Lumine, who was talking about beating up The God of Righteousness just a second ago, fell into Ye Xi's arms the very next second, her face bruised and swollen.
This scene silenced the people of Sumeru City.
Ye Xi was also speechless.
What do you call it when someone is trash but addicted to playing?
It is simply a miracle that this Blonde idiot has survived until now~.
Just as he was thinking this, a deafening voice rang in his ears.
"Are you the Khaenri'ahn who finished off Dottore?"
"Hmph, like a bug!"
Before the voice had even faded, an extremely dangerous bolt of lightning shot forth.
Ye Xi dodged backward, avoiding the lightning.
Fortunately, he wasn't standing next to Sumeru City's giant tree; otherwise, the tree behind him would have suffered disaster once he dodged.
"Nilou, I leave this guy to you all."
Ye Xi casually tossed Lumine out.
At this moment, he really wanted to say a line to Aether: I throw your sister!
Nilou hurriedly stepped forward and caught the falling Lumine. Paimon also zipped over to Lumine's side, her small hands patting Lumine's face.
"Traveler, wake up! Wake up!"
Ye Xi, no longer having any concerns in his hands, looked toward The God of Righteousness in the distance.
"Scaramouche, I will educate you properly on behalf of your mother."
"Don't call me by that name!"
Boom—
Another bolt of lightning shot past, easily dodged by Ye Xi.
Hearing that name, Scaramouche felt incomparably angry at this moment.
"Swarm of ants... do you only know how to dodge like a bug?"
The God of Righteousness pressed toward Sumeru City.
Everything along its path was frozen by solid ice.
Seeing this scene, the people in the city were terrified.
"He's coming! He's coming over!"
"My God, he has already used three types of elemental powers!"
"Pyro, Electro, and Cryo elemental powers—just how strong is he!"
"Run! Don't just stand there!"
"..."
For a moment, the populace fled in panic.
Only the Corps of Thirty and the Matra were still guarding Nahida.
Seeing this, Ye Xi realized he could not circle around here anymore, or many people would be affected.
So, stepping on the wind, he flew higher into the sky.
The God of Righteousness suddenly vanished from its spot. When it revealed its form again, it had already arrived at Ye Xi's side.
"Perish for me!"
A massive fireball arrived in front of Ye Xi instantly.
Scaramouche couldn't help but sneer.
This move of his, [Time of Judgment], tears through space to catch the opponent off guard.
No matter how well Ye Xi could dodge, it was impossible to predict this move.
Because the speed was too fast! It was impossible to react!
At this moment, Ayexia, watching the battle from below, couldn't help but let out a cry of alarm.
"Oh no, danger—!"
"What do we do, Dehya! Master might not be a match for this false god!"
Hearing this, Dehya's expression was also grave.
She had witnessed Ye Xi's power. Back at the entrance of the Legacy of the God King headquarters, if he used that move, he could definitely cause damage to The God of Righteousness.
But the problem was, the opponent's pursuit was too fast!
Despite his huge and clumsy body, the speed at which he released power was not slow at all!
Moreover, this teleportation skill was too sudden; it was almost impossible to dodge!
The fireball now would be fatal!
For a moment, everyone couldn't help but hold their breath, and Alusha began to pray in her heart.
Only Nahida was not panicked in the slightest.
She knew that in this battle, The God of Righteousness had zero chance of winning.
High in the sky, feeling the heat of the fireball, Ye Xi directly summoned his Stand.
[The World!]
The World activates.
Buzz—
Instantly, the entire world turned grayish-white.
Ye Xi turned his head and found that the fireball was already close at hand—it was truly a bit thrilling.
[One second has passed]
He used [Walk on the Wind] to leave the fireball and arrived in front of The God of Righteousness.
In this time-stopped world, everything was so peaceful.
Nahida looked at Ye Xi in the sky with burning eyes, her heart still feeling extremely shocked.
However, she was also very curious about how Ye Xi planned to defeat The God of Righteousness.
She had heard Ye Xi speak of Scaramouche's origins yesterday.
The body of this God of Righteousness was designed with extreme ingenuity. It not only possessed a body that maximized Scaramouche's original concept as a 'mechanical puppet,' but also had a steady stream of energy transmission from the Heart of God.
Who knows how much power the Akademiya and the Sages contributed to this!
From a technical perspective, it was not an exaggeration to call it the crystallization of human wisdom.
Even if Ye Xi could pause time, facing such a formidable creation of the Akademiya would probably not be a simple matter!
Nahida thought so.
[Two seconds have passed.]
Ye Xi leisurely arrived at the back of The God of Righteousness's neck and slowly took out a Mora.
Seeing this shiny Mora, Nahida felt even more puzzled.
Yesterday, she had witnessed Ye Xi's power.
Turning his hand into a blade, slaughtering his way through the Fatui.
Leaping from a height, turning back to deliver a punch of immense power.
And the Black Flame he just used to burn Dottore to death.
