Around midnight, Li Yue is full of light from the lanterns lit everywhere. The flotilla, consisting of the ship Beidou, two issued by the city and one holiday sea transport, the captain of which was "persuaded" by blackmail from Yelan, set off for evacuation to Inazuma. The part that was not immersed sat down behind the boats, and having become attached to the ship, they thereby replenished the number of those fleeing death.
Four minutes passed from the moment of the explosion, after which the weakened wave reached the region. But despite the decrease in its power, the glass of all buildings rattled, and some cracked. This served as an incentive for people to speed up their work. Many detachments were stationed near the main entrance to the city. The archers occupied hidden places, some operated cannons that helped in the victory over Osial, keeping an eye on possible points of the enemy's appearance, and for his instant elimination. There were also those who stood guarding the gate with spears and swords, they were commanded by Zhongli and Keqing. Meanwhile, Shenhe and Xiao settled on the top of the mountain. The demon slayer had been there for about two hours already, after bringing the broken Hu Tao to the city.
When they found themselves in Li Yue, the adept immediately sent the ritualist to the Geo Archon.
Bypassing the soldiers, he ran into the Vanshen ritual bureau, where he found the former trustee of the region, thinking about future strategy. Without even breaking a sweat, Xiao began his story about what happened.
- Zhongli! I found her near the entrance to the Edge in this condition! I have no idea what could have happened
Before he could finish speaking, Morax, who turned around and was shocked, snatched Hu Tao from his hands and pressed him to his chest, trying to somehow then help the traumatized woman, who throughout the entire time was emitting crying mooings and periodically shuddering, unintentionally hugging the owner of the voice that was native to her.
"Hush, hush, hush, I'm here, I'll protect you, everything's fine Hu," in parallel with the sedative therapy, he stroked the head, which was not wearing her signature hat, but stroking did not help - Whoever he is, we will destroy him.
As soon as she accepted the information that she could defeat the enemy, the girl immediately stopped the hug and raised her head, looking at the archon. In those eyes, red from tears, there were only fresh injuries, panic and primal fear.
- Nooooo…. No, no, no, no, No, No, NO, NO NO NO NO NO!
The girl answered instantly, shouting her answer at the end. The noise from the building caused the people standing around the funeral home to turn their heads in the direction of the voice. And while passersby pricked up their ears, Hu Tao grabbed Zhongli's clothes until her knuckles turned white, and pulled herself closer to her face, looking up at him, began direct eye contact, continuing to shed tears of pain.
- YOU CAN'T OVERCOME THIS! PLEASE DON'T ANYONE DIE OR YOU WILL GO THERE! THIS DESTROYED THE EDGE, IT TORMENTS THE SOULS OF THE KILLED CONSTANTLY! THEIR SOULS ARE LIKE BODIES, ORDINARY BODIES, THEIR WOUNDS ARE CONSTANTLY BLEEDING, THERE ARE ONLY SCREAMS OF AGONY AND NOTHING ELSE!
Geo Archon saw the extremely red sclera of her eyes, how very small her pupil was. But he missed one detail. The "petals" of the pupil became slightly sharper, and asymmetrically extended towards the outer border of the iris. This was the work of Hell, branding the soul as its personal property during its stay in it. It's not for nothing that he called her his toy.
- THIS IS STRONGER THAN THE ARCHONS! THIS IS CONSTANTLY IN YOUR HEAD! IT... IT TORTURES THE ANEMO-ARCHON! PLEASE DON'T DIE PLEASE DON'T DIE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE PLEASE! FIND A WAY TO COMPLETELY STOP EXISTING, PLEASE FIND IT! I DON'T WANT TO DIE! I DON ' T WANT SUFFERING... COUGH-COUGH!
She strained her vocal cords and began to cough, holding her left hand to her throat and her right hand to Zhong Li's collar. Throughout the entire cry of the soul, the girl endlessly shed tears, sobbed, squeezing her grandfather's cloth more and more tightly. And after hearing this, the warriors and Keqing, who was among them, realized that we were talking about a more powerful force, than the one they have to face tonight. Not only did the description of the terrible experience that they had endured cripple morale, but when information was heard about the archon of the neighboring region, not only had he been killed, but was now subject to eternal torment, faith in victory completely disappeared, because for which everyone began to whisper and discuss what they heard with worry for their lives. Some, retreating into the shadows of the buildings, began to run, hoping to catch the evacuation ships.
- ...Xiao
- Yes Morax
- Take her to the ship to Bai Ju, the girl needs help to survive what she saw. And let her be ensured complete safety.. Explain this to the captain
- I fulfill
Gently taking Hu Tao from Zhongli's arms, Xiao began to carry out the assignment. The archon followed him out. Observing a bunch of worried soldiers, on whose faces fear was described, I decided to try to make a speech, trying to restore the warriors' former fighting spirit. As soon as he made a sound, everyone became quiet and began to listen to his words.
- Defenders of Li Yue! Many of you have heard about how cruel and strong our enemy is. I understand your concerns very well, since we have never encountered this threat before. But have you forgotten what your people were able to successfully survive? The War of the Archons, the attack of Osial together with Fatui, and many events in the past. They foreshadowed the death of many people, the complete destruction of Teyvat, but you and I managed to cope! We are standing right now on our native land, in our city, and not in a remote wasteland!
