"My Seven Elemental Dragon Lords."
"Aldebaran is a fourth-stage Gastrea with extremely high intelligence. Its cry is an announcement of the Gastrea's victory over humanity."
"It declares that this world will be occupied by the Gastrea."
"Subsequently, the twelve strongest Gastrea will appear simultaneously and divide the world into twelve parts."
The twelve strongest Gastrea?
Saint Tenzi was horrified to hear this.
"God... Gods..."
"Are those twelve Gastrea..."
Hearing this, Nahida nodded and said, "They are indeed Gastrea representing the twelve zodiac constellations, all at Stage Five."
"Are we still going to fight the Gastrea?"
At this moment, the Damselettes, as Initiators, gathered around.
Their tender little faces were full of worry, but even so, they all responded, "Let's fight too."
"That's right!" Enju, with her orange twin Horsetails, said, "I'm quite good at fighting, especially after getting a Vision. My power has become so much stronger than before."
She spread her arms as if to show how much more powerful she had become.
"I can fight too." The golden-haired Damselette also followed.
Tina said, "I've fought Gastrea before, and now that I'm stronger, I'm even less worried."
"That's right, that's right, we've all fought these big bugs before."
"As long as the Gods give the order, we will definitely risk our lives."
"Exactly, and with the Gods' care, the Gastrea virus in our bodies has long lost its activity. We don't have to worry about Gastrea transformation, so we can unleash our power to our heart's content."
"..."
"You..." Nahida looked at the eager girls in front of her, who looked to be about her age, and the world-ending sorrow in her heart seemed to be washed away in an instant.
This is why Lord Su Bai was determined to transform Teyvat into a world inhabited only by Vision wielders.
They are lovely and kind, with pure hearts, willing to sacrifice for others.
For the sake of protection, everyone is willing to give their all.
"Hmph!"
"You little brats just watch. They're just twelve zodiac Gastrea. I alone am enough," the Pyro Dragon Sovereign said, patting his chest confidently.
"Hmph! If I let you participate in the battle, wouldn't it damage the prestige of I, Azhdaha?"
Azhdaha was not to be outdone.
Destroying the giant stele with a single Dragon Breath just now wasn't enough to satisfy him.
Back in the day, he was a dragon who had fought alongside Lord Rex Lapis in the Archon War.
Having finally gotten another chance to let the world feel his Dragon Lord's might, there was no reason to give it up.
"Let me go instead. The gales I stir up can turn into sharp blades, instantly slicing the Gastrea into several pieces."
"No matter how big their bodies are, it's meaningless."
Dvalin said.
Subsequently, the other Elemental Dragon Lords, except Neuvillette, began a big "argument" over who would eliminate the Stage Five twelve zodiac Gastrea.
Neuvillette looked at the worship in the eyes of the countless shocked Damselettes and suddenly felt a sense of crisis in his heart.
He quickly interrupted, "Among us Seven Elemental Dragon Lords, only I cannot transform into a dragon."
"But that doesn't matter. As the Hydro Dragon Sovereign possessing the Authority of the Ancient Dragons, I can already sense that this world can now utilize the Authority of the Ancient Dragons."
"I will clear out the Gastrea beneath our feet."
"The remaining six Dragon Lords, two twelve zodiac Gastrea each."
"This distribution should be quite reasonable, right?"
After he finished speaking, he didn't forget to look at Nahida.
Hearing this, Nahida smiled slightly and said, "This is quite fair. Let's distribute them according to the Hydro Dragon Sovereign's suggestion."
...
War was imminent.
Footsteps like an earthquake came from afar.
Twelve gigantic figures slowly appeared in their Vision.
Boom!
However, the next second.
A pillar of light soaring into the sky instantly engulfed a Gastrea nearly a hundred meters tall.
Immediately after, thunder roared in the sky.
Purple lightning, as thick as a water column, descended from the heavens.
Not only that, the hurricane that rose nearby even leveled hills.
The moment the massive golden-yellow rock dragon landed on all fours, the earth cracked, and countless Gastrea fell.
Then, the instantly healed ground immediately crushed them completely into pulp.
Saint Tenzi watched everything before her in horror.
She couldn't help but gasp.
Is this the power of the Gods?
It was a power completely unimaginable in the minds of mortals.
Not only that, she instinctively looked down at her feet again.
Only then did she realize that the Gastrea that had previously invaded the city were all exploding, their bodies bursting open as if their blood vessels had ruptured.
She stared at this in shock, unable to understand how these Gastrea beneath her feet had died.
Nahida quickly surveyed the battlefield.
With a thought.
The growth status of Irminsul immediately appeared in her mind.
"Irminsul is about to mature..."
As soon as Nahida's words fell.
A flash of light suddenly streaked through her mind.
"It's a success."
Nahida shouted in joy, "Irminsul has matured, we..."
However, before her excitement could end, an anomaly occurred.
Irminsul, which should have been emitting golden light, suddenly dimmed.
The next moment, a ghostly blue flame emerged from the roots of the tree, and under the influence of the ghostly blue flame, the golden Irminsul's color gradually began to change in a bizarre way.
Eventually, the golden Irminsul, along with the color of the Ley Lines, became a color that sometimes glowed green and sometimes blue.
Even stranger things were happening.
The cataclysmic phenomena caused by the great battle suddenly seemed to be covered in a layer of gloom.
As the dust in the sky dissipated, the once clear and cloudless sky became increasingly hazy.
The sunlight seemed unable to penetrate.
The entire world began to become eerie.
The ground beneath their feet also began to undergo immense changes.
The bodies of the Gastrea gradually dissolved, transforming into strangely colored mountains and rivers.
The architecture on the surface also underwent noticeable changes.
All the previous skyscrapers disappeared.
All civilization in the Gastrea World seemed to vanish in an instant, leaving nothing behind.
In its place were some buildings with peculiar architectural styles.
They gave off an extremely sinister yet extremely mysterious feeling.
"What's happening?"
Everyone gathered together again.
Everything before their eyes, a scene more bizarre than the end of the world, truly made their hair stand on end.