She thought Ye Xi would use one of these three powers.
She didn't expect Ye Xi to take out a Mora at this time.
What was he planning to do?
[Three seconds have passed]
Ye Xi tossed the Mora into the air.
In the grayish-white world, the Mora still sparkled.
[Railgun]
Crackle and rattle—electric currents instantly bloomed on Ye Xi's body, with purple pseudo-elemental power surrounding him.
As the Mora flipped and fell.
[Time flows]
Shua—
The entire world instantly regained its color!
And the Mora arrived at the perfect position.
Ye Xi flicked his finger lightly—
Bang—
A streak of purple lightning instantly burst forth from Ye Xi's fingertip.
In this instant, The God of Righteousness suddenly assumed a defensive posture.
However, the speed of the Railgun was too fast!
The Mora was instantly accelerated to Mach 3. Before The God of Righteousness could turn around, the light pierced through the back of its heart.
"This is impossible—!"
"What move is that! Why can't I move!"
Scaramouche let out a terrified roar. The inertia produced by the Mora piercing through immediately caused the body of The God of Righteousness to smash ruthlessly into the ground.
Boom, boom, boom—
The mecha knelt on the ground, triggering violent tremors, and the water of Yazadaha Pool splashed everywhere.
Seeing this scene, Nahida was startled.
She didn't expect Ye Xi to actually have a new trump card!
Moreover, using only a single Mora, he actually beat such a massive God of Righteousness into this state!
On that hard body, there was shockingly a hole the size of a slime!
This kind of power was simply like that of a god!
The entire populace of Sumeru City watched in a daze.
Alhaitham also widened his eyes.
In his perspective, Ye Xi was almost hit by the fireball and burned to ashes!
But in an instant, he suddenly shifted positions, arriving at the back of The God of Righteousness's heart and releasing a strike of terrifying power.
"It's simply a battle of immortals!"
Alhaitham couldn't help but sigh.
He wanted to go up and help, but this was already a battle between gods. Even if he went over, he would just be scratching The God of Righteousness's itch.
Everyone cast their gazes toward Ye Xi.
Ayexia breathed a sigh of relief: "Master is so amazing! How did he do that move just now!"
Beside her, Dehya and Alusha also shook their heads.
"How many trump cards does this guy Ye Xi have!"
"I've only seen Master's Railgun, but I didn't know about the teleportation move."
Just as they were speaking, Candace pointed into the distance: "It's not over yet! That machine can still move!"
They saw The God of Righteousness in the distance slowly stand up. Although there was a large hole in its body, it clearly still had the strength to fight.
High in the sky.
Scaramouche's reaction and words made Ye Xi a bit concerned.
Just now, The God of Righteousness suddenly turned back to defend, as if it still retained the ability to think during the time stop!
Could it be that Scaramouche could see?
He could actually see every movement of [The World] in the frozen space-time?!
He had to verify this matter!
"Damn it! The divine power in this body is not yet overflowing!"
"Still not enough, the power is still not enough!"
"Otherwise, how could I be so weak!"
The God of Righteousness turned its head back. Before it could launch an attack, Ye Xi used the power of his Stand again.
[The World!]
Buzz—
The world plunged into grayish-white once more.
[One second has passed]
Ye Xi arrived in front of The God of Righteousness.
Muda!
The Stand threw a punch, and the face of The God of Righteousness was instantly smashed out of shape.
Muda Muda Muda!
After several consecutive punches, the faceplate was completely scrapped, revealing Scaramouche's main body sitting in the cabin.
[Two seconds have passed]
Ye Xi looked into Scaramouche's eyes and saw that those eyes were already filled with terror.
That's right.
Scaramouche could see!
At this moment, his heart was filled with fear.
He didn't understand what exactly was happening!
Why couldn't he move at all!
Why was it that only Ye Xi could move!
He didn't understand, nor could he accept it!
He had finally obtained the Heart of God with such difficulty; he had finally obtained the power of a god.
Now, he was actually being beaten by a Khaenri'ahn without any power to fight back!
Why on earth!
[Three seconds have passed]
Ye Xi suddenly understood.
Just now, Nahida confessed that she saw the frozen space in the Grand Bazaar.
At this moment, Scaramouche, like Nahida, also saw the stopped world.
The answer was ready to come out.
Only those who possess the power of a god can peer into the true face of [The World].
In other words, Nahida, Morax, Barbatos, and Beelzebul—they could all see it too.
It was just that, judging by Scaramouche's performance.
When time is paused, gods can probably only maintain thought but cannot move.
And if he guessed correctly, once Scaramouche's divine power was exhausted, he would no longer possess the ability to see through [The World].
[Four seconds have passed]
Having figured this out, Ye Xi reached out and choked Scaramouche's throat. With a slight exertion of force, he pulled him out of the cabin.
His physical strength had long reached the entry-level of an Adeptus; this kind of thing was effortless.
With a gentle pull, he tore all the hoses behind Scaramouche.
