Balladeer's rocket-like charge was easily caught by a sudden giant hand, or more precisely, clamped between two fingers of the giant hand. Balladeer was like prey picked up by chopsticks, unable to move at all.
Balladeer stared dumbfounded at everything before him. Just now, he had watched Miyashiro's figure, originally like an ant, suddenly erupt with an extreme, cold, and domineering power, as if a primordial beast had burst forth from his body.
A two-hundred-meter-tall Susanoo appeared on Miyashiro, its massive body directly shattering the ceiling of the Divine Innovation Workshop, causing a violent earthquake, with half of its body exposed above the riverbed of the Lidugu Valley.
Sumeru City, not far away, was plunged into great panic by the recent violent earthquake. As the people of Sumeru scrambled out of their homes to find open ground, they all inevitably saw the gigantic figure that suddenly emerged above the Dudu River Valley, leaving them stunned.
Many people of Sumeru were dumbfounded by this scene; some ran for their lives, some were too scared to move, and some knelt and kowtowed. There were even some opportunistic Eremites mercenaries who loudly proclaimed the miracle of King Deshret's resurrection, engaging in widespread 'zero-dollar shopping' against Sumeru merchants.
However, why was this 'King Deshret' wearing Inazuma-style armor? The panicked populace couldn't pay attention to such details.
Unfortunately, those mercenaries engaging in 'zero-dollar shopping' were quickly subdued by the mercenaries belonging to Rahman and Dehya. They all knew the truth about King Deshret and naturally wouldn't be swayed by such rumors.
At the same time, members of the Inazuma Delegation began to clarify the rumors in Sumeru City: this suddenly appearing Tengu samurai was their Regent's unique skill—Susanoo! They asked everyone to rest assured, as it was not directed at Sumeru City.
Since then, the obscure and difficult-to-understand name of the technique, Susanoo, began to spread throughout the Sumeru region and eventually across all of Teyvat.
A forty-meter-tall shouki no kami, the prodigal facing a two-hundred-meter-tall Complete Susanoo – this difference is not a simple matter of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to arrive at a five-fold conclusion; the gap between them cannot be described by simple numbers.
To give a fitting example, how many forty-centimeter-tall babies can a two-meter-tall strong man make cry?
Balladeer hysterically said, "Yuto, you still claim to be human! This must be your true form, right? So you're from the Tengu clan! No wonder Beelzebul trusts you so much and even made you Inazuma Regent. So that's how it is. Losing to someone like you isn't shameful, hahahaha."
Miyashiro did not reply, but merely manipulated Susanoo's massive body to lightly flick shouki no kami, the prodigal, which was clamped between his fingers. The entire mecha then slammed back onto the ground of the Divine Innovation Workshop at a terrifying speed, causing another earth-shattering tremor.
As the dust settled, Balladeer's mecha appeared embedded in the ground, with almost all its components disabled and dangerous electrical arcs flickering between parts, seemingly indicating a risk of energy loss of control.
Nahida, Lumine, and Paimon, who were hiding to the side, looked at Balladeer's motionless mecha on the ground, still feeling lingering fear, and couldn't help but look at Miyashiro's figure floating in the air.
Although Lumine and Paimon had seen Miyashiro's technique before, each time they witnessed his Susanoo in different forms and sizes, it always brought them a different kind of shock.
The first time he saw Susanoo above the Jade Chamber, his samurai was only tens of meters tall and just an incomplete projection, and he could only unleash one slash.
The second time, in Ei's Plane of Euthymia, this samurai not only had a complete body but also grew wings, already capable of contending with Ei.
And this time, his performance was even more exaggerated; not only did his body expand to two hundred meters tall, but a casual strike rendered Balladeer, who had given him a tough fight, utterly powerless.
One could say that Lumine witnessed Miyashiro grow from a level she could understand to a level she could not.
Miyashiro's Susanoo gradually dissipated, and he landed on the head of Balladeer's mecha. At this moment, the cockpit in the mecha's head was already open, and Balladeer, lying inside, had not fainted in disarray.
As a research subject of Dottore, he had endured many hardships; his tolerance for pain was extremely high, and his consciousness was firm, beyond what ordinary people could achieve.
At this moment, he was staring at Miyashiro with a hostile expression, like a dead duck refusing to admit defeat. If looks could kill, Miyashiro would have been pierced with hundreds of transparent holes by now.
Miyashiro looked at the defiant Balladeer and said, "I remember telling you before that becoming a God by borrowing the power of a Gnosis, even if successful, would make you the lowest-ranked among the Gods.
You must know that your mother once cut down Orobashi, the Great God of Watatsumi, with a single strike. Lord Morax, the Geo Archon of Liyue, merely cast down a rock spear to suppress Osial, the Vortex Vanquisher, for over two thousand years.
And your current level is not even as good as Orobashi or Osial. To still fantasize about being supreme above heaven and earth, don't you find it laughable?
There are also differences among Gods. You can become a God simply because your strength has reached the God-level, and some Gods remain Gods simply because the realm is only classified up to the God-level.
Even Buer, whom you now despise, once she has the faith of all the people of Sumeru, I guarantee you, she will only need a glance to silently drag you into her dreams."
Balladeer: "Hmph! It's merely the victor becoming king and the vanquished becoming bandit. I suppose this is the fate of those Gods who were defeated in the Archon War, isn't it? Do what you will, kill or dismember, I'll allow it!"
Miyashiro: "To pursue power, you chose a shortcut. I can understand that. But the shortcut you chose only bypassed a tiny bit of detour, yet it ruined your great Talents. Do you think it was truly worth it?"
Balladeer asked, somewhat confused, "What do you mean?"
Miyashiro: "If you, like Irmin, the King of Khaenri'ah five hundred years ago, chose to come into contact with forbidden knowledge for power, transforming from a mere human into an existence that required the deaths of the Electro Archon and Hydro Archon even when besieged by six Gods and the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles, then I would find it somewhat excusable. Even with immense risks, there would surely be no shortage of people willing to try.
But what about you? You expended so much effort, only to advance from the Adeptus level to mere cannon fodder among the Gods, with no possibility of further progress in the future. Do you think such a trade is worthwhile?
Or do you think that with your Talents, you are the kind of existence that has no hope of ever ascending to godhood in this lifetime? I believe that for you, this is not a shortcut, but a dead end that severs your future!"
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