Collapse, I'll Transform and Punch You Directly Chapter 5

Kiana felt a bit strange. Even though Bai Chen had knocked down everyone who was hindering them, he still looked vigilant and hadn't left the battlefield.

Before she could figure out what was going on, something unexpected happened.

"Bang!"

Accompanied by the loud crash of collapsing buildings, countless Honkai Beasts rushed out from the nearby ruins, charging straight towards innocent civilians and preparing to begin their slaughter.

"Honkai Beasts?! Why are they here!"

Kiana looked at the horde of Honkai Beasts in shock. Their plan hadn't accounted for this at all.

"Of course, it's because I'm saving you, my fiancée Kallen. I won't allow these foolish people to kill you."

A blonde man emerged from the shadows, striking an extremely exaggerated pose beside Kallen, completely disregarding the panicked civilians around him.

Otto Apocalypse, five hundred years ago. He wasn't the Grand Bishop of Schicksal then. Now, to rescue his beloved Kallen, he didn't hesitate to release a massive number of imprisoned Honkai Beasts to create chaos, unaware that his actions would be the true cause of Kallen's death.

A pathetic and detestable man. Bai Chen looked at Otto's face, knowing he would have to become Otto's enemy for his future life.

Putting Otto aside, Bai Chen quickly rushed into the crowd, leaping forward to kick the nearest Honkai Beast.

Chapter 9: Heavenly Fire

"So you released these Honkai Beasts!?"

Kiana angrily questioned Otto. How could someone be so indifferent to life! If Bai Chen went to contain the released Honkai Beasts, what about the original timeline?

Would all those people who had just pleaded for Miss Kallen's life die miserably?! Kiana wished she could rush forward and punch him a few times, but someone was faster than her.

"Enough!" Kallen broke free from Kiana's grasp and stepped in front of Otto, slapping him across the face.

"Don't insult me again, Otto! As a shield for the Kaslana people, I will never abandon my people and flee alone!"

With that, Kallen ignored everyone else and leaped into the horde of beasts alone, preparing to draw them away.

Bai Chen felt it was too much! The number of Honkai Beasts was simply too great; he couldn't handle them all without transforming.

Knowing the plot, Bai Chen knew that in reality, Otto was currently monitoring this area. If Otto found out he had the ability to transform into Kiana, the consequences would be unimaginable.

[Imperial Drive: Thunder Blade Oni Horn]

In a blur of motion, Bai Chen produced a pair of strangely shaped purple dual guns. Although they were dual guns, each had a blade like an oni horn at the tip.

Bai Chen crossed his guns, firmly blocking the beast's gaping maw, then fired into its mouth, the intense impact forcing the Honkai Beast to release its grip in pain.

Seizing the opportunity, Bai Chen immediately fired several shots at the Honkai Beast's head, ending its life.

Immediately after, the guns in Bai Chen's hands spewed bullets as if they were infinite. In reality, weapons summoned through skills did have infinite ammunition, but they could only be used for a limited time.

The powerful barrage covered a large area around Bai Chen, creating a safe zone for a moment.

However, the sheer number of Honkai Beasts was overwhelming, and the panicked crowd was like ants on a hot pan, everywhere. Bai Chen couldn't possibly manage them all.

Bai Chen tried to shout for the crowd to move towards the edge, but no matter how loudly he yelled, his voice was drowned out by the screams of the crowd and the roars of the Honkai Beasts.

Bai Chen suddenly accelerated, scooped up a fallen child, dodged an attack from a Honkai Beast, and then shot that beast dead with a backhand shot.

"Thank you, thank you."

The still-shaken child thanked Bai Chen, not knowing what else to do.

After placing the child on the ground, Bai Chen nodded at him and pointed him towards a safe route: "Get out of here quickly, that way."

Actually, Bai Chen realized he might have lied. When he was talking to Kiana earlier, he had told her that this was just a simulation and advised her not to do anything useless.

But when he saw people who could respond to him actually about to die, he couldn't help but want to save them. He didn't know how to feel about it.

After covering the child's escape, Bai Chen suddenly noticed Kallen jump down and charge into the horde of beasts, trying to lure all the Honkai Beasts away.