The speech sounded more and more fiery. Those listening began to believe in themselves more and more, remembering, in addition to these events, many more that their ancestors were able to overcome. And in addition to the people initially worried about Hu Tao, passing soldiers began to join in, also absorbing doses of confidence in their strength.
- If our ancestors did it, then so can we! Unity is in our hands brotherhood and strength! Let us destroy the enemy using all of the above together!
Believing in themselves, the troops raised their spears and shouted. The wise centenarian was able to restore morale and rally people even more tightly against danger. At the same time, he retained his anonymity, continuing to remain for them as one of the people like him.
When the army returned to emergency preparations, Morax approached Keqing and asked her to replace him for a short time, since he needed to do one more thing before starting the defense.
He headed to the place of Azhdakhi's imprisonment. By that time, Xianyun was already there, waiting for the master to arrive. And as soon as he appeared before his eyes, the dragon spoke.
- Hah... I don't see the point in saying what happened this morning. This is a terrible power. Jie Hu and Huo Zhang, who were in the Edge, simply disappeared, just like she herself. It's a pity that you weren't there at that time. This event would be a wonderful gift for me. The dragon grinned. He was extremely amused by the situation that had arisen, which put his enemies in an extremely uncomfortable position. So much so that they had to come to him in person.
- And why did you come to me? Do you think I will help you? When my little "dream" finally came true, although it wasn't fulfilled by me personally, which is a pity.
- I hope you are aware that if we do not defeat the creature that serves this power, then after death all souls will experience torment forever, including yours - his voice was firm and confident. From the look one could understand that the speaker was furious at the interlocutor's reaction, and he hid it with his composure.
- Even if so, Do you really think that people will immediately stop killing each other? I am sure that a sect will appear that will make massive sacrifices to this force in order to preserve their rotten souls. This won't convince me, sorry... Morax - His tone was mocking, especially when he said the name of the past archon. And the dragon spoke the truth, after all, there would definitely be individuals who would put Azhdahi's forecast into action.
-...I propose to conclude a contract.
- And what will be its essence? What will be in it that will make me agree to it?
- If we lose, then at the signal Xianyun will destroy the barrier, and you will fight on our side against the enemy. For this... - the archon faltered, but having collected himself, he was able to force his tongue to say the following - you can completely destroy Li Yue. But only on the condition that you yourself will fight until your last breath, just to destroy the danger.
There was seven seconds of silence.
- Ha... Ha... HAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
His laughter made the entire space around tremble, which slightly undermined the negotiator with the adept. And then, continuing to laugh, Azhdaha answered the proposal.
- You, no, no, YOU decided that I would go and on the condition that I get out of captivity, WILL I GO TO DEATH for the sake of HUMANITY for such a PITCH payment? I refuse, handle it yourself, and I will continue to sit here until the barrier itself falls, after which I can enjoy the disaster. I wish you a quick loss!
Defiantly turning away from him, Azhdaha grinned again and went to bed, with the highest degree of satisfaction on his face. Zhongli, in turn, continuing to hold back his irritation, approached Xianyun and took away the existing pair of Akashic Terminals, but configured only for the connection between them. Having put it on his ear, he signaled with his eyes that the adept would repeat this action, after which Morax gave her the following message:
(We will have to use him as a human shield against his will. When I give the signal, you will have to remove the barrier and move him to the city. You yourself immediately head to Sumera, and warn the neighboring archons to prepare for battle. I hope we can do everything ourselves, and do not resort to this plan.)
After receiving the instructions, the Guardian of the Clouds began to wait, and the former archon left the space back to the city in order to stand in line with the soldiers.
During the master's absence, Keqing successfully prepared people for battle. Lines were built along the entire line towards Mondstadt, the main concentrations of forces were at the main gate. Meanwhile, the fleet that had already completed loading was about to set sail for Inazuma. There was little space and a slight advantage, but Kazuha volunteered to create wind currents as much as he could. The ships left the pier.
It had already been seven minutes since the evacuation ships had been sent, everyone was on standby, practically not breathing. Everyone had tension and maximum concentration. Troops of archers were positioned on the mountain to the left of the gate, among them were Ningguang and Yanfei, while Xiao and Shenhe were sitting in ambush on a nearby peak. Among the ground troops behind the bridge, volunteers were located along with the owners of the eyes, including: Qiqi, Yun Jin, Keqing, Ganyu, Yelan, Gaming, Xingqiu, Xinyan, Xiangling, and the former archon. The archers decided to stay among them, since they are much more effective at short and medium distances, and Qiqi, although in the body of a child, is not one internally, and Bai Zhu himself ordered her to help.
Everyone was waiting for the enemy to arrive. And at one moment, from afar, the approaching sound of metal sliding was heard. After which the robot's body itself appeared. V1 caught up with Li Yue.
- FIRE! - After Keqing's command, all the archers released their bowstrings, and the cannons used in the past against Oxial were fired at the landmark in the form of eight yellow pseudo-wings and a glowing camera lens.
Capturing the rapidly approaching four death rays, the robot instantly equipped a rocket launcher, after which, shooting into the ground at an angle behind itself, it was able to quickly push forward without losing speed, flying under the shots. And two jerks in timing saved him from the blast wave. Thanks to this maneuver, he was still able to completely dodge the hail of arrows.
But before the machine had time to determine further actions, Keqing, with the help of many fast and short teleports, caught up with him, starting a battle on the section of the path that turned towards the bridge. She was preparing to leave a deep cross-cut on the body, and saturated V1 with Electro.
