Chapter 643: The Decadent Pierro!! (Please Subscribe!!)

At this moment, the young girl Columbia gazed calmly at the silent crowd surrounding her, her tone gentle yet ethereal.

"A temporary failure is not our reason to be decadent."

"Where we fall, we must rise from!"

Columbia stared unblinkingly at the people around her, finally fixing her gaze on Pierro, the Chief Executive of the Fatui and the Harbinger known as the Jester, who sat in the corner with an utterly decadent expression.

"Pierro."

Columbia spoke again.

"Are you prepared to give up like this?"

"Years of preparation, just because of the arrival of that Wood Spirit Immortal Lord in Liyue, have struck you with such a blow?"

Hearing Columbia's words, the Jester Pierro exhaled heavily, his gaze filled with dead silence and despair as he looked at Columbia.

This made Columbia's pupils shrink slightly, and a shock ran through her heart.

It was the first time she had ever seen Pierro with such an expression.

"Columbia, you don't understand..."

"You have never come into contact with that Wood Spirit Immortal Lord; you simply cannot understand how terrifying he truly is."

To the surprise of the Harbingers, the once steady, calm, and weathered Chief Executive of the Fatui, who remained unmoved by any storm, now spoke with words thick with fear.

"I felt a power on him as boundless as an abyss and as vast as the sea; facing him, I did not even have the confidence to resist."

Pierro lowered his head, his expression utterly decadent.

"That power did not come from this world at all; I once conducted research, and the strike he used against me came from beyond the world; even if it transcended this world, that energy would still be unmatched."

Pierro's words made Columbia narrow her eyes slightly.

But before she could refute, the Tsaritsa also nodded immediately.

"When Dottore completely provoked that Wood Spirit Immortal Lord, I could feel it."

"That sensation that makes one tremble instinctively..."

"I have only felt it on the Heavenly Principles! No, even..."

Fear also lingered in the Tsaritsa's eyes.

"That has already surpassed the Heavenly Principles."

This statement instantly shocked everyone present.

They knew that their goal to this day had been to overthrow the Heavenly Principles and drag the Heavenly Principles down from the divine throne.

Yet now someone told them that the Immortal Lord of Liyue possessed strength nearly equal to the Heavenly Principles.

That was truly terrifying.

For a moment, everyone's gaze converged once again on Pierro.

Among everyone present,

aside from Dottore, whose soul had already been taken away by Jiang Yan, only Pierro had ever endured a strike from that Wood Spirit Immortal Lord of Liyue.

Even the Tsaritsa herself was merely suppressed by Jiang Yan and then knocked to the ground.

"That power... has long exceeded the range this world can bear."

"This is also the reason why the Wood Spirit Immortal Lord did not directly act to annihilate all of Snezhnaya..."

As Pierro spoke, Columbia keenly detected some blind spots within his words.

Her eyes lit up, and she immediately interrupted Pierro's speech.

"So you mean the Wood Spirit Immortal Lord simply cannot unleash his full strength, because once he does, the Jiedou Society will collapse because of it?"

"I understand what you mean, Columbia."

Pierro sighed lightly, looking at Columbia with a somewhat complex expression in his eyes.

"But you must understand, even if the Wood Spirit Immortal Lord cannot use his full power, relying solely on the strength he can currently wield is enough to kill all of us."

"Enough!"

Just as Columbia was about to refute again, she heard the Tsaritsa suddenly shout coldly, then look at the crowd before her and say indifferently:

"Everyone, go out."

"I want to be alone for a while..."

The Tsaritsa spoke indifferently, as if suffering from a headache, and covered her head with her hands.

"Your Majesty..."

The young girl wanted to say something more, but the Harbinger Sandrone, the Puppet, grabbed her hand and pulled her back.

"Enough, Columbia."

The Harbinger Pulcinella, the Rooster, said indifferently to Columbia.

"You and Pierro are destined to argue endlessly today; let Your Majesty rest properly."

The other Harbingers also nodded individually; Columbia hesitated for a moment, looked deeply at Pierro, and then walked straight out.

"Pierro, wait."

Just as Pierro was about to leave, the Tsaritsa suddenly called out to Pierro, causing him to stop in his tracks.

"Your Majesty?"

Pierro looked at the Tsaritsa with some confusion.

After everyone had departed, Pierro stood quietly before the Tsaritsa, waiting for the words she wished to say to him.

"Pierro..."

After a long silence, the Tsaritsa suddenly spoke, her somewhat grayish pupils looking at the other person.

"I want to... agree to that matter..."

"That matter?"

A flicker of doubt passed through Piero's eyes, but immediately after, he seemed to think of something and his eyes widened.

"No, Your Majesty!"

"Other matters might still be open to negotiation, but this one is absolutely not!"

"Have you forgotten why Khaenri'ah was destroyed back then?!"

"Back then, it was precisely because my ideals ran counter to Rhinedottir's that I chose to leave Khaenri'ah!"

"Now you are willing to accept their conditions as well?!"

The Tsaritsa fell silent; how could she not know how immense the risks of this matter were.

But after Jiang Yan's invasion this time,

she clearly realized the gap between herself and the other party.

For her plans, the existence of the Wood Spirit Xianjun had become an unknown variable.

No one knows which side the Wood Spirit Xianjun will stand on when the final moment comes.

The Tsaritsa did not want to experience that feeling of powerlessness and humiliation again.

She needed power now!

Power capable of making her defeat the Wood Spirit Xianjun!

And this power, aside from the Heavenly Principles, existed only in that place!

"But Piero, do you wish to experience that humiliating and powerless feeling once more?"

"From what you just said, I already know..."

The Tsaritsa stared tightly at Piero.

"The Wood Spirit Xianjun has scared you, hasn't he?"

"No need to deny it; I can feel it very clearly."

"The fear from the depths of your heart whenever the Wood Spirit Xianjun is mentioned."

"Perhaps precisely because of this, Columbiya, who usually treasures every word, spoke so much today, at this moment, and even almost argued with you."

(That's all for today's update; something came up at home today, so the update fell behind...)

(Sorry, sorry!!)