Violent Hydro and Electro energy burst forth. The terrifying power directly shattered the ground of the Golden House.
Black armor mixed with purple gradually emerged across Childe's body. A red mask covered his entire face, and his hair gradually turned white from the hairline backward.
His signature scarf turned white. A light purple neck wrap appeared around his neck. Two horns of unknown material extended from the back armor. A starlit cape spread behind him, fluttering without wind.
—Fatui Harbinger, the lowest-ranked of the Eleven, Childe, Delusion of the Demon King form.
[I take back my statement that Liyue people like dress-up and correct it to both Liyue and Snezhnaya like dress-up.]
[This outfit of Childe is so handsome, but why doesn't the Childe I pulled from the gacha pool know this move?]
[I think the main point should be that this is the opponent Little Gui is about to face next.]
The ground of the Golden House was shattered by the power released when the Delusion of the Demon King activated. Lumine lost her balance and fell downward.
Seeing this, Paimon anxiously tried to grab Lumine.
But the broken stones from the shattered ground pressed down on her, causing both her and Lumine to fall to the ground below.
Lumine propped up the falling rocks with one hand and freed herself and Paimon.
Then, Lumine warily looked at Childe who was slowly descending.
The second round began.
——Real World
Little Gui's livestream.
When she saw Childe in his Delusion of the Demon King form appear, Little Gui showed a reasonable expression.
She knew it. How could Childe, who could be cleared with "steady" tactics, make a high-level player like Silver Wolf nearly wipe?
Since there was a third phase, it made sense.
Little Gui planned to try the previous method, but this time the hit-and-run tactic failed.
Because Childe in his Delusion of the Demon King form had too strong an offensive desire, Little Gui couldn't find any opportunity to counterattack.
As expected, before Childe even reached half health, Little Gui's entire team had already been wiped out.
[Yeah, perfect with rice.]
[This is Little Gui's real strength. Passing Childe's first and second phases in one go earlier was just luck.]
[Betting is closed, betting is closed. Betting on how long Little Gui will take to wipe.]
[You really have full confidence in Little Gui. The unit of measurement is directly time instead of attempts.]
Regarding these sharp-tongued viewers, Little Gui chose to ignore them for the sake of her mental and physical health.
She then silently began her wiping journey.
Stelle's livestream.
When the screen once again showed the interface that only appeared after the entire party was wiped, the girl sitting in front of the computer silently began crushing the cola can beside her.
Stelle, who was slurping snail noodles beside her, comforted her: "March, don't be discouraged. You'll definitely succeed next time."
"Although you're comforting me, isn't the role reversed?" March 7th stared at Stelle with a pair of near-gray dead fish eyes. "This is your account, right? Shouldn't I be the one sitting beside you comforting you?"
Stelle lowered her head and continued slurping noodles.
[Stelle's exclusive skill: Making the other party become the guest.]
[Little March has gradually shifted from overheating at the beginning to numbness.]
[Any team with Klee, Jean, Diluc, Kaeya doing random stuff will make anyone overheat.]
"March, how about letting me try?"
Flowing Firefly, Stelle's roommate who moved in together with her, said.
Without the slightest hesitation, March 7th pushed her chair away from Stelle's computer and said: "Please!"
Flowing Firefly took over and started the challenge again.
The first retry was to get used to the mechanics; the second retry… cleared with one life.
A wave of question marks descended on the livestream.
[? Just like that, she cleared it so beautifully?]
[This roommate of Stelle's, I thought she was just good-looking. I didn't expect her to be a hidden expert!]
[This is currently the second-best record after Silver Wolf. If it weren't for Stelle's overly abstract team composition, this young lady probably could have cleared it in one go too.]
March 7th widened her eyes and "teleported" in front of Flowing Firefly who had just left the computer:
"Firefly, Firefly, how did you do it? Can you teach me?"
"Actually, I learned it by watching Silver Wolf before." Flowing Firefly said modestly. "Silver Wolf is the amazing one. I only learned by watching."
Seeing the two getting along harmoniously, Stelle nodded secretly, then sat back in front of the computer and continued playing the story for the livestream viewers.
——Teyvat
Childe, who had entered the Delusion of the Demon King form, was undoubtedly a powerful enemy. Lumine fought bitterly for a long time but could not defeat him.
But the Delusion of the Demon King was not perfect. It had an extremely difficult-to-control flaw. From the moment Childe activated it until now, he had been fighting entirely on combat instinct.
It was precisely because of this flaw that Lumine finally found Childe's weakness in the duel.
Driving both elements at the same time, Lumine swung a heavy strike that landed squarely on the chest of the Delusion of the Demon King.
With a powerful swing, Childe was sent flying backward and slammed into the wall of the Golden House.
The elements dissipated into specks of light.
Childe, who had returned to his original form, was embedded in the wall and had already lost consciousness.
Lumine put away the Sword of Descension in her hand and walked out of the Golden House with Paimon, who was clearly breathing a sigh of relief.
[At the same time, outside the Golden House.]
The storm easily tore apart the intertwined flames. Wind-formed wings appeared behind Storm.
With just a light flap, Storm appeared in front of Rosalyne like a ghost.
The heavily wounded Rosalyne swung the flame whip in her hand, making one last struggle.
However, Storm raised his hand and accurately caught the whip she swung, rendering her unable to resist any further.
"I have won." Storm said indifferently.
"But your loyalty, this old man acknowledges."
"This slash is to show respect."
His slender five fingers reversed their grip on the straight blade. As Storm turned, a sharp slash landed on the witch's body.
Frost seal reappeared. The witch transformed back into Signora, collapsed to the ground, and lost consciousness.