Chapter 280: Taiyin Moon Spirit! Nine-tailed Moon Fox!

Thinking of this, Ayaka felt even more awe toward Luo Li, who had established the array.

At the same time, she realized that even though His Excellency Luo Li appeared quite casual during their time together and wouldn't punish people for their words,

his identity ultimately meant that those who offended him would suffer punishments far beyond what ordinary people could imagine.

With this thought, the young lady became even more uneasy, pondering ways to plead for the Traveler.

During this time.

The battle in the vision had entered a white-hot state.

Lumine, wielding three elements, and the six-tailed White Fox were locked in a difficult struggle.

Judging by the situation, Lumine always held a slight upper hand.

It was just that compared to the Taiyin Moon Spirit, which was bolstered by the ley lines, a war of attrition was clearly disadvantageous for her.

"I can't go on like this; I must end this quickly."

Lumine realized this. She immediately surrounded herself with "040" electric light, calmed her heart, and resolved to find the opponent's flaw to decide the outcome in one strike.

On the other side, Paimon was searching for information about Taiyin. Logically, in such a place, there would usually be rules manifesting to resolve the event.

For example, temporarily stopping the White Fox's operation so they could purify the barrier polluted by the Abyss first.

As it turned out, Paimon did find it.

But before she could be happy, she was stumped by the dense, strange characters on it.

"I don't recognize a single one of these characters!"

The little one clutched her head, feeling a massive headache. These were completely different from all the extinct and existing scripts on the continent of Teyvat.

It was inscribed with many strange seal scripts and cuneiform characters.

After staring at it for a long time, she decided to give up.

"Paimon, did you find any clues?"

On the other side, Lumine jumped back to dodge an elemental orb similar to a Tailed Beast Bomb.

Paimon pondered for a moment and said seriously, "Why don't you just try to beat that big guy down?"

"???"

Knowing this fellow was unreliable, Lumine complained, her expression becoming exceptionally serious.

During the battle, she discovered that compared to the three-tailed state, the six-tailed White Fox's offensive had many more variations, but it was still within a manageable range.

It was just that sometimes space would suddenly distort, and the time around her would briefly stagnate. By the time it recovered, an "energy ball" would be right in front of her, leaving her in a sorry state.

Moreover, the opponent wasn't just a mage; the physical damage from its six large tails was not low. When the tails, several zhang long, slammed down, deep trenches immediately appeared in the ground.

Sand and stones flew, and lightning circled.

After an unknown amount of time, Lumine, who had been patiently waiting for a flaw, finally found a good opportunity. While stealing some damage, she slammed a ten-meter-long Electro greatsword directly into the White Fox's face.

After a sharp, long shriek, the White Fox was once again enveloped in a ball of white light.

"Should be over now, right?"

Lumine and Paimon looked nervously at the changes ahead.

Generally speaking, most of the enemies they fought stopped after two transformations.

But clearly, the one before them was an exception.

When the white light dissipated, a nine-tailed White Fox, several times larger than before, appeared before their eyes.

It was ten zhang tall, resembling a small mountain, and its nine tails seemed to blot out the sky and sun.

The holy moon crest fully manifested on its forehead, and beyond that, striking stripes circled it, extending from the center of its forehead to its body surface.

Finally forming a closed loop.

The divinity in its eyes reached its peak; its moon-white pupils were agile and full of wisdom, as if it had fully awakened.

Lumine and Paimon swallowed hard, their expressions extremely nervous.

The existence before them looked down at the two from high above, and the terrifying aura it emitted seemed no worse than the Vortex Archon Osial that had appeared in Liyue.

Lumine had self-awareness; she was fine just a moment ago, but now, she was definitely no match.

Besides, who knew if this was its final form? If it sprouted three more tails later, she would collapse on the spot.

Time to run!

Just as she thought this and intended to retreat, she realized that after this transformation, the nine-tailed White Fox did not immediately launch an offensive against the two, and even its hostility had faded quite a bit.

The opponent just looked at the two, scrutinizing and observing them.

"You are not citizens of Inazuma?!"

Finally, the nine-tailed Moon Fox spoke.

Its silvery-white radiance caused space to constantly distort, and the surrounding time and space gradually became chaotic.

"It seems we can communicate?"

Lumine felt a weight lift from her heart; as long as they could communicate, it was fine.

Before she could speak, Paimon immediately explained, "We were entrusted by the shrine maiden of the Grand Narukami Shrine to come and purify the Twelve Divine Generals' barrier that has been polluted..."

Seeming worried it wouldn't believe them, Paimon added, "Before coming here, we already purified three other places. If you don't believe us, you can go ask the other three. Eh, what were their names again...?"

Lumine: "..."

The nine-tailed Moon Fox nodded slightly. "I can sense the aura of Gouzhen and the others from you; what you say should be true."

"That's great."

Lumine and Paimon immediately relaxed. The shrine maiden's rumors said Taiyin had a gentle temperament. They had thought they were being lied to again, but it turned out to be true.

Thinking about it, the previous three-tailed and six-tailed states must have been autonomous defense mechanisms while it was in a deep sleep.

That made sense; otherwise, how would the normal form of Taiyin allow the barrier to be eroded by the Abyss?

"Then, about the purification of the barrier here?" Paimon asked tentatively.

"I will be responsible for the purification. It was a bother for you to wake me from my slumber."

The nine-tailed Moon Fox's tone was gentle, mixed with an ethereal voice that was extremely pleasant to the ear.

"No, no, no, this little thing is nothing." Paimon waved her hands modestly.

"???"

Lumine was full of question marks. I haven't even spoken yet, why are you making decisions for me? It's not you doing the fighting, so you don't feel the pain, right?

She had thought she was already quite shameless, but who knew there was always someone higher.

Facing Lumine's death stare, Paimon remained oblivious, still bragging about the process of coming here.

1.7 "Alright, alright, stop talking."

Unable to listen any longer, Lumine finally couldn't help but interrupt her.

"What's wrong? I wasn't wrong."

Paimon put her hands on her hips with a confident look; she didn't know who she had learned this action from.

The nine-tailed Moon Fox's eyes revealed a smile; it could see that the two had a very good relationship, laughing and playing without any reservations.

After a long while, Lumine realized there was a third person watching them, so she coughed lightly and turned around.

"Pardon the display. Since the commission is complete, we should go back and report the situation to the shrine maiden."

Paimon added, "And the reward!"

The nine-tailed Moon Fox nodded gently, watching the backs of the two as they turned to leave, intending to clean up the polluted barrier.

But suddenly, as if it had received some kind of edict, it pricked up its ears and tilted its head as if listening...