- Die!
Screaming with rage, she was already unbending her arm pressed to the opposite side, but V1's left fist successfully parried it, as a result of which the girl's ribs were broken by the blunt side of the sword along with a fracture of her thumb plus. Having time before her scream, the hero then puts his hand to her forehead, breaks through the skull with the release of the hook, and shoots her in the neck, separates the head from the body. The disfigured soul was instantly dragged away by Hell.
As soon as he dealt with the swordsman, the robot was immediately sandwiched on both sides by spearmen: Zhongli was about to attack him from the front, having repelled the straight flying bloody tip of a green hand, Yun Jin, Xiangling and Qiqi, and from behind he was overtaken by Xiao and Shenhe, who had dived from the mountain. The first of the last listed, thanks to his skill, took a significant lead. But V1 lacked these problems, as Ganyu and Yelan found themselves on the sides with charged shots. And looming over the robot was the forming charged attack of Yanfei, who was next to the archers, the purpose of which was to crush the stranger. Ningguang also helped her by filling the empty air space above the machine's chamber with approaching crystals. Gaming, Xing Yan, Xin Qiu and Chongyun remained in front of the soldiers because they knew they would get in the way. And everyone except the adopters in the back were under geo-shield. Maurice's beam is not enough for everyone. There is no way to dodge. If you jump, there is a chance to be attacked by cannons again, plus Yanfei's seal will limit the height of the jump, and the crystals of the city manager will pierce the steel body. The situation is as bad as it gets.
Typhoon Strike - 50% power
After setting up, a blow was made under oneself. The archers released the bowstring, and Xiao was about to pierce the attachment point of the pseudo wings, a seal was almost formed. But a shock wave occurred.
Having broken the formed seal, V1 received moderate damage and flew upward in recoil, when the attack on the ground pushed away absolutely everyone. Only the archon could stand on his feet, and that was thanks to the rise of a pillar from the ground, against which Keqing's flying corpse was crushed, causing the blood and limbs to reach the people near the city. Although the shields were not destroyed, some died immediately - these were Xiangling, Qiqi, Yun Jin and Yelan. The necks of the first three could not withstand the instantaneous overload on the head, and their skulls were instantly thrown back into an unnatural position, breaking the odontoid process of the second cervical vertebra. Their flying bodies knocked down Xing Yang and Xin Qiu as well as several soldiers, causing instant panic in the ranks. Yelan faced a slow death from a complete fracture of the spine and ribs from a blunt blow to a rock, and due to internal bleeding due to damage to internal organs from rib fragments. The people at the top were the luckiest - they could not stay on their feet; some of them were hit right in the nose by the blow of air, which caused them to bleed.
Xiao and Shenhe simply flew away from Li Yue, but the demon was able to break through the shock wave in time and, thanks to the earthen column that instantly grew under his feet from Morax, fly into an air battle with the bloodthirsty V.
- RUN! RUN AS FAR FROM THE CITY AS POSSIBLE, ORDINARY PEOPLE HERE ARE POWERLESS! - Zhongli shouted to the formations of troops. Their morale has fallenIt's better that they save their lives than just die here. And they, throwing down their weapons, immediately began to carry out his order, stumbling and pushing each other.
Everyone who was on the ground, including the archers, took part in the escape plan. From the latter, only the adept and Ningguang remained, who began to support their comrade with combat fire. Meanwhile, the demon slayer reached V1 and a battle began. All of Xiao's attacks were parried, but he also managed to dodge the shots from the alien's entire arsenal, and if the robot was hit, only abrasions and abrasions remained at the site of the wound. On the plus side, he had the advantage of improvised air defense, which diverted attention to himself, and was able to hit the V1 hull several times. Until the machine decided to get rid of the interfering factors, it tossed a coin, and rotating the sharpshooter, having previously flown upward from Xiao due to being hit by a rocket, fired at it, from which the rebound shot hit the fireball that appeared near Yanfei's head. The resulting explosion scattered her remains all over the area, leaving only a charred pair of feet pressed into the ground with the blackened tops of a cracked shin bone pressed into the ground. The explosion also hit Ningguang, it burned her entire right hand, and the shock wave made her roll head over heels down the slope. Now the robot could continue the battle one on one, without distracting external factors. But even without support from the enemy, he was not able to kill the demon. The robot's arsenal was not suitable for killing the highest beings of this world.
This would continue until at one point V1 decided to make a sharp fall down, which Xiao followed. Once the robot reaches the surface, then he immediately jumped, and not at the moment of the jump the adopter just landed, and the machine launched a hook at him, but he was grabbed by the cable near the tip, and pulled towards himself with all his strength. A sharp impulse in the opposite direction, and the car, having almost lost its green hand, flies uncontrollably to be impaled on the point of a jade kite extended upward, But V1 picked up the green air hammer.
First charge - thirty-two percent of the way completed. The second division - the silhouette of the demon fighter is clearly visible. Red flashing indicator - the face of rage is captured by the robot lens. The moment of attack - the body of the car is pierced through, and the distance of the attacking surface of the pneumatic hammer from the face was eight centimeters. Release of the mechanism.
