Chapter 591

Lumine held her sword finger high, and the thunder condensed into a sword that pierced heaven and earth. Against the backdrop of the lightning, everyone saw the swaying Lumine and her pale complexion.

It seemed she could not fully master this move either.

Even if it was a simplified version of the Divine Sword Art of Thunder, it was still a simplified immortal art.

In a sense, it was even more terrifying than a Heaven-tier cultivation technique.

A cultivation technique of this level was not something Lumine could use casually.

With her current strength, even if she went all out, she could probably only unleash one percent of the power of the simplified Divine Sword Art of Thunder after using this move.

But her true essence would be drained instantly.

Yet, as a trump card, this was already enough.

That divine sword of thunder, as if intending to re-divide the earth, fire, wind, and water, carried the will to destroy everything and was about to annihilate everything here.

The Shogun dejectedly lowered her naginata, her gaze filled with a sense of release.

It was not that she did not want to resist, but...

In that brief instant, all the results she saw and judged ultimately pointed to one thing.

Certain death.

This was a sword she could neither resist nor understand.

It was not a power that humans or gods should possess.

Once the move was unleashed, the final result was already destined in the process.

Now, the Shogun finally believed that cultivation was something sufficient to change eternity.

Relying on cultivation, Inazuma would also move toward a greater eternity.

In the final moment of her life, being able to witness the future glorious Inazuma was enough.

All of this did not violate the will to pursue eternity that Raiden Ei had set for her, and Raiden Ei, under this power, also saw the eternity that truly belonged to Inazuma.

Just as she said...

This time, she would choose to look forward.

The naginata fell to the ground, and the Shogun opened her arms, preparing to welcome her glorious curtain call.

To fall under this sword art that exceeded imagination was her honor.

Death was also a form of eternity.

And now, she was going to pursue her own eternity.

"Shogun!"

Raiden Ei shouted, gritted her teeth, and in the end, could not help but intervene.

She instantly transformed into lightning to block in front of the Shogun.

A strike that condensed all her life's understanding of the sword and her divine will—a sword art pushed to its absolute limit—roared toward that divine sword of thunder.

This thing could not be dodged.

It could only be withstood head-on.

But how could one withstand it?

Even if Raiden Ei had realized a deeper realm of the Musou no Hitotachi at this juncture, it was still insufficient to counter this ability that transcended the level of sword arts.

"Ei! Hurry and dodge! You can't block it!"

Paimon shouted anxiously.

Too reckless!

This was the Divine Sword Art of Thunder; even if it wasn't the original version, it wouldn't be weak.

Lumine, with her dignified Glazed Sword Heart body, had all her strength, essence, and spirit drained by this strike.

Lumine couldn't even control this move.

She had once heard Zhongli and the others say that when Jiang Yan himself unleashed the Divine Sword Art of Thunder...

If he hadn't controlled the power himself, the entire Teyvat would likely have shattered before the Divine Sword Art of Thunder even descended.

The meaning of immortal arts was to transcend humanity.

But Raiden Ei did not waver in the slightest, her full-force sword strike rushing toward the divine sword of thunder.

"You..."

"Stop talking nonsense! I promised myself!"

Raiden Ei gritted her teeth as she watched the sword qi shatter inch by inch, not even gaining a sliver of time.

"New changes are destined to face more loss, but if I can, I will do my utmost to avoid any loss!"

"You too!"

"Shogun, you are my friend!"

The Shogun's pupils shrank, and she stared blankly at Raiden Ei.

The distant reaches of this space had already collapsed into a black hole, gradually spreading toward them.

"Don't just stand there! Hurry and help!"

Raiden Ei urged, and the Shogun immediately raised her naginata, blasting the divine sword of thunder with an equally brilliant strike.

"It's useless!"

Paimon said somewhat urgently:

"This is the will of heaven and earth. What you are doing now is defying heaven and earth; you are certain to die!"

Two massive sword auras converged together.

In a trance, Raiden Ei thought of the folk rumors...

There are always creatures on the ground who dare to face the light of the thunder.

That was originally a description of the power of her Musou no Hitotachi, but now...

It had become what she was doing herself.

The Musou no Hitotachi was merely her own will, but the Divine Sword Art of Thunder...

Was the true will of the world.

But this world will...

Raiden Ei would not accept it!

Yet reality was cruel after all; even if Raiden Ei and the Shogun joined forces and unleashed the strongest power they had ever possessed...

It had little effect against the Divine Sword Art of Thunder, serving only to weaken the opponent's pressure slightly.

The subsequent thunder sword qi could still easily obliterate them.

Human will is infinite, but...

A cultivator stands above the infinite.

"This is the end."

The Shogun smiled with relief, looking at the thunder close at hand; perhaps she had never thought that she, a Raiden Shogun puppet created by Raiden Ei, would one day die under thunder.

It could be considered a fitting death.

Using her last bit of strength, she knocked Raiden Ei away with a strike.

"Shogun!"

Raiden Ei watched the Shogun under the lightning in despair, the latter closing her eyes.

Before dying, she could at least say she had resisted this irresistible will.

In this instant, it could also be considered eternity, right?

But suddenly, the Musou Isshin erupted with unprecedented light, a light so gentle it could smooth out the ripples in anyone's heart.

"Help me... I... my lady!"

A whisper extremely familiar to Raiden Ei rang in her ears, and the next moment, the power belonging to time flowed around them.

Time was like a silk thread, connecting to the divine sword of thunder, but that alone was not enough to resolve this move.

The next moment, the power of time erupted violently; invisible and colorless, a pitch-black crack appeared in front of the Shogun.

The divine sword of thunder descended and was entirely sucked into this crack.

The Shogun looked herself over blankly, discovering she was safe and sound.

"I... didn't die?"

As soon as the words fell, the Primordial Jade Cutter resting at Lumine's waist instantly unsheathed itself.

An aura sharper than ever before spread in all directions.

In just an instant, this space was covered in dense cracks.