"…" Li Xuan's body was stiff, unable to recover for a long time… If he hadn't activated the divine garb 'Xuanyuan Festive Garb' he was wearing in time… he would probably have been killed by an arrow by now!
Li Xuan's back was soaked in a cold sweat. The black arrow, made of some unknown material, was deeply embedded in the bluestone and concrete floor behind him, its feathered end quivering slightly from the impact. If not for the spherical shield deflecting the arrow and altering its trajectory, Liv might have been hit as well.
"…" Li Xuan fell silent, then suddenly raised his head and looked in the direction the arrow had come from. He was certain it was an attack from within the 'Senba Academy' school building…
'Can shoot arrows… Aren't there no humans left in Nagazora City?! How can there still be humans attacking us… unless…' A chill went down Li Xuan's spine. He thought of a terrifying possibility… Unless… the one attacking them wasn't human… but a Honkai Zombie!
"Are you okay?! Liv?" Li Xuan turned around and asked the fallen Liv anxiously.
"I'm fine~ Master… Baby Yaoye is also fine!" Liv gave Li Xuan a reassuring smile and spoke softly, though her eyes held worry and anger.
"Don't worry, Liv… I'll take care of that Honkai Zombie," Li Xuan said seriously.
"Sakura, be careful not to get hit…"
"Yes, Li Xuan-kun," Yae Sakura replied softly, her hand gripping the Spirit Blade-Sakurafubuki at her waist as she remained vigilant.
"Alright…" It was impossible for the Honkai Zombie to attack only once… Li Xuan was certain that the Honkai Zombies, infected by Honkai energy, were the type to relentlessly hunt down and kill anyone they found. Perhaps this was a result of the Honkai's Will…
Li Xuan's right thumb gently brushed over the silver ring on his index finger, and a single-soldier rocket launcher gleaming with a golden radiance appeared out of thin air—the seven-star weapon, 'Tyr's Warblade'…
"Come on, come on…" Li Xuan stared intently at the direction the arrow had been shot from. It was the back of the school building, and the shadows obscured his vision, preventing him from seeing which of the dim classroom windows on each floor concealed the Archer Honkai Zombie…
"Twang~ Swish!~" The faint sound of a bowstring, almost illusory, reached Li Xuan's ears. Li Xuan's eyes snapped open, his right Golden Eye suddenly lit up. Honkai energy surged into his 'Jao Shingan', making his eye as brilliant as a kaleidoscope. Then, everything in Li Xuan's right eye began to 'slow down', and his thoughts were instantly accelerated several times… In his line of sight, a black arrow shot out from a window on the left…
The black arrow spun, cutting through the air and forming a white stream as it shot straight towards Li Xuan and the others…
"A little something in return…" Li Xuan hoisted the seven-star weapon 'Tyr's Warblade' onto his shoulder as fast as he could, aimed at the direction the arrow came from with the launcher's scope, and pulled the trigger hard.
"Pffft!~" Three 'Tyr's Warblades' with shimmering golden interiors shot out from the launcher, also spinning as they grazed past the arrow coming from the opposite direction…
"Xuanyuan Festive Garb… Shield, deploy!…" Li Xuan said loudly, and an azure shield instantly appeared, enveloping him in a spherical barrier. The black arrow, made of an unknown material, sparked as it collided with the azure shield… then, with its energy depleted by the energy shield, it was gently deflected, the black arrow sticking into the green grass…
"Bang! Rumble!!" The three 'Tyr's Warblades' also hit their target simultaneously. A ball of crimson flame accompanied by a violent explosion instantly appeared on the building's wall. The reinforced concrete wall was like paper in front of 'Tyr's Warblade', easily torn apart. Rubble, bricks, and glass fragments danced in the air like scattered flower petals from the explosion's impact.
The explosion caused by 'Tyr's Warblade' even consumed the building's wall and a part of its interior, directly turning it into ruins.
"…" Li Xuan took a deep breath. Even if the shockwave and high temperature from such an explosion couldn't kill that Honkai Zombie, it should have been able to severely injure it.
"Liv, Sakura… let's hurry to the source of the Honkai now. Let's see if it's Anti-Entropy…"
"Okay, Li Xuan-kun~" Yae Sakura nodded, looking as if she had just come back to her senses. Every time she saw Li Xuan-kun use this weapon, she felt a sense of shock…
"Mm~" Liv, holding Yaoye, gave a gentle nod of agreement.
"Clang!" Suddenly, a crisp sound of breaking glass came from another school building not far from the one whose wall had just been destroyed by Li Xuan, causing the still-alert Li Xuan to look up.
"…This… Is this 'Judah's Oath'?!" Li Xuan was shocked.
A golden cross, slightly larger than Li Xuan's 'Judah's Oath' but about 80% similar in style, shattered a glass window and fell from it…
"…Why is it bigger than mine?!" Li Xuan stared blankly at the 'Super-Sized Judah'.
(End of this chapter)