Su Yuan and Tartaglia were both extremely shocked by what they saw.
What exactly was going on?
Why had Zhongli suddenly fallen into Eerie state again?
Could it be that someone had once again broken a contract in front of his statue or portrait?
"Su Yuan, looks like for our next step, we'll have to follow Zhongli and see what exactly is going on..." Tartaglia said.
Su Yuan nodded, then followed behind "Zhongli" with Tartaglia to see where he was planning to go...
Su Yuan thought, even though the Liyue Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Millelith had already forcefully banned statues and portraits of the Geo Archon, as long as there's demand, there will always be a market.
It's simply impossible to eliminate them completely...
And in that case, Zhongli would still fall into an unstable state and succumb to Eerie force...
But at the same time, Su Yuan also thought—if the Ministry and the Millelith have issued strict orders, yet someone still knowingly breaks the law, then they're not exactly innocent.
Isn't that just digging your own grave?
Su Yuan and Tartaglia followed Zhongli to a small village near The Chasm…
Because the village's buildings were relatively underdeveloped, and it was close to the area where the battle with Azhdaha had just taken place, many of the houses had developed cracks—some had even completely collapsed.
However, Su Yuan had already informed the Millelith in advance to evacuate the civilians near The Chasm, so there shouldn't have been any casualties…
But was that really the case?
Su Yuan and Tartaglia followed Zhongli to a house that had completely collapsed…
A young boy was desperately using his hands to dig through the rubble and debris—because beneath the ruins, his little sister was still buried.
His little sister had only one hand sticking out from beneath the rubble—and in that small hand, she clutched some kind of toy plush…
"Hang in there, sis! Big brother's coming to save you!!!"
The little boy was crying uncontrollably.
Even though his hands were already scraped and bleeding, he didn't stop digging…
"That little boy's sister… there's no sign of life anymore…"
Tartaglia spoke, his expression filled with sorrow.
Su Yuan knew that Tartaglia was someone who deeply valued family—seeing this scene must have made him feel awful inside…
"Su Yuan, you go on ahead with Zhongli…"
"I'll help this boy bury his sister properly. I'll catch up with you shortly…"
But before they could move further, Su Yuan and Tartaglia were both horrified to discover that "Zhongli" had also stopped walking—his footsteps halted right at that spot, no longer going forward…
A deep sense of dread suddenly filled the hearts of Su Yuan and Tartaglia…
At that moment, the little girl's hand, buried under the rubble, slowly opened…
And the toy plush she had been holding—was none other than the Geo Archon himself!
The little boy, sobbing, cried out:
"Sis… it's all my fault… I promised you I'd protect you no matter what…"
"Why did this damn earthquake have to come so suddenly…"
"Zhongli" slowly began walking toward the boy, speaking in a calm but chilling tone:
"You said you would protect your sister. Your sister acknowledged that promise. A spoken vow is also a contract…"
"Since the contract was established, one who breaks it must receive the Judgement of Warth of the Rock…"
"Zhongli! Stop right there!!!"
In the next instant, Tartaglia went all out—activating his Foul Legacy transformation and launching a full-force assault on "Zhongli"!
"You intend to interfere with the execution?"
"Zhongli" cast a cold glance at Tartaglia—and immediately, Tartaglia's body froze in place, completely immobilized…
Su Yuan watched it all unfold.
It seemed "Zhongli" placed great importance on the process of delivering the Judgement—so much so that he directly used this most blunt and overwhelming method to suppress Tartaglia's actions…
Maybe it was because, in this pair of siblings, Tartaglia saw a reflection of himself and his own brothers and sisters—that's why he lost control like this…
Su Yuan understood clearly now—this big brother absolutely did not deserve to die.
Even if he technically broke the contract with his sister, it was due to an unforeseen disaster, not because he wanted to betray her!
Su Yuan made up his mind—he had to find a way to stop Zhongli from falling into this twisted, eerie state so easily again…
But for now—he'd join Tartaglia in going wild!
"Tartaglia, watch your step!!"
Su Yuan shouted as a stone pillar rose beneath Tartaglia's feet, propelling him in Su Yuan's direction and pulling him out of the range of Zhongli's eerie power.
"Thanks, Su Yuan!"
Tartaglia stretched his limbs, shaking off Zhongli's suppression, and said:
"Although I've gone through some training to resist eerie powers under my master, I didn't expect Zhongli's eerie force to be this overwhelming…"
"I got too emotional and let my guard down for a second—and he completely locked me down…"
"Su Yuan, you feel it too, right? That kid… he doesn't deserve to die!"
"Yeah." Su Yuan nodded.
"This is bound to be a tough fight—but let's stand shoulder to shoulder, and try to challenge this eerie state of Zhongli together!"
At this moment, "Zhongli" turned his gaze coldly towards Su Yuan and Tartaglia, and said frostily:
"Although I have no interest in you, it seems from your actions that you intend to hinder the execution of the 'Judgement of Warth of the Rock' on those who break their contract…"
"In that case, I will deal with you first before carrying out the Judgement."
Su Yuan didn't understand why, even though he had only a few stable rewind chances left and should have been more cautious, he still made such a reckless move under Tartaglia's emotional influence.
He had always wondered: although the eerie state is immune to elemental damage, if he formed chunks of stone with Geo energy and hurled them, would that count as Geo elemental damage or just physical damage?
Now that he had a strong hold over Geo energy, he decided to give it a try.
Su Yuan condensed elemental energy in his hand, then formed a large rock and threw it directly at "Zhongli."
Su Yuan's power wasn't very strong, and the rock wasn't thrown very fast, so "Zhongli" easily dodged it…
It seemed that pure stone was still considered physical damage after all…
"Tartaglia, your physical strength is much greater than mine. I'll create the rocks, and you be the thrower. That way, we'll have a ranged attack…"
But before Su Yuan could finish speaking, he suddenly felt his entire body become immobile!
Then, a Geo spear wrapped in eerie power pierced straight through his shoulder!!!
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