Ningguang said noncommittally, "I've always been one to never fight an unprepared battle. In the fight against Osial, besides my Jade Chamber, the only one who inflicted fatal DMG on Osial by severing his three heads was Mr. Yuto. Today, both are appearing at the same time, so I'm not afraid that Beisht won't show her face."
Yuto: "Alas, I originally thought this was just a joyous, ordinary banquet, but I didn't expect to be used by you."
Paimon: "Yuto, this isn't the time to be nitpicking about that. Let's hurry and find the Adepti for help."
Ningguang: "No need. In the age of human governance, the people of Liyue Harbor must also try to overcome this crisis with their own strength."
[Tianquan's Jade Disc!]
Ningguang's Vision at her waist instantly glowed brightly. Coupled with the amplification array on the Jade Chamber, a large number of Geo element gems condensed behind Ningguang. They scattered in an instant, like celestial maidens strewing flowers, rapidly blasting towards Beisht.
All the gems were like they had an auto-aim hack, drawing graceful curves in the air as they fiercely smashed into Beisht. Beisht's massive body was like a living target, being forced back step by step by the smashing gems.
At this moment, on the front lines of Guyun Stone Forest, Keqing and Ganyu were commanding from the front. With Keqing's order, dozens of new Guizhong Ballistae, operated by Millelith soldiers, furiously spewed flames.
Just as Beisht was about to take advantage of the Guizhong Ballistae's firing interval to unleash an energy blast, another sudden wave of gunfire interrupted Beisht's charged attack. A massive fleet appeared on Beisht's rear right, and at the very front was the Alcor, personally commanded by Beidou.
Each ship of The Crux Fleet was equipped with several new Guizhong Ballistae. Beisht had the Jade Chamber directly in front, the Millelith on her front left, and The Crux Fleet on her rear right. This three-dimensional pincer attack from sea, land, and air, working in full cooperation, battered Beisht into a continuous retreat, leaving her with no power to resist.
Yuto looked at the brilliantly performing new Guizhong Ballistae and couldn't help but nod. Although Inazuma also had garrison weapons called the Narukami Island Tenshoujiki, compared to the new Guizhong Ballistae, Inazuma's cannons had a considerable gap in terms of firing frequency, attack power, and usage threshold.
How about I ask Cloud Retainer for a blueprint later and bring this Guizhong Ballista technology back to Inazuma?
Hmm, no, it's not just the Guizhong Ballista blueprints. Cloud Retainer is a master of mechanisms. Although her emotional intelligence is a bit low, she has a lot of good things in her hands. Why not find an opportunity to have Shenhe pester her a bit and have her give all these things as Shenhe's dowry to Inazuma? How wonderful would that be.
Since I've taken from Cloud Retainer, then Mountain Shaper's sealing techniques can't be let go either. Inazuma's research on sealing techniques has been stagnant for how many years? I need to find an opportunity to overtake them through a curve.
Moon Carver's divination techniques, hmm... they must also have their uses. No reason not to take them, right? Thinking this way, having more masters does have some benefits.
Yuto looked back in the direction of Liyue Harbor, and from afar, he sensed that although Ningguang strongly insisted on resolving this battle with human strength, none of the Adepti were at ease. They were all watching the battle from Mt. Tianheng.
Current Liyue seemed to be completely suppressing Beisht's movements, but it hadn't inflicted effective DMG on her. She was, after all, an Adeptus-level beast. It was just a pity she chose the wrong side; if she could have been incorporated into Lord Rex Lapis's faction, she might even have been granted the title of a True Adeptus.
Sure enough, as the battle intensified, the first error occurred in the coordinated three-dimensional attack from sea, land, and air, creating a small vacuum in firepower.
Beisht instantly seized this opening, letting out a long howl towards the sky. The Hydro element in the sea instantly boiled, and under Beisht's control, it stirred up giant waves dozens of meters high, surging towards the harbor.
Beidou, at the bow of her ship, immediately sensed trouble and quickly ordered the ships to turn around, moving as far away from the tsunami as possible.
Beidou's fleet could escape, but the Millelith on Guyun Stone Forest had no wings to flee. Guyun Stone Forest itself was an island in the middle of the sea, requiring ships to travel back and forth on normal days, let alone now, when the height of the waves far exceeded the height of Guyun Stone Forest.
The Millelith soldiers, seeing this calamity-like ability, felt powerless, losing even the courage to flee.
Whoosh... Bang!
Ganyu shot a Frostflake Arrow towards the giant wave. The biting cold bloomed within the wave, Freezing a small portion of it, but the next moment, the ice was shattered by the giant wave, which continued to surge forward, engulfing the ice fragments.
