"As long as you become my empress, I will have a hundred ways to teach you, to make you an obedient dog that listens to everything I say." The Tsaritsa said with a cold expression:
"Since you have discovered it, I have no choice but to use force to take you back to be my empress. Next, I will use my full strength, so do not die!" After the Tsaritsa said this with a dangerous expression, she immediately disappeared from where she stood.
"What? Disappeared, where did she go!" Illustrious had not been able to see the Tsaritsa's movements just now. It was too fast, so fast that there was no way to see any traces.
"Bang!"
Illustrious felt a pain in her stomach and was then sent flying away. The vanished Tsaritsa appeared exactly where Illustrious had just been standing.
"Boom!"
A mountain peak was instantly destroyed. Illustrious fell onto the rubble. Looking up, the Tsaritsa had already arrived at her side like lightning.
Going to die, going to die, going to die! Must dodge, or I am going to be dead! As the Tsaritsa threw her punch, Illustrious rapidly circulated the Extreme Ice Power within her body. A chill exploded from her body. Seeing this, the Tsaritsa immediately gave up on punching Illustrious and flashed away from the spot very quickly.
Wherever the cold air reached, it instantly froze. First the rivers, then the trees, and finally the animals. None of them escaped; they were all frozen into ice sculptures.
"Such powerful Extreme Ice Power. I did not expect you to have developed your Extreme Ice Power to this extent, to the point where even my Extreme Ice Power cannot resist it in the slightest. I want to obtain you more and more!" The Tsaritsa had almost been frozen just now. Fortunately, she also possessed Extreme Ice Power and could foresee it early, otherwise she would have also been frozen into an ice sculpture.
Although Illustrious had only held the gnosis for a short time, she was exceptionally gifted and had already developed the gnosis to its limit. Even the Tsaritsa, who held an equivalent gnosis, was afraid. This proved that in this world, there was nothing Illustrious could not freeze.
"How is it! Do you know how powerful I am now! If you want to surrender now, I can still let you go." Illustrious's current condition was very poor. Although her Extreme Ice Power was indeed stronger than the Tsaritsa's, her strength and speed were far inferior to these veteran gnosis holders. If she had enough time, one year would definitely be enough to match the Tsaritsa. No! She would even surpass the Tsaritsa.
"Pfft! Do you really think I am some newborn, ignorant girl! Do not look at my youthful appearance; I am, after all, a god who has lived for thousands of years. You should save those little tricks of yours!" The Tsaritsa said with disdain: "Although you have developed your gnosis to the limit, your strength and speed are far behind us veteran gods. If I gave you some time, perhaps according to your cultivation speed, you might surpass me in three years, but I will not give you that time."
"Highest Mystery of Heavenly Principles Divine Art—Dance of the Falling Swords!"
The scene changed instantly at the Tsaritsa's shout. Illustrious arrived in an ice sea, where the sea surface had already frozen into ice blocks.
The sea surface was full of ice swords. The ice swords were inserted into the sea surface, and intense Extreme Ice Power radiated from the ice swords.
"Rise!"
Flying in mid-air, the Tsaritsa gave a low shout. Countless ice swords rose into the air, blocking the sky. They were dense and packed, looking terrifying.
Under the Tsaritsa's control, the tips of the countless ice swords slowly changed direction, aiming at Illustrious not far away.
"I will knock you out in one move. If you accidentally die, then I can only say you were nothing more than that." The Tsaritsa waved her slender hand, and countless ice swords shot violently toward Illustrious.
Looking at the overwhelming ice swords, Illustrious's expression was solemn. It seemed her skyward blade was going to be ruined! But that was better than dying here.
Her right hand opened slightly, and a long blue sword appeared in her hand. This sword was her five-star weapon, the skyward blade.
"Sacrifice Sword to Become Sea!" With a low shout!
She exerted a little force in her hand, and a golden light exploded, instantly destroying the skyward blade. The main power of this skyward blade transformed into a cluster of light, and this light was injected into Illustrious's body.
As the light entered her body, Illustrious's aura surged rapidly, rising to a level comparable to the Tsaritsa's.
A golden light sword appeared in her hand. Gripping the light sword tightly, it immediately transformed into a great light sword twenty-five meters long and five meters wide. The light sword had red patterns, and these patterns contained the Power of Laws. This was the supreme law that composed the world, possessing the power to destroy the heavens and the earth.
The great light sword only appeared for ten seconds before it transformed into a small golden light sword one meter long and 10 centimeters wide.
Watching the countless ice swords streak across the sky and rush towards her, Illustrious directly raised her little light sword, then gently aimed it at the Tsaritsa not far away.
"The Supreme Mystery of Heavenly Principles Art — Split the Starry Sky, Return to Zero!"
