"Buzz…"
A terrifying fluctuation suddenly appeared in the void.
Almost as soon as Diluc's words fell, several figures continuously emerged from the void.
"A total of five Cryo Abyss Mages?"
Kai narrowed his eyes, immediately shielding Jean.
Almost simultaneously… dense Abyssal energy spread out as much as possible, and under the waving of the Abyss Mages' staves, the Abyssal energy lingering in Dvalin's wound once again erupted with an incredibly strong light.
"Roar~"
An angry roar, carrying an incredibly strong airflow, suddenly spread outwards, stirring up a violent gale.
Interfered by this Abyssal power, Dvalin's dragon eyes, which had originally glowed with an aquamarine light, were suddenly replaced by a patch of black, with bloody red light spreading like a spiderweb.
That powerful violent aura instantly enveloped everyone.
"Dvalin…"
The sudden strong wind made Barbatos instinctively raise his hand to shield his eyes, and Jean, shielded behind Kai, gripped her favonius sword even tighter.
Her delicate face filled with anger, she instinctively intended to rush forward to fight.
"Don't go."
However, at the same time, sensing his wife's movement.
Kai quickly pulled her back.
Feeling that the Abyssal power within Dvalin had been re-activated.
He shook his head slightly.
"It's a bit too late to go now."
"Hehehe…"
"Don't be fooled by him, poor dragon."
As the Abyssal energy finished injecting, taking advantage of Dvalin's confused consciousness, the Abyss Mage's hoarse voice, like a male duck, began to subtly mislead him.
"He has already abandoned you once."
"Look, he's trying to deceive you again now."
The Abyss Mage whispered into Dvalin's ear; under the corrosion of Abyssal power, Dvalin had completely lost consciousness.
Almost driven by the Abyss Mage, it instinctively directed its anger towards Barbatos.
"Hate, be angry!"
"You are already an enemy of Mondstadt and cannot turn back!"
The giant dragon roared continuously, causing an incredibly violent hurricane, its crimson eyes staring fiercely at everything before it.
Dvalin flapped its wings, powerful fury bursting forth, letting out a roar filled with killing intent.
"Barbatos!!!"
"These people…"
"Are they with you…"
"To hunt me down?"
"It's not like that, Dvalin…"
Venti raised his hand, wanting to stop it.
But unfortunately, in front of the unconscious Dvalin.
It was clearly useless.
A massive dragon claw swung directly towards Barbatos; at such an extreme distance, if hit with the current power of the God of Anemo, he would definitely suffer unpredictable severe injuries.
"Lord Venti…"
"It's fine."
"Clang~"
Kai waved his hand, and a treasure that descended from the sky directly appeared in front of Venti, solidly blocking this dragon claw, echoing with a crisp metallic clang.
Apparently not expecting such a sure-hit attack to be blocked.
Dvalin roared, throwing its head back, its huge wings flapping violently, its massive body flying directly into the air, assuming a gliding posture.
"Still not getting out of the way?"
Kai lightly hooked his hand, and the treasure changed direction.
It directly used the hilt to support Barbatos, moving his figure away from Starsnatch Cliff.
At the same time, the flying Stormterror turned its body, Pounce Starsnatch Cliff at an incredible speed.
The enormous dragon claws slammed heavily onto the cliff, causing the ground to tremble, and even the entire Starsnatch Cliff seemed to shake violently.
"Hehehehe..."
Beside Dvalin, the figure of the Abyss Mage reappeared.
Looking at the Holy Lyre der Himmel, which was almost completely destroyed on the ground, a series of arrogant laughs erupted.
"The God who rules Mondstadt is actually forced to such an extent by his former Dependents?"
"Kill him, kill this God who once deceived you."
"Destroy Mondstadt, destroy everything that has hurt you, and say goodbye to Mondstadt once and for all!"
"God?"
Paimon huddled in Lumine's arms, barely having blocked the attack of the flowing wind, and heard the Abyss Mage's voice fall.