After seeing this, Ganyu immediately realized this method wouldn't work! The giant wave's range was too vast; there wasn't enough time to Freeze it all.
Currently, the only way was to reveal her qilin true form, let the Millelith soldiers grab onto her body, and then she would carry them to safety. However, Ganyu looked at the hundreds of soldiers on Guyun Stone Forest and her face darkened. Could she... make it in time?
Ningguang, from atop the Jade Chamber, naturally also saw this scene. Seeing the tsunami about to engulf Guyun Stone Forest and Liyue Harbor, Ningguang's heart sank. Various emergency measures flashed through her mind, but none seemed capable of averting this crisis.
Could it be... that she had truly been overconfident? Was it really impossible to avoid this crisis without the power of the Adepti?
Just then, Ningguang noticed the Inazuma trio beside her. Their faces seemed to show only surprise, but no panic, as if they were dealing with a minor matter.
Ningguang could no longer worry about such things and quickly shouted towards Yuto: "Regent, I am willing to lower tariffs by 2% in exchange for your intervention! Help my Liyue military and civilians overcome this crisis."
Don't think that 2% tariff is small. After all, just a few days ago, Kuki Shinobu exhausted herself trying to get Ningguang to agree to a 0.5% tariff reduction, but Ningguang wouldn't budge.
But now, Ningguang was actually proactively lowering tariffs by 2% just to get Yuto to act. This deal was worth it!
Upon hearing Ningguang's words, Yuto finally broke into an uncontrollable smile and burst out laughing: "Hahahahaha, Lady Ningguang, it's a deal!"
Yuto's originally pitch-black eyes instantly turned crimson. The next moment, Yuto's figure vanished from the Jade Chamber, and the space directly in front of the giant wave instantly twisted. Yuto's figure appeared before the giant wave.
[Fire Style: Great Fireball Annihilation!]
Yuto quickly made several hand signs, then took a deep breath, and a massive fireball erupted from his mouth.
Great Fireball Annihilation was only a B-rank Ninjutsu, but this B-rank only represented the difficulty of learning the Ninjutsu, not its power.
After obtaining Hashirama Cells, Yuto felt as if the Chakra in his body was practically overflowing.
This time, Yuto had no intention of holding back with Great Fireball Annihilation. Yuto's Chakra was like the highest quality flame fuel. The flames he spewed, upon contact with the giant wave, directly burned through a large section of the seawater.
Boiling white steam instantly filled the entire sea surface. The soldiers on Guyun Stone Forest, seeing this, quickly ran underwater to avoid the high-temperature steam. However, next, the Millelith soldiers were surprised to feel that the originally cold seawater gradually began to warm up, eventually reaching a suitable temperature.
To be able to raise the temperature of seawater from around 5 degrees to thirty or forty degrees, was this still human power?
A monstrous tidal wave, capable of submerging and destroying the entire Guyun Stone Forest and Liyue Harbor, was effortlessly dealt with by Yuto's single Great Fireball Destruction, sweeping from left to right.
The entire Sea of Clouds was filled with boiling steam, giving Beisht a thorough steam bath.
After the steam dissipated, everyone was surprised to find that the sea level of the Sea of Clouds had dropped by more than ten centimeters due to that Great Fireball Destruction; the cold seawater had directly transformed into a warm seawater bath.
"We... we're saved? We're saved! Heaven bless Liyue!"
The Millelith soldiers, still shaken and hiding in the sea, couldn't help but cheer enthusiastically as they watched the massive wave in front of them completely vaporized by a ball of fire.
At this moment, everyone's gaze turned towards Yuto, who was floating in mid-air, including Beisht's three heads and six eyes, which were staring intently at him. She had recognized him; this was the person who had cut off her husband's three heads back then.
This enmity was irreconcilable!
Beisht's three heads simultaneously opened their gaping maws, and large amounts of Water and Electro element power gathered and compressed within her mouths, finally forming massive Superconduct element cannons. With an aura of absolute destruction, they fired towards Yuto's position.
Three heads, three energy blasts, launched at Yuto from three tricky angles, blocking all possible escape routes for him.
At the same time, Beisht seemed to have realized that the city behind them was very important. If Yuto dared to dodge this attack, her energy blasts would directly hit Liyue Harbor, causing massive casualties among the Liyue populace.
He either had to take her attack head-on, or the people of Liyue Harbor would suffer a great catastrophe. Ningguang, on the Jade Chamber, seemed to have noticed this as well. She watched Yuto with a tense expression, while simultaneously piloting the Jade Chamber to fly behind him.
If Yuto truly dodged, then the Jade Chamber would block Beisht's attack, even if the Jade Chamber were to be destroyed once again.
