Chapter 390

Tengwan Lixiang ran while panting, shouting into the Communicator, "Over here… the situation is extremely complicated! To put it simply, we seem to have been drawn into the Fourth Holy Grail War period in Dongmu City, but there are serious anomalies and invaders from other worlds! The recent outbreak was the final battle…"

"Fourth Holy Grail War?! Other-world invasion?!"

Doctor Roman's voice was full of shock, "Wait, Lixiang, are you sure the spacetime coordinates are correct? Our observations show that the domain you are in is extremely unstable, highly chaotic, and there are a large number of unregistered otherworldly phenomena… Da Fenqi!"

"Coming, coming!"

Da Fenqi's magnetic voice interjected, "Lixiang‑chan, Mashu, it's great to hear you! According to the residual images and energy spectrum we just captured… the spatial structure on your side underwent a very violent prying not long ago, something forcibly opened a… not one, but multiple? This technical principle is unheard of! Also, the energy composition of that Light Pillar just now is terrifyingly complex… what on earth happened?!"

Tengwan Lixiang quickly relayed the key information: the Holy Grail War was interfered with, an entity called Huan Long appeared, an Insect Swarm crisis, and the recent outbreak that seemed like a decisive battle.

"Extinction Great Lord? Insect Swarm?"

Doctor Roman's voice sounded even more chaotic, "What on earth is going on! Lixiang, you must be careful! We will do our utmost to analyze and support, but the communication may be cut off again at any moment!"

At that moment, everyone finally burst out of the last block and reached the edge high ground overlooking the battlefield.

Then everyone froze, eyes wide in disbelief, and even Doctor Roman and Da Fenqi on the other end of the Communicator let out sharp inhalations through the synchronized video.

"My… heavens…"

The scene before us could no longer be described as a "battlefield."

Centered here, a massive bowl‑shaped charred pit over five hundred meters in radius and dozens of meters deep replaced everything.

The rock layers at the pit's edge displayed a glassy state of molten material re‑solidified, still emitting a dark red residual heat.

Thick smoke that had not yet dissipated filled the pit's bottom.

The original blocks, forest, and mountains vanished entirely, as if an invisible giant hand had excavated them along with the foundations.

Beyond the pit, buildings within several kilometers showed varying degrees of collapse, as if they had endured a localized space‑based weapon strike or…

the aftereffects of some unconventional "interdimensional" attack.

"What… what hit this?"

Mashu's voice trembled, "A Noble Phantasm? Or… something more terrifying?"

"It's as if it were hammered by the Star Holy Sword at full force dozens of times…"

Da Fenqi shouted through the Communicator, "No, the nature is different; this looks more like multiple ultra‑high‑energy attacks stacked! Lixiang, how many Servants were unleashing Noble Phantasms with that Light Pillar just now?!"

Tengwan Lixiang did not answer immediately, her gaze urgently scanning the rim of the pit.

Soon, she saw a familiar figure—

The Black Tower still floated in the air, but its complexion was unusually pale, its surrounding magic wave fluctuations unstable, clearly consuming massive energy.

Artoria knelt on one knee at the pit's edge, supporting herself with her sword, breathing heavily, her armor severely damaged.

A Xing stood a short distance away, club planted on the ground, his body bearing multiple scorch marks.

San Yue Qi helped the pale, nearly exhausted Ailisi Feier, his face full of lingering fear.

Weber sat dumbfounded not far away.

But… the figure with orange fire‑like hair, always full of vigor, was missing.

Tengwan Lixiang's heart sank sharply.

A bad premonition coiled around like cold vines.

"Miss Ge Ni Wei Er?"

She couldn't help but ask loudly, her voice unusually clear in the vast desolate land.

Hearing her voice, everyone at the pit's edge turned their heads.

Artoria's eyes flashed with a complex sorrow, San Yue Qi's eyes reddened, and Ailisi Feier swayed, almost unable to stand.

No answer was needed; that silence and expression said everything.

Tengwan Lixiang was stunned, and Mashu covered her mouth.

Sadness and a heavy atmosphere spread.

However, at that brief moment of silence and mourning—

"Hehe… hehehehe…"

A low, hoarse yet endlessly delighted chuckle suddenly emanated from the deepest part of the bottomless charred pit!

It resonated directly in the depths of everyone's consciousness.

Everyone's hair stood on end instantly, and they sharply turned their gaze to the pit's center!

The swirling thick smoke and dust began to rotate unnaturally and converge.

At the very bottom center of the pit, a faint golden light ignited, then rapidly expanded!

A female silhouette composed entirely of translucent dark‑gold energy slowly "stood" up from the pit!

The silhouette towered nearly a hundred meters, reaching the heavens.

She was no longer the twisted form merged with an Insect Body before, but a complete, aesthetically beautiful female outline.

Her long hair, like burning dark‑gold flames, drifted and swayed behind her head; her face was vague, with only a pair of eyes entirely made of flames visible.

She wore a flowing robe that seemed woven from ash, her hands hanging naturally at her sides, her posture elegant and transcendent, yet exuding an ultimate oppressive aura that withered all things.

Huan Long— or rather, having shed its shell and impurity bindings, a form closer to its essence— descended.

She lowered her head slightly, the golden‑light‑shrouded face seeming to gaze down at the ant‑like crowd below; the previously frantic voice became ethereal and grand, yet carried a bone‑deep cold that resonated directly in everyone's consciousness:

"Destruction… is rebirth."

"What?!"

San Yue Qi was the first to refuse to believe, and despite her magic being nearly exhausted, she gritted her teeth and formed an Ice Arrow, firing it at the massive golden silhouette in the sky!

The Ice Arrow sliced through the air, precisely hitting the chest of Huan Long's silhouette—and then passed through unhindered, as if striking a mirage of light and shadow, dissipating in the distant night sky.

"It… went through?" San Yue Qi was stunned.

The Black Tower furrowed its brows, instantly channeling magic; dozens of prisms around it combined, firing several violet magic beams that likewise pierced Huan Long's silhouette without effect, as if it were merely a realistic three‑dimensional projection.

"Attack ineffective?"

Artoria tightened her grip on the sword; she could feel that the opponent's "existence" seemed to have undergone a fundamental change.

Far away, in a hotel room of Xianzhou Luofu, Heimu, who was "peeking" at the battlefield through the remaining perspective of JiAssassin, sat up straight, his violet‑black eyes full of doubt.

"System, what's going on? Theoretically, after enduring that level of attack and having that many statuses stripped, Huan Long should have already withdrawn! What is this glittering phantom? A new Noble Phantasm? Or …?"

【Analyzing target state urgently…】

【Detected high‑dimensional information disturbance…】

【Target composition has undergone a fundamental transformation… material carrier vanished… existence form shifting toward xxx…】

【Detected anomalous spatial anchor fluctuations… causing a chain reaction with world barrier readings…】

【Retrieving related events… linked to Black Tower (Caster) Noble Phantasm 【Key of Myriad Phenomena?】 usage record…】

【Beginning cross‑comparison of Xingyue World basic rules with Honkai: Star Rail Universe constants…】

【Warning: Detected signs of an unconventional "world‑class conduit" formation…】

The system broadcast a string of complex, head‑aching technical terms and data.

Heimu's brows knit tighter as he listened, and he cut the system off: "Stop! Speak in human terms! What on earth is happening?"

【System】: … (brief pause) In short, madam, the problem lies with Black Tower Lady's Noble Phantasm.

Heimu: "Black Tower's Noble Phantasm? That key?"

【System】: Yes.