Chapter 379

The radical desert people's performance did not disappoint.

Their unrestrained cursing, even if Kantisi and Dixiya went to stop them, even if Luo De is currently defending Xu Mi Cheng from the evil dragon, still shows no sign of stopping.

To vent the anger in their hearts.

They even dare to lay hands on Kantisi, whom they previously wouldn't even dare to glance at.

Although many were quickly arrested as rioters, this still cannot stop the radical faction's hostility and cursing toward Luo De.

The Red King's Envoy has indeed done many things for the desert.

But an envoy is still an envoy.

It is absolutely not allowed to shake the status of the Red King in the hearts of Red King believers.

And now?

Luo De dressed up as the Red King, and in front of so many believers, he openly stood up as the Red King.

What is he trying to do? Is he trying to destroy the Red King?

What makes the radical faction even more unable to tolerate is:

If Luo De regards himself as the Red King, yet he chooses to submit to the Dendro Archon and work for the Dendro Archon, isn't that saying the Red King is a servant of the Dendro Archon? That those desert folk who believe in the Red King are inherently inferior to the Dendro Archon's believers? As soon as this idea was raised,

The situation instantly spread like a spark.

Even those moderates,

upon realizing this argument, also shifted from slightly uncomfortable spectators to joining the radical faction's condemnation.

Regarding Luo De inheriting the Red King's appearance,

they don't really like it.

but they can barely accept it.

Because Luo De doing this is to solidify his inseparable relationship with the Red King; with him as a bridge, the desert people's life will henceforth have security.

The moderates are just such a pragmatic faction.

As long as life can be good,

as long as they are not forced to change their faith,

letting them do whatever, support whoever is fine.

But Luo De happens to have such a 'black history' of working for the Dendro Archon.

This also makes the moderates find it hard to accept.

Because once they accept Luo De with this setup,

it means that the god they worship has bowed to the Dendro Archon.

This is enough to make all desert folk who believe in the Red King go crazy.

Under such anger-driven impetus,

Whoever dares to come and try to stop them, these enraged desert people will dare to strike, no matter if you are the guardian of A Ru Cun or the Blazing Mane Lion; they will beat you without fail.

For a time,

Half of Xu Mi Cheng fell into chaos under their rampage.

If it weren't for Nadixa's Illusory Realm Hall here, in the real world this would have already turned into a riot with casualties.

Fortunately, the native residents of Xu Mi Cheng have always been wary of the desert people.

Thus, when seeing them go berserk, those rainforest people who have always kept their distance immediately fled, escaping the chance of the battle spreading to themselves.

Three gods in the sky battle the evil dragon.

Underground, the city's order is in utter chaos; the troops, mercenaries, and desert people wish they could beat each other's brains out.

This truly caused the people of Xu Mi Cheng to put on a big show before the representatives of various nations.

"Hehe—"

"This little rascal seems to have gone a bit overboard."

Yae Miko covered half her face with a fan, hiding her gleeful expression.

"It's as expected; what's over the top about it?"

Lei Dian Zhen's voice sounded beside her.

Since she got a body, she and Lei Dianying often swap bodies, each coming out to get some fresh air, and by the way go have fun, or find some delicious food to heartily satisfy their appetites.

This time Lei Dianying went to the Pure Good Palace to attend the Seven Archons' gathering, while she stayed in the One Heart Pure Land, brought along by Yae Miko.

This doesn't mean she can't follow Lei Dianying to the Pure Good Palace.

It's simply because she doesn't like the atmosphere there.

Relatively speaking,

Still, being with Yae Miko makes one feel more physically and mentally pleased.

"As expected?"

Yae Miko chuckled: "I think even if that little rascal had thought everything through, he probably didn't expect the desert people's reaction to be this fierce."

"Maybe."

Lei Dian Zhen actually trusts Luo De quite a bit: "Even if these people cause a fuss, what does it matter? That guy is fully prepared; after this climactic show ends, they'll have to believe he's the Red King even if they don't want to."

"Speaking of this,"

Yae Miko paused slightly, glanced left and right, then withdrew her gaze and said: "Have you noticed that a few people are missing here?"

"Who?"

