"Headmistress, hurry and take the Humanoid Machine back to the Hyperion. Kiana is more important than us. Only by finding her clues can we avoid even greater losses." Although Ren held her captive, Bronya showed no extreme reactions. After being subjected to the X-10 experiment by Cocolia, her emotional module had already been damaged.
Even though that emotional deficit had somewhat improved during her time in St. Freya, she would still subconsciously handle things using the optimal approach, not even caring about her own safety.
"After returning to the ship, we can contact Dr. Einstein and the others. We'll come back and avenge us then." While speaking, Bronya even tried to control Project Bunny to launch an attack on Ren, seemingly not considering the consequences if he decided to kill them.
"Tch, are you planning a conspiracy like I don't exist?" Ren strengthened his grip and grabbed one of Bronya's arms. Just as he was about to act, a sharp spear suddenly shot out from behind him.
Boom—
By a hair's breadth, the Void Lance flew past Ren's face, piercing the concrete wall, before vanishing as Honkai energy. With this sudden change, Bronya also decisively dislocated her arm to escape from Ren's grasp. She took out a backup weapon from Project Bunny and directly opened fire at him.
Tat-tat-tat.
The bullets were extremely dense, but they posed much less of a threat to Ren than the previous sneak attack by the Void Lance.
Quickly rolling on the ground to dodge the first barrage of bullets, Ren advanced instead of retreating, punching at Bronya. Project Bunny had already been severely damaged. At the last moment, it blocked the punch for Bronya, but it could no longer maintain its levitation and crashed onto the ground like scrap metal.
Project Bunny was a gift from Seele to Bronya. After Project Bunny was severely damaged, she no longer bothered attacking Ren. Instead, she took Mei and Project Bunny back to Theresa's side. The three of them gathered together and looked warily at Ren, their gazes somewhat evasive.
After looking at them deeply for a while, Ren withdrew his gaze, not even looking at the Humanoid Machine. It was as if the hunter had lost interest in his prey. But only he knew what he truly thought. What made him give up wasn't the sneak attack, but the owner of the Void Lance.
The moment he saw the Void Lance, a complex emotion that was difficult to describe suddenly surged into his heart.
Was it anger at being ambushed? Was it regret for his plan going awry? Or was it simply because the spear was thrown by that person?
He didn't know. Since coming to this world, he had never experienced this kind of emotion. He had always been like a weaver on a spiderweb, carefully laying out his plans.
Precise, meticulous, and even capable of handling the unexpected. But this inexplicable emotion was constantly suppressing his heart, like a ball of stale air that he couldn't exhale, making him feel stifled.
After using several objects to propel himself away, Ren left the building base, and under the moonlight, a white-haired girl, who was preparing to aim for the second shot, entered his vision.
"Herrscher of the Void!"
Looking at the girl who looked almost exactly the same as she did a few days ago, the frustration in Ren's heart intensified, as if he had been betrayed—no, they were already enemies. There was no betrayal.
"I see, I see. It seems that I've gotten too into character."
After understanding where his frustration came from, Ren smiled bitterly at himself. But he quickly suppressed this emotion, and gradually mobilized his emotions, turning his frustration into anger, faithfully playing the role of Kalpas.
When the Herrscher of Dominance started to perform, Ren's emotions became irrelevant.
"You deserve to die!" With a low roar, Ren grabbed a collapsed pillar from the side of the wall, and threw it directly at Kiana.
The Kiana on the other side was also on high alert. She had rushed over here as fast as she could. She saw Ren, who was about to attack her friends, and without thinking, she used the power of the Herrscher of the Void to launch an attack.
"Be careful. He knows your identity and must know something about you." For some reason, that man's frantic appearance at the moment made Fu Hua feel somewhat familiar. But her 50,000 years of memories were simply too long, and she only felt a slight sense of familiarity.
Crack—
The Void Lance created by the Herrscher of the Void was far harder than ordinary buildings. The flying stone pillar was shattered into pieces with a heavy impact. But after shattering the stone pillar, the figure that had followed after it arrived in an instant.
"Herrscher of the Void!" With a thud, a fist collided with the horizontal spear. The moment of impact made Kiana sense danger. Her hands, supporting the Void Lance, stepped back several times in succession. Without any hesitation, a golden light flashed in her eyes, and another Void Lance was created, piercing heavily at Ren.
However, Ren, in this state, never thought about defense, only pure offense.
Bang—
Another punch landed. Kiana's hands trembled after the massive force struck the Void Lance. Her entire body was pushed back. The good news was that the second Void Lance successfully hit Ren in the back, lodging itself in his shoulder blade.
Pain? He couldn't feel it! Wounds? They were insignificant!
Ren grabbed the Void Lance that had pierced him and ripped it out, not caring about the blood splattering. Then he grasped the lance and threw it violently toward Kiana.
Whirr—
A space passage appeared, swallowing the lance that Ren had thrown. Kiana wanted to return it again, but Ren was already up close.
Fists, elbows, knees—all were weapons of attack.
Originally, Kiana could still use the Void Lance to block his attacks. But under Ren's life-trading attacks, her resistance gradually became weak. Finally, after one last heavy blow, the short lance slipped from her hand and arced through the air, before lodging in the concrete.
Seeing that Kiana was unable to withstand his attacks, Ren did not hold back at all. He grabbed her neck with one hand and slammed her against the wall.
The flying Kiana crashed into the concrete wall, which instantly cracked, and broken stones kept falling.
"Cough cough…" Coughing constantly, Kiana felt like her internal organs had been severely injured, but she hadn't lost her fighting spirit. "The fight… is only just beginning."
Looking at the masked white-haired man in front of her, Kiana took a deep breath of air, recovering her stamina.
"He's angry, but why is he angry?"