Balladeer then noticed that the wooden splinters had already penetrated into various joints of his mecha, preventing him from freely controlling it.
His supposedly invincible mecha was rendered helpless by a few pieces of wood, unable to fight back. The disparity was too great for Balladeer to accept.
Since he gained God-level combat power, in just one day, he had suffered three different levels of humiliation.
First, he was dragged into a dream by Buer, the God of Wisdom who did not pursue strength, and amused himself. Then, he was locked in a bitter struggle with Lumine, whose strength was far inferior to his. Finally, he was beaten down by Miyashiro, the spoiler.
He had already ascended to godhood, he should be at the pinnacle of Teyvat. If he lost to Morax of Liyue, or his mother Beelzebul, he felt he could barely accept it. But facing these three in front of him, how could he have fallen to such a state?
Just then, Miyashiro's figure appeared before Balladeer, smiling mockingly, "How is it? Have you calmed down?"
Now, even if Balladeer didn't want to admit it, the facts were clear: being able to easily defeat him, who had already ascended to godhood, meant that Miyashiro's strength was also undoubtedly God-level.
Balladeer said, unconvinced, "Who exactly are you? Are you a God who survived the Archon War?"
Miyashiro said disdainfully, "I'm sorry to disappoint you, I'm just a human. Even if I possess the combat power of a God, I am still just a human with flesh and blood, not some God."
Balladeer: "Impossible! How could such a frail creature as a human produce someone like you!"
Miyashiro: "Think what you like. I remember you used to only have a strong obsession with the Gnosis. When did you start having such an obsession with becoming a God?"
Balladeer: "If I had enough power, my mother wouldn't have abandoned me, my family and friends wouldn't have feared and loathed me, and my kin wouldn't have defied me due to their lifespan.
Everything, absolutely everything, is because I lack power! For power, I endured Dottore's decades-long experiments, and I also carried out exploration missions in the perilous Abyss at the command of the Tsaritsa. Becoming a God, a God with infinite power, is my lifelong pursuit and wish!"
Miyashiro: "It's understandable to have a firm goal in life to strive for. I am the same, striving to constantly become stronger.
As for whether becoming stronger is for protection, or for revenge, or even for selfish desires, I don't care about that and won't comment. Whether it's grand and noble or empty and hollow, everyone has reasons that convince themselves.
Even the Fatui behind you and the sages of the Akademiya cooperated, using a vast amount of Sumeru's manpower, material resources, and financial resources to build this Divine Innovation Workshop and create this mecha. This is also your ability and means, and it's within the allowed rules.
However, what comes next, harvesting an entire Sumeru City's populace to gather dream energy to extract the power of the Gnosis, and extracting god-canned knowledge from the brains of mad scholars to obtain so-called god-canned knowledge—that crosses the line!"
Balladeer sneered, "Crosses the line?! They're just fragile humans. This world inherently belongs to the strong. The weak are merely ants surviving in the cracks between the strong. Rules are tools to restrain the weak, but for the strong, rules are meant to be broken! Is it not merciful to allow them to fulfill their final value?"
Miyashiro: "If that's the case, then don't blame Ei for abandoning you back then. After all, she is a God, and you are just a puppet she casually created."
Upon hearing this, Balladeer immediately became agitated. The five Electro-Baal seals behind his mecha shot out under Balladeer's control, then generated more than ten black holes, from which countless fireballs were launched.
Originally, Miyashiro thought these fireballs were aimed at him and slowly distanced himself. But unexpectedly, this time, Balladeer's target was his mecha, or more precisely, the joints on the mecha.
At the same time, the Gnosis within the mecha's chest continuously supplied energy, generating a protective Electro element armor over the entire mecha. Subsequently, countless fireballs indiscriminately bombarded Balladeer's mecha, directly targeting the joints entangled by the trees.
Indeed, this move was immediately effective. The trees entanglement at the mecha's joints were all incinerated. But under such a costly offensive, Balladeer's mecha was not unscathed; multiple malfunctions began to appear, and the originally tall, mighty, and handsome Shichiya Jishou Himitsu-shu now looked utterly dejected.
However, Balladeer couldn't care less at this moment. To avoid waiting for death, sacrificing some functions was commonplace for Balladeer, who was born as a puppet.
Subsequently, Balladeer fired a bolt of lightning towards the top of the Divine Innovation Workshop, directly piercing through the ceiling of the Divine Innovation Workshop.
That's right, Balladeer chose to escape. He understood the principle of 'where there's life, there's hope.' Now, he lacked the crucial god-canned knowledge, and his flaws were too obvious. Continuing to fight them would give him no chance of winning.
Now, the most critical Gnosis had been activated, and the damage to the mecha was merely a matter of replacement and repair for him. He no longer needed to stay in Sumeru and could completely return to Snezhnaya with Dottore's help.
Although he had personally killed La Signora before, which was considered a betrayal of the Fatui, the value of an adeptus-level La Signora compared to a God-level Balladeer was a matter they would decide. Moreover, he was cooperating with Dottore, and the other Harbingers would always have to give him face.
Balladeer manipulated the mecha, flying towards the pierced ceiling of the chamber with lightning speed, not forgetting to turn back and say to them fiercely, "Yuto, the humiliation of today will surely be repaid someday!
Buer, was such a possibility ever present in my dream? Both good and bad things can be called blessings; this is the arrogance of a God. Today, I will destroy Sumeru City, considering it as an early collection of interest. If you have the ability, come and stop me."
Nahida and Lumine's expressions changed drastically as they watched Balladeer's retreating figure and heard his harsh words, but with their combined strength, they were simply unable to prevent Balladeer's escape.
Nahida quickly looked at Miyashiro, wanting his help, but then realized that Miyashiro's figure was no longer beside her.
After Balladeer had his fill of speaking, he turned to look at the large hole in the ceiling, and his pupils couldn't help but contract. He saw Miyashiro's figure had appeared on the ceiling at some point, arms crossed, looking down at him in a condescending manner.
Balladeer gritted his teeth and said, "How dare you look down on me! Ah!"
Fully activating the Gnosis's energy, the mecha, like a forty-meter-long arrow shot from a bow, plunged directly towards Miyashiro's location.
Just then, Miyashiro's eyes turned an eerie crimson, and an unimaginable aura surged forth like a tidal wave.
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