A long time later, Lin Tian and Mitsuri Kanroji finally separated.
Mitsuri looked at Lin Tian with a flushed face, her lips still smacking.
Seeing her like this, Lin Tian felt he was about to lose it again, so he quickly escaped her embrace and stood up.
Seeing Mitsuri's instantly saddened expression, Lin Tian braced himself and said, "Ahem, this occasion isn't suitable. There are other people here."
Hearing this, Shinobu Kocho and Mitsuri also realized that the others around them had been drawn over by the commotion and were now looking at the three of them with curious eyes.
Even Shinobu's face felt a little hot. She pretended nothing had happened and walked to the side to admire the flowers.
Mitsuri also started playfully fighting with Nezuko, who had run over to glare at her.
Just then, a message from Lumine came to Lin Tian's mind.
[Sister Looking for Her Brother: Everyone, come and admire this young lady's heroic posture!]
[Sister Looking for Her Brother: [Emperor_Lumine_vs_Weakling_Childe.avi]]
[Silly Girl: ...]
[Silly Girl: Is that title for real?]
[Lord of the World: A wave of chunibyo aura just hit me in the face.]
[Mad Love for Hashirama: This Childe's armored form... is a bit interesting.]
[Hellish Blizzard: I never thought the great Madara would be into this kind of thing?]
[Hellish Blizzard: [I_Madara_declare_your_armor_the_strongest!.jpg]]
[Mad Love for Hashirama: Damn it! Is this meme never going to die?]
[Emperor Through the Ages: This armor is indeed very imposing. If this appeared during a war, it might scare the enemy to death...]
[Sister Looking for Her Brother: Hey, hey, hey! Are you guys even seriously watching my fighting stance? It's so cool!]
[Lord of the World: You have the nerve to say that? How do you manage to strike a pose in the middle of a battle?]
[Nether Spirit Cat: Are you going to fight a god next?]
[Sister Looking for Her Brother: Hey! I can fight Childe anytime, but I have to look cool when I'm recording a video!]
[Fallen Angel: Why doesn't this chat group have a mute function! The constant dinging is so annoying! I've already died 3 times!]
Gabriel's words made everyone in the group fall silent.
[Shinobu Who Loves Her Sister: Miss Gabriel, do you not know how to turn it off?]
[Fallen Angel: ...]
[Fallen Angel: Teach me, quick!]
After Shinobu finished teaching Gabriel, everyone saw her profile picture turn gray. She had gone straight offline.
[Silly Girl: Are all angels this silly?]
[Lord of the World: No, it's probably just this useless angel who only thinks about playing games. When other angels join in the future, it won't be like this.]
[Sister Looking for Her Brother: Speaking of which, it's been a long time since any new members joined. How often do new members join this group?]
[Silly Girl: I don't know. I was the first one to join. Shinobu and Madara came the next day. Then three days later, Hellish Blizzard came. Then a week after that, Lin Tian, the First Emperor, and Zhuqing came. And finally, it was you, Lumine, Gabriel, and Ash.]
[Mad Love for Hashirama: The timing is not fixed.]
[Sister Looking for Her Brother: Sigh, never mind that. New members will join eventually. I'm starting my live stream now!]
As she spoke, the chat group sent a notification that Lumine had started a live stream.
"[Group member Sister Looking for Her Brother has started a live stream.]"
"[Mad Love for Hashirama has joined the live-stream room!]"
"[Lord of the World has joined the live-stream room!]"
....
In the live-stream room, everyone saw a gloomy sky. It was pouring rain, with lightning flashing in the clouds. In the distant sea, four towering waterspouts were raging, and the view was continuously approaching them.
"Lord of the World: Lumine, are you on the Jade Chamber already?"
"Silly Girl: Yeah, the view is getting closer to Osial."
"That's right, I'm indeed on the Jade Chamber."
A voice came from the screen, and as the screen moved, the people in the live-stream room also saw Paimon beside her.
"Hi! Hello, everyone!" Paimon looked at Lumine, who was looking at her, with a smile. Lumine had already told her in advance that she would be starting a live stream.
And as Lumine's gaze shifted, Lin, Madame Ping, Ningguang, Ganyu, Keqing, Cloud Retainer, Mountain Shaper, Moon Carver, and several Millelith soldiers also appeared in everyone's view.
Seeing Lumine look at them and introduce them by name, the group looked at her with confusion.
"Traveler, what are you doing?" Ningguang asked, looking at the strangely behaving Lumine.
"Ah, it's nothing, nothing, just live-streaming," Lumine explained upon hearing Ningguang's question.
"Live-streaming? To whom are you live-streaming?" Hearing this word, Cloud Retainer's eyes lit up slightly, but she still asked Lumine.
