Help Me, Lady Raiden Ei

Wang Lei had genuinely been frightened by Morgana's Dark Dimension projection. He might not have feared Angels, and he would snap back whenever he felt like it, but that was because he knew the Angels would not casually attack him. If it were Morgana... maybe he should seriously consider settling down in Inazuma.

Just as Wang Lei was getting cold feet and debating whether to pretend he had seen nothing and head straight back to his shop, a sudden howl of agony came from Morgana's direction.

Wang Lei could not help peeking out again. It turned out that the villager named Yu Baosheng had already been implanted with the Demon Gene and turned into a sacrifice for A Tuo's resurrection.

A Tuo fit ordinary people's image of a Demon far better than Morgana did: a towering body, bluish-green skin, and a transformation that had appeared out of nowhere. By then, the villagers had backed away in terror again and again.

Still, someone brave stepped forward. A middle-aged police officer was trembling all over, yet his sense of duty drove him to draw his sidearm and point it at Morgana, demanding that they raise their hands.

Seeing that, Wang Lei slammed his fist against his thigh. The pain drove away much of his fear, and he began cursing himself inwardly. What the hell am I afraid of? That ordinary man knows perfectly well he can't stand against them, yet he still dares point a gun at Morgana for the sake of the people. I should have the combat power of a Third Generation Super Soldier now. How can I not even have the courage to cover civilians as they retreat?

Still, charging straight at Morgana was not wise. Even if he used Ether Teleportation to instantly send every villager here away and save the people of Huang Village, Morgana could still go to Hong Village, Lv Village, and Lan Village to revive her Demon army.

Wang Lei's goal was actually very clear. Even if Morgana wanted to revive her Demon army, she could not use Hua Xia's people for it. He could not meddle that far abroad. She could wreak havoc there as she pleased; there were already plenty of people overseas who worshipped Demons anyway.

That left only one option. Wang Lei could only call for backup. Calling the Angels over would just be sending them to their deaths. The strongest Angels on Earth right now were Angel Yan and Angel Chase. If those two encountered Morgana's Fourth Generation God Body, they would probably perform even worse than Wang Lei. At least Wang Lei could use the gap to keep some distance. Those two would just be feeding her kills.

So, he could only summon Raiden Ei and ask her to drive Morgana away.

As for whether Raiden Ei could defeat Morgana, Wang Lei felt the two were probably on the same level. After all, Ei had activated the Stellaron's protective ability with just one look. Morgana had shown nothing like that so far.

Thus, Wang Lei kept praying in his heart, Lady Ei, save me. Help me, Lady Raiden Ei, while spending forty thousand Energy Points to select Temporary Summon: Raiden Ei.

The system's functions remained as plain and unadorned as ever. Almost the instant Wang Lei confirmed his choice, Raiden Ei appeared beside him, sitting in a half-lotus posture with her eyes closed in the void.

She opened her eyes and said, "Wang Lei, I sensed that you were summoning me..."

Then Raiden Ei realized that something was off about where she was. She looked a little dazed, as though she had not yet figured out the situation.

Wang Lei did not care about that right now. He immediately bent ninety degrees at the waist, pressed his hands together, and pleaded, "Lady Ei, I know you have many questions right now. This truly is not Teyvat, and I am not from Liyue. But Demons are invading my country. She is about to massacre its people. Please, help me."

Ei looked up at the sky, then fixed her eyes on Wang Lei. "Wang Lei, raise your head. Though you deceived me, I believe in your sincerity. Later, I will give you a chance to explain yourself. I will decide how to punish you afterward."

Soon, thunderclouds covered the entire area of Huang Village, including Tianhe City. Violent violet lightning flashed in Raiden Ei's eyes as she raised both hands, which were likewise wreathed in purple lightning.

"However, this world truly seems free of the Heavenly Principles' suppression. And Elemental Authority is actually ownerless. My body has returned? Wang Lei, you will need to properly introduce this world to me later. But Eternity... never mind. Let us deal with this first. Fortunately, the Shogun did not come with me, or you would have been cut down."

With that, Raiden Ei slowly walked out into the street and faced Morgana, whose expression had turned grave.

Wang Lei hurried after her. He needed to cling tightly to Raiden Ei's pale thigh now. Otherwise, he had no way to stop Morgana.

Morgana had already sensed that something was wrong when the sky abruptly changed. This commotion was far greater than anything her Lightning Halberd could produce. Then Raiden Ei stepped forward, and Morgana immediately pressed her right hand to her earpiece and cursed into the communicator, "Damn it, Carl! Didn't you say Earth hadn't even reached the level of a Spacefaring Civilization? Why the hell did Queen me get blocked by a god the moment I landed?! And judging by that presence, she's no weaker than Queen me at all! Look at those thunderclouds in the sky—she's a Thunder God too! You'd better explain exactly what's going on! Did you treat Queen me like your scout?!"

