Chapter 57 Ending.
Caught off guard by Osel's sudden attack, Kong, whose body was stiff, finally diverted his attention with difficulty under Yi Ran's gentle tone. He looked at the familiar chess piece in the man's hand, was stunned for a moment, and spoke:
"That is..."
"The Emperor's divine heart."
Liu Yunjiefeng continued the conversation, his voice filled with unexpected trance.
The gilded chess piece in Yiran's hand gradually released a brighter and brighter light, and the overflowing divine power slowly spread to the surroundings with the laws that were difficult to violate.
A familiar and reassuring aura enveloped the fairies and humans, except for Osel, who was also very close, who emitted a burning hiss. It was as if they had returned to the ancient battlefield thousands of years ago where they were stabbed into the sea by rock spears, and in front of them was Morax, who could not be defeated no matter what.
It slid back towards Guyun Pavilion suddenly as if by reflex.
Yiran smiled slightly and turned around to explain:
"Before he left, the Emperor made a contract with me. If Liyue encounters a crisis that even the immortals and humans cannot overcome, he would ask me to use the remaining power in his Heart of God to help everyone one last time."
The crowd was silent for a moment.
No longer pondering the sadness of the slow sharpening of the blunt knife, Liu Yun borrowed the wind to look at the vortex that had gathered again on the distant coast and the blood of countless weak demons who died, and said:
"Please, Yiran."
The man nodded, his pale blue eyes looking towards the angry demon god in the distance. The ancient and mysterious pattern on his forehead lit up again, and his antlers also began to glow faintly.
With his toes touching the ground, Yiran slowly floated in the air. His body leaned back gently, his white hair spread out like a waterfall, and the golden Heart of God in his hand also neatly slipped away from his palm and was thrown forward.
In an instant, a gigantic rock dragon that shook the entire world appeared out of nowhere along the path traced by the Heart of God, turning from virtual to real, announcing its existence with the aura of a king descending.
It hovered above the port of Liyue, looking down at the wooden planks and sailboats that were destroyed and overturned by the waves below, and its majestic golden eyes silently swept over the Liyue people who were shocked to the point of being unable to move.
Ignoring Osser who was trembling with anger in the distance, the dragon turned around and flew towards Yiran.
The tail inlaid with gold scales swung and coiled, surrounding the white-haired man in the middle. The dazzling dragon horns gathered in front of Yiran and slowly lowered, as if signaling him to follow.
Yiran smiled, with the same gentle curve at the corner of his mouth as always, and even stretched out his hand to touch the cold scales on the forehead of the rock god as if jokingly, and said softly:
"No problem, I'll go by myself."
In the eyes of the countless Liyue people in the port, there was a mysterious white-haired man who was like a fairy and surrounded by their gods. They even did not reject his intimate touch, leaving a bright platinum streak in the gloomy sky.
In fact, Yiran was just curious about what the real dragon scales of Teyvat felt like. After all, there would probably not be such an opportunity again in the future.
Perhaps Osel in the distance finally overcame the remaining fear it had when facing Morax, or perhaps those weak demons who were sacrificed innocently increased its combat power exponentially, it finally stopped trembling, and blew a huge energy vortex towards the direction of the rock dragon.
The shadow of the thousand-year seal forced him to fight back with all his might. The exploding energy body spun at high speed, causing a small area of high-altitude space to collapse, and shattered some tiny space fragments, which mixed with sea water and rushed towards the Rock God.
Morax let go of the dragon tail that was circling the man, and circled towards Osel. His golden pupils lit up, and his smooth tail, in coordination with his dragon claws, condensed countless rock spears filled with rich rock elemental power, which towards the center of the vortex smashed through the sky like golden rain.
Perhaps because the size of the vortex was much larger than the Geo God's attack method, the people at Liyue Harbor felt nervously unconsciously.
Kong clenched his fists. This was the first time he had truly seen the Rock God of Liyue Harbor since arriving in Liyue Harbor. In fact, this majestic rock dragon was more than twice as big as the dragon he had first seen at Yujing Terrace, but it was still half a circle smaller than the monster with five snake heads.
