.
More critically, she felt her mind becoming dazed, as if she had once made the same decision... Is it thought assimilation again?
Even though she didn't possess as high [Energy] as Leo, she wasn't a fool and quickly noticed her own abnormality.
Only this time, she had no choice!
Although Leo's silence made her uneasy, and the fear and hatred regarding the current situation brought about by the thought assimilation also shocked her greatly...
But... this was the only way!
After weighing her options repeatedly, she chose to accept this power.
"Want... huff..."
Panting heavily, while continuing to knock down the Zombies before her relying on muscle memory, she prayed: "Please, please grant me power..."
Since she didn't know the other party's identity, she could only instinctively express respect, even temporarily ignoring the address the other party used for her.
Anyway, she had to get past this hurdle first before she could talk about the future.
Although Leo had told her that this place was just a dreamscape filled with obsession, and not the "reality" within the Honkai Domain—so even if she died, she would at most be mentally weak for a while... as long as she didn't encounter thought assimilation, that state where one can't die even if they want to.
But even in a dream, people fear death; no one is exempt from the fear brought by death.
No matter how nice the words sound, how many people can truly face death calmly?
Therefore... this is my final struggle!
After praying for power, MEI began to calm her mind, trying hard to maintain her self.
And whether it was because she had already experienced thought assimilation, or because she encountered a dangerous situation right away, it actually allowed her to concentrate even more.
In short, she could clearly feel that the force of thought assimilation wasn't as strong as she imagined.
So... did I win the bet?
Just as she thought this, an incomparable berserk energy frantically flooded into her body.
Even though she was still wielding that wooden standard katana, the sword qi she slashed out could cut the Zombies in two from top to bottom, and even extended to the area behind them.
"Boom!"
Unreasonable purple thunder sword qi spread backward, directly slicing the entire school building open.
What was even more terrifying was that purple thunder burst from her body, turning the Zombies surrounding her into dust. It instantly cleared more than half of the originally overcrowded rooftop, leaving only the rooftop door where Zombies were still pouring in.
Only this time, under the effect of that berserk purple thunder, the number of Zombies showed no sign of increasing.
At the same time, without her noticing when, MEI's left arm had undergone a peculiar change, and five wings composed of purple thunder emerged behind her.
And on the left side of her waist, a Stigmata emerged.
"This power..."
To be honest, facing this terrifying power, MEI thought her first reaction should be worry.
After all, the greater the power, the greater the accompanying danger.
But she realized there wasn't a shred of unease in her heart; there was only the thrill of being able to take revenge after obtaining powerful strength.
Only then did she realize that the other party didn't even bother to assimilate her; she was turning into the other party's puppet bit by bit, past the point of no return!
—Even he can't do anything now, right?
And just as she was thinking this with incomparable sorrow—
"Who told you I can't do anything?"
A tall figure struggled to emerge from behind MEI. Although Leo didn't completely pull his body out of the young girl's body in the end, still... this was enough!
During this silence, he was naturally accumulating strength, and also adapting to his [Energy] that had broken through human limits!
[Energy: 9+3]
[Bond: 35%]
Leaving aside the points increased by the bond, he had increased his [Energy] by one point thanks to that ordeal just now.
And this inhuman [Energy] as high as 12 points was precisely the reason he could break free from the young girl's body.
Furthermore, a phantom image of a yellow rabbit doll suit emerged on his body.
"Break for me—"
Placing his hand on the thunder wing on MEI's left side, he tried his best to shatter it.
Even though he was attacking in the form of a spirit body at this moment, and he had the protection of the [Homu Sword Sage Suit], his hand still felt like it had grabbed a blade, instantly splashing blood.
At the same time, because of the purple thunder, large patches of scorching appeared on his hand.
But even so, he still had no intention of backing down. Enduring a situation much more painful than before, relying on astonishing perseverance, he forcibly cracked the purple thunder wing emitting terrifying energy bit by bit.
"—Shatter!"
The shocking sound rang out on the rooftop, and MEI was completely stunned by Leo's life-risking method.
Of course, compared to her, there was another existence who was even more surprised.
"Humans... why can they go to such lengths?"
Undoubtedly, this was that cold female voice that had said it would grant MEI power earlier.
Only now, her voice was obviously not as calm as before.
"Because... I don't want you to continue sinking!"
A slightly weak smile appeared on his handsome face, but the strength in Leo's hands did not weaken in the slightest; instead, he worked even harder while the other party was shocked.
"Don't you understand when you see this Homu suit?"
"It's your father who asked me to save you!"
"Of course—"
Even though he couldn't see anything in front of him, he spoke with incomparably determined eyes as if he had seen something: "I also want to save you!"
"Arrogant!"
Hearing Leo say this, the owner of this voice reacted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, causing the purple thunder wing to instantly burst out with even more powerful purple thunder, directly blasting Leo's hands into charcoal.
However—
"Is hissing all you can do?"
Seeing that even though his hands had become like this, it actually didn't cause him any more damage, the corners of Leo's mouth couldn't help but curl into a pleasant smile.
"Or could it be... you don't have the courage to point your blade at your true enemy?"
"And can only play house with revenge here?"
"Boom!"
The next moment, purple thunder crashed down from the firmament. A young girl who bore a striking, if not identical, resemblance to MEI appeared opposite Leo, glaring furiously!
"Say that to me again?"
At this moment, dark clouds densely covered the sky above the school building that had been cut in two, symbolizing the young girl's towering rage.
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