The only response Morgana received through the communicator was a hiss of static.

Everything beneath the thunderclouds was Raiden Ei's domain. Even if she did not understand what hyperspace communication was, the powerful electromagnetic field was enough to interfere with communications.

Besides, Wang Lei was also present. He did not dare lower his guard against Morgana in the slightest. If she found him displeasing, she would use the Demon Claw to swat him without a moment's hesitation.

So Wang Lei practically pushed the Stellaron's energy to its limit, continuously using Ether Scan to scan the surrounding space.

Yet Wang Lei had actually forgotten that the Stellaron's effect on space was no small matter. Even the "Star Rail," symbolizing Trailblaze Aeon Akivili's authority, could be severed at will. Before a Stellaron, unless it was the Stellaron itself or another Stellaron, anyone else trying to use spatial abilities would face greatly increased difficulty and inexplicable calculation errors. Cutting off hyperspace communication was as easy as breathing.

Listening to the static, Morgana could only curse, "Damn it. That bastard," before giving up on the communication. She paced in a circle for a few steps, thinking about what to do. Finally, she put her hands on her hips, thrust out her chest, and glared at Raiden Ei as she asked,

"Um, unknown god, I'm Morgana, Queen of the Demons. Who are you?"

By then, Raiden Ei had already sensed the evil aura on Morgana's body. It was an aura carried only by those who slaughtered living beings wantonly. For someone like that, as the Thunder God, she only needed to bring down divine punishment. Her opponent clearly had no intention of admitting fault or repenting, so Raiden Ei decisively prepared to unleash her ultimate move.

Raiden Ei floated into the air. A diamond-shaped spatial opening unfolded from the gap at her chest, and the hilt of Musou Isshin slowly rose from the rift. Thunderbolts representing divine punishment began falling indiscriminately around her.

Wang Lei hurriedly used Ether Teleportation to send all the villagers who had been watching the excitement and were now terrified into collapsing on the ground to the center of Tianhe City. After thinking about it, he expanded the range and sent everyone in Huang Village into the city as well. Raiden Ei did not hold back when she fought. It would not be strange at all if she later unleashed a Musoujin Gorge.

Morgana's eyes lit up when she saw Wang Lei's novel method of teleportation. Turning people into quantum particles for quantum teleportation, rather than using Micro Wormholes to transmit them after directly analyzing them down to the atomic level? What kind of black technology was this? Since when could people become quantum particles, and quantum particles turn back into people?

Under normal circumstances, Morgana would have asked about it. Even if she did not ask, she would have knocked Wang Lei unconscious and taken him away first.

But with Raiden Ei drawing Musou Isshin, Morgana had no way to ignore her presence. At that moment, she was trying to analyze the two of them.

The male who could turn people into quantum particles made her Gene Engine frantically report, "Analysis error. Analysis error. Analysis error." It could not read anything at all.

As for the female deity who could be called the embodiment of lightning, the Gene Engine said it could analyze her. But the analysis progress began at 0.0001%, and after a long while, it could not even reach 0.0002%. By the time her Gene Engine finished analyzing her, she would probably have already been turned into charcoal.

At that moment, the loyal A Tuo stepped forward. He pulled a greatsword from the void, pointed it at Raiden Ei, and said, "Unknown god, retreat at once. You are not permitted to approach Queen Morgana any further!"

Raiden Ei had originally intended to strike this foot soldier down with a single bolt of lightning. His strength would have been enough to qualify him as a retainer during the Demon God War, but compared with her, he was only worth one lightning strike. He was not even as durable as Yae Miko.

But Wang Lei could not let A Tuo provoke Raiden Ei like that. He had summoned her to deal with Morgana, and the fact that she had not refused already showed him great favor. He could not let an inferior enemy provoke her. So he stepped forward as well. "I recall Morgana calling you A Tuo just now. Then, A Tuo, you are not qualified to raise your sword against the deity behind me. If you want to warm things up before the gods' battle, I'll play with you."

A Tuo did not waste words. He immediately swung his sword at Wang Lei.

Wang Lei naturally did not hold back either. He activated his Gene Engine and used Aether Encoding to alter reality.

"Target: ten centimeters ahead. Establish quantum barrier. Destroyer-class strength. Two meters high, one meter wide."

"Target: Demon God River Body, Third Generation Super Soldier. Define the friction beneath his feet as zero."