She couldn't help but look at Venti with surprise.
"Yes, this is Anemo Archon Barbatos."
Kai glanced at him and said in an annoyed tone.
"Ehe..."
His identity revealed, Barbatos showed a slightly awkward smile, even though they were in combat.
But even so, with Barbatos's usual carefree personality, he clearly wouldn't be too serious about it.
"I'm very sorry for concealing my identity, but the top priority is to finish what's in front of us first."
"After all, if our enemy is Dvalin, it might not be that easy to deal with."
"Ugh... Even though you say that, I'm still so angry! Lumine and I have been looking for the God of Anemo for so long, and I didn't expect it to be you, this guy!"
"So, at this time, you just stay by the side and think of an unpleasant nickname as a punishment for this God."
As he spoke, Kai and Diluc had already walked out simultaneously.
Blazing flames enveloped the broad great sword.
Looking at the flames rising in the distance, as an ice Abyss Mage, several figures instinctively recoiled... 0
They almost simultaneously hid behind Dvalin, making sure they had put enough distance between them, and then continued to burst into arrogant laughter.
"Hehehehe..."
"The God who rules Mondstadt is going to duel with his former Dependents, one of the Four Winds, the Dragon?"
"What a cruel God, decisively destroying a Dependents with no value."
"Look, poor Dragon, how Mondstadt, which you protected, repays you in various ways."
"Duel?"
"We... are not dueling Dvalin."
Noticing the reluctance in Jean's eyes, and her body trembling slightly, as if unable to accept the reality of fighting Dvalin.
Kai silently held her hand, gave her a comforting smile, and his gaze returned to the sky.
"The Four Winds are the guardians of Mondstadt, partners to all Mondstadtian, and if a partner falls into confusion."
"Then we have the responsibility to wake it up."
In the void... several golden vortices appeared one after another, transmitting various treasures, emitting a deterrent aura.
Kai raised his hand, a glint flashing in his clear eyes.
He slowly opened his mouth: "This is..."
"In the name of a partner."
"That's all!"
"Hehehehe..."
"An interesting statement, is this the last struggle before death?"
When he noticed Dvalin, who had completely fallen into a frenzy under the erosion of the Abyssal power.
The ice Abyss Mage immediately burst into extremely arrogant laughter again.
"You have nowhere to run, poor Mondstadtian."
"Just be torn into a pile of fragments by the anger of the former Dragon of the East, along with the storm!"
"They're really a bunch of fools who like to talk to themselves."
The roar of Stormterror echoed throughout Starsnatch Cliff, erupting in an incredibly strong hurricane. Kai narrowed his eyes.
Beside him, Diluc stared at the impending battle with a serious expression and slowly said, "Then, Ba... Venti, can you use the power of Anemo to send me to those Abyss Mages?"
The news that Venti was Barbatos, after the double explanation from the Abyss Mage and Kai just now, was basically confirmed.
In fact, with a little deduction, one could determine the credibility of this information.
After all, to be so familiar with the Holy Lyre der Himmel, and to be able to communicate with Dvalin through its music, even the most powerful Bard could not do these things, except for Barbatos himself.
However, perhaps due to resistance to Barbatos's actions, facing this former God of Mondstadt, Diluc's voice hesitated for a moment.
Finally, he changed his tone and corrected the way he addressed him.
"Ehe... Although you all already know that I am Barbatos himself, I still thank you for calling me by that name."
Venti's slightly lighthearted voice spread with the wind, looking at Dvalin in front of him, and slowly spoke,
"Of course, thanks are thanks."
"But this favor..."
"I can't help."
"Hey! Bard... It's come to this, and you're still not planning to fight Dvalin?"
Paimon floated in the air with her hands on her hips.
Hearing Barbatos say such words, she immediately started lecturing him in an old-fashioned manner.