Seeing this, Yuto had no intention of dodging; he even showed a devilish smile. As the three incredibly powerful Hydro-Electro cannons approached him, the pattern of Yuto's Sharingan instantly changed, and three bizarre distorted spaces appeared simultaneously, perfectly catching Beisht's three bombardment.
The surging and violent Hydro-Electro element power, upon hitting the distorted space, did not cause the expected explosion or Electro-Charged reaction.
The incredibly powerful cannon fire was like being put into a garbage bag, causing no DMG to Yuto whatsoever.
When Beisht saw that her full-strength attack had no effect, a feeling of unease welled up in her heart.
"The power isn't bad, why don't you try it yourself?"
Yuto snapped his fingers, and the space above Beisht instantly distorted. Three incredibly powerful cannon blasts, from an unexpected angle, precisely hit her body while she was completely unprepared.
Beisht instantly let out a chilling shriek that echoed throughout Liyue Harbor. Qiqi, watching from the docks, found the scene unbearable and covered his eyes with his small hands. Unfortunately, he could still see the scene through the gaps between his fingers.
Beisht, having taken three of her own cannon blasts, instantly became listless, with most of her body slumped into the sea. Electric arcs occasionally sparked from her snake body, and Yuto, who was closest, even smelled a faint scent of burning.
"Not dead yet? As expected of an Adeptus-level beast, you're tough-skinned. Then how about this move?"
Yuto slowly raised his right hand, extending an index finger. From his fingertip, a tiny Electro arc shot straight into the sky. But the next moment, the entire sky's cumulonimbus clouds lit up, filled with terrifying Electro light. The spectators in Liyue Harbor seemed to see the shadow of some giant creature above the vast cumulonimbus clouds.
"There seems to be something in the clouds!"
"What is that?"
"Is this really human power?"
"That Inazuma Regent actually possesses such strength?!"
With the previous Great Fireball Destruction, Yuto had intentionally directed the last segment of flames high into the sky, rapidly heating the atmosphere to create an updraft, forming specific cumulonimbus clouds. Now, all that was needed was a fuse for the cumulonimbus clouds, and the previously harmless clouds could be transformed into terrifying thunderclouds.
And what Yuto was going to do next was very simple: guide the Electro in his hand to Beisht, and the thunderclouds would unleash the divine punishment of Electro at supersonic speed!
"This is a ninjutsu I specially prepared for you, Lightning Release: qilin!"
As Yuto slowly lowered his hand, the colossal creature in the clouds finally revealed its form. A terrifyingly powerful blue qilin tore through the boundless thunderclouds, its piercing eyes fixed on the three-headed sea serpent on the sea surface.
Ganyu, on Guyun Stone Forest, first heard Yuto shout "qilin," and then looked at the blue fierce beast emerging from the clouds. She opened her cherry-red mouth in surprise, her face filled with disbelief.
Keqing, standing beside Ganyu, also looked at Ganyu with a face full of confusion. At this moment, she really wanted to ask Ganyu: "Isn't the qilin a benevolent beast? You're telling me this fiercely majestic creature is a qilin?"
The moment Beisht saw the qilin, her scalp instantly tingled, sensing her impending doom. She quickly struggled with her heavily injured body, attempting to flee overseas.
Unfortunately, a prey targeted by the qilin had no chance of escape. The qilin in the clouds descended with lightning speed, fiercely biting Beisht's body. Terrifying Electro light instantly engulfed Beisht's body.
The dazzling Electro light stung everyone's eyes, causing them to quickly turn away from the scene. All they heard was a thunderous roar that echoed through the clouds.
After the thunderclap, everyone quickly looked forward. The previously turbulent sea had returned to calm, but the occasional Electro arcs appearing on the surface prevented anyone from daring to enter the water. On the sea surface, a charred three-headed sea serpent floated motionlessly, its fate unknown.
Yuto descended from the air onto the sea serpent's head, gently kicking it a few times. Finding that Beisht was indeed no longer moving, he turned his head and gave an OK gesture to the Jade Chamber, the Millelith, and Beidou's fleet behind him.
At this moment, everyone let out a thunderous cheer!
"Oh! Yeah!"
"We won!"
"Long live Liyue!"
Ningguang, watching the brilliant Yuto from above, also nodded repeatedly. Her beautiful eyes revealed three parts satisfaction, three parts envy, three parts worry, and one part an inexplicable emotion. She then looked at Shenhe, who was visibly excited, and couldn't help but sigh, then smiled as she piloted the Jade Chamber towards Beisht's corpse.
Yuto stood on Beisht's body, gladly accepting the cheers of the crowd. But then, Yuto's expression changed, and his eyes fixed on what was beneath his feet—not Beisht, but the deeper seabed!
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