Chapter 1278: Weng Falos 3.3 (319)

Genshin Impact.

Inside the Tenshu Castle, the Divine rode a familiar carriage through the long corridor, pushed open the tightly shut gate, and at a glance saw that familiar purple silhouette.

Ying stood quietly by the window, her gaze piercing the torrential rain as she looked down upon the land swaying in wind and storm.

"Ying, how is the situation now?" the Divine asked as she walked beside her, her tone unusually solemn.

……

Ying was silent for a while, then slowly spoke: "Narukami Island, Yaoyun Island, Watatsumi Island, and Seirai Island… the thunderstorms over the nearby islands have all calmed. However…" She paused, her brows slightly furrowing, "there are still some troubles that need handling."

At this moment in Inazuma City, the gale roared like an invisible beast, tearing through streets and houses, bending trees in every direction.

Aigeler in the heavens was not merely summoning thunder; he was altering the weather over Teyvat entirely. What worried Ying more was that Aigeler's power had not yet been pushed to its limit; he continued to draw and gather massive thunderclouds, a storm that could almost be foreseen brewing above everyone's heads.

"I can still handle the thunderstorm's power," Leidian Ying said, gazing at the rolling clouds, a hint of helplessness flashing in her violet eyes, "but this storm…"

As a deity who commands thunder, she can easily quell the roar of lightning, yet she cannot cut the raging wind with lightning. This presented an unprecedented difficulty for her.

While pondering, the Divine handed over a pre‑prepared document.

"What is this…?"

"This battle with Aigeler will likely inflict unpredictable losses on Inazuma. Rather than scrambling for post‑disaster relief, it's better to plan personnel in advance," the Divine said, her finger sliding over the document to the line of names. "The Heavenly Domain Official will be handled by Kujou Sara for post‑storm civilian rescue and reconstruction; the Survey Official will be Hiiragi Chisato for damage assessment; the Society Official will be the Kamisato siblings for disaster relief; the Narukami Grand Shrine will summon the monsters—"

Before the Divine could finish, a gentle breeze drifted in from afar, interrupting her speech.

It was not the violent gale raging in Inazuma, but rather tender. The breeze brushed the eaves of the Tenshu Castle and finally dissolved in Ying's palm.

"Oh? What is this…" the Divine also sensed that familiar aura of a foreign deity, smiling, "…Ah, speaking of it, the last time I met that wandering bard was at the Radiant Festival, any other news in the wind?"

"Hmm," Ying whispered, "in the wind, a message of 'cooperation' from Mondstadt arrives."

"Oh, cooperation?" the Divine's eyes lit up instantly, "You don't mean you want me to go to Mondstadt myself, do you?"

"Exactly. Mondstadt is also under threat from thunderstorms; he wants me to go there to quell the storms above Mondstadt, and he will come to Inazuma to help disperse the storm for me."

"Sounds fair. Ying, what do you think?"

"I've already agreed," Ying said, looking up at the ever‑rolling clouds. "This is the best solution; this threat can only be minimized through cooperation. If Aigeler still has other forms of power that keep expanding the danger… we may still need to meet with Mora and Buer."

——

"'Lightning, it is the wail of its anger…'"

"The thundercloud, gathered to its peak, erupts in an instant."

"Boom—!!"

Thousands of massive white bolts of lightning poured down like a breached dam, all channeling into Aigeler. In an instant, the Titan was enveloped in dazzling lightning, as if a deity bathed in a thunder pool.

Its twin wings behind it slowly unfurled under the infusion of thunder, the arcs entwined between its feathers turning into countless thunder spears, firing toward everyone on the platform like a hail of arrows.

"Here it comes!"

Bai E boldly stepped forward, Xing Gang tried to have Bai E stand behind her, she used the power of Preservation to brace against this wave, but the thought flashed only briefly in her mind, and Bai E vanished entirely.

Facing the sky‑full of lightning, Bai E's silhouette moved even faster than the bolts, astonishingly slipping through the dense white light.

But beside Aigeler, the sky‑blocking thunder arrows rained down!

The legendary Divine Punishment seemed to manifest at this moment; a deity's wrath should be all‑encompassing, reaching everywhere!

— yet that silhouette still pierced through the arrows.

Bai E's long sword, wielded by him, formed an impenetrable blade curtain; the incoming thunder spears were truly split in half by Qinshen, turning into two streams of fire that brushed his shoulders and flew outward!

Aigeler's massive body at that moment became his stepping board; he stood on the deity's form, swinging his sword at the sky's fury!

"Give me… down!"

From now on, everything—don't even mention the wind, it's so fast even Dan Heng and Xing can't see it clearly.

All they recall is Aigeler's form suddenly leaning forward, the ring behind him that channels heavenly thunder being cleaved in two by Bai E! The electricity gathered in the thundercloud was so intense that even Aigeler couldn't receive it smoothly, and a powerful heavenly bolt struck the platform directly.

"Aigeler! Rain, storm—join me as well!"

——

Renzha.

The fiery Sea King stared dumbfounded.

Of course, he wasn't the only one dumbfounded; even Yu Di Du Bu, Guo Haihuang and others wore open‑mouth astonishment.

Bai E, him, him…

How can one person be so fierce!?

"Teacher…! I want to learn this!" the fiery Sea King pointed at Bai E's figure cleaving thunder and swinging at the Titan, "…I must learn this!"

"Alright, Lie, forget about that technique; the one you want to learn isn't even human," Guo Haihuang waved his hand, "Besides, even I can't master a sword art that can split lightning."

"Hmm, his swordsmanship is a completely different style from Yan Qing's," Miyamoto Musashi said, lowering his head to the trembling right hand, even as he tried to grip his wrist, the five fingers meant for the sword still quivered.

"You look excited," Vanma Yūjirō said from behind.

"Hmm," Miyamoto smiled faintly, "perhaps I still lack refinement, far from the Mirror‑like stillness. Seeing Bai E slash at the Titan makes my blood boil… I also want to use the knife at my waist to hack at the Titan alongside him."

After Bai E successfully struck Aigeler, the thunderclouds over Tokyo seemed greatly weakened; the torrential rain turned into a light drizzle, pattering on Tokugawa's eaves.

"This battle… seems to be drawing to a close."