Time has stopped. No, it would be more accurate to say that Xiao's time perception had slowed down to this extent. And like wax figures, everyone stood motionless. Volunteers and milletites fled among the many streets of the city. One part of the people decided to head to the Rift, while the other went to Sumeru. Obedient to the order, the young owners of the Vision joined the second type of people. A glimmer of hope could be seen in Morax's eyes, hidden by his fighting expression. Shenhe almost came to her senses after being slammed into the rock. Slightly limping Ningguang, Having fixed her burnt hand in one position, she reached the place of death of the adept; there were a few drops of Yanfei's blood on it.
- What? Why is everything frozen? Did I kill him? It was the Gods of Celestia who stopped time...
His thoughts were stopped by the instant horror of someone's presence. And if he could now control his body, then he immediately tried to eliminate this something. Meanwhile, from underground, coiling around Xiao's body like a snake, an ephemeral red body was formed, consisting of the suffering expressions on the faces of the killed V1. And when this pillar reached the left shoulder, a mouth formed at its end, and just below the hands, folded onto the shoulders of his soul still in the body. Getting closer to his ear, Hell began to speak.
Ḩ̵̦͎̩̫̜̝̐̄͒̎͋͡ȩ̰͉͉̝̩͋̉̓̀̋͂̈́͡l̵̟͚͔̭̟̲̓̽̋͜͠l̷͓̤̞͕͚̱̲̲̓́͋̚͢͡ȏ̷͖͚̟̳̇͂̕͢ X̨̫̞͈̋́̀̕i̴̢̗͚͚̦͎͕͉̍̊̑͊̿͞a̴̡̜͖̭̜̰͇̔͑͂̎̒̇͠ͅo̸̫͚̘͋̇̇̈́͋́͢͡