This data space had been looping. The next time he saved Kallen, she would experience something else. But standing here now, even if it was just once, he wanted to save her.

"Protecting others never means sacrificing yourself."

Bai Chen recalled his experience as the Sky Ranger, clenched his weapon, and rushed towards Kallen's location.

When Bai Chen reached Kallen, he saw her preparing to sacrifice herself to stop the Honkai Beasts from attacking the civilians on the ground.

"Get away from me!!"

Bai Chen activated his time-space distortion again, accelerating to Kiana's front and using the Thunder Blade Oni Horn to block the Honkai Beast's attack. However, Bai Chen's stamina was insufficient to maintain the time-space distortion for long, so he had to deactivate it immediately.

"You? The person next to Kiana!"

Kallen exclaimed in surprise, seeing the boy who suddenly appeared. When they first met, she thought this child was so fast she couldn't see him clearly.

Despite his small and thin frame, he now stood like an insurmountable wall between her and the Honkai Beasts, giving her a sense of security that belied his age.

He was only thirteen or fourteen years old, perhaps a future incredibly powerful knight.

"Hmph!"

Bai Chen mustered all his strength to push the Honkai Beast in front of him away, then raised his guns and unleashed a barrage of fire at its head, but the Honkai Beast dodged the attack by bending down.

As it bent down, the Honkai Beast's claws extended sharp bone spurs towards Bai Chen.

In the original world, Kallen was killed by this move! Bai Chen hurriedly twisted his body to dodge the sneak attack.

Fortunately, the bone spur had a limited length; otherwise, for the safety of those behind him, he would have had to take the blow head-on!

During a lull in the Honkai Beast's attack, Bai Chen fired, his plasma-like bullets hitting the Honkai Beast's ankle. The destructive rounds tore off one of its legs.

"Aren't you going to dodge bullets by bending over? Show me dodging another one!"

With one leg gone, the Honkai Beast staggered, losing its balance and crashing to the ground.

However, after falling, the Honkai Beast opened its mouth and fired another bone spike!

"What the—!?" Bai Chen hadn't expected the Honkai Beast to have a backup plan and quickly used Oni Horn to block the root of the bone spike.

"Be careful!"

Seeing the danger, Kallen immediately prepared to help.

"Please stop, Miss Kallen! You don't have a weapon, so please don't force yourself."

While blocking the attack, Bai Chen hurriedly called out to stop Kallen. He was afraid that this unusual Honkai Beast might unleash its skills forcefully, causing a timeline convergence.

"No! I, Kallen Kaslana, will never hide behind the people."

But if Kallen were to let others fall into danger, she wouldn't be Kallen the saint.

Bai Chen sighed helplessly and said, "Miss Kallen, do you know? I actually know a girl from the Kaslana family, and she's so much like you."

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Kallen was a bit confused as to why Bai Chen was suddenly saying this.

"She was once so pure, and she always spoke of Kaslana's fiery spirit, doing her best to protect everyone."

"But everyone suffered because of her protection. Because she was a fool, she tried too hard, her body was covered in scars, she lost her sense of pain, and even her sense of taste."

"Why couldn't she rely on everyone more? Everyone would have understood her! Every time I think about what she went through, I feel immense pain."

"..."

Kallen seemed to understand why Bai Chen was suddenly saying this.

"Senior Kallen, you're the same, aren't you? You have people who love you, don't let them feel sad!"

The Oni Horn emitted a dazzling purple light. Bai Chen suddenly exerted force, and powerful electric currents burst forth, tearing the bone spike into pieces.

"I want to be the person who protects that Kaslana, so please watch closely, Senior Kallen! I will definitely resolve them beautifully!"

[Imperial Drive: Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment]

Chapter Ten: Drawn Sword!

"That, Dad!"

Kallen looked at the dual guns in Bai Chen's hand in surprise, not understanding why the Key of Destruction had appeared there.

"Bang!"

Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment shot out streams of fire, hitting the struggling Honkai Beast's vital spot without any surprise.

Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment lived up to its name as the Key of Destruction. After firing, the stream of fire bullets passed through the Honkai Beast's body as smoothly as a fireball through foam.

