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The Moonlight Throne truly lived up to its reputation as the ultimate weapon from the previous era.
Countless beams of light descended from the sky like angels bestowing blessings—levelling hills while instantly dispersing the heart-stoppingly intense Honkai energy akin to the Abyss.
The oppressive space, seemingly saturated with condensed Honkai energy, rapidly shrank from its edges.
As the radiant glow faded into twinkling stars, nearly everyone on the battlefield felt an illusion of suddenly fresher air. This was the instinctive sense of relief after escaping imminent peril.
"Is it over, Lady Durandal?"
"No, this is just the beginning."
As the overall commander at the frontlines, Durandal had a clearer understanding of strategic planning.
Just as she said, the decision-makers far away showed no intention of stopping there. After using scattered white beams to clear Honkai energy and creatures from the outskirts, more columns of light pierced the sky, converging towards regions closer to the source of the colossal Honkai outbreak.
"BOOM!!!"
The continuous energy blasts from Selene effectively dissipated the Honkai Energy radiating from the "Young Lady."
After the second impact carved half of the Mediterranean Sea into a flat basin, she finally opened her eyes while floating above.
Her graceful figure curled up, white dress billowing gently, the "Young Lady" looked skyward, watching as pure, all-encompassing white power descended like the heavens collapsing once more. This time, within those brilliant golden eyes, emotions such as sorrow, repression, and pain swiftly vanished, ultimately transforming into sheer indifference.
Then, akin to a surging tide, golden energy flowed outward in all directions, countering the onslaught of Selene's attacks with mutual attrition.
"System energy remaining: 77.13%. Operation normal, no hardware or software damage detected. Overall Honkai Energy intensity in the attack zone reduced by 86.78%. Effect diminishes from outer to inner regions; suppression of Honkai creatures follows suit. As the primary objective is dispersing ambient Honkai Energy, direct destructive power is limited, leading to insufficient elimination of Honkai creatures. Please take note—also, she has begun her counterattack."
Einstein delivered this report with a placid expression.
Zeke nodded and drew a circle within the golden area, now significantly dimmer but with its edges fluctuating more intensely. Addressing Tesla at another corner of the screen, he said:
"Dr. Einstein, have Moonlight Throne stand by on cooldown. Dr. Tesla, there's a dense concentration of mutated creatures in this region. To facilitate the construction of the holy blood force field, deploy giant soldiers for a sweep."
"Roger that, leave it to me!"
Tesla clapped his hands together, beaming confidently, revealing a pair of adorable, fair little canines.
On the front lines, Cecilia's forces, led by her true form, charged down the newly formed slope, penetrating deep into the heart of the Divergence region.
Durandal swiftly responded, "Mother... The holy-blooded individuals are on the move. Engineering and defense units, follow closely and establish protective barriers around them! Remember, ensuring their safety and maintaining stability in their vicinity takes precedence over everything else until this war ends. Protect them with your lives!"
Raising her silver riding lance high, Durandal issued resolute orders to the designated units within her legion.
Immediately, a vast mixed force of machinery and Valkyries dispersed, closely trailing each individual Cecilia as they surged into the Divergence zone.
Simultaneously, invisible distortions appeared in the sky, signaling the descent of colossal robots hundreds of meters tall.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!!"
The thunderous roars echoing for tens of miles highlighted the immense size and weight of the Arahato-Z giant soldiers.
Upon landing, they towered over the agitated mutated creatures below—relative to the Arahato-Z giants, these monsters resembled diminutive and feeble animals.
"Clank! Clank! Clank!"
Simultaneously, colossal cannons emerged, their concentrated heat distorting the air around them.
"Boom!!"
The earth erupted with fiery blossoms as fragments of eerie flesh soared into the sky, either melting away amidst the cannon's afterglow or scattering across distant lands upon descent.
What followed was a massacre, a mechanized slaughter against mutated creatures.
In the distance, Arahato's giant soldiers cleared paths, boosting the morale of the advancing holy blood guardian forces.
The relatively smaller mecha units patrolled more vigorously, swiftly eliminating any small monsters that slipped through the initial onslaught.
Valkyries encircled each Cecilia individual, forming a robust and final line of defense. Methodically, they dispatched the tinier yet agile Honkai beasts.
Within this formation, the Cecilia individuals rapidly advanced towards the center until reaching the outskirts radiating golden light, where the Honkai Energy surged to a critical threshold.
Cecilia's true form halted first, analyzing data from her unified gold visor-like display, and declared:
"The containment radius is 41 kilometers, Honkai Energy amplitude at 2341 HW... Both range and intensity are now optimal. Let's maintain this distance!"
"Yes, Big Sister!" × n
Tens of thousands of Cecilia clones responded simultaneously, halting their advance.
From an overhead view, the Cecilias formed roughly a circular formation with nearly equal distances between adjacent individuals.
The engineering forces swiftly assembled Mobius's designed bio-energy radiation devices. Tens of thousands of Cecilia clones took their seats as needles connected to tubing were inserted into their bodies, extracting and activating the power within their blood.
Schariac Holy Blood possessed specialized abilities to decompose Honkai Energy, more convenient and flexible than Selene yet more stable and less resource-intensive than constraining force fields. With Mobius's design, they could create a vast Anti-Honkai Force Field covering the entire core region.
As a result, the Honkai Energy released by the "Young Lady" was effectively suppressed once again. Under the influence of the decomposition force field, the high-density Honkai Energy surrounding her gradually dissipated, indicating that her defensive capabilities were about to weaken to their lowest point.
"Initiate Moonlight Throne's concentrated bombardment mode. Deplete its energy reserves below 30%, stripping away all her outer defenses. Then... it's time to clear out our mountain of accumulated weaponry."
In the decision-making conference room, Zeke issued his cold command.
Using the power of Selene and Schariac's holy blood, they aimed to weaken the Final Herrscher's Honkai Energy as much as possible.
After applying sufficient debuffs, other long-range weapons would be deployed in optimal combinations, unleashing the pinnacle of destruction achievable by human technology.
This was the first move in the decisive battle, consuming resources and energy on an unprecedented scale.
With orders given, the responsible personnel swiftly coordinated resource allocation. Soon, within the small region covered by the holy blood force field spanning over forty kilometers, an unparalleled energy explosion ensued—like a miniaturized supernova erupting on Earth's surface. Until everything settled, no one could gaze directly upon it.
"My goodness, that's ruthless..." Next to Zeke, Hera stroked her chin, both astonished and deeply impressed.
Putting herself in Kallen's shoes, Hera acknowledged she couldn't have given such an order if it were her friend at the center of it all. Uncertain about Zeke's exact thoughts and feelings, she could only marvel inwardly—Truly, this is Zeke!
Following Hera's whispered reflection, silence fell upon the conference room, save for the blinding light and deafening booms transmitted from remote surveillance feeds.
Everyone present understood well that victory would not come so easily. This bombardment, with its astronomical cost, might as well be considered mere opening fireworks—nothing more than a spectacle.