Honkai Star Rail: But I can touch Castorice
Chapter 185: Searching for Yunli
Hearing Derick say he had dealt with the Flame-Reaver, Castorice, Cipher, and the others were instantly overwhelmed with joy.
How long has it been? From Amphoreus to outer space, after countless battles and immense effort, they had finally dealt with that Flame-Reaver.
Castorice couldn't help but exclaim aloud.
A moment later, Cipher looked at Derick and asked curiously, "So, Derry, can you tell us how exactly you managed to kill him?"
The Flame-Reaver originally possessed a strong undying nature, and his body also contained a portion of Derick's genes. This dual immortality, combined, made him incredibly difficult to kill.
"His revival is different from others. Each time he revives, he loses a portion of his sanity. So, I dragged him into battle in the planet's core, matching him in revivals. Because Lady Jingliu's sword qi had entered his body, his combat power was greatly reduced, allowing me to kill him enough times. Eventually, with the increasing number of deaths, his sanity was completely lost." Derick had already prepared this excuse when he left the planet's core, and upon hearing Cipher's question, he immediately told her.
"His sanity was lost to the point where he almost forgot how to revive. At the same time, to prevent him from potentially reassembling by chance in the future, I plan to scatter parts of his body throughout the universe, so he will never have a chance to revive."
After Derick finished speaking, he took out a pile of bodily tissues from beside him.
Derick had let his Fourth Clone devour the Flame-Reaver's entire body. Even though the Fourth Clone contained a vast amount of Abundance energy, it was still prone to some indigestion. So, Derick took out a portion to toss into the universe.
This could be considered a funeral for him.
As for whether the Flame-Reaver might revive from this small remaining presence, Derick wasn't worried. The Flame-Reaver's original spirit had been completely devoured by Derick's Fourth Clone, so any revival was absolutely impossible.
"I see." Cipher generally understood the situation, then looked at the Flame-Reaver's bodily tissues that Derick was carrying, her face involuntarily contorting into a disgusted expression.
"Derry, Derry, quickly get this guy out of here. Just looking at him here gets on my nerves, and if he stays here too long, he might reassemble and recover, which would be troublesome."
Derick nodded: "Alright, I'll get him out of here right now; I won't let him stay."
After speaking, he prepared to leave with this piece of the Flame-Reaver's body. Before leaving, he glanced around, noticed Yunli wasn't there, and asked curiously, "By the way, where's Yunli? I see all of you here, so why has she disappeared?"
"She piloted a starship to pursue the escaped Demon Sword to a nearby planet," Welt Yang said to Derick, pushing up his glasses.
Qingque also chimed in, "It's perfect; when you go into outer space, you can bring her back along the way. If something happens to her out there alone, it would be difficult to explain to General Huaiyan."
"Mhm."
Derick nodded.
Then he went to a nearby starship, piloting a small one towards outer space. The starship had markers indicating the positions of other starships, allowing Derick to easily find which nearby planet Yunli had gone to.
Derick flew away from their planet, and upon reaching outer space, he immediately used his energy to encase the useless remnants of the Flame-Reaver's body, tossing them towards the distant cosmos.
Farewell, and hopefully, never to be seen again, Flame-Reaver.
The Flame-Reaver's remains flew into the depths of the universe, eventually traveling thousands upon thousands of light-years away, utterly transforming into cosmic dust.
It's estimated that by then, even a Stellaron would find it difficult to piece these fragments back together.
After Derick finished this, he looked towards Yunli's location. Adjusting his direction, Derick began heading towards the planet she was on.
Yunli's bare feet stepped onto the thick white snow.
The temperature of this planet was extremely close to the universe's absolute lowest. Even with energy protecting her feet, Yunli couldn't help but feel a bone-chilling cold.
Icy cold winds swept in, and Yunli hastily used her greatsword Old Iron to block them. Fortunately, she wielded a greatsword, as it could protect her from the wind's assault.
Yunli felt her head growing groggy; she bit the tip of her tongue to clear her mind.
She absolutely had to find that Demon Sword first.
She piloted her starship to this planet, but as soon as she landed, she was hit by the extreme low temperature. Yunli's strength was indeed greater than these Demon Swords, but in these icy conditions, her power would be significantly diminished.
As for the Demon Swords, their bodies weren't humanoid, so a drop in temperature, as long as it wasn't absolute zero, wouldn't affect their movements at all.
Yunli fought the Demon Swords from this extremely disadvantageous position. Through her efforts, of the seven Demon Swords that had flown to this planet, she had broken six.
Only one remained, fleeing.
