Original God, but It's a Chat Group

"┗|｀O′|┛ Aooow~~!!"

The pain made Dvalin let out a miserable scream, but his six wings kept beating, supporting his massive body and preventing him from falling.

"Why did you appear there?!"

Dvalin turned around, staring at the unharmed Li Yue as he demanded an answer.

"I should have swallowed you!"

Li Yue did not answer. Instead, he delivered another one of Aizen's quotes.

"The sky is actually colorless. It never deceived you. Your own eyes deceived you."

"..."

Dvalin and everyone below on Gazing Star Cliff fell silent.

"Um... what does Li Yue mean by that?"

Confused, Paimon could not help asking Lumine.

"He means Dvalin's eyes failed to see his movement trajectory."

Diluc graciously provided an explanation while clenching his fist.

Dvalin was not the only one who had failed to see Li Yue's movements. Diluc had not seen them either. He had only seen Li Yue get swallowed by Dvalin's mouth, yet after Dvalin shut his massive jaws, Li Yue suddenly appeared behind him, and Dvalin had suffered a heavy blow.

Is this what Liyue's Adepti are capable of? He's unbelievably strong!

Venti, however, was different. As the Anemo Archon, he understood that Li Yue had used the power of space. Such terrifying power could have killed Dvalin directly, but Li Yue had not done so. Instead, he had merely slashed Dvalin across the back, leaving only a shallow wound. Li Yue clearly had no intention of killing Dvalin. Yet from Li Yue's words, Venti, an Anemo Archon fond of bluffing people, sensed something familiar.

The scent of showing off!

"Bastard! I'll eat you!"

Dvalin snapped out of the shock of Li Yue's Aizen's quotes and lunged at him again in fury. Li Yue vanished once more, and the instant he disappeared, Dvalin immediately twisted his body, but he still failed to evade that attack that sliced through space.

Another wound appeared across his enormous body, blood pouring from it.

If the people below could have seen clearly, they would have discovered that both wounds on Dvalin's back were concentrated around the area where the Poison Blood was located. Li Yue's two slashes had spilled much of Dvalin's Poison Blood, slightly easing the agony he had endured.

However, while the pain caused by the Poison Blood had lessened after being slashed twice, Dvalin had also developed fear toward Li Yue. He chose to beat his wings and widen the distance between them. He refused to believe Li Yue could launch such attacks from too far away.

"Why are you widening the distance? If you wish to kill me, you should come closer. Or are you afraid that, once you approach me, any part of my figure might vanish from your sight?"

Li Yue smiled gently again.

"If that is the case, then it is merely an unnecessary concern. Combat distance only has meaning when the opponents' strength is equal. Therefore, the distance between you and me carries no meaning at all."

"Like this."

As he spoke, Li Yue instantly appeared before Dvalin, even pressing his free left hand against Dvalin's head.

"You see, I can touch your body whenever I wish, then swing my sword and sever your head!"

His raised right hand swung Enma's Blade down at Dvalin's head.

Dvalin's eyes widened. He hurriedly flipped his body over and barely avoided the attack, then panicked and rapidly pulled away from Li Yue.

Li Yue did not pursue him. He remained where he was, looking up at Dvalin in the distance as he beat his wings to steady himself.

"Oh? You successfully avoided it already, Dvalin. You've grown. I'm very pleased."

"However, I advise you not to struggle too hard, because... the power to step over an ant without crushing it is difficult to master."

"So scary! Li Yue is so scary!"

Paimon gave her timely assessment from the ground.

"He looks exactly like some supervillain!"

"Indeed. Dvalin looks more like the victim instead."

Even Venti could not help nodding in agreement. He looked at Li Yue with a complicated expression. The scent was far too strong. Li Yue's words reeked of showing off to an outrageous degree! Could this Li Yue be some new Yaksha the old man had taken in?

"Is this what Li Yue is like when he fights? And for some reason, his words seem to be filled with new knowledge."

Nahida did not think Li Yue looked like a villain, but her intuition told her that his words were full of philosophy.

At that moment, Dvalin no longer felt anger toward Li Yue, only fear. He beat his wings with all his strength and shot into the sky, then began displaying all of his power from high above.

He summoned every gust of wind in Mondstadt that he could command, forming an incomparably massive vortex above Gazing Star Cliff.

