Chapter 53: The response from Liyue and Mondstadt

Meanwhile!

In the lands of Liyue!

Monsters were emerging incessantly from the Chasm, and it was unclear if these creatures were flowing in along the ley lines.

The Abyss surged forth like a torrent, while the Millelith escorted the masses to evacuate and flee.

Upon the first discovery, the Liyue the Liyue Qixing immediately dispatched forces to blockade and suppress them, and the Millelith set out at once.

With the Adepti providing support, even though the Geo Archon was absent, they could barely manage to keep the monsters away from the safety of the populace.

Before marching to battle, the Millelith and the Yakshas fighting alongside them drank fine wine from "Golden Chalices of Alliance."

The moment the generals donned their "General's Helmets" and adorned their "Martial Feathers," stepping forth to engage the twisted creations of the Abyss in the Chasm, they cast all thoughts of life and death aside.

In the bottomless, lightless depths of the Chasm, countless heroic soldiers were buried one after another.

Those Millelith stained by karmic debt or caught in the wake of the slaughter used "Bronze Sundials" to silently record the moments of battle, so as not to be consumed by the karma of killing.

A steadfast timepiece driven by the light of the sun and moon, it could capture radiance even in days devoid of daylight.

Thus, now that Liyue was threatened by pitch-black malice, this sundial allowed the warriors to remember the warmth of the day.

They moved with uniform pace and rhythm; as one batch of mortal soldiers retreated, the next replaced them, advancing and retreating in this manner deep into the Chasm.

For the Millelith, dying for the people was a willing sacrifice, even if, in the end, no one would remember their names.

But the mark of their ancestors' noble sacrifice would be transformed into "Flowers of Valor," to be proudly inherited by those who followed.

This spirit, which disregarded life and death, would surely be deeply imprinted into the bloodline of the people of Liyue.

Five hundred years later, when their descendants retrieved the golden chalices and feathers from the Abyss, they would find that despite being buried in the Chasm for so long, they had never shattered or rusted, nor had they been permeated by the pitch-black aura.

Liyue was not the only place under monster assault; Mondstadt also took swift action.

The Grand Master, the Lion of Light, Arundolyn, commanded the Knights of Favonius to guard Mondstadt, while the Wolf Pup, Rostam, led the Knights on an expedition.

Compared to other nations, Mondstadt's response could be called the most rapid.

Having long lost the guidance of the Anemo Archon, they had already learned to handle all matters themselves, and even when facing such a great catastrophe, they could stabilize the situation.

This continued until a hideous and terrifying dragon attacked.

It unleashed disaster and brought forth potent venom, striking terror into the hearts of the people of Mondstadt.

In the end, Dvalin, the Dragon of the East and one of the Four Winds, could not ignore the tragic deaths of the people under his protection and immediately requested to join the battle.

Subsequently, the two giant dragons flew across the high heavens, locked in mutual slaughter.

The only thing that puzzled Dvalin was that the attacking dragon seemed not to want to kill him; most of the time it was fleeing, attempting to use its dragon song to convey that it bore no malice.

Unfortunately, Durin could not speak, and unable to communicate, he was ultimately bitten in the throat by Dvalin, falling with a sorrowful, long cry into the frozen land that would later be known as Dragonspine.

His mother had told him he should go to a beautiful place and play happily with friendly people.

Yet, staring at the ice and snow, feeling his body temperature gradually cooling and his vision dimming into darkness, Durin was filled with confusion.

Why was what his mother said completely different from what he had experienced?

Alas, there was no one left to tell him the answer. Watching the beautiful, azure dragon fly toward the horizon with the momentum of victory, Durin's only regret at that moment was not having become friends with him.

As ice and snow gradually covered the dragon's corpse, the blood flowing from his wounds seeped into the earth.

An ancient tree that had been dead for many years beside the corpse faintly gave birth to an aura of life after absorbing the dragon's blood.

Although that aura was extremely faint, it was almost impossible to detect without careful observation. ===== CHAPTER 96 =====

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The ancient kingdom of Khaenri'ah!

Now, bloodthirsty monsters were everywhere, submerging the already fallen ancient kingdom.

Fighting until now, several days of stars rising and setting had already passed.

Except for Luo Li, who was at ease, the other seven gods were all somewhat struggling.

"Luo Li, let's join up with the other gods first."

Raiden Makoto, who didn't know his limits, was quite worried; although they were safe for the time being, it didn't mean they would be like this next.

If they could join forces with the other gods, it would obviously be much less strenuous.

Luo Li pondered for a moment and did not refuse.

"That's fine, Morax and Barbatos are the closest, let's find them first."

Both were good friends he had known for thousands of years, so he naturally didn't want to see them meet with accidents.

If it weren't for knowing that Morax didn't distinguish between genders and had walked the earth in both male and female forms, Luo Li might have had a threesome with Guizhong and the Geo Archon back then, studying the difficult subject of reproducing Archon offspring.

But to be honest, the Geo Archon was truly beautiful, and someone slightly less picky might have really gone for it.

However, Luo Li was still a bit put off; once he thought of the Geo Archon turning into Zhongli, he couldn't get any interest up at all.

Having made up his mind, he held Raiden Makoto’s waist close to him while forming a sword with his fingers.

Instantly, thunder like a line of heavenly light resounded through the sky, and the path to the Geo Archon and Anemo Archon was cleared by a large expanse of thunder light.

Under his exquisite manipulation, thunder as thick as water barrels fell from the sky, turning the area within ten kilometers into a sea of thunder.

The terrifying high temperature carbonized and dissolved the monster corpses, turning it into a forbidden zone where no one survived.

Seeing this, Morax and Barbatos immediately and wisely took the initiative to move closer to him.

Everyone was not a fool; the number of monsters one person had to face was so large, why not lean on each other and each be responsible for one side?

In less than a quarter of an hour, the three parties successfully gathered together.

Luo Li took the opportunity to release his control over the celestial black hole, and the mass compressed to infinity suddenly expanded, forming a terrifying explosion countless times more violent than a nuclear blast.

In just an instant, the earth was surrounded by terrifying light and heat, and the strata evaporated for over a hundred meters, directly leveled.

The clouds high above were also scattered by the shocking tremors, and the biting storm broke mountain ranges, leaving behind a terrifying, daunting crater.

Those who didn't know would think a star had fallen, setting off a disaster on the level of shifting the continental plate.

Its influence reached over a hundred kilometers, smoke and dust obscured the sky, and hundreds of thousands of monsters were wiped out in one blow.

Like splashing a basin of white paint onto an ink painting, wiping everything clean.

With such a huge commotion, even the seven nations far away could feel the slight crustal tremors.

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