Gonna Die... Wait, Am I That Awesome?

Not only was Shu startled by the thing chasing them, but his shocked expression also scared the others in the car.

Kiana and Bronya huddled in a corner, while Mei resisted her curiosity and only glanced in the rearview mirror twice.

"Honkai Emperor..." Kiana frowned, raising her hand to tap her head. "Hiss... what kind of Honkai beast is that... feels so familiar, have I heard of it somewhere?"

"According to what Shu said, the Honkai Emperor is the pinnacle of lower-level Honkai beasts," Bronya stated the knowledge point that the academic scum Kiana couldn't remember.

"Pinnacle? Lower-level Honkai beasts?" Kiana blinked. "What level was that super big 'Chariot'-class Honkai beast then?"

"Lower mid-tier," Shu gritted his teeth and returned to his seat. Any sleepiness, any staying up all night, at this moment, all of it could get lost!

"Mei, speed up! Don't stop!" Shu unbuckled his seatbelt.

Mei had already floored the accelerator, and Kiana behind her finally understood what "mid-tier" meant.

So, this Honkai beast, only three meters tall, is more powerful than that ten-meter tall Honkai beast before!

"Wow! It really is 'after beating the old one, comes the young one'!" Kiana knelt on her seat, leaning back to look. "Shu! That thing is still chasing us! It's accelerating too!"

"I know!" Shu said through gritted teeth. "This thing's top speed, even in a fighter jet, could leave a light trail!"

A gust of wind rushed into the car. The others instinctively looked towards Shu.

The car window next to Shu had somehow been completely lowered. The fast-moving vehicle allowed wind to rush into the car.

"Shu, what are you doing?" Mei couldn't help but glance sideways, but saw that Shu was already clinging to the car window, half his body out of the car.

"Mei, keep driving! I'm going to try to intercept that thing on the roof!" Shu said while climbing onto the car roof. "Kiana, give me a [Prayer]!"

Kiana nodded quickly. "I want someone to stand steady on the car roof!"

[From Kiana: Stand steady on the car roof]

The moment the [Prayer] appeared, Shu mobilized [Expectation]. The next moment, Shu felt a magnetic attraction between his hands and feet and the car. Without hesitation, Shu flipped onto the car roof as quickly as Spider-Man.

Wind howled behind him, and the vehicle beneath his feet was a bit bumpy, but Shu's focus was only on the Honkai Emperor, still accelerating.

This is a Honkai Emperor, considered the first mini-BOSS in the original story, defeating Crimson Mei and White Comet Kiana at the door of the Moon Palace.

Of course, Shu's deeper impression of it was the scene of Durandal taking it down with one punch.

But I'm not Durandal... I wonder if I can do it with [Expectation] boost?

"Kiana, give me a [Prayer] to take down the Honkai Emperor with one punch," Shu made a request to the real wish-granting machine—Kiana.

[From Kiana: Take down the Honkai Emperor with one punch]

With the [Prayer] in hand, Shu felt the consumption.

Holy crap! This consumption is at least fifty times that of my punch that shattered the "Chariot"-class Honkai beast's shell!

Shu immediately responded to Kiana, saying *I ain't doing this [Prayer]!*

"Shu! How is it? Can you do it?" The real wish-granting machine—Kiana, who had just made a wish, asked anxiously.

She saw the blade-like armor pieces floating around the Honkai Emperor start spinning like propellers. She instinctively felt it wasn't a good sign.

"Can't do it! Even if you add me in, I still can't do it!" Shu gritted his teeth and shouted back, while also preparing his body.

He also saw the Honkai Emperor's action that looked like it was charging up.

What move is this?

Shu racked his brains, trying to find information in an instant.

But the Honkai Emperor's action was even faster than Shu's thoughts! After just a brief charge, the armor pieces around the Honkai Emperor spun at high speed into a halo. Its entire body turned into a streak of light, closing in on the vehicle in an instant.

Too fast, so fast that while Shu was still thinking about the Honkai Emperor's information, so fast that just as Shu had barely caught sight of the Honkai Emperor, it was already less than three meters away.

Can't react in time!

But Kiana reacted!

[From Kiana: Protect!]

Just two simple words, but the [Expectation] in Shu's body had long been kept in a state of readiness to be activated at any time. The moment the [Prayer] arrived, Shu's body had already raised his hand.

Like it had been rehearsed countless times!

"Boom!"

A sonic boom came from the front, a ring of white mist spreading out in front of the Honkai Emperor. It was the instantaneous high pressure that had impacted the air into mist!

But the Honkai Emperor was indeed stopped!

As if hitting an invisible barrier, the Honkai Emperor was directly bounced back dozens of meters by the violent recoil. The high-speed rotating armor pieces were also blasted away, spinning and cutting through the asphalt road, piercing through roadside cars, and flying into buildings.

Shu, on the other hand, felt breathless for a moment, as if all the air in his lungs had been instantly sucked out, making him instantly lose strength, directly half-kneeling on the car roof.

Fortunately, it was only for a moment. Shu gasped for breath, enduring the discomfort to check the remaining [Expectation] in his body.

Surprisingly, the [Expectation] in his body had only consumed a third?

Looking again at the Honkai Emperor, which had been thrown hundreds of meters away, it was clear that the last hit hadn't been easy on it. Not only were a few of the armor pieces floating around it missing, but its main body was also lying on the street, motionless for a long time.

It probably never crashed into something so hard in its life...

Wait... just now, I instinctively intercepted the Honkai Emperor, not creating a solid shield or barrier, but directly applying the concept of "intercept" to the Honkai Emperor.

So, [Expectation] can not only strengthen myself and create, but also directly affect opponents?

Shu calmed down. It seemed necessary to leave with those survivors together... He couldn't defeat this Honkai Emperor right now, he could only ensure taking Kiana and the others away.

But that would undoubtedly exhaust all his [Expectation], and the lives of the people here would be even more difficult.

Looks like there's only one way...

In the distance, the Honkai Emperor lay still for a few seconds, then floated up again, aiming at the vehicle once more.

The armor pieces that had flown into buildings flew back, returning to the Honkai Emperor's side and continuing to spin.

"Mei, you guys go first." Looking at the Honkai Emperor, who seemed to hesitate slightly but was still closely following behind, Shu said in a deep voice.

"Huh?" Mei, who was driving, was taken aback.

"You guys go to the shelter, bring out everyone there, take them to the train. I'll lure away this Honkai Emperor. After I shake it off, I'll go find Fu Hua and the others alone, understand?"

He was going to re-fulfill his previous promise—to take everyone here away!