"Just as Master Kai said, although Dvalin is indeed our companion, it is now corrupted by the power of the Abyss. Since that's the case, as companions, we also have the obligation to wake it up."
Bard... Bard?
Barbatos's expression stiffened, and he couldn't quite recall when he acquired such a nickname.
However, the immediate priority was clearly not to dwell on such matters.
"It's not that I don't want to wake Dvalin up, but I don't have much power left now."
Barbatos spread his hands and explained righteously.
"All my remaining divine power was used to play the Holy Lyre der Himmel just now, so for now, I'm just an ordinary person, and the fighting will have to be handled by you all."
The way you say that... it's really full of pride, isn't it?
Kai couldn't help but voice all the complaints in his mind. Is this really one of the Seven Archons?
Being carefree is understandable, but being so lackadaisical is truly baffling.
No... if it's really not working, why don't you try to revive Andrius and give him your divine seat, and become a Bard wholeheartedly yourself?
Although the Wolf of the North and humans are not the same race, at least he is dedicated to Mondstadt, and by all accounts, he seems much more reliable than Barbatos.
"Hehehehe..."
"The dignified God of Anemo is so weak that he can't even control the wind?"
Barbatos's conversation with everyone was clearly overheard by the Abyss Mages, and upon realizing that he couldn't even send people flying into the air.
They immediately burst into a mocking laugh.
Diluc couldn't help but frown, looking at their position with a somewhat serious gaze.
As everyone knows, among the elements of Teyvat.
There is a relationship of mutual generation and mutual overcoming.
Products like the Abyss Mage, in terms of individual combat power, are not incredibly strong.
But it seems to be due to the utilization of Abyssal power.
This causes them to generate an extremely thick elemental shield around their bodies, which can only be broken to harm the main body.
Generally speaking, if it were normal times, an ice Abyss Mage would be no different from a mere minion to Diluc.
As a Vision holder of the Pyro element, facing these ice Abyss Mages is basically a natural counter.
That thick Cryo shield could be easily torn apart by the greatsword, without any pressure at all. It could be said that even if a group of ice Abyss Mages attacked together, the final outcome would probably only add a few seconds to Diluc's enemy-killing time, nothing more.
But the problem is... this time, the situation is a little different.
Noticing the ice Abyss Mages who had deliberately moved away from him and hidden behind Dvalin, Diluc felt extremely annoyed.
Although he was confident that he could pin these things to the ground and crush them in a head-on fight, all of this presupposed that he could even reach them.
If he couldn't even get close.
Then it's obvious that no matter how strong his output methods are.
They would be completely useless.
"The distance is too far, I don't have much confidence in instantly defeating them. This battle seems to only rely on you, Kai."
After assessing the distance between Starsnatch Cliff and those Abyss Mages, Diluc frowned in annoyance, clearly feeling extremely displeased.
"Just you?"
"Hehehehe!!!"
Hearing that Diluc actually entrusted the task to someone who didn't seem to possess a Pyro Vision, the Abyss Mages present couldn't help but turn their gaze to Kai.
Their goose-like voices strung together into a chorus of mockery.
"Without the help of flames, you still want to break our shields?"
"Just with these strange weapons?"
"Foolish Mondstadtian, just give up this dying struggle."
The Abyss Mage shields are notoriously thick, and without elemental counters, breaking them can be said to be extremely difficult.
"Ah... Although I could use treasures, upon careful thought, none of you seem to quite deserve it, so I'll just forget it."
Kai waved his hand, and the golden vortices in the sky, which had been showcasing the treasures, dissipated one after another at a visibly slow speed.
He hadn't seen anyone so suicidal in a long time. Even Master Kai couldn't help but feel a little pleased by this scene.
"You think I don't have elemental counters, right? It's been a while since I've used this move, so in that case..."
Master Kai unhurriedly pulled a Mora out of his pocket.
His eyes flickered slightly.
"Then please, everyone, experience this."
"The feeling of being..."
"...smashed to death by Mora."