Su Yuan looked at Albedo before him.
It seemed he had recovered well, already returned from his original form to human form…
Only now, both Albedo and Xiao seemed to be in a comatose state, unable to wake up.
Xiao in particular—his brow was still tightly furrowed, his face twisted in pain.
He must still be tormented by nightmares…
That useless Barbatos—if he's still alive, why hasn't he shown up to help Xiao?
He wouldn't even need to go all the way to Liyue this time.
Xiao was right here in Mondstadt, saving him the trip!
But complaints aside, Su Yuan knew the most urgent task right now was to rescue Albedo and Xiao quickly, then get out of here!
Yet just as Su Yuan and Aether were about to step into the tree hollow, they both realized something strange…
Why would the Wanderer, without any attempt to conceal, so brazenly place Albedo and Xiao in such an obvious spot?
Was he not afraid that someone passing by, or even the hilichurls and monsters around here, might just take Albedo and Xiao away?
In the very next moment, Su Yuan and Aether understood where the Wanderer's confidence came from…
Because around the tree hollow, there was a ring of seals, pushing back and rejecting everything from the outside.
And the power forming this seal was not elemental energy as Su Yuan and Aether knew it, but another familiar force—the power of the Eerie!
"So that's how it is…" Su Yuan said in sudden realization.
"We already knew the Wanderer seemed to have learned from Irminsul how Dottore wielded the Eerie's power, so he must have also gained control over some of it himself…"
"Now he's built this seal with the Eerie's power. Even though we've found Xiao and Albedo, breaking this barrier to rescue them won't be easy…"
"To fight the Eerie with the Eerie…" Aether gazed at the scene, deep in thought.
"So in the end, we'll need an Eerie-powered fighter to come here with us to shatter the seal and save Albedo and Xiao, won't we?"
"If only Tartaglia were here…" Su Yuan sighed helplessly.
"After all, though the Eerie's power is immune to elemental energy, it cannot ignore abyssal power. If we attacked the seal with the power of the Abyss, we might actually be able to break through it more easily…"
"I wonder what's happened to Tartaglia now…"
"The Sustainer of Heavenly Principles… just what has she taken Tartaglia away for…"
"Tartaglia's abyssal power also comes largely from his master's master, the 'Knight of Utter Evil,' and that Foul Legacy's armored battle suit he left behind…"
Su Yuan continued:
"Back when I fought side by side with Tartaglia, I noticed that this armor didn't seem to be something he carried around. It looked more like he summoned it…"
"If I could summon Tartaglia's Foul Legacy's Armor, then maybe I'd be able to use the Abyss's power, break through this Eerie barrier the Wanderer set up, and rescue Xiao and Albedo…"
Just as Su Yuan was thinking this, light suddenly radiated from his body, and a strong power began to gather…
Aether and Paimon stared in shock at the scene before them, blurting out in disbelief:
"Wait, wait, wait—Su Yuan, what the heck is going on? Why is Tartaglia's Foul Legacy's Armor actually appearing on you?!"
Faced with this sudden turn of events, Su Yuan was just as dumbfounded…
He knew his constitution was unusual, but he hadn't expected that he could really summon Tartaglia's Foul Legacy's Armor!
If Tartaglia's master's master, the 'Knight of Utter Evil' Surtalogi, found out about this, wouldn't he come hunting him down?
After all, Su Yuan wasn't even his disciple, yet here he was, using his equipment without permission…
But Su Yuan also knew now wasn't the time to worry about that.
Since he had already summoned and equipped the Foul Legacy's Armor—and could clearly feel the Abyss's power flowing in him, utterly different from both the Eerie and elemental power—then the priority was to rescue Albedo and Xiao!!!
"Aether, Paimon—stand back! I'm going to shatter the seal!!"
Though Su Yuan wasn't as professional as Zhongli and couldn't discern the seal's core or weak point, he at least understood one principle: focus on a single point, and brute force will break through!
So Su Yuan gathered and directed the Abyss's power surging within the Foul Legacy's Armor, and launched a fierce strike against one point of the seal!!!
Sure enough, persistence paid off—the Eerie-powered barrier was soon shattered!
"Great, we did it!!!"
Paimon cried out excitedly, then quickly rushed with Aether to Albedo and Xiao's side, trying to wake them up:
"Albedo? Xiao? Are you okay? Wake up!"
But no matter how Aether called out to them, neither of the two gave any response…
"We'd better take them back to the Cathedral of Favonius first, and let Miss Barbara see what's going on with them," Su Yuan suggested.
"After that, we'll head straight to reinforce the front lines!"
"Alright!" Aether nodded, then hoisted Albedo onto his back.
Su Yuan carried Xiao, and together they hurried toward the Cathedral of Favonius…
Meanwhile, at Falcon Coast, Jean watched as the horde of monsters gradually approached across the water, and thought to herself that what Aether had said was indeed correct…
Because of the preparations made ahead of time, they weren't caught off guard by the sudden invasion.
There was no sign of panic, and casualties were kept within a relatively controllable range…
At that moment, in the midst of the monster horde, Dottore's figure appeared!
With a puzzled look, he addressed the defenders at Falcon Coast:
"Judging by your response just now, it seems you were well prepared for me to lead this army of monsters against Mondstadt…"
"Don't tell me it was that fellow Su Yuan who provided you with the intel?"
"But why is it that I don't see him here? By rights, he's not the sort to cower in fear of death. Why wouldn't he show up at the front lines?"
"Dottore, you guiding monsters to invade Mondstadt and slaughter innocents is intolerable by the Heavenly Principles! You will pay the price for this!!!" Jean shouted angrily at him.
"'Intolerable by the Heavenly Principles?'" Dottore sneered coldly at her words.
"From someone who's so badly injured that even waking up again is beyond hope… why would I need his tolerance?"
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