In an instant, the Honkai Beast, which had been struggling, had its body destroyed by the powerful high temperature and lay still on the ground.

After dealing with the Honkai Beast, Bai Chen walked straight towards the civilians on the ground who were too scared to move. He sheathed Heavenly Fire at his waist and then helped them up, saying, "Hurry and leave here to reunite with your families."

After watching them leave, Bai Chen heard the sound of multiple footsteps from behind him. He turned to see that Kiana had also arrived nearby.

"Bai Chen? That's what Dad always used. You can summon even this?"

Over the past month, Kiana had witnessed Bai Chen's peculiar abilities, but she hadn't expected him to be able to use this as well. Was it because of her childhood use?

No, that time couldn't even be called use.

"Mm."

Bai Chen nodded in response to Kiana's question and then observed Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment in his hand, saying, "Solving these Honkai Beasts now isn't a problem, but those guys are too scattered. If I use the full power of Heavenly Fire, I might accidentally injure the civilians who haven't evacuated."

Bai Chen felt extremely conflicted. The remaining Honkai Beasts numbered at least in the double digits. If he killed them one by one, it would take forever.

He could actually use Herrscher of the Void skill cards, but Otto wasn't interested in such things right now.

If he used those skills, even if he didn't expose his transformation ability, Otto would still come looking for him like a bloodhound.

Kiana, on the side, used checking for injuries as an excuse to touch Kallen all over. She then heard Bai Chen's troubles, but she didn't have a weapon in her hand either, otherwise, she could have fought alongside Bai Chen.

Wait, Kiana suddenly seemed to have an idea.

"Bai Chen, do you just need to lure the Honkai Beasts together?"

A flash of inspiration struck Kiana, and she confirmed with Bai Chen to make sure she understood correctly.

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"Then we can use Nutrient Solution!"

"?? Nutrient Solution?"

Bai Chen slapped his ear, wondering if water had gotten into his ear, otherwise, how could this topic be related to Nutrient Solution?

"Yeah, your Nutrient Solution is part of your ability too, right? When you hold the Nutrient Solution, it makes others feel like you're not to be messed with or something."

Kiana gestured animatedly, mimicking Bai Chen holding the Nutrient Solution back then.

"Huh? It works?"

Bai Chen had tried his luck with the prize draws whenever he had the chance for the past month, and the number of Nutrient Solutions he possessed had actually increased instead of decreasing compared to a month ago.

Drinking a month's worth of Nutrient Solution for nothing? He couldn't be blamed for not knowing about its special effects, especially since the system never introduced it?

"Just give your Nutrient Solution to those ordinary people. Those Honkai Beasts will think they're not to be messed with. Doesn't that mean we'll have our own attraction without the Nutrient Solution?"

After hearing Kiana's plan, Bai Chen was slightly surprised. He hadn't expected Kiana to come up with something like this. But then again, Kiana was naturally intelligent; she just didn't bother thinking when she was in a comfortable environment.

"Then how should I give these drinks to each person?"

Bai Chen hesitated, taking out the Nutrient Solution from his system space. If he had to send these drinks to ordinary people one by one, wouldn't it be about the same efficiency as taking down Honkai Beasts one by one?

"A little bit of Bronya can solve this."

At that moment, Bronya, whom he hadn't seen for a while, walked out from the side, her fingers operating on a light screen.

"Hacking into the database to call weapons is a bit troublesome, but if I copy the data you already have onto others, it will be much easier."

"Alright, then I'll go to a more open area and try to attract as much attention as possible."

With the last question resolved, Bai Chen didn't waste any more time. He tossed the Nutrient Solution to Bronya, glanced at Kallen who was spacing out, and then rushed towards the plaza.

Upon reaching the center of the plaza, Bai Chen took in his surroundings. As expected, many people hadn't left, and there were at least twenty Honkai Beasts.

"Begin deployment."

Bronya successfully operated the console, copying the Nutrient Solution data onto everyone present except Bai Chen. A phantom image of the Nutrient Solution appeared beside each person.

The moment the phantom images appeared, the Honkai Beasts that were previously chasing civilians suddenly stopped. They hovered around the people, like cats facing a hedgehog, hesitant to advance.