A flash of ether light gleamed beneath A Tuo's feet. After taking just one step toward Wang Lei, he slipped. Demons could fly with their wings, so slipping beneath his feet should not have mattered. But this time, A Tuo wanted to kill Wang Lei as quickly as possible, so he had used his wings to accelerate.

Moreover, at this point, he did not know there was something in the world capable of directly altering reality. Even if he had known, he would never have expected Wang Lei to alter friction directly. So he had never imagined that he would slip and fall.

That slip was fatal. A Tuo fell flat on his face, then smashed his face head-on into the quantum barrier Wang Lei had erected. That quantum barrier was strong enough to block a high-yield ship cannon blast. If A Tuo had already become a god, he really might have broken through it. But he was only a Third Generation Super Soldier, and a newly resurrected A Tuo at that. All he could do was flatten his own face.

Wang Lei then mercilessly kicked him while he was down, directly editing the paving stones and transforming them into a giant hand that tightly clenched A Tuo.

A Tuo had been knocked senseless by the fall and could not break free. He was lifted into the air just like that. Then Wang Lei did not hesitate to use the ultimate move every Aether Edit user knew: summoning an enormous amount of quantum particles for an impact.

Do not be fooled by how a small amount of quantum particles could pass through the human body without issue. That was only because the quantum density was not high enough and their speed was not fast enough. Once quantum particles formed an impact, it was no joke. Without special energy protection, they would directly destroy everything they passed through. Even if it was not organic matter, they could blast it straight into powder.

If A Tuo took a quantum impact in that state, completely unprepared, then unless he could ascend to a Divine Body on the spot, he would definitely dissolve into the quantum current. His Demon Gene would also be completely destroyed, and he would never be able to resurrect again.

Having calculated that outcome, Morgana made her move. As Wang Lei gathered a vast quantity of quantum particles, she deployed a dark-purple shield in front of A Tuo, directly blocking the quantum impact. However, the physical force still sent A Tuo flying, smashing through four or five buildings before he finally crawled back up after a long while.

Wang Lei shot Morgana an unhappy look, practically saying, What the hell? Why did you, the BOSS, interfere when our subordinates were fighting? Don't you know the rules?

Morgana would not feel embarrassed for breaking rules. In her philosophy, there were no rules that could restrain her. She snapped back directly, "What are you looking at?! Being able to play with quantum particles like a Void Engine... I really underestimated this backwater planet called Earth in the Chiwu system. Super God Academy doesn't have anyone like you, and no one has ever heard of you in the universe either. Looks like you're part of some hidden local civilization. Judging by your attack power, you're only at the level of a Third Generation Super Soldier, right? Want to switch sides and join Queen me? I guarantee I'll help you ascend to a Divine Body immediately."

Wang Lei had originally wanted to argue back. With Ei backing him up, he was completely secure. Judging from Morgana's reaction, she clearly feared Ei greatly. Otherwise, when she had blocked the attack for A Tuo just now, she definitely would have taught Wang Lei a lesson too.

A Tuo was one of Morgana's most trusted subordinates. If she had not feared Ei, how could she have allowed Wang Lei to bully him like this?

But while Morgana protected her people, did Ei not protect hers? Although Wang Lei had deceived her, he clearly had his reasons. She only needed to hear his explanation later. Besides, he had acted just now to help her. Though the process had been improper, it still counted as a Duel Before the Throne.

As the victor, Wang Lei had his spoils of victory rescued through his opponent's violation of the rules. Raiden Ei could not stand watching any longer, so she stepped forward and held out an arm to block Wang Lei.

"Just as expected of crooked, evil ways. You violated the rules during a duel, yet you still speak so self-righteously. Wang Lei, as the victor of the Duel Before the Throne, I will reclaim your honor for you."

With that, Raiden Ei floated into the air, Musou Isshin pointed directly at the sky. At the same time, the thunderclouds above formed an enormous vortex over her head. Purple lightning transformed into a pillar of thunder that connected to Musou Isshin.

The falling lightning grew fiercer than when she had first drawn Musou Isshin. The powerful magnetic field even lifted the stones from the surrounding ruins into the air.

Wang Lei had to frantically drive the Stellaron's energy within him, constructing a shield around himself just to survive the lightning strikes.

As for A Tuo, if Morgana had not continuously been shielding him, he would probably have already been struck into charcoal.

Wang Lei and A Tuo exchanged a look. The two who had just been locked in a life-or-death battle somehow found a trace of mutual understanding in each other's eyes. Sure enough, ordinary people were not even qualified to watch battles between gods—especially a god like Raiden Ei, who passively dealt area-of-effect damage.