I̢̖͔̯̦̳̫̖̋̃͌̿͌̀͠ f̷̨̳͙͙̎̿͞o̷̱͉̠̫̮̭̳҇̊̒̏̊͌́̒́͜ư̵̧͎̙̥̦̪̬͖̥͂͆̆̀̅͛n̴͙̠͆͆͒̈́͗̕͢d̷̨̩̦̩̓́̓̾͠ͅͅ ö̡͍̦͎͎̘̖̅͗̐̍̇̎̀͠u̴̢͔̩̬̪͈̳͒̒̓͌̓͋͒͠ţ͉̪̇͌́̅̇͠ͅ t̨̲̗̮̩̜̩҇̅̄̓̆̂͛̈́h̸̩̯͚͂̍͊̅̿̈̌̔͢͡a̵̗̳̠͉̬̳҇̿̀̅̌̽͆͜ͅt̶̨̮̯̳̓̂̆̇̈́͛̕ y̨͍̦̱͎̫͚͌̉̏̇̓̈͞o̸͖̗̓̕̚͢ų͇̩̠̮̗̣̰͊͐̓̀̆́̉̂̕ a̷̡̝̰͈̜҇̓̃̍̚r̷̦͍̃͗͜͝e̡̱̩̜͚̥͖͆̀̒̉̊̒̕ t̷̡͍̦̩̦̝̳̖͂̉̄̇̐̃̚͞h̷̨̛͙͖̮̜̏́̿̀̐͂ȩ̸͉̞͎̯̖̯̈̂̈̿̎̀̊͠ͅ l̶̜̭͉̞̠̙҇́͋̉̉͗̉̄̚͢o̸̧̪̰̞̫̫͎̭̲͛͛̿͆̅̓͠c̶͇̤͆̈͗̾̿̂͊̃͜͞à̸̢̞̫̣̞̤̩͔̬̊̀̑̅̆̈͌̕l̶̢̳̖͍̭͚͉̮̰̏͒̕ d̵̬̗̯͑͋̓̕͜ĕ̡͎͇̰̫̖̐̔͂̂̍̓̌͠ͅm̵̛̱̩̦̽͋̐͢ͅơ̶̥͖̦̦̳̯̲̌͂͊͢ͅn̵̰͎̲͕͔̫̉̆͢͞ͅ h̛͓̥̯̏̏̐̓͜ȩ̷̖͉̾̒͠ŗ̵̦̲̘͓͉̮̂̑̔̚͝e̴̥̥̩̭͎͐͑̀͑̉̓̈͢͠ͅ.̸̧̲̭͕̯͙̱͗̏̿͞
I̷̧̛̭̲͋̊̉̎͊̈̏ w̨̱̜̃̇̋͐̓̀̓͞ą̸̲͓͔̙̪̋̀̓̅͂̕ͅņ̵͕͖̜̗̎̀͌͗̔̕ţ̷͖͈͉͂̀̆̽̾͠ t̸̖͕̭͈͖͈̞͚̅̆́͜͝o̧̱͕̤͉҇͂͐͌ s͈̟͕̮̮̜͇̠̈́́́̉͊͢͠a̴̛̬̮̮͎͍̗̳͚̒͆͐̑̀͜ỳ̷̢̙̥̮͚̝̤̣̇͞ t̥̩̮̋́̓͒̎̿͜͝h̥͈̪̰̗̿̓͢͠ͅa̶͖͍̜̖̝̳̿̉̂͢͞t̸̡̠̠̱͍̽̈́͝ f̷̢͈̠̲̒̿̊͝o̥̠̰̬͇̩̬̘͐͋̈̕͢r̷̡̤͍̭̜̂̈́͗̎̓͡ ȩ̵̛͚͉̞̱͍͒̍̂͛̐x̷̢͔͚͍́̾̕t̖͍̥͙̖̣̭̆̐̄͢͝ͅḯ̡̮̯͍͙́̀̒̈́̎͋̍͞ͅn̢̛͖̣͐̄̇́͌̆̄̈c̡̬͚̗̫͖̗͑̉̾͆̃̊̾͊̕t̵̨̮͕̱̪̜̬̯̑̏̇̿̌̒͝ͅ p̸̢̜͍͎̤̦҇̿̇͂̍e̴̡̤͇̣͍̙̒̃̑͑̇͋̃͝ͅo̶̡͇̮͍͌̽́̕p̸̛̖̳͙͚̳̘̅̔̓̅͌͌̚͢l̤̯̪̤͚͈̥͗̆̍͜͝ȩ̸̬͚͗̉͛͡ͅ i̭̗̤̫̝͓̮̓̀͐͊̿́̀̎͢͞ņ̵̥̰̘̂͊͗̿̓̌̚͡ m̷̧̰͉̅̃̀̃̓͡y̵̳̱̯̏͒́͆͢͡ w̵̘͙̝̖̪̽̏͜͞ö̴̧̯͉̜̜̩́̍̍̔̈́̌̃͑̕ͅr̸̢̰̰̮̭̜͇̾͗̅̑͗͂͊̀͠l̴͇̬͈͉͇͚̞̋͛̃̂́͜͝d̶͔̣̥̩̞̱̫̒̄̃͢͞ͅ,̨͎̱̥̲͒͑͐́͠ d̡̛̤̱̠̬̒̍e̶̢̠̰̤̦͍̓̓͑̍̈̕m̶̨̲͉͖͎̖̂̌̿̌̚͞ọ̷̡͉̟͉̝̙̪̜͌̎͗̄̉͠n̵̳͎̩͒͒̂̍͐̆̕͢s̵̨̗̤̟̠̦͖̦̓̐͌̑̊̌̕ ȁ̸̧̛͇̭̖͙̔̎̅̆̿r̟͎͇̞̙͒̉̎̆̀̈̇̅͜͝e̵͉͔͙̿̆̐̒͒̔̐̏̕͢ t̢̟͍͉͈̟̫͕̬͂͂̌͗͝h̝̯̪̭̤҇̀̄̉͜ǫ̵̛͚̖̲̦͔͗͒ş̱͉͙̞͔̦̱̟̌̇̓͞e̛͕͈̝͉̥̭͖̳̿͊̈́͜ w̶̝̱͈̫̿͆̉̍͢͝h̷̡̜̩̟͕̬͌͆͌͆̑͛͗͂͡ȍ̴̧̳͖̎̉̇͐́̃͞ t̷̨͇̙͎͔҇̌̿ͅo̸͎͕̥̩̽̀̕͜ͅr̶͎͇̙̮͗̾̒̎͗͊͆͋͢͝t̷̨͓̣̦͔̠̄͋̂̀̆͑̈́͞ů̬̞͇̀̾̓͑͛͜͠ṟ̴̙̩̠͕̠̘̌͆̈́͑͢͝ë̵̢̘͓̤̳͈́͋͌̕ͅ t̡̲̥̾̃̽̒͌̆̎͠ḩ̝̭̭̬̠̔̍͛̽̑͗̽̋͝ȩ̶͎̱̝͓̤҇͆͒̊̾ ş̷̰̲̬̖̟͕̄́͝ọ̵̭̖͐̌͢͝u̸͓̦͍̲̯̩̖̾̓̍̓̑͌̈́̆͢͝ͅl̛͇̱̂̏̇͆̇̅͜š͚͍̠͚͍̖͖͊̿̔̇̅͗͗͢͠ ǫ̸͎̬̞̬̰̖̫͆͗̅́͠f̵̧̫̬͍̞̐͌͒̀́͂͑̀̕ s̴̥̩̖͇̰҇̓́́͗̊͋̄̔͢i̸̦̠̞̞̰̪̒̎͊̽̎͊̄̚͜͞ǹ̵͍̬̗̙̊͊̉̅͑̊͜͝n̸̤̥̝̪̳͗̐̑̕͜é̸̢͚̙̅̇͐̽̕ṙ̵̢̮͉̰̖̬̫̆́̅̕s̫͔̟͆̀̆̿͋̓͜͝ ä̸̢͕̬́̐̅̓͠f̴̡͇̟̳͔͖͓̥́̈́̅̎̋̇̄͠t̢͖͚҇͑̌̓̐̌͛̐̒ĕ̸͈̝̗̦͇̳̎͗̊͜͞r̵̛̫͎̀̽̄͌̃͢ d͕̰҇̈́̓̽͒͜ȩ̷̗̗͎̣̗̣҇͒̄̒͆̄a̧̳͕̱͕͍̬͛̉͑̏̚͞ţ̸̮̜̤҇͋͂h̷̥͈̄̑̉̓̃̊̍͜͡
This is It. The true threat looming over Teyvat. Nothing can destroy This, only the Gods of Celestia... But can they? Xiao fully realized his situation. He is pathetic trash at the mercy of this creature
