Mu Yang's Lone Assault on the Fatui Stronghold

Mu Yang knew it was time to move.

There were two things left to do in Mondstadt.

He invested the popularity he'd just gained from trending on Weibo into upgrading his strength.

Even without using sword skills, just based on his Vision alone, he now possessed strength comparable to Acting Grand Master Jean.

"System, did you secretly skim some of the popularity points?"

The system feigned innocence.

"Hic, no, this stuff is like cultivation, even a small step forward is incredibly difficult."

"Are these gaps so easily filled?"

Mu Yang: "You better be telling the truth."

After finishing his strength upgrade, Mu Yang stood up and walked to the bar.

He was ready to pay and leave.

Little Diona looked at Mu Yang, her small face flushed.

She told Mu Yang that

the blonde sister had already paid for him.

Mu Yang thanked Diona for the information.

Then he praised her.

"The drinks you make are delicious, I really like them."

"Really?! Then come back again next time!"

After watching Mu Yang leave, Diona continued to stare blankly.

For some reason, she was just very happy.

The owner of Cat's Tail, Marguerite, couldn't help but tease.

"Little Diona really likes this customer."

"N-no way, I like all customers who don't drink!"

The regular patrons of the tavern chuckled knowingly.

That tsundere Diona was just as they remembered.

"What are you laughing at, you bunch of annoying drunks! Hmph!"

After Mu Yang left Cat's Tail, he didn't head towards "Angel's Share."

After all, he had said he wouldn't get involved with the Anemo Dragon's affairs without payment.

Besides, with his current persona, it wouldn't be good to be seen around Venti.

System: "You're going to kill his familiars, and you expect him to give you a good reception?"

Mu Yang: "Stop with the nonsense, quickly mark out that Fatui stronghold."

"The one where they put the Lyre of Winds."

That place was quite hidden.

But it was no match for Mu Yang's activation.

It was just marking a white box on the stronghold.

Was marking a white box really considered 'activating' something?

With a few steps of Lightness Skill, Mu Yang arrived at the entrance of the Fatui stronghold.

He remembered that when Diluc and the others came, they would put a mask on Lumine.

To prevent her from being recognized.

And they had to resolve it quickly.

Otherwise, encountering La Signora would be troublesome.

No matter how much the Fatui were disliked, they were still allies of Mondstadt.

Mu Yang didn't have such concerns.

He directly drew his sword and cut open the wooden door at the entrance of the stronghold.

He split the wooden door diagonally into two halves, upper and lower.

He walked into the stronghold.

The small guards at the gate didn't even have time to react.

Mu Yang had only made a slight move.

He already knew the limits of this first layer of defense.

After defeating all the Fatui soldiers present.

Mu Yang walked straight into the depths.

The guards inside, seeing the main gate breached.

Were scared out of their wits.

They immediately dropped their weapons.

And squatted down with their hands over their heads.

"Waaah! Don't eat me!"

He squatted on the ground, trembling uncontrollably.

Mu Yang approached him and asked, "Where is the Lyre of Winds?"

The guard heard a human voice.

He cautiously looked up.

And saw a normal human.

Only then did he slowly stand up.

He let out a long sigh of relief, "Hoo, I thought the Abyss Order had broken in?"

"So it's just a human..."

Then, he realized what had happened.

This person in front of him.

Had broken through an entire layer of defense and reached this place?!

Mu Yang held his sword to his neck.

And asked again, "Where is the Lyre of Winds?"

The guard looked at the cold, gleaming blade.

It was only a hair's breadth away from his neck.

"Ah— Don't do that! I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything!"

"The 'Lyre of Winds' is hidden in the deepest part of this ruin."

"The place where sacred artifacts are stored is locked. If you're looking for the key, keep going deeper. Don't bother me!"

"I don't know which advance scout has the key."

The guard spilled everything he knew in one breath.

He met Mu Yang's gaze.

And tremblingly asked, "C-can I go now?"

Mu Yang sheathed his sword.

He no longer paid attention to the guard.

And continued deeper into the ruins.

After the guard had run a good distance away.

He suddenly felt brave again.

He turned back and shouted.

"You, you just wait! We Fatui have an Executive stationed in Mondstadt!"

"If La Signora finds you, you'll be burned to death!"

Mu Yang heard this and sighed.

Sigh, you really had to bring up La Signora.

I was going to let you go since you were so sincere.

Why did you have to go and mention La Signora?

He then drew his sword and unleashed a beam of sword energy.

After that, he paid it no further mind.

Experts never look back at explosions.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the guard tried to turn and flee.

But he tripped himself.

Fortunately, he just tripped.

Sword energy flew past his head.

Giving him a bald spot.

The guard who fell to the ground didn't dare to shout anymore.

He immediately played dead on the spot.

After confirming that Mu Yang was not pursuing, he left.

At this time, Lumine and her companions had already finalized their plan at the Angel's Share.

She and Diluc were responsible for going to the Fatui stronghold to retrieve the Lyre of Winds.

But as soon as they reached the entrance of the stronghold.

Lumine was stunned.

Only the top half of the entrance's defensive measures remained.

The cut was extremely smooth.

Diluc examined it.

"It was split open diagonally with a single sword strike."

Paimon: "Someone beat us to it. Could there be someone else who wants the Lyre of Winds?"

Diluc shook his head, indicating he didn't know.

"Let's hurry inside."

Lumine agreed and immediately drew her sword, charging in.

The two were prepared for battle.

However, they had no need to fight at all.

Because the Fatui all over the place had suffered heavy casualties.

There was no one left capable of fighting.

Lumine examined the nearby corpses.

She discovered they all had only one wound.

Everyone had been killed with a single blow.

It was the same move that had cut open the wooden door.

Diluc returned after circling around.

"Some who didn't die are also severely injured and unconscious, so I can't get anything out of them."

Paimon said, "Master Diluc, didn't you say the Fatui were very powerful?"

"Even you had to wear a mask to cause trouble for them."

"Who else in Mondstadt would dare to storm the Fatui stronghold like this?"

Diluc frowned.

"To be honest, I'm not sure. There's clearly residual Cryo element on the wounds."

"But neither Kaeya nor that nun could have used such a precise and powerful slash."

Lumine: "It seems we can only keep going further inside."

Guinaifen's livestream.

Watching this development, Xiao Guizi became excited again.

"Do I even need to guess? It's my Mu Yang!"

"Who else could be this bold?"

"I haven't seen him for twenty minutes, I miss him."

[A Cryo Vision, plus these sword wounds, it's definitely him.]

[I'm lovesick, how can I live without Mu Yang?]

[He's even helping clear dungeons?]

[Why is Mu Yang here? I thought he'd leave after giving us information about his brother.]

Ying and Diluc continued deeper into the ruins.

As they walked, Diluc suddenly shielded Ying and Paimon behind him.

"Careful, someone's here!"

Lumine focused her gaze.

Indeed, a figure was rushing towards them!