The Modified Honkai Eruption (Serpent Form)

"Of course, anytime." Venti nodded.

Venti was preparing herself while sitting on the edge of the cliff, and after about 20 minutes of preparation, she could have started playing at any time.

"Wait a minute, give me a minute, I'll wake up our helper," Chen Luo suddenly said.

"There are other helpers? Who are they?" Venti asked.

"Fu Hua," Chen Luo said, glancing at the Herrscher of Knowledge who had built a yacht on her own sea of consciousness and was comfortably lying on the bed enjoying the sea breeze.

"We're just summoning Tevyat, is it really necessary to make such a big fuss?" Venti couldn't help but complain.

"Our main approach is definitely gentle persuasion, but if the other party doesn't listen, then there's nothing we can do," Chen Luo said, shrugging his shoulders.

Tevyat, you don't want to go back to normal, but you also don't want to get beaten up. This puts me in a difficult position.

Chapter 169 Man-made Collapse - Modified (Snake Snake Form)

"I'll take care of the Stormterror, and you'll take care of the Abyss Mage," Chen Luo said to Herrscher of Knowledge, who had been woken up by him.

As for how to wake them up...

The easiest way to quickly wake someone enjoying life on a yacht is to create a storm for them.

However, this approach is not without its drawbacks, such as... the Herrscher of Knowledge is still angry.

"Hmph!" The Herrscher of Knowledge, arms crossed, snorted coldly.

I'm very unhappy right now, come and comfort me.

Although the Herrscher of Knowledge didn't say anything, Herrscher of Knowledge practically had those words written all over his face.

"Alright, alright, don't be angry. We're doing this for Venti, so how about we let you stay in the Sea of Consciousness tonight?" Feeling that his Sky Net was already woven, and not wanting to delay any longer because of the Herrscher of Knowledge, Chen Luo had no choice but to make a major sacrifice.

"It's a deal." The Herrscher of Knowledge instantly smiled.

"Honestly, why do they have to like living in there?" Chen Luo muttered to himself.

"Alright, let me repeat myself. I'll be in charge of trimming the Stormterror's nails and removing the poison. You're in charge of keeping that Abyss Mage in check, modifying his consciousness, and turning him into one of our own." Chen Luo said to the Herrscher of Knowledge again.

Actually, solving Stormterror's problem is quite simple. Stormterror's biggest problem is the poisonous barb on the back of its neck. Once that barb is removed, Stormterror will basically return to normal.

However, Chen Luo's mission was to restore the Stormterror to normal, so he needed to clean up its remaining poison as well. Therefore, he still needed to bring the other party into the War Domain.

Chen Luo promised to give Venti a completely normal Stormterror.

Furthermore, there's another reason to bring Stormterror into the War Domain: Stormterror can fly.

When Chen Luo was dealing with the Stormterror incident, he didn't want Chen Luo Abyss Mage to escape, and that's where the Herrscher of Knowledge came in.

As for having the other people here do this...

It's not that they were weak; the Darknight Hero of Mondstadt City, the acting Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius, the guerrilla captain Eula, and a semi-retired Anemo Archon could definitely kill the Abyss Mage, and they certainly could.

After Ying's brother is killed, who will look for him?

Therefore, we still need to capture them alive.

It's not impossible for the Herrscher of Knowledge to deal with the Stormterror, and for Chen Luo to deal with the Abyss Mage, but the main reason is that Chen Luo wants to challenge himself.

"Why do you all seem to be blaming Tevyat for not listening to advice?" Venti, who had been listening for a while, said with a hint of helplessness.

"Tevyat is a good boy, he really listens to advice," Venti tried to explain for Tevyat.

"Ahem, alright, you bard, hurry up and play your harp, we're all ready." Chen Luo waved his hand dismissively at Venti.

If Tevyat doesn't listen to advice and runs away, we'll have to chase him all the way to the Stormterror's Lair and fight him again. You have time, but I don't.

It was just a request, and it didn't even specify how it had to be resolved. It's already good enough that they could offer some gentle persuasion first.

Chen Luo's time is still very precious; Chen Luo hasn't had much time to make dolls yet.

Chen Luo is having a really tough time.

"Fine," Venti finally relented.

After all, if you think about it carefully, it's impossible for all the heroes who slay dragons to always use persuasion to convince the other party, right?

Sometimes it's more convenient to resolve things with force.

Venti doesn't want to hurt Tevyat, but sometimes she has no choice.