Because of their trust in the Rock God, the immortals might have relaxed a little even though they were worried. However, Paimon had already covered his eyes with both hands, no longer daring to look at the battle in the sky.
"Is it...over? How is it?"
Paimon asked with a soft, trembling voice.
But strangely, there was no response from her surroundings.
In the darkness, Paimeng felt a little confused and uneasy. She gently put down her hands, opened her eyes and looked up at the sky.
The next second, Paimon's mouth opened slightly involuntarily, and an even more shocking scene appeared before her eyes.
With Yiran's blue-white antlers as the focus, the man who was left hundreds of meters behind by the rock dragon had been surrounded by thick fog without realizing it.
Then, a giant blue dragon that also dominated the view broke through the vast sea of fog and flew towards Morax.
It is also a giant dragon with Chinese style. The original blue and white antlers are longer, less complicated and mysterious, and more crystal clear and domineering.
The blue scales even have a reflective luster, adding a layer of bright sky color between the low-lying dark clouds, while the hard dorsal fin and soft dragon robe are snow-white, covering the emerald blue scales, forming a contrast with the gloomy space, and swaying in the hurricane at high altitude.
The giant blue and white dragon transformed by Yiran let out a loud roar, like striking a copper plate, smashing between the vast sky and sea.
Morax looked back and saw his new friend following him. The golden and blue dragon eyes looked at each other, as if they had reached some kind of consensus. Layer after layer of huge clouds and mist came out from Yiran's mouth, literally covering the higher sky and sea.
All you can see is gold and blue moving through the clouds, changing positions, circling around the increasingly angry Osel, and swinging its tail.
The sea vortex that had been condensed with all its strength had already lost a lot of its power due to the familiar rock spear, and its vision was blocked by the sky full of fog. It didn't even know where to launch its next attack, and could only twist its snake head aimlessly and test it.
Finally, the clouds above the sea monster were hollowed out and gathered outward. As the clouds dispersed, a giant dragon emerged from it and flew away from the sea.
The dragon scales of Morax were still glowing with golden light, and the cloud mark he left behind was like a golden tail. Behind it, a huge meteorite with intricate patterns fell from the sky, staining all the clouds that had retreated around it.
In an instant, the sky and the earth changed color, with white as the background, and black and gold surrounding the entire sea surface. The meteorite, with an aura of terror that was so terrifying that it was impossible to look at it, smashed into the whirlpool demon in the sea.
I wonder if you can hear the howling of fear, despair and disbelief - accompanied by violent tremors and roars, the remaining power of the demon's death, with the power to destroy the world, created a huge wave and launched revenge on the entire Liyue.
Perhaps people are always unable to do anything in the last second before death. Sora just watched the energy intensity that he had only seen outside the sea of stars surge up on this fragile land, without any time to react.
Occasionally I thought of the immortal...or should I say, dragon?
Morax did not look back, perhaps foreshadowing a certain outcome that was still on the chessboard.
In the gaps between the mist, the light blue color of the dragon robe became brighter and brighter, more and more dazzling, like a burning blue flame, carrying the power of rules that cannot be perceived by the world, rolling up the white mist in the sky until it was dyed with blue spots again.
The bluish-white mist swirled around Osel's dead core power, compressing it, intercepting the energy that was just about enough to destroy all of Liyue, and finally enveloping it, getting smaller and smaller.
Until the giant white dragon was exposed to the eyes of the world again under the cover of mist, until the sphere containing huge energy was compressed to the size of a gem, the dragon opened its huge mouth, roared, rushed forward, and swallowed the power that even the gods who ruled the world were jealous of.
Far away from Liyue Harbor, on the mountain road where the Thousand Winds were escorting the people of Liyue to retreat, a boy tugged at the sleeve of his father, who was holding his head at his side and moving forward with the majority of the people.
The man gritted his teeth and said in a hoarse voice: "Listen to the uncles of Qianyan Army, don't look, and protect your ears."
But at the moment when he reached out to cover the child's earlobe, perhaps the pressure from the sea surface gradually weakened, and through the gap blocked by countless Thousand Rock Army soldiers, the subconscious glance still left him with an unforgettable impression in his life -
The golden rock dragon suddenly swung its tail again and looked up at the misty sky above the sea.
