The Real Fighting Power Has Arrived—Let's Freeze Them Together

"Ah!!!"

"Eek!!!"

The startled cries of a young man and woman rang out through the woodland on the outskirts of the Court of Fontaine.

Behind them, an enormous, furious Hydro Slime bounced along in pursuit.

"Hey, hey! Aren't you a god? How are you running faster than me? Hurry up and use your normal attack to think of something!" Seeing Furina racing ahead, Wu Wanghai immediately got angry. This woman only knew how to watch from afar, and now that he was being chased by a monster, she still would not help.

"Huh? M-my power is all inside the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale, transformed into 'Indemnitium' to keep Fontaine running!" Furina turned around as she answered, then said indignantly, "Who told you to provoke the most troublesome creature for us for no reason? Besides, I'm your master. You should be protecting me properly!"

Furina nodded, then turned around and began blaming Wu Wanghai for his incompetence.

"Come on, I just wanted to test my normal attack. Who would've thought the promised massive Physical damage was fake? At least the aggro-drawing part was rock solid." Wu Wanghai took out his phone and looked speechlessly at his skill interface: Normal Attack, Bang-Bang Invincible Punch.

Fine, fine, fine. This had clearly learned from the skill showcase video when MiHoYo first released Zhongli, the Geo Archon.

"Then you can only blame yourself. You're way too weak! If Clorinde were here, I wouldn't need to worry at all. Even ten thousand Electro Slimes would be easily dealt with in one move." Furina shook her head, crossing her arms with her left hand while casually pointing off to the side with her right index finger.

Clorinde, who was patrolling the city, said: If ten thousand Electro Slimes came, I'd be scared too!

"Huff, huff... But luckily, that Hydro Slime stopped chasing us after we ran several hundred meters." While bickering with Furina, Wu Wanghai noticed that the Hydro Slime had disappeared. It had probably left its aggro range—or rather, they had left its territory.

"I get it now. I get it all now! You, the Hydro Archon from Genshin Impact, really are just an Aqua knockoff!" Wu Wanghai shook his head. If that was her setting, he could accept it.

"What does that mean? What Aqua?" Furina looked utterly confused, her curiosity piqued.

"It's just... flowers, birds, wind, and moon~~~" Wu Wanghai did not want to explain in detail. He merely spread his hands and put on a little performance, spraying water from both palms like fountains.

At his current level, he could only control this much water, but it was enough for a performance.

"Clap, clap, clap!" Furina applauded, still not understanding. "Hm?"

"It means, come chase me, you trash Hydro Archon, Furina!" Wu Wanghai held his right hand in front of Furina, raised his thumb, then pointed it downward—a classic taunt. The moment he finished, he took off at full speed.

Furina froze. He actually dared? In all her years, this was the first time she had encountered someone so disrespectful toward a god, so openly provocative!

"Stop right there!!! Y-you're the trash one!" Seeing Wu Wanghai already fifty meters away, Furina hurried after him.

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This was bad! Damn it, while he had a stamina bar, he could sprint as much as he wanted without getting tired. But once the stamina bar was emptied, he really started panting for breath. He could only walk slowly.

So Furina, whose stamina he had no idea about, immediately caught Wu Wanghai.

"Hahaha, you can't do it either! You're not even as good as me! Trash~" Furina was overjoyed.

Someone was clearly weak herself, yet called others trash. I won't say who.

Ah, Wu Wanghai's heart was pierced. He suddenly felt incredibly excited. "Please scold me a few more times, Fufu!"

"Eek, no, no!" Furina's smile vanished as she shuddered. Why was there someone who actively asked to be scolded?

"Rustle, rustle, rustle~" A strange sound suddenly came from the distant bushes.

Furina silently quickened her pace, slipping behind Wu Wanghai.

"Oh, how annoying. Why was there a frog hiding here too?" The girl, exposed because she had tried to chase away a frog, swayed as she crawled out of the grass.

The girl adjusted the red hat on her head and put away her camera. "Hahaha, hello, you two. I'm just a passing girl catching frogs~ Please continue. I really don't know anything."

"It's Charlotte! The most troublesome reporter from The Steambird! Damn it, we were still found." Furina whispered from behind Wu Wanghai.

Then she stepped forward twice and stood in front of Wu Wanghai, addressing Charlotte. "Even if you're a reporter, casually following people is very rude! There is nothing about us worth paying attention to. Let me warn you: if I see any bad news, you know what will happen."

Charlotte scratched her head sheepishly. "Hehe, Lady Furina, don't worry, don't worry. You know me. I'm not one of those bad reporters who twist facts just to chase traffic and attention. What I pursue is truth above all else. Even if I saw something, I would ask the people involved for permission before publishing it in the newspaper."

"If there's nothing else, I'll be going. I won't disturb you two." Charlotte turned around, intending to slip away at once.

But Wu Wanghai, standing behind Furina, suddenly spoke up. "Wait, you can't leave!"

"What are you doing?" Furina tugged down Wu Wanghai's clothes and quietly asked in his ear.

"Okay, okay, then I won't leave." Charlotte narrowed her eyes, visibly delighted.

Furina was speechless. This reporter really knew how to take a mile when given an inch.

"You saw it too. We're currently patrolling the areas around the Court of Fontaine, clearing out threatening monsters. Lady Hydro Archon is also taking me around to familiarize myself with the environment. But just now, I don't know whether you saw it, but we were chased by a Hydro Slime."

"Ahaha." Charlotte felt embarrassed for both Furina and Wu Wanghai. She really had seen it—and had casually snapped several photos.

"That was a giant Hydro Slime! And it was only a minor monster, not worth a god's intervention. But he just had to provoke it. The most important part was that he couldn't even beat it, so in the end, I could only run along with him!" Furina crossed her arms, glanced at Wu Wanghai, then turned her head away.

Wu Wanghai continued along those lines, while inwardly feeling speechless. Teyvat in reality really dared to have enemies with immunities.

"Come on, I have a Hydro Vision too, but my normal attack is completely useless. I really couldn't do anything to a Hydro Slime! If only I could master multiple elements."

"That's true. I can't do anything to Cryo Slimes either." Charlotte nodded in deep understanding.

Furina let out a breath inwardly. At least she had not ruined her image in the end.

"Anyway, you came at just the right time. Help us fight monsters together." Wu Wanghai sincerely invited this tool-like teammate to help farm experience.

"But I'm not very good at fighting either..." Charlotte lowered her head slightly and spoke with reserved shyness. Would she embarrass herself in front of Lady Hydro Archon later too?

"It's fine. I hit once, you hit once, and we freeze them together!" Having recruited some real fighting power, Wu Wanghai was brimming with confidence. He could hardly wait to start farming monsters for experience.