Chapter 20: Intense Competition
At this moment, Lumine and the Ruin Guard were staring at each other, neither daring to make the first move.
"Wow, Traveler, hurry and think of something!" Watching the giant Ruin Guard in front of her, Paimon shifted her gaze to Lumine, who was standing to the side.
Lumine didn't say anything. Instead, she reached into her pocket and pulled out a Ruin Guard toy, which was incessantly playing music.
"Huh? Is that the toy Childe gave you?" Looking at the toy, Paimon couldn't help but feel curious, as she didn't understand what Lumine was trying to do.
But upon seeing the toy, the Ruin Guard's fury surged instantly. With a roar, it launched an attack directly at Lumine.
Seeing that peaceful methods wouldn't work, Lumine had no choice but to push off hard and dash toward the Ruin Guard. She summoned two Mistsplitter Reforged blades, followed by a sliding tackle that brought her behind the Ruin Guard. She then leapt high into the air and slashed down onto the Ruin Guard's face. A string of " 99999999" damage numbers appeared, and the Ruin Guard was instantly killed by Lumine.
Afterward, Lumine spun around, landed on the ground, and put away her two Mistsplitter Reforged blades.
This incredibly cool display by Lumine not only stunned everyone in the audience but also amazed everyone in the livestream chat, and they couldn't help but cheer for her.
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[ Honkai Impact 3rd - Kiana: Is it really possible to deal that much damage with a single strike? ]
[ Honkai: Star Rail - Acheron: This terrifying damage is probably on par with an Emanator. ]
[ Genshin Impact - Furina: What a terrifying Traveler! ]
Everyone else in the livestream chat was also filled with astonishment.
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"Truly… truly worthy of the exceptionally powerful Traveler!" Seeing Lumine take down the Ruin Guard with just one move, Katheryne's mouth twitched. She then offered some praise before turning her head to look at the three great experts sitting beside her.
However, they didn't show much reaction to this; they were either sipping tea, eating snacks, or sleeping.
"Let us refocus our attention to the front!" Seeing that Zhongli and the others didn't want to say anything, Katheryne switched the screen back to Yae Miko and the others.
"The three of them are actually racing side-by-side again!" Katheryne said, looking astonished.
Under Katheryne's surprised gaze, Yae Miko and the others passed several corners in high-speed succession once more.
"Miko-sama, you slipped away so fast just now, but I finally managed to catch that fox tail!" Yoimiya spread her hands, looking at Yae Miko beside her with a smile.
"You'd better keep a good eye on the road ahead!" Yae Miko said with a smile, pointing at the path in front.
On the other side of Yoimiya, Kamisato Ayaka also covered the lower half of her face with her fan, nodded, and looked at Yoimiya with a wicked charm.
Hearing Yae Miko say that, and seeing Kamisato Ayaka nod, Yoimiya abruptly focused her gaze forward. She saw three clusters of bushes blocking the way.
The next second, because of their high speed, they crashed straight into them, being knocked back and forth by the three bushes like bumper cars. Yoimiya herself was left dizzy and unable to break free.
Seeing this, Kamisato Ayaka and Yae Miko hurriedly increased their speed, intending to shake off the trapped Yoimiya.
"Can't stop!" After a dizzying spin, Yoimiya shook her head violently and gritted her teeth, saying, "Give it—everything!"
A small cannon, looking like a red firework launcher, ejected from the back of Yoimiya's vehicle. A terrifying blast of flames erupted instantly, pushing Yoimiya's vehicle through the bushes and directly overtaking Yae Miko and Kamisato Ayaka.
"Damn it!" Seeing herself overtaken by Yoimiya, Yae Miko said with indignation.
Katheryne, sitting at the judge's table, said excitedly: "Contestant Yoimiya used the rebound and the thrust of her fireworks to break out of the predicament, and she has overtaken Yae Miko and Kamisato Ayaka to take first place! Can Naganohara fireworks really be used like this?"
"Excellent!" Sitting on the side, Zhongli took a sip of tea and said with a gratified expression.
Raiden Ei continued eating her Tri-Color Dango, while Venti continued his deep sleep.
Just then, the footage shifted to Lumine, who was rapidly catching up. Katheryne said in surprise: "The Traveler actually installed a Chaos Core on her bicycle, increasing her speed dozens of times over!"
"Although she's very fast, it seems she can't stop!" Watching the uncontrollable bicycle, Katheryne's mouth twitched.
"Let me help you!" Seeing Lumine about to catch up, Kamisato Ayaka raised her fan and instantly turned Paimon into an ice sculpture.
"Traveler, please—stay right there!" Looking at the frozen Paimon, Kamisato Ayaka said with a smile.
"Hmm, it seems Ayaka has grown quite a bit!" Sitting in the audience, Kamisato Ayato said with a gratified look, and picked up the drink beside him, taking a huge gulp.
Seeing Kamisato Ayato take a huge gulp of chili sauce, Thoma, sitting beside him, said in terror: "Master, that seems to be… chili sauce!"
"Hmm!" Hearing Thoma's words, Kamisato Ayato hurriedly lowered his head to look at the bottle in his hand.
"The Traveler's vehicle has actually been frozen; what will happen now?" As Katheryne spoke, the camera cut to Kamisato Ayato in the audience, where he was continuously spewing flames from his mouth.
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[ Genshin Impact - Arataki Itto: Hahahahaha, Brother Ayato, I didn't want to laugh, but this is just too funny! ]
[ Genshin Impact - Sayu: Hehehe! ]
[ Genshin Impact - Kamisato Ayaka: Pfft! ]
[ Genshin Impact - Kamisato Ayato: ... ]
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Just then, Lumine seemed to sense something and turned to look behind her, seeing a black shadow growing larger and larger.
"It seems someone is catching up! My goodness, it's actually Itto!" Katheryne's tone was full of surprise.
As the scene shifted, Arataki Itto was seen sitting on a flatbed cart, holding a fishing rod with a carrot dangling from it, and a wild boar was in front of the cart.
As he got closer, Arataki Itto arrived in front of Lumine and Paimon. Seeing the frozen Paimon, he couldn't help but mock: "Yo, what's this? A frozen Lavender Melon? We let you get half a lap ahead, but I didn't expect you guys to be so slow!"
Afterward, Arataki Itto engaged his boar-cart, surged forward, and waved his hand, saying: "Going ahead now!"
"That's so infuriating, that cow-herder—oh no, boar-herder!" After Paimon thawed out, she couldn't help but stomp her feet in the air, looking furious.
"Could the biggest dark horse of this race be Arataki Itto?" Just as Katheryne finished speaking, a loud "BOOM" was heard, and a massive explosion occurred directly on the road ahead of Arataki Itto.
"It looks like the dark horse has turned into a dark boar!" Watching the explosion, Katheryne couldn't help but twitch her mouth.
The scene shifted to Yae Miko and the others. Yoimiya was looking at a crate of fireworks in front of her, looking puzzled: "Strange, where did my other crate of fireworks go?"
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