Mission Complete

*STAB!*

Their swords pierced each other's bodies. Dark Ji Xuanyuan has her sword piercing Kouro's stomach, while Kouro has his piercing Dark Ji Xuanyuan's chest. (PR; Dark Ji Xuanyuan is already flat enough.)

Kouro could feel his body being burned from the inside. The stinging pain in his stomach indicated that it was burning. It made him want to scream, but he held it in anyway.

[HP: 10,213/22,600]

CRIT! -4,110

[HP: 6,103/22,600]

CRIT! -4,101

[HP: 2,002/22,600]

-1,202

[HP:800/22,600]

Dark Ji Xuanyuan spat out blood as she dropped her weapon from her hand.

"Why… you stopped your attack?…"

She noticed the cold blue aura from Kouro's sword dissipate the moment it was about to pierce her.

Kouro didn't answer her question. The reason he deactivated [Elements Drive] was because of her expression right before she was about to get stabbed.

Dark Ji Xuanyuan felt her strength leaving her body as she fell forward. Seeing this, Kouro immediately went and caught her body in a hug. (PR: Here we go again.)

Dark Ji Xuanyuan rested her head on Kouro's shoulder while in the embrace as she whispered weakly.

"You know… I am a married woman…" (PR: Even better. Matter of fact, do you have children? Preferably daughters? If so, I would like to partake in this oyakodon.)

Kouro, hearing Dark Ji Xuanyuan's remark, got shocked and immediately vomited blood.

[HP : 300/22,600]

"Your words almost killed me just now!"

Watching Kouro's strange reaction to her remark, she formed a weak smile.

Seeing that his HP was running really low, Kouro hastily selected the [Status Recovery] option.

(PR: For those who haven't read Solo Leveling or is just starting, though I doubt there would be, or maybe you just forgot, the [Status Recovery] option is from his daily quest. He could choose to not accept the option on the spot so he could use it later.)

Kouro's body, which was initially full of burns with a hole in his stomach, instantly reverted back to normal like a video being rewinded.

[HP: 22,600/22,600]

[SP: 1,548/1,548]

[Fatigue: 0]

'Huu…' Kouro wiped the sweat off his forehead before slowly laying Dark Ji Xuanyuan down on the ground.

"Human, who- no, what are you?... Possessing incredibly high strength… having extremely high Honkai adaptation… and your abnormal healing abilities just now. You can even wield the Xuanyuan Sword…"

Dark Ji Xuanyuan mutter weakly, her eyes gaining a blurry look.

Kouro, after hearing Dark Ji Xuanyuan's question, fell silent. He is a human who is capable of controlling Honkai Energy without a stigma, someone who can get stronger just by levelling up. He raised his head before replying with dubiety.

"I… I don't know myself either… Say that I'm a person who becomes stronger after going through adversity… How strong do you think I would become?"

Hearing that. Dark Ji Xuanyuan just stared at Kouro's striking purple eyes, she was suddenly reminded of something that she experienced long ago while looking at the depths of Kouro's eyes.

So she answered confidently, "You will become very strong… Because your power… connected to the shadow….'

'Shadow?'

Kouro looked at Dark ji Xuanyuan in bewilderment, he knew that he had never encounter anything related to shadows, but seeing Ji Xuanyuan dying, Kouro immediately thew the thought at the back of his mind.

Dark Ji Xuanyuan didn't say anything else and just looked up with blurry eyes. Her consciousness is slipping from her body more and more by the second. She saw the silhouettes of her friends one by one followed by her Husband. (PR: Sorry guys, no 'milf' today.)

"Ahh…Finally… I'm free… Finally… I can meet them again…"

Ji Xuanyuan closed her eyes, then a dazzling light enveloped his body, before crumbling into dust.

[You have leveled up]

Kouro cupped his hands together and prayed, 'May you rest in peace.'

After that, he stood up and looked to the side. Chiyou's heart was already in sight, he walked towards it with his sword already enveloped in some kind of magnetic field that made the rocks around him converge to the sword.

He arrived In front of Chiyou's heart that was being protected by a red crystal, covering the entirety of the heart.

Kouro then stabbed his sword without any hesitation and activated the earth element of [Elements Drive], causing the sword to vibrate at a high frequency enough to produce seismic vibrations.

At the same time, inside Hyperion. Theresa received reports from the radar of signs of seismic vibrations.

"Hn, has Kouro found it?... Is it here?... Alright, all units! Start powering up the Main Gun."

The main Gun in the front of Hyperion began to light up and started collecting energy.

Theresa, Kiana, and the other started counting, "10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1… Fire!" (PR: Why?)

*BAMM!*

The blast of energy pierced through Chiyou's shell and headed to Kuro's location.

Immediately after, Kouro sensed danger coming from above and, without thinking, grabbed his sword and ran while activating [Sprint], he didn't stop even after running and jumping several hundred meters behind a rather large rock to protect himself from the incoming impact of the Main Gun.

*BOOM!*

The blast from the Main Gun resulted in a powerful explosion that instantly shattered and destroyed Chiyou's heart.

*ROAR!!*

Following that, Chiyou's roar reverberated loudly, making its body tremble violently.

The communication interface then appeared, revealing Theresa and the others from the other side.

"Kouro! Are you okay!" x6

Seeing them got this worried for him, a warm sensation spread throughout his body.

He smiled and answered, "I'm fine. Just look at my body, there is not a single wound or injury at all."

Kouro unabashedly revealed his torso to the people on the other side of the communication interface, to prove that his body is not injured.

"KYA!!"

Theresa, Kiana, and Mei screamed at the sight of Kouro's naked top. Himeko whistled, admiring the image. Ayame drooled at Kouro's handsome figure. And Bronya just remained the same, although she did take a photo of this secretly. (PR: Three 'innocent' girls, one thirsty woman, a childhood friend hungry for her friend's body, and an 'innocent' loli.)

Kouro looked at them in confusion before realizing that his clothes had caught fire 'again'.

"Sorry about that. I'm in this state because my clothes caught fire earlier."

They nodded their heads like a chicken, although their faces are still red looking at him.

Kouro looked around before saying, "Oh, yeah. I actually wanted to call you guys, you're just in time."

"Mhm? What is it Kouro? "Theresa asked.

Kouro's face suddenly became serious before saying sternly.

"Take Hyperion and fly away from Chiyou, the farther the better. "

"But what about you, Kouro? We can't possibly leave you alone inside Chiyou's stomach!"

Hearing that, Kouro just smiled and said casually.

"No need to worry. I already have a way out of here, trust me. "

Theresa looked deeply at Kouro before sighing.

"Okay. I trust you. Just, don't die..."

After that Kouro closed the communication screen.

As Kouro ordered, Hyperion flew away from Chiyou.

Kouro felt the vibrations and just silent for a moment before holding the Xuanyuan Sword in his hands.

He stared at his sword as he thought of a crazy idea.

Kouro activated all of the elements of [Elements Drive], fire, wind, earth and lightning every five seconds in quick succession.

Kouro spat out blood due to the burden on his body coming from the power of the five elements being activated in quick succession.

This idea has been thought of by the previous Xuanyuan Swords users before, but they couldn't do it, because of the large strain it would cause to the body and the impeccably high control of Honkai Energy.

But Kouro's is built different, the effects pf levelling up and adding points to status has made his control over Honkai Energy higher than previously recorded, his body has also strengthened.

Every element that Kouro summoned danced around violently, but at the same time, their effects are creating harmony.

Kouro's sword has completely changed, it has now become covered in purple flames which was strangely rock steady instead of flame blazing.

A fire that never goes out, a fire that feels extremely cold, and a fire that can burn and freeze anything, in the future Kouro mentions it [Shadow Flame] Kouro used up all his remaining SP before raising the sword covered in flames high.

He opened his eyes wide letting the flames envelope him before saying out loud.

"EX...CALIBURRR!! " (PR: Excalibur Shadow? Just like Excalibur Morgan.)

A dazzling ray of light filled his vision before his consciousness disappeared.

[You have completed-

[You get the title-

(PR: Oh, sweet! Stay tuned for more man ne- I mean, more chapters.)

Inside Hyperion. A staff suddenly ran towards Theresa with a frightened expression.

"Headmaster! A huge Honkai energy spike has been detected. "

"What?! How big? "

"That's... Around 2000 HW"

"What?!" Theresa looked at Chiyou from the window with a worried expression.

"Please don't die Kouro..."

Right after saying that, Suddenly they saw Chiyou's movement completely stopped before a dazzling light enveloped Chiyou's body followed by purple flames which began to fill Chiyou's body.

Theresa and the others were very surprised when they saw this scene.

"Is that what Kouro did? "

"No matter what! Let's find Kouro first! "

Near the spectacular sight, Ashborn who was standing on the surface of the sea as if standing on land stared at Kouro who fainted while floating in the sea holding Xuanyuan's sword.

Ashborn just stared at Kouro with his eyes shining strangely before disappearing into the shadows.

(PR: My head hurts.)

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