Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Three consecutive shots blasted Sa's body again and again. Her enormous form erupted violently, leaving only half a head rapidly plummeting downwards.
For some reason, Jun An could even sense a hint of venting anger in Kiana's attack. But Jun An, depleted of Honkai energy, was unfortunately caught in the blast wave, directly getting blown dizzy.
[Mission Complete.]
[Please select your reward, Host: 1. Return to Earth for a one-year vacation. 2. One Herrscher authority.]
Jun An's body fell rapidly from the sky.
—Option 2, Herrscher of the Void's authority.
[Host selection complete. Then please enjoy life to the fullest before the next mission arrives.]
Jun An had no time to pay attention to the System's voice. Instead, before the crack in Froth closed completely, he rapidly absorbed Honkai energy and placed a spatial anchor point on Froth.
Finally, just as he was about to crash onto a patch of ground in the Sea of Quanta, he quickly used the Herrscher of the Void's authority to open a portal, saving himself from falling to his death.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch..."
Jun An struggled to get up. Looking at the remnant body before him, like a giant statue, Jun An couldn't help but click his tongue. If only Her first reaction upon seeing him wasn't instinctive self-preservation, She wouldn't have died so easily.
However, Jun An wasn't in much better shape now. Even though he used the Herrscher of the Void's authority to adjust his landing angle, Jun An was still half-dead from the fall.
Furthermore, his Honkai energy was completely depleted; he couldn't even recover properly.
[You calculated this?]
"Whoa, not completely dead yet."
Jun An rose with some difficulty, looking at Sa, who bore a striking resemblance to Vita. "Should have told Kiana to hit harder."
But Jun An knew hitting Her at all was already quite difficult. After all, Jun An had relied on creating a huge disturbance at the edge of the solar system for Kiana to successfully target Her. With such vague positioning, Kiana probably didn't dare use too much power, lest she harm others.
Facing Jun An's provocation, Sa remained completely unfazed, raising a hand towards Jun An.
[The god of the Third Planet merely destroyed my limbs, but my roots spread throughout the sea.]
[And you are powerless now. It is not too late to eliminate the unknowable factor.]
"Tch, as expected, the hardest to kill are always the cowardly survivalist types."
Jun An absorbed the Honkai energy scattered from Kiana's attack on Sa, just hoping he'd have enough strength for another fight later.
[Then, I will remember this lesson. Farewell, unknowable human.]
"My creator god, I advise you to put your hand down."
Just as Sa raised her hand, Vita appeared behind Sa, threatening Her in the same manner.
Joy sparked in Jun An's heart. "Vita?"
Vita chuckled happily. "Yes, it's me, Captain. Don't you feel like you've never wanted to see me more than right now?"
Currently, Jun An was severely weakened from the fall, unable even to gather enough Honkai energy to recover. Sa only had a sliver of power left. Among those present, undoubtedly only Vita was the strongest.
"Alright, cut the crap. Finish Her off, let's go back."
Jun An hadn't expected Vita to actually appear here.
"Okay, okay. The Captain really is Ao Jiao. You should be praising me at a time like this."
After complaining, Vita looked at Sa with complex emotions. "Well then, my creator god, do you have any last words?"
Sa saw her form gradually dissipating, the parts belonging to Her "body" absorbing Her remaining power, including the parts from the sea.
[Why?]
"Are you referring to how I got here, or why I betrayed you?"
[Both.]
"Getting here was simple. Tracing back to the source—although our consciousnesses aren't connected, my body is ultimately yours. I even control some of the authorities you gave me."
Vita looked at the pitiful Sa. "As for why I betrayed you, don't you know deep down? The treatment you gave me wasn't good, so I decided to jump ship. That's perfectly normal, right?"
[Better treatment? Are you referring to his haploid cells?]
Vita instantly saw red, forcing a smile that didn't reach her eyes. "Hey, hey, hey, my creator god, do you only use your Eye of Omniscience to look at porn? How could conquering a woman with a dick possibly exist!"
[The example is right before...]
"—It's freedom!"
Vita interrupted Her through gritted teeth. "You weren't even willing to give me any freedom—freedom of thought, freedom of action—you weren't willing to grant me any of these. I had no choice but to fight for it myself."
Vita struggled to stabilize her emotions. "Of course, if you insist on defining my actions, you can call this revenge."
[You intend to become a god?]
"...You guess."
[Agent. Freedom. Synonymous with nothingness.]
"So what? The freedom I desire is freedom. Perhaps limited by perspective, limited by fate, but this is what I want."
[Happiness in ignorance. Freedom in bondage. Merely the sorrow of the ignorant.]
"Is that so? Then what have you, the omniscient one, obtained that can be called 'happiness'?"
[...]
"Right. How could someone like you, who discarded all positive virtues, ever be driven by an emotion like 'happiness' again? What drives you is only fear and 'orders'."
[Emotions are obstacles.]
"But also motivation. Like me, I had the patience to act as the oriole."
[Lowly interests.]
"But that doesn't stop it from being interesting enough."
[...]
"It seems you have nothing more to say."
Vita looked at Sa. "Then farewell, my creator god. I will take over your legacy."
Although Sa's main body had been blasted by Kiana into mere remnants, given Sa's immense power level, even if only one-fifth remained, that portion was still substantial.
With a wave of Vita's hand, Sa's phantom vanished completely. Jun An could no longer sense any consciousness other than his own and Vita's.
"Is it over?"
Jun An relaxed completely, collapsing limply onto the ground. "Then lend me some Honkai energy. I really can't muster any strength."
"It's o..."
Vita was about to nod when she saw Jun An lying on the ground. A thought instantly sparked in her mind. "The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. I just ate the mantis. Captain, do you think I'll let the motionless cicada lying on the ground go?"
"Hey, what are you planning to do?" Jun An instantly felt a bad premonition. Vita's eyes right now looked as if she were genuinely seeing meat!
"Naturally, taking revenge~"
Vita walked towards Jun An step by step, planting her foot on his face. "The humiliation you brought upon me, I will settle it all today!"