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—"The Ninth Divine Key: Star of Eden".

"This is the Key of God?"

Shigure Kira recognized Eden's Star at a glance, after all, she had witnessed Welt using Eden's Star sixteen years ago.

“That’s right. I prefer to call it ‘Star Harmony’ rather than ‘Eden’s Star’. It’s a pity it’s no longer in the shape of dual pistols, but it’s still usable.”

Eden spoke in his usual languid yet elegant tone.

As she spoke, she reached out and touched the Star of Eden, which then unfolded and enveloped her right hand, eventually forming a deep blue glove.

"Let's move on. Let's rejoin the others as soon as possible; something's not right here."

Eden's left arm was linked with Qiu Bi's arm, while his right arm was adorned with the Star of Eden, which had been transformed into a glove; the two did not conflict with each other.

In contrast, Shigure Kira had to release Qiu Bi, otherwise it would be inconvenient to fight.

Crunch!

A sound of joints twisting suddenly rang out.

Then came a series of creaking sounds.

Dozens of puppets appeared around them at some unknown time, maintaining grotesque and distorted postures, but they did not directly attack the three of them.

"Hello everyone—welcome to the Dominion Theater!"

Each puppet has a completely different voice, but their tone of voice is exactly the same.

Shiyu Qiluo stood guard in front of Qiu Bi and Eden, and the speed of the six musical notes swirling and dancing suddenly increased, ready to defend against any attack at any time.

Eden's response to the dolls' words was simple—

The Star of Eden emitted energy resembling arcs of black electricity, and then more than a dozen black spheres condensed and hovered above the three of them.

The next second, each sphere shot out three jet-black beams, piercing through the heads of each puppet with perfect accuracy.

After being pierced by the dark beam of light, the doll's remains seemed to bear some kind of heavy pressure, falling heavily to the ground with a dull thud.

Chapter 359 The Heroes on What Seem Like a Picnic

"Eh?"

Shiyu Kira stared blankly at this scene, suddenly feeling that her position was somewhat awkward.

She originally thought that Qiu Bi and Eden needed her protection, but the reality was not so. Eden directly annihilated all the dolls with thunderous methods.

Snapped!

Eden snapped his fingers, causing the black sphere above everyone's heads to shatter and dissipate.

"The current 'Star Harmony' is working quite well, but the combat style is slightly different from the past."

Eden offers his insightful commentary on today's Eden Stars.

She still prefers using the old Star Harmony to the current Star of Eden.

With all the dolls dead, the corridor returned to a deathly silence.

Shigure Kira squatted in front of the doll's corpse and curiously poked the doll's body with her musical note short blade.

As the short blade touched the doll's corpse, Shigure Kira felt the blade in her hand suddenly sink.

"This is……"

Shigure Kira tentatively withdrew the short blade, instantly restoring its weight to normal.

Then she asked, "Eden, these dolls are already dead, so why apply gravity?"

Although Shigure Kira never personally used the Star of Eden, she learned about the basic abilities of the Divine Key when she received Valkyrie training from Destiny.

"We must remain fully vigilant when facing beings like the Herrscher."

As he spoke, Eden silently activated Eden's Star, creating a gravity field that enveloped all the doll corpses and adjusting the gravity within the field to twenty times the normal level.

Unable to withstand the immense pressure, the doll's corpse shattered into pieces of varying sizes amidst a series of cracking sounds.

Then, Qiu Bi, along with Shi Yu Qi Luo and Eden, walked towards the end of the corridor.

Qiu Bi and his two companions were not the only ones attacked by the puppets; Cecilia and the others, along with Ying Jie and his group, also suffered probing attacks from the puppets.

The puppets' original intention was to determine the difference in strength between the two sides, or at least to get a general idea of ​​their relative strengths.

However, in reality, the puppets were dealt with almost instantly upon their appearance, without even having time to launch a proper attack.

"Is this the doll that Kiana and the others mentioned?"

Cecilia looked curiously at the torn-up doll.

Shub held up a dried squid and gently shook it in front of Salome.

"Salome, would you like some of my dried squid? If you're willing to beg me, I can give you one."

"..."

Salome did not speak, but answered with her actions.

The magnetic blade pressed silently against Shub's neck, causing her to involuntarily take a step back.

"What... Salome, you're still so easily teased."

Shub grumbled, then casually tore into a piece of dried squid.

