[Pantalone calmly doing big things with a straight face!]
[I originally thought the Doctor destroying the seal, Tartaglia and Signora robbing the Golden House was already gutsy enough, but now there's a warrior of this caliber!]
[Pantalone's villain image is really well-built—I want to punch through the screen and beat him up right now.]
[As long as there's no whitewashing later, I'll whale on him!]
Jade Chamber.
The four exhausted women watched the fully armed Fatui vanguard team and Fatui elite units, their bodies trembling as they regrouped their stance.
Lumine had never felt her sword weigh so heavily in her hands.
She could only grip it with both hands and charge back into the fray.
Keqing followed closely behind, while Ningguang squeezed out the last of her energy to summon another Tianji Screen with Geo energy.
Paimon stomped her feet in the air, but with combat power even less than a wild boar, she could only watch as everyone engaged the Fatui in fierce battle.
Ganyu watched the scene without drawing her bow to charge. Instead, she clenched her fists, adeptal energy swirling around her.
"Everyone, accept this."
"The blood of the Qilin will protect you from evil and harm."
"Do not worry about injuries—unleash your full strength."
As Ganyu bestowed her adeptal blessing, an invisible barrier attached itself to the three women. The Fatui's attacks landed on it without raising even a ripple.
[So Ganyu isn't a DPS, but a shield support? Big Diona? (mist.jpg)]
[Just think of it as plot effect—don't forget Ganyu's performance earlier in the plot, one arrow per Rock Drake Lizard. If she's support, the miHoYo forums would explode.]
[Not necessarily—Zhongli is literally Rex Lapis and got turned into a shield support, and no one stormed miHoYo over it (though it was a compromise for balance).]
[I suspect miHoYo might actually make Ganyu support just for the meme value.]
With Ganyu's blessing, Lumine and Keqing could swing their swords without restraint, but this had little impact on the overall battlefield situation.
The two women's swordsmanship was undoubtedly sharp, but in the end, two fists cannot defeat four hands.
They had barely defeated one Fatui when at least ten more emerged from the portals.
They no longer had the strength to handle human-wave tactics. Even now they could take on ten at once, but the Fatui vanguard numbered far more than ten.
"Young ones, take this."
Madame Ping saw Lumine and Keqing's predicament and, taking a spare moment, released an adeptal blessing onto Lumine.
When Lumine swung her next sword, she was pleasantly surprised to find it unleashed a shockwave. With this AoE capability, one-versus-ten instantly became one-versus-a-hundred.
Paimon cheered excitedly: "Wow, it's Madame Ping's shockwave! Madame Ping is so strong!"
[Madame Ping shockwave... Paimon, you're a real naming genius. I didn't want to laugh in this atmosphere.]
[Paimon, manners—call her Ping-jie!]
"Anyone who has a free hand, stop just watching. If the little girls don't speak up, are you really planning to leave everything to them?"
In the midst of her busyness, Guizhong raised a hand and bestowed a blessing on Ningguang: "Dust God's blessing—peerless under heaven."
The god's blessing fell upon her. Ningguang felt her five senses greatly enhanced, and her control over Geo energy amplified to an extreme degree.
With a flick of her finger, a jade stone flew out, shattering the shield on a Geochanter Bracer in an instant.
Ningguang glanced at Guizhong in gratitude and nodded. Then she turned her sharp gaze toward the Fatui.
[Same-element god buffing a Vision be like:]
[Ningguang: Awakened—hunting time!]
"Strike freely—everything is under my protection." The ever-silent Herblord finally spoke. She formed hand seals and released four blessings onto the four women.
Four green threads connected to Herblord's body.
The injuries the four women had sustained while fighting the monsters recovered rapidly, and their nearly depleted stamina began to replenish.
After Herblord bestowed her blessings, Ganyu withdrew her own blessing, turned, and joined the battle.
Both were blessings to protect others from harm, but Herblord's blessing surpassed Ganyu's in effect. Since she had acted, there was no need for Ganyu to show off her lesser skills—better to join the battlefield and share the burden.
[Herblord is absolutely a healer support—no question.]
[In the plot she's a healer, the buffs she gives are healing types—when she becomes playable, she'll definitely be a healer.]
"Osial's strength has surged greatly now. Only by relying on the Jade Chamber can the Marshal hold out against It for so long. If the upper side falls, this battle is lost."
"The Jade Chamber must not be lost!"
As Bosacius spoke, he divided his power and bestowed it on Keqing.
Keqing's swift swordsmanship had always lacked raw power. Now, with Bosacius's enhancement, every strike gained tremendous force.
Each sword slash carried Keqing's own Electro element layered with Bosacius's Electro energy.
Combined with Madame Ping's shockwave, every hit cleared large groups of Fatui.
"The name Yaksha means swift and agile. Carry my adeptal energy and try running like me."
"I am not skilled in slaughter, but I can still lend a hand."
Xiao and Menogias followed Bosacius's lead, dividing their power to Lumine, who could wield both Anemo and Geo.
With the enhancement from two Yakshas, Lumine could dash forward like Xiao during her sprints, her Geo element further amplified in power. She rampaged through the Fatui ranks.
Indarias and Bonanus, however, did not act.
[Strong! Invincible! The strongest!]
[Even the card-addicted kid who was AFK underwater came out—looks like this plot segment is really loved by most people.]
[By the way, since they can give buffs, were the adepti just slacking earlier? Or just watching us get beaten? I used my entire backpack of Sweet Madame on those Rock Drake Lizards earlier.]
[There must be some kind of restriction—otherwise they would've used them long ago. Also, aren't Bonanus's wife and Indarias's wife going to act?]
[Bonanus, Indarias: Only three people on the field, and none of them are Hydro or Pyro—we have no one to bless?]
——Real World
Silver Wolf's livestream.
The plot segment ended, and the battle against the Fatui began.
"Alright, buffs applied—let's see if the adepti buffs work like they did in the plot and let us mow down the Fatui like vegetables!"
Silver Wolf excitedly cracked her knuckles.
She liked high-end matches, but constant high-end matches could also become tiring.
Even pros need some casual stomping sessions to reset their mood.
She had just gone through consecutive wheel battles against Abyss monsters and Fatui without eating food, so although she hadn't used consumables, the four characters' conditions weren't great.
But now, the characters who were in the red recovered to full health at a visible speed.
She pressed sprint—the character nearly dashed straight out of the battlefield.
A normal attack landed: a plain segment of damage appeared alongside a nearly full-bar Geo damage segment that almost emptied the enemy's health.
Just as Silver Wolf was about to finish it off, Madame Ping's shockwave appeared...
Not only did it clean up the low-health enemy, but it also took half the health from every enemy in range.
Even if she accidentally missed one, there was no need to worry.
The moment any enemy tried to approach the adepti behind the player, a Tianji Screen, lightning, or Frostflake Arrow would instantly appear and delete the enemy on the spot.
"This is the cracked version? So satisfying!"
Rated: Invincible.