Colonel Aether's Alliance Request: Mr. Zhongli, You Wouldn't Want To

As time passed, the initially restrained clash between the two gradually grew more and more intense.

From a contest of pure strength, pure technique, and pure weapons, it gradually began to evolve into a collision of Elemental power:

Wind, Geo, Electro, Dendro...

Rumbling, bursting, blazing, surging... all kinds of Elemental power shone against one another. One side took its bow, the other stepped onto the stage, putting on a carnival that belonged solely to Elemental power!

Under that raging, surging Elemental force, the surrounding tables and benches, even the guests beside them, were nearly caught in the crossfire of their battle...

Seeing this, Zhongli, who had been watching from the side, immediately frowned.

This could not go on. Tables and chairs were one thing; if they were destroyed, they could simply pay for them. But if someone got hurt, that would be troublesome...

At this thought, a terrifying aura abruptly erupted from Zhongli and inserted itself into the battle between the two.

That sudden aura, in a domineering and violent manner, forcibly locked the two of them in place.

Feeling this power, so mighty it could be called terrifying, Lumine and Aether immediately turned shocked and puzzled gazes toward Zhongli.

They did not understand why Zhongli possessed such powerful strength, nor did they understand why Zhongli had stopped their battle.

At that, Zhongli said nothing. He merely raised a hand and gestured for the two of them to look at their surroundings.

Seeing this, the two looked around, and the scene inside the teahouse immediately entered their eyes:

Broken walls and floors, splattered tea and tea leaves, damaged tables and chairs, and guests and passersby who had retreated far from the area with terrified faces...

Uh... good. Now they understood!

Looking at the teahouse that had once been harmonious, only