Help! The Ingredients Are Hitting People!

Three Pyro Slimes, three Cryo Slimes, and four Geo Slimes.

"Be careful. These are a little different from the Slimes we usually see."

Purple light radiated from the Slimes as they charged at the four women.

"Judgment!" Rosaria rushed forward, unleashing a sequence of Church Spear Arts with broad, sweeping movements.

Her spear struck fiercely five times, sweeping three Pyro Slimes off their feet. Her sharp spearwork radiated martial vigor.

[Barbara: Sister Rosaria is amazing.]

[Thoma: Her spearwork is very practical, geared toward actual combat.]

[Kaeya: Everyone, the problem is that these aren't the Slimes we usually see.]

Ordinary Slimes would have been slain long ago under Rosaria's successive attacks.

But these Slimes actually survived. After being sent flying, they spat out fireballs in rapid succession.

Rosaria dodged left and right while charging forward, then leaped into a slashing strike.

She cut one of them to pieces.

[Chongyun: Mondstadt really does have hidden talents. This sister is no ordinary fighter.]

Meanwhile, Xiangling was also wielding her spear.

She unleashed Dough-Fu, chaining three thrusts together. Nimble on her feet as she faced two Cryo Slimes, she backflipped away from an ice pillar, then thrust her spear forward again.

[Keqing: Xiangling's spearwork is pretty good too.]

[Yanfei: Hehe, of course it is. We both learned from Granny.]

No sooner had she said that than a Slime rammed into Xiangling, sending her rolling twice.

Xiangling cried, "Help! The ingredients are hitting people!"

[Yanfei: ...]

[Chongyun: ...]

[Yae Miko: What an adorable girl.]

On the other side, Sucrose summoned the power of wind with both hands. "Super Swirl State!"

Facing a Cryo Slime, she unleashed a gust that dealt damage, but it also sent the icicles flying.

They nearly hit Rosaria.

"Sorry, sorry!" Sucrose apologized repeatedly.

"Watch yourself!" Rosaria cut down the second Slime.

Yun Jin was facing four Geo Slimes.

Yun Jin's spear style was called Cloud-Grazing Strike, and it shared some similarities with Xiangling's basic five-strike sequence.

Facing four enemies, however, she kept them at a distance with light, agile steps.

After killing the three Pyro Slimes, Rosaria came over to help Yun Jin.

As far as the spectators were concerned,

Xiangling and Yun Jin were already fighting better than expected. With half an hour, they should have no trouble at all.

They hadn't expected the half-hour limit to be shared by all three teams.

[Albedo: They'll be fine. Sucrose is very shy and a little nervous, but Sister Rosaria is putting on a strong performance. They can easily handle ten demonized Slimes.]

[Lisa: It's only the First Floor, after all. They'll be fine.]

Everyone nodded. It wasn't difficult.

Five minutes in, Rosaria brought her spear down and finished off the last Geo Slime.

[Paimon: Only five minutes! You all did great.]

Xiangling wiped away her sweat. "They're all dealt with. That actually hurt quite a bit."

Yun Jin patted Sucrose's shoulder. "Don't worry about it. We're teammates, and we took care of them all, didn't we?"

Xiangling said, "That was still pretty easy. We've got plenty of time."

But-

Purple gas erupted from the ground on all four sides.

"What? Be careful!"

[Kamisato Ayato: That's what I was afraid of. There are more.]

Thirty Slimes sprang out of the ground.

[Paimon: Why are there so many?]

[Chongyun: Now they're in danger.]

The four women gathered in the middle, standing back-to-back, surrounded by frenzied Slimes.

Rosaria stepped forward, her spear completely coated in frost and her Vision shining. "I hate working overtime. Let's go. Everyone's watching!"

She charged out, leaped five meters into the air, and hurled a massive ice lance toward the largest cluster of Slimes. "Shiver!"

It was Rosaria's ultimate-Rite of Termination.

Frost exploded, striking more than a dozen Slimes.

Sucrose cradled a bottle of green light in both hands and threw it out. "I can't hold everyone back either-75-Type Super Wind Module!"

It burst upon being thrown.

A huge emerald butterfly of wind formed, creating a vortex that drew every Slime toward the butterfly, now infused with Cryo.

"Together as one!"

Yun Jin shook her spear and unleashed Breaking the Barrier, Raising the Banner, sending golden battle banners circling around her three teammates.

"Everyone, the battle banners will give you strength! Whirling Clouds, Revealing Form!"

Yun Jin gave another low cry. Light spread from her Geo Vision, and the flying golden banners shattered every Geo Slime's stone armor.

Xiangling had already charged forward. "Witness my master's spearwork! Pyronado!"

A blazing wheel of fire spun around Xiangling, furiously slicing through the clustered Slimes.

"Guoba! Breathe fire!"

Guoba jumped out, ate a chili pepper, and breathed a ten-meter stream of flame.

[Paimon: Guoba is amazing!]

[Kaeya: I'd say all four of them are impressive. They've been hiding their talents.]

[Yanfei: Nice work, Xiangling! Keep it up!]

Rosaria charged straight in with her spear. "Confession of Sin-Eating!"

The Slimes in the center were cut down one after another.

Slimes were still emerging on all four sides, but this time there were only five or six.

"Leave this side to me. Finish off the ones grouped together first."

Yun Jin rushed over with her spear, while Sucrose maintained the wind field and Xiangling and Rosaria unleashed a frenzy of spear thrusts.

The four women's coordination grew better and better.