Chapter 419

Honkai 3.

Pupil earthquake.

Qianyana's ice cream in her hand made a 'pa xi' sound as it fell to the ground, but she herself was completely unaware.

Only when the color swallowed by the void in the sky recovered, and a torrential downpour poured down, did the girl's azure pupils finally recover from the earthquake.

"Yayi Yayi!" she suddenly grabbed the shoulder of the girl beside her and shook her violently, "Did you see that?! Just, just now… she split the sky of Pinokangni in half with a single blow! And also, that white…"

Qianyana was momentarily at a loss for words; thinking of the scene just swallowed by the void, she trembled with lingering fear. The scene of the entire world having its color wiped away just now is something she will never forget in her lifetime, like… the earth being swallowed whole by some colossal beast.

"This is the void…" Jizi picked up the coffee on the table, only then realizing her hand was still trembling uncontrollably. Just moments ago, while watching Huangquan draw her sword, she had been drinking coffee, but merely blinking once turned her cup—and the surrounding world—entirely white.

She was so startled she nearly spat out a mouthful.

Although she had braced herself mentally, the impact was still unnecessarily huge.

"Hey hey, isn't this totally unfair?"

After snapping out of her shock, Bronya let out a dissatisfied grunt from the side: "How come Yayi's isotope is so powerful?! Just drawing her sword can affect us?! This isn't fair!"

"Ahhh, when will Silver Wolf also achieve such feats? Those 'envoy' things are totally cheating, basically a cheat!"

……

Meanwhile, on the other side, Past Paradise.

"Oh my, such a pretty girl, yet her strike is so fierce—it really makes one's heart race~"

Ailixiya rested her chin on her hands, her azure eyes blinking; even after experiencing such a terrifying scene just now, the girl still maintained a gentle smile.

However, Qianjie and Kevin sitting directly opposite her were clearly not so calm; although both had seen big scenes, after being swallowed by the void, that strange and eerie scene still held them in its grip for several dozen seconds.

Only after Huangquan sheathed her sword did everything return to normal, and Qianjie gradually calmed down.

Qianjie crossed her arms and gave a cold snort: "Heart racing? If a woman were to slash someone on Earth, whether humans still have a heartbeat would be a question. This is a dream protected by 【Harmony】, yet she split it open so easily…"

"I thought you'd be even more surprised," Ailixiya said with a light laugh.

"I'm already quite surprised—at least more so than seeing this guy here." Qianjie turned her head to glance at Kevin beside her; fifty thousand years have passed, and this guy seems to have become even more silent and taciturn.

Kevin came to Past Paradise — I originally wanted to notify everyone to gather in the meeting room for a bit, to chat. Speaking of which, it's been a while since we all got together, huh? As it turned out, we happened to run into Huangquan drawing his sword, ah… should I say it's a coincidence or not?" The pink-haired girl showed a slightly troubled expression.

It's not urgent either; I'll come here often in the future, and there will always be chances to meet everyone. After all, the 【Destiny Path】 seems to be something more noteworthy than collapse.

Kevin spoke unhurriedly, "The white world just now not only affected Past Paradise, but even the Memory Unit could be influenced… This shows that in the concept of 【Void】, nothing cannot be swallowed."

"The key is that sword." Qian Jie added.

Kevin nodded: "Hmm, that sword… seems to be a kind of 'container' that carries the Void; when she draws it, the Void uncontrollably swallows everything until she sheaths the sword."

——

Black Robe Riot Squad.

"Like a monster?"

"What the hell do you mean 'like a monster'? She is a monster, okay? A humanoid monster!"

"Do you know how many car accidents and incidents happened in the United States in just those few dozen seconds? Hmm?" Ai Shili angrily flipped the tablet in her hand, enlarged the rapidly rising red bar chart on the screen, enlarged it again, so the man in front could see the numbers below.

"350,000 incidents! Now the whole army is in chaos, Shenhai… can't you put the energy you used when dealing with octopuses and dolphins into maintaining the company's image? At times like this, don't look for him."

Ai Shili placed emphasis on the word "he", hoping Shenhai could hear the subtext in her words.

"Um… what I want to say is, the whole United States is in chaos now; it's exactly the time for Zuguoren to step up and harvest fan trust and approval ratings." Shenhai said, "If Zuguoren could step up now and give a speech, that would definitely——"

"Damn… your brain must have been sucked away when you were French-kissing that octopus." Ai Shili couldn't help but curse under her breath, she leaned slightly closer to Shenhai, lowering her voice a lot, "Zuguoren he's kinda, uh… PTSD."

"PTSD?" Shenhai thought he had misheard; the term wasn't unfamiliar to him, but seeing it in Zuguoren was strange.

"……Can this even happen to him?"

"He now has a reactive response to anything white—including the white spotlights on stage. Because he personally saw Shajin being completely swallowed by that surging white." Ai Shili took a deep sigh, "You also know what just happened. Moreover… he now has strong emotional swings when he sees a Japanese katana."

"Hah?"

"When Huangquan just drew his sword, the whole world…" Ai Shili swallowed, "Today in the training room there was a samurai-style person training, but coincidentally ran into Zuguoren on the way down and was shot dead on the spot. He now gets a little… cough cough, anyway this matter must be kept secret; for now we absolutely cannot let Zuguoren appear in public, got it?"

——

Jujutsu Kaisen.

"This woman… hehe, finally drew her sword."

"Let me see… huh?"

Ryomen Sukuna's pupils suddenly contracted; at the moment Huangquan drew his sword, he noticed that his vision had undergone some "minor" changes. Everything in his field of view turned white. The table before him, the sorcerer's fresh meat chunks… everything turned white.

When the white of the Void enveloped the world, even the King of Curses could not escape.

"What the hell…"

He raised his hand and saw that both hands were left with only a monotonous white, like a blank sheet of paper. The grotesque curse marks on his body, his clothes, like pencil traces erased by an eraser… all color dissolved instantly in the Void, leaving only outlines.

"This is……some kind of domain?"

"Could it be Gojo Satoru?"

He froze for about two seconds, then quickly formed seals with both hands before his chest. In an instant, centered on his feet, a scene of mountains of corpses and seas of blood appeared, countless skeletons and white bones bursting from the ground, a shrine built of flesh and blood rose from beneath his feet, and the nauseating smell of blood instantly filled the area within a radius of two hundred meters.

"Domain Expansion—Subduing Demons Imperial Chef."