If it weren't for Yae Miko's reminder, Lei Dian Zhen really wouldn't have noticed that someone from each nation's representative seats had sneaked away.

As for who that person is,

If I remember correctly,

It must be the Duo Tuo Lei that Luo De constantly thinks about and wants to kill.

He actually ran?

Lei Dian Zhen said in surprise.

Through this period of contact with Duo Tuo Lei's slices, Lei Dian Zhen truly realized just how despicable, clever, and selfish Duo Tuo Lei is.

Given this person's terrifying hands-on ability.

Before the gods, his request to fight Luo De to the death here is still reasonable.

He just ran away like that—what's going on? Maybe he went to start that divine mech?

Yae Miko recalled the scene from a couple days ago when she sneaked a look at Lidugu, and involuntarily curled her lips into a smile, saying: "Last time I saw, that mech was nearly complete; with its power, if it were activated, it would basically be a destruction force at the level of a ruler, and combined with that actor dragon, it should be able to destroy half of Xu Mi Cheng before being surrounded and beaten to death."

Where is Mo La Ke Si?

Lei Dian Zhen reminded Yae Miko.

Zhongli is a very responsible deity.

To fulfill his agreement with Luo De, he didn't even come to the important Flower God Festival, instead wholeheartedly guarding Duo Tuo Lei at Lidugu to prevent that bastard from causing trouble.

However, Yae Miko gave a different opinion.

Or did he secretly sneak out and skip class with him?

Yae Miko raised her hand and pointed; her target pointed directly to a four-story inn in Xu Mi Cheng.

Following the direction of her slender jade finger.

Lei Dian Zhen was instantly speechless.

She was confident she definitely wouldn't be mistaken.

That was Zhongli! In other words,

Yae Miko's jinx really hit the mark.

Zhongli actually didn't stay at Lidugu; he sneaked out to relieve his boredom.

Thus, at this moment Yae Miko couldn't see Lei Dian Zhen's face.

Otherwise,

she might have seen her own deity's stunned expression.

He's here.

What about Lidugu over there?

Lei Dian Zhen's voice couldn't contain his emotion: "Does this guy think that because Duo Tuo Lei came to the Flower God Festival, he can't go to Lidugu to cause trouble?"

Who knows?

Want to go take a look?

Yae Miko made a suggestion: "Want to go take a look?"

Hmm.

After she finished speaking, Yae Miko told the nearby Inazuma person, then her form instantly dissipated, as if stepping onto a teleportation array; in the blink of an eye she arrived downstairs where Zhongli was. Their departure wasn't meant to hide from anyone.

For example, the Liyue seat next to the Inazuma seat.

Ningguang saw Yae Miko suddenly disappear from where she should have been.

Ningguang's strength is slightly lesser; she couldn't tell where she had run to.

But the seated adepts were all no inferior to Yae Miko, and naturally spotted her landing point at a glance.

Following the position, they looked up.

They saw Zhongli leisurely watching the excitement from the inn's balcony.

Sovereign—

The True Lord Who Retains Clouds and Borrows Wind, who almost revealed Zhongli's identity, hastily closed his mouth and looked again carefully toward the inn.

Indeed it is him.

The True Lord Who Cuts the Moon and Builds the Sun beside him confirmed the True Lord Who Retains Clouds and Borrows Wind's thought.

No matter how the several adepts racked their brains, they couldn't figure out why Zhongli, who refused to enter the city with them, would appear here.

Thus, out of curiosity,

they furrowed their brows, glanced at each other, and immediately made the same decision.

Let's go, let's take a look.

The courteous adept also greeted Ningguang, while those veteran adepts like the True Lord Who Retains Clouds and Borrows Wind decided that as soon as they made the decision, they would instantly disappear.

Only Ningguang, Beidou, and Ye Lan remained, staring at each other in their seats.

The same situation also occurred in the other VIP seats.

This time, those who could follow their own deity to Xu Mi Cheng were, without exception, elite-level experts from each nation.

Except on the Mondstadt side, where the strongest's Grand Master Fa Er Jia is absent, leaving them slightly lacking.

Other nations have powerful experts holding the fort.

When these people saw the Electro Archon's retinue and Liyue adepts all heading to the same place, they likewise simultaneously got the idea to watch the excitement, running together to the basement of the inn where Zhongli was; only Snezhnaya's Executives took no action, all staring coldly with furrowed brows at their movements.

