When Luo Lin realized something was wrong, Dr. Miriam had already been impaled by a spear that looked all too familiar, and blood gushed from her wound, steaming in the snow before quickly congealing.
"Enemy attack!!!" The Valkyrie squad leader, Esther, shouted loudly, and everyone looked around in panic, but couldn't spot any enemies.
"They're in the sky!!" Luo Lin's voice, accompanied by gunfire like popcorn, illuminated the direction for all the Valkyries—
At the sight of the enemy, many Valkyries gasped.
Golden crosshair eyes, a weapon shaped like a spear floating behind, ribbon-like skirts...
"The Herrscher...!!" An invisible pressure instantly enveloped everyone's heads; even the elite Valkyrie assault team couldn't help but be stunned.
"The Herrscher?! Wasn't she supposed to be dead?!" One Valkyrie spoke with a trembling voice.
"Stop talking, follow me!" The squad leader, Esther, lifted her heavy sword, exerted force under her feet, and rushed towards the Herrscher.
The Valkyries no longer hesitated, following Esther to form a spearhead formation, launching an assault together!
The young Herrscher waved her hand, and several small portals opened behind her, and the Subspace Lances shot out from them—
"Ratatatat!"
Luo Lin felt strangely calm, not using her pistol but holding a short assault rifle with a faster rate of fire and longer range.
The girl repeatedly pulled the trigger, bullets accurately colliding with the Subspace Lance.
After a sharp piercing sound, the spears were even knocked down from the sky, poking somewhat weakly into the snow beside the Valkyrie.
"Good!" Esther observed, somewhat surprised.
Luo Lin was also surprised because the force of these spears was too weak!
In the Memorial Arena, she had to fire three or four shots with her pistol to slightly deflect the trajectory, but just one bullet no caused an even more exaggerated effect!
The chance to turn the tragedy around was greater now!
The young Herrscher blinked, holding up her hands expressionlessly, and swung them down.
At the next moment, portals opened in the sky, and various Honkai beasts fell like rain, crashing to the ground.
These Honkai beasts hardly hesitated, charging towards the Valkyries not far away under the Herrscher's command.
Luo Lin tentatively fired a burst of bullets at one of the portals. The attack disappeared into the black ripples, but the portal remained unaffected, continuously transporting Honkai beasts.
The charging Valkyries were intercepted by these suddenly appearing Honkai beasts, losing the opportunity for a preemptive strike. They wielded their swords, struggling to advance in the ocean of purple and white
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After intercepting this batch of Valkyries with many Honkai beasts, the Herrscher turned her gaze towards the distance, looking at Luo Lin holding the communicator.
"Captain Ragnar, we've encountered the Herrscher! Coordinates... repeating... we've encountered the Herrscher..."
"What?! A Herrscher?! Wait, if it's not feasible, retreat..."
"We're currently in battle with the Herrscher! Uh! We'll talk later!"
The Herrscher interrupted Luo Lin's continued communication, bending over to avoid the numerous Subspace Lance being shot at her, then fearlessly glaring at the Herrscher's golden cross eyes.
"Come on! Come and catch me!"
A familiar light gate unfolded beside Luo Lin, and she almost began to dodge as soon as the Subspace Lance appeared. Countless experiences of fighting the Herrscher in the system allowed her to instantly judge the direction of the attacks and dodge calmly.
"Come again!"
Luo Lin aimed at the Herrscher and fired a burst of bullets!
The Herrscher remained unmoved, only opening more small portals to launch Subspace Lance—this time, the spears were not just aimed at Luo Lin but at more Valkyries still fighting in the midst of the Honkai beast group.
"Watch out for long-range attacks!!"
Luo Lin shouted loudly, using her assault rifle to fire several long bursts. Some portals were disrupted before they could launch the Subspace Lance, missing their targets.
The remaining Subspace Lance were launched normally, extremely fast. Even with Luo Lin's warning, two Valkyries couldn't dodge in time and were directly impaled.
The spears were a manifestation of the Herrscher's power. Their attacks not only brought high-speed impacts but also damage similar to spatial slicing.
The two Valkyries grimaced in pain. Where the Subspace Lance pierced them, their flesh and blood disappeared directly, and even the other side of space could be seen directly. Their blood instantly soaked their combat suits.