B̶̡̳̟̮̦͉̣̙͗̆̐̀́̌͡ư̵̱̳͑̌͢t̜̤̗̟̐̐̿̓͋́̄̚͜͠ t̛͇̠̣̘͙͚͊̇̅̅͜ͅh̶̢̯͈̓̀͆͡ę̴̗̱̖̐̉̑͡ t̶̩̮̭̣͉̫͑͗͂̈̿͜͝r̴̢͎̦̟͉̿̒̑͛̃͠ų̵̰̤̩̰͙̩͎̒̀̕t̶̡̞̩̠̘̍́͝h̶̬̞̥̝̪̣̬̉͑͒̔̽̂͜͡ i̶̢̛̩̲͇̮̪̜̮͌͆͒́̓͌̍̓s̵̨͖̀̍͂̓͊͞ͅ ţ̵̘͚̫̎̓̎̀͞ḧ͓͈̙̗̯̯̆̑͢͞a̴̤̩̾̄͗̋̎̂̐͜͞t̢͚͕̠̗̜̭̪҇͌̈͆̐̑͐͊̎ Ḭ̵̪͖̫̩̑̇͊͜͡ t̖̟͕̜̲̫̊͌̆͂̽̚̚͢͡o̸̢͉͇͈͎̦̫̰̘͒͛͛̐͐̚͝r̢̛̘͍͗́̋́̒t̴̲̦̔̽̑̀͢͝ȗ̧̯͉͈̦̈́͡ŗ̸̛͎̪̤͉̠̙̭̆͒͆ę̴̜̩̟҇͛̌̋̋̔̄̇̊ t̢̮̩̠̮̩̖͈̽̌͗̍̉̀͛̕h̷̨̪͍̭̒́̏̈̌͂̉̇͡e̵̟̭̪̟͑͊̑̀̂̍͢͡m͍̫̟͖̟̩̤̦̂́͐̚͢͝,̴̡̜̪̞͉̫҇̏̂ͅ ą̸̜̪̯̬̠̖̊̄̀̕n̶̢̠̩̅̃̂͋̀͛͠d̵̢͎͇̃̋̚͠ I̵̛̲̣̭̪͕̟͋̄̀̈́͛͢ d̨͖̙̓̂͂͌́̾͠o̶̧̦͖͈̣̞̠̰̘͌̌̏̅̚͞ņ̛͇͕̗̄̏̅̽͂̇̓̊'̴̞͚͙̮̠̞̄̈́̉̕͜t̴̡̪̲̄̅̇͑̐͞ c̢̯͎͑̈́̒̎̃̊͌̈͝ą̱͍͕̝̣͆͒̕r͚͚̮̗̣͚҇͑́͌̿͗͑́͜ę̷̠̙̪̯̣҇͐̋ a̴̗͕̜͔͙̔̀̎̃́̐̚͜͝b̴̡̛͖̫͓̟̪̑̃̌̐̚ǫ̶̬͖̗̞҇͋̊̈́̿͂̑̈u̶̢̙͚̱̱̖͓͛̏̑̏̚͞t̳̝͚͕͈̗̭҇̓̈́̂͆͗͢ ţ̶͔̖̖̙͗̇͑͒͝h̨͓̗̣͕̱̣̠̑̐̊͠ę̵̙̘̰̰̲̎͋͡ ŕ̷̯͖̽̇̀̔̓̓̀͜͝i̷̧̠͔͎̮̳̜̊͑͠ḡ̵̖̣̩̩̥̯̯̦͑̃̚͜͡h̬̩̠̮̒͌̃̕͢ţ̶̛͎̞̬͔͈͖͇̌̐̌̏e̴̙̫͑͑͋͂͐͢͞ǒ̶̡̠̩̱̭̝̋͐͂̉̿̽̅͠u̸̡͚̟̯̲̒̉͒̀̽̒̏̚͞ś̷̛͓̩͕͖̙̭͂͜ņ̸͕̦̅̅̄̽͛̑̈͑͞ę̷̭̩͕͗̀̆̿́̌̀͞ͅš̢̯̦̥̫̓̋̕ş̷̛̟͓̮̝͍̟̆͂͊̐̌́͗ ǫ̸̜̰̖̤͍̓͒̌̅͞f̨̥͈̰̯̱̞̮̿̈́͆̾͛̾̓͞ n̶̡̖̬̲͈̓̄̊̕o̢̲̱̬̠̪҇̅͗́̑̿̀͆̑n̙͇̣̗̅̃̄̒̊͛͢͝ȩ̷̫̲̰̦̿͌̌͌̐͊͝n̶̡̤͇̲̙̦̰̘̫̈́̏̂̂̏̉͆͒͝t̶̨͓̪͓̭͔̗͙̆̐̇̔̓͞i̡̭̭͚̠̲͖̔͐̄͆̍̓̚͠ͅt̶͓͍͇̜͉҇͋̓̋̏̏͊̚͢ͅi̷͇̜͕̖̍͐̈́̋͆̕͢ę̵̛͙̟̮̜̭͐́̏ș̸͚͉̱̪͇҇̓͆͂͛͢,̷̡̤̘͖̥̩͎̙͌̂̿̄̀͡ b̸̢͇̰͔̭҇̿̊̌̋ū̧̞̞̗̞̔̆̃͞t̡̮͈̣̭̃̅̎͞ I̸̭̝̗̓͌̎͐̾͢͡ w̷̧̯̭̤̔͒̍̆͛̿̔͠o̵̢̥̬͓̘͓͔͑̑̂̔̈̌̾͞ͅn͈̣͎͉͉͇̊̓̊̍̕͜'̶̣͚̥̯҇̽̿̃̄͌͊̀̍͢t̶̩̘̲̮̯̭͔̿͗́̌͢͡ ḿ͔̮͍͓͕͍͙̋̋̾͢͞ͅî̢̛̪͓͙̮̠̰͇̗́ņ̷̛͎̜̭̪͍̳͒̆̓̐͐͊̉̈ͅd̶̢̛͈̔͂ͅ g̵̢͍̱̫͈҇̈̐̿̾e̛͍͙̥̞̲̪̰̓̆͜t̠͈̮̩̪̐̈́͢͝ͅͅţ̴͖͉͕͍̩̜̙̋́̌̔̍͠ï̴̧̘͈̣̮̦̗̦̾̋͛͞n̷̢̜͙̥̖͉͓͛͗͡ǵ̴̨̛̙͎̫̭̯̱̭̞̎ ȧ̴͎͖̏͋̕͜n̨͕͓̙̙͔͕̗̊̃͂͗̕ͅ a̩̗̪̭̳̘͈̟̔͒̽̊͂͢͝s̴̡͖̘̲̫͉̳͉̱͆̋̎͠s̮̗̪̞̖̪̬̝̀̈͆͆̆͛̇͢͡i̢̛̙̥̩͇͋͐͑g̲̠̜̙̝͉͕͆́͗̍͋̓̈͌͜͞n̶̛͚̜̜̦͚͎̔͊̏͢ę̸̩̿̀̂̇͗͐͠ͅd̢̛̰̝͙̰̜͔̠͑̎͂̆͗̍͆̚ a̷̖̬̎̾̏͗̄̇͢͝s̸̢͎͎̠̗̝͎̊͆͐̒͊̉̅́͞s̷̡̫͉̎̔̿͒̔̚͠ì̷̬̪̭͓̫͓̏̀͊̿̾̈́͜͝ͅs̵̢̭̞̣͉͖̳̙͍̒́́̓͂͊̕t̶̲͚̰͕̍̏̓͐͒̂͊͋͢͠ȃ̵̢͔͍̩̦̫͛̑̆͐͞n̷̰̮̾͋̄͢͡t̨̪̬̯͕̙̣̜̦̓̋̔̕