The giant blue-white dragon's fang tip pressed against the white pearl as it slowly swallowed it, accompanied by the scattered water vapor. Finally, it became more and more transparent, and turned into a point of light from the tail like mist, and completely dissipated in the sea smoke.
Morax paused, then turned and flew towards the horizon without stopping. Finally, it turned into golden light and slowly disappeared from everyone's sight.
At this point, there was nothing above the sea, the dark clouds retreated, the white mist evaporated, and the sun shone on the earth and the sea. Only a few warm water threads remained like the caress of a lover, gently caressing the cheeks of the living along with the sea breeze.
Sora looked at everything in front of him numbly, and his heart finally began to beat violently after realizing it belatedly.
"…It's over, Paimon."
Thanks to Ningguang's courage and bravery in destroying an entire group of jade pavilions, and the Seven Stars' sufficient and advanced emergency measures, there were almost no casualties in the entire Liyue Harbor except for the considerable consumption of materials and destruction of buildings near the coastline, and the destruction of the sea ecology.
In addition, the degree of danger of the development of the situation was indeed beyond everyone's expectations. With the Emperor's dragon form and True Lord Yinyuan Tawu coming forward to directly cut off the source, perhaps the people of Liyue will no longer be disturbed by the threat of demons breaking through the seal for thousands of years to come.
The already exhausted immortals finally highly recognized Liyue's autonomy as belonging to humans and no longer blamed it. The future Liyue may truly be a Liyue that belongs to humans.
After experiencing a super shocking CG with a huge financial explosion, thousands of players finally became active.
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"Oh, oh, the best president in the world, Ichiran, the best rock god Morax in the world."
"These two really handsome dragons are about to kneel down."
"What kind of weather is this? Meteors and fog covering the sky give me goosebumps."
"It's really amazing to watch it on the computer!!!"
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“I don’t even want to talk about how I was able to transform from a human into a fairy deer, and finally into a dragon. Bao has already shocked me too much today… The point is why my President Yi Ran disappeared in the end ah ah ah ah why (burst into tears)”
"A familiar plot..."
"I don't believe it. Baby Ishiro is still fine now! I don't believe that the white-haired blue-eyed guy I picked second could leave the stage so hastily!!!"
“But the energy that exploded and was intercepted in the end… somehow it felt like it saved Liyue’s life.”
"The handsome incarnation of the Rock God also disappeared in the end... And this is just the remaining power in the heart of the Rock God? Can't you leave us a dragon?!"
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Inside Northland Bank.
"What did you say?! You actually disclosed such an important deal to others! You even gave away the Heart of God?! Morax, do you value the contract you signed with your own hands?!"
Zhong Li pursed his lips, not offended by the offensive tone, and explained slowly:
"First of all, I can guarantee that I did not disclose the transaction. The gentleman knew the content of the transaction between you and me from the beginning."
He stared straight at the furious lady, as if questioning whether she had taken the initiative to reveal the content of the transaction.
"Secondly, this deal is not between you and me, but between me and the Ice Queen. As for the content of the contract, it only requires me to hand over the Heart of God to the Envoy of the Fatui from Solstice."
The lady frowned and turned to look at Dadalia who was also confused.
Under the arrogant gaze of this woman, Tadalia also became a little angry:
"Are you doubting me? No, partner, as an executive officer of the Winter Solstice, you concealed the information, secretly contacted the God of Rock, watched me run around like a fool, and rushed around for the Heart of God. You took great pains to make such a big fuss. That's fine, but now you still suspect that the Heart of God has been delivered to me a long time ago?"
He crossed his arms and looked unfriendly.
"If I had obtained the Heart of God a long time ago, why would I stay with a woman like you in this place for so long, and use such dishonorable means to fulfill the Queen's order, and finally watch helplessly as the thing I worked so hard to create was slapped to death by the Rock God..."
Originally, he wanted to wait for the Rock God to show up and defeat Osel before making a move to snatch it away. However, when everything was almost over, he found that power of that level was like a heavenly punishment. Even Osel, who had absorbed the power of many demons and sea beasts in his prime, was still unable to fight. It was simply not something his Demon King Armament could cope with.
"Who took the Heart of God? Is there a third Fatui Executor in Liyue Harbor?"
