"Can the Liyue Seven Stars, the Millelith, and the few Adepti present defeat that God in the sea?" Paimon flew a circle, asking Lumine with a worried expression.
It wasn't that she didn't trust their side's combat power, but that God truly seemed a bit too terrifying.
Aside from anything else, it had a huge advantage in terms of sheer size.
They couldn't possibly rush into the sea and fight such a massive thing hand-to-hand, could they?
"We have already discussed this with the Adepti, and the answer is, not necessarily," Ningguang looked at the tentacles on Guyun Stone Forest in the distance, slowly speaking.
"But, there is a way to deal with it."
"Hmph, the matter of the Gui Zhong Ballista previously made the Liyue Seven Stars curious and led them to investigate," Cloud Retainer snorted lightly, turning to look at the group and said.
"The creator of the Gui Zhong Ballista is none other than this Adeptus."
"Adeptal mechanisms, what could you mortals possibly research? But as long as this Adeptus makes a slight improvement to this old crossbow, it will be an evolution beyond your imagination."
"Hehe... No matter what, this can be considered a kind of Adeptal blessing," Ningguang looked at Cloud Retainer, a faint smile appearing on her lips.
It was fortunate that Cloud Retainer had been taken down by Stelle early on, otherwise, she would not have been so polite when speaking to her.
"The plan is simple. We will use the new Gui Zhong Ballista to fight against the God, and all the Adepti present can inject their adeptal power into it."
Stelle watched their discussion, opened her mouth, but ultimately said nothing.
Originally, she had thought of showing off her skills and directly strangling that God in the sea.
Although there was some difference in size, Stelle did not think that the thing in the sea was all that powerful in terms of strength.
No matter what, it couldn't be stronger than the Doomsday Beast from back then.
But then she thought, Rex Lapis was still alive, yet for such a major event as the God's resurgence, he had not yet made a move and was still observing in secret.
Could it be that he actually wanted to see how the people and Adepti of Liyue Harbor would perform in the face of crisis?
Thinking of this, Stelle was no longer in a hurry. Since the situation had not yet spiraled out of control, she would wait a bit longer.
"There's no time to lose. The decisive battle is now—open!" Ningguang controlled her element power and flew above the Qunyu Pavilion. A massive array suddenly appeared before everyone.
This should be some kind of mechanism inherent to the Qunyu Pavilion, as the array that appeared out of thin air formed a huge platform, upon which three gigantic ballistas stood.
"Go." Cloud Retainer was the first to fly over, and the other bird and deer immediately followed, positioning themselves on top of the giant ballistas.
The ballistas immediately gathered energy, and after a brief charge, they unleashed it towards the tentacles in the sea.
"Great, the attack seems very effective!" Paimon couldn't help but clap her hands and exclaim.
The several huge tentacles in the distance were completely unable to move under the attack of the giant ballistas, and faint wails could even be heard from beneath the sea.
However, at this moment, an unexpected change occurred.
Two black mists appeared on the platform at some unknown time, and figures continuously emerged from within the mists.
"Fatui?!" Keqing immediately furrowed her brows. She reacted quickly and swiftly charged forward with her sword.
"No… what kind of technology is this, that it can teleport people here?" Stelle's gaze was more focused on the two black mists.
"Stelle, let's go help too." Lumine twirled her Dull Blade and said to Stelle.
"Mm." Stelle nodded.
So many Fatui relying solely on Keqing and a few Millelith was clearly not enough. Stelle also pulled out her baseball bat.
These guys were overestimating themselves if they thought they could cause trouble. Even without her, there were other Adepti on the Qunyu Pavilion.
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"Take this, my old Stelle's bat!"
"Ugh ah ah ah!" A blue fat man wailed and fell onto the platform, and Stelle then kicked him down.
Finally, she swung her baseball bat and rested it on her shoulder.
At this moment, she only wanted to say that these guys were truly weak and pathetic. She hadn't even used much force, and they had all fallen...
However, while these Fatui were still fine, the situation at the seaside suddenly became less optimistic.
Stelle turned her head to look at the sea surface not far away. The suppression from the Gui Zhong Ballista seemed to be less effective than at the beginning, and those few tentacles had even begun to counterattack.
Water element gathered in the middle of the tentacles, and soon, water balls began to smash towards their location.
Although the aim was not great, most of the water balls actually hit the Fatui, but it was not a good thing for the platform they were standing on.
Stelle could already feel that it was starting to become shaky.
"Everyone, give it your all." Cloud Retainer looked down at her feet, then said to her two old friends beside her.
The two Adepti nodded, and all the energy from the three Gui Zhong Ballistas converged into one point, then swiftly smashed onto the tentacles on the sea surface.
A huge explosion occurred in the distance, and the shockwave could even be felt standing on the Qunyu Pavilion.
"Did… did it succeed?" Paimon looked at the black smoke rising in the distance, saying with some worry.
However, unfortunately, the God's roar was heard from the sea surface once again, and the tentacles instead waved even more powerfully.
Similarly, a huge amount of water element energy gathered in the middle of the tentacles, its target self-evident.
"Not good, retreat quickly!" Keqing immediately gave the order.
But it was already too late. The massive water ball flew into the sky, continuously smashing down like a meteor onto the platform they were standing on.
The already overburdened platform shattered almost instantly, and at this moment, Keqing, like everyone else, fell down.
Subconsciously, she pulled out her hairpin, intending to throw it onto the Qunyu Pavilion to teleport back.
But the speed of descent was simply too fast. In the time it took to just take out the hairpin, everything was already too late.
Keqing closed her eyes in despair.
The wind whistled in her ears, and Keqing felt as if time had slowed down.
She still had a chance to control her body in mid-air, but falling from this height, no matter how she landed, would only result in her being smashed to pieces.
The next second—
The sound of the wind suddenly stopped, and what greeted Keqing was not the hard ground, but a warm and soft embrace.
"Are you alright?"
It was a somewhat familiar voice.
Keqing immediately opened her eyes. It was then that she finally realized she was being held in someone's arms.
And, it was a very embarrassing posture.
"…Stelle." Keqing looked at the stunningly beautiful face so close to her, completely at a loss for words for a moment.
Her mind seemed to have become a mess all at once, completely unable to comprehend the current situation.
Under her gaze, Stelle finally spoke slowly.
"Actually, I've wanted to say this for a long time, do you guys not usually carry Wind Gliders with you?"
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