Chapter 45

High above, Zhongli and Jiang Yan stood facing each other.

"Shall we begin?"

Zhongli looked at Jiang Yan and asked.

"Come on!"

Jiang Yan crossed his arms, looking profound and mysterious.

Zhongli held the Vortex Vanquisher in his hand, his shield manifesting around him.

Jiang Yan swung his right hand forcefully, and a hurricane surged toward Zhongli.

Zhongli frowned, and the sky above suddenly turned dark.

A massive stone spear descended from the sky, destroying the hurricane's assault in an instant.

The stone spear did not stop, but instead blasted straight toward Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan's mouth curled up slightly; he raised his hand and extended one finger.

The onlookers saw Jiang Yan had no defensive stance and all frowned deeply.

"What is Jiang Yan doing..."

Azhdaha couldn't understand what Jiang Yan was trying to do with this move.

"Doesn't he usually need to put his hands together to release those things?"

Cloud Retainer said.

"Don't be anxious, watch first."

Mountain Shaper said.

Zhongli's gaze tightened; he raised his hand, wanting to retract the stone spear.

But he saw with sharp eyes that the corners of Jiang Yan's mouth were curling up slightly.

"It seems he is prepared."

Remembering that Jiang Yan was experimenting with his new ability, Zhongli stopped his action to recall the spear.

He also wanted to see what Jiang Yan was trying to do.

Just as Jiang Yan's finger made contact with the stone spear.

A strange ripple emerged from his body, and faint waves appeared on the sea surface, spreading continuously.

And the stone spear strangely stopped its momentum.

Zhongli's expression changed drastically.

He could feel that his connection to the stone spear had vanished.

He actually couldn't control the stone spear in front of him!

What is going on??

Zhongli stared fixedly at Jiang Yan.

Even the onlookers watched in stunned silence.

"Ji... Jiang Yan..."

Mountain Shaper's eyes were full of shock, his face filled with disbelief.

"He caught the stone spear with one finger??!!"

Even Azhdaha was stunned on the spot.

"This can't be possible..."

Guizhong muttered to herself, her gaze vacant.

No one had ever been able to catch Zhongli's stone spear so easily with one finger.

Not even top-tier Archons like Osial could do it!

"What did you do?!"

Zhongli asked with a solemn expression.

Jiang Yan chuckled and said mysteriously:

"Keep watching and you'll know."

After speaking, he curled his index finger slightly and flicked the stone spear.

The stone spear seemed to receive guidance; it circled back and charged toward Zhongli.

"I will have order!"

Zhongli dared not be careless; he knew exactly what kind of power his stone spear possessed.

Above the sky, a massive meteorite descended.

The huge meteorite collided with the stone spear, triggering a violent roar.

Jiang Yan flew to the sea surface, his feet touching the water.

Then, Jiang Yan used his feet to forcefully ripple the sea.

The entire ocean seemed to be under his control, suddenly beginning to surge violently.

A massive tsunami turned into a long dragon and lunged straight at Zhongli.

Zhongli spread his arms, and several stone pillars grew from the seabed, standing like pillars supporting the sky, guarding him.

The earth rumbled, and the sea dragon was shattered upon impact.

Then, Zhongli raised his hand, and light flared in the sky.

A sky full of stone spears appeared, blasting toward Jiang Yan like dense raindrops.

Jiang Yan tapped his right foot lightly and flew up.

He extended his arms, and the surrounding air moved with his gestures.

A blade condensed from air appeared, carrying a terrifying momentum, and blasted toward the incoming rain of stone spears.

Several stone spears shattered upon impact.

Jiang Yan flew forward, his fingers continuously pointing at the stone spears.

Every stone spear Jiang Yan pointed at stopped its momentum and turned to blast toward Zhongli.

Zhongli leaped high into the sky, and several meteorites descended again, smashing the incoming stone spears.

Jiang Yan retreated to the sea surface, raised his right hand toward the sky, and spread his five fingers.

A faint black light flickered from his palm as he continuously split and rubbed the ions in the surrounding air.

A scorching fire suddenly appeared from his palm.

"It really works!"

Jiang Yan was overjoyed.

Teyvat was not Blue Star, so he didn't know if the ions in the air could change as he imagined.

The surrounding wind began to gather toward Jiang Yan's palm.

Zhongli in the distance dared not be slow; this new move of Jiang Yan's was too strange.

He could actually manipulate the objects he had condensed!

Being cautious, Zhongli layered several more shields on himself.

On the sea surface, around Jiang Yan, wind and clouds surged.

Even Guizhong and the others watching from afar couldn't help but circulate the energy within their bodies to resist the pull coming from Jiang Yan's direction.

"Damn! Is this kid cheating!"

Azhdaha even cursed out loud.

"Hold on to Marten Lord... Marten Lord is going to be blown away!!!"

Xiaobai held tightly onto Guizhong's wide sleeves, screaming frantically.

Almost everyone's gaze was fixed on Jiang Yan's direction.

Above Jiang Yan's palm, countless streams of wind gathered and were continuously compressed.

Zhongli's expression was solemn; he felt a deep sense of trepidation from that hand of Jiang Yan's.

"I actually have a very nice name for this move."

Jiang Yan chuckled.

Above his palm, a scorching light suddenly emerged and then continuously expanded.

A scorching fireball, like a sun, appeared on Jiang Yan's palm.

"Great Flame Emperor!"

Jiang Yan shouted and threw it toward Zhongli.

Zhongli's gaze tightened, and his elemental energy surged violently.

Above the sky, dark clouds gathered, and a massive meteorite that almost covered the horizon descended.

This was Zhongli's true...

I will have order!!

BOOM!!!

The fireball and the meteorite collided, triggering a violent explosion.

Heatwaves surged, and a massive mushroom cloud rose into the sky.

Even the onlookers in the distance were affected by the heatwave and were blown back dozens of meters.

"The commotion these two are making is too big!!!"

Guizhong shouted angrily.

This wasn't how you spar!

"With this posture, I'd believe it if you said they were fighting another Archon War."

Azhdaha felt the heatwave rushing toward him; he could feel how terrifying the power of their collision was.

Dust and smoke swirled, and the figures of the two emerged.

Jiang Yan and Zhongli, one in the high sky, one on the sea surface, looked at each other.

The four or five layers of shields Zhongli had originally worn were now down to half a layer, still stubbornly holding on.

And Jiang Yan's palm was charred black, but because his own healing power was extremely high, it didn't cause any damage.