Salome walked forward silently, twelve magnetic blades arranged neatly around the group.

Patrick chuckled dryly and said, "Shub and Salome are still the same. Lady Cecilia, what do we do next?"

Upon hearing this, Cecilia's gaze swept over Shub, Salome, Patrick, and Cheng Lixue. Although she really wanted to go directly to find the "Herrscher of Domination," considering the strength of the Snow Wolf Squad, she ultimately chose to meet up with the others first.

True.

The members of the Snow Wolf Squad are all S-rank Valkyries, but in the face of the several Herrschers who have recently descended, they are actually not much different from A-rank Valkyries.

Even the fourth Herrscher, Wendy, the "Herrscher of Wind," was able to enter and exit Schicksal Airport seven times, let alone the seventh Herrscher, the "Herrscher of Domination."

Furthermore, the Seventh Herrscher, "Herrscher of Domination," can also be called the Eighth Herrscher, "Herrscher of Consciousness," which means that she is not someone that a few S-rank Valkyries can deal with.

Cecilia usually either works at St. Freya Academy or stays at home taking care of her daughters, so she rarely encounters combat.

Therefore, her strength not only did not improve, but it became much weaker than before.

Moreover, Cecilia currently does not have a suitable weapon.

……

On the other side, the heroes also quickly dealt with all the attacking puppets.

"Grandmaster Chi Yuan, I haven't let you down, have I?"

Li Sushang made a sword-finger gesture with her right hand and waved it slightly in front of her.

As the sword finger slowly moved, the flying sword energy seemed to have found its target, swimming freely like a dragon.

Fu Hua adjusted his glasses but didn't say anything more.

"Hua is still the same as ever," Alicia teased Fu Hua with a light laugh. "But having such an adorable grand-disciple makes me a little envious."

"There's no point in saying more. Let's hurry and rejoin the others. Cecilia's strength has declined considerably, so we must find Cecilia and the others as soon as possible."

“Cecilia… she really has a great presence; even I am deeply attracted to her.”

Alicia seemed to have come not to deal with the "Herrscher of Domination," but rather to relax and enjoy a picnic.

The heroes didn't react much to Alicia's behavior, having long been accustomed to her unconventional personality.

Valvie and Mebius, unusually, spent time together, studying the doll's body structure with great interest.

After a moment, the two of them reached the same conclusion.

The reason why the dolls can move freely is mainly due to the power of the Herrscher, not because they inherently possess the ability to move freely.

"Tch... I thought these puppets possessed self-awareness. It seems they can't be used as a reference to improve the armed puppets."

Mebius, uninterested, sat lazily on the briefcase that Wilhelm had once given him as a means of transportation, and slowly followed behind the heroes.

As for Velvi, it was the mechanical belt that supported her near-ground flight.

Li Sushang glanced at Mebius and Vervier, then suddenly realized what was going on. She immediately took out the folded near-ground levitation device and unfolded it to a size large enough to accommodate everyone.

Although the movement speed of a near-ground levitation device of this size is somewhat slower, it is still much faster than walking.

Seeing this, Alicia suggested with a smile, "How about we go 'camping'? Anyway, this kind of device can move on its own, and it'll be quite boring if we don't find something to do."

"Hmph, boring." Qianjie snorted coldly as if disdainful, then frankly added, "There is no food here, let alone ingredients."

"Hmph~"

Alicia smiled smugly, then magically produced a pile of snacks and ingredients from her "portable space." "This cute little girl already thought of this! I've prepared plenty of snacks and ingredients!"

"Leave the cooking to me!"

As she spoke, Vilvi took out a set of cooking utensils from her "portable space" and placed them in the center of the near-ground levitation device.

Kevin remained aloof as always, silently taking out several boxes of instant noodles.

Chapter 360 Encounter with Maria

Broken corridor.

Qiu Bi, Shi Yu Qi Luo, and Eden passed through a teleportation portal as tall as a person and arrived at the next broken corridor.

Inside this broken corridor, the three encountered an unexpected girl.

—Maria Shaniat.

At this moment, Maria stood quietly in the center of the broken corridor, her eyelids lowered, making it impossible for Qiu Bi and the others to see her expression.

"Maria?"

Shiyu Qiluo was stunned for a moment, and was about to walk towards Maria when Qiu Bi stopped her.

"Don't go near Maria, she's being controlled by the Herrscher of Knowledge."

"But……"