Didn't you go to Teyvat to earn money to support me?

With a flick of her tail, Fanan leaped into the air, a black streak of light flashing past, as she plunged into the vast ocean controlled by Oser's supreme power! A ocean where every drop of water was her enemy!

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"She's going to die," the general said softly.

Shen Liang leaned against the coffin in the corner of the island, closing his eyes to rest.

"The unexpected has indeed occurred. Oser shouldn't be this weak; it doesn't match my memories." The general glanced at his brother and continued blankly, "Let's go."

"Can't you protect me?"

"The best way for me to protect my brother is to take him with me."

"Many people will die, including Vanan and the pirates who can't escape from the island."

Does your brother care?

"I don't particularly care about those river bandits."

"So you're concerned about difficulties?"

"I don't really care about Sister Fanan. We've only known each other for a day. It's just that I feel..." Shen Liang sighed, "I feel that if you have the ability to do good deeds, you should do them."

"This body may not be qualified to defeat Oser now. If my brother forces this body to fight, then my brother will be in danger." The general said calmly, "This is not in accordance with the program mechanism. This body should prioritize protecting my brother above all else."

"I won't force you. You're my sister, and as your brother, I can't be so indecent." Shen Liang stroked the general's long hair and smiled. "But if you can't do it, what about me?"

"My brother cannot use divine power."

“It’s not that I can’t use it, it’s just that there’s a price to pay. Aunt Zhaigong isn’t around, and I don’t have a way to overcome the onset of the illness,” Shen Liang said casually. “Originally, I probably would never have used any extraordinary powers during my trip to Liyue, let alone… this many.”

The general was silent for a moment, and the two remained silent for about a minute before she suddenly said, "Perhaps this is a good time for my brother to gain experience."

Shen Liang smiled noncommittally.

"Since you've said that, you must already have a plan, right?" The general gently hugged his brother's waist from behind, his voice still calm and reassuringly soft. "The program of this body has not prevented your preconceived notions. Since you want to test yourself, then give it a try. As for the problems that follow, let this body handle them later."

As for a solution... there's no good solution. The only way is to endure the torment and send them back to Inazuma. However, having to return to Inazuma before even reaching Liyue suggests there won't be a next time. The danger and unpredictability of this journey have truly broken down the psychological defenses of the women of Inazuma...

He understood his mother. Raiden had high hopes for him and might still be able to keep him from going through life's trials... But Raiden, Torachiyo, and even Kitsunemiya would never let him continue to take risks. For them, it was better to raise a good-for-nothing who was ignorant of the ways of the world than to let their own child die.

My trip to Liyue has come to an end.

Shen Liang watched as Fanan was shot down from the sky, and finally gripped his sister's hand tightly.

"General, you wouldn't like a man who flees while causing women and the whole world to perish... right?"

"I don't understand why, no matter what kind of brother he is, my attitude towards him is the same."

Shen Liang thought to herself, "You didn't say whether you liked it or not. Can even a damn doll be ambiguous? You're clearly my sister, yet you're always putting your brother in an awkward position. What a bad sister!"

He suddenly turned his head and kissed the doll-like girl's tender cherry lips. The general's lifeless eyes widened slightly for a moment; she felt as if her processing module had overloaded. She couldn't calculate why Shen Liang had suddenly done this! She couldn't figure it out!

"This is punishment for your disobedience." Shen Liang released her, reached out and beckoned onto the back of the coffin, then jumped into the air. "There will be many more of these things in the future, so you'd better develop the habit of eating candy."

"Eat...candy?" The general touched his lips, stunned.

"That way every kiss will be sweet." Shen Liang turned her head, stuck out her little tongue, and showed off the hawthorn candy she had in her mouth.

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With claws in her left hand and a sword in her right, both weapons were formed from her five fingers, which were filled with the blood and flesh of Oser. Her vision gradually blurred as blood filled her pupils. This shattered body was barely holding on thanks to the strong physique of the Yaksha clan, and only the water film covering her body kept her from bleeding to death.

But the water film covering her skin had turned into a thick, pungent red and black snake. She couldn't remember how many times she charged at Oser, but each time she was repelled by the powerful divine force.

The enraged demon god raised an iron wall of water, and in the ensuing battle, the scorching tsunami crashed against her like molten iron. This entire sea was Oser's domain, and a bottomless whirlpool surrounded her. When the whirlpool completely drew in all the waters of the Lone Cloud Pavilion area, Oser could condense all the water into a cataclysmic wave that would completely engulf Lone Cloud Pavilion, and perhaps the aftershocks could destroy half of Liyue Harbor.

