A true man never looks back... Why didn't it explode?

Several small rocket launchers shot out from the cannon ports in the Titan's arms, trailing white smoke and drawing beautiful arcs in the air as they flew towards Yu Luo.

"Whoa, whoa, rocket launchers? That's a bit much for a weapon of mass destruction!" A silver card suddenly appeared in Yu Luo's right hand, and he swiped it through the air. "Henshin!" His blue ponytail and pale purple kimono vanished, replaced by a jet-black cowboy outfit and hat.

The moment Yu Luo switched his transformation from Sasaki Kojiro to Billy the Kid, he activated Billy the Kid's Pseudo-Mind's Eye. The danger premonition allowed him to successfully detect the subsequent flight path of the rockets.

"Bang bang bang bang!" Yu Luo unleashed four precise shots with Billy the Kid's superb marksmanship, each hitting the warhead of a flying rocket. Struck by bullets, the rockets exploded mid-air, and the intense flames and shockwaves blew Yu Luo away.

"Henshin!" Yu Luo transformed back into Sasaki Kojiro. With his A+ Agility, he adjusted his posture in mid-air and landed steadily. He stomped his foot, kicking up a breeze, and Yu Luo became a purple afterimage charging towards the Titan.

The Titan had just fired a volley of rockets and its cannon barrels were still cooling. Facing Yu Luo, who had already charged to its feet, the Titan raised both hands and slammed them down forcefully towards Yu Luo.

"Boom!" Cracks spread across the ground, and dust billowed everywhere. Kiana shouted with concern, "Teacher, are you okay!"

Yu Luo, emerging from the dust, responded to Kiana. His agile body climbed up the Titan's arms onto its head. The Titan's red electronic eye flickered, and it extended its massive steel hand, smashing it down fiercely towards Yu Luo.

A brilliant sword light flashed, accompanied by a grating "creak." The Titan's raised hand detached and fell to the ground without resistance. "It's over!" Yu Luo's voice, like a judgment, echoed as the Katana in his hand mercilessly sliced through the Titan's head. A crescent-shaped sword light flashed and vanished. A perfectly straight cut appeared on the Titan's head, with electricity and sparks flickering at the edges.

Yu Luo elegantly flipped off the Titan's shoulder and deactivated his transformation, standing with his back to the Titan. Mei Raiden, who had been watching Yu Luo's battle with the Titan with bated breath, became even more worried when she saw Yu Luo standing still after the fight. "Teacher Yu Luo, what's wrong? Are you injured?"

"Uh..." Hearing Mei Raiden's concerned inquiry, Yu Luo was speechless. Kiana, seeing his expression, immediately understood and looked at him with disdain. "You're not waiting for the Titan to explode so you can do that classic 'real men never look at explosions' pose, are you?"

"Ahaha..." Yu Luo chuckled awkwardly to cover up the embarrassment of his thoughts being seen through by Kiana. "How could I do something so silly? I'm just a little tired, resting for a bit, yeah, just resting."

Mei Raiden didn't know whether to laugh or cry and didn't expose Yu Luo's lie. Kiana, looking displeased, playfully punched Yu Luo hard on the back and said irritably, "Let's go, don't dawdle!"

The three continued along the light rail tracks. Before long, they encountered a small squad of robots. They weren't as large as the Titan, about the size of an ordinary person, and were entirely milky white. Their heads had a streamlined black transparent glass for eyes, with a single red electronic eye flickering within. Their chests bore the same horizontal S-shaped emblem as the Titan.

The moment they spotted the trio, the robots' electronic eyes scanned them up and down. "Let's take care of them first!" Kiana charged forward with her dual pistols, followed by Mei Raiden wielding Soshu Muramasa. "Don't run so fast, Kiana, it's dangerous!"

"Warning, high threat level detected. Executing Directive Three: Terminate on sight!" The lead robot's electronic eye flashed bright red. It raised its machine gun and aimed at Kiana and Mei Raiden. Before it could fire, Kiana leaped sideways and kicked it to the ground.

"Checkmate!" She aimed her USP at its electronic eye and fired, piercing a hole through it. Intricate components sparked, and a puff of black smoke emerged as the robot ceased to function.

Mei, on the other hand, was more direct and brutal. With the sharpness of Soshu Muramasa and her family's Hokushin Itto-ryu style, she cleanly severed the robots' limbs at the joints, rendering them immobile. Only their torsos lay uselessly on the ground, their electronic eyes flickering.

"You two go ahead, I'll support you spiritually!" Yu Luo lounged where he sat, saying to Kiana and Mei, who were like tigers among sheep, slaughtering the robots.

"Then please lend some physical support too!" Kiana dodged a burst of machine-gun fire with rapid movement, then twisted and shot the robot's eye at point-blank range.

"Alright." Yu Luo casually picked up a stone from the ground and tossed it at a robot. It was like a tickle; it didn't even scratch the paint. Mei rushed over and decapitated the robot with a sword strike, its body collapsing limply to the ground.

Of course, these were just the usual jokes between Yu Luo and Kiana. The main reason Yu Luo wasn't fighting was to conserve his transformation energy from the Heroic Spirit Cards. Kojiro's transformation energy was at 90%, and Billy the Kid's was at 68%, most of which was consumed during the breakout in the waiting hall.

Although they currently had three Heroic Spirit Cards for transformation, they didn't know what lay ahead. Gundams had already appeared, so Yu Luo felt that even if a Spear of Aethelred showed up later... well, that would still be surprising. Therefore, unless the enemy was completely beyond Kiana and Mei's capabilities, Yu Luo had no intention of intervening.

Kiana and Mei Raiden's combat prowess was considerable. Kiana had likely allocated her intelligence stats to stamina and strength, and the Third Herrscher's personality still lurked within Mei Raiden. Yu Luo couldn't forget the oppressive feeling he experienced in that thundercloud.

In just a few minutes, the entire squad of robots was nearly wiped out by the two. The tracks were littered with the haphazardly strewn white robot bodies, and the ground was covered in electronic components. Seeing the horizontal S emblem printed on the robot bodies, Mei Raiden asked Kiana with some concern:

"The emblems on these robots are the same as the one on that Titan. They must be from the same organization. Should we keep going?"

Kiana shrugged helplessly. "We've come this far, there's no turning back now."

"Honkai Source detected. Distance: 1000, 800, 600, 400." The mysterious phone on Kiana's waist suddenly rang. Kiana picked it up, looking disgusted. "This piece of junk phone is broken again. What Honkai Source can move this fast? It's not like you, Senior Mei."

"What is that?!" Yu Luo, who had been sitting on the ground watching the scenery, suddenly asked.

"What?"

"Rumble!" A white blur streaked overhead, the powerful airflow whipping their hair and clothes, making it difficult to open their eyes.

"It looked like a white robot, and there seemed to be someone on it," Mei Raiden squinted, unsure. Kiana grabbed Mei's hand and ran forward, shouting, "Don't worry about it! That thing is flying back; it's definitely not here for afternoon tea. Let's go!"

Yu Luo quickly got up and followed Kiana and Mei in a tactical retreat. However, they were intercepted before they could get far. The white robot flying in the sky landed in front of them, blocking their escape route.

A girl, appearing to be only fourteen years old, sat on the white robot. She wore a brown skirt, and her silver-grey hair was styled into two drills, tied with bows on either side of her head. Her expression was cold, and she spoke in a devoid-of-emotion voice, "Biological presence detected, count: 3. Honkai signature scan commencing."