"It's here."
Venti slowly lowered the wind current, and everyone landed lightly in front of the entrance to Stormterror's Lair.
At this moment, Jean, Diluc, and Lumine could finally feel the anomaly here up close.
"The wind here..."
Jean frowned, scanning the churning airflow ahead.
"Restless, uneasy, even carrying a trace of fear."
The scene before them was even more terrifying than anyone imagined.
A huge stone gate stood before them, covered with cracks from the erosion of time.
But it still emitted a heart-palpitating pressure.
Behind this stone gate, there was an invisible barrier.
It revealed an extremely strong Anemo fluctuation, like a violent wind barrier, wantonly swallowing everything around it.
The wind here was no longer a gentle bard, but a roaring beast.
"It's so violent here. No wonder it's a forbidden area for Mondstadt adventurers," Diluc said in a deep voice, staring ahead with a frown.
Paimon sucked in a breath of cold air, hugging her arms, sticking close to Lumine, staring at the wind barrier in shock.
"Th-This wind... Without the Tone-Deaf Bard, we definitely couldn't get in."
"It really looks like a very dangerous landscape."
The Anemo elements here had completely gone berserk, as if guarding something, or resisting something.
Venti stood at the forefront, looking at the entrance of Stormterror's Lair, and sighed softly.
His eyes were deep, as if falling into some distant memory.
"The wind is indeed very manic..."
"But, it should be crying."
"Although I only have an ordinary wooden lyre in hand, breaking this wind barrier doesn't need the Holy—Eh?"
Just as Venti stroked the strings, preparing to play the melody to dispel the storm...
Suddenly, two faint blue lights emerged in the void not far away.
In the next moment, the space seemed to be torn apart, and cold air spread wildly.
Two Cryo Abyss Mages appeared abruptly from the void.
Their figures were hidden in the drifting frost.
Dark gazes pierced through the storm, staring dead at Jean and the others, the corners of their mouths hooking into a grim arc.
"Truly ubiquitous guys."
Seeing this scene, Venti sighed. "It seems that before the performance, we have to clean up the venue."
"Generally speaking, the singer himself doesn't need to do these chores."
At the same time, accompanied by the Abyss Mage's summons...
A large number of Hilichurls surged out from all directions like a tide!
"So many Hilichurls?! This is trouble!"
Paimon screamed, looking around.
Dense hordes of Hilichurls swept in.
Violent roars echoed in Stormterror's Lair, and the air was filled with tension.
Mitachurls, Pyro Shooters, Electro Shooters...
They seemed to be controlled by some power, no longer simple monsters.
But turned into a fearless army, vowing to tear the intruders to pieces!
Jean and Diluc frowned, solemnity appearing in their eyes.
So many Hilichurls sweeping in was simply a small monster disaster tide.
Immediately, she began to convert Anemo power.
Beside her, Diluc also acted, his Pyro Vision flashing.
Pyro was mobilized.
In the next second—
BANG! BANG!
Two crisp gunshots suddenly cut through the surrounding noise.
Everyone's eyes instantly locked in the same direction—
Standing in front, Kael had already raised Bronya's War Lance.
Two dazzling lights, like thunder piercing the void, instantly blasted the two Cryo Abyss Mages!
BOOM—!
A violent explosion followed. The energy impact lifted a gale, completely shattering the frost.
The figures of the two Cryo Abyss Mages had just appeared. In the next second after summoning the Hilichurls, before they could even resist, they were torn apart by bullets, turning into black-gray fragments filling the sky. Before they could even scream, they were completely annihilated in the storm's Anemo elements!
"This power... is really too strong."
Seeing this scene, a look of shock flashed in Jean and Diluc's eyes again.
Although Kael had displayed the terrifying power of firearms before.
But this time, they stared unblinkingly at Kael's action!
They witnessed with their own eyes that Kael pulled the trigger only twice, and accurately blasted two powerful Cryo Abyss Mages capable of summoning Hilichurls.
This weapon was simply incredible!
"This weapon... works better than a claymore."
Diluc narrowed his eyes slightly, tightening his grip. His claymore was already wrapped in Pyro power.
Feeling the claymore he took out from his storage alchemy equipment, Diluc suddenly felt like asking: What use is a sword?
"No elemental power."
Jean was astonished, and an absurd idea even surfaced in her mind.
Does this mean ordinary people can use it too?
If the Knights of Favonius possessed such weapons, wouldn't it be easy to fight against the harassment of the Fatui and other monster attacks?!
However, the battle was not over yet.
"ROAR!!!"
Losing the command of the Abyss Mages, the Hilichurl group was stunned briefly.
But then they became more violent, still rushing toward everyone.
"Wind, rise—!"
Jean reacted extremely fast, Anemo exploding instantly.
Jean waved her longsword. A gale swept through, rolling up the Hilichurls rushing at the front and flinging them far away.
At the same time, Diluc gripped his claymore, flames burning on the blade.
He took a fierce step forward, flames sweeping forward like a torrent, slashing out with one sword.
BOOM!
Pyro and Anemo met, turning into a terrifying firestorm, instantly swallowing the Hilichurls rushing at the front!
"Heh, this feels like a battle."
Diluc said in a low voice, flames reflecting on his calm face.
In the next second, Diluc suddenly saw Kael flick his hand.
A dazzling white light instantly appeared out of thin air on those pouncing Hilichurls of various kinds.
Where the white light appeared, the movements of those violent Hilichurls stagnated abruptly.
Although the violence and madness in their pupils still existed, they all stopped charging in unison, falling into the chaos of Blindness.
"It appeared!"
Seeing this scene, Klee rubbed her hands excitedly. "Big Brother Kael's mysterious Flashbang!"
When she acted with Fischl and Big Brother Kael before, Klee had a great time bombing.
Thinking of this, Klee quickly took out bombs from her backpack and started throwing them. "Klee is here to help!"
BOOM BOOM BOOM!
The confused Hilichurls attacked wantonly on the spot.
But because of the bombs, they snapped back instantly.
When they wanted to rush over again, they saw the violent Pyro and Anemo power sweeping through.
Under the convergence of Wind and Fire, accompanied by the crazy bombing of bombs.
They screamed one by one, blown to pieces on the spot, falling to the ground.
In just a few seconds.
These various Hilichurls all fell completely.
In an instant, the entire battlefield fell into a dead silence.
"It's over just like that? Kael, what exactly is this ability?"
Paimon opened her mouth blankly, dumbfounded.
Although she had seen it in the Temple of the Falcon before.
And experienced it.
Seeing it again now, indiscriminately blinding any target, still made Paimon feel shocked.
Looking at the Hilichurls lying on the ground, Lumine exclaimed, "Too convenient."
They originally thought there would be a tragic battle.
As a result, in just over ten seconds, Kael alone shot two Cryo Abyss Mages.
Suppressed the Hilichurl tide, let the wind and fire converge and sweep, and then Klee threw bombs, quickly and thoroughly ending the battle.
As for Jean.
She stood there blankly, her eyes full of disbelief.
She was used to the ravages of monster tides.
Every time they dealt with monster invasions, a large number of knights needed to do their best.
Even she needed to go all out to suppress those Abyss monsters.