I'm doing this all for your own good.

"Then it's time to get started." Venti took a deep breath and stared at the Lyre of Winds in her hands.

"Hopefully, it will be a success on the first try, and that we can awaken Tevyat's sanity. Mondstadt City has been burdened with too much during this time." Jean sighed as she stood to the side.

Qin could relate to this all too well, as she had been extremely troubled during the time when the Stormterror was causing chaos.

Official business came in from all over the country like snowflakes.

Monsters like Hilichurl are almost invading the gates of Mondstadt City. This is outrageous.

"But in the end, it was all strangers who solved the problems. Oh, and a singer too. The Knights of Favonius didn't lift a finger." Diluc remained as prejudiced against the Knights of Favonius as ever.

Of course, these prejudices are indeed not wrong; the Knights of Favonius did indeed make a poor contribution during the Stormterror incident.

"Ahem, I can't pretend I didn't hear that," Eula said, arms crossed.

"At least I brought Alo into the city." But after attracting everyone's attention, Eula suddenly realized that she hadn't made any contribution.

"Alright, alright, everyone, spread out a bit. The world's finest bard is about to begin strumming his lyre." Venti waved her hand, drawing everyone's attention.

Looking at the Lyre of Winds overflowing with the Wind Element, Venti slowly walked to the very edge of the cliff and began to pluck the Lyre of Winds in his hand.

Standing behind everyone, Chen Luo had to admit once again that Venti was indeed quite good at playing the piano.

As the music began, countless gentle breezes carried the songs to faraway places, the rich Wind Element even making the sea breeze a bit stronger.

Two minutes later, the wind near Starfall Cliff began to rage, accompanied by some unusual sounds.

Holding the Vision, Chen Luo could even feel some anger and pain coming from the wind.

"Roar!" The storm instantly intensified, and a colossal creature flew straight up from the bottom of the cliff, the gale-force winds swirling around it causing the Starfall Cliff to sway slightly.

A magnificent dragon, both beautiful and slightly ferocious, soared into the sky, circled briefly, and then slowly flew to a position level with the Starfall Cliff.

The oncoming gale forced everyone present to shield themselves with their arms.

Only those Herrscher of Knowledge looked down on this enormous thing.

That's it? That's all?

Back in the day, I'd seen it all.

Just look at the size of this Stormterror...

Hmm, have you heard of Chi You, who could swallow half of Shenzhou?

However, this Stormterror is indeed much larger than it appears in the game.

This inexplicably reminded the Herrscher of Knowledge of the size difference between Chi You and Bebe Dragon, both Judgment-class Honkai Beast...

Chi You sat down, he could probably kill several Bebe Dragons, right?

"It's you... Now that things have come to this, there's nothing left to talk about." Stormterror slowly flapped its wings and roared at Venti.

"Really? Am I seeing things? Your eyes seem to be recalling this piece of music..." Venti said sincerely, holding the Lyre of Winds while looking at the Stormterror.

"Hmph!" The Stormterror neither admitted nor denied it.

Qin and Lisa, who were standing some distance behind, were also quite shocked by this.

This poet was actually able to communicate with dragons.

Although some of them had already guessed Venti's identity, they were still shocked.

Just then, a burst of Cryo energy surged from behind the Stormterror and struck the Lyre of Winds directly.

After being attacked, the Lyre of Winds was knocked out of Venti's hand and crashed to the ground.

Although the Lyre of Winds is a sacred object, it is ultimately just a harp, not a divine artifact, and was naturally directly damaged by this attack.

As for why Chen Luo, who already knew this might happen, didn't stop it...

Because Chen Luo is currently working hard to weave a net across the sky.

Chen Luo underestimated the size of Stormterror, making Chen Luo Sky Web appear somewhat small. So while Venti was talking to Stormterror, Chen Luo was actively working to expand his Sky Web.

"Don't be fooled by him, poor dragon..." An Abyss Mage slowly flew out from behind the Stormterror.

"He abandoned you long ago. Look, he's going to deceive you again... Look at those warriors charging up, aren't they the ones he gathered to hunt you down?" As the Abyss Mage saw Lisa, Jean, Diluc and the others go up to protect Venti, he didn't forget to further his seduction of Stormterror.

"Hate, be angry, you have already become an enemy of Mondstadt, there is no turning back." The seductive voice of the Abyss Mage rang in the ears of the Stormterror once again.