"This is bad. Dvalin is going to use his strongest ultimate move!"

Seeing the vortex in the sky, several times larger than Mondstadt City, Venti could not help growing tense. Dvalin's reaction was even more extreme than he had expected. He was going all out.

The vortex Dvalin summoned even swept over the drifting snow from distant Dragonspine Mountain, causing snowflakes to begin falling above Gazing Star Cliff.

Li Yue extended his left hand and caught a falling snowflake.

"What beautiful scenery. The season may be wrong, but it's still nice to see snow and ice right now."

He looked up at Dvalin. An enormous amount of Anemo element continued gathering within the vortex, forming huge arrows of Anemo element under Dvalin's control and raining down from the vortex. This massive, wide-range barrage was enough to destroy all of Gazing Star Cliff! There was no chance of escape!

"It's Dvalin's ultimate move, Finale of the End!"

Just like in the game's storyline, Venti named Dvalin's attack right there on the spot.

"Is now really the time to be saying that? Shouldn't we be running away already?!"

Paimon grabbed Lumine's shoulders and shouted nervously.

"It's already too late."

Diluc made his judgment. He raised his claymore as flames began burning across its blade, preparing for a final stand.

"Yes, it's already too late."

Li Yue in the sky said the same thing.

He had been flying around so much that he was genuinely hard to hit, but now he was using a long-charging ultimate move. That made him a living target.

Enma's Blade in Li Yue's right hand slashed down toward Dvalin. A massive Space Slash appeared at Dvalin's neck, instantly shattering the Poison Blood there.

With the Poison Blood on his back and neck both shattered, Dvalin immediately lost consciousness and fell from the sky. The arrows of Anemo element under his control instantly dispersed, turning into natural Anemo element that blew in every direction.

Dvalin's enormous body crashed onto Gazing Star Cliff, landing not far behind everyone.

"The Stormterror has been defeated?!"

Jean stared in utter shock at the giant body before her, then looked up at the sky.

In the sky, Li Yue, gazed upon by everyone below, held his sword in his right hand and swept his hair back with his left, turning it into a slicked-back style. His face was filled with arrogance.

"No one has stood in the heavens from the beginning, neither you nor I, not even the gods. But the unbearable vacancy upon the throne of heaven is about to end. From this day forth, I shall stand above the heavens!"

Aizen: Very Slick!

The enormous East Wind Dragon lay on Gazing Star Cliff. The two clumps of Poison Blood on his back and neck had been completely shattered, and all the Poison Blood contaminating Dvalin had flowed out. With Venti's help, the massive wounds had begun healing. The Anemo Archon and his companion were treating and recovering together, while the others in the group surrounded Li Yue after he descended from the sky, their faces full of curiosity.

"Li Yue, you're amazing! You actually defeated the Stormterror."

God's Mouth Paimon had countless questions in her heart, and she impatiently questioned Li Yue.

"How did you do it? I didn't see a Vision on you. Could it be that, like Lumine, you can use Elemental Power without a Vision?"

"What he used was not Elemental Power."

Before Li Yue could speak, Diluc explained on his behalf.

"Not Elemental Power?"

Paimon was puzzled.

"That's right. What I use is not Elemental Power."

Li Yue admitted it generously, spreading his hands.

"At first, I thought I was using Elemental Power too, but the old man in my family told me that wasn't the case. So I do not know what kind of power I actually use. But one thing I can be certain of is that this power is very strong."

"You seem completely different now."

Paimon pointed at Li Yue with a trembling little finger.

"When you were up in the sky just now, you looked exactly like a supervillain. Now you look completely different. You went from a supervillain to feeling like an ordinary person in an instant."

"And your hair is different too."

When he was in the sky, Li Yue's hair had eventually turned into a slicked-back style, but now it had returned to its original naturally tousled look.

"Oh? Did I really look that much like a villain just now?"

Li Yue grinned as he asked Paimon.

"Yes! You looked exactly like some super bad guy! Dvalin looked more like the victim instead."

Paimon put her hands on her hips and nodded firmly.

"Then it seems my performance was pretty good."

Li Yue nodded in satisfaction.

"Mr. Li Yue, are you saying that you were acting?"

Grand Master Jean looked at Li Yue curiously.