Even so, they continued to wield their swords and fight.
With the Herrscher's spatial teleportation ability, they had no chance of escape; only fighting could give them a glimmer of hope!
At this moment, a combat helicopter in the team rose into the air, swirling snow, and two missiles flew straight towards the Herrscher!
The Herrscher revealed a cruel smile. She raised her hand and snapped her fingers crisply—
Luo Lin suddenly remembered the infamous classic, unforgettable scene in her mind unfold and widened her eyes: "No! Don't launch the missiles..."
The suddenly appearing portals swallowed the two missiles, then another portal opened, returning the missiles intact to the helicopter!
"Boom! Boom!!"
After the splendid fireworks, the helicopter smoked and crashed into the forest.
Gritting her teeth, Luo Lin forced herself not to think about whether the pilot survived and forcibly focused her attention back on the battle.
From the beginning of the firefight until now, her assault rifle had hardly stopped firing, the barrel beginning to glow red, with all the bullets aimed at the Herrscher.
Under her attack, the Herrscher hardly managed to complete a single wave of attacks normally, with almost half of the spears being disrupted or diverted by Luo Lin.
In addition to this, Luo Lin also launched attacks against the Herrscher's main body during the gaps in her attacks, forcing her to use her phasing ability—and Luo Lin even timed the cooldown of the phasing ability, suppressing her with gunfire when the Herrscher's skills were cooling down.
The Herrscher had to fly a short distance multiple times to actively avoid the incoming bullets.
All these actions made the Herrscher increasingly impatient and annoyed.
"...Sister..."
A faint sound resonated in the Herrscher's mind—subtle, yet undeniable. Her expression twitched slightly, and she lowered her floating height, concealing herself behind the Honkai beast group.
Luo Lin reluctantly adjusted her gun's aim, beginning to assist her teammates in clearing out the still-massive swarm of Honkai beasts.
"How interesting, claiming to be an artist but actually a Valkyrie..." the Herrscher mused, cruelly smiling as she supported her head.
"Fool, just like that man, she's a fraud!"
"Don't... talk about my father!"
The voice struggled, the crosshair in the Herrscher's right eye trembling, blue light flickering within the depths of her pupils.
The Herrscher frowned slightly, standing still.
The portals that had continuously teleported Honkai beasts from above suddenly distorted and disappeared, and the attacks of the Honkai beasts became somewhat chaotic.
The Valkyries, already pushed to their limits, gained a moment of respite. They moved their injured comrades to slightly safer positions behind them and reorganized those with intact combat capabilities, forming a barrier between the Honkai beasts and the wounded.
Himeko Murata was also at the forefront of the team, taking over the responsibilities of the injured squad commander Esther and skillfully leading the team in the charge against the Honkai beast swarm.
It was only then that Luo Lin realized Himeko Murata wasn't as young as she appeared. She had been fighting in the Valkyrie assault team for many years and, in terms of seniority, was already a veteran in the assault team.
"Damn, I didn't expect such strong resistance..." The Herrscher casually launched a few Imaginary spears towards the Valkyries, all deflected by the highly vigilant Luo Lin.
This made her unable to help but clench her fists, wanting to launch a frontal assault against this girl who had caused her countless troubles. But as soon as she had this thought, a vehement resistance from a certain white-haired figure in her consciousness would make her attacks lose accuracy.
She sighed and glanced at Luo Lin behind the crowd. A sentence slipped from her mouth uncontrollably.
"...Save me, sister!"
That was Kiana's cry for help!
With her increasingly acute perception gained from practicing the Edge of Taixuani, Luo Lin heard this sentence vividly with her ears.
"I will!"
The Herrscher frowned, looking nauseated, and snapped her fingers, disappearing into a newly opened portal.
Huo Lin realized that the Herrscher's massive Honkai energy reaction had disappeared from her perception range. She breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, and, while firing, moved towards the Honkai beast swarm.
Ten minutes later, the last Honkai beast was knocked down by Himeko Murata. She smoothed her fiery red hair and looked towards the direction of the Honkai energy detector.
Luo Lin knelt in the snow and picked up Dr. Miriam. On the tablet in the doctor's arms, a trembling Honkai energy waveform flickered with bright light.
That was the Herrscher's waveform, with bright red dots blinking on the map, indicating her location.
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