"Rascal Snake, not very friendly, are we?" Yu Jin looked up at Osial, who greeted him so 'cordially' right from the start, and thought that he'd have to give Osial a serious personality correction sometime soon.
Swearing in public, that needs to change!
"Yu Jin, what did you do to me?" From afar, Osial's heartbroken and deafening shouts echoed, making the waves below even more turbulent.
"Just gave you a brand new body. Also, keep your voice down. Are you trying to see who can shout the loudest?" Yu Jin picked his ears. Why was Osial so agitated?
It was just a body swap, wasn't it?
Yu Jin looked at Osial, whose body was now entirely flesh-red, and nodded in satisfaction.
Previously, Osial's entire body was condensed from thick element power, glowing blue like five giant light bulbs, visible from a great distance.
But now it was different; Osial's body presented a new, tender pinkish-red, with pure white keratin constantly forming on it, looking full of vitality.
"No, this body of yours has a problem; I can't control my volume." Osial's voice was still immense, but his tone was a bit embarrassed.
"Oh, well, nothing I can do about that. You'll just have to adapt," Yu Jin shrugged, looking as if it had nothing to do with him.
"Senior, do you know that Vortex God?" Lumine walked up to Yu Jin and waved her hand, asking.
She turned her head to look at the five giant snake heads stretching into the Sky in the distance, immediately feeling a suffocating pressure.
This pressure was even greater than when she faced Childe in his Foul Legacy Transformation.
Yu Jin glanced at the crowd, whose ears were perked up, and nodded affirmingly, "I wandered into his seal while exploring before. I saw he was a lonely old snake and felt a bit sorry for him, so I chatted with him for a bit. You could say we're friends."
"Phew—"
Faint sighs of relief arose. Upon hearing that Yu Jin and Osial were friends, the previously tense atmosphere on the Jade Chamber dissipated considerably.
Since there was someone to bridge the connection, negotiations were possible. A direct conflict with a God was something no nation among The Seven Nations wished to see.
"Then..."
"No problem!" Ningguang was about to say something when Yu Jin waved his hand and readily agreed.
It was nothing more than requests like asking Osial not to cause trouble. Yu Jin could figure out Ningguang's thoughts easily.
Osial in the distance was still 'fighting' with his new body. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but Osial always felt that this body didn't belong to him yet.
"Stop squirming, Osial, and rein in your temper. My door isn't closed. If I go back and see something wet, you'll see if I don't give you a good beating!"
Yu Jin shouted at Osial, facing the pouring rain.
A God's will was enough to affect the weather. Judging by this weather, besides the excitement of regaining freedom, Osial's inner anger must also be considerable.
"Oh? Morax wasn't going to use me to test those humans around you? Why doesn't he want to fight now?" Osial's voice was booming, as if afraid the people of Liyue wouldn't hear him.
Morax wanted to retire? Then Osial would definitely trip him up. First step, let Morax's plan be known to all!
...In a dilapidated stone pavilion on Mt. Tianheng, Zhongli was looking out at the 'dyed' Osial over the sea.
He frowned slightly. Was Osial this color? He hadn't seen him change color during the Archon War. But judging by the aura, it must be Osial, no doubt.
Zhongli picked up a cup of hot tea from the stone table with his right hand, clutching the jade-like Gnosis tightly in his left, watching the surging sea intently.
"Morax... doesn't want to fight anymore..." Osial's voice came from the sea, clearly audible even on Mt. Tianheng, on the outskirts of Liyue Harbor.
"Crack!" The sound of porcelain shattering. Zhongli calmly discarded the broken teacup in his hand... "Hahaha! Could it be fear! Fear that I'll slaughter you all, leaving no one?" Second step, provocation, to get more Liyue people to sacrifice themselves, so he could vent his anger.
Looking at the gradually clearing Sky, Yu Jin secretly nodded. Given that Osial had listened to him, Yu Jin could save his life when he got beaten up later.
Osial looked at the motionless Liyue, knowing that provocation was useless. So he decided to use his trump card, one that would prevent Morax from retiring.
"Morax, oh, no, you should now be called..."
"Ah—"
The recently cleared Sky darkened again. Orange-brown storm clouds gathered, roughly looking like the earth was reflected in the Sky.
Then, a rock spear, equally massive and reaching from earth to Sky, emerged its tip from the storm clouds and slammed heavily down on Osial.
"Boom!" The Sky darkened quickly and cleared just as quickly. After the towering waves, the area of Guyun Stone Forest expanded by a few points.
"So... so powerful!" Paimon's mouth was wide enough to fit a bird's egg, looking at the scene that had just resembled mountains falling to the earth.
"A glimpse of the Archon War..." Ningguang saw this landscape-altering moment and pursed her lips.
This was just a casual strike from Lord Rex Lapis. If he were to unleash his full power... Ningguang felt a suffocating sensation just thinking about it.
"Hmph..., what a conflicted fellow." The Adepti's reactions were much calmer than ordinary people's. They were more emotion at Zhongli's conflicted mindset of wanting to retire yet being unable to let go.
"Hey! Are you dead or not? If you're dead, I'll bury you. If not, hop around a bit." Yu Jin ran to the edge of the Jade Chamber and shouted down at the silent sea.
"Nonsense! A mere Morax, I won't die that easily!"
The sea began to surge again, and from the deep Enka, Osial's incredibly defiant roar echoed once more.
Amidst the azure waves, a blurry flesh-red color reappeared, then with a "Bang!" pure white spray erupted in the distance.
For a moment, even the sunlight was obscured by the splashing giant waves.
Osial's massive body rose amidst the Sky-darkening waves. However, this time his movements were noticeably smaller than before.
Unlike the unrestrained swaying of his five giant heads earlier, Osial's heads were now pressed against each other.
It looked... as if he was clenching his butt!
"What? Did your butt get a hole poked in it?" Yu Jin looked at Osial's squirming appearance and curiously craned his neck to see.
"Your butt got a hole poked in it!" Osial reacted fiercely, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
"Hey! Lumine, do you think there's nothing left for us to do?" Paimon's heart, which had been in her throat, finally settled down when she saw Yu Jin and Osial chatting casually.
Now there was no need to worry about Liyue being flooded! This meant she could continue using Lumine's Mora to buy Liyue's countless delicacies!
"Phew—, it seems so." Lumine's lips also curved into a slight smile. Lumine didn't want to fight a God right now.
Looking at the clear Sky and the gradually calming sea, Lumine even thought the monstrously huge Osial in the distance looked much better.
"Rumble..."
A dull sound of crumbling rocks came from the horizon; the entire world began to shake.
The Sea of Clouds, which had just calmed down, surged with waves again and again.
At the edge of sight, towering peaks shrouded in vast white mist were collapsing and disappearing one by one.
It looked as if the edge of the world was vanishing. Those peaks also disappeared from the world along with it.
"Wow, something big is coming." Yu Jin put his hand on his brow, looked into the distance, and let out an exclamation.
Such a huge commotion. If it wasn't dealt with, Liyue's mountainous regions would turn into plains. But that sounded pretty good.
Yu Jin shook his head, throwing out the random thoughts in his mind. He turned to look at Osial.
"Why are you looking at me? If you need help, go yourself." Osial was now lying on Guyun Stone Forest, his massive body even bending some of the peaks.
"The wound on your butt is still in the water; that's not good, it's prone to infection." Yu Jin said seriously, then pointed his large hand towards the distance.
"So, Osial, charge!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Osial found his body uncontrollably rushing towards the collapsing mountain ranges.
"Yu Jin, I @$#..."
Besides the massive roar, Osial's curses filled the world.
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