"Watch out!"
Although he was distracted by talking, Takatsuki, who had been maintaining his Observation Haki, suddenly felt something flying towards them at an extremely fast speed.
Honkai Beast? No, Honkai Beasts aren't that fast! It's a missile!
As Takatsuki's words just fell, Crazy Diamond suddenly appeared.
"Dora!"
A scrapped car on the ground nearby was used as a shield, blocking the direction from which the missile was coming.
"Boom!"
The missile and the car collided, causing a huge explosion. Although using a car to block a missile was a very foolish thing to do, it wasn't so foolish in front of an unreasonable Stand.
"Dorararararararara!!"
Crazy Diamond continuously punched towards the explosion.
For humanoid Stands, when encountering difficulties, just punch!
It seemed as if Crazy Diamond was just wildly flailing its fists without logic, but Takatsuki, through his Haki of Observation Haki, perceived that within the explosion, the torn metal was being aggregated and repaired by Crazy Diamond's power, then forming a huge iron ball that completely sealed the explosion within it, and then it was punched away.
"How can there be thermal weapons? Are humans attacking us?!"
Neither Honkai Beasts nor Zombies would use thermal weapons.
"My saw it! It's robots! Watch me smash them!"
"Kiana!"
Before the two could stop her, Kiana had already stomped a clear footprint on the off-road vehicle, almost flipping the car over, and she herself shot out like an arrow from a bowstring.
And in Kiana's eyes, four giant mechas appeared before her.
Two white mechas had no external weapons and were clearly close-combat mechas, while two dark blue mechas had multiple gunports but lacked the flexible limbs of the white mechas, indicating they could only perform long-range attacks.
The enemy mechas clearly noticed Kiana's arrival. The dark blue mechas turned their gunports and fired several missiles in Kiana's direction.
"Ha!"
Her dual guns rapidly fired, actually detonating several missiles. The Hand guarded her side, using its right hand to completely erase any missed missiles.
At this moment, the white mecha had already charged over, raising a fist half the size of Kiana and smashing it down forcefully.
"Rising Dragon!"
Kiana delivered a high kick that directly sent the downward-coming fist flying back. The immense impact even left a huge crater on its fist, and its massive body lost its balance.
Although Kiana's body was tiny compared to the mecha, the strength she displayed far surpassed it.
Another white mecha simultaneously delivered a hook punch from the side towards Kiana.
Whirr—
The Hand expressionlessly blocked its path, and the position where the fist originally was appeared to have been smoothly cut off by something, turning it into a one-armed mecha.
"This is my home turf!"
The mecha, which had lost its balance due to Kiana's high kick, hadn't regained its equilibrium when Kiana kicked it in the torso, producing a loud sound.
Although it wasn't enough to completely dismantle it, it caused it to lose balance and fall down.
"Project Bunny 19C"
Before Kiana could feel proud, an emotionless, crisp voice entered her ears. Behind the fallen mecha, a white mecha with only its upper body floated in the air and punched towards her.
Kiana, who had just kicked the mecha down and hadn't had time to retract her move, was sent flying by the punch.
Then, with a thud, she crashed into Takatsuki's arms.
"Ah, Takatsuki, are you alright?"
"I'm fine, cough cough…" Although the Ox Talisman made Takatsuki stronger, it didn't enhance his physique. Fearing that Haki would harm Kiana, he didn't dare to use Haki to catch her.
As for Heaven's Stairway? Don't even mention it, Heaven's Stairway's power was even weaker than Takatsuki's.
"I told you not to be so impulsive."
Putting Kiana down, Mei, who was beside him, had already used Crazy Diamond to block several of the opponent's attacks.
"Takatsuki, the enemy seems to be a little girl?"
Mei also discovered during the battle that the one controlling these mechas and that strange mecha was a girl with light gray twin spiral pigtails, but the girl's face was expressionless, like an emotionless machine.
"Project Bunny 19C…"
As the inorganic voice sounded, Project Bunny 19C, floating in the air, punched towards the three of them.
"Dora!"
Crazy Diamond's fist met Project Bunny 19C's fist.
Although not a Stand, Project Bunny 19C possessed strength no less than Crazy Diamond's.
However, the opponent clearly couldn't perceive Crazy Diamond's existence. After failing with one blow, it continued to strike with a second punch. Unfortunately, although its strength was no less than Crazy Diamond's, its speed couldn't compare to Crazy Diamond's.
Before it could even throw its second punch, it was continuously beaten back by Crazy Diamond's barrages.
However, its body's sturdiness far surpassed that of other mechas. It was continuously bombarded by Crazy Diamond's heavy punches but showed no signs of damage.
"Who are you? Why are you attacking us?!"
To Mei's question, the only response was endless silence.
Mei bit her lower lip. If she could, she didn't want to harm a child who looked even younger than herself, but the opponent's attacks were clearly not just greetings or probes.
"Mei, leave it to me."
Takatsuki put Kiana down and walked to Mei's side.
"But…"
"It's alright, leave it to me. You and Kiana deal with those two mechas."
Mei wanted to say something more, but seeing Takatsuki's serious gaze, she silently nodded.
"Hehe, leave it to I, I will never let those mechas get close to you."
Kiana smiled, gave Takatsuki a thumbs-up, and rushed towards the giant blue mecha.
"Be careful."
Mei worriedly reminded her and then went to block the other mecha.
Watching the two leave, Takatsuki raised his right hand, black aura enveloping it.
Clang!!!
With a loud clang, Project Bunny 19C's fist was blocked by the fist enveloped in Armament Haki.
"I'll have to trouble you a bit."
Heaven's Stairway's phantom arm appeared from Takatsuki's arm, pressing onto Project Bunny 19C's fist. The display screen on its hand showed the image of Killer Queen.
At the same time, the phantom of the Stand's left hand raised its thumb and pressed down.
"Boom!"
A huge explosion erupted from Project Bunny 19C's fist. Its body was shaken by the shockwave of the explosion, but Takatsuki, enveloped in Armament Haki, remained unmoving.
Heaven's Stairway's acquired Killer Queen ability lost its second bomb, but an additional variant appeared for the first bomb.
One could choose the smokeless explosion type like Killer Queen, or a physical explosion with great impact. And the physical explosion, under Heaven's Stairway's control, still maintained precise control.
"Since it's called Project Bunny 19C, turning into a bunny shouldn't be a problem, right?"