Such an anomaly.

Naturally, this also attracted the deities' attention.

Sovereign Lord, how is he there?

The first to spot Zhongli was, unsurprisingly, Xiao.

Even though Zhongli has now retired and yielded his position to him, Xiao's way of addressing Zhongli remains the two words 'Sovereign Lord'.

He was the first to notice the deity Zhongli revealing himself.

And he almost couldn't restrain his feet, wanting to go straight to see Zhongli.

But this impulse.

Soon he himself forcibly suppressed it.

Not for anything else.

Just for a sentence from Venti.

"That's not the old man."

The bleary-eyed Venti lifted the wine bottle, merely glanced down, and drew a conclusion.

Other gods who had seen Zhongli also all voiced their opinions.

Only Naweilait remained silent.

But he could also be certain.

That man, whose appearance and behavior were extremely similar to the genuine Zhongli, was a fraud.

"Morax?"

"Isn't that the Geo Archon's name?"

Furina quietly asked Egelia.

She also didn't know Zhongli, only knowing that the name Morax was the Archon title of the Geo Archon of Liyue.

"Hmm."

Egelia nodded: "That is indeed the Geo Archon's name."

She then also stared at the fake Zhongli, then turned her gaze to the Ice Queen who kept to herself, hanging high.

Boom—

A blast suddenly erupted within Xu Mi Cheng.

This violent explosion instantly shot up a huge mushroom cloud, covering most of Baoshang Street.

What's worse,

The power of this explosion could even shatter the Illusory Hall barrier that Nadixa had specially set up.

After the illusory dream world broke open a large gap,

the unprotected real buildings suddenly appeared before everyone's eyes.

At the same time.

A stronger explosion wave was brewing as the real Xu Mi Cheng departed.

The Liyue adepts nearest to this wave suddenly changed expression, without hesitation they immediately began setting up a Cavern Heaven Barrier, hoping to isolate this great explosion capable of blasting half of Xu Mi Cheng into the sky.

No one among them had ever imagined.

At such a major celebration in Xu Mi Cheng,

someone actually dared to set off such a terrifying bomb here.

You know there are more than hundreds of thousands of people in this city.

At least the first explosion still had Nadixa's Illusory Hall protecting it, so even if people were injured inside, it wouldn't be fatal.

But if such a great explosion were to actually occur in the real world,

it would inevitably affect at least tens of thousands of people.

What's worse,

In other parts of Xu Mi Cheng there were even more explosion surges, the most dangerous of which was placed directly inside the Academy; if detonated, this place storing all of Xu Mi Cheng's knowledge and the World Tree would be completely destroyed.

At such a critical moment.

Relying solely on the Archon's retinue naturally could not possibly save them from water and fire.

Only by having all the gods take action could these problems possibly be resolved.

Danger looming.

The intoxicated Venti opened his eyes, muttered the line "I'll go take care of that one west of the city," and then turned into a gust of wind and vanished.

Maiweika was even more straightforward, jumping straight down from the railing.

Xiao, Raiden Ei.

They each left the Palace of Purification in their own ways, heading for the various explosion sites.

Thus the scene became awkward.

Among all the gods, only two took no action.

One was the Ice Queen who kept herself apart from everything, the other was Furina, who was unable to act.

Naweilait's doubtful gaze also arrived at the right moment.

And after a brief panic, Furina immediately changed her expression, haughtily ordering Naweilait: "Your Excellency, the Highest Judge, what are you still looking at here? Are you still planning to let the great Hydro Archon Fukaluosi do such a trifle?"

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Naweilait's facial expression twitched slightly; seeing that Furina was serious, he shook his head, said "I'll go help too," and then directly floated down toward the final explosion site.

Until everyone had left.

Only then did Furina finally let out a slight sigh of relief.

Just then.

The Ice Queen's voice drifted over faintly: "This Hydro Archon has such airs, I can't even command my own subordinates' executors to do this kind of work like I would a servant."

"!"

Furina instantly tensed up, her body involuntarily trembling.

She didn't know why.

She suddenly felt that this cold-faced god had seen through everything about her.

(End of chapter)