These Days, Even Whales Can Fly

It can barely hold on; you can't keep using time-stop indefinitely.

Inside the classroom, the teacher in blue robes, sitting at the head of the table, drew a long sword gleaming with a cold light from under the table after hearing the noise outside.

"Zhenyi, Liu, you two take the children and go first."

"Dean!?" The two female teachers Zhenyi and Liu, were surprised to learn that their dean could use a sword.

"I'll go out and help. You two take the students and retreat. Remember to be quick-witted."

Chapter 268 These days, even whales can fly.

"I thought you disposed of it."

"...We can't kill him." Zhongli turned to look at the former general behind him. "We crippled him, but killing him is too difficult."

Zhongli was one of the family members and knew only his own affairs.

In ancient times Judgment-class being emerged who was purely a matter of character, meaning someone who was not human.

Fortunately, it was ancient times. Even if Chi You minimized his skill points in special effects and focused all his points on stats, he was still like a human suffering from altitude sickness—consuming less oxygen than he could inhale.

To put it bluntly, Chi You was relatively weak among the Judgment-Class Honkai Beast at that time—although only two Judgment-Class Honkai Beasts have appeared so far.

If they could have killed it, they would have done so long ago. Anyone with a brain wouldn't have raised a tiger to cause trouble.

However, the problem is that he is too difficult to kill. Many people died trying to kill Chi You, but in the end, they couldn't kill him. Zhongli was also quite troubled.

"Your fighting in Shenzhou was too bloody." Zhen sighed.

Because the land is vast and rich in resources, there are many demons, and then wars arise due to friction or ambition...

The demons, in their endless cycle of death, created Chi You, Judgment-Class Honkai Beast with extraordinary abilities.

Zhongli remained silent.

Zhen continued, "Was Chi You's current situation entirely within expectations?"

"If it were within expectations, this wouldn't have happened." Zhongli shook his head. "I originally thought it was Oseir or Baizhe, but I never expected it to be Chi You, and I certainly never imagined that Chi You would be this powerful..."

Zhongli looked at Chi You, who was several times larger than before, and felt somewhat helpless.

If back then he couldn't keep up with the attacks, now he has to wonder how many full-force blows he would need to break through the opponent's shell.

They hadn't used any defense skills, but the brick was too powerful and flew through the air...

Of course, the correct way to defeat Chi You is to jump into his mouth and find his core.

It's too stupid to fight them head-on from the outside.

"But... Chi You shouldn't have broken the seal. I pinned its main heart down back then, and it was originally expected to weaken and die over thousands of years."

Chi You was troublesome back then, but his absolute strength wasn't actually that high. He was just too tanky, and his simple and brutal development path allowed him to easily defeat opponents with lower strength and flashy moves in that era.

So after crippling it and realizing he couldn't kill it, he simply sealed it away.

He couldn't kill him, so he found a core, and almost got lost inside Chi You's body and couldn't get out.

After all, if it were seven, it would be impossible for Mio to be out of the blue. In the past few thousand years, the concentration of the Honkai energy in the world would not have increased to the point where Judgment-Class Honkai Beast could appear. A Chi You who was crippled and sealed away would eventually die from weakness.

"... So, did something unexpected happen?"

"Perhaps, but it's also possible that my judgment back then was wrong." Zhongli frankly admitted his mistake.

"Speaking of which, your husband is quite good, but your rival..."

Zhongli originally thought Chi You was already hopeless, but then Acheron appeared and is trying to slice Chi You into pieces...

In fact, Zhongli had seen Acheron before—he spent his days strolling around like an old man, playing with birds, so he had naturally seen Acheron before, but he never expected Acheron to be so extraordinary.

"Not rivals, but sisters," Zhen corrected. "Do you have any information about Chi You?"

"Chi You has three cores—at least there were three back then. I only know the location of the main heart." Zhongli looked at Chi You, who had been sliced into pieces again, and replied, "But for that swordsman, the number of cores now seems meaningless."

It seems that Acheron is planning to turn Chi You into sashimi—if Chi You can be considered a fish.

"Hmm... So after growing this big, will you still be able to find the location of the main heart?"

Acheron also stopped his attacks and began to rest.

In order to efficiently slice Chi You into pieces, she used all her strength in every attack.

After several stabs, she was also a bit overwhelmed, so she simply pulled out her sword, returned to normal, and stood there to catch her breath.

After all, after leaving Izumo, she rarely needed a second strike to kill people, and sometimes she even pretended to be face-blind—in any case, those who were killed with a single strike didn't leave much of an impression on her mind.

Rounding up, she's practically face-blind.

This is the first time she has encountered a situation where she has to slice up her opponent like this.

There was no other way but to vent my anger in person.

Chi You... also stood still, beginning to Honkai energy in his mouth.

It hasn't used any attacks, but it does know how to use crude methods like compressing and spitting out Honkai energy.

It wasn't that it didn't want to run, but even with buoyancy helping to distribute its weight, its enormous body couldn't turn around quickly, so it had to just keep going.

At that moment, a lightning blade flashed, leaving a "deep" mark on Chi You's head.

However, the Honkai energy Chi You had just gathered was directly dispersed.

Are you alright?

