After an unspecified number of chapters, the Imaginary Tree finally emerged once again. It seemed to be compensating for its long absence and gradually fading presence.
As soon as this big shot appeared, it delivered a huge "surprise" to Helix.
Endless bursts of Honkai energy gushed out from the hole, forming a large number of familiar golden spheres in the air.
In the raging wind, they condensed and scattered, vaguely forming an encirclement aimed at Helix.
The Valkyrie could even feel that these golden spheres were using the surrounding Honkai energy to reconstruct their outer "shells," turning themselves into complete Imaginary Constructs.
Miss Pink Elf immediately pulled her longbow, taking advantage of these Imaginary Constructs not having fully repaired their shells yet, and directly outputted towards their core.
Soon, the crystal arrows destroyed the cores of several Imaginary Constructs. But just as Helix was about to expand her achievements, Dark sword energy slashed from the side, forcing her to exert force under her feet and leap towards the scattered rocks.
Dark Jixuanyuan brandished her long sword, one slash after another. Helix had to turn her head to deal with her attacks, dodging and maneuvering on the falling stones.
As a result, Helix's speed in eliminating the "Nihilius Seedling" slowed significantly, and she could only watch as the remaining cores transformed into familiar figures from the Memorial Arena: "Husk - Agnosis" and "Husk -Tautology".
At this moment, the Ancient Warrior surrounded by darkness was now wearing a twisted smile of success. She took a deep breath, and the abundant Honkai energy in the environment formed a small vortex, enveloping Dark Jixuanyuan and her warhorse.
"Boom!"
After a long fall, the falling rocks finally landed on the ground, raising an exaggerated dust cloud.
Helix emerged somewhat disheveled from the smoke, rolling on the ground. Behind her, a series of Dark and gold fists followed her, smashing onto the ground with a clang, kicking up a lot of debris.
Following closely behind were two "Husk - Noumenon."
These melee Imaginary Constructs bounced towards Miss Pink Elf!
Helix used her bow to shoot down one of them, then tightened her bow arm, swung her arm like swinging a baseball bat, and sent the other melee Imaginary Monster flying away.
Several enemies flew out from the smoke caused by the falling rocks. They appeared to be ranged monsters composed of several arms - "Husk - Agnosis". They immediately began to condense new arms to be used as projectiles, aiming at Helix and firing.
Miss Pink Elf held up "Whispers of the Past: Sonnet," with pink arrows resting on the bowstring. Two Signets, one pink and one gold, simultaneously appeared on the back of her hand, emitting a bright light.
The next moment, Helix released the bowstring, and the arrows flew out. Surprisingly, without Miss Pink Elf activating her ultimate, the arrows automatically split in mid-air and collided with the Dark arm projectiles!
The explosion dispersed the last traces of dust, revealing a purple cocoon-like object in Miss Pink Elf's sight.
It was the cocoon formed by Dark Jixuanyuan absorbing excessive Honkai energy.
Fine cracks gradually spread across the surface of the cocoon, and with an unsettling crackling sound, the purple shell shattered, exposing a tall figure.
It was the renewed Dark Jixuanyuan.
After being strengthened by Honkai energy, Dark Jixuanyuan was adorned in Dark and gold armor, similar to the color scheme of the Husk. Her originally exposed shoulders were now covered by thick armor. As for the "Chiyou" core previously embedded in her chest, it had now moved to the forehead guard, which had a completely different shape, extending to the cheeks and chin, forming a kind of masked helmet with sharp angles.
This exaggerated helmet, combined with the war patterns that appeared on Dark Jixuanyuan's face at some point, gave off a mighty aura as if swallowing the heavens and earth. However, Dark Jixuanyuan tilted her head as if listening to something, nodding incessantly and repeatedly uttering "yes."
"Okay, I understand..." Dark Jixuanyuan refocused her gaze on Helix.
Miss Pink Elf was busy dealing with the swarming Imaginary Constructs. Thanks to the powerful stats and weapon skills of "Whispers of the Past: Sonnet," Helix had already reduced the summoned Imaginary Constructs by half.
"What are you looking at?!"
Dark Jixuanyuan calmly raised her arm, and a shield made of Dark mist condensed to intercept the sudden appearance of the Herrscher of Sentience. As soon as Helix and Dark Jixuanyuan smashed the ground, Senti immediately rushed out from the group of Honkai Beasts and Death Soldiers, directly jumping into the open hole and soon arrived at the depths.
But in just a short time, Dark Jixuanyuan's appearance changed from a light cavalry to a heavily armored cavalry, and her reaction to Honkai energy increased several times over.
Senti's hurried punch couldn't even break through the opponent's defense. Dark Jixuanyuan immediately launched a counterattack, forcing the Herrscher of Sentience to retreat with fierce slashes.
With a neat backflip, the Herrscher of Sentience lightly landed next to Miss Pink Elf and casually used her whip to smash a core ejected by an Imaginary Monster. "Why are there so many Imaginary Constructs?!"
Senti looked around, taking a deep breath. "I thought I was back in the Abyss!"
Helix muttered, "Because the Imaginary Tree has come knocking on our door..."
Senti asked, "What's that supposed to mean?"
"Quite the quick pursuit!"
Dark Jixuanyuan straightened up, lifted the Dark Xuanyuan Sword, and Dark and gold lightning spread out from her as the center, then changed direction and chopped towards Senti and Helix.
Helix and Senti immediately moved, easily dodging this attack. Helix even brushed past a temporal rupture and managed to kill two more Imaginary Constructs.
Senti threw several flying swords at Dark Jixuanyuan, but the blades only sparked against the heavy armored cavalry, appearing to have a very limited effect compared to when they fought on even ground.
Dark Jixuanyuan clenched her fists, and behind her head floated a hole resembling a divine halo. This was the channel she had previously opened with her sword, leading to the Imaginary Space. The channel had now become as large as half a family car, but the rate of expansion had noticeably decreased.
A larger Imaginary core rolled out of the channel, completely different from the previous Husks, emitting a bright purple light. Immediately after, a huge figure solidified in an instant and appeared in Helix's sight.
It had the classic Dark shell and gold trim color scheme, resembling a giant ox, standing on all fours, impatiently digging pits with its hooves.
Husk - Mysticism
"I still have tasks to do... let it play with you for a while." Dark Jixuanyuan clicked her tongue and rode away on her horse. "The seal of 'Chiyou' must be lifted!"