Chapter 101
"You can do that?"
Ying was shocked. She didn't expect that after Li Yue summoned the Wood Person, he would also put the Wood Person in the Armor of Thunder. In this way, the Wood Person, which she had previously thought was not a threat, suddenly had the Authority of Thunder to neutralize it, and she was going to feel uncomfortable again!
Having completed all of this, Li Yue stood on the Wood Person's shoulders and crossed her arms again.
"Raiden Shogun, let's begin the second round!"
After saying that, the Wood Person swung his Blade of Lightning and slashed at the Raiden Shogun!
In the second round, Li Yue began to counterattack. Previously, it was the Raiden Shogun who took the initiative to attack, while Li Yue's Takemikazuchi defended. This time, however, Li Yue took the initiative to attack.
Relying on the advantage of his enormous body and the fact that the Armor of Thunder, a manifestation of the Authority of Thunder, greatly negated the power of the Thunder God, Li Yue made his move and began to bully others by taking advantage of his strength!
Previously, if it was just Takemikazuchi, it wouldn't have much mass, but now it's different. Its inner core is an incredibly heavy Wood Person. When this huge and heavy slash came down, Raiden Shogun, who didn't even consider dodging, used his own Blade of Lightning to take the hit head-on. As a result, Takemikazuchi and his sword were directly cleaved away!
Like a meteorite hitting the ground, it crashed directly onto the ice below, creating a huge crater.
Without giving Ying any time to react, Li Yue immediately gave chase. The giant armored Wood Person landed on the ice and struck Ying again at the spot where she had landed.
The 40-meter-long sword, with a single slash, directly cut the entire ice surface in two.
I can also wield a single, Musou Isshin! From now on, this place will be called the Wuxiang Ice Rift, if this ice can remain there indefinitely.
Lightning erupted from beneath the ice, knocking Li Yue backward.
Raiden Shogun burst out from under the ice. Li Yue's two slashes hadn't caused her any real harm, but they had left her in a very sorry state, covered in seawater from under the ice and with ice shards mixed in with her hair.
"Give up the struggle! You cannot defy me, who possesses the power of the gods!"
Li Yue stood on the Wood Person's shoulders and mocked Ying.
"Hmph! If I can kill you once, I can kill you a second time!"
Without hesitation, Ying chose to disappear into the void again. The enormous eye of thunder reappeared, and just like before, a huge skeletal arm appeared, wielding a forty-meter-long cleaver, and slashed directly at Li Yue's Wood Person.
Li Yue's Wood Person, just like before, swung its 40- Blade of Lightning and clashed with the opponent's Tachi.
Lightning erupted again, and the entire sky was once again shrouded in purple light. This time, because the sea was completely frozen, the impact did not cause a tsunami, but it shattered the ice below instantly, creating a huge ice hole thousands of meters long in the middle of the sea.
After this strike, the Wood Person disappeared. After the Thunderclap Armor was broken by the Raiden Shogun's strike, the Wood Person under the Thunderclap Armor could not withstand the strike and was directly cut in half.
Having completed the attack, the shadow emerged from the void, looking at the giant Wood Person below that had shattered in two, and she was somewhat satisfied.
The general's body was specially modified to allow her to fight for an extremely long time. As long as the general is not damaged, she can continue to fight.
However, such a powerful strike cannot be used continuously in a short period of time; it will take some time before it can be used again.
"What terrifying power. You've already used this move twice."
Li Yue reappeared, still unharmed as before, and the lightning ring reappeared behind him.
Ying understood that Li Yue was about to summon the so-called Takemikazuchi again.
If Li Yue continues to summon them like this, neither side can truly gain the upper hand!
We must find a way to break this cycle!
Ying stared at Li Yue carefully and noticed that Li Yue rarely made a move himself. It was mostly the Wood Person he summoned and Lei Kai who did the fighting. Could it be that this new Rock King is not very good at martial arts?
Yes, very likely!
While Morax is skilled in martial arts, this new Rock King may not be so. He's only been the Rock King for a few days and looks very young! His martial arts skills are definitely lacking, which is why the Wood Person and Thunder Armor have been fighting each other!
If we can find a way to control his true form, we can end this battle, win the competition, and leave him in Inazuma!
With this in mind, Ying made his move again, controlling the Raiden Shogun to charge towards Li Yue. At this moment, Li Yue had summoned the Wood Person with thunder armor again. Seeing the Raiden Shogun charging towards him, he did not hesitate to have the Wood Person swing his sword at the general.