S̷̪̰͇͈̞̠̭̙̝̠̀̀͗̄ͅo̸͍̳͖̬͚̘̤̟͔̙̳̓͒̈́̈́̎̀̄͆̀́̉͌͗̚̚,̵̘̠̱̝̣͕̐͑͗̇͒̑̌͊́̉̐̾̈̍̊ ẫ̤̜͙̗̮͛̓̂͗͆́͒̐̽̄̇̉̂̽r̖͇̣̫̖̳͎̰̪̜̓͒͂̋̈̍̈́̌̋̽̃̑̚ͅe̷̥͈̠̬̙̩̪̪̝̗͕̪̰̝̟͓̅̈̈́̇̂ y̶̪͚͙̟̖̰̬͈̙̜͍͆̽̊̌̏̍̇̐̌̃̈́̑o̖̞͕̲̳̬͍͇͐̍͗͆͌̔̃͐̓̅̒͑ú̸͎̬̠͈͗̿͒́͐͛̽̇̿̇̒̂̓̏̚ r̰̠̝͉̄͑̾̃͐ͅe̴̮̩̦͇̪̜͈͙̬̘͐̄͊̍̆̍̍̄͆̌̚̚ḁ̵͚͎̩͉̬̳̄́̅͑̈̓̽̅͑̌́͋̍̏d̵͔̩͓̳͔͙́͗̌̓̿̄̈́́̂y̙̯̙̝̦̖͕̰͚͖͓̱̭̣̜͉̔͊̌̋̆́͌͆́̾̑͋̈́̐̓ t̴͓̦̮͔̓̅̓̃͛̓̒͗́ͅō̞̭̳͎͈̝͎̩͙̉̄͋̓̊̄̚ b̸̖͎̞̖̥̳̪̦͖͖̫̈́͑̊́̓ẽ̜͍͈̘͕̑́͛̀̐c̝͎̩̣̠̥͎͚̬̮̰̙̀̂̓͑̏o̵̟̥͇̘̲͈̠͔͉̫͍͕̟̫̜͋̾̋̆̄͛͐̌̈́̿̋̉͊̐̎̄ͅm̷̪̗͍͙̦̱͖̬͇̝̪̗̽̀́̈̿͂̚ĕ̷̱̗̝̘͓̲̬̮̯̩͉͒͆̂̃͊̿̆̇̂͒́̄̓̚ a̸̳͔̠̝̤͙͎̩̝̪̮̿̎̌͐́̐́̀͒͛̆̇͛̋̓ R̵̝͙̳͍̥̣͖̲͎̰̰̈̋͂͒̂̄͆̄̚ͅͅE̶̪͎̠̪̗̠͇͖̯̬͙̿̉̂͐A̸̖̳͙̬̣̍͒͆̾̂̊̍̇̚L̷̝̲̫̖̗̈́̈̍͆̇̓̉̿ ḍ̸̱̞̰̳̎͋͐̀̿̿͆̔̎̚e̴͈͉̗͓̪͎̫͍̯͕͕͖͓͚͂̓̑̿̆̏̌̆̑̽̚ͅm̴̮̦͓̅̎͌͂͌̏͗͒̀͑̒̓̓̈ͅo̴̠͉̘͉͕͕͚͋͛̒̒͗̌̄n̵̞͕͉̲̠̱͔̬͇͍̠̞̓͊̈́̉̔̃̈́̏̚ͅͅ?̶̜͔̙̃̍̅͋̌̓̄ͅ)̶̦̪̥͈͍̲̠͙̥̞̜̰͙͍̤̑̿͂̓̋͋͑̐̎̋́̉͒̇̃ͅ
Having said the last sentence, Hell disappeared, and the perception of time returned to its normal state. The attacking surface of the air hammer touched Xiao's face, a white flash, an explosion, and all the facial bones of the broken "demon" were pressed into the skull. V1 flew upward with him on recoil, as he continued to hold the hook. Understanding that after the explosion it has the most deplorable strength, and it is not possible to tear the body of the adept, V1, continuing the flight, removes himself from the spear, and shooting at the shaft with a railgun, breaks it. After which, taking the warhead in his hands, he rips open the still living adept from neck to groin with a longitudinal cut. and having repeatedly cut the internal organs, he hugged the flayed carcass of Xiao, from which the blood that fell on his body instantly restored the damage, and as an addition, gave the Absorber the opportunity to use Anemo forever, subject to the condition of recharging the ability. And remembering that now Anemo Archon is Hell, This ability gives V1 more destructive abilities.