With a cold shout that resounded through the sky, countless golden light dots gathered within the little light sword. The light dots slowly grew larger, finally turning into a massive ball of light five zhang in size.
The massive ball of light instantly burst open, and a five-zhang-wide golden beam of light shot out from it.
The speed of the golden beam was terrifying. Wherever it passed, the air was completely cleared, space began to tremble incessantly, and the surroundings were permeated with the aura of death.
Tearing through the sky, the sudden, massive energy caused the world constructed by the Tsaritsa to begin to totter. The golden beam surged forward with an indomitable momentum, aiming to reduce everything blocking its path to ashes.
"Bang, bang, bang... Boom!" The golden beam violently collided with the countless ice swords that were shooting over. These ice swords held on for only a moment before turning to ash. Although the number of ice swords was vast, the energy contained within the golden beam was too astonishing, and in the end, every single ice sword was completely annihilated by the golden beam.
After shattering the countless ice swords, although the golden beam had weakened considerably, its remaining momentum did not stop, and it continued to shoot towards the Tsaritsa.
"Pfft!" Spitting out a mouthful of blood, the Tsaritsa was struck by the golden beam and fell from mid-air to the ground.
Like a kite with a broken string, she drifted slowly downward.
The golden beam, having struck the Tsaritsa, still did not stop and continued to shoot towards the sky.
"Clang!" The sky was struck by the golden beam, and this world constructed by the Tsaritsa shattered rapidly, turning into countless fragments that fell to the ground. The scene of the ice sea that Illustrious saw slowly recovered, returning to the mountain peaks where she had first arrived in Liyue.
"Cough, cough, cough..." The Tsaritsa had lost. She had not expected Illustrious to hide such a powerful trump card. Being careless and unprepared, she had been hit directly by her ultimate move.
"Zing!" A little light sword pointed at the Tsaritsa, and Illustrious said coldly: "You have lost!"
"I lost! Kill me then!" The Tsaritsa said with an unyielding gaze.
Illustrious shook her head, lowered her sword, and said to the Tsaritsa: "I will not kill you, because you are an Empress, and you must lead your people toward happiness. If I were to kill you, then countless people would have their families destroyed and their homes broken because of it."
"I, Illustrious, do not consider myself a good person, but I will not commit such heinous acts."
"You will regret not killing me." The Tsaritsa flew up and said to Illustrious: "You are mine, and one day, I will bring you back to Snezhnaya."
"Bang!" After saying this, the Tsaritsa turned directly into a stream of light and left, flying towards Snezhnaya.
The little light sword turned into light dots and slowly disappeared into mid-air. Watching the Tsaritsa leave after making her threats, Illustrious shook her head. This woman really refused to give up! Did she want her to be Empress that badly?
Time flies like an arrow, the sun and moon like a shuttle. Twelve days had passed since the Tsaritsa left, and nothing major had happened during these days. In these twelve days, Illustrious had constantly asked Keqing and Ganyu to go on dates in various places.
Sometimes, she would play mountain climbing games with Keqing on the peaks of Liyue.
Keqing was always first, and Illustrious was always second, which made Keqing very happy. She would lecture Illustrious, saying that her stamina was poor and that she was crawling up the mountain so slowly that it was truly disgraceful and embarrassing for her.
Mountain climbing is a leisure activity, and Illustrious argued that only by taking it slow could one truly experience mountain climbing; after all, if you climb too fast, you will miss a lot of beautiful scenery along the way.
Just like now, trailing behind, then lifting her head to look up from below, tsk tsk tsk! Wife Keqing's butt was as perky as ever today.
"What are you dazing for? Hurry up and catch up!" Keqing shouted at Illustrious, who was lagging behind her slowly.
"Oh my! Wife, you're amazing, always reaching the peak so quickly; I can barely keep up with your speed." Illustrious praised.
"If you could practice swordplay as often as I usually do, I believe you would definitely be able to keep up with me." Keqing said, putting her right hand on her waist.
"Yes, yes, yes! Wife is right. I will accompany you in sword practice properly. When my swordsmanship is invincible, you must spar with me!" Illustrious nodded and said.
"Wanting to be invincible? That's impossible. After all, I am the Master of the Way of the Sword; no one understands swords better than I do." Keqing said proudly.
This was the time Illustrious spent climbing mountains with Keqing. During these times, Illustrious quite enjoyed looking at the beautiful scenery from bottom to top.
As for Ganyu, Illustrious took her directly to the seaside for a date. At first, Ganyu refused to leave her workbench, always saying that her work wasn't finished and she couldn't rest yet.
