Within the courtyard of a certain merchant guild, a young man in brocade robes, who had been engrossed in a novel, looked up at the tempestuous sky. With a 'snap,' he closed the book in his hand, drew his three-foot azure sword, and pushed open the door, heading towards the Liyue Harbor.
"Second Young Master, it's dangerous outside. Where are you going?"
A butler hurried out from the guild, asking anxiously.
"Butler, you go back. Lady Ningguang and the Millelith are tied up by a great enemy. Some 'rats' hidden in the corners of Liyue are trying to stir up trouble. I'm going to help out and will be back soon..."
As he spoke, Xingqiu twirled his sword, ignoring the butler's dissuasion and resolutely departed. The howling wind whipped his brocade robes into a frenzy.
On his way, Xingqiu encountered his good friend Chongyun, who was also preparing to slay demons. The two set off together.
...
A maiden dressed in plain clothes, carrying a long spear, quietly slipped out through the back door of the Wanhu Inn.
It was Yun Jin. She too was preparing to help. If the actors and elders of the Yun Han Opera Troupe were to discover her, they would certainly not allow her to take such a risk.
But Liyue was facing a god-level enemy. She understood the consequences of their nation falling and its people perishing. If Liyue were gone, where would they go?
On her way to assist, Yun Jin met the mischievous Hu Tao and the fiery Xin Yan. The three of them joined forces and headed towards the Golden House battlefield where chaos had erupted.
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The battlefield of the Jade Chamber.
With the help of Feng Yi and Lumine, the Fatui soldiers who had come to cause destruction were all dealt with, and the interference was cleared. The few Adepti could finally focus their full attention on dealing with the Archon.
The golden beams shot from the three Guizhong Machines converged into one, forming a thick and long super beam that directly stunned Osial.
"It's working! If we can suppress him like this..."
The combined attack of the Adepti had inflicted considerable damage on the Vortex God. Paimon's eyes lit up. If they continued at this pace, they could defeat the Archon and achieve victory.
On the eaves of the Jade Chamber, Ningguang, who was maintaining the Guizhong Machine platform formation, suddenly felt a twitch of her eyelids. She immediately raised her eyes and looked at the swirling Vortex God ahead. As expected, she saw its tentacles charging up something.
The next moment, Osial's tentacles gathered their charged magic orbs and unleashed a super beam, not inferior to the Adepti's combined attack. The azure beam shot directly into the sky, crashing into the dark clouds that permeated Liyue's sky.
Rumble~
The pitch-black clouds instantly flashed with light, and countless water balls, like raindrops, struck down towards the Jade Chamber.
"Watch out for evasion!"
Ningguang hastily warned everyone to be careful.
The charged attack of the Vortex God was indeed terrifying. Even the Jade Chamber's combat platform, constructed by an Adeptus formation, could not withstand it.
Cracks appeared on the combat platform, spreading at an alarming speed.
Ningguang's heart sank. The combat platform was about to crash.
"Be careful..."
Before Ningguang could finish speaking, the combat platform shattered and disintegrated, sending everyone plummeting downwards.
Feng Yi flew through the air, grabbing Lumine and Paimon beside her. The other Adepti also acted to rescue people, and eventually, they all safely landed on the deck of the Jade Chamber.
"The 'Guizhong Machine' is destroyed... Without its suppression, it will be difficult for us to counterattack."
During the impact of the water ball projectiles, the Guizhong Machine also suffered damage. It was now completely paralyzed, and even Cloud Retainer, its creator, would need considerable time to repair it completely.
"But after the Jade Chamber is Liyue's myriad lights. No matter what, we absolutely cannot let him advance another step!"
Although Ganyu's voice was gentle, her tone was extremely firm.
"I... I have another plan..."
Ningguang flickered from the eaves to the deck, her voice heavy:
"I'm going to abandon the Jade Chamber!"
"Wait, what are you doing?"
Paimon watched as the Jade Chamber gradually moved towards Osial's position and suddenly had a bad premonition. Coupled with the solemn expressions of the Adepti, Paimon became even more flustered.
"Farewell, my old friend... This parting today is also for the sake of future reunions..."
Ningguang bid a final farewell to the Jade Chamber and asked the Adepti for their assistance.
After the Adepti injected their elemental energy into the Jade Chamber's formation base, the lights in the Jade Chamber's lowest-level energy room began to flash at a high frequency.
Ningguang had long anticipated such a day and had preemptively stored tons of explosives in the Jade Chamber. Now, ignited by the Adepti's elemental energy, they would unleash their maximum effect. It was not impossible to destroy a city with a single blow.
Just then, Feng Yi gave Ningguang a look, then leaped from the Jade Chamber's deck, evading the tentacles' attack, and plunged into the sea with a 'plop.'
He was going to deliver a big blow to Osial.
River God's Domain – Activate!
A deep blue ripple spread rapidly across the sea surface, originating from Feng Yi himself.
In less than three breaths, the River God's Domain had covered the entire nearshore of Liyue.
The sea surface covered by the River God's Domain was more than a shade darker than the surrounding waters. Within the area enveloped by the domain, Feng Yi could sense everything, whether it was swimming fish, sea turtles, or the astonishingly large Vortex God.
When Feng Yi focused his perception on Osial, he felt a tempestuous and rampant conglomerate of Hydro elemental energy.
Osial, whose senses were locked onto by the River God, suddenly felt a surge of panic. This irresistible divine sense was a power of law that he could not obtain. He had only felt it at the end of the Archon War, from that Heavenly Moderator.
Even Morax, who had pinned him to the sea with a spear, had not fully grasped this profound and intricate power of law.
It's over!
He shouldn't have gotten involved in this mess.
He knew it... The Fatui under the Tsaritsa were going to help him break Morax's Geo Pole seal, only to have him come here to die!
Damn Fatui!
Is it still too late to run? Will the great being currently locking him with divine sense just swat him to death?
The Jade Chamber, filled with elemental energy, descended vertically onto Osial's head at an extremely high speed.
Rumble!
The explosion's fire turned the entire nearshore red, and a giant mushroom cloud rose from the sea surface.
The sea area at the center of the explosion was instantly vaporized, leaving a deep pit and the miraculous sight of reverse currents.
The violent waves generated simultaneously pushed the 'Northland' fleet, where Beidou was located, hundreds of meters away.
Klee, stationed at the eastern front defense line, saw the earth-shattering explosion and her big, watery eyes instantly lit up.
This was art! She had been too conservative before!