"Ha..." Childe knelt on the ground, panting heavily.
"He's back to his original form!" Paimon, hiding behind Lumine, immediately widened her eyes at this scene.
Childe's transformed appearance just now had truly plunged them into a bitter battle.
Fortunately, Shenhe was also by their side, and they ultimately won without paying too great a price.
"It's time... to calm down," Childe slowly exhaled, then stood up.
"That Foul Legacy Transformation indeed puts a huge burden on my body, preventing me from stopping to think carefully."
Facing Shenhe's spear pointed at him, Childe ignored it, only speaking to himself.
"Thinking carefully, you really couldn't have gotten the Gnosis before me."
"We already said we didn't take it!" Paimon couldn't help but say.
If this guy had figured it out earlier, they wouldn't have had to go through such a battle.
"No matter where the Gnosis went, it should have nothing to do with you, right?"
"However, the strength you've shown truly surprises me. This young lady is an Adeptus disciple; I had no information about her before, but the Traveler..." Childe looked at Lumine.
"Why is your strength far greater than the intelligence the Lady brought back from Mondstadt?"
"Perhaps, it's because of the power of love," Lumine wasn't sure why; her power was indeed recovering bit by bit.
It wasn't just because she could use one more element; she clearly felt other changes in her body compared to before.
She subconsciously felt that it might be related to Stelle.
This had long been proven in practice: doing more happy and joyful things with Stelle was good for the body.
It was the same for Shenhe, and the same for Ningguang; Lumine's own frequency with Stelle was far greater than these two, so the effect should be even more pronounced.
It was just that her original power was too immense, which was why it was recovering so slowly.
"...Huh?" Childe had not expected Lumine's answer at all.
He quickly reacted, thinking that Lumine must have some secret she couldn't tell him.
"Ah, since it's a secret you can't tell me, I'll just have to suppress my curiosity," Childe shrugged.
"I'm already very satisfied with this battle. People who also pursue strength are friends, even if this form of friendship can only be mutual struggle..."
"Unfortunately, as a Fatui Harbinger, I have no choice, just like children sometimes have to learn to eat some carrots they don't like."
"You've said so much, what exactly do you want to do?" Paimon couldn't help but ask.
"Me? I want to awaken the God sleeping beneath Guyun Stone Forest."
"What?!" Lumine's eyes widened slightly.
She knew a little about that God, Osial, the God of the Vortex, sealed beneath Guyun Stone Forest by Rex Lapis with his Geo spears.
"Letting a former God attack Liyue Harbor, that Lord Rex Lapis who played us for fools shouldn't sit idly by, right?"
"Do you think you'll get your way?" Shenhe said coldly.
As long as the person in front of them was taken down, his so-called plan would not succeed.
"Too bad, you've run out of time to stop it," As Childe spoke, dozens of Forbidden Seals suddenly appeared before him.
Shenhe immediately charged forward with her spear, then a huge current of water quickly enveloped Childe, causing Shenhe's attack to miss.
"Just wait and see if the nation that has lost its God will be re-engulfed by ancient malice!"
"If you also want to drown with the Liyue people, then I wish you a good time."
The water current enveloped Childe, rapidly flying towards the roof of the Golden House.
"Damn it, he still escaped," Lumine frowned.
Shenhe had already gone through a battle, and asking her to use her power to freeze that water current was simply too difficult.
"Let's go outside quickly," Shenhe immediately said to Stelle.
"Okay!"
"What's wrong?" Stelle looked at the suddenly gloomy sky, a bad premonition forming in her heart.
They hadn't even said much to the Adepti yet, and suddenly the weather changed.
And a very ominous aura seemed to appear in the air, as if some powerful malice was about to get out of control.
"The aura of Forbidden Seals, and..." The Adepti's gazes all turned towards the sea east of Liyue Harbor, which was in the direction of Guyun Stone Forest.
There, three waterspouts were rising into the sky.
"Osial, the God of the Vortex, so that's it, is this the so-called crisis of Liyue Harbor...?" Cloud Retainer slowly began to speak.
"The God suppressed by Rex Lapis? Why would it revive at this time...?" Ningguang's brows were tightly furrowed; the sudden turn of events also caught her off guard.
With the God suddenly reviving, Liyue Harbor hadn't had time to take any countermeasures. If it were allowed to land like this, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"Baiwen, immediately move the Qunyu Pavilion out to sea."
"Yes!"
The Adepti did not say much upon hearing Ningguang's decision, all looking at the distance with grave expressions.
After all, it was a true God; once it fully revived, even they would have to treat it with extreme caution.
"In this time of crisis, we should temporarily set aside our differences and face the enemy together," The giant deer stepped forward and slowly spoke.
"Exactly what I had in mind," Ningguang nodded upon hearing this, feeling a little relieved.
At least there were so many Adepti present, which gave her some confidence.
If it wasn't absolutely necessary, she really didn't want to use her last trump card.
"Lady Ningguang, Lady Keqing, and Lady Ganyu have arrived, and Miss Lumine and Miss Shenhe are with them," Baishi suddenly ran over and said to Ningguang.
"Oh?" Stelle immediately turned around, and sure enough, several people were walking quickly towards them.
However, why was Keqing the only Liyue Seven Stars member who came?
Stelle was a bit confused; speaking of which, she still hadn't met any of the other Liyue Seven Stars members yet.
"The situation is urgent, so I rushed over first," Keqing said ahead of time, "They know more of the inside story."
"Yeah, yeah, that God's revival is all Childe's doing!" Paimon said angrily.
"Childe... it doesn't seem very surprising," Stelle walked in front of them, nodding to Keqing as a greeting.
Then, confirming that Lumine and Shenhe were fine, she finally relaxed.
It seemed that it was finally time for her to make her move. She hadn't expected one of her few battles since coming to Liyue to be against such a huge entity.
Stelle turned her head to look at the tentacles extending from the sea, feeling a bit troubled for a moment.
Leaving aside her strength for now, how was she supposed to deal with something so massive...
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