Honkai Star Rail: I Played the Villain, Now the Heroines Want Revenge — Chapter 228

Chapter 228: Another Train Crew is Wiped Out!

Three Aeons stood in confrontation across the sea of stars.

Three fundamental concepts, three divine wills, poised over the shattered remnants of the Luofu.

The silence was absolute, a crushing pressure that was heavier than any planet.

Lan, the Arrow that Ends All, made the first move.

It knew that facing two Aeons—one its conceptual opposite, the other a new, unknown variable born of pure hatred for it—even it had to give its all.

It drew its divine bow to its fullest, the starlight of a thousand galaxies converging on its hand.

This time, it wasn’t a single light arrow, but countless ones.

Dense, uncountable light arrows rained down like a meteor shower, illuminating the entire starry sky with a pale, cold light, as if a supernova had exploded!

It was an attack aimed at both you and Nanook.

Nanook snorted coldly, a sound that cracked the very fabric of space.

It spread its broken arms, and endless, molten-gold flames of destruction spewed forth from its divine wounds!

Those were flames millions of times hotter than a star’s core, the embodiment of entropy, the prelude to all things returning to glorious, chaotic destruction!

Light arrows collided with the flames of destruction, and the universe trembled!

The two forces of “Ending” and “Destroying” met in a cataclysmic explosion that erased entire regions of space.

And you, you just floated there. Motionless.

You slowly opened your eyes—the Eyes of Guizhong.

[Inorin’s Note: “Gui Zhong” (归终) is the name of the new Aeon of the End, ascended from Orion’s hatred. The “Eyes of Guizhong” are the evolved version of his Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.]

In your ink-black pupils, Lan’s figure was reflected.

“Lan,” your voice, a chorus of a billion endings, echoed without a sound. “Your existence is inherently a mistake.”

“From this moment on, all karma will push you towards your end.”

The moment you gazed upon Lan, judgment had already descended.

It wasn’t an attack. It was a fact.

The divine light shimmering around Lan’s colossal divine body visibly dimmed.

The space beneath its feet rippled, as if the universe itself was trying to reject it, to drag it into an unknown abyss.

Good fortune was leaving it. The concept of “luck” was ending. Disaster was quietly descending.

Lan’s divine body suddenly trembled!

It felt it. An invisible shackle had been placed upon its body, its very concept.

Its divine bow and armor, forged from starlight and belief, even showed new cracks!

This was… a curse.

An existence gazed upon by Gui Zhong would be rejected even by the universe itself!

“Blasphemer!”

Lan let out a roar that shook the sea of stars. The dignity of an Aeon would not be provoked.

It ignored Nanook’s attacks.

It drew its divine bow, and the light of myriad stars was forcibly stripped from distant galaxies. The sky darkened as their light was stolen, converging to form a dazzling arrow-river on its bowstring!

Myriad Star Arrow!

That was a divine punishment that the Aeon of The Hunt, Lan, would only use when cleansing stars infested with Abominations of Abundance, a single attack capable of completely erasing an entire star system from existence!

It intended to purify you, this new anomaly, along with this contaminated battlefield, all at once!

Facing the sweeping, galaxy-ending torrent of light, your expression remained unchanged.

You were a being of the End. You felt no fear, only purpose.

You simply raised your hand, and the dagger that once belonged to your mother—now elevated to a divine artifact with you—was held in your palm.

The next instant, you activated “Guizhong’s Path.”

A grayish-white path, a concept of pure finality, instantly unfolded between you and Lan.

On this path, there was no distance. There was no time.

There was only a beginning… and an end.

The moment you wished to appear before Lan, you were already standing before it.

The arrow-river, capable of destroying a star system, was left behind you. It missed its target, shooting harmlessly into the void of the universe, where it would one day erase some unknown, unlucky galaxy.

Lan’s conceptual mind reeled. It was the first time it had registered bewilderment.

You were within reach!

Lan, the Arrow that Ends All, was greatly alarmed and immediately tried to redirect its bow!

But it was already too late!

In your hand, the grayish-white dagger, a weapon of god-slaying, a blade that ends all.

The dagger thrust out.

Lan hurriedly blocked with its divine bow!

Clang—!

Divine artifacts collided.

There was a moment of perfect, impossible silence.

Then, a few seconds later, the ensuing shockwave instantly tore apart the remnants of the Luo Fu Celestial Ark below.

The ark, and all the souls still on it, were atomized.

But you gave it no time.

The dagger in your hand struck again!

It sliced fiercely along a “death line” on its divine body… no, it should now be called an “end line.”

“Hiss—”

The sound of a concept tearing.

The Hunt’s divine body was easily cut open.

But fortunately for it, it dodged in time, creating distance between you, and thus avoided having the “end line” completely severed.

A long, gray-white wound now marred its starlight form, a wound from which not light, but nothingness, leaked.

Lan, the Arrow that Ends All, was utterly enraged!

It put away its divine bow, and its divine light condensed into an indestructible, colossal long-handled halberd, which it swept towards you!

The wrath of an Aeon was enough to tear apart space-time!

However, you just watched it quietly.

Watching it wield the long-handled halberd, watching its divine might surge.