Seeing that after the next shock wave and upward flight, Xiao was gone, while the robot broke the shaft, Zhongli, with all his rage, and the understanding that there was nothing left to lose, summoned a rapidly approaching meteorite towards the enemy, and Ning Guang, who felt the elemental energy with sky, sent her Jade Palace after the meteorite in order to be more likely to kill the machine. The Archon's ultimate was filled with elemental energy so much that the Gods of Celestia drew attention to this clot. And so, when V1 threw the ripped open carcass to fall to the ground, he turned around and saddled the rocket and headed straight to meet the meteorite. And when it was about to receive fatal body damage due to contact, the robot simply performed... Parry. And it worked.
If the attack can be parried, the machine will do it. If it is a projectile, it will accelerate and become more powerful. This happened with the Morax meteorite. A white flash upon contact with the blue fist, a characteristic "ding", and after an airy visible ring that appeared between V1 and the cobblestone, it flew straight to Celestia, destroying the Jade Palace on its way, the debris of which fell like a hail on Li Yue, destroying many buildings, and entailed victims in the form of volunteers who did not have time to leave the city, and the owners of the Vision. Chongyun, Gaming and Xingqiu died under the rubble. Xinyan miraculously managed to get between the rubble. Having got out and looking around at the destruction, she, with tears in her eyes, began to flee much faster. And Ningguang, Having seen what her action led to, she screamed from the realization of how many people died because of her. And while she was pulling her hair, ignoring the pain from the burn, the woman was silenced by a launched disk from a saw-gun, cutting her in half to the navel. If you look from the outside, it seemed that she was tearing herself into two parts. As the meteorite approached the abode of the gods, they were able to catch themselves in time and keep the buildings intact by putting up something like a barrier. But the impulse knocked all the heavenly inhabitants off their feet and shook the flying island. This caused Hell, which was sucking in new victims, to burst into the most terrible sincere laughter, forcing the souls of those killed to feel even greater helplessness.
After parrying, the machine immediately dived down, choosing Morax as the main target, while he, shocked after what he saw with the meteorite, stood in a stupor, looking at the approaching V1, which gave itself a significant additional acceleration thanks to the recoil from the Typhoon Strike.
MORAX! - Shenhe, who had recovered from the collision with the rock, yelled. The adrenaline rush allowed her to reach Zhong Li faster than the robot.
And so, when she, already in the air, grabbed the archon's torso, V1 immediately appears and with a sweeping blow from the tip of the spear cuts Shenhe in half, starting from the tenth rib on the left, finishing the attack on the right sixth. The lower part was immediately pressed to the ground by the robot's legs, and the rest of the girl, although it was adapted to hold back the pain, was not when you were divided into two parts. Shenhe grimaced in pain.
Zhongli was even more shocked. The enemy is adamant. He killed two Adopters before his eyes, and one out of sight. We need to run away urgently. He can't handle it alone. We need to free Azhdaha.
Activating the transmitter from Sumeru with his thoughts, he shouted.
- RELEASE-
The reason for the lack of agreement turned out to be the machine, which immediately attacked after landing. While Morax was in the air and saved thanks to Shenhe's sacrifice, V1 immediately accelerates forward when the feet touch the ground. And holding the spear at the ready, having powered it with Anemo to facilitate the kill, makes an attack ready to cut the head. But due to obstacles in the form of a shield and the barely alive Shenhe holding her in an embrace, the attack changes its originally intended trajectory and only cuts off the left arm, near the shoulder joint, decapitating the girl in the process. The limb remained lying on the bridge.
Once on the other side of the bridge, V1 leaves a small trench from the braking path in order to turn around and throw the rest of the spear at the archon to finish him off, receive the powers of the element, try them, then visit the neighboring region for the subsequent extermination of people. But Azhdaha emerged from the ground.
The geo-dragon lifted part of the market into the air along with the robot. While in flight, the car immediately straddled the rocket and, rising up, assessed the situation.
The Archon, having repaired the wound with an overgrown crystal, He and Xianyun began to flee towards Sumeru, as did the remnants of the broken militia.
Morax's former friend became a priority targe