The appearance of Stormterror Dvalin undoubtedly injected a strong boost into Mondstadt at this moment, not only greatly alleviating the pressure on the Knights of Favonius, but most critically, it uplifted morale and simultaneously confirmed one thing: Barbatos, who guards Mondstadt, had not truly left; he had genuinely been watching over Mondstadt all along.
The Dragon Ursa, which Dvalin had slapped into Cider Lake, let out a sky-shattering roar at Dvalin in the sky, and two dragonic auras confronted each other in the air, stirring up fierce gales in Mondstadt.
The Dragon Ursa didn't understand why Dvalin, a fellow noble dragon, would fight so fiercely with it for the sake of a few 'bugs.' Did he have a bad habit of guarding his food?
But it had attacked Mondstadt so many times before, and this one had never interfered. Why would he stop it this time?
However, the proud and combative nature of dragons is etched into their blood. Since Dvalin had attacked it, it was not a dragon to suffer a loss willingly. If he slapped it, it would have to tear off a piece of Dvalin's flesh.
It flapped its wings again, and its massive dragon body, like a carrier-borne missile, charged towards Dvalin. In an instant, it became entangled with Dvalin.
As fellow elemental dragons of Teyvat, The Dragon Ursa was clearly superior to Stormterror Dvalin in terms of strength, but in agility, it was not as good as Dvalin.
What's more, there was a fundamental difference between the two dragons: the current Stormterror Dvalin was a familiar of the Anemo Archon, and fighting in the Anemo Archon's territory allowed him to receive the blessings of Lord Barbatos, the Anemo Archon.
As for The Dragon Ursa, its current master was the Doctor, far away in Sumeru. The Doctor's greatest grace to The Dragon Ursa was using the 'slice' technique to replicate two new individual clones for it, essentially giving it two extra lives, and its combat power also increased due to the increase in the number of individuals.
One must not assume that the Doctor's use of the 'slice' technique to replicate individuals required no resources or cost, especially when replicating a powerful dragon like The Dragon Ursa.
The manufacturing process for 'slices' is extremely complex, requiring extremely rare resources and a large amount of time to successfully create one.
If the cost were minimal, wouldn't Snezhnaya be able to endlessly replicate hundreds or thousands of dragons with the combat power of Adepti? With that kind of strength, would the Tsaritsa still need to painstakingly acquire the Gnosis of other nations? Wouldn't it be simpler to just attack Celestia?
Because The Dragon Ursa was an extremely rare Adeptus-level experimental subject in the Doctor's hands, the Doctor highly valued it. After successfully applying the 'slice' technique twice on The Dragon Ursa using a large amount of resources, the Doctor then dared to use it on himself, who was a God-level being.
After achieving great success on himself, the Doctor then used most of the resources provided to him by Snezhnaya for the creation of his own 'slices.'
As for The Dragon Ursa, that experimental subject was abandoned by him and casually bestowed upon his subordinate, Sergei, the Diplomatic Ambassador stationed in Mondstadt for Snezhnaya. It was merely three Adeptus-level dragons, so bestowing them was no big deal.
Two giant dragons battled in Mondstadt's airspace. Blazing dragon flames and surging storms continuously erupted in the high skies of Mondstadt. To prevent the aftershocks of the battle from threatening Mondstadt below, Dvalin consciously tried to keep the combat zone as far away from Mondstadt as possible.
On the other side, Diluc continued to attack The Dragon Ursa he had initially wounded, completely ignoring the other Dragon Ursa.
Although the three dragons looked identical, Diluc still noticed a subtle difference: only one of the dragons had a strange scar on its left arm.
That was left there years ago by his father, Crepus, at the cost of his own life, on that dragon's left arm.
In other words, The Dragon Ursa before Diluc was precisely the culprit who had killed his father!
During the years Diluc spent away from Mondstadt, traveling The Seven Nations, besides dismantling Fatui strongholds everywhere, he actually had another goal: to track down The Dragon Ursa, but unfortunately, he found no traces.
Now that The Dragon Ursa had actually appeared in Mondstadt of its own accord, Diluc naturally wouldn't let go of this opportunity for revenge easily. When enemies meet, their eyes naturally turn red with fury. Wielding Wolf's Gravestone, and empowered by the high-mobility buff granted by Barbatos, Diluc fearlessly launched a fierce assault on that Dragon Ursa.
A turning horizontal slash, a powerful downward chop like splitting a mountain, a step forward with an upward diagonal cut, two and a half spins in the air followed by a cleaving swing—Diluc's signature skill, the Plunging Attack, now truly struck the giant dragon's body.
Each of Diluc's slashes was incredibly heavy. Even though the dragon scales on The Dragon Ursa's body could effectively dissipate most of the force, Diluc always managed to find the dragon's weak points, attacking fiercely and leaving wounds on its body.
In close-quarters combat in the air, The Dragon Ursa's massive body became its hindrance. Although it possessed strength far exceeding Diluc's, its overly cumbersome size prevented it from launching effective attacks against Diluc.
Seeing its body constantly getting injured, Ursa was furious. It was merely a morsel of food, yet it dared to harm it. The dignity of a dragon must never be trampled by bugs.
The Dragon Ursa let out an earth-shattering howl. Its entire dark red skin now turned vibrant red, and its whole body seemed covered in a layer of rubies, radiating astonishing heat.
Such a scorching heatwave made even Diluc, a Vision holder of the Pyro element, feel a stinging sensation throughout his body as if he was about to ignite. He had no choice but to distance himself from Ursa to avoid this heatwave, and this was precisely Ursa's goal.
Ursa finally had the chance to incinerate these bothersome bugs. The dragon's flame in its mouth continuously compressed and condensed, and the originally orange-yellow flames gradually turned dark red.
"Not good! Everyone, scatter quickly!"
Acting Grand Master Jean also noticed the dragon gathering its power in the first instant, but under such intense heat, there was no opportunity to interrupt it.
The Dragon Ursa spewed a giant Eclipse from its mouth towards the sky, which violently exploded in mid-air like a magnificent fireworks display. However, in the next second, the fragmented fireballs rained down like a meteor shower, directly smashing towards the members of the Knights of Favonius and Mondstadt beneath them.
Acting Grand Master Jean looked up at the meteor fireballs falling from the sky above her, then looked down at the citizens of Mondstadt below.
With Barbatos's blessing, dodging these meteor fireballs would be an easy task for them. But if she dodged, what about the people of Mondstadt below? How would they dodge?
Acting Grand Master Jean's hesitation lasted only a second. The next moment, she firmly declared, "Everyone, intercept the meteor fireballs! Do not let them fall into Mondstadt!"
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