[Guizhong waifu waves her little hand, and Ningguang's Jade Chamber instantly gets remodeled into an aerial fortress!]
[Jade Chamber (×) Liyue-exclusive Aerial Firepower Coverage Combat Fortress (√)]
[If all this quantity is weapons, "considerable number" isn't even enough to describe it anymore...]
[It's exactly like my mom—she has firepower deficiency syndrome; there's never enough weapons.]
The mechanical creations filling every open space on the Jade Chamber turned what was originally the symbol of Tianquan into a floating war machine suspended in the air.
Ningguang looked utterly shocked. Even she had no idea these two had installed mechanical creations of this scale on her Jade Chamber.
No wonder the Jade Chamber's flight speed had inexplicably dropped by 75% today.
"Find a suitable position on the formation array, channel adeptal energy into it, and the mechanical creations will operate on their own."
Guizhong gave the order, then grabbed ahead of Cloud Retainer to occupy the very center of the formation array, seizing control of it.
Cloud Retainer's face showed unwillingness, but in the end she could only helplessly take the secondary control position.
Seeing this, the other adepti stepped into the array one after another, activating the mechanical creations on the Jade Chamber.
Keqing looked toward Ganyu, who hadn't moved, and asked: "You're not going in to help?"
Ganyu, being half-human half-adeptus, also possessed adeptal energy within her.
Ganyu shook her head and said: "With all the adepti and Lord Dust God here, it's already sufficient—I'm not needed. By guarding the adeptal mechanisms together with everyone else, I can play a bigger role."
"When the Jade Chamber inflicts the first wound on Osial, It will definitely counterattack."
"While we're channeling adeptal energy, it's not convenient for us to move. I'll have to trouble everyone to protect the mechanical creations." Guizhong said to those outside who hadn't entered the array.
Ningguang stepped forward and said: "Lord Dust God, rest assured—the safety of the adepti and the adeptal creations is entrusted to us."
As they spoke, all the weapons on the Jade Chamber were activated.
The adepti poured adeptal energy into the array. Under the array's conversion and the targeting of Guizhong and Cloud Retainer, the mechanical creations—led by the Guizhong Mechanism—operated in unison.
Adeptal energy filled to capacity—ten thousand arrows fired at once!
Countless attacks surged into the battlefield where Jun Bai and Osial were clashing, and not a single one missed, all striking Osial.
Continuous explosions caused Osial's offensive to pause for an instant.
Jun Bai seized that moment, raising his wings and slamming down, pressing Osial straight into the sea.
But this strike didn't cause much damage. Osial burst out of the sea again, opening its blood-red maw to bite at Jun Bai.
However, at that moment, Osial suddenly sensed an inexplicable trace of danger.
From the sky, on the Jade Chamber, a metal barrel extended. Terrifying energy condensed at its tip, then erupted in an instant.
Jun Bai shot upward abruptly. A blazing white beam of light appeared in Osial's field of vision.
The beam struck Osial, triggering a violent explosion. Amid a pained roar, one of Osial's heads was shattered by this single shot from the Jade Chamber.
[I thought the Jade Chamber could only provide support for Jun Bai. I never imagined it could land such a brutal hit.]
[That ten thousand arrows salvo—I thought that was the definition of firepower coverage, until I saw the Jade Chamber blow away one-fifth of Osial's head with one cannon.]
[This really is an aerial firepower coverage combat fortress now.]
Jun Bai pressed the advantage. The true phoenix's entire body ignited with fierce flames as it crashed heavily into Osial's body.
Osial was forced to retreat uncontrollably, then roared furiously at both Jun Bai and the Jade Chamber simultaneously. The shattered head rapidly regenerated, then condensed Hydro energy and unleashed it toward the Jade Chamber.
Ningguang and Guizhong formed hand seals at the same time. The Jade Chamber's own defensive array combined with the one Guizhong had set up, activating simultaneously.
The two defensive arrays fused, generating a blue-gold light curtain around the Jade Chamber.
The water pillar slammed into the blue-gold light curtain, causing ripples across its surface, but there was no sign of it breaking.
[This thing can attack and defend?]
[Wait, with this array, do we even need to be called up here to guard? This is already absolute defense!]
[So Keqing, Ganyu, and I are just here on the best spectator seats eating melon?]
Seeing that its attack not only had no effect but even caused it to take continuous damage under Jun Bai's relentless assault, Osial let out an even more emotional roar.
A strange energy began to emerge on Osial's body.
Jun Bai instantly recognized it—this was the power of the God of Death and the Abyss.
The Doctor had used remnants containing these two powers to destroy Osial's seal. While sealed, Osial had not only fully recovered but advanced further thanks to the god remnants, and it was now attempting to integrate these two powers into its body.
Earlier, when Jun Bai used his authority to send away its minions, Osial had used the God of Death's authority to summon them back.
Now, in extreme rage, Osial began forcibly fusing these two powers that did not originally belong to it.
Two more heads grew on its massive body, and its overall form became even more ferocious.
"——"
The seven-headed sea serpent reared back and roared toward the sky. Countless water pillars rose from the sea surface.
Monsters revived on the Millelith's battlefield, gradually restoring balance to a situation where the Millelith had been steadily gaining the upper hand.
——This was the power of the God of Death.
At the same time, within the blue-gold light curtain of the Jade Chamber, star-like rifts appeared one after another.
Hilichurl Rogues, Rock Drake Lizards, and other monsters constantly emerged from the rifts, charging straight toward the mechanical creations attacking Osial nonstop, as well as toward the adepti channeling adeptal energy into those creations.
——This was the power of the Abyss.
As the monsters attacked, the adepti instinctively moved to strike back, but the near-interruption of their adeptal energy channeling made them realize—they could not act.
However, at that moment, a folding screen and yellowish Geo constructs appeared, repelling the group of monsters.
Lumine drew the Dawn God's Sword, Keqing drew the Lion's Roar, Ganyu gripped a deep blue longbow, and Ningguang formed hand seals.
The women stepped in front of the adepti and lined up in a row.
Ganyu drew her longbow: "Please rest assured, honorable adepti!"
Keqing held her sword forward: "These monsters are all entrusted to us—not a single one will get past."
Ningguang remained silent, but the gems coalescing around her were enough to prove her stance.
Lumine condensed Anemo on her left hand, while her right hand's blade was covered in Geo. Facing the horde of monsters: "This path—leads nowhere!"