At these times, Illustrious would use money at night to find someone to finish Ganyu's work directly. When Ganyu saw there was no work to do the next day, she would agree to Illustrious's request.
After setting up a beach umbrella and unfolding a beach chair, Illustrious called Ganyu, who was swimming by the sea, to come over.
Upon seeing the beach chair, Ganyu asked: "How did you get it set up so quickly?"
"Ganyu, you must be tired from swimming, hurry up and lie down! It's very comfortable." Illustrious said, gesturing for her to sit.
Nodding, Ganyu did not stand on ceremony and lay directly on the beach chair. Wearing a bikini, she stretched out her graceful figure, which made Illustrious's eyes go straight. She inwardly screamed: Wife, you're so beautiful! Such a great figure!
"Wife! You've come to this beach with its scorching sun, you can't be without any protection, so I specifically bought this bottle of sunscreen. Let me help you apply it!" As if prepared, Illustrious pulled a bottle of sunscreen from behind her back.
Tilting her head, Ganyu said embarrassedly: "Sorry, actually, while you were setting up the umbrella, I already applied sunscreen, so I don't need any more now."
"What? You already applied it? How could..." Illustrious knelt on the ground, gripping the sand tightly with both hands. Damn it! She didn't expect to be one step too late. If she had known, she wouldn't have set up that beach umbrella.
"Illustrious, bring the sunscreen to me." Ganyu reached out and beckoned to Illustrious.
Eh! Could it be that Wife Ganyu wants to apply sunscreen again for her? My god! Ganyu, you are so gentle! Then she wouldn't be polite. Illustrious began to introduce the sunscreen to Ganyu.
"Here! This is sunscreen, look at the brand, isn't it very high-end? Let me tell you! It contains all kinds of precious ingredients... Eh, Wife! What are you doing!"
"I'm not doing anything!" Ganyu said as she let Illustrious lie on the beach chair.
"Then what are you making me lie on the beach chair for?" Illustrious asked Ganyu, confused, while lying down.
With both hands full of white liquid, Ganyu rubbed them together in her hands as she gradually approached Illustrious and said: "Of course, it's to help you apply sunscreen! You were busy setting up the umbrella and arranging the beach chair earlier, so you definitely haven't applied sunscreen. Let me help you apply it now!"
Looking at Ganyu, who was constantly approaching her, Illustrious wanted to cry but had no tears. This was truly lifting a rock only to drop it on her own feet! "Wait! Ganyu! Mmm... uh... ah!"
"How does it feel, Illustrious!" Ganyu's application technique was quite remarkable; her hands were like intoxicating wine, leaving Illustrious unable to stop.
"Soft, wet, and very smooth; it feels so comfortable!" Illustrious said, her face slightly flushed.
"I have something even more intense!" "Wait! Don't! Ah!..."
Recalling these twelve days of happy life, Illustrious was overjoyed. However, today was the day of departure; Illustrious was preparing to head to the next world.
"Little Yellow Chicken, what is the name of the next world!"
"The next world is sword art online. Your mission is to protect Asuna so she doesn't die. The duration is three years." The Little Yellow Chicken drilled out of Illustrious's conscious world and said.
"A simple mission! Then let the traversal begin!" Illustrious urged the Little Yellow Chicken.
"Alright! Ten Thousand Worlds traversal begins!" The Little Yellow Chicken pointed at the sky, and a black hole appeared in front of Illustrious.
After summoning the black hole, Little Yellow Chicken saw Illustrious staring blankly and immediately urged her, "What are you spacing out for! Hurry up and go!"
"I feel like I've forgotten something. Oh well, never mind. If I can't remember it, then it must not be important. Since that's the case, I'll just head out!" Gazing at the black hole, Illustrious didn't hesitate and jumped straight in.
Seeing Illustrious go in, Little Yellow Chicken flew in as well. After the human and the chicken vanished from the spot, the black hole also disappeared.
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Three spiderwebs were draped over a girl wearing a high-cut leotard and a large hat. The girl remained motionless, her eyes devoid of light, and she only showed signs of movement when a spider crawled over her head.
After using a water bomb to flick the spider away and tearing off the spiderwebs, the girl shouted at the sky, "Damn Illustrious, you bastard! You actually dared to stand me up! Next time I see you, I'm definitely not going to let you off!"
This person was none other than the astrologist Mona. She had been waiting here for Illustrious for three days, neither eating nor drinking, all because she was afraid of missing Illustrious if she came to find her. But having waited until this point, it went without saying that Illustrious had undoubtedly forgotten all about the matter of becoming her girlfriend.
Mona was furious! She started walking toward Liyue. Her determination to make Illustrious her girlfriend wouldn't change; after all, it didn't cost money to have Illustrious as her girlfriend!
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