The general raised his hand and threw out a Spear of Thunder. The huge lightning explosion rendered both the Wood Person and the Raiden Shogun unable to move. However, the Wood Person's free left hand still reached out to grab the lightning general, but was blocked by the Raiden Shogun with his Blade of Lightning.
Li Yue habitually controlled the Wood Person to kick Raiden Shogun.
However, something unexpected happened to Li Yue. When the Wood Person kicked, the Raiden Shogun herself detached from her exoskeletons and charged out on her own. She even transformed into a bolt of lightning and rushed towards Li Yue. Holding the Dream of One Heart, she charged directly at Li Yue!
"Solid as a Rock!"
Li Yue quickly activated her shield, but Thor immediately unleashed his ultimate attack without hesitation.
"Musou Isshin!"
He delivered a sudden Musou Isshin to Li Yue's face.
The massive blade of light cleaved Li Yue's Wood Person in two from the shoulder, and Li Yue's shield was also affected by the strike, shattering instantly.
However, Shadow controlled the angle of the strike, only breaking through Li Yue's shield without harming Li Yue's body. After the light faded, Shadow stood on the remaining shoulder of the Wood Person, holding Dream of One Heart in his right hand, with the blade against Li Yue's neck.
"Rock King, you've lost."
"According to the contract, you will stay in Inazuma from now on."
Ying emphasized this earnestly.
However, Li Yue, with a knife to her neck, actually laughed.
"Is that so, Thor? Is that what you think?"
"Um?"
Click—
Suddenly, cracks appeared on Li Yue's face.
Click—
No, it wasn't Li Yue's face that cracked, but Ying's vision that cracked.
As Ying's vision cracked open, the scene before her changed dramatically. She was no longer on the sea, nor was there Wood Person in front of her. Instead, she was in the square in front of the Thousand-Armed, Hundred-Eyed Statue, and Li Yue was standing in front of her, holding a Tachi to her neck.
"Thor, you've lost."
"This is!"
Ying stared wide-eyed at the blade against her neck, unable to believe it.
"It was just a friend who lent me the power; I call it Kyōka Suigetsu."
Li Yue pushed up glasses that weren't actually on her face.
The power of dreams!
Ying immediately understood what was going on. The power of the Greater Lord Rukkhadevata could affect even Demon God, but it shouldn't be like this. She shouldn't be affected, as she was always on guard.
She asked, unwilling to give up.
When was it?
What do you mean?
"I asked you when you used the Kyōka Suigetsu."
Li Yue smiled slightly.
"I should say, when did you begin to have the illusion that I wasn't using the Kyōka Suigetsu?"
"Could it be!"
Ying recalled that when Li Yue arrived at the square, she sensed an elemental fluctuation before turning around. Could it be that Li Yue had already begun using her dream powers from that moment on?
After unleashing his dream powers, Li Yue constantly mocked Ying, and later even revealed the true Takemikazuchi, causing Ying to focus all his attention on the real Authority of Thunder, completely ignoring his mental state, thus perfectly absorbing the control of the dream powers!
The entire Inazuma City was equally shocked, because under their watchful eyes, Li Yue walked openly and brazenly up to their proud Her Excellency, then drew her sword and held it to the Her Excellency's neck. The Her Excellency just stood there, completely unresponsive, until Li Yue put the sword to her neck before she reacted. It was as outrageous as a fixed match!
Under Inazuma's shocked gaze, Kage clenched his fist and then spoke helplessly.
"I lost."
Upon hearing Kage's words, Inazuma immediately erupted in uproar.
"Her Excellency! No, this can't be!"
"Her Excellency, you will not lose! It must be Morax used some trick!"
"General..."
"Shut up!"
With a wave of his hand, the oppressive force of lightning silenced everyone present.
"A loss is a loss. I was under the Rock King's illusion from the very beginning. If the Rock King wanted to kill me, I would have died just now."
"So, in this match, I lost to the Rock King!!"
With Thor admitting it himself, the Inazuma people had nothing more to say. Their invincible Raiden Shogun had lost to the Geo King right in front of them. As a result, the Inazuma people would never be able to hold their heads high in front of the Liyue people again.
However, what they didn't expect was that what happened next was even more beyond their imagination.
"According to the contract, I failed to challenge the Rock King, so I need to pay an equal price."
Ying stared directly at Li Yue.
