This idiom comes from Liyue and tells the story of the Knights of Favonius reconnaissance team captain Eula and the famous legal consultant Yanfei.
The brave Spindrift Knight…
"Ahem."
Junze shook his head, clearing all that ridiculous nonsense from his mind.
"I really didn't expect to run into them here. But I need to step in quickly, or those Primogems will slip away."
Junze felt a bit fortunate that this was the first task he had chosen. Otherwise, he definitely would not have made it in time.
Meanwhile, on the caravan's side, Yanfei continuously released Pyro attacks.
Though she was essentially a civilian professional, she was still part illuminated beast, so she knew some combat methods.
Of course, her damage was limited. She could only assist Eula by harassing the vishaps.
As for the other members of the convoy, they could handle ordinary monsters well enough, but against these rampaging vishaps, they were clearly outmatched.
The main combat force of the group was still Eula.
Moving with the rhythm and cadence of dance, Eula swept her frost-laced blade in a raging tide of elegant assault, her form pleasing to the eye.
The Knights of Favonius swordsmanship fused with Cryo magic unfolded in the form of a sacrificial dance.
Power and grace blended perfectly.
Her claymore rose and fell, her unique and refined bearing like a dance beneath the moon.
Unfortunately, in the current situation, no one around had time to appreciate that stunning dance.
"Hah!"
Eula's claymore slashed down, directly knocking several juvenile Geo Vishaps at the front onto the ground.
But those little ones were not the real problem.
"Rumble!"
The true trouble was the Geo Vishaps themselves.
Two enormous Geo Vishaps charged straight at Eula.
The entire ground shook violently.
Geo Vishaps possessed hardened shells and immense ramming force. Ordinary people could not maintain balance under such impact.
"Shatter!"
Eula gave a sharp cry.
Her claymore spun, vast Cryo energy tracing a crescent arc.
The two massive Geo Vishaps were forced back for the moment.
Immediately after came an explosion.
The juvenile Geo Vishaps lying on the ground nearby were blasted over, instantly losing the ability to resist.
At the same time, the two Geo Vishaps also suffered considerable damage.
Yet, for some reason, the enraged Geo Vishaps did not retreat. Instead, they were further provoked.
"Roar!"
The Geo Vishaps clustered together and charged toward Eula again.
"Tch."
Even Eula found this troublesome.
These rampaging Geo Vishaps were not beyond her ability to defeat.
But in this state, ordinary attacks could not interrupt them. On the contrary, Eula herself risked being knocked down.
So the best option was to evade.
Once the vishaps tired and exited this state, she could easily eliminate them.
But behind her stood so many people.
If she dodged, those adventurers would certainly suffer death or grievous injury.
The Spindrift Knight would never allow such a thing to happen before her eyes.
"These rolling lizards are just as disgusting as ever."
Watching the group of charging vishaps rushing Eula, Junze muttered.
As he spoke, Junze's gaze flickered. Vast black qi surged from his body, enveloping him.
Junze's black aura was now vastly different from before.
It had become like black ink brushed by an adeptus in motion.
If Junze had to describe it, it was roughly like a fusion of Fu Hua's Empyrean Ink from Honkai Impact 3rd and the sweep of the Mortal Blade from Sekiro.
Poetry and killing intent coexisted.
Though it still carried a chilling sense of inauspiciousness, even more of it was the mystery of an adeptus.
One could not help but wonder whether this was an adeptus who presided over slaughter.
Junze glanced at the black aura around himself and smiled. "I'll play the part of an adeptus too."
With that, he leapt down.
Like an adeptus descending, he drifted lightly to land before Eula.
"Hm?!"
Eula and the people behind her all stared in shock at the sudden dark figure that had intruded.
Junze, concealed within the black aura, released Trail of the Qilin the moment he landed.
Instantly, the surrounding temperature dropped.
An ice flower appeared at the center of the Geo Vishaps.
Ice flower. Effect activated.
The vishaps were drawn by the manifested ice flower, their attack direction shifting.
Junze also stepped forward.
The ink-like black aura, combined with Trail of the Qilin's speed enhancement, gave him layered afterimages. He moved like ripples over water, drifting as if painting strokes through space.
He swiftly circled the vishaps once, then stopped before them.
Wherever Junze passed, one ice flower after another was left behind.
Suddenly—
Boom!
The very first ice flower detonated.
The juvenile Geo Vishaps were instantly blasted over, but the two large ones still endured.
Yet explosive ice lotuses had never been limited to just one.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
One ice lotus after another erupted in succession.
Even with their massive bodies, the Geo Vishaps could not withstand such continuous bombardment.
Thus, amid the thunder of ice explosions, the vishaps completely lost all signs of life.
"Th-this…"
Every person around wore an expression of utter disbelief.
Those ferocious vishaps from moments ago had been wiped out in an instant by this figure wrapped in black aura?!
"An… an adeptus?!"
Suddenly, a Liyue native in the convoy cried out in delight.
Though the black aura around Junze inspired fear, the ethereal, aloof Adeptus bearing about him drew even more attention.
For Liyue people raised in adeptus culture since childhood, how could they not be excited?
Yanfei, looking at Junze, murmured, "It really is an adeptal aura… but…"
As a half-illuminated being herself, Yanfei indeed sensed that presence from Junze, yet her intuition told her something was off.
Eula, on the other hand, watched Junze with full vigilance.
After all, Mondstadt had no adeptus culture.
So compared to any Adeptus air, Eula paid more attention to the ominous nature of the black aura around him.
A new enemy?
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