The moment the starlight appeared, the entire dreamscape began to tremble subtly. This dreamscape was created based on Senti's consciousness.
The emergence of Taixu Sword God meant that Senti's control over her consciousness authority had reached its peak.
In this powerful pull, all the Honkai energy constructing the dreamscape transformed into the power of the Sword God. They rapidly expanded as substantial purple flames, quickly engulfing the city.
The tall buildings in the metropolis shattered like building blocks, and the city streets also turned into ruins with the distortion of space. Fortunately, the dreamscape created by Ren was still relatively stable.
Although it was already on the verge of collapse, it didn't immediately crumble. Otherwise, once it spread to the real world, perhaps none of the millions of residents would survive.
"Only by experiencing excruciating pain can earth-shattering growth be nurtured. I, reborn from destruction, am no longer as weak as before. I have the power to change the world, and I will never repeat past mistakes."
The sky and the earth burned together, bathed in deep purple flames. And in the deepest part of the flames, a phantom phoenix soared upwards, reborn from the ashes of the earth in fire.
The Herrscher of Sentience stood high in the sky, her gray hair fluttering in the storm. The fire-bathed phoenix rushed into the clouds from behind her, letting out a sharp cry.
Shen [Verification Needed: Should Shen be explained here? Maybe as "God, the ultimate of change"?] , the ultimate of change.
Taixu Sword God was not necessarily in the form of a sword.
It could be anything, transforming at will.
The Feijin Mystical Spirit (like Phoenix form) mastered by Fu Hua was a form of Taixu Sword God, but when it fell into Senti's hands, it was dyed into a chaotic and disorderly purple.
"Kiana, I won't lose. I will prove to you that the current me is definitely not a loser."
Looking down at Ren who had returned to the ground, Senti's eyes were filled with unspeakable emotions. She loudly declared her fighting spirit, but didn't notice the almost imperceptible trembling in her voice.
Was she afraid?
Senti didn't know, or rather, she didn't want to think about it.
Of course, this fear wasn't directed at Ren, but fear of the wavering in her own heart.
Before this, due to the influence of 50,000 years of memories, Senti firmly believed that she was Fu Hua.
Her arrogance and unruliness were all just rebellions against the Fu Hua in her memories.
The newborn her felt that she possessed power and could do whatever she wanted. She was confident that she could make Fu Hua's future better, and confident that she could make this world better.
But being defeated by Ren again and again, Senti finally realized that she might not be as strong as she imagined.
Her indomitable spirit was gradually worn down. Losing the absolute power she relied on, she learned to think. In this process, she slowly realized the fragility in her heart, and gradually noticed the details she had deliberately ignored.
She wanted to change Fu Hua, to change the world, but when she was defeated by Ren, she actually understood in her heart that she was about to be defeated.
She would lose. Wouldn't this mean she would return to the identity of a loser who had experienced losing important people time and time again?
And what truly made her realize that she was wavering was Ren's address to her.
[Class Monitor Fu Hua].
This was the title Senti had been longing for, but what she wanted to show Kiana was a strong Fu Hua who could change everything, not a loser.
After avenging Otto, the first thing she thought of was to find Kiana. She wanted to show the girl her powerful side, to tell Kiana that she had the power to be free from Schicksal's constraints, and would never make the same mistakes again.
It was like a child whose grades had always been poor, but this time suddenly got a perfect score. She brought her test paper, eager to go home and share it with her parents.
But when she approached the door, she realized that her perfect score test paper was just something she had accidentally misread. She was still the failing student who failed every exam.
Shame, annoyance, and complex emotions surged into her heart instantly.
Senti was a newborn soul. This world was completely unfamiliar and dangerous to her. The only thing that could make her feel at ease was the identity of [Fu Hua].
If she wasn't Fu Hua, perhaps she could calmly accept her failure and comfort herself that she would definitely win next time.
If the person opposite her wasn't Kiana, even if she was very unconvinced in her heart, she could tell herself that the enemy was too strong.
Unfortunately, there were no ifs.
The more Senti cared about the identity of Fu Hua, the more she couldn't accept her failure.
She didn't want to lose, didn't want to disappoint her friends, and didn't want to disappoint Fu Hua.
This was what she truly feared, the fact she was unwilling to face.
If she wasn't Fu Hua, then wouldn't she...
...have no meaning to exist?
Therefore, even though her heart had been breached by Ren and she had begun to waver, she absolutely couldn't just admit defeat. She was like a child lighting the last candle in despair, tightly grasping Taixu Sword God, this only sliver of hope.
"Kiana, unleash your strongest sword strike! If I win, you have to apologize to me properly. If you win…"
A moment of panic and fear flashed in Senti's eyes, and the wavering in her heart reached its peak.
She didn't dare to hesitate any longer, desperately unleashing her strongest strike without reservation. She was afraid that if she was even a second late, she would completely fall into wavering.
The phantom phoenix completely took shape, and the blazing flames also reached their limit. The power of Taixu Sword God finally accumulated to its peak. The terrifying pressure was enough to burn anyone just by glancing at it.
With one sword strike, the vast consciousness power completely exceeded the dreamscape's carrying limit.
Even in the real world, the sword array foundation used to construct the dreamscape couldn't bear the full blow of the Eighth Herrscher, continuously turning into clusters of flames.
With the array foundation collapsing, the dreamscape naturally also gradually crumbled.
A crisp sound like glass shattering rang out from the edge of the illusion array. Broken fragments fell into the darkness, turning into a boundless void.
In the apocalyptic storm, Ren stood calmly in place, looking up at Senti's sky-covering sword strike.
"Kiana…"
Bronya murmured to herself in the ruins. She subconsciously clenched her fists, a hint of worry flashing in her eyes.
Even though she knew Ren was very likely not her friend, but since the other party could impart the Herrscher of Reason's authority to her without reservation, Bronya's heart was already full of gratitude.
Having experienced the torment of losing her core for two months, she knew how precious this teaching was, and also realized that Ren had never actually had any malice.
But with her strength, not to mention helping, she couldn't even stay in place, and couldn't participate in it at all.
The Sword God was about to fall. Continuing to stay in place would definitely mean death. There was no time left for her to hesitate.
Hesitantly glancing at Ren not far away, Bronya gritted her teeth fiercely, took out her precious Herrscher of Reason core from her body, and threw it forcefully towards Ren.
"I'm lending you all the power of the Herrscher of Reason. Remember to return it to me later, and don't die!" After saying that, she didn't look back and rode Project Bunny towards a safe area.
The dreamscape was on the verge of collapse, and all blockades would also be lifted. This was her only chance to escape.
Mystical Spirit phoenix cried sharply, transforming into an invisible sword.
Taixu Sword Qi, Divine Essence.
Fell from the sky.