"Abyss Order lackey, are you still not going to come out?" Barbatos, surrounded by thousands of Anemo elemental phantom swords, shouted towards the sky.
Illustrious muttered softly, "What! Is someone else hidden here? Where?"
She spread her divine sense around, and soon Illustrious found the location. It was a very suspicious spot in the sky, where her divine sense would disappear upon reaching it.
Illustrious stared intently at that spot, where an incomparably dark black hole appeared. From the black hole emerged a mysterious short blonde girl wearing a mask.
"Hehehe! I didn't expect you to find me. As expected of Barbatos, the Anemo Archon!" The Mysterious Girl said with a smile.
"Hmph! It was you who implanted the poisoned needle into Stormterror, wasn't it? What is your purpose in doing this?" Barbatos said with an icy tone.
"Purpose, huh? Hmm! What if I told you it was just for fun?" The Mysterious Girl put her finger to her cherry lips, speaking in a very frivolous tone.
"You don't want to say? Then die!" As soon as Barbatos finished speaking, she immediately plucked the wooden lyre strings. The wooden lyre immediately made a sound, and the thousands of Anemo elemental phantom swords surrounding her instantly moved, shooting towards the Mysterious Girl.
"Oh my! So impatient already, but these things of yours can't hurt me, you know!" The Mysterious Girl said indifferently.
The Mysterious Girl looked at the thousands of Anemo elemental phantom swords that instantly assailed her through the air, her face showing no panic whatsoever, as if she didn't care at all. She lightly raised her right hand, and a red cube appeared in her palm. The moment the red cube appeared, countless red cubes emerged from around the Mysterious Girl.
Countless red cubes unfolded a vast net that covered the sky, like an inescapable trap, completely enveloping the thousands of Anemo elemental phantom swords that shot towards them. Those red cubes slowly devoured the Anemo elemental phantom swords within the net. The net grew smaller and smaller, and the red cubes completely devoured the enveloped Anemo elemental phantom swords.
"Spatial power? A troublesome ability." Barbatos said with a grave expression.
"What's wrong? Are you scared already? But speaking of which, as one of the Seven Archons, you wouldn't just have this much power, would you? If so, then the other six Archons are nothing special either." The Mysterious Girl said disdainfully.
Barbatos frowned. He had just awakened, and his power had not fully recovered. Otherwise, this Mysterious Girl would definitely not be his opponent.
Looking at Illustrious below, who was eating sunflower seeds and watching the show, Barbatos came up with a plan, intending to pull Illustrious into his team to deal with the Mysterious Girl together.
The Anemo Archon secretly communicated with Illustrious using divine sense: "Hello! Outsider! My strength has not yet recovered. To defeat the evil that plagues Mondstadt, can you lend me a hand?"
Illustrious, who was eating sunflower seeds and planning to watch the two big shots fight above, heard Barbatos's voice in her mind and refused Barbatos's attempt to pull her into the battle, because she had already obtained the claw of the north wind! There was no need to ask for trouble!
"You actually know I'm an outsider! As one of the Seven Archons, your discerning eye is indeed impressive! But I'm sorry, Barbatos, the Anemo Archon! As you said, I'm just an outsider. Why should I bother with such a thankless task? Eliminating evildoers is your responsibility as the guardian of Mondstadt."
Hearing Illustrious's words, Barbatos knew that this person wanted benefits before she would help him. He glanced at the skyward blade Illustrious had taken out and saw that it was only at level one. If he helped Illustrious upgrade her sword to max level, he believed Illustrious would be willing to help him.
Barbatos communicated with Illustrious using divine sense: "I have a large amount of upgrade materials. If you are willing to help, I can upgrade your skyward blade to max level."
After hearing Barbatos's words in her mind, Illustrious excitedly replied telepathically, "No problem! I'll team up with you to take down that guy. I absolutely despise evil scoundrels who harm Mondstadt! I'm definitely not helping you because you can max out my sword; I'm doing it for justice, got that?"
Barbatos communicated with Illustrious telepathically. "You truly are a righteous person! I admire you. There's no time to delay, let's join forces and slay this wicked villain!"
Illustrious nodded, immediately unleashing a powerful aura from within her body. Countless streams of Extreme Ice Power enveloped her whole being. With a bang, she flew to Barbatos's side, and the two confronted the Mysterious Girl.
Seeing Illustrious standing with Barbatos, the Mysterious Girl said disdainfully, "Another person who doesn't know their place! Although you managed to knock down Stormterror with one hit, in my eyes, that's nothing more than a trivial matter. If you insist on opposing me, then I'll just have to slaughter both you and the Anemo Archon. Tell me your name; I never kill nameless nobodies."
"My name is Illustrious, just an ordinary person passing by," Illustrious said calmly.
"Illustrious, is it? Very well, then you can both die!" As soon as she finished speaking, the Mysterious Girl lightly raised her right hand, and a red cube appeared in her palm.
The moment the Mysterious Girl's red cube appeared, Illustrious and Barbatos seemed to sense danger where they stood and immediately moved away rapidly. After they left, a red cube, two zhang wide, appeared in the spot where they had been.
"Spatial ability! Who exactly are you? This power is something only the Keeper of Heavenly Principles possesses!" After saying this, Barbatos shot toward the Mysterious Girl.
Looking at Barbatos shooting toward her, the Mysterious Girl said plainly, "You are not worthy of knowing my name! After all, those about to die are not qualified to know it."
Hearing that the Mysterious Girl still refused to tell him her name, Barbatos stopped wasting words. "Since you won't say it, I'll beat it out of you."
Barbatos's fist condensed mighty Extreme Wind Power, and a massive Anemo element fist, nearly three zhang wide, appeared in mid-air, striking fiercely toward the Mysterious Girl.
Indifferently watching the massive fist that instantly tore through the air, the Mysterious Girl raised her right hand, and a prismatic blue shield appeared, completely defending against the attack Barbatos had launched.
Countless red cubes emerged from around the Mysterious Girl, gradually swallowing Barbatos's massive Anemo element fist. Just as they were about to engulf Barbatos's own fist, Barbatos immediately pulled away from the spot.
The red cubes did not dissipate; instead, they formed three tentacles that shot toward Barbatos. Sensing the dangerous aura emanating from the tentacles—knowing that contact would surely lead to being devoured—Barbatos hurriedly dodged in the air.
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