"Find its own child…"
Ganyu once again subconsciously tightened her grip on Cloud Retainer's feathers.
Her lips pressed together.
She did not know what she would do if Junze were taken away by his elders.
Would she let the child leave?
Would he even be willing to go?
Would he be able to leave her behind?
Would he think of her?
After he left, what would she…
Countless questions flooded Ganyu's mind.
Suddenly she realized something.
Perhaps it was not that the child could not live without her.
Perhaps it was she who could not live without that child.
Ganyu even felt a little afraid.
She lowered her head and looked at the two jade pieces she had received from Cloud Retainer not long ago.
She did not want to be separated from her disciple.
For a moment, she even hoped that the Taotie before them was evil.
If that were the case, she could rightfully keep Junze by her side.
Ganyu softly called out,
"Ze…"
But while Ganyu was still lost in her thoughts, Cloud Retainer had already reached her limit.
She should not have opened her mouth earlier.
The feathers in that area were definitely going to fall out later.
A dignified Adeptus actually losing feathers.
If that got out, would it not be humiliating?
Would anyone even believe it?
But seeing her disciple in such a state, she could not say anything either.
She could only endure it.
At that moment, Junze standing in the center naturally sensed a powerful Cryo elemental aura coming from behind him.
"There's still someone else!"
The moment he detected someone releasing energy behind him, he immediately grabbed a massive boulder from the ground.
As he turned around, he hurled it forward with all his strength.
If the opponent launched an attack, this thing should at least block it.
However, when he turned around and saw Cloud Retainer flying in the sky with Ganyu sitting on her back, his soul nearly left his body.
Master!!!
Every hair and scale on Junze's body instantly stood upright in fright.
He had never imagined that Ganyu would appear here.
"Not good!"
Junze stared at the boulder flying rapidly toward Cloud Retainer and froze.
Boom!
The boulder struck Cloud Retainer directly.
Cloud Retainer and Ganyu fell from the sky like a shot-down aircraft.
"Why didn't Master or Cloud Retainer react at all?!"
Junze clutched his head with both claws and shouted in despair.
He panicked.
Being caught causing trouble outside was already bad enough.
Now he had even thrown a rock and knocked his master and grandmaster out of the sky.
This was absolutely the ultimate crime against one's master.
"Master and the others should not be hurt… right?"
Junze looked up, feeling guilty.
However, he noticed that the boulder had shattered the moment it hit Cloud Retainer, which allowed him to breathe a sigh of relief.
"Well… as expected of Adepti. Their physical toughness is incredible."
At the same time, Junze's body was becoming increasingly unstable.
His heart pounded violently.
Clearly, he was about to revert back.
"Good thing Master probably didn't recognize me. Time to run!"
The next moment, Junze exited the Taotie beast form.
His enormous body disappeared.
Ink-like black mist once again covered his body.
At this moment, he looked like an Adeptus, not a ferocious beast.
Taking advantage of everyone still being confused, Junze quickly circled Cuijue Slope.
He gathered all the miners and placed them in front of Eula.
"Adeptus, I…"
Eula wanted to say something.
But the next moment, Junze vanished as if he had evaporated into thin air.
He left as lightly as he came.
Not taking even a trace of cloud with him.
Aside from the cracks and claw marks across the battlefield, it was impossible to tell that a giant beast had ever appeared here.
As Junze left, the remaining vishaps quickly seized the opportunity to burrow underground and flee.
No one knew whether that terrifying ancient god would appear again.
When everything ended, Cuijue Slope was even touched by a little sunlight.
Perhaps it was because Junze had devoured the malicious aura of the evil remnants lingering in the air.
"Has he left? Quite the style of an Adeptus."
Looking at the unconscious miners in front of her, Eula smiled.
At this moment, Cloud Retainer and Ganyu, who had been knocked down by Junze earlier, finally regained consciousness.
Just now, the two of them had been distracted.
One was thinking about Junze.
The other was worrying about her feathers.
That was why they had not noticed the incoming boulder and were struck down.
"I will definitely make that fellow pay!"
Old grudges and new grudges together.
First Taotie had plucked her feathers long ago.
Now another Taotie had knocked her out of the sky.
Cloud Retainer absolutely wanted revenge.
She flapped her wings and prepared to attack.
But then she realized the area in front of her was completely empty.
"It disappeared?!"
Cloud Retainer's face filled with shock.
She rubbed her eyes with her wings in disbelief.
Where did that enormous Taotie go?
How did it just vanish?
Ganyu silently stood up and put away the two jade pieces.
At this moment, there were several small scratches on her head.
When she fell earlier, she had focused on protecting the jade in her hands and did not pay attention to anything else, so she had scraped herself.
For a Qilin, such wounds would heal very quickly without leaving any mark.
But combined with the heavy expression on her face, it made her look strangely pitiful.
If Junze knew, he would probably regret it deeply.
"Ganyu, come down with your master. There seem to be many mortals below."
Cloud Retainer flapped her wings and flew down from the cliff.
"Alright."
Ganyu nodded and quickly followed.
While they descended to meet Eula, a figure quietly stood at the very edge of the battlefield.
It was Shenhe.
Shenhe had arrived slightly later than Ganyu and the others.
However, she had hidden herself extremely well and had not been noticed by Junze.
That made sense.
After all, she had been secretly observing Junze and Ganyu for many days.
Remaining undetected was normal.
Shenhe murmured softly,
"Are there really two different Taoties?"
She had seen it clearly.
The Taotie just now had quickly transformed into the Ink Shadow Adeptus.
Clearly, that Taotie was the Adeptus who had appeared repeatedly recently.
"But… can that child really grow to such a size?"
Shenhe frowned slightly.
Junze was obviously still in a juvenile stage.
It seemed impossible for him to become that enormous.
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