The shadowy figure held a naginata in front of Acheron.

"I'm a little exhausted, I just need a short rest." Acheron didn't hide his condition. The advantage here was that the atmosphere was full of Honkai energy, so as long as you were bold, you could use it freely—not to mention that Chi You's wounds were still radiating Honkai energy. "How did you kill the Honkai Beasts?"

"People like Chi You... usually look for the core."

Chopping off the head of Judgment-Class Honkai Beast is actually useful, but it's not worth it for a beast as large as Chi You. For Chi You, the head is probably just a "biting weapon".

"But Chi You's core... my sister told me that Chi You has one heart, and one in the middle and one towards the back of his body—if Chi You doesn't change."

"Yeah."

Acheron nodded, feeling that this was not much different from dealing with those ferocious beasts before.

However, putting aside the fact that Chi You's body would still be enormous even when divided into three parts, Acheron would have to take the consequences Liu Bai mentioned seriously.

Judging from what just happened, there really are some Honkai Beasts parasitizing Chi You's body.

Acheron now even feels that his film might not be detailed enough.

"Could you block its attack for me?"

Acheron is not afraid of Chi You's attacks. Although he is exhausted, he can still dodge without much trouble. However, Liyue is behind him, which is a bigger problem.

Her original plan was to cut Chi You into a cross shape with four strikes, and if he didn't die after the first four strikes, she would most likely be able to kill him with the fifth strike.

The plans have changed, there's nothing we can do about it.

"Understood." Ying nodded calmly, quickly finding her place in the game—defense.

The addition of Shadow put Chi You in a dilemma—although its intelligence was not as high as Bella's, it was still Judgment-Class Honkai Beast and had basic judgment.

Running, as I said before, is too slow.

Rushing forward... won't work either, its legs are too "thin".

If you dare to step ashore, your opponent will definitely cut off one of your legs with a single blow.

After a brief moment of thought, Chi You chose to unleash a massive wave.

It has a short wind-up, a wide range, and sufficient destructive power.

Although it won't harm the two people in front of you, it's better than doing nothing.

Moreover, this also allows it to retreat.

As long as I can get back to the deep sea...

... Speaking of which, why did multiple powerful Honkai energy reactions appear in the city?

"Excellent swordsmanship!"

"Are you alright?"

Feeling somewhat worried after being praised, Liu Bai looked at the female swordsman in front of him, who seemed to have lost her mind in battle.

This person... Xiao Hong... no, Xiao Yun Hong?

"Thank you for your concern, I'm fine."

The female swordsman casually wiped the purple liquid off her sword.

"However, this Honkai invasion... is truly unexpected. Ah, allow me to introduce myself. I am Xiao Yun, the dean of this school."

Xiao Yun bowed slightly to Liu Bai in thanks.

"May I ask your name, my benefactor?"

"My name is Liu Bai —but now is not the time to say that."

A new batch of monsters has arrived; there are so many of these Honkai Beasts it's like a monster spawning event.

That's why Liu Bai told the students to run instead of hide—the school's walls would definitely fall if there were too many Honkai Beasts, so they could only run away before a large number of Honkai Beasts flooded in.

It's better to encounter danger with a low probability than to be wiped out with a high probability.

"You're absolutely right. Judging by the time, Liu and the others should have led the students away quite a distance by now. Let's retreat as well."

"I'll cushion your fall and then I'll go to rescue other places."

"... I cannot express my gratitude enough. If we are all safe and sound after today, Xiao Yun will definitely welcome us back with open arms."

"The 'sweeping the bed to welcome you' you mean is definitely not the same as the 'sweeping the bed to welcome you' I'm thinking of," Bai muttered under her breath.

Speaking of which, who was the other person just talking about?

Willow?

After successfully covering the rear, Liu Bai activated time stop again to take a look at the situation inside the city.

Their own Pseudo-Herrscher and Bella were working hard, but perhaps because it was their first time undertaking a rescue operation, they were all a bit hesitant.

However, these people are efficient at clearing monsters, so I don't need to worry about them.

So Liu Bai continued to walk towards the crowd and fought in the same manner.

"Boss, are you alright?"

"Kafka? You've arrived?"

"Hmm~" Kafka made a light and cheerful sound, "Leave the residents to me. By the way, Shenhe and Xianyun Yun might need some help."

"What happened over there?"

Liu Bai was puzzled.

"Too many?"

Shenhe and Xianyun are both quite strong, and these Honkai Beasts shouldn't be able to do anything to them right now.

Liu Bai could only conclude that there were too many Honkai Beasts, and that they were simply outnumbered.

"It is said that a giant flying whale has appeared, and its strength may have reached the peak of the Emperor-class, or even the Judgment-class."

"... It can fly?"

Liu Bai glanced at Chi You, who was still splashing water.

The whales under his command can now fly; is Chi You living the Groudon scenario?

... Okay, if Chi You, being this size, could fly, it would be deadly.

But jokes aside, the Honkai Beasts that logged in actually had something that looked like a Judgment-class weapon. Isn't that just a weapon that's going to kill people?

Where is it located?

Liu Bai trusted Shenhe and Xianyun, but he decided against facing Judgment-class being, as their combat power might not be much lower than that of Herrscher.