Before the words had even faded, a world-shaking roar suddenly erupted from the deep sea. The sound carried the unique pressure of a god, causing the entire sea surface to churn violently.
The black seawater surged up like boiling ink as a colossal figure slowly rose from the depths.
Enveloped in dense Hydro Element and dark energy, its massive tentacles slammed against the sea surface, each movement making the earth tremble slightly.
It was none other than the long-sealed Overlord of the Vortex, Osial!
"Osial!" Zhongli's pupils constricted, and his hand beneath his long robe clenched tightly. He had clearly not expected Xiao Qin to be able to break Osial's seal. "Do you know that releasing a god will plunge Liyue into an irredeemable disaster? Do you know how many innocent lives this will destroy?"
Xiao Qin looked at Osial's massive body, a mad smile filling her eyes as the dark energy churned around her like flames: "Disaster? Disaster is exactly what I want!"
She raised her hand and shouted loudly to Osial, her voice carrying a seductive power: "Osial! Destroy this place! Destroy Liyue! Make all those who once abandoned Yunqin and trampled upon her sincerity pay the price! Let them taste the feeling of being swallowed by despair!"
Osial let out a deafening roar. Its massive tentacles slammed down hard against the sea surface, raising a colossal wave hundreds of feet high. The waves, carrying black poison, surged toward Liyue Harbor.
The black seawater, carrying an aura of destruction, made the entire Liyue Harbor tremble slightly. The sleeping citizens, though not yet awake, seemed to feel this terror, their brows furrowing one after another.
Zhongli and Venti's faces changed drastically. They could no longer afford to focus on Xiao Qin and struck out simultaneously.
Zhongli raised his hand and summoned countless rocky ridges that rose abruptly from the sea surface, attempting to block the giant wave's impact.
Venti condensed the strongest hurricane. The hurricane glowed emerald green, carrying the power to tear everything apart as it slashed toward Osial's tentacles.
But Osial's power was too great. The attacks from the two of them could only barely slow its onslaught, unable to completely halt this god.
Osial's roar made heaven and earth tremble. The sound waves, carrying the unique pressure of a god, churned up muddy waves several meters high across the entire sea surface.
The Hydro Element and dark energy swirling around its body wildly intertwined and devoured one another. Its already colossal form, which blocked out the sky, actually swelled several times over in size, nourished by the Abyssal power.
Black-purple mucus continuously seeped from the gaps between its scales, dripping onto the sea surface and instantly corroding it into black holes that bubbled with a foul stench.
Its tentacles were no longer a simple grayish-blue, but glowed with an eerie black-purple luster. As the suckers on the tentacles opened and closed, the black poison that overflowed flowed along the patterns, filling the air with a nauseatingly sour and rotten smell.
"This power..." Zhongli's pupils shrank sharply, his hand beneath his robe clenched tight, his knuckles turning white from the force.
The Geo element gathered wildly around him, transforming into a heavy shield of light. Ancient runes flowed across the shield's surface, yet it still could not block the overwhelming pressure that rushed toward them.
"The Abyss can actually strengthen a god's power to this extent!"
Before his words had even fallen, Osial's giant tentacle had already struck down with a world-destroying momentum. The sharp sound of the air being torn was extremely piercing, causing even space to ripple with slight distortions.
Venti dared not be negligent. The pure white wings on his back unfolded to their fullest extent, the feathers trembling slightly from the surging power.
Elegy for the End transformed into the Skyward Harp, becoming a streak of light in his hands. As the bowstring vibrated, three hurricanes carrying thunderstorms simultaneously took shape.
The lightning entwined within the wind pillars crackled, like three green bolts of lightning, smashing fiercely into the tentacle.
"BOOM!"
The moment the hurricanes collided with the tentacle, lightning exploded!
But Osial's tentacle paused for only half a second before it tore through the hurricanes with overwhelming force, continuing to smash toward the two of them.
"Morax!" Venti shouted, his figure transforming into a wind shadow as he instantly circled behind Osial, fine beads of sweat breaking out on his forehead.
Countless wind blades fell like a rainstorm upon its old wounds, yet they could only leave shallow scratches, failing to even completely shatter its scales.
"Its defense is too strong! Ordinary attacks are completely useless! The Abyssal power has made its regeneration speed absurdly fast!"
Zhongli nodded, the golden light of his divine attire erupting wildly as ancient runes flowed along the hem of his robe, illuminating the night sky as bright as day.
He raised his hand and threw it into the empty air above the sea, his voice as deep as ancient rock: "Planet Befall!"
Countless massive rock fragments rose from the seabed, carrying sand and reefs from the ocean floor, rapidly coalescing in the air to ultimately form a thousand-meter-long giant Stone Spear.
The Stone Spear glowed with a heavy golden light, carrying a heaven-and-earth-suppressing pressure as it thrust directly toward Osial's head.
"Barbatos, lend me the power of the wind!"
"Understood!" Venti flapped his wings, and a majestic updraft lifted the Stone Spear, boosting its speed to the absolute limit.
Empowered by the thunderstorms and hurricanes, the Stone Spear streaked across the night sky like a meteor, its sharp piercing sound cutting through the air as it plunged violently into Osial's head.
"ROAR!"
Osial let out a world-shaking, agonized shriek, black blood erupting like a fountain and splashing onto the sea, staining vast areas of water inky black.
But in just a few breaths, nourished by the Abyssal power, the wound on its head healed at a visible rate, even sprouting new black-purple scales.
It was completely enraged, wildly swinging its dozens of giant tentacles, smashing all the surrounding stone ridges and kicking up giant waves that were higher and more destructive than before!
The giant wave was like a black wall of water, surging toward Liyue Harbor as if it wanted to completely swallow the entire port.
Zhongli and Venti's expressions grew increasingly grim. The Power of the Dual Gods intertwined and collided, forming a massive Anemo-Geo Barrier that barely held back the impact of the giant wave.
As the barrier trembled, countless cracks spread across it. The golden light of Zhongli's divine attire dimmed slightly, his voice carrying a trace of imperceptible weariness: "This is no way to go on. Its power is inexhaustible. We must restrain it and not let it get close to the harbor!"
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Meanwhile, at the edge of the battlefield, Lumine felt the blood in her veins freeze under the overwhelming pressure of the three gods.
She stood frozen, her heart squeezed tight by an invisible giant hand, each beat a dull, tearing pain, her breath so short she felt she was suffocating.
Her chest heaved violently, but she inhaled only cold wind mixed with the salty tang of the sea and the putrid stench of the Abyss, choking her throat.
The gale whipped black spray against her face, her skirt snapping in the wind. The Wind Glider on her back unfurled instinctively, its tips trembling like a sieve. She strained with all her might just to keep her footing, to avoid being swept away by this monumental force.
The scene before her had long since surpassed her entire understanding of "battle." It was a collision of pure, world-shattering power.
Osial's sky-blotting form occupied most of the night sky, its black-purple tentacles like writhing mountains, each strike tearing through the air with a sharp crack.
When the tentacles smashed into the sea, they kicked up walls of water so high their tops were lost from sight. The black waves, churning and roaring, surged with a corrosive venom, threatening to crush the entire world.