The other Adepti also turned their gazes upon her.
Before Lumine could say anything, several snake-head-like creatures made of water currents suddenly appeared from the waterspouts in the distance. The "snake heads" had various postures; some were upright, some were bent, but they all gave off an imposing feeling.
It was the Overlord of the Vortex—Osial!
Seeing Osial appear, the few who were waiting for Lumine's answer also turned their attention to it.
Without much nonsense, Ningguang soared into the air directly. She formed a few hand seals, and a formation-like pattern appeared. A huge formation appeared in front of the Jade Chamber, followed by the appearance of three Guizhong Ballistas. The three beast-form Adepti also flew towards the ballistas.
The three each took control of a ballista and poured their adeptal energy directly into it. The next second, countless yellow light projectiles shot towards the distant Osial. Osial wailed from the attack, and countless transparent holes appeared on its body, but it recovered in just a few breaths.
At this moment, several vortexes appeared on the formation's foundation below, from which countless Fatui skirmishers emerged.
Seeing them appear, Keqing, who was standing beside Lumine, charged down directly. Lumine also followed, since with her current strength, she couldn't beat Osial anyway.
Although she already knew the outcome, Lumine still wanted to do her part.
"Lord of the World: Do you need my help?"
"Hah, hah! No need, I can still handle it for now!" Lumine said in between breaths as she cut down a Cryo Fatui Skirmisher with one slash.
After all, with her current strength, fighting these Fatui was like cutting melons and vegetables; she could take one down with a single swing.
"Lord of the World: Is that so? Just give me a shout if you need anything."
And above the Jade Chamber, watching Lumine's display of power, the Adepti were also a bit dumbfounded. 'So Lumine is this strong?'
Originally, Madame Ping, Ganyu, and Lin had wanted to apply buffs to her, but now it seemed it was completely unnecessary.
......
Soon, the Fatui were cleared out by Lumine and Keqing, and the three Adepti also charged up at the same time, their powers converging into a single beam that shot towards Osial.
But Osial, who was hit by this powerful blow, didn't seem to take much damage. After recovering easily, its three heads also gathered together and released a ultimate attack that looked like a meteor shower.
The specks of light falling from the sky instantly shattered the formation's foundation. Lumine used her own power to jump directly onto the Jade Chamber by stepping on the fragments. The other Millelith soldiers were saved by the Adepti.
"Sigh~, Big Bro Lin Tian, you'd better come and help. After all, I promised the rich lady Ningguang that I wouldn't let her destroy the Jade Chamber."
Thinking of the ten million Mora Ningguang had promised her, Lumine prudently chose to ask the big shots in the group for help.
And Lin Tian, in the Twilight Forest, heard Lumine's request and said to Shinobu Kocho and Mitsuri Kanroji beside him, "I have to go out for a bit. Can you take care of Kanao and the others for me?"
Shinobu also knew that a battle of that level was not something she could participate in right now. After all, her physique only worked in this world. So she agreed, "Mmm, be safe."
Although Mitsuri didn't know what was happening, seeing that Shinobu had agreed, she also went along with it.
Seeing the two girls nod, Lin Tian also activated the Group Travel function.
This was another function of Group Travel. As long as someone chose to send a request for help in the group, they could privately issue a mission, but there would be no group announcement.
The advantage of this was that it didn't cost points to travel; as long as the mission issuer and the receiver came to an agreement themselves, it was fine.
The next second, a light blue vortex appeared in front of Lin Tian, and he stepped into it.
Shinobu also began to explain to the others who had gathered around.
.....
And back at the Jade Chamber, the people gathered around Lumine also heard her muttering to herself just now.
"Lumine, what are you saying..."
Before Ganyu could finish, everyone saw a light blue vortex appear in front of them.
Everyone thought it was the Fatui coming again and prepared for battle, but they were stopped by Lumine.
"Everyone, this is the help I've called for, not an enemy!"
The next moment, a rather handsome man with peach blossom eyes walked out.
"Who might you be?" Although Lin Tian gave everyone the feeling of a mortal, the three beast-form Adepti sensed a mortal threat. So, Moon Carver braced himself and asked, even using a respectful term.
Just as Lin Tian was about to speak, he felt a force trying to pull him away, but he easily broke free.
The force also discovered it couldn't move him, so it transformed into a piece of information and transmitted it into his mind: "Would you be so kind as to not interfere?"
Hearing this voice, Lin Tian was stunned for a moment, then he realized who it was.
"And if I say no?" Lin Tian was not intimidated by Zhongli. He also wanted to test the strength of this most ancient of gods.
That's right, the one who had sent the telepathic message to Lin Tian was the Geo Archon—Morax, in his mortal guise as Zhongli.
"If that is the case..."
.....