~Genshin Impact World~
"This is great, Cocolia's aura... Whew, you can tell she's incredibly strong just by looking at her."
In the light screen, Stelle, holding a baseball bat, was already eager to fight. The passionate scene even made Tartaglia rub his hands together.
"I really want to fight that woman."
Unlike the muscle-brained combat enthusiast beside him, Zhongli was completely calm. He even took advantage of Tartaglia's distraction to quietly pick up a piece of the most succulent Clearspring Boar meat from his bowl and gently blew on the steam.
As the longest-living and most powerful god in Teyvat, Zhongli knew very well at this moment that the greatest respect he could give to a battle of this level was...
"Xiangling, two more bowls of rice."
"Alright, Mr. Zhongli!"
Seeing the Geo Archon, who was only focused on eating, Tartaglia, who was responsible for paying this time, showed a puzzled expression.
"Mr. Zhongli, are you not interested in the fight between Stelle and Cocolia?"
"Heh heh, it's a rare sight, of course I'm interested,"
Zhongli said with a smile.
"Then, who do you think will win, Stelle or Cocolia?"
Tartaglia leaned forward slightly and asked curiously.
"Hmm..."
Zhongli honestly gave his opinion.
"Stelle might have a slight advantage."
"Then, if I fought Cocolia, who would win?"
Tartaglia was even more curious.
"..."
Zhongli's chopsticks, which were picking up food, paused for a few seconds, then he sighed.
"...That would be a boring fight."
"Is that your opinion? That's really hurtful, Mr. Zhongli. But I admit that Cocolia is indeed stronger than I, but precisely because of that, I hope to challenge her... Only by fighting against strong enough opponents can my combat skills improve."
"Just like me and my master, my master used to fight me with only one hand, but after so many years, I think my master should be more serious and use two hands to deal with me now."
"So, Mr. Zhongli..."
Mid-sentence, Tartaglia's stomach rumbled appropriately. He finally realized he was a little hungry and was about to pick up his chopsticks to get some food, but found that the plate of boar meat on the table was already empty.
Looking up, Zhongli's unperturbed face showed a rare expression of satisfaction.
"Oh... what were you just trying to say? I'm listening."
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「 "Let me show you its power!" The wind and snow wrapped Cocolia like a white cocoon, and a layer of frost was faintly visible around her body. But when the wind and snow dispersed, revealing her true form within, that almost completely human-defying posture couldn't help but send shivers down one's spine.
Her calm and elegant demeanor was completely gone, replaced by a body covered in solid ice. She wore a crown made of ice spikes on her head, and four ice spears floated around her body. The few exposed parts of her body were as deep and dark as the starry sky.
Especially her face, which was completely devoid of human features.
The surging power in her body made Cocolia's voice tremble slightly with excitement. "Listen, this power is surging... singing... The promise the Stellaron gave me is the only hope for this world."
"Seven hundred years ago, it drove out the Antimatter Legion - today, it will also erase your existence!"
However, Stelle didn't have the habit of listening to people ramble. After listening to Cocolia talk to herself for so long, it was as if she didn't have a Stellaron herself.
Stelle raised her baseball bat, ready to give Cocolia a good hit.
"Heh heh... Humans are always weak and foolish, always overestimating themselves!"
Cocolia's sneer almost impatiently rang out in mid-air.
Simultaneously with this sound, there was a sudden, dense whistling sound approaching from the sky. Stelle looked up and saw countless translucent ice cones flying like a swarm of locusts, being gathered by some power of Cocolia's and shot towards her.
The chilling cold that made one feel as if they had fallen into an ice cellar surged wildly around Cocolia. 」
「 .....」
~Jujutsu Kaisen World, Future Timeline~
"Forgive me, Lord Sukuna... My Ice Condensation Cursed Technique is completely inferior to hers."
Beside Sukuna, Uraume bowed slightly, showing an apologetic expression.
"Yes, I know."
The playful expression on Sukuna's face had completely disappeared at this moment.
He was quite clear that Uraume's strength far exceeded that of a Grade 1 Sorcerer.
Normally, Uraume only needed to gently blow a breath to create an ice mountain-like spectacle. A technique of this power was extremely rare, even a thousand years ago. But at this moment, it was the first time Sukuna had seen Uraume lose confidence in their Ice Condensation Cursed Technique...
Just by slightly raising her hand, she could summon an endless blizzard, using a "technique" far more powerful than the Ice Condensation Cursed Technique without feeling any consumption...
Cocolia was clearly just a human, a human who had only lived for a few decades, and her power all came from that small seed cast by the 'Stellaron'...
The Stellaron.
He could sense that this was merely an insignificant manifestation of the Stellaron's power, like the tip of an iceberg exposed from the sea.
Unlike the feeling of the first glance of the star Gods of Destruction, this time, Sukuna truly felt an insurmountable chasm lying before him - it was not something that could be filled by exquisite cursed techniques, but a gap that could not be bridged even with a lifetime of effort.
Sukuna seemed to vaguely sense the hidden language beneath that glance. It was naked and bloody... like a taunt.
"—You are merely a mortal born in a world without Stellarons."
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「 After a period of entanglement, Cocolia probably ran out of patience. She clasped her hands together, and a lance shot straight out, instantly piercing through Stelle's chest!
Stelle's eyes widened. The moment the lance pierced in, she felt her body seemed to be becoming lighter, and time gradually slowed down, even Cocolia's sinister smile became exceptionally quiet...
From the perspective of countless onlookers, Stelle fell sharply from a high place like a kite with a broken string.
.....
Stelle slowly opened her eyes, only to find that she was no longer on Jarilo-VI. Cocolia and the Engine of Creation were gone, and even Dan Heng and March 7th were nowhere to be seen.
It felt like being in a vortex of stars, with a spiral galaxy surrounding a core of golden light, forming a strange scene.
"Is this... the universe?" Stelle looked around, gazing at the flowing galaxy in the distance. This scene was really familiar.
"Wasn't I fighting Cocolia? Why am I here?" Stelle suddenly remembered that the last time she came here, Star God of Destruction, Nanook, had happened to glance at her.
That time, she also seemed to have been hit head-on by the Doomsday Beast's laser and was on the verge of death... 」
「 .....」