Chapter 33 Yaksha

"Stay close to me and return along the original route."

The night is always the enemy of mankind, because no one knows what is waiting to happen behind the dark unknown.

So although he knew that Ai Li and Ying were both capable of standing on their own, Mikael kept reminding them to stay close to him.

"Gurgle..." A low roar suddenly came from the alley on the right. Mikael glanced at it with his peripheral vision, and the overflowing lavender Houkai energy outlined its shape. He looked at the very unreliable Houkai energy detector on his wrist again and found that it was just a "little mosquito".

Sakura instinctively leaned over to hold the knife, but before the knife was unsheathed, Mikael stopped her.

"No need."

There is no need to waste time and energy on the "little mosquito", not to mention, who knows if the noise caused by this knife will attract more Houkai beasts?

The deserted street scene in front of me gave me an illusion that I was in an uninhabited area that could be destroyed at will, but if I forgot the neon in the sky to the north, I would be shocked to realize that I was still in the city and should be careful.

"The detection range of the Honkai energy detector is only about half a block, Mikael, be careful, Imer's drone is still searching for human traces, and I can't provide you with reconnaissance for the time being." Himiko also reminded in the communication.

Mikael listened to it and was somewhat unconvinced. According to the magnitude of Honkai energy reaction, there are probably one or two ten-meter-level giants in the block, but the so-called giants are for ordinary warriors. In front of Mikael, Aili, and Ying, it is somewhat not enough.

The current situation of the abandoned block seems to confirm this point-if there is no particularly powerful Honkai beast as the leader, these Honkai beasts should not abide by the principle of hiding during the day and coming out at night. But this Honkai beast should not be particularly powerful, otherwise it would not dare to move during the day.

But even though he didn't take it seriously, Mikael wasn't so defenseless that his intelligence was reduced by human effort. His eyes would occasionally scan the screen of the Honkai energy detector, which was refreshing the changes in the concentration of Honkai energy in half a block like a weather forecast.

Behind him, Sakura and Airi were on both sides, walking sideways outward, and the whole team formed a triangle with their backs to each other.

"Boom-boom-boom..." A familiar vibration came from the left front, and Mikael quickly grabbed the two girls, and the three of them clung to the wall.

Then, a more than three-meter-tall tank-level Honkai beast slowly crawled out of the underground garage next to them.

The three held their breath and waited for the car to go far away before they started to move again.

Imer's voice came from the communication:

"Captain, I found the place where the group of people are hiding. Now the drone is moving towards you again... Eh? Captain, did you see the white line on the screen just now?"

Himiko was stunned for a moment, then her face turned pale, and she growled: "Mikael!"

Mikael realized something was wrong as soon as he heard the "white line". His mind seemed to jump to the sky in an instant, overlooking the three blocks.

"Imer was flying north all the time before. We were also on the north-south avenue. We turned twice and should be on the east-west avenue now..."

"Prepare for battle!"

Thinking of this, he pulled Ai Li and Ying behind him, stood facing northeast, and lowered his center of gravity slightly...

"Beep beep! Beep beep!"

The Honkai energy detector suddenly remembered that it was an alarm caused by the excessive increase in the concentration of Honkai energy within the detection range.

Mikael instinctively wanted to look down at the screen. When he overcame this impulse and turned his eyes back to the darkness in front of him, there was still a residual image of the light in his eyes.

"Too late!"

This thought flashed through his mind, and he only had time to push Sakura and Ai Li to the sides, and a huge black shadow appeared in front of him.

"It's very fast, but the reaction of Honkai energy is not strong, and the attack power is not too high. Build a matrix energy shield, turn the lower limbs into pulleys, and slide to avoid it! Well, Imer hasn't arrived yet, so I can't record this part!"

In an instant, he judged the situation clearly and made a response plan.

Things developed as he expected. The blue matrix barrier was quickly constructed half a meter in front of him, separating him from the Honkai beast that was flying.

But just when he wanted to make the next slide...

The biting cold air had spread at some point, and Mikael wanted to make a move according to his thoughts, but his body did not react at all.

"Frozen? No, wait! It's not me who's frozen, it's the one!"

After all, he had fought with the Second Herrscher before, and Mikael smelled a very familiar feeling in this chill, which was caused by the fluctuation of space - it was not him who was frozen, but the space!

The freezing of space brought about the brittleness of the entire space, and the matrix barrier that Mikael had expected to barely withstand a round of railgun fire was shattered at the first moment.

"Boom!"

Five buildings collapsed like dominoes, and the collapsed buildings hit the other buildings, causing a larger collapse.

"Mikael, what happened! Mikael!"

"Team leader!"

There were mixed shouts in the communication.

"Swish!"

Mikael made a mistake at the last moment and clamped the claws of the Honkai Beast under his armpit, but its powerful force actually pushed him to fly dozens of meters away.

Only then did he suddenly realize that his judgment might be wrong - this was not an ordinary Honkai Beast!

The technique of freezing space, if he guessed correctly...

Is it Yaksha? Impossible, how could there be an emperor-level Honkai beast here! ?

The Honkai beast saw that the boy in front of him was not dead, and raised his other claw without hesitation.

It tried to freeze the space again, but Mikael would never fall into the same pit twice.

The golden gem appeared on his chest, and the space was shaken. The Honkai beast's efforts to freeze the space instantly became futile.

