——Real World
Welt's livestream room.
Uncle Yang stared unblinkingly at Obelisk, completely unwilling to continue advancing the plot.
He tried to pick up his cup to drink water, but due to his excitement, the water from the thermos directly spilled out and dripped onto his pants.
[Uncle Yang, I know you're super hyped right now, and I believe everyone feels the same, but you need to calm down!]
[I'm the one who can't calm down, asking Uncle Yang—this hardcore Gundam fan—to calm down is honestly unrealistic.]
[Obelisk's entrance is seriously shocking, and I genuinely think it's super cool.]
[It? Typo?]
[No, an artificial god is still a god.]
At this point, Uncle Yang finally brought the thermos to his mouth and shakily took a sip of water.
Then, Uncle Yang voiced the question that countless people were most concerned about: "Right now, I just want to know—will this artificial god be implemented in-game?"
——Teyvat
"Everyone, the counterattack begins!"
Xuanjian's voice transmitted through the mechanical sparrow to every corner of the Jade Chamber.
As soon as his words fell, the true phoenix and the mechanical giant charged toward Osial together, their godly auras erupting abruptly.
"Ohhh——"
The Millelith erupted into cheers that shook the mountains and seas.
"Guizhong, was that something you designed?" Cloud Retainer asked, gazing at the terrifyingly powerful mechanical giant.
Guizhong looked at the God of Destruction and spotted familiar traces in the finer details. She smiled lightly and said, "No. From design to construction, it was all completed personally by humans."
"I merely passed down knowledge whenever successive generations of Ziwei Star wanted to learn the art of mechanisms."
[So the one who actually designed Obelisk was Guizhong-waifu's disciple?]
[To surpass the master—Obelisk's power looks even greater than the Jade Chamber's.]
[When you compare Guizhong's half-month achievement with the thousand-year accumulation of Ziwei Star, that's actually Guizhong's victory.]
[Stop, if you keep going it'll turn into a debate stage. Let's wait until the plot finishes, okay?]
"To think that with human power alone, they could create a construct possessing such might." Mountain Shaper sighed.
"Be that as it may, to dare offend the Lord of Geo—afterward, I will definitely demand an explanation from Ziwei Star!" Moon Carver said coldly, sensing the aura from the God of Destruction that was identical to Rex Lapis's.
"The Lord himself doesn't care about such things, so how could you possibly get an explanation out of it, Moon Carver?" Madame Ping said helplessly with a smile.
"Moreover, I suggest you take a look at that artificial god's combat power first before deciding whether to demand anything."
Herblord reminded Moon Carver to look downward.
Moon Carver looked toward the battlefield below and immediately saw Osial being beaten back step by step under the combined assault of the God of Destruction and the true phoenix.
That heavy punch directly repelled Osial; the terrifying force could be felt even with the naked eye.
Moon Carver compared himself to the God of Destruction and finally realized he wasn't even as big as one of its fists.
"This matter… requires further consideration."
With that, Moon Carver suddenly fell silent.
[Xuanjian & Obelisk: Old Deer, I still prefer your untamed, rebellious side—snap out of it.]
[Osial used to bully Bai-ge, and now it's Bai-ge bullying him in return—what goes around comes around.]
Xuanjian's declaration of the counterattack allowed the Millelith to seize the initiative in the war.
Looking at the high-spirited Millelith, the Fatui already understood—they had no chance of victory anymore.
On the sea battlefield.
Consecutive heavy punches kept forcing Osial back, followed by crimson flames wrapping around his water-element-infused body, leaving scorched burns across his surface.
Osial glared at the true phoenix with hatred and unhesitatingly unleashed a massive water pillar from his maw.
The true phoenix was about to dodge, but in the next instant saw the broad-shouldered giant step in front of her, using its body to block Osial's attack.
"I can't let you harm the Marshal—otherwise this body would have no meaning."
As he spoke, Xuanjian advanced while enduring the water pillar bursting from Osial, closing in right in front of him and slamming a fist straight into Osial's mouth.
The true phoenix rose up behind the God of Destruction, spread her wings, and unleashed a torrential blaze that bombarded Osial.
Osial took another heavy blow, his aura gradually weakening.
"You alright?" Jun Bai looked toward the God of Destruction.
The steel body of the God of Destruction, after directly taking Osial's attack, had its arm's outer plating shattered, exposing the mechanisms and circuits inside.
"It's fine, Marshal. The God of Destruction is equipped with a self-repair module."
The God of Destruction raised its damaged arm toward Jun Bai, showing the outer plating that was gradually regenerating.
[Self-repair module—is this really technology that can appear in Teyvat?]
[Ruin Guard: Thinking of me?]
"I'm not talking about it—I mean you."
Jun Bai transformed back into human form, stood on the God of Destruction's shoulder, and looked toward its chest. His gaze was sharp, as if trying to see straight through the pitch-black outer plating to Xuanjian inside.
"The Marshal is joking, isn't he? If the God of Destruction is fine, naturally I'm fine too."
Xuanjian's tone sounded no different from usual.
"You'd better be." Jun Bai said, looking at the cockpit position of the God of Destruction.
Power that exceeds one's control range inevitably comes with a price—there is no doubt about that. Keqing and Ningguang, who previously received adeptal blessings, were proof of it.
Now Xuanjian, a mere mortal, was piloting the power of a god. Even if the entire Ziwei Star Palace shared the burden of that price, Xuanjian could not possibly emerge unscathed.
If Jun Bai guessed correctly, the moment the God of Destruction's arm plating shattered, Xuanjian had also received pain feedback equivalent to his entire hand suffering a comminuted fracture.
Yet now he claimed he was fine…
"Not a single word of truth."
Jun Bai looked toward Osial. The Phoenix Perches on Demon Subjugation appeared in his hand.
"After fighting to this point and taking so much consecutive damage, that guy's condition is already far worse than when he first emerged."
"Can we suppress him?" Jun Bai asked.
"Of course we can."
Xuanjian laughed. The God of Destruction stepped in front of Jun Bai and charged toward Osial, engaging him in a head-on one-on-one duel.
Jun Bai spread his flame wings, soared into the sky, and began gathering Pyro energy.
On the Jade Chamber, Guizhong shut down the other mechanical constructs and stopped using the adepti's Adeptus energy in fragments. Instead, she channeled it all into the main cannon.
"The loser has no right to a second chance!"
Jun Bai's spear tip locked onto Osial, and he once again entered Fully Armed state.
"Osial, there is no place for you in Liyue anymore!"
Guizhong locked onto Osial.
A god's life force is extremely resilient, but no matter how resilient, after sustaining sufficient damage, recovery would still require a very long time.
And that was precisely what Jun Bai and Guizhong intended to do.
The fall of a god would cause a surge of authority, leading to natural disasters, and the remains would produce Godly Residue.
Therefore, slaying a god required careful deliberation.
Right now, the authority Osial wielded was even greater than before. If they killed him, even Guizhong and Jun Bai had no idea what the consequences would be.
Since they could not kill him on the spot, the best option was to reseal him.
With Rex Lapis unwilling to act and lacking a main entity to suppress and seal the god, they naturally had to inflict sufficient damage on Osial.
Otherwise, not long after setting the seal, Osial would rise again.
The Sky Phoenix Marshal and the Dust Lord charged power together, determined to resolve Osial in one go until he could never recover.