Chapter 116 Chapter 116: Giving Nian a Little Taste of the Shattered Star's Awe
Chapter 116: Giving Nian a Little Taste of the Shattered Star's Awe
"Miss Nian, are you alright?"
"Hah... hah, I'm fine. That was really intense."
A parched mouth and throat—that was her first sensation.
Nian had breathed fire, literally. She hadn't used her Arts; it was purely thanks to that bottle of "Satan's Smile" from earlier.
"Water."
"I don't need that."
"Hmph, who said it was cold? Hot water."
Xi sneered, shoving the cup into Nian's hand. 'Hot water' might not be quite accurate; it was practically boiling.
"You... you really get me."
Nian's expression was complicated, but she then downed it in one gulp.
"I really almost forgot..."
They weren't ordinary people. Why would they need her worry? Fiammetta glanced at A-Yao squatting by her feet and sympathetically gave it a lion's head meatball.
"Gah? Gah gah!"
A-Yao was delighted. Though it didn't understand why the person in front of it was giving it food, anyone who provided meals was a good person!
"No helping it. Compared to everyone else, I'm just an ordinary person, so I can only share a table with you, A-Yao."
Breathing fire and such—Pozëmka really couldn't do that!
"Gah?"
A-Yao didn't understand. A-Yao only knew how to eat.
"Haha, being carefree is actually pretty good too."
Watching A-Yao's eating demeanor, Fiammetta felt infected by it and unconsciously ate a bit more herself.
"Pozëmka, you don't need to feed it. This lazy thing just sleeps and eats, eats and sleeps inside the painting all day. It's almost turning into a 'Zizai'. Here, try this; this egg is delicious."
Xi rolled her eyes. She knew exactly what her lazy A-Yao was like.
"Mhm."
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After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill.
"Xi, you still haven't answered my question from earlier? You can actually sleep?"
"Why wouldn't I be able to sleep?"
Xi's expression didn't change as she calmly retorted.
"Hmph."
Nian didn't say anything else, just looked at her, waiting to see if her face would turn red. Had she only slept for a few days and already forgotten the dark history of not daring to close her eyes for a century?
"Alright, fine. It's because of him too."
"He can even cure that for you?"
So versatile? Can he even treat inner demons? The shadow of "Sui" for fragments like them is essentially an inner demon, isn't it?
"Do you know about the ball?"
Xi flicked her tail, the smooth fur outlining a spherical shape as an ink ball fell into her palm.
"Of course."
Nian quietly waited for Xi to continue.
Smack! Smack!
Xi's jade-like hand whipped out, making the ink ball spin like a top. Then, as if doing some post-meal digestion exercise, she tossed it high into the air and batted it back and forth with both hands.
Finally, she summoned a greatsword and thrust it through, piercing the ink ball from the center while shattering it completely.
"Understand now?"
She lazily glanced at Nian from the corner of her eye before dispersing the cyan-red greatsword.
"Huh?"
Hey, wait, what exactly are you trying to express?!
Nian was utterly bewildered; she could no longer understand her little sister's mental state at all.
"That ball in my hand was 'Sui' from his palm that day. Now do you understand why I can sleep?"
"Smack! Not even ashes left."
With something even more terrifying existing, suddenly Sui doesn't seem like such a big deal anymore.
Seeing Xi's expression of having seen through it all, Nian suddenly understood everything.
"Is it really that outrageous?"
"It's that outrageous."
Nian's doubt was met with her affirmative gaze.
Since that big guy could treat Sui's manifestation like a bouncing ball, what was there left to worry about?
"Have you made preparations? Before 'it' awakens."
Nian spoke with grave sincerity.
"Preparations? No, not at all."
Xi spread her hands; the entire dragon was in a state of giving up.
"Then you...?"
"We need some external force. Or rather, at least I do."
She was very clear about her own weak positioning. She didn't have theboldness like Big Brother to separate the parts belonging to "Sui," nor did she have Second Sister's carefree mindset...
If you asked Xi Gua what she had? She had a thick thigh to抱!
So—
"Don't indulge in wishful thinking, 'Sister.' How can parts of the body rebel against the whole..."
"Based on universal rationality, this is achievable."
Kevin didn't completely agree with Xi's viewpoint. At least from a scientific perspective, immune cells in the body acting as a defense line can sometimes get carried away and take down the host along with the enemy.
"Little Brother, your name is Kevin, right? From now on, can I call you Brother Kai?"
"Is this how all you Yan people are?"
Kevin pondered for a long while before finally voicing his question.
Or had telling lame jokes already been etched into their DNA?
"Ahaha, just joking. Can you lend me that greatsword of yours for research?"
Nian had absolutely no resistance to such things. Unseen materials and craftsmanship were like a vast treasure trove waiting for her to explore.
"Judgement of Shamash? The conditions to create it are lacking here. You can't do it."
He could tell what Nian wanted to do. But whether it was Honkai Steel or the core of the Herrscher of Flame, she lacked the necessary hardware to forge Shamash.
This wasn't about whether her skills were exquisite; it was simply "impossible."
"Impossible?"
Nian raised an eyebrow. No one had ever said such words to her before.
Even the Grand Tutor of Yan highly acknowledged her mastery over forging abilities.
"You won't give up, will you? Give up. Even if I were willing to help you, you still wouldn't gain its recognition."
The moment he welcomed his "rebirth," Judgement of Shamash had undergone irreversible changes just like him. It... had gained consciousness.
Perhaps vague, perhaps indistinct, but that will truly existed and had formed an inseparable connection with him.
Using it like the successive heads of the Kaslana family was no longer possible. Even at the cost of life...
"Hmph."
Nian's unyielding gaze piqued Kevin's interest.
"I'll borrow your painting."
Xi lifted her gaze but didn't refuse. With a stroke of her brush, she brought the three into the painting.
Whoosh!
The greatsword plunged into the ground.
Blazing heat washed over them. Light shone in Nian's eyes—yes, this was the weapon!
"I will give you all the help within my power until you witness what is meant by 【Unattainable】."
Leaving behind Shattered Star, Kevin didn't even wish to linger here any longer, simply because he had already foreseen the outcome.
Apart from frustration and failure, she had no other choice.
"What contempt."
No matter how calm and reserved he usually appeared, his soul remained proud. Nian sighed with emotion.
"【Unattainable】? Hmph."
Whoosh!
Her red-and-white robes billowed in the surging air currents. Nian's purple pupils reflected the blade of Shattered Star.
One hand shot out, instantly reaching for that hilt!
Hum!
"Huh?!"
Light and intense heat erupted instantly, blasting Nian back over a hundred meters.
"Pwah—"
"I really don't believe it today. Having forged so many swords, I can't handle you today?"
Covered in dust and dirt, Nian rolled up her sleeves and stomped back with fierce determination.
The core on Shattered Star began to flash rhythmically with light—almost as if it were... mocking her!
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