The lady interrupted Dadalia's thoughts and asked impatiently.
"Wait... the third Fatui executive??"
The image of the wolf-eared boy whom she had only met once in Liyue suddenly flashed through Tartaglia's mind. He was the twelfth seat of the Fatui Executive - "Hidden Wolf".
It was he who gave him the improved formula of the Hundred Taboos Talisman that could completely break through Osel's seal. It was also he who seemed to have participated in the entire process of the immortal summoning ceremony and infiltrated among the immortals as the president of the Liyue Port's Guild of Commerce.
...No, it seems that the opponent is actually an immortal, and he even stood on the side of the immortal throughout the final battle. He also turned into a giant blue and white dragon and helped Morax defeat Osel.
This shocking and amazing operation almost made Dadalia forget that the other party was also an executive officer of the Fatui who was suspected to have a personal grudge against Morax...
So... the thing he saw in the distance at last, the one with golden light in his palm, was...
"The third Executor of the Fools?"
A series of pleasant questioning voices came from the slightly open door, and Sora pushed the door open and walked in with Paimon, repeating the words he had accidentally heard.
Paimon caught a glimpse of Zhongli's clothes and quickly said:
"Hi, Zhong Li, I finally found you. Who are you talking to..."
"Chirp! One after another, Northland Bank is not a place for you to reminisce."
The lady was still waiting for Tartaglia to continue telling her the information. As she hadn't achieved her goal, she was in no mood to deal with her former defeated general.
"Ma'am??! How are you…"
Paimon was startled and shouted with his hands on his hips in anger.
"Well, I don't have time to thank you for always keeping me in mind. Morax, who did you give the Heart of God to?"
“…”
Zhongli glanced at Paimon, who was once again dumbfounded, and Kong, who had a look of understanding, confusion, and hesitation, then turned back to look at the young master and the lady.
He did not deliberately hide the fact that he was Morax from Sora and Paimon. It was obvious that Sora had already guessed this, but...
But Kong seemed to have seen the Heart of God in Yiran with his own eyes.
Coupled with the leaked discussion about the third executive, if Yi Ran's cover was accidentally blown here, it would be Dadalia's fault, not his.
"I'm afraid Mr. Dadalia has already reached a conclusion on this matter. So our deal ends here."
Zhong Li gestured to Sora and Paimon with his hands, then looked at the lady and said:
"Since a friend has come to see me, I'd like to excuse myself for now, Zhong Li."
"you……!!"
Zhongli's golden pupils grew colder and colder as he recalled the despairing stars in the sky above Liyue Harbor not long ago. Under the gaze of the God of Rock, the lady finally slowly died down, and her momentum gradually weakened.
"snort."
She turned around and glared at the young master.
"In that case, I hope that you, as a fellow Solstice Executive, can explain this clearly to the Solstice Queen."
Then the lady shook her sleeves vigorously, pushed the door open and left Northland Bank.
Tadalia still folded his arms, squinted his eyes, and ignored the woman. He turned around and smiled, waving his arms:
"Don't worry about it. After all, I'm not the only one who got screwed in this whole thing. I was just fooled by some chess players. It's embarrassing, but at least the purpose was achieved."
He had fought enough and watched enough shows. He was no longer willing to doubt the possibility of betrayal by the Thousand-Faced Executor. In this case, it was time to temporarily leave this warm place and return to the Winter Palace.
As Tartaglia walked toward the gate, she looked towards Sora:
"See you next time, buddy. After all, apart from the last falling out, we still get along quite well. I hope I can have a chance to test your strength again in the future."
Sora put one hand on his waist with a slightly dissatisfied attitude, and ignored the executive who was ready to challenge him. Only Paimon was chopping his feet in anger, complaining about his anger to Tartaglia.
Amid the young master's cheerful laughter, Sora looked towards Morax.
"Perhaps you still have some doubts. Ask and I will try my best to answer them." Zhong Li did not avoid the question and responded in a light voice.
Sora asked softly, "Before... the dragon that threw a huge rock at Osel in the sky above Liyue Harbor, was that you?"
"It's me. You must have known that as Liyue's last resort, I need to use the power of the Heart of God to appear at a critical moment to prevent everything from falling into a deeper disaster."