Mikael didn't say much nonsense, and took advantage of the situation to hold one of the Honkai beast's giant claws with both hands. He exerted force on his waist, and the Honkai beast weighing nearly a ton was easily lifted by him and smashed down again.

"Ha!"

The entire road surface was broken in an instant, revealing spider-web-like cracks.

Mikael's knuckles also cracked because he couldn't withstand such an impact, and the pain made him let go unconsciously.

The Honkai beast wailed and rolled on the ground, and then flapped its thin wings to fly away.

But Ai Li had already arrived. She was holding a steel bar. Seeing a dark shadow rising into the air amidst the flying dust, she twisted her waist and exerted her strength. She threw the steel bar in her hand violently, making a sound explosion, and a big hole was torn open in the dust.

The steel bar accurately hit the root of the Honkai Beast's wing, crushing the entire wing into pieces.

At the same time, a figure soared into the air in the middle of the sky, crossing a crescent moon.

The next moment, a bright knife light shone, facing a crescent moon.

It was not until Mikael closed his eyes because of the bright knife light that he heard the soft sound of the blade cutting through the air.

The huge body of Honkai Beast fell to the ground with a bang. Mikael and Ai Li habitually clapped their hands. When it was Sakura's turn, she hesitated for a moment, stretched out her palms and gently touched Mikael and Ai Li respectively.

Imer's drone arrived late, and could only turn on the light on the belly to illuminate the battlefield.

What appeared in front of Mikael and the other two was a creature that was less than three meters long and had two pink tentacles on its head. Upon closer inspection, they found that they were its slender ears, wings on its back, and a strange creature with upper limbs but no lower limbs.

One of its wings had been shattered, and a huge cut had been made from the chest to the abdomen. At the wound, the organs slowly flowed out, and the collapse energy had dissipated in the form of small purple cubes.

"Why does it look so strange?" This is what Aili said.

"I think it looks like a moth with hands." Sakura said.

"I'm more curious, are its ears donkey ears or rabbit ears? Anyway, they are not fox ears." Mikael glanced at Sakura without leaving a trace.

"Mikael, the city hall wants us to give an explanation. What about the news tomorrow morning?" This was Himiko, who was clearly worried just now.

"Just say that the demolition company did the blasting, what's so difficult about that." Mikael muttered a few words.

Himiko asked again: "This is a never-before-seen Honkai beast, Mikael, give him a name."

"Let's call him Yasha." He was secretly puzzled: From the perspective of ability, it should be Yasha, but shouldn't Yasha be an emperor-level Honkai beast?

However, the Honkai energy reaction in the block cannot have an emperor-level Honkai beast, unless all the Honkai energy is concentrated on Yasha, which can barely make it enter the ranks of upper-level Honkai beasts.

"Team leader, the concentration of Honkai energy in your area is getting higher and higher. It is speculated that it is the energy emitted from the corpse of the Honkai beast. To be on the safe side, you should leave quickly. I will use a drone to spray special cleaning agents in ten minutes."

"Okay."

Mikael patted the dust off his body and prepared to leave.

He asked casually: "Imer, your detectors can cover the entire block, right? Take a look and confirm that the increase in the concentration of Honkai energy is the escape of corpses, not the accumulation of Honkai energy from other areas."

"Okay, captain... wait, captain, you are right! It's not the escape of corpses! It's not the escape of corpses!"

However, Mikael and the other two had already noticed the abnormality before him - the footsteps of Honkai beasts came from all directions, and Mikael hurriedly took the two of them to hide in the ruins on the side.

I saw countless "little mosquitoes" and "little cars" running to the dying Honkai beast, handing their Honkai energy to Yasha one by one, and they themselves turned into shriveled flesh and fell at its feet.

"No! We have to stop it!"

Mikael quickly jumped out of the ruins.

But it was too late.

The shrunken corpses of the lower-level Honkai beasts spun around Yasha, interweaving into a large white and purple pupa. Mikael punched the pupa, and heard a "click". His forearm bent 90 degrees, and tears came out of the corners of his eyes in pain.

"Ying!"

Before Mikael could call, Ying's knife light had already lit up.

But at this moment, the pupa was torn from the inside, and the brand-new Yasha broke out of the cocoon. The whole body seemed to expand a circle, and even had an extra pair of wings. Its sharp claws collided with the knife light, and the reverse air wave directly overturned the drone directly above.

After it blocked the knife, its claws grasped the blade and twisted it gently. The katana, which was not made of soul steel, instantly broke into three pieces. The middle piece brushed against Sakura's face and cut off a few strands of hair.

Mikael and Ellie looked at each other and tried to attack from the side and rear, but Yasha had an extra pair of wings. They flapped violently, and the cold wind blew Mikael back again and again, and Ellie, who was lighter, even flew out.

"Yakura! Retreat!"

Mikael shouted hurriedly.

The cold wind blew away his voice, but Sakura should have heard his orders through the communication.

But Sakura glanced at him with her peripheral vision, and instead of retreating, she advanced, pulled out the wakizashi in her arms, and stabbed forward fiercely.

The distance was too close! Yasha tried to dodge sideways, but was still stabbed in the shoulder. In pain, it raised its wings and tried to fly away.

"Sakura! Let go! Let go!"

Sakura did not let go. She held on to the wakizashi so tightly that Yasha hung her dozens of meters in the air.

The frightened Yasha flapped its wings and flew southward precariously, finally disappearing from Mikael's sight.