Kiana, Danger!

After seeing the message Himeko sent in the class group chat, the excitement Kiana had built up from watching the video vanished without a trace.

Damn it!

Why wasn't the stuff in that video real?

If it were real, then she'd never have to worry about going to class every day!

Guess a Kiana was still a Kiana—in her eyes, fighting Honkai Beasts was clearly way easier than attending lessons.

Of course, frustration aside, she still had to watch the video.

After all, since she'd already been caught red-handed by Himeko and was definitely getting punished, wouldn't it be a loss not to watch?

In the video—

Kiana chatted with a male voice over the communicator while wielding her dual pistols to fend off Honkai Beasts flying toward the fighter jet.

From their conversation, it was clear the man was also a warrior belonging to the Schicksal Organization, and he shared an unusual relationship with Kiana.

And through their chat, the audience gradually began to understand this world ravaged by Honkai, as well as the concept of Honkai itself.

Simply put, Honkai was a periodic disaster.

Its manifestations could be climatic calamities like typhoons and earthquakes, or natural cataclysms like volcanic eruptions and comet impacts.

Honkai produced a form of energy called Honkai Energy, and when living beings were eroded by this energy, they turned into the Honkai Beasts and zombies seen earlier in the video.

Starting in 1953, a disaster called the "First Honkai" struck Berlin, and from then on, humanity had been fighting against the natural calamity known as Honkai up to the present day.

Before the timeline in the video began, humanity had already endured three Honkai outbreaks.

Each outbreak brought countless deaths, which was why in the video, both the Schicksal Organization and Kiana and her group responded so swiftly to the arrival of Honkai.

Because if they were late...

It wouldn't be just a few or a few dozen lives lost—it would be the lives of tens of thousands in an entire city!

After a bout of fighting, Kiana successfully drove off all the Honkai Beasts from the fighter jet.

But before she could catch her breath, she noticed that the Honkai Beasts lurking nearby had suddenly begun an orderly retreat.

"Huh? Why are they all retreating? Feels like something big is coming."

A flash of red light streaked by, and a fully armored Honkai Beast—clearly no pushover—landed atop the soaring jet.

"Careful, Kiana. This is a Honkai Emperor, the peak of lower-tier Honkai Beasts! Against something of this level, I think we need to come up with a strategy..."

But before the voice on the communicator could finish, Kiana charged straight at the Honkai Emperor!

"Relax, relax. It's just a Honkai Emperor—it's not like I haven't beaten one in simulation battles before!"

Kiana might have looked reckless, but when it came to fighting, she actually had some real skill.

With her punches and kicks, the Honkai Emperor was pushed back step by step, soon reaching the edge of the jet.

Seeing the Honkai Emperor teetering on the brink, Kiana decided to press the attack.

"Perfect chance! Take this!"

"It's Kiana time—Neko Charm!"

After activating all the power of her Valkyrie armor, Kiana successfully entered the Time Fracture state.

In this state, aside from Kiana herself, everything in the outside world slowed to an extremely sluggish pace.

With the enemy's movements locked down, Kiana rushed at the Honkai Emperor at incredible speed, gathering a giant Cat Paw and kicking it viciously.

Boom!

With a deafening crash, massive cracks spread across the Honkai Emperor's shell.

And when the Time Fracture state ended, the Honkai Emperor was sent flying by the external force of the giant Cat Paw, plummeting off the top of the jet.

After eliminating that threat, Kiana happily rubbed her nose and said into the communicator, "See? When I'm on the job, one of me is worth two of anyone!"

But before Kiana could celebrate for long, she heard an urgent voice over the communicator in her ear.

"Watch your back, Kiana!"

Alerted, Kiana turned to look behind her, but it was already too late.

Even though her reaction was fast enough, she was still grazed by a red light striking from a distance.

Hit, Kiana grimaced in pain and dropped to one knee.

She looked up toward the direction of the attack, where a new batch of Honkai Beasts had silently gathered without her noticing.

Among them, besides the Honkai Emperor she'd just barely managed to knock away...

There were two more Honkai Emperors!!!

Holy crap, holy crap! Are these still mindless monsters? They just pulled a feint-to-the-east-attack-to-the-west tactic!

Upstairs, it doesn't seem like the video ever said Honkai Beasts were mindless, did it?

No way, if they really have intelligence, that's hopeless! With strength several times greater than humans and wisdom to match...

Man, what else can I even say?

At a critical moment, don't be a smartass up there! But still, I gotta say: Bro, I miss you!

Stop clowning around, damn it! My wife's in danger! Someone save her!

In the real world, countless netizens watching this part were sweating bullets for Kiana.

Even Kiana herself, watching the video, was sweating bullets for herself.

Just at that critical moment, a violet sword beam shot in from not far away.

It wiped out a bunch of Assault-class Honkai Beasts and knocked one of the three Honkai Emperors flying.

While breaking the Honkai Beasts' encirclement, it also successfully resolved Kiana's crisis.

The camera followed Kiana's gaze, and what came into view was a White-Haired Boy with a handsome face but a cold expression.

Seeing their advantageous situation ruined, the Honkai Emperors roared as if they had human emotions and lunged furiously at the White-Haired Boy.

Their lightning speed made Kiana shout out instinctively: "Ye Li, watch out!"

The White-Haired Boy named Ye Li nodded at the sound, acknowledging Kiana.

Facing the ferocious giant Honkai Beasts charging at him, Ye Li twirled his sword in a stylish flourish and advanced instead of retreating.

With a flicker of his form, he dashed toward the monsters like a ghost.

His sword traced graceful arcs through the air, striking at the monsters' vitals with several sharp sword beams.

The Honkai Emperor that was hit let out a furious roar, trying to block Ye Li's attack, but his movements were fluid and seamless, his sword strikes relentless like a storm.

"This life is but morning dew, ungrudging I tread the Yellow Springs."

Amid a flurry of flashing blades and sword shadows, the Honkai Beasts gradually faltered under his assault.

Seeming to sense the tide turning, the three Honkai Emperors that had been ganging up on Ye Li slowed their offensive pace.

Relying on the cover of numerous Assault-class Honkai Beasts, the three Honkai Emperors began to retreat one by one.

Just as they thought they'd escape safely, a long sword shot in from afar, pinning one of the retreating Honkai Emperors to the ground.

On closer look, cracks could be seen on that Honkai Emperor's chest.

Under Ye Li's lethal assault, that Honkai Emperor eventually dissipated into the air like dust.

After defeating several powerful foes, Ye Li's face showed no trace of pride, only a calm and composed ease, as if it were only natural.

But it was this aura of strength without self-awareness, combined with his strikingly eye-catching appearance and that white hair that was a direct hit for Dragon Country folks...

With all these factors stacked together, Ye Li instantly became the focus of discussion among netizens in the real world.

Who's that handsome guy?!

So manly! And he specifically killed the Honkai Beast that just hurt Kiana—he really did, I'm crying!

Something's wrong! I'm not right—seeing this White-Haired Boy, I actually feel like I'm falling in love.

No wonder this video trended. In just over ten minutes, I found two wives of my life—deserves to be popular!

I'm done pretending, I'm coming clean! Bro, you smell good!

Mom, there are so many gay guys here, it's scary! What, I'm one too? Oh, never mind then.