"That's right, I was acting. I was copying my godfather. That's how my godfather acts when he fights. Doesn't it look cool?"

"It was definitely cool, but my intuition tells me your godfather is definitely not a good person."

Paimon gave a remarkably accurate answer.

Li Yue smiled without speaking, then turned around and asked in the Chat Group.

Meme Lord: Godfather, how was it? How did I perform?

Hair Gel Man in the Sky: ...

Having watched Li Yue's battle with the Stormterror from start to finish, Aizen did not know what to say for a moment.

Fat Woman in Black Stockings: Having seen the plot of Aizen's world, I can say it was very slick!

Hair Gel Man in the Sky: Your timing in delivering those lines was excellent, and your actions were clean and decisive. You remained calm and composed throughout the battle. To put it in Miss Kasumigaoka's words, your overall performance was very slick!

Following Kasumigaoka's example, Aizen seriously analyzed the matter before copying Kasumigaoka and giving him the evaluation of "very slick."

Meme Lord: To receive my godfather's praise, it seems I truly performed well. Excellent, the fun of coming here specifically to show off has been satisfied!

Fat Woman in Black Stockings: So you ran all the way to another country just to fight this dragon?

Meme Lord: Of course not. I also came to properly learn how to show off from my godfather!

Hair Gel Man in the Sky: ...

Fat Woman in Black Stockings: So you really came here specifically to show off?

Meme Lord: Naturally not. I also need to get some Anemo element creations from the Anemo Archon for my godfather. But now, I'm afraid I can not only obtain the Anemo Archon's Anemo element creations, but also conveniently get some Dendro element creations from the Dendro Archon for my godfather.

Hair Gel Man in the Sky: Thank you.

Meme Lord: No need to be polite, Godfather! Who are we to each other? Once the Stormterror recovers, I'll send you the Anemo element and Dendro element.

Nahida truly was an unexpected delight. He had merely wanted to test Shikai and see where the random Portal could open, yet the first Portal had led directly into the little Dendro Archon's room. There was no reason to turn down a free little Dendro Archon!

Li Yue looked at Nahida beside him. She stood next to him, watching Venti and Dvalin in the distance with curiosity. After following Li Yue for two days, Nahida had already witnessed his mysterious abilities. She knew about his power to slash through space with a swing of his sword. Furthermore, she was now Li Yue's adopted daughter and would likely continue traveling with him, so she had plenty of time to observe and understand his power. The Anemo Archon, on the other hand, was someone she wanted to learn from more. She wanted to see what experience in being a god she could learn from this senior in the position.

Last night, when Li Yue went to steal the Sky Lyre, Nahida and Venti had a brief conversation in the tavern.

They had revealed their identities to each other. After all, they were both gods, and neither could hide from the other. They then agreed not to expose each other's identities and to continue living while concealing who they truly were.

Venti was one of the First Generation of Seven Archons, while Nahida was a Second Generation Archon. Having been imprisoned for five hundred years, she had never attended an Archon Meeting, never communicated with any other gods, and did not know them. Thus, after properly introducing themselves, they could be considered acquainted. Yet not long after that, Li Yue returned with the Sky Lyre, so Nahida and Venti had not exchanged much. That was why she remained so curious about Venti now, wanting to learn from him how to be a god.

Now that the Stormterror had been defeated and the Poison Blood expelled, once he awakened, he would become Mondstadt's East Wind Dragon Dvalin once again, the Anemo Archon's companion who protected Mondstadt.

After that, she should be able to ask this senior in the divine profession about governing a nation, right?

Thinking this, Nahida could not help nodding happily. She was glad that the senior Anemo Archon and his companion could reconcile, and she was also glad that she would soon be able to learn knowledge from her senior.

Li Yue could guess what Nahida was thinking just by looking at her eyes. As the Dendro Archon, there were only so many things on her mind. Especially now that she had come to the Anemo Archon's nation and met the Anemo Archon, it was not difficult to guess what she would be thinking about. But when Li Yue recalled those videos he had watched before transmigrating, where three Archons raised a child together, he wanted to laugh. Every one of the gods before her behaved stranger than the last. If she learned from them, she would probably end up completely ruined.

But even if she ended up ruined, it would still be better than staying in Sumeru and letting that fool come into contact with the World Tree!