A Little More

Rongcheng.

High-rises collapsed, and crowds scattered in all directions. An eighty-meter-tall Honkai beast rampaged through the city, while shells constantly struck its body, yet they could not pierce its silvery-white hide.

"Roar!"

The Honkai beast leaped high into the air and crashed down into a densely packed crowd. Screams rang out without end.

It looked almost exactly like the disaster in Jinshan City.

The local Ability Bureau had sent out everything it had, dispatching two A-Class Ability Users. However, there were seven Honkai beasts of this level throughout the entire urban district.

The people in the city had not yet been evacuated, and the military could not use weapons with massive destructive power. They were actually helpless against the Honkai beasts.

"Hold these monsters back! Reinforcements will be here soon!"

Faced with such terrifying giant creatures, everyone kept maneuvering around them, but powerlessness weighed on their hearts, and the weapons in their hands could not provide any sense of security.

Clang—

A clear sword note rang out. Two figures fell from the clouds, and a streak of sword light flashed. The despair-inducing Honkai beast was cleaved in two.

"This is Xu Muchi. Another S-Class combatant and I have arrived in Rongcheng."

"That's wonderful. We'll leave Rongcheng to you, then."

Ding! Plunder effective. Obtained enhancement: Advanced Healing. Honkai creature upgraded to LV27.

The skill took effect, and Gu Yan's passive ability leveled up again. All his abilities rose sharply once more, and his output power increased.

However, since he still had a human body and had not formed a core, the increase in output power did not improve his strength by much.

"You can handle this kind of monster alone... Hmm? How did you suddenly become so much stronger?"

Xu Muchi had not actually detected anything. Rather, some mysterious intuition made her particularly sensitive to changes in other people's strength.

"I can. We should split up and clear the city." Gu Yan did not answer her other question, and Xu Muchi did not press him further.

As long as they were lower-level Honkai beasts, A-Class Ability Users could handle them alone. Even beasts nearly a hundred meters tall would not be difficult to deal with if one put in a little effort.

As for Gu Yan, the intensity of his energy and the strength of his body had reached a level close to Xu Muchi's. He simply could not match her in offensive power.

Against this kind of Honkai beast, Gu Yan could simply pump energy into it until it died.

The attack power of his ability was limited, and he had no other power to use. He could only strengthen his ability with Honkai Energy, but because he could not withstand it, much of it would be wasted. He also had no handy weapon to carry the Honkai Energy, leaving all his abilities with nowhere to be used.

Then he could only attach the Honkai Energy to his fists.

The Honkai beast had caused such a huge commotion in Rongcheng that finding a target was easy.

Gu Yan clenched his fist and aimed at a Honkai beast wreaking havoc nearby before throwing a punch—

Bang!

The body of the giant monster he sent flying even broke the sound barrier. Its ten-thousand-ton body was warped by a single punch, and when it hit the ground, it kicked up clouds of dust. Buildings within two hundred meters were shattered by the impact.

"Uh... Nothing to worry about."

So this was what Teacher Saitama's battles were like?

Of the seven, two had been killed, while two were being held back by A-Class Ability Users. Xu Muchi was clearing them out as well, so at this rate, Rongcheng's crisis would soon be resolved.

Gu Yan left to find his next victim and secretly decided to hold back a little. He had come to reinforce Rongcheng, not the Honkai beasts. A Honkai beast's five-minute workload was something he could finish in two seconds.

Su Qiqi pressed herself tightly against the wall, not daring to make a sound.

She was an intern lawyer who had graduated less than two years ago. Her future had seemed bright, but disaster had suddenly descended upon the city.

Giant monsters had appeared, pushing buildings over like stacks of blocks. Some people had even turned into zombies, tearing into and devouring other living beings.

Was the apocalypse coming?

All her years of hard work would ultimately amount to nothing more than becoming the backdrop of an era, adding a smear of blood to the world's transformation.

She was unwilling to accept it.

She struggled desperately, breaking free from the Deathsworn surrounding her. She fled through the collapsing buildings, determined to survive. She had to survive!

My life has only just begun. My life can't end like this. I haven't even had a boyfriend yet, and I haven't eaten all the delicacies in the world. I haven't...

At that moment, she hid in a corner. There were no more screams nearby, only the heavy footsteps of a Honkai beast.

Thud, thud!

The sound drew closer and closer, while her heartbeat quickened. She prayed—prayed that it would not find her.

Go away. Go away already.

There was no light in the darkness before dawn, but flames and streetlights illuminated the corners of the city.

In that instant, all those lights disappeared.

A shadow descended over her. Su Qiqi lifted her head in despair and locked eyes with the towering monster.

Despair. Her eyes were filled with despair.

She began to cry.

I'm going to die. What should I do? Silent tears slid down her face as she gently closed her eyes, seemingly accepting her fate.

"You bastard of a monster! So you think being tall makes you **great? You ***—just wait! Even if I become a ghost, I won't forgive you!"

A courage of unknown origin surged through her. Su Qiqi launched into a furious tirade, casting all her decorum aside and extending a friendly greeting to the entire family of the Honkai beast that had stolen her life.

Boom!

A violent tremor erupted. She fell to the ground and hurriedly looked up, only to find that the monster had been driven deep into the ground and was no longer moving.

Had she been saved? Had she survived?

Standing calmly on the monster's corpse was a young man. His black hair blended into the night, while his eyes seemed to shine beneath the firelight. His handsome, distinguished face made Su Qiqi's heart stop for an instant.

Was he the one who saved me? Amazing!

And he's handsome, too!

Stars seemed to appear in the girl's eyes.

The black-haired youth was none other than Gu Yan. He had just been about to attack the Honkai beast when he heard the woman's, uh...

"Courageous," he said in the heat of the moment.

Su Qiqi's pretty face flushed red. Her hands had nowhere to go, so she clasped them together, mortified beyond words.

Gu Yan at this moment: What did I just say? Did that make me seem like an idiot? Should I silence her?

Forget it. I'll just run.

"Wait! Do we know each other? I've seen you before!" Seeing Gu Yan about to leave, Su Qiqi hurriedly called out.

She was not lying. Gu Yan's face really did look familiar, but she could not remember where she had seen him.

"I don't know you." Gu Yan confirmed it once more, then turned and left without stopping.

I don't mind that your way of hitting on me is outdated, but I'm busy 'saving the world.'

Seeing Gu Yan leave, Su Qiqi felt extremely disappointed. Just then, a flash of inspiration seemed to pass through her mind.

She took out her phone and searched for a while before finally finding a photo of Gu Yan.

It had been sent to her by a gaming friend. He claimed it was a photo of himself, but she had always thought it was fake and had never paid much attention to it. Now, however, she saved the photo, backed it up, and set it as her wallpaper in one breath.

That young man had not seemed to recognize her, which meant that her gaming friend was not him either.

Hmph, he really is a liar!

A faint glimmer flickered in Su Qiqi's eyes as her fingers rapidly tapped the screen and she sent a message to the other party.

For this kind of deceptive photo behavior, she should—

"Do you have any more photos? Send me two more."