Walking by Cider Lake, the lady's heart, for the first time in a long while, found peace. The vast, unruffled lake, the fruit trees laden with ripe produce on either side, and Mondstadt nestled within the lake.
Everything seemed to stir something deep within the lady's heart; she now felt that this moment was incredibly beautiful.
Of course, it would have been even better without that strange, sneaky woman who had been following her in the woods.
That woman had been tailing her ever since she started strolling around Mondstadt, full of obvious tells yet acting completely oblivious.
If not for appearances, the lady would have dragged her out in Mondstadt City already. Of course, it wasn't too late to do it now.
The lady looked around; only the rustling of leaves in the wind and the ceaseless chirping of insects echoed here.
"Get out!" The lady waved her hand, and an ice feather filled with chilling cold flew towards Lanssangx.
"Click!" The ice feather was caught by Lanssangx. Her fair, delicate hands possessed boundless power; with a slight squeeze, the ice feather turned into dust.
Lanssangx stared blankly at the lady, as if crushing the ice feather just now was merely an instinctive reaction.
She looked at the lady, whose fur coat was wreathed in wisps of frosty white cold. Lanssangx didn't care about these; all she cared about was the orange-yellow deep within the lady's eyes.
A familiar aura, the aura of the Frenzied Flame that had once destroyed her everything.
"The Frenzied Flame should not exist in this world!" Lanssangx's eyes, uncharacteristically, turned sharp and fierce.
Her vertical pupils contracted into a straight line, and the vast whites of her eyes looked even more startling, making her appear like a female leopard poised to pounce.
"Bang!" Dragon lightning flashed, and dust flew. Lanssangx left a deep crater where she stood, then instantly appeared before the lady.
"So fast!" The lady's pupils contracted, but thankfully, she had maintained her guard ever since leaving the city. Although Lanssangx surprised her, it wasn't to the point where she couldn't react.
"Boom! Click!" The sounds of air surging and ice feathers shattering intertwined. Lanssangx looked at the gully in front of her and the shattered ice crystals in the air, knowing that she hadn't hit her enemy at all.
Not far away, frost mist mixed with white ice feathers descended, and the lady emerged from it.
She looked at the gully in front of Lanssangx that stretched all the way to the lake, secretly startled. If she had taken that power head-on, she would probably be half-dead, if not dead.
"Try this!" The lady waved her hand, and a dense volley of ice arrows flew out. Behind the ice arrows, there was also a rolling, spiked ice wheel.
This attack was no longer a mere test, but a genuine, deadly move! Where the ice arrows passed, white frost covered the ground; where the ice wheel rolled, ice thorns sprouted.
"Heh heh, a bit of skill!" Although she said this, Lanssangx's gaze remained fixed on the lady's eyes, as if afraid the flames within her eyeballs would escape.
Lanssangx's forearm transformed, and a massive Dragon Claw appeared out of thin air. The Dragon Claw swung, and whether it was ice arrows or the ice wheel, before the Dragon Claw covered in white dragon scales, their only fate was to shatter.
"Sizzle~" Lanssangx transformed one hand into a dragon, and wielded lightning with the other. A dazzling golden light bloomed in her hand.
"Whoosh!" Seeing this, the lady slid her finger from the lakeside to the shore. Ice elements in the atmosphere gathered, transforming a portion of Cider Lake's water into solid ice.
This solid ice moved with the lady's arm, and a thick, tough ice wall instantly spanned between the lady and Lanssangx.
It extended from the lake, all the way to the distant fruit orchard. From afar, it looked like a giant vertical mirror spanning between the two.
"Sizzle boom!" Thunder exploded, and spreading golden lightning danced upon the thick ice wall, carving one dark scorch mark after another onto it.
Lightning Spear — one of the Prayers of the Royal Capital Ancient Dragon faith. It can summon a lightning spear and hurl it forward. By charging it, it can add a falling lightning strike upon impact.
In the past, "Golden" Godwyn defeated the Ancient Dragon Fuerssangx, then turned enemy into friend — this was the origin of the Royal Capital Ancient Dragon faith.
However, even though the lightning spear left mark after mark on the ice wall, it ultimately failed to shatter this thick ice wall.
The lady's lips curled into a slight smile; in places with water, her strength was much greater than usual.
The solid ice condensed by her hand was no less strong than steel!
Her stroll by Cider Lake, besides the truly beautiful scenery, also had this undeniable advantage.
"Well then, what will you do now?" The lady murmured, then several frost-emitting ice cones appeared behind her.
With a thought, the ice cones arced in a wide curve, bypassing the ice wall and thrusting towards Lanssangx.
Through the ice wall, the lady watched Lanssangx's constantly dodging movements, and couldn't help but cross her arms.
The sight of an enemy frantically fleeing always made her happy for a while.
But soon, the lady paid the price for her arrogance.
"Boom!" In the clear, cloudless Sky, thunder suddenly boomed. A golden lightning bolt descended from the Sky, striking directly on the lady's head.
Accurate Lightning Strike — one of the Prayers of the Royal Capital Ancient Dragon faith. It can summon a falling lightning strike over the target's head and can be performed repeatedly.
"Cough cough!" The smell of charring made the lady cough a few times. Now her body was filled with a prickling, aching sensation, as if countless tiny thorns were stirring and stabbing inside her.
As for the lady's exquisite makeup and luxurious fur coat, they were also covered in char marks from the recent lightning strike.
Her long flaxen hair had all turned curly!
The now alert lady immediately felt a tingling sensation at the crown of her head. Without thinking much, she quickly started running.
"Boom!" Just as she expected, a lightning bolt descended from the Sky, kicking up a cloud of dust at her original position.
"Then let's see who gives out first!" As she ran, several frost-emitting ice crystals condensed behind the lady.
They arced in a parabolic trajectory, bypassing the ice wall and attacking Lanssangx on the other side.
And so, a very passionate scene unfolded by Cider Lake.
Two stunningly beautiful women were sweating profusely under the scorching sun. They exchanged ice cones and lightning strikes, "training" each other across the ice wall, a scene of vibrant activity!
Even with such astonishing beauty, they still hadn't given up on improving themselves. If Yu Jin were here, he would surely be moved to applaud and cheer for them!
Please, he loved watching women fight the most.
"Ha—" Lanssangx exhaled a tiny wisp of dragon flame from her mouth, Melting the long-lingering frost on her arm.
She looked at the ice wall. If she hadn't deliberately controlled the scale of the battle, she would have long since revealed her true form and Melted this ice wall with a single breath of dragon fire!
"Annoying moves!" Lanssangx instantly moved, dodging an ice cone flying from afar.
She was getting a bit impatient.
"Ang—" Although Lanssangx was in human form, she let out a dragon's roar. A pure white dragon tail covered in rock spikes appeared behind her.
Lanssangx twisted her body, and her tiny frame, defying all logic, moved a dragon tail dozens of meters long.
The dragon tail swept across with immense power, slamming heavily onto the ice wall spanning between the two.
"Creak—" The ice wall let out a grating, unbearable friction sound. Countless cracks, like a meticulously woven spiderweb, instantly covered the ice wall inside and out.
"Not bad, but not enough!" Lanssangx took a deep breath. She exerted force from her hips, and the power the dragon tail applied to the ice wall grew even stronger.
"Whoosh!" The ice wall could no longer withstand the immense pressure and shattered into tiny fragments. Ice crystals sparkled white in the air, like a heavy snowfall.
But very quickly, the dragon tail swept through, and a huge gust of wind blew, carrying the surrounding ice crystals into Cider Lake with the strong gale.
Under the power of an Ancient Dragon, steel and rotten wood were no different.
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