"My request to Rock King was to win this match so that he could stay in Inazuma and become my right-hand man. But I lost, so from now on, I will become Rock King's right-hand man! I will follow Rock King to the side!"
"Um?"
Li Yue looked at Ying in surprise. "How come I've never heard of this condition?"
But Ying hadn't finished speaking.
"Considering that the Geo Archon is the god of Liyue and will stay in Liyue for a long time, while I, as the god of Inazuma, need to take care of Inazuma, I have decided to relinquish the position of Thunder God and hand it over to the Geo Archon! The Geo Archon has a greater power to use the Electro element than I do, and he is more suitable for the position of Thunder God!"
As I said yesterday, Liyue is your territory, so you should go back to Liyue.
Since we can't make you stay in Inazuma by winning, then let's just make Inazuma your territory. It's all your territory. You can't just ignore Inazuma!
No matter who wins or loses, I have a way to keep you here!
Raiden Ei, Plan Ahead!
Unlike Raiden Ei, Inazuma, who was present, felt as if the sky had fallen after hearing her words!
168. General Li Yue, a five-star general
Raiden Shogun, you relinquish the position of Thunder God to Emperor Liyue!
This news was like a major earthquake for the entire Inazuma.
For the Inazuma people at the bottom of Inazuma, Raiden Shogun is an absolute faith, because Raiden Shogun has protected Inazuma for thousands of years. It is Raiden Shogun who has cleansed up the monsters that threaten Inazuma. No matter how powerful the monsters or even the Demon God, as long as they dare to invade Inazuma, Raiden Shogun will kill them all and protect Inazuma.
Therefore, the Inazuma people have unparalleled admiration and unwavering faith in Raiden Shogun, believing that Inazuma can lead them to the future.
Even the Inazuma who joined the resistance because of the Vision Hunt Decree, were thinking that they could return to Inazuma after the war ended, instead of staying on Watatsumi Island. They still believed in the Thunder Kamisato siblings said, they were rebelling against the Vision Hunt Decree, not the Raiden Shogun.
Of course, those guys from Watatsumi Island don't count.
But now, the Raiden Shogun they admire and worship has inexplicably lost to the Geo Archon of Liyue, and then directly relinquished his position as Thunder God. This is a huge blow to them.
"Her Excellency! You mustn't!"
Of course, the loudest cries came from the people of the Tri-Commission's side. Their power all came from Raiden Shogun. Without Raiden Shogun, it was hard to say what would become of their power. Therefore, they had to do everything possible to prevent this from happening!
"Her Excellency, Inazuma is your Inazuma, and the position of Thunder God is yours, and can only be yours. It cannot be given to anyone else!"
"That's right, Her Excellency. Inazuma can't live without you. Only you truly love us. If we give the position of Thunder God to someone else, no one else will love us!"
The Head of the Kujou Clan knelt down and begged Raiden Shogun, who was already standing behind Li Yue.
The Kujo clan, leading the Inazuma Tenryou Commission, practically held military power in Inazuma. They were incredibly powerful and influential. If the gods were replaced, who knows what they would become?
"There's nothing I can do, I lost, and I have to bear the consequences of losing."
Shadow answered the Head of the Kujou Clan with a blank expression.
"After all, the only one who can wager an equal stake with the god of a nation as the stake is me, who is also a god of a nation."
"I paid the price for my arrogance, so now, as the Rock King's right-hand man, I am no longer suitable to be the Thor."
"But, Her Excellency!"
"Shut up!"
Shadow forcefully interrupted the Head of the Kujou Clan.
"Do you want me to become a faithless god?!"
With this blame placed on him, the Head of the Kujou Clan immediately shut up. He dared not speak out. Even if Kage was willing to continue being the God of Thunder, he would probably become the sinner who made the God of Thunder a faithless god, and then he would be scapegoated and kicked out of the position of head of the family, or even kicked out of the Kujo clan.
Now, all he can do is try to figure out how to retain his power after the change of personnel for Inazuma's Thor.
After all, the Tri-Commission are the local strongmen of Inazuma. Even if the Rock King becomes the Thunder God, he still has to go through the Tri-Commission to govern Inazuma, right? Can he bring people over from Liyue? Even if he brings people over, in Inazuma, even if they are outsiders, they have to bow down to these local strongmen. Otherwise, without the support of the Tri-Commission, they will not be able to convey their decrees to the whole of Inazuma!