"Urgh…"
Jiang Yan suddenly widened his eyes, staring in disbelief at the pitch-black blade that had abruptly pierced through his abdomen.
That black blade had been formed from the liquid on the ground.
It pierced straight through Jiang Yan's body almost instantaneously, giving him no time to react at all.
The Lord of the Abyss laughed in a low voice, but the laughter gradually grew louder and more unrestrained.
"Wood Spirit Immortal Lord…"
"Wood Spirit Immortal Lord!!!"
"In the end, you were careless after all!!"
The Lord of the Abyss wrapped an arm around Jiang Yan's back, gripping the hilt of the blade against his trembling body, then yanked it out violently.
"Cough!"
Jiang Yan violently coughed up a mouthful of fresh blood, his vision swimming.
Pitch-black Abyssal power rampaged wildly inside his body. Jiang Yan couldn't even maintain his balance and fell downward.
In his mind, the Dog Talisman and the Horse Talisman suddenly lit up.
While stabilizing Jiang Yan's life, they also healed the wounds on his body.
Jiang Yan staggered in midair and barely steadied himself.
"Die!!"
Jiang Yan roared furiously and threw a punch. It was like a muffled thunderclap exploding, the very heavens and earth trembling under this wrathful blow.
The entire underground Abyss was swallowed by his punch aura, shattering again and again.
This was the first time the Dog Talisman had ever lit up in Jiang Yan's mind.
A crisis between life and death had driven Jiang Yan into extreme fury.
All of Teyvat trembled because of this punch, as if the world itself were about to collapse.
Almost all the gods simultaneously sensed the trembling of the ley lines. Their brows furrowed as they closed their eyes, seemingly perceiving what was happening to the ley lines.
The Greater Lord Rukkhadevata even entered the space of Irminsul, only to discover that it wasn't just Teyvat that was shaking—even the World Tree itself was swaying violently.
This was definitely not a simple earthquake!
Rukkhadevata's heart jolted in alarm.
Liyue, Yuehai Pavilion, third floor.
The clone Jiang Yan was like an emotionless machine, continuously processing the documents before him.
The moment he sensed the earthquake, his pupils shrank and he abruptly looked out the window.
"Main body… what could have made you unleash such a terrifying strike?"
The clone Jiang Yan murmured. As a clone, he could naturally sense the reason behind this world-shaking blow.
"Ah Yan!!"
Ganyu ran up in a panic.
"It's nothing. Quickly evacuate the people to open areas."
"Notify the Millelith to calm the populace."
The clone Jiang Yan spoke calmly, issuing his orders in an orderly manner.
Ganyu nodded. Before leaving, she cast another glance at Jiang Yan.
Sensitive by nature, she could feel that after Jiang Yan returned from a trip with Morax, he seemed to have become a completely different person.
He no longer teased her, no longer cared for her, and didn't even touch her anymore!
Every day, it was as if he lived in Yuehai Pavilion, immersing himself entirely in work.
Could it be…
Could it be?!
He doesn't love me anymore?!
Ganyu's thoughts spiraled wildly, her face growing paler and paler.
"What are you thinking about?"
Seeing that Ganyu hadn't left yet, the clone Jiang Yan said indifferently.
"N–nothing!"
Hearing Jiang Yan's cold tone, Ganyu's face turned deathly pale. She left as if on the verge of tears.
Watching Ganyu's retreating figure, the clone Jiang Yan couldn't understand why the main body would like such a woman.
Every clone, upon being created, randomly acquired a certain personality.
And Jiang Yan hadn't expected that this time, the clone he created would gain a cold-blooded personality—utterly emotionless, existing solely to execute the main body's orders.
At the same time, on Celestia, the Heavenly Principles, Phanes, opened its eyes.
"Stabilize the continent!"
"This brat is being far too reckless!"
"The continent must not be allowed to collapse again!"
The four shades of the Heavenly Principles continuously invoked divine power to maintain the stability of the continent.
At the same time, the Seven Archons almost simultaneously received an order from the Heavenly Principles—
They were commanded to stabilize the ley lines within their respective nations.
All Seven knew that this earthquake was far from ordinary, but they hadn't expected that even the Heavenly Principles would personally intervene.
When the Geo Archon Morax received the message from the Heavenly Principles, his heart suddenly lurched.
Such a huge commotion… it wasn't caused by that kid Jiang Yan, was it?!
Without the slightest hesitation, Morax rose into the air and flew straight toward Yuehai Pavilion.
Upon arriving at the third floor and seeing the clone Jiang Yan sitting there intact and diligently working, Morax let out a huge sigh of relief.
The clone was still here—meaning Jiang Yan himself was fine!
"Is there something you need, Lord Rex Lapis?"
The clone Jiang Yan glanced at Morax, his eyes completely devoid of emotion.
"Was that disturbance just now caused by your main body?"
Morax didn't mind the clone's tone. He knew that each of Jiang Yan's clones had a different temperament.
This one happened to be the coldest.
"…Yes."
After hesitating briefly, the clone Jiang Yan nodded.
"He's not hurt, is he?"
Morax immediately grew tense. With such a massive fluctuation, Jiang Yan had to be doing something serious!
"He's fine. If something had happened, I wouldn't still be sitting here."
The clone Jiang Yan replied calmly.
"The main body was probably angered by something. With his level of strength, even a full-power strike would be more than this world could bear."
"The earthquake just now was the result."
Morax's heart shook violently. He had originally thought that the punch Jiang Yan used against him back then was his full strength.
He hadn't expected that Jiang Yan was still holding back when fighting him…
The people of Teyvat also failed to realize that what seemed like an ordinary earthquake was actually a near-apocalyptic event they had narrowly escaped.
The underground Abyss.
As Jiang Yan's furious punch came crashing down, the entire underground Abyss was punched through completely.
All Abyssal monsters were annihilated by that single blow, not even having time to let out a scream.
Pitch-black liquid surged in from all directions.
But as the liquid poured in, it transformed into countless sharp blades, blotting out the sky as they rushed toward Jiang Yan.
Amid them echoed the furious roar of the Lord of the Abyss.
"Brat! You've destroyed my ten-thousand-year accumulation—go die!!"
Killing intent flashed in Jiang Yan's eyes as he engaged the Lord of the Abyss in battle.
In an instant, black liquid churned violently, and space itself trembled without cease.
From time to time, the liquid would explode apart as two figures continued to entangle with one another.
They roared.
They slaughtered.
They fought to the death—unceasing, eternal.
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