Realizing he had been tricked, Tartaglia brandished his lightning spear, frantically unleashing terrifying elemental energy, bombarding the Golden House, directly piercing through its floor, causing the entire level to collapse.
Lumine and Paimon suffered an unexpected disaster, plummeting directly due to this sudden turn of events.
Since Paimon could fly, there wasn't much to worry about with this change, only needing to dodge falling rocks. However, Lumine couldn't fly, and the accompanying falling rocks prevented her from deploying her Wind Glider, so she could only fall straight down.
Lumine tightly closed her eyes, preparing to grit her teeth and endure, when she felt herself caught in a warm embrace. She was then carried through several leaps, finally landing steadily.
Lumine cautiously opened her eyes and found that the person who had caught her was none other than Yuto himself. Yuto gently set her down. Looking at the man in front of her, Lumine felt he was full of questions.
Tartaglia, in his Foul Legacy Transformation, descended from the sky, staring intently at Yuto: "Hand over the Gnosis, and I can spare your life."
"What if I told you the Gnosis isn't with me either? Would you believe me?"
Yuto's answer was Tartaglia's lightning spear, mixed with sharp Hydro blades, shooting straight towards Yuto and Lumine, which they quickly dodged.
"Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Claw Crimson!"
Yuto's fingers quickly formed hand signs, and a series of small fireballs spewed from his mouth, flying towards Tartaglia.
At this moment, Tartaglia and Lumine were surprised to discover a Pyro Vision at Yuto's waist, which they hadn't noticed before. So he was also a Vision wielder!
Tartaglia looked at the small fireballs flying towards him and couldn't help but scoff. What power could such small fireballs have? He estimated his armor could block them.
Clink! Clang! The moment the fireballs struck Tartaglia's armor, they actually made a metallic sound.
At this point, he truly saw clearly: hidden within each fireball was a rapidly spinning shuriken. The scorching shuriken struck the armor, a dual attack of physical and magical damage, making Tartaglia dare not be overconfident. He struck down the remaining fireballs.
"Lumine, you can use the Anemo element, right? Work with me."
Lumine subconsciously nodded. Yuto quickly began forming hand signs, "Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu!"
A massive fireball spewed from Yuto's mouth. Despite her shock, Lumine didn't hold back. Wielding her Sword, the Anemo element surged instantly.
"Gale Blade!"
A powerful tornado, augmented by flames, quickly transformed into a fiery tornado, aggressively advancing towards Tartaglia. Although the tornado's speed was somewhat underwhelming, the narrow terrain of the Golden House ironically created a favorable space for the fiery tornado to unleash its power.
Tartaglia decisively activated the Hydro element to protect himself, but the heat from the fiery tornado was astonishing. The normally room-temperature water quickly heated up. Tartaglia had no choice but to continuously activate the Hydro element to generate new water to cool down, otherwise he would turn into a boiled duck.
The tornado lasted less than 10 seconds before dissipating. Without the Anemo element's augmentation, the pure flames' power greatly diminished. Tartaglia seized this opportunity to instantly close the distance. After a flourish of his spear, a wide-ranging slash directly struck, sending both of them flying.
"Lumine, don't confront him directly. His Foul Legacy Transformation puts an immense burden on his body; he can't sustain it for long."
Upon hearing this, Lumine also gave up on clashing head-on with Tartaglia and opted for kiting. If I can't beat you, can't I run?
Sure enough, not long after, Tartaglia, who had been rampaging, gradually began to tremble. His stance also became unstable until, finally, he couldn't even maintain his Foul Legacy armor and knelt on the ground, gasping for breath.
"It's time to... calm down. That Foul Legacy Transformation just now indeed put a great burden on my body, preventing me from thinking clearly."
"Tch, isn't that obvious? You're a pure human, using a Delusion to forcefully inject the Electro element into your body. You're already a Vision wielder, yet you still keep a Delusion. Do you want to die sooner? Don't tell me that as a Fatui Harbinger, you don't know the side effects of a Delusion."
"Hmph, of course I know. But this is the Tsaritsa's blessing. As long as it can increase my strength, what does a great side effect matter?"
"After your untimely death, what do you think will happen to your younger siblings, Teucer and Tonia?"
"You even know about that? Never mind. Since you say the Gnosis isn't in your hands, I'll take your word for it. Then there's another possibility: the Gnosis isn't in the Exuvia at all, or perhaps the Exuvia itself is a diversion. That is to say, Lord Rex Lapis never died; the deceased immortal body was fake. Interesting. If that's the case, then we can only activate the backup plan."
"Backup plan?"
"I originally didn't intend to use this plan because it would involve innocent weaklings. But ultimately, this world belongs to those of us who pursue strength. As for the boring and uninteresting weaklings, I usually don't bother with them, but as a Fatui Harbinger, sometimes one cannot be picky about methods."
At this moment, a large number of talismans of banishing suddenly floated out from beside Tartaglia. Of course, they were imitations.
"So many talismans of banishing? Speaking of which, we did discover the Fatui were counterfeiting these talismans. What exactly do you want to do?"
Just as Tartaglia was about to explain, Yuto, from the side, interrupted him, "Isn't it obvious? He wants to use the power of the talismans of banishing to lift the suppression of the Guyun Stone Forest's rock spears, thereby releasing The Vortex Vanquisher, Osial, who was suppressed by Lord Rex Lapis."
"The Vortex Vanquisher?"
"Actually, it's just a nine-headed sea serpent, the overlord of the ocean. During the Archon War, Lord Rex Lapis suppressed him under the Guyun Stone Forest with rock spears. Forcing a God who deeply resents Lord Rex Lapis to attack Liyue Harbor, which Lord Rex Lapis personally established, to make him appear, is indeed a good method."
"Hmph! When you saw through our counterfeit talismans of banishing at a glance, did you already think of this?"
"Ah! Yuto, did you tell the Qixing about such a big matter so they could prepare in advance?"
"I merely hinted to Ningguang about this. As for what countermeasures Liyue Harbor can come up with, truthfully, I'm also very curious. After all, human strength is nothing in the face of a fully powered God. But The Vortex Vanquisher has been suppressed by the Emperor for thousands of years, and its current strength is less than one-tenth of what it once was. Perhaps there's still a glimmer of hope."
"If that's the case, then let's wait and see! Will a nation without its God be re-engulfed by ancient malice? However, if you wish to drown with the people of Liyue, then I wish you a pleasant time."
After saying this, Tartaglia was enveloped by a stream of water and shot upwards, leaving the Golden House. The talismans of banishing surrounding him, like meteors, flew straight towards the vicinity of the Guyun Stone Forest and submerged into the sea.
Immediately, the clear sky instantly became overcast, the sea churned with wind and waves, and several waterspouts shot into the sky. Rain poured down, and a sense of impending storm suddenly enveloped the entire Liyue Harbor.
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