If anyone else encountered this situation, they would naturally withdraw early, prepare to rest, and bring reinforcements before searching for this last Demon Sword.
Yunli was not like that. Her obsession prevented her from standing by while the Demon Sword escaped her.
She had to pursue it!
Yunli's bare feet landed heavily on the snow, and her right hand, clutching Old Iron, trembled violently. Although she had defeated the Demon Swords, she was not unscathed. At this moment, both of Yunli's arms bore wounds deep enough to reveal bone.
Fortunately, this was a severely cold planet, and Yunli's wounds were frozen, stopping the blood flow and preventing further injury. Additionally, as a Xianzhou native, her body possessed ample Abundance energy, granting her extremely strong wound recovery capabilities.
As she walked forward, dozens of tall figures suddenly appeared in the blizzard.
Yunli gripped Old Iron and charged forward, quickly reaching the location of these figures.
Upon arriving, she discovered these figures were all over ten meters tall, white-furred snow monsters. When these snow monsters saw Yunli, their bright red eyes gleamed, and they swung their paws, lunging at Yunli.
Watching the snow monsters lunge, Yunli looked beyond them. Behind these snow monsters, a bizarrely shaped Demon Sword...
It was clear that these snow monsters were all being controlled by the Demon Sword behind them.
"Found you!" Yunli's gaze was fixed on the floating Demon Sword, and even in the extreme cold, she gritted her teeth.
"You little girl, you're almost at your limit, aren't you! Today, you'll die right here," the Demon Sword shrieked, its voice grating, as it shouted at Yunli.
The snow monsters charged at Yunli, and Yunli picked up her greatsword Old Iron to meet them.
A snow monster's claw hit the greatsword. Yunli hadn't expected these snow monsters to possess such immense strength. One snow monster's claw struck her greatsword, forcing Yunli's body to involuntarily retreat.
However, Yunli's swordsmanship was, after all, learned from General Huaiyan. As she retreated, she swiftly adjusted her posture, and when the snow monsters pursued, she spun and twisted her body, leaping into the air to strike down at the snow monster.
The snow monsters were strong, perhaps even comparable to Yunli, but their agility was far worse than hers.
After striking, the snow monster's blood gushed out. The other surrounding snow monsters recoiled at the sight. But Yunli wouldn't let them go; she swung the greatsword Old Iron in her hand, drawing a circle around herself.
The heads of those snow monsters were directly severed by Yunli.
Before dying, they let out enormous roars.
"No, this is impossible! How can you be this strong!" the Demon Sword shouted loudly, seeing the situation.
"When dealing with Demon Swords, I have endless strength," Yunli said with an icy tone.
Two snow monsters remained alive; under the threat of life and death, the Demon Sword's control ceased to function, and they quickly retreated towards the rear.
Yunli feared they might be controlled by the Demon Sword again, so she snatched up Old Iron and smashed it down on them. The two snow monsters were smashed by Yunli's Old Iron, collapsing to the ground in a bloody mess.
Yunli's face was stained with blood, and she wore a grim smile as she walked towards the Demon Sword. After a series of bitter battles and severe injuries, her stamina was at its limit. Yet, upon seeing the Demon Sword, she still had to commit her last reserves of strength to dealing with it.
"Now, obediently go into the furnace and melt."
The Demon Sword shouted loudly.
Just then, the surrounding area began to tremble violently.
Yunli looked to the side and saw that the surrounding glaciers and snow-capped mountains, affected by their battle, had begun to cause a fierce avalanche.
Seeing the avalanche, the Demon Sword grew more panicked, and it quickly shouted at Yunli:
"Hey, in your current state, you can't escape, can you? How about we cooperate? If we team up, we can definitely escape this avalanche."
Yunli's hand grasped the Demon Sword's hilt.
Joy surged within the Demon Sword.
Indeed, in the face of death...
"What have you done!"
The Demon Sword was only halfway joyful when it saw Yunli's other hand grip its blade. With both hands, she forcibly snapped the Demon Sword in half.
"Hmph, only a dead Demon Sword is a good Demon Sword."
Yunli said disdainfully.
Breaking the Demon Sword was Yunli's very last strength. Looking at the heavy snow rushing towards her, Yunli lost her strength and sat down on the ground.
Yunli sighed helplessly.
Closing her eyes, she prepared to meet her end.
The avalanche smashed onto her, and Yunli felt her vision go black, losing consciousness entirely.
"An avalanche just happened here. Did Yunli fight the Demon Sword here just now?"
Derick arrived at the snow-covered area and observed his surroundings.
And at that moment, he saw a greatsword stuck in the white snow.
It was none other than the greatsword Old Iron.
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