You simply raised your hand and, facing Lan, gently… clenched your fist.

“Return.”

Your strongest authority was activated. The Path of Restitution.

In an instant, Lan’s movements froze.

At this moment, all the damage, all the death, and all the karma that Lan had caused in its long, unending past were extracted by you!

Around it, space-time began to distort, revealing countless fragmented, ghostly scenes.

Those were planets destroyed by its light arrows, wailing lives, and civilizations turned into cosmic dust.

There were Abominations of Abundance, yes… but there were also… innocent beings.

The Battle of Fanghu.

The disintegrating remnants of the Luo Fu Celestial Ark.

The mournful, silent erasure of the Yuque Celestial Ark…

All the slaughter, all the destruction, all the karma it had caused on its Path for the sake of so-called “justice”…

These sins, as heavy as mountains, as vast as galaxies, transformed into the most vicious curses.

All of them superimposed themselves onto Lan, fiercely backfiring!

Lan, the Arrow that Ends All, let out its first scream since becoming an Aeon!

Its divine body began to crack, fissures of gray-white energy spreading all over it. Its divine light rapidly dimmed!

Being backfired by the very karma it had personally created, even an Aeon could not bear it!

“Impossible…”

Lan struggled to counterattack, but the curse of the Eyes of Guizhong, combined with the weight of its own past, left it full of flaws.

It tried to draw its bow, but the bowstring, weakened by your judgment, suddenly snapped!

It tried to escape, but found that space itself had already been sealed by your will!

Everything was pushing it towards its end!

You raised the god-slaying dagger and aimed it at Lan!

“It’s over.”

You activated “Guizhong’s Path” again, appearing directly before its collapsing, flickering divine body.

The dagger in your hand was aimed at its chest—the convergence point of all its “end lines.”

This strike was for Jiang Li.

This strike was for Neergul.

This strike… was for all the innocent beings it had ignored in its blind hunt.

“Die—Lan!”

The dagger pierced through Lan’s divine body!

The grayish-white power of the End spread like a virus, ending the very concept of The Hunt!

Lan’s body began to completely disintegrate!

It looked at you in disbelief.

A newly born Aeon… had actually killed it.

You looked at it coldly, your black eyes reflecting its demise.

“Your birth was for revenge, and my birth was to end existences like yours.”

“This is karma!”

The final blow.

You fully plunged the dagger in!

Boom—!!!

Lan, the Arrow that Ends All, completely collapsed!

The Hunt Aeon… fallen!

Its divine body transformed into an immeasurable, cold light, scattering across the entire universe!

That was the final echo when an Aeon fell.

A terrifying energy ripple, a “death-wave” of a concept, swept through, easily tearing apart everything around it!

At this time, the Astral Express Crew had just boarded the Star Skiff.

They were desperately fleeing the collapsing Luo Fu Celestial Ark.

Welt nervously controlled the skiff, pushing its engines to their limit.

“Faster! Faster!” Himeko looked at the gradually receding, fragmenting ark.

March 7th supported the weakened Stelle: “Hold on, Stelle! We’ll be safe soon! We’re out of the main collapse!”

However, at this moment—

The impact of your god-slaying… and the death-wave of The Hunt’s fall… arrived.

It was more terrifying than any previous attack. A silent, gray-white wave of pure End.

“No!” Dan Heng’s expression changed drastically, his Imbibitor Lunae powers flaring instinctively to protect them.

But it was too late!

The Star Skiff’s shield instantly shattered, not by force, but by ceasing to exist.

The hull directly disintegrated.

Boom!

The Star Skiff completely exploded.

The Astral Express Crew members were thrown into the void.

In the aftermath of the Aeon’s fall, their bodies, touched by the concept of the End, instantly turned to dust.

No miracles.

No rescue.

The Trailblazer’s journey ended like this, in the collateral damage of your revenge.

Stelle seemed to see your distant, gray-white figure at the last moment.

Her golden eyes, just before they dissolved, were filled with sadness and confusion.

Why…

Why did it turn out like this…

But she would never get an answer.

She and her companions turned into cosmic dust.

[The Astral Express Crew was wiped out again and again, villain value +1000!]

At this moment, Nanook was nearby.

It hadn’t interfered earlier because it had anticipated that you could deal with Lan. It sensed your ascension, born of its own Path. To allow you to take revenge with your own hands, it had even facilitated your ascension to godhood.

It looked at you, and in its golden, burning pupils, a certain emotion seemed to appear for the first time… it was an appreciative gaze.

Watching you, once a Lord Ravager, now become an existence similar to itself.

Destruction and End… they were two sides of the same coin.

It raised its arm, its massive, golden hand, seemingly wanting to signal something to you.

Perhaps it was recognition.

Or perhaps… an invitation.

Two Aeons of similar paths joining forces would be enough to plunge the entire universe into eternal, glorious destruction!

Nanook’s intention was clear; it wanted to form an alliance with you.

However.

Just at that instant!

You moved.

Using “Guizhong’s Path,” you appeared directly behind it.

Then, the god-slaying dagger, still dripping with the essence of a dead Aeon, without hesitation, plunged deep into Nanook’s back!

“?!”

Nanook was completely unprepared!

It never expected that you… would attack it!