And Scaramouche was full of panic inside at this moment.
He was terrified.
But he couldn't speak, couldn't move; he couldn't do anything!
He could only watch helplessly as Ye Xi dragged him out, pulling him out of The God of Righteousness that he had obtained with such difficulty!
Defeated!
From this moment on, he was already defeated!
Losing the mecha of The God of Righteousness, he turned back into that weak puppet!
[Five seconds have passed]
Ye Xi stopped. He suddenly wanted to see Scaramouche's reaction.
So, he reached out and snapped his fingers.
[Time flows.]
Snap—
The world regained its colors again.
Scaramouche, whose heart had long been shrouded in fear, instantly let out a roar of both shock and dread: "No! How is this possible!"
"Let go of me! You ant—!"
"I am a god! I am a true god!"
"How... how could I lose at your hands!"
Scaramouche struggled in the air while trying to pry open Ye Xi's hand.
However, no matter how hard he tried, that hand was like an iron clamp, choking his neck firmly.
Seeing Scaramouche's reaction, Ye Xi couldn't help but laugh.
So this brat with the foul mouth also knew fear.
He spoke, "Don't be afraid. I will send you back to your mother's side."
"Wanderer, trust me."
"I will tell you a truth about Tatarasuna five hundred years ago."
As soon as these words came out, Scaramouche's face was filled with horror.
He didn't expect that Ye Xi would actually know about the affairs of Tatarasuna!
This made him calm down instantly.
He wanted to know what the truth Ye Xi spoke of was!
Meanwhile, the people in Sumeru City were all dumbfounded seeing this scene.
"What happened!"
"I don't know! How did Master Ye Xi win so suddenly?"
"That was too fast! It was only a few seconds in total; what exactly happened in between?"
"Although I don't know how Master Ye Xi did it, it seems the crisis is resolved!?"
The crowd instantly buzzed with discussion, walking out of their houses with emboldened courage.
And those scholars of the Akademiya suddenly remembered something and reacted abruptly.
"Wait a minute, if this giant machine is the new god Azar created, then doesn't Master Ye Xi, who defeated the new god, possess power comparable to a god?!"
"Hiss... too powerful!"
"Rivaling a god with a mortal body?!"
"..."
The scholars' hearts were filled with shock!
And those Sumeru masses were still in a state of astonishment.
In everyone's eyes, Ye Xi had just knocked The God of Righteousness to the ground with one strike.
The God of Righteousness had just stood up and turned around, and in the next second, Scaramouche fell into Ye Xi's hands without any warning.
No one knew what had happened.
Everything was so inconceivable.
It was as if they had all lost their memories!
"How is this possible?"
Cyno's heart was filled with horror; he felt his brain couldn't keep up with the thinking.
He was once a scholar of the Akademiya, a very intelligent genius, yet he couldn't fathom it at all.
Alhaitham at the side suddenly spoke: "It is time."
"What?"
"That Master Ye Xi seems to be able to manipulate time!"
He had been observing the Fatui Harbinger who died in the Grand Bazaar just now.
Combining it with what was happening now, he arrived at an idea that even he found terrifying.
That was [Time]!
Hearing this, Cyno felt as if struck by lightning, as if he suddenly realized the truth.
"That's right, if it is time, then it makes sense!"
In the air.
Ye Xi reached out toward the Electro Archon's Mitsudomoe Seal on the forehead of The God of Righteousness. In the next moment, a blinding purple light bloomed from within.
A Heart of God floated inside, shining brightly.
Scaramouche widened his eyes, his mind instantly going blank.
"No!"
"Wait!"
"Only that! Only the Heart of God...!"
Scaramouche struggled to reach out toward the Heart of God, the fear in his eyes turning into pleading.
To him, that Heart of God was an important object to fill his void.
From the moment he was created by Raiden Ei, it was to serve as a vessel for this Heart of God!
But Raiden Ei was not satisfied and abandoned him.
Five hundred years had passed. Now that he was finally complete, he absolutely could not lose it!
"That is my thing!"
"Give it back to me!"
Ye Xi paid no attention to Scaramouche. With a wave of his hand toward the Heart of God, it fell into his palm.
The God of Righteousness lost its luster, becoming a machine devoid of power.
At the same time, Scaramouche seemed to lose his soul all of a sudden and fainted in despair.
Ye Xi shook the puppet in his hand. Let alone having a foul mouth, the opponent didn't even react anymore.
So he slowly flew back into Sumeru City with Scaramouche, then casually threw him to Nahida's side.
"Found a son for you, do you want him?"
Nahida: ???
"Just kidding."
"Anyway, with this, the farce is over."
Hearing Ye Xi's words, the surrounding Corps of Thirty and the Matra instantly breathed a sigh of relief.
Nilou asked cautiously, "Master Ye Xi, then what should we do next?"
"Of course, it is to hold the Flower God's Birthday Festival."
As soon as these words came out, the whole venue boiled over, and cheers resounded throughout the entire Sumeru City.
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