"That said, that was the last bit of energy you left in God's Heart before you died!!"
Paimeng was still not satisfied after rebuking the young master, so he turned around and questioned Zhongli.
"You know what, Zhongli? Faking your death was really too much! All the immortals and Liyue people miss you so much... When we were shopping on the street before... You should have heard it too!!"
Zhongli smiled faintly, with a shadow in his eyes, and slowly explained to Kong and Paimeng the whole story.
"Testing... Wear and tear..."
Sora shook his head and exhaled slightly. His thoughts became clearer and he finally brought up another question that had been bothering him:
"Since you said that the Heart of God is a contract between you and the Ice Queen... then why is it in Yiran's hand, why did he also appear in the form of a dragon, and where did he go at the end of the battle..."
Zhong Li hesitated for a moment and explained, "This is another deal I made with him... You have seen the result of the deal. Together we killed the Vortex Demon God, Osair, who was sealed by me under the Lonely Cloud Pavilion a thousand years ago. If I want to step down as the God of Rock and hand over the Heart of God, the Demon God seal that may loosen at any time may be the most difficult potential threat for the future people of Liyue to deal with."
“Since someone in Liyue Harbor wants to use this incident as a breakthrough point amidst the undercurrent, I will take this opportunity to see if Liyue is capable of welcoming an era without gods, and also use this opportunity to completely resolve the threat that I am always concerned about.”
"Of course, if Osel is able to show goodwill to Liyue after the seal is lifted, or find a way out to coexist peacefully, then Morax, no longer bound by the competition of the Demon War, will naturally be willing to let him go. However... this thousand-year hatred may no longer have a peace, and death may be a far better way to relieve it than being sealed."
After thinking about it, I figured out the key points of this matter:
"Since it is not difficult to kill Osel, why did they just seal it in Guyun Pavilion thousands of years ago..."
Zhong Li nodded: "This is the key to the deal between me and Yi Ran. He can purify the resentment from the devil after his death. The karma of the demon-slaying great saint Xiao that was temporarily completely eliminated a few days ago also makes me believe this."
Zhong Li smiled, as if recalling the scene of that day:
"Even so, I still have doubts about whether I can handle the huge energy of a demon god after his death. However... he proved this to me, using some power that belongs only to him. This is not information I can reveal to you... I'm sorry."
Kong cleverly realized that this secret might be related to the fact that the other party was an immortal but could transform into a dragon. He was silent for a moment and gave up trying to find out more. "So, he is okay now, right?"
Zhong Li nodded affirmatively: "I can guarantee that he can survive in such a situation with his secrets, so don't worry. But he may need a long time to purify the resentment of the demon god who died with fear and despair."
Kong heaved a sigh of relief. After ensuring Yiran's safety, he couldn't help but think of the words he heard when he first entered the room: "The Heart of God that the Fatui Executive needs..."
Zhong Li blinked his eyes: "Of course, when it was no longer needed, it was given to the third executive officer from Zhidong, a young executive codenamed "Hidden Wolf."
"Young man...executive officer?"
Kong repeated it. After all, Zhongli still had a deal with the Ice Queen. Maybe after Yiran used the power of the Heart of God, Zhongli took it away to complete the original contract.
After thinking for a while, Kong agreed with Zhongli on the date for the ceremony of sending the immortals, and then he turned around and left the Northland Bank with Paimon.
On the way to the streets of Liyue Harbor for dinner, Kong glanced at the tightly closed gate of Diqing Pavilion and suddenly remembered the deal between Yiran and Zhongli. What Yiran got...if it wasn't the Heart of God, then what could it be?
At the same time, under the peaceful moonlight, Zhongli, who was drinking alone in Sanwanbuguogangli, seemed unaffected by the disaster. While listening to the storyteller's high-sounding talk about the miracle of the white dragon pinning the pearl today, he was thinking about a question.
If the Heart of God is not counted as part of the transaction between him and Yiran because of the contract with the Ice God, then after killing Osel, the original fragments that were stripped out of its body by the rules and did not dissipate between heaven and earth but were recovered by Sky Island - are they the transaction items he really wants?
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