"Useless! Useless!"
The Abyss Mage's sharp cackle echoed across the cliff!
He floated in mid-air, his pale blue shield shimmering with a despair-inducing cold light, filled with extreme contempt for mortals.
"Hehehe... Do you see it? The suffering of the Anemo Archon's kin!"
The Abyss Mage raised his staff high, pointing it at the giant dragon roaring in pain.
"Dvalin! Your enemies are right there! Tear them apart!"
"Roar—!"
The ominous purple-black patterns completely swallowed the last trace of clarity in Dvalin's eyes!
His massive body suddenly turned, his scarlet dragon eyes locking onto Ace and his companions behind the rocks!
A destructive, violent energy furiously gathered in his throat!
"Oh no!"
Venti's expression changed drastically; he tried to pluck the lyre strings again, but it was already too late!
"Quick, get out of the way!"
That wasn't just simple wind!
It was a destructive storm, mixed with abyssal filth, capable of tearing everything apart!
"Wahhh! I'm going to be blown away!"
Paimon spun frantically in the air, buffeted by the escaping air currents!
"Ace! Luffy!"
Sabo subconsciously tried to unleash Anemo energy, but his faint wind was as tiny as dust before that world-destroying storm!
It's over!
This was the only thought in everyone's mind!
Just then!
Ace moved!
He didn't retreat; instead, he stepped forward, his not-so-tall figure, like a mountain, firmly blocking Luffy and Sabo!
"Don't you dare touch my brother!"
The young man's roar was filled with unyielding fury!
He hated it!
He hated this feeling of powerlessness!
He hated this despair of being able to only watch his loved ones fall into danger!
He remembered that man's tall back, that White Night who always wore a lazy smile but could blast away all enemies with a single finger!
Power!
I need stronger power!
Power enough to protect everything!
"Give me... power, ahhh—!"
Ace roared to the sky!
His wish, his will, his fury that wanted to burn everything to ashes, at this moment, broke through the clouds!
Buzz—!
A supremely brilliant crimson light suddenly ignited at his waist!
It was an intricately patterned red ornament; it appeared out of thin air, and the flaming totem on it was even more dazzling than the midday sun!
Pyro element!
A vision!
"Huh?"
Ace felt that hot, violent power surging into his body, as if it wanted to ignite his entire being!
He didn't need anyone to teach him!
He was born to be the King of Flames!
"Hey."
Ace turned his head and glanced at the Abyss Mage still cackling "hehe" in mid-air.
A supremely arrogant curve appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Your turtle shell... looks very annoying!"
Before his words finished!
He suddenly stepped forward and threw a punch!
"Burn to ashes, you hear me!"
Boom—!
A thick, violent, indescribably terrifying pillar of fire burst forth from his fist!
That flame was not Amber's agile Explosive Arrow.
It was pure, brutal, destructive flame that sought to incinerate all things in the world!
"What?!"
The Abyss Mage's laughter abruptly stopped!
The eyes beneath his mask were instantly filled with endless fear!
The pillar of fire arrived in an instant!
There was no so-called confrontation!
No stalemate!
Hiss—!
That indestructible Cryo shield, the moment it touched that overbearing flame, was like ice and snow meeting the scorching sun in summer; it couldn't even last a second, directly evaporating completely!
Melt reaction!
"No—!"
The Abyss Mage let out a bloodcurdling scream!
His body was completely engulfed by