Stormterror's ultimate move, Celestial Shower, was complete. Just as it was about to swing down and destroy Illustrious and the cathedral, Illustrious interrupted it first.
Illustrious lightly raised her right hand and snapped her fingers in mid-air. With a 'da' sound, a circular ice block nearly ten zhang wide fell from the sky, smashing heavily into Stormterror, who had just intended to unleash its ultimate move.
After hitting Stormterror, the massive circular ice block carried Stormterror with it, smashing ten kilometers outside Mondstadt's city limits.
When the ice block meteorite hit the ground, an earth-shattering roar erupted, white light burst forth, ice and snow surged out, and a snow-white mushroom cloud rose into the sky.
The ice and snow shockwave emanating from the explosion directly affected an area ten kilometers in radius. All constructions and trees in its path were frozen into ice sculptures, making the entire area look like a world of ice.
Even ten kilometers away, one could feel the imposing force of the explosion caused by the ice block meteorite hitting Stormterror. It was conceivable that Stormterror, at the center of the explosion, would surely be left without a shred of life!
Thinking of this outcome made the Knights of Favonius below rejoice.
"You see, I was right! She really took care of Stormterror."
"That's amazing, I can't believe we actually survived. I thought I was dead for sure this time."
"But who exactly is she? We've never heard of such a powerful expert before!"
The members of the Knights of Favonius were very curious about this Mysterious Girl who suddenly appeared to help them overcome the crisis, and they all began to discuss and express their opinions.
Looking at the terrifying power of the explosion caused by the ice block meteorite, Illustrious couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. She didn't expect this move to be so powerful. It seemed she would have to be careful when using it in the future!
With a 'bang', a terrifying aura erupted from Illustrious's body. With a 'whoosh', she shot towards the spot where Stormterror had been struck. She still needed to retrieve the claw of the north wind from Stormterror, hoping that Stormterror hadn't been completely annihilated by her move!
Jean was about to shout loudly to invite the Mysterious Girl in the sky down to express her gratitude for saving Mondstadt, but she suddenly saw her flying towards the direction where Stormterror had been struck, which made her stop her words mid-sentence.
After Illustrious flew to the spot where the ice block meteorite hit Stormterror, she found that Stormterror was surprisingly not dead, but it was close! After all, seeing it barely clinging to life, she could definitely finish it off with another attack.
But before finishing it off, she had to get the claw of the north wind! Illustrious flew to Stormterror's giant claw, raised her right hand high, with all fingers closed except for her index finger.
Extreme Ice Power rapidly condensed at her index finger, a white light appeared at the fingertip, then the white light continuously elongated, and an extremely slender white ray of light, as long as a one-handed sword, suddenly formed.
With a'swish', Illustrious powerfully swung the white ray of light at Stormterror's right claw. With a 'crack', Stormterror's extremely hard giant claw was completely severed.
The huge dragon claw that fell to the ground was enveloped in a snow-white light. The giant dragon claw gradually shrank to the size of a human finger, and finally flew into the air and landed in Illustrious's hand.
Looking at the dragon claw in her hand, Illustrious was very happy. Great! The first trial is complete! Next, after finishing off Stormterror with one move, she would go on to complete the next trial!
"Roar..." Stormterror cried out in immense pain, extremely fearful of the human in front of it. It couldn't believe that even it, so powerful, was defeated in one move. Was she going to kill it? Damn it! How did such a powerful human suddenly appear? And even worse, it had to encounter her.
"It hurts, doesn't it? Don't worry! I'll end your life now." Illustrious said with a look of disdain.
Illustrious lightly raised her right hand, and a sky-blue longsword appeared in her palm. This sword was the skyward blade that Little Yellow Chick lost to her in a bet. After the skyward blade appeared, Illustrious immediately gripped it tightly and raised it high towards the sky.
A terrifying aura erupted from her body. Countless Extreme Ice Power revolved around her entire being, injecting all of it into the skyward blade. The skyward blade suddenly transformed into a giant sword three zhang long. Dazzling light burst from the sword body, growing increasingly intense, until it was like a blazing sun.
"Infernal Frost Splitter!"
With an icy expression, Illustrious let out a cold shout that echoed through the sky. A three-zhang long greatsword slashed through the void, carrying a fierce energy that made space itself ripple, and mercilessly swung down towards the dying Stormterror.
Just as Illustrious was about to swing down, a huge green energy shield, three zhang wide, appeared above Stormterror's head.
Illustrious's expression was grave as she looked at this suddenly appearing giant shield. Who dared to interrupt her killing the evil dragon? Did they think they could stop her with such a flimsy shield? Ridiculous! Watch how I cut down both the shield and the dragon.
"Bang!" Illustrious's greatsword and the suddenly appearing giant shield collided with a resounding crash, like two meteorites colliding. In an instant, a thunderous roar erupted from the point of impact, and terrifying energy shockwaves surged out from the collision point, spreading in all directions. The immense pressure actually shattered all the surrounding ice sculptures that had been frozen.
After a brief collision, both the greatsword and the giant shield vanished in mid-air. Air continuously rushed in to fill the void, hinting at the terrifying nature of the previous impact.
With her greatsword blocked, Illustrious said in disbelief. "What! This flimsy shield actually blocked my greatsword? How is this possible? Who is it? Such a giant shield cannot be cast by just anyone! Could it be one of the Seven Archons of Teyvat? Which Archon is it then? Could it be Barbatos, the Anemo Archon who guards this place?"
Her divine sense spread in all directions, constantly searching for which Archon had arrived. Found it! In the sky.
Illustrious immediately looked up at the sky and saw a girl dressed in green clothes and a green cape floating in mid-air. The green-clad girl was continuously playing music with her hand on a stringed instrument.
The music stopped, and Stormterror, who had been lying on the ground, had disappeared. Soon after, Stormterror appeared beside the green-clad girl. The green-clad girl gently stroked Stormterror's head. "Don't worry! I'm here! No one can bully you."
Seeing the green-clad girl protecting Stormterror, Illustrious pointed her sword at the green-clad girl in the sky and said coldly, "I've seen your statue. You are Barbatos, the Anemo Archon and guardian of Mondstadt, aren't you? If so, why are you protecting the evil dragon that destroyed Mondstadt?"
Barbatos did not answer Illustrious. She placed her hand on the strings and continuously played music. Beautiful and melodious music echoed in the air, and as the music continued, thousands of Anemo elemental phantom swords appeared around the green-clad girl.
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