Chapter 254: Chapter 13: Link, Summoning Links!
In the original world, as a "mobile" game, Honkai Impact 3rd had very low intelligence and logic for monsters due to technological and hardware limitations.
Most monsters would just stiffly wander around, randomly selecting moves from their repertoire.
To increase difficulty, monsters could only become tougher and deal more damage...
Or special mechanisms could be introduced, such as counters and reverse counters, where monsters had to be weakened by certain characters' special moves before becoming easier to defeat...
But as Luo Lin delved deeper into the Abyss and her Arena level increased, she sadly discovered that the intelligence of monsters in the system's Abyss had significantly improved.
They were no longer the kind of fools who only knew how to hack and slash. Missiles of Titans could even coordinate with Templar-class Honkai Beasts, and when Chariot-class Honkai Beasts charged forward, there were even ranged archer death soldiers to block movement with arrows!
As for Arena bosses, they had always shown tactical and strategic choices, but recently there had been some super-evolutions—when Luo Lin stared into the eyes of certain bosses, they were almost like real people, with eyes shimmering with inscrutable emotions.
Just like now in Elysian Realm, facing "Transcendence Kallen" across from her whose eyes flashed with cunning and ferocity.
—She still wants to ambush me!
A faint realization arose in Luo Lin's heart. She struggled to raise her hand, and a tentacle rose from the ground, blocking the bullets flying towards her, but it was cut off at the waist due to the force attached to the bullets, causing a slight tingling sensation in the girl's nerves.
In the lounge of Elysian Realm, Griseo held up a paintbrush. She carefully studied the agile and vigorous figure of the black-clad nun. Some inspiration struck her, prompting her to prop up a canvas and start painting on it.
Kosma held his chest and took a deep breath—he had once had the privilege of encountering "Oath of Judah," and the feeling of being enveloped by the Grace Field was still fresh in his memory.
But could Elysian Realm's data really completely reproduce it?
On the other hand, Vill-V watched the two figures swirling in the field, as well as the golden cross stuck in the ground. She glanced down at her tablet, and the monitoring data from the Helixcraft showed everything was normal.
Vill-V couldn't help but laugh at herself, "What kind of normalcy is this?"
"Fascinating, truly fascinating... It seems it's not just the Divine Keys; this lady herself also possesses the power to suppress Honkai... And, the guinea pig seems to be tinkering with something..."
Mobius didn't care much about how all this happened, she was more interested in the fluctuations coming from Kallen and Luo Lin.
As time passed, the struggle between Luo Lin and "Transcendence Kallen" became more intense.
Luo Lin felt the surrounding Honkai energy gradually solidify, from a muddy swamp to reinforced concrete. Although she managed to break "Oath of Judah" when she had a chance to catch her breath, allowing her to breathe a sigh of relief, Kallen quickly summoned a brand new cross again.
A shower of golden spears fell from the sky, chasing Luo Lin all over the place.
"This is just waiting to die..."
Luo Lin gritted her teeth and once again activated the ultimate of "Stygian Nymph."
The scythe swept past, but Kallen avoided it in a strange posture, only shaving off a small portion of her health.
However, Luo Lin's eyes lit up.
This move seems to be quantum energy? Under the suppression of Honkai energy, there was no sense of stiffness at all in the fight!
Moreover, even if it seemed like she only took a bit of Kallen's health, Kallen herself didn't have much left!
If she could use the performance of character cards more flexibly, like using the ordinary strengthening arrows of "Miss Pink Elf," rather than being so rigid...
Luo Lin squinted her eyes, trying to feel the flow of quantum energy within her when she activated her ultimate.
The countdown for the double-layered reward had long disappeared, and the girl continued to engage with Kallen in a relatively calm state.
The suppression of Honkai energy was indeed uncomfortable, but the pressure was still within Luo Lin's tolerance range—consider it as returning to Class C, fighting monsters with a scuffed gun in hand.
She was too familiar with such a scene.
The figure of "Stygian Nymph" traversed through the light rain projected by the cross, and the butterflies formed by quantum energy flew over the trajectory she dodged, obscuring Kallen's vision.
"?!"
Finally, Luo Lin captured a faint inspiration, a hint of sea blue flashed in her crimson eyes, and the blood-red giant claws disappeared, solidifying back into a scythe like rubber mud.
On the blade, the blue of quantum energy surged like the sea.
Different from before, the power of quantum energy no longer just appeared briefly with the activation of the ultimate; instead, Luo Lin firmly held it in her hands!
"Go, guard our pact—"
The body of "Stygian Nymph" unexpectedly light, Luo Lin tiptoed, her figure disappearing in a flash.
In a trance, the girl seemed to have crossed a long distance, as if crossing a warm ocean, supported by the waves.
When she came to her senses, Kallen's defenseless figure had already been brought under her scythe.
Everything seemed to fall into place, completely unaffected by the suppression of the Oath of Judah!
"Swish—"
The black-red traces were deeply engraved on "Transcendence Kallen," obvious data damage burst out, and her health plummeted rapidly!
"But..."
However, Kallen who had frustrated countless players was not one to go down easily.
She hadn't died yet, and in the next moment, she abruptly turned around, two bullets heading straight for Luo Lin's forehead and chest!
The girl dodged the bullets somewhat awkwardly, but was kicked in the abdomen by the nun, and flew out horizontally.
However, Luo Lin had already figured out some moves.
Even in mid-air, she adjusted her posture, and the light of quantum energy appeared again.
The rain of light from "Oath of Judah" struck aimlessly at her last position before she disappeared.
Half a second later, Luo Lin went back to Kallen's side again, the scythe diagonally cutting off her body, wiping out the last bit of her health!
"Huff, cough..."
The girl coughed twice, leaning on her scythe that had returned to its normal state, watching as "Transcendence Kallen" disappeared into dots of light.
"So tough... Is there going to be a Benares on the next level?"
Luo Lin took a deep breath, preparing to adjust her state to continue the fight, when a strange call rang in her ears.
Just like the gentle sea of warmth she felt when she used the power of quantum energy in the battle, it was captivating.
This is... the Sea of Quanta?
"Guinea pig, maintain your current state, I'll be there soon!"
Luo Lin heard Mobius' voice coming from the communicator, but it seemed distant and unclear, as if through a thick layer of wool.
Soon, the girl couldn't stand steady anymore. She eventually chose to sit on the ground first, squinting her eyes.
In a daze, she appeared to hear Seele's voice.
"Um... Sister Luo Lin, aren't you...? Why are you in the Sea of Quanta?"
"Wait a moment, Seele, this is just a projection, her condition is not very stable, ah... Gone again..."
Luo Lin blinked and found that Mobius in front of her. The serpent was carefully examining Luo Lin's face with her green snake pupils.
"Oh, what a pity, it didn't last long... But, Guinea Pig, it seems you have mastered some usage of quantum power."