As afternoon approached, the storm finally began to subside. However, the torrential rain and thunder and lightning continued, and the entire region around Liyue Harbor remained shrouded in darkness.
But!
At that very moment, the sea around Guyun Stone Forest—the very center of the storm—was exceptionally calm.
Because...
The storm's vortex had opened a massive hole in the sky above, and the rising air currents allowed sunlight to stream through. At last, the Liyue elite who had come here aboard the Jade Chamber—the Qixing and the Adepti—could see the true form of the "Whirlpool God" beneath the sunlight. It was a gigantic, crystal-clear sea serpent with five heads, made of seawater and resembling a Hydro Slime.
It was clearly none other than the legendary "Whirlpool God," who had fought Morax, the God of Rock, during the ancient Archon War, only to be defeated and impaled with a spear of stone. The God of Rock had cast it into these waters and sealed it beneath the sea for countless years: Osial!
"Is that the legendary god?"
"It looks so terrifying!"
"Are we really going to be all right?"
A clear voice cried out.
Then, as the people on the platform heard it and turned around in unison, they saw Lumine and Paimon, who had come over with the Tianquan, Ningguang, and the Yuheng, Keqing.
"Lumine!"
"Paimon!"
"You're back?"
Seeing their friends, Xiangling and Yun Jin—whose faces had paled at the sight of the Whirlpool God's true form—hurriedly waved at them and managed a smile that looked more like a grimace.
"Yeah!"
"That trip was exhausting!"
"If we hadn't run into Lady Ningguang, we wouldn't have known where to go!"
"Did we make it in time?"
"Has everyone figured out how to deal with that Whirlpool God?"
After briefly explaining how she