Liyue Northland Bank; this is the main stronghold of the Fatui. Today, Childe, the eleventh of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers, encountered a troublesome matter.
This trouble was brought by a Silver-Haired Girl named Illustrious. He had heard a little about her, hearing that this person was the Ke Family's son-in-law. Not only had she disrupted his plans, but she also dared to appear before him without knowing her place.
"Where are the guards outside? Where have they gone? This is a secret base of the Fatui, how can you just let outsiders in so casually!" Childe shouted in a rage.
A person hurriedly came in from outside. He first respectfully bowed to Childe and then said cautiously, "Lord Childe, I am truly sorry! This person said she was your friend, Lord Childe, which is why I let her in."
Childe kicked the guard in front of him and said angrily, "If someone says they're my friend, you just believe them! If I said I was your father, why wouldn't you believe that!"
The guard, who had been kicked to the ground, said with a smile instead of anger, "If Lord Childe could become my father, that would naturally be my honor!"
"I don't want to see you, get out!" Childe said impatiently.
After Childe finished speaking, the guard was immediately taken out of the room by two masked Fatui members who appeared from two black holes in the ground, and then he was kicked out into the street.
Watching them take the guard away, Illustrious didn't take any action. This guard wasn't someone she knew; if he was taken away, so be it, what did it have to do with her?
"You're Childe, the eleventh of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers, right? My wife thinks you're an eyesore and wants me to shave you bald, so just be good and let me do it!" Illustrious said sharply.
"Audacious! This is Fatui territory, not a place you should come. You disrupted my plans, and I didn't go looking for you, yet you've come looking for me instead! This is simply outrageous. Since you've come to my door yourself, then stay here today!" Childe said in an icy tone.
"Hmph! You think you can keep me here? You really don't know your own limits. Since you don't want to let me shave you bald obediently, then there's no other way; I can only beat you until you can no longer resist," Illustrious said with great disdain toward Childe.
"What big words! Aren't you afraid of choking on them? I haven't made a move in a long time; it seems people no longer know the terrifying power of Lord Childe. In that case, I'll just have to finish you off as a warning," Childe said coldly.
The two of them each emitted a powerful aura. Under the Gaze of countless eyes, they collided with a boom like meteorites, sending out a tidal wave of elemental energy aftershocks.
The powerful auras of the two made everyone present feel as if they had fallen into the deep sea, unable to breathe smoothly. These two probably wouldn't be satisfied until they tore this place apart!
"The auras of these two are so powerful! Who exactly is this Silver-Haired Girl? She actually possesses an aura not inferior to Lord Childe's."
"I know her, she's that trashy eldest young lady Illustrious. I heard that even at her age, she doesn't even have a vision. But looking at her soaring aura now, she doesn't seem like a piece of trash!"
"How is she trash! Yesterday, the Third Elder of the Xu Family, Xu Peng, was sent flying by her with a single punch. She's simply a monster."
Childe first reached into the void, his right hand slightly open. Suddenly, a bow appeared in his palm. With a sudden grip, he pulled the bowstring, and countless water elements continuously condensed into water arrows.
Then, releasing his right hand, the water arrow immediately left the bowstring and shot violently toward Illustrious. After firing one arrow, Childe immediately pulled a second. Childe's drawing speed was quite fast, leaving a series of afterimages in mid-air, hinting at his startling speed.
The second water arrow immediately left the bow, following the first one closely, piercing through space like lightning as it shot violently toward Illustrious.
Watching the two consecutive water arrows suddenly shot at her, Illustrious's expression didn't change in the slightest. She lightly raised her right hand, and the Extreme Ice Power swirling around her fingertips rapidly condensed.
In the blink of an eye, an extremely slender ice whip was formed. With a forceful flick of the ice whip in mid-air, it immediately turned into an extremely flexible long snake, shooting toward the two water arrows.
The speed of the ice whip was somewhat terrifying; wherever it passed, there was a Spacequake, leaving a snow-white trail in mid-air that was extremely conspicuous.
The two water arrows pierced through space. Under the Gaze of countless eyes, they happened to collide violently with that snow-white ice whip. A low sonic boom exploded at the point of contact, and an energy shockwave that caused ripples in space surged out, continuously spreading in all directions.
The power contained in the ice whip was too terrifying. In the blink of an eye, it easily shattered the two arrows Childe had shot, and with undiminished power, it smashed violently toward the not-so-distant Childe.
Childe hadn't expected the ice whip to be so overbearing that it would shatter his double-shot arrows all at once, making it impossible for him to accept reality. Even though he had already overestimated his opponent's strength, he never imagined she would be powerful to such a frightening degree.
Looking at the ice whip shooting toward him, Childe immediately condensed a huge water wall in front of him, hoping to use it to stop the ice whip's advance.
The ice whip smashed heavily into the water wall. The Extreme Ice Power it contained was too cold, and the water wall instantly turned into a wall of ice. The ice wall didn't last long before it immediately shattered with a bang.
Without the protection of the ice wall, Childe was hit hard in the chest by the lightning-fast ice whip. He felt a sweetness in his throat, and a stream of blood sprayed from his mouth, splattering directly into the air.
Childe received a powerful impact and was immediately sent flying backward. In the process, he knocked down two huge wooden pillars and finally stopped after hitting a third one, collapsing onto the ground.
Illustrious reached into the void, and the skyward blade once again appeared in her palm. Then, with a sudden tight grip, she shot toward the fallen Childe.
She had originally thought that the fallen Childe wouldn't be defeated so easily, so Illustrious planned to give him another blow to ensure he couldn't rise again.
However, when she flew to Childe's side, she discovered something that surprised her. This thing was that Childe, the eleventh of the Fatui Harbingers, had actually fainted. This left her with nowhere to start, but she wondered if this guy was faking his death to suddenly jump up and ambush her!
If that were the case, then she would have to be a bit more vigilant. So, Illustrious kicked Childe's body with her foot and found that Childe remained motionless. She shouted at him, "Your mom is calling you home for dinner!"
After finding no reaction to her shout, Illustrious finally felt at ease. She retracted the skyward blade, and Extreme Ice Power rapidly condensed. A small razor appeared in her palm. With a sudden grip, she aimed at Childe's thick hair and began to shave quickly. "Be happy! To have me, Illustrious, personally cut your hair, you must have saved the galaxy in your past life!"
If Childe were still conscious, he would definitely curse her for being shameless.
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