This Honkai Beast Isn't Very Smart

After a moment of confusion, Parvati's sensitivity to temperature and its aversion to life sent it into a rage.

Its thick, pillar-like legs stomped on the ground, and it slightly turned its body, opening its mouth towards the direction Durandal was charging from.

A flash of ice-blue light shone in the frost and fog, and the expressions of the three of them changed slightly.

A thick laser beam spewed out from Parvati's mouth. Beside the surging energy pillar, the three of them, who had narrowly dodged it, were greeted by a blast of cold air, and they couldn't help but tremble.

To start with such a killing move, although the three of them had somewhat expected it, the pressure in their hearts still reached its peak in an instant.

Li Sushang, who was at the outermost edge, couldn't help but look back after getting up. Beside her was a road four or five meters wide, with everything on it frozen solid.

Just like in those cartoons, a layer of ice encased everything.

Rita did a somersault, and a few more incendiary bombs appeared in her palm. She immediately started looking for Durandal's position. With Durandal's ability, she could definitely dodge it...

But at first glance, Rita didn't find Durandal. The next moment, Parvati raised its head and let out a heaven-shaking roar.

In the sky!

Unlike Rita and Li Sushang, who had dodged to the side, Durandal had leaped upwards at that moment, somersaulting to a position above Parvati.

At the same time, a few small incendiary bombs appeared in Durandal's hand.

Durandal hadn't learned any throwing techniques. She simply threw these incendiary bombs at Parvati below with all her strength, without even using a launcher.

Parvati, aiming at Durandal again, opened its mouth, allowing the incendiary bombs Durandal threw to land perfectly inside.

The erupting flames and the fleeting heat dispersed the ice-blue light that had gathered in Parvati's mouth. The burning sensation in its throat caused this Honkai Beast, which represented extreme cold, to let out a miserable cry.

This was probably what it felt like for someone who couldn't eat spicy food to get chili in their throat.

The pain caused Parvati to wave its short, thick limbs and hastily retreat, trying to shake off the "foreign object" in its throat.

Durandal landed on the ground, not leaving any breathing room. This time, she chose to close in on Parvati and test its shell's defense.

CLANG—!

The straight [Yu Long] bent sharply under Durandal's immense strength.

Not only was the strength of Parvati's armored shell beyond Durandal's imagination, but its weight also surprised her.

Using the elasticity of the [Yu Long]'s recovery, Durandal spun around and stabbed the [Yu Long] again at Parvati's much softer-looking black body.

With these two bursts of strength, Durandal's attack finally showed some effect. The sharp tip of the [Yu Long] finally pierced into Parvati's body...

Halfway.

Probably about the depth of a finger.

Parvati, which was struggling due to the severe pain in its throat, suddenly lifted its leg. Durandal stood there, stunned, watching the body, which was even larger than a Chariot-class, start to roll over on the spot.

Hastily pulling out the [Yu Long], Durandal turned and ran.

Her all-out attack hadn't even made the other side budge. Who knew how heavy it was?!

Durandal had no doubt that this rollover could crush her into a "flat" card!

With a hasty escape and a final dive, Durandal finally escaped the fate of becoming a "flat" card. She rolled on the ground several times with the airwave from Parvati's rollover before she finally came to a stop.

"Lady Durandal," Rita arrived and helped Durandal up from the ground. "How is the situation?"

"The armor is very hard... I can't break through it with my current strength. Even attacking the skin doesn't cause much damage..."

An ant can't kill an elephant. Durandal felt that the damage caused by her attack was probably less than the skin Parvati had scraped off when it rolled over.

Rita was mentally prepared for this result. After all, this Emperor-class Honkai Beast looked heavy and thick, clearly a Honkai Beast that stacked defense.

Looking at the Emperor-class Honkai Beast, which was now on its back with its belly facing up, its four short legs constantly wriggling, the three of them suddenly felt much less on guard.

For no other reason than that this Honkai Beast didn't look very smart.

But this was the best situation now. It seemed that this Honkai Beast wouldn't be able to turn over for a while. Durandal and Rita exchanged a look, and the two began to slowly retreat, preparing to retreat to a place where the frost and fog were weaker.

This place was really a bit too cold. Even Durandal was having a hard time enduring it.

The two retreated slowly while remaining vigilant. They didn't think an Emperor-class Honkai Beast would be so stupid as to die like this.

Suddenly, Parvati's wailing stopped. The effect of the incendiary bombs had basically worn off.

Durandal and Rita's nerves instantly tensed, but Parvati's actions were still beyond their imagination.

Parvati, which was lying on the ground, suddenly curled up like a pill bug, and in Durandal's confused gaze, it curled itself into a wheel.

"Wait, is it going to—" Durandal accurately captured Parvati's intention at first glance. While she was shocked, she also felt a sense of absurdity.

Without hesitation, Durandal gave up her cautious retreat, turned around, grabbed Rita's hand, and started running.

Rita, who had just seen Parvati's actions: "?"

A familiar feeling. At that moment, Rita felt as if she had returned to the "wonderful" time when Durandal was pulling her up the mountain.

And this speed... was obviously much faster than when they were going up the mountain!

If they didn't run fast now, they would be flattened!

Almost at the moment Durandal turned and ran, Parvati's curled-up body began to slowly roll forward.

But only the first roll was slow.

From the second roll, Parvati's rolling speed had already risen to a terrifying speed.

With its huge body and this rolling speed, even if Durandal didn't look back, she could feel the overwhelming pressure coming from behind.

And Rita, who had come to her senses, looked back. The smile on her face, which hadn't broken even when she was being dragged and "flown," almost didn't hold.

She decisively gave up the idea of struggling out of Durandal's hand and let herself be dragged along by Durandal.

After all, she probably couldn't outrun that road roller behind her if she ran on her own.

"Lady Durandal," Rita found an angle where she wouldn't get a mouthful of wind when she spoke and asked with a steady voice, "what should we do?"

Durandal opened her mouth. "Waaaaaaah..."

Rita: "..."

See, this is why she lowered her head to find an angle.