At the same time, the Abyss Mage's wand began to glow slightly, its power to erode and control Herrscher of the Heart controlling Tevyat through the poisonous blood.

Chen Luo scoffed at this sight.

Does this Abyss Mage even know what true corruption is?

Real erosion is not something so inconvenient.

Tempted by language and magic, the Stormterror roared.

"Barbatos! Did these people come with you to hunt me down?" The roar of the Stormterror stirred up a gale, making it difficult for the people to open their eyes.

"That's not how it is," Venti tried to explain, but the bewitched Stormterror wouldn't listen at all.

If Stormterror were of sound mind now, even if he didn't believe Venti, he wouldn't believe the Abyss Mage.

"This dragon should go and serve its true master. You can all just stand here and rage in vain!" The Ice Abyss Mage laughed wildly.

"Why are you yelling so loudly! Do you know you almost sprayed me with your saliva?" The Herrscher of Knowledge, whose face was sprayed with a gust of wind, walked up to the Stormterror and looked at him with displeasure.

"And you, you fly reincarnation, if you want to fly, just fly, why are you rubbing your legs?" The Herrscher of Knowledge gave the Abyss Mage the middle finger.

"Fu Hua..." Seeing Fu Hua so brave, Venti couldn't help but feel a little worried.

"Now!" Chen Luo's pupils widened slightly, and following Chen Luo's [instruction], countless black and red threads began to appear out of thin air in the entire sky.

Not just in the area above the cliff, but extending for dozens of meters across the entire sky, these black and red threads enveloped Stormterror, the Abyss Mage, Venti, Jean, Diluc, and even Paimon.

"Give it to me, come here!" Chen Luo shouted, and the net made of countless black and red silk threads suddenly tightened.

The threads passed right through Venti and his companions without causing them any harm, and they couldn't even hurt the Abyss Mage.

But when those threads touched the Stormterror, they seemed to transform into tangible, resilient ropes that enveloped Tevyat.

All the threads converged in Chen Luo's hands. The situation was like a fisherman catching a fish with his net, except that this fish was a little bit bigger.

"Holy crap, this is so heavy!" Chen Luo exclaimed, pulling hard on the threads.

Chen Luo had been standing at the very back of everyone's position, so the place where Chen Luo was standing wasn't strictly a cliff. Therefore, there was no need to worry about stepping too hard and breaking the cliff.

"Roar!" Feeling the binding gravity, Tevyat roared, his tightly bound wings flapping slightly, and the force of the gale sent Tevyat flying backward.

As Tevyat flew backward, it meant that Chen Luo, at the other end of the line, was pulled forward.

"The dragon's strength is immense!" Chen Luo exclaimed, holding his breath as he tried to test his limits.

"You, come here!" Chen Luo struggled to stop with his right foot, which had been dragged with two long marks, and a green light appeared in his eyes.

Even more miraculously, a huge, dark green, serpentine phantom appeared faintly behind Chen Luo.

Man-made Collapse - modified!

A tremendous force was applied to the net made of black and red threads. This sudden, Super Strength pulled the flying dragon Tevyat several meters closer, causing it to brush against the ground.

From Tevyat's perspective, Chen Luo was simply using the strength of an ant to wrestle with a dragon, so Tevyat didn't take it seriously at all. Therefore, when that enormous force struck, Tevyat was caught off guard and crashed heavily onto Starfall Cliff.

The crowd, already stunned by the struggle between humans and dragons, had retreated frantically after being reminded by the Herrscher of Knowledge, and thus escaped unscathed.

"Roar!" With anger surging in his heart, Tevyat roared at Chen Luo once again, then abandoned his previous contempt and suddenly spread his wings.

Only when the Stormterror's feet are on the ground can it truly display the terrifying power of a dragon. Even when Chen Luo stretched his feet 10 centimeters into the ground, two drag marks were still plowed out.

After realizing that it was foolish to compete with a dragon in strength, Chen Luo immediately released the net in his hand, which almost caused the Stormterror, which was wrestling with Chen Luo, to fall backward.

It's not that Chen Luo had no backup plan, but it would be foolish to try to outmuscle a dragon.

Moreover, Chen Luo had achieved his testing objective, so there was no need for a pointless power struggle.

"Venti, Stormterror, I'm taking you with me. See you later. I'll return a normal Tevyat to you then." Chen Luo waved to Venti and then glanced at Stormterror.

"Hey, wait..." Venti was about to say something to Chen Luo, but Chen Luo disappeared instantly, along with Stormterror.