Fa Nan fell into the water again, his vision blurred.

The water was a bit hot, but not too bad; it wasn't unbearable. Just treat it like a hot spring soak. A whirlpool drew the Yaksha girl from the water, pulling her towards the seabed.

Vanan was too weak to fight the current, so she lay in the water. Oser finally ignored her and focused on creating a whirlpool that would eventually form a huge wave.

—That was so embarrassing.

He was troubled by his thoughts.

—How can I explain this to the Emperor? How can I explain this to... Inazuma?

—Such a simple bandit suppression operation has caused such a huge mess. The Emperor merely went to inspect the Layered Rock Abyss, and we...

—Hopefully the other immortals can arrive in time. Even if Lonely Cloud Pavilion is destroyed, at least Liyue Harbor shouldn't be in danger...and that eccentric little prince...

With his last bit of strength, Fanan managed to float, looking up at the sky before being swept into the whirlpool.

She suddenly paused, startled. In the pitch-black night, with rolling dark clouds and torrential rain, even the moonlight was obscured, yet a gap in the clouds revealed a bright morning star. Yes, it was almost dawn.

If this were a common person who believed in feng shui and superstition, they might regard it as a good omen.

But Fanan is an immortal, and immortals are faith itself; there is nothing left for them to rely on, neither the stars in the sky nor the boundless earth.

—I've done everything I could, no one can criticize me now. The rest of the work can only be handed over to you. I'm truly...tired after all these years. Sister Yingda, Mi Nu, Jin Peng, Brother Fu She.

Fanan closed her eyes, and in that instant, she saw the morning star twinkling.

Why does it feel like the stars are getting closer?

Suddenly, Fanan became more lucid, and a tingling sensation ran down the back of his head.

—Morning Star? That's not the Morning Star! That's clearly…

The massive, dark clouds were torn apart, revealing a clear blue sky. The boy stretched out his arms as if to relax his entire body, his long white hair billowing in the wind. As he fell freely, the friction of the air gradually transformed him into a dazzling ball of fire. A coffin, which had fallen with him, was strapped to his back, like a bright star riding its own throne, the son of the morning falling from the high clouds!

Shen Liang let out a joyful laugh that shook the world for a hundred years.

The sky shook and rained down!

"Instant Power! Loading! 512 times time compression, corresponding to a 512 times speed boost!"

Shen Liang shouted lines that Fa Nan couldn't understand at all, and laughed heartily in his still young, androgynous voice!

His speed increased dramatically in an instant, breaking the sound barrier immediately. A huge fiery sonic cone rose behind him and exploded with a deafening roar!

"Eternal Omnipotence! Loading! 256 times time stop! To me, your speed is as slow as a silent play with a cassette tape stuck in the wind!"

Shen Liang's sarcastic remarks were so outrageous that no one could hear him anymore after that one sentence, because the whole world seemed to have stopped in front of him.

The power of fleeting moments and eternity comes from the combined talents of Shin Raiden and the Shadow, accumulated over a lifetime. Only someone who is both Shin's son and Shadow's apprentice can comprehend... no, to be precise, only he can comprehend this divine power.

Sitting on the coffin, Mistelin covered her face. She really regretted releasing the Holy Blood for Shen Liang. Fortunately, no one knew of her existence, otherwise, if such a childish and immature personality were to spread, it would be really... It's alright now. Now, all that can be said is that Raiden really raised a child poorly.

This kid has never dared to truly unleash his Holy Blood since he was a child. On the one hand, he consciously avoids using his power, and on the other hand, Mistelin is a double insurance policy, as she also has the qualifications to control the Holy Blood within him.

But Mistelin also knew that boys of this age possessed a "sealed power" within them—what an exciting concept! Shen Liang outwardly suppressed himself, but inwardly he longed for the day when he could "show his prowess in public," yes, the day when he would finally unleash the seal and save the world from its suffering! How cool! The more suppressed he was, the more exhilarating it would be!

Finally, I've found a reason! I've finally waited for this day!

Mistelin listened to her white-haired little wolfhound excitedly barking so wildly that he didn't even care that she was standing next to him, and she really wanted to switch places with the one in the coffin.

Shen Liang didn't care about her feelings.

"Superposition! 13312 times kinetic energy boost!" Shen Liang charged towards the almost still demon god in the sea. The flames around him had turned into scorching white light. Only the high temperature gathered was visible, not the shape of the flames. Ten thousand times the power, ten thousand times the killing intent, and ten thousand times the strength were simply the most terrifying impact drill!

Mistelin continued to cover her face. It has to be said that this kid, who received her education, is indeed quite fast at mental multiplication up to 10,000, much faster than the Teyvats.

"And finally, the power of thunder! Load!"

The air between them seemed to have completely turned into a vacuum. Shen Liang's incredible speed created a short-range hurricane exceeding 1,000 kilometers per hour, with sonic booms amplified to the force of thunder! And beyond the sonic boom, the light around him almost turned milky white; it was the "lightning" bestowed upon him by Inazuma's rule condensing electrical charges around him, the compression force of ten thousand times making him practically a human bomb! He was still hurtling downwards; in his perceived time, he had another five seconds to hit his target!

Of course, in Osel's opinion, those five seconds should be compressed ten thousand times!

“Riderkick!” A childish yet wild laugh rang out!

Chapter Thirty-One: My Style, My Dream Truth

Shen Liang's kick descended from the sky, drawing a dazzling bolt of lightning over several hundred meters long, like a god drawing a bow to shoot at the earth.

In the final moment, Oser seemed to finally sense the enemy's arrival. It tried to resist with the elemental power flowing at a speed befitting a demon god, but it was still too slow. Amidst the sonic boom of raging thunder, Shen Liang, like a meteor, pierced through the nine-headed demon god's head, cleaving through its flesh! The kinetic energy and heat compressed to near-unbreakable limits were an absolute blade!

Ausel's entire body was split in two by lightning, and one of his heads was cut into pieces, revealing the white internal muscle texture, just like a carp that had been cleanly sliced ​​open along the bones by a chef.

The demon's eight heads roared in fury. It knew it had suffered the greatest injury yet. It was in so much pain that it almost collapsed. But it was a demon. A demon could submit to humans, but it would never show weakness to another demon!

The eight heads simultaneously absorbed seawater, converging into a massive tornado. It spotted its opponent, carrying a coffin, standing above the sea and unleashed the waterspout without reservation!

Even though the battle lasted only a moment, Oser knew that Shen Liang's speed was beyond its comprehension, so it launched a wide-area attack!

"How tragic, Oser, the War of the Demon Gods is over. You are no longer qualified to be a god, and your people are no longer qualified to be worthy of you. Yet, at this moment, you are to be humiliated by a child like me who has never experienced the War of the Demon Gods." Shen Liang looked at him. "Fifteen hundred years after the War of the Demon Gods ended, we are repeating this meaningless fate. You know perfectly well that defeating me or destroying someone else will not fulfill your wishes or your ambitions... Why bother?"

“Eee—” Oser let out a furious howl.

A waterspout rushed towards him, and Shen Liang activated his power for a moment; the world slowed down in his eyes.

“Even your own people don’t understand you. I can hear your heart-wrenching pain. What good does it do to vent your resentment on the people of Liyue? Do you want to die, or do you want to be sealed away? It’s meaningless. Everything… is meaningless.” Countless crimson marks flashed behind Shen Liang, and then a stigma resembling an intertwined naginata and katana appeared, bright and shining, its radiance even exceeding the obscuring effect of his straitjacket.

Fanan, washed ashore, stared blankly at the boy who seemed to walk on thin air as if it were solid ground. He watched as the boy slowly drew a bluish-purple naginata from the stigmata on his back, the blade vibrating and crackling with lightning. Just like his mother, Mitake Narukami, this was… the destiny of a young emperor!

"So stop focusing on humans and look at me. I'm here to invite you. It's pointless, but the battles between demon gods are the main theme of this era, and only they are qualified to... draw blood!"

Lightning roared! It illuminated the two ferocious demon gods in the sea. Oser was enraged like a dragon, while Shen Liang's bright face wore an expectant smile.

Then, lightning struck the sea.

This was a battle between gods. Humans and demons alike stared in stunned silence at the carnage in the sea. The so-called power of the demon god was finally unleashed without restraint. Each strike cleaved the heavens, and thunder roared endlessly with each charge of the naginata. From beginning to end, the thunder was like a dense, chaotic drumbeat! Half of the dark clouds were torrential rain, and the bright white lightning, after illuminating the universe, relentlessly struck the sea! Punish the evil god!

Fanan thought that even if the God of Thunder himself came, it would probably be this scene, but she was right.