Li Qiuzhi watched their attacks, neither of which seemed to have done anything to the Wolf of the North.
He tensed his legs and, just as it was about to crash into Lumine, leaped out and tackled her aside.
"Ah!"
Lumine only felt someone grip the shoulders exposed by her white dress before she was pushed flying to one side.
Freed from the restraint of Anemo, the ball of icy mist suddenly exploded. The tremendous impact struck Li Qiuzhi's back, abruptly boosting his speed.
Then he crashed uncontrollably into Lumine's embrace.
Just as the freezing pain of the Cryo damage to his back was about to reach his brain, it was scattered by the warm softness and suffocating sensation against his face.
Bang!
Lumine's back slammed straight into the wall of the ruined pit, and several cracks appeared in the wall from the impact.
"Oww..."
As she felt the pain in her back, Lumine also felt a stifling pressure on her chest. Opening her eyes a little, she discovered Li Qiuzhi lying against it.
"Hey, are you okay?"
They slid down the wall. Lumine patted Li Qiuzhi, whose face was buried against her chest, a trace of concern showing in her amber eyes.
She knew that Li Qiuzhi, pressed against her front, had taken the brunt of the Cryo explosion, which was why she asked.
Li Qiuzhi braced himself against her soft, snow-white shoulders and pushed himself up, shaking his head, which had grown somewhat dazed from the suffocation and explosive impact.
He took a deep breath, recovered a little, and said, "I'm okay. I can still fight."
"Mm... that's good."
With her fair right hand, Lumine tugged at the slightly loosened black retaining straps on her dress, lifting and tightening the sides of her bust a little.
Hearing Li