Raiden Ei had originally intended to leave.
Inazuma had just begun to improve; she couldn't fall here.
However, hearing Zhongli's promise...
Raiden Ei's movement to flee froze.
Inazuma was currently in a state of neglect, waiting for recovery.
Although there was assistance from Fontaine, who knew how long it would take to restore the peaceful and prosperous scene of the era when her sister Raiden Makoto and Kitsune Saiguu ruled.
'Inazuma... my Inazuma...'
'When sister was still here, when Kitsune Saiguu was still here, Inazuma wasn't like this.'
'Back then, merchant ships gathered at Ritou, Inazuma City's lights were like stars, and children ran under the cherry blossom trees, their laughter reaching Tenshukaku.'
'The Sakoku Decree and the Vision Hunt Decree... for the sake of "eternity," I turned Inazuma into what it is today.'
Her subjects were starving, freezing, dying of hunger in despair... guilt consumed Raiden Ei's rationality.
She suddenly realized how much of a failure she was as a deity.
Before, she didn't know how to do it.
Now, the opportunity was right before her eyes!
To win a favor from Liyue for Inazuma!
Plus the assistance from Fontaine!
...Great!
My people will be able to live good lives!
My subjects, just wait!
This time, I will compensate for all the mistakes I've made!
The intent to retreat in Raiden Ei's eyes was replaced by Burning determination.
Purple lightning erupted from deep within her form, and those cracks were temporarily mended by the violent lightning!
She suddenly broke free from the wall and hovered in the air.
The Electro element around her boiled like an ocean, her long hair danced, and destructive electric snakes leaped at the tips of her hair.
"Morax!"
She no longer called him "Zhongli," but addressed him directly by his divine name:
"Remember your promise!"
The next moment.
"BOOM—!!!"
A purple lightning burst forth, so majestic it made heaven and earth lose their color!
This was an incomparably violent outpouring of clearance!
It was as if the entire world was filled with the Electro element!
Walls, masonry, and even the air dissipated into dust within the lightning!
A figure slowly stepped out from within.
The deep purple long-sleeved robe was like the falling night, embroidered with the noble pattern of the Electro Mitsu-tomoe, with arcs of electricity flowing like substance along the edges.
Her long hair was tied high, adorned with Gentian flowers and Thunder Sakura branches.
Revealing a fair, slender neck and a sharp jawline.
A purple lightning mark between her brows shone brilliantly, and thousands of thunderstorms brewed deep within her eyes.
The musou isshin in her hand hummed and vibrated, the blade completely transforming into a streak of condensed purple lightning, its length skyrocketing, and where the blade pointed, space itself twisted!
The Raiden Shogun of Inazuma, the Electro Archon of seven sovereigns—
Beelzebul, descends here!
"I never speak falsely!!"
The contract is made; those who break their word shall suffer the Wrath of the Rock!
Along with Morax's promise, a thick, peerless pillar of brilliant gold light, carrying the weight of the land and mountains, rose up!
Within the pillar of light, Zhongli shed the refined robes of the funeral parlor assistant and revealed his true divine attire—
White robes with gold patterns, a towering Geo crown, and majestic armguards.
Divine light appeared behind his head, and boundless Geo elemental power transformed into tangible golden ripples that spread out.
Every brick and every inch of land in Liyue Harbor was resonating with it!
The majesty of the ancient God of contracts enveloped the surroundings!
Beelzebul! Morax!
The two Archons of seven sovereigns, after five hundred years, stood side by side in their full forms once again at Liyue Harbor's moment of life and death!
"Is that Rex Lapis..."
Within Liyue Harbor, countless panicked citizens stared blankly at the sky, forgetting to cry.
Ningguang, Keqing, and the others were deeply shaken, their blood boiling with excitement.
The Adepti were excited, a raging fighting spirit Burning in their eyes!
"Tsk, two slightly stronger insects dare to stand in the way of the Abyss drowning the throne?"
The defiled Osial mocked.
The "Eye of the Field Tiller" on its chest glowed intensely with red light, letting out a deafening shriek!
"Then let you dregs of the old era witness the great power of the Abyss!"
All of Osial's thrashing tentacles suddenly retracted, tightly coiling around its torso.
Abyss energy surged frantically.
"Something's not right!"
Alarm bells rang in Zhongli's heart; Geo elemental power condensed to the extreme, the Jade Shield shining like glazed glass, protecting himself and Raiden Ei in layers.
Raiden Ei also felt the Abyss energy climbing at a geometric rate.
She held the musou isshin across her chest.
Endless purple lightning compressed into a thin line.
She wanted to strike first, using offense as defense.
However, it was too late.
"Abyss... drown everything!!!"
A roar that seemed to come from the nine netherworlds.
Immediately—
"VROOOOM————————!!!"
A [Darkness] so deep it seemed capable of swallowing the world Swirl out from Osial as the origin.
Everywhere it passed, the world began to "Melt"!
The many Stone Steles Zhongli had placed vanished instantly like ice and snow under a scorching sun before this darkness!
His pupils shrank as he poured the last of his divine power without reservation into the Jade Shield before him.
"Sizzle sizzle... CRACK!!!"
The Jade Shield, capable of withstanding all kinds of impacts in the world, couldn't even hold out for half a second before it directly shattered!
"Pfft—!"
Zhongli was struck as if by lightning, his whole body thrown backward, golden divine blood spraying wildly from his mouth and nose, his aura withered to the extreme.
Raiden Ei was not much better off.
The ripples generated by the explosion slammed violently into her body.
"RIIIP—!"
Her magnificent purple long-sleeved robe was instantly corrosion into countless holes.
On her puppet body, dense cracks spread frantically, as if she would disintegrate into fragments in the next second.
She didn't even have time to let out a groan before she was smashed into the ground by this irresistible force, like a falling meteor, plowing a deep trench a thousand meters long in the ground, finally embedded deep in the ruins, her lightning dimmed, her life or death unknown.
Just one strike!
Two Archons of seven sovereigns who had gone all out—one heavily injured, the other's fate unknown!
After heavily wounding the two, the darkness continued to advance toward Liyue Harbor with undiminished momentum.
Everywhere it passed, whether it was buildings, rock layers, or seawater, they were all silently "erased."
"Rex Lapis!!!"
Seeing this scene, whether it was the citizens in Liyue Harbor or the Adepti outside the Jade Chamber private room, all of them were filled with grief and indignation, letting out cries of despair.
"Vile beast! How dare you!!"
Moon Carver's hair and beard flared, his Adeptal energy surging violently: "Everyone, follow me to slay the demon!"
Cloud Retainer spread her wings, about to rush out: "How dare you DMG Rex Lapis! This Adeptus will fight you to the end!"
Xiao said nothing, but the primordial jade winged-spear in his hand let out a shrill hum, his gaze under the yaksa mask as resolute as if he were heading to his death.
Even Granny Ping tightened her grip on her cane, a blood-red light full of killing intent erupting from her cloudy old eyes.
"You bunch of fools! All of you, stay back!!!"
A hoarse, sharp shout drowned out the roars of the Adepti.
It was Ningguang!
This Tianquan Star no longer had any of her usual elegance at this moment.
Her face was pale and her body was trembling, but her eyes were frighteningly bright, staring fixedly at the Adepti who were about to move.
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