A figure moved quickly between the skyscrapers of Nagazora City, as agile as a cat.
"Phew~" Li Xuan let out a soft breath, adjusting his posture to stand firm on the rooftop of this building, which was over a dozen stories high. If he were to accidentally fall from here, he would surely die...
"There are so many of them...." Li Xuan glanced at the dense crowd on the street below and sighed helplessly.
The street below was filled with Honkai Zombies wandering aimlessly like malevolent ghosts. This was why Li Xuan was jumping from building to building like a rabbit instead of walking on the ground. Although he could take on dozens of Honkai Zombies without being at a disadvantage, ... taking on hundreds of Honkai Zombies alone... was still too much to ask. The Honkai Zombies could crush him to death just by piling on top of him...
Fortunately, he had a very practical skill like 'Gale Arts (High Tier)', which allowed him to move quickly by jumping, avoiding a lot of trouble.
"1000... 1001... 1500..." Li Xuan took out the pouch for collecting Honkai energy crystals from his ring, opened it, and began counting the crystals... These crystals were not meant for his Familiar Egg. The Familiar Egg was already close to being fed ten thousand crystals... so Li Xuan decided to put aside the last few crystals the Familiar Egg needed and prepare for another ten-pull to increase his own strength...
After all, who knew what else might appear in the future...
"Phew~ I'm still a bit short on crystals..." Li Xuan put away the Honkai energy crystals in his hand and sighed. As expected, it was faster to get crystals from fighting Honkai Beasts. The Honkai energy inside ordinary Honkai Zombies was still a bit low.
"By the way... why does the Honkai energy reaction in the air feel a bit high?" Li Xuan stretched out his right hand. He could faintly sense the concentration of Honkai energy in the air through the 'Stigmata' on the back of his hand.
"Forget it... Business first. I need to find a Honkai Beast, kill it, and then go back to rest!" Li Xuan muttered to himself.
The silver emblem 'Gale Arts (High Tier)' on his collar flashed with a silver light. Li Xuan leaped up forcefully, a gust of wind appearing under his feet. "Swish!~" The high-speed movement created a slight sound of breaking the air.
"Ha!~" Li Xuan leaped again, launching himself from the rooftop.
.............
"This is..." Li Xuan stood on the tall building and gulped, looking at the structure before him.
The building in front of Li Xuan, which should have also been a skyscraper, was now completely unrecognizable... Half of the building had been reduced to ruins, as if shattered by something...
Perhaps it was because the construction company that built this building was truly a paragon of the industry, using only high-quality materials, that the building, even after being half-destroyed, still stood strong like a cockroach. Chinese construction companies would probably be ashamed...
Of course, that wasn't the reason for Li Xuan's surprise...
For the first time since he had transmigrated to this world... he had discovered a new kind of... Honkai Beast!
The destroyed building was being used as a nest for the Honkai Beast. The nest's exterior was massive, like a bird's nest made of countless stones. Inside, a Honkai Beast was lying prone. No, it wasn't just one... It was a slightly larger Honkai Beast with three smaller ones.
As a new species born from the Honkai, Honkai Beasts generally relied solely on Honkai energy to move and survive... Just as Honkai Zombies were created when humans were infected by Honkai energy, Honkai Beasts were produced when various animals were infected by Honkai energy and mutated!...
So far, the Honkai Zombies and Honkai Beasts Li Xuan had seen were quite ordinary. Of course, the humanoid Honkai Beast he had seen before was not an ordinary Honkai Beast, but generally speaking, the Honkai Beasts Li Xuan had seen were all ordinary 'Chariot-class Honkai Beasts'...
And at this moment... he had seen a new type of Honkai Beast again.
The Honkai Beast lying in the nest made of ruins was completely different from the ordinary 'Chariot-class Honkai Beast'. Its body was shuttle-shaped, conforming to the flow of air. It had no limbs on its sides, but three wings with white outer shells. The inner side of the wings had patterns that glowed with a reddish-purple Honkai energy light.
What surprised Li Xuan the most was the top of this winged Honkai Beast's head... On top of its head was a ring that glowed with a purplish-red light, and it was floating there, just like an angel in Western mythology...
"Is this a flying-type Honkai Beast?!" Li Xuan muttered to himself as he looked at the seemingly sleeping Honkai Beast below. Since there were Honkai Beasts that walked on the ground, there should also be Honkai Beasts that could fly...
"Better be careful..." This was the first time Li Xuan had encountered this type of Honkai Beast, and he had no idea how to deal with it... Moreover, it wasn't just one Honkai Beast; next to the larger one were three smaller ones.
So... Li Xuan chose to make a strategic retreat...
However…
"Clatter!~" As Li Xuan was backing away, he accidentally kicked a piece of rubble off the building... The rubble fell straight down and made a crisp sound as it hit the ground below.
"Roar!~" The flying-type Honkai Beast, which had been sound asleep a moment ago, suddenly spread its wings. The wings, which logically shouldn't have been able to make it fly, actually allowed it to float in the air.
As if sensing the presence of a stranger around its nest through some means, the flying Honkai Beast, which clearly had no eyes, turned its head to look at Li Xuan, who was standing frozen on the building.
"Whoosh!~" It flapped its wings gently. The reddish-purple ring on its head glowed, and its body shot up the several-dozen-meter-high building in one go at near-instantaneous speed, appearing above Li Xuan's head.
"I'm screwed..." Li Xuan looked at the Honkai Beast with its pure white wings spread open like an angel above his head and couldn't help but swallow...
The dust kicked up by the Honkai Beast when it took off was only now slowly settling on the ground....
(End of Chapter)