Relying solely on the human body's capabilities to flee, Su Qing'an had nearly reached his limit—both in the physical strength needed to force his body onward and in the mental focus required to control Honkai Energy and protect himself.
The only thing that could help him escape this predicament was the Kawasaki H2R he had hidden away. If not for the motorcycle's excessive noise making it unsuitable for traveling through areas near the center of the Honkai outbreak, he would never have chosen to go on foot.
The noise might attract more Honkai Beasts to hunt him down, but he could no longer worry about that. If he could not get past the obstacle in front of him, what future could he possibly speak of?
Besides, under the deterrence of the Emperor-class Honkai Beast Ganesha, whether the other Honkai Beasts would interfere was itself a question.
Right here. Though he had run through the calculations countless times in his mind, he still could not help feeling fear and tension. If his error exceeded fifty meters, he would certainly die.
In the face of life and death, he could not remain unmoved.
Without hesitation, he calmly predicted the attack, rolled aside, and dodged Ganesha's direct beam. Su Qing'an empowered his physical abilities with Honkai Energy and leaped forward with all his strength in an instant.
With almost no pause, Ganesha's second beam locked onto Su Qing'an in midair and thundered forth.
At the same time he leaped, the [Calming the Tempest] in his hand released a sword wave that forcibly changed his direction in midair. Taking advantage of the momentum, he drove the blade into a nearby support pillar and left his body suspended in the air.
Yet the young man's movements did not stop. As Ganesha's beam violently tore apart the ceiling above him, Su Qing'an simultaneously drew upon the maximum amount of Honkai Energy he could control. The moment he pulled out his sword, he cleaved downward, releasing the most unstable sword wave he had ever produced.
That was intentional. Only by creating such an airflow could he leave the underground sewer as quickly as possible while being hunted by Ganesha in this desperate situation.
Boom! The violent airflow let out a roar that shook heaven and earth, propelling his body forward. The tremendous kinetic force made every bone in his body ache as if he were falling apart, but as his shell shot toward the exit above, Su Qing'an knew that it was far from over.
He used the Sword Defense Style. The rotating, vibrating Honkai Energy deflected all the falling rubble, but his mind blurred for an instant when he swung his sword.
Su Qing'an understood one thing: he could release only a few more sword waves at most. Otherwise, his consciousness might fall straight into unconsciousness.
In just three seconds, Su Qing'an successfully escaped the underground sewer.
The moment that would decide life and death had arrived. The airflow propelled the young man into the open air, about a dozen meters above the ground. Its force had already dissipated, and during the brief interval as his vision shifted, he looked down at the scene below.
It was a small alley.
The error was not great. This was indeed the place where he had left the Kawasaki H2R earlier.
The young man let his body enter free fall. Only when he was one meter above the ground did he calmly swing his sword and release a faint sword wave. Using the calculated force, his body landed in a natural roll with almost no injury.
Without hesitation, Su Qing'an climbed onto the Kawasaki H2R and turned the key, which had never been removed.
A few seconds later, noise louder than that of a professional MotoGP racing bike roared through this dangerous area, where Zombies and Honkai Beasts wandered. The 170-decibel roar reached his ears, yet it sounded exceptionally pleasing at that moment.
The motorcycle shot forward. Ganesha's furious roar was drawing closer and closer, but the young man ignored the condition of the streets and desperately squeezed every bit of power from the terrifying engine.
On the small LCD instrument panel inside, the tachometer on the left had broken past the ten-thousand-rpm redline.
Equipped with a supercharger, the Kawasaki H2R forced 310 horsepower out of its engine and tore down the street without the slightest intention of slowing down.
It was one of the few terrifying motorcycles capable of breaking through 300 km/h, and it even had the power to exceed 400 km/h. On a racetrack, it was more than capable of leaving the 1,200-horsepower supercar king, Bugatti, forever behind.
But the monster chasing it now could not be understood by common sense.
A monster without reason or intelligence relentlessly pursued Su Qing'an. Ganesha curled up its enormous body and began to roll, using Honkai Energy as its driving force. Its speed became several times faster than before.
If it had used this move earlier, Su Qing'an's situation would have been even more difficult.
Even the steel beast ridden by the young man could not shake off this Emperor-class Honkai Beast. Under its berserk form, every obstacle along the road was as fragile as a child's building blocks.
Its pure and overbearing straight-line rolling was like a massive drumbeat suppressed within his heart, pounding against it with maddening force.
Fear grew and twined around him like water weeds. To maintain precise control of his body, Su Qing'an could not stop silently reciting the Sword Heart Technique.
Using perfect control of force to replicate the riding skills of a professional motorcyclist, Su Qing'an abruptly turned into a small alley at extremely high speed. The narrow route meant he could not afford to make the slightest mistake.
In barely three seconds, the end of the alley appeared in the young man's vision. It was actually a dead end?!
Of course Su Qing'an understood that. From the moment he encountered Ganesha, every choice he had made had been precise and correct. If not, he would have died long ago.
He had memorized most of the city's routes in advance, so he naturally would not make such a mistake. In fact, he would only deliberately run toward areas he knew well.
The reason he had intentionally chosen this dead end was to approach his destination while increasing the obstacles in Ganesha's path.
In front of the motorcycle's nose, which was wrapped in aggressive full-carbon-fiber bodywork, Honkai Energy formed a crude defensive shield. Its enormous momentum smashed cleanly through the wall at the end of the alley.
He leaned his body and lowered the motorcycle. The tires traced a graceful arc across the ground as the steel beast drifted through the turn without slowing down at all.
This steel beast concealed air-stabilizing winglets of various sizes across its body. It was precisely because of these fully armed aerodynamic components that it could maintain excellent high-speed stability and cornering grip even beyond 300 km/h.
Amid this desperate flight between life and death, the young man was drawing closer and closer to his planned destination.
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