Chapter 39: A Strange Encounter

The laughter of the pseudo-Herrscher gradually ceased, and the pierced girl lost her breath. The vines drained the girl's blood, leaving a layer of glamorous red inside her.

Yuno looked around irritably, running her fingers through her hair, and shouted, "Stop making noise, or I'll kill you all!"

The remaining girls fell silent, trembling, and some even couldn't help but cry softly.

Raiden Mei was not as afraid, having witnessed more exaggerated scenes in the consciousness space, like battles that almost overturned entire neighborhoods, with lightning and gunfire...

After that, Mei's mental strength increased significantly.

She calmly observed Yuno and was somewhat surprised to find that her body's condition had improved slightly.

The birth of the pseudo-Herrscher rapidly increased the concentration of Honkai energy around, which, though highly toxic to ordinary people, was a wonderful tonic for the Herrscher.

The girl with blue-purple long hair instinctively absorbed the Honkai energy to restore her strength.

What Mei didn't know was that after becoming a pseudo-Herrscher, Yuno immediately noticed the poison gas permeating the room, but it had no effect on her. After all, poison was the specialty of this pseudo-Herrscher, who was inherently resistant to toxins.

Yuno waved her arm with interest, gathering the poison gas in the room and condensing it into red droplets in her hand, then swallowing it.

"What an interesting poison..." the pseudo-Herrscher smirked dangerously. "But now, this thing is mine."

Yuno patted the vine next to her, and it rubbed against her palm like a pet, secreting red droplets—similar to the poison swallowed by the pseudo-Herrscher.

The poison, capable of disrupting Honkai energy manipulation and causing people to fall into a coma, was added to the arsenal of the pseudo-Herrscher.

"Next..."

Yuno turned her head, her emerald eyes falling on Mei in the corner, and she chuckled lightly, "Oh my, isn't this Mei, the star of Senba Academy?"

"Who are you?"

"Me? Before this, I was just an insignificant, unnoticed nobody... But now, our positions have reversed."

With that, Yuno walked over to the girl with blue-purple hair. The vines beside her twisted like snakes and climbed onto Mei's body, giving her a strange sensation that made her shiver.

["So disgusting, give me your body, I'm going to kill this girl!"]

The consciousness of the Herrscher stirred as Mei's mind shook.

Yuno noticed some clues. She paused her steps, then used the vine to lift Mei and bring her beside her, scrutinizing the girl who clenched her teeth.

"It's strange, why do you smell so good?" Yuno's emerald eyes were filled with naked appetite, as if she wanted to devour Mei alive.

The girl had some realization; perhaps what Yuno wanted was the power of the Herrscher inside her.

Just then, the tightly closed door suddenly opened, and Hida Ren rushed in with a group of fully armed personnel.

"What's going on? Assassins?"

The man's face was grim. He pointed at Yuno and said, "Don't hurt my ticket, open fire!"

"Bang bang bang!!"

The armed personnel behind Hida Ren aimed at Yuno, and a storm of metal bullets flew towards the pseudo-Herrscher!

Green vines wove a shield in front of Yuno, and the bullets hitting these flexible plants failed to harm the pseudo-Herrscher.

Yuno's counterattack was swift; the vines, like whips, flung two people away, and branches mysteriously pierced through several armored personnel.

Seeing the situation, Hida Ren exclaimed in fear, "Fire! Fire! Where are the Titans? Titans, attack too!"

"Are you the mastermind who brought me here?" Amidst the increasingly intense gunfire, Yuno frowned and casually threw Mei to the ground, approaching Hida Ren with the shield made of vines.

"Boom!"

The shockwave from a grenade briefly dispersed the vine shield, and several bullets pierced through the gaps, hitting the pseudo-Herrscher's body. She cried out in pain, bending over.

"It hurts... it hurts... unforgivable! Unforgivable!"

The wounds on the pseudo-Herrscher's body quickly healed, and the pain scattered her rationality. Yuno roared like a wild beast and launched an assault.

More grenades fell around her, mixed with incendiary and flash grenades, but the pseudo-Herrscher regarded them as nothing, charging into Hida Ren's team like a speeding train.

"Clang!"

After knocking back several people, a Blaze Sentinel blocked Yuno's attack. This mech, emitting high temperatures, crushed Yuno's vine shield, making the pseudo-Herrscher realize the great danger she was in, snapping out of her frenzy.

She attempted to crush the mech with vines, but although the branches were strong enough, the intense heat emanating from the Flame Patrol quickly dried them out, depriving them of their flexibility. The mech easily broke free from the entwining vines.

Poison? Machines like robots were immune to toxic gases.

Yuno felt somewhat embarrassed; she had no way to deal with this mech in front of her, so she could only engage with it while eliminating the annoying armed personnel, extracting their life force with vines to replenish her energy.

Seeing the effective response, Hida Ren shouted, "Bring in another Titan, no, two!"

Two more mechs entered the battlefield, a Blaze Sentinel and another one in bright yellow paint, but equipped with a long-range Titan missile launcher.

Their arrival increased the pressure on the pseudo-Herrscher significantly, even making her feel a deadly threat.

Mei coughed twice, looking at the intense battle scene not far away, feeling a hint of despair in her heart.

Just then, she sensed movement beside her. Turning her head, she saw that the girl with blue-purple hair who had been lying beside her had somehow untied herself and was struggling to crawl towards her.

Mei locked eyes with her.

"Come here! I'll help you untie the ropes!" the silver-haired girl called out.

Mei clenched her teeth and rolled towards her like a caterpillar, quickly closing the distance between them.

Supporting herself, the silver-haired girl showed Mei a blade in her hand.

"Alright, let's do it!"

Then, the girl cut the ropes binding Mei, granting her limited freedom—after all, there were still handcuffs and leg irons, which the blade couldn't help with.

But next, the silver-haired girl took out a piece of wire. In Mei's surprised gaze, she quickly removed these restraints.

"Thank you!"

"Bronya," the silver-haired girl introduced herself.

"Mei..."

Mei helped Bronya sit up straight, looking worriedly at her lower body. "Your legs..."

"It seems they stopped working after being brought here," Bronya said emotionlessly, successfully dimming Mei's expression.

"Damn bastards... It's okay, I'm strong, I'll carry you."

However, the girl with blue-purple hair quickly rallied, extending her hands and weighing Bronya's weight. After being reinforced by Honkai energy, this weight was no burden for Mei.

She then looked at the group of people who were fighting fiercely and getting further away from them, asking Bronya, "Bronya, shall we free the others and escape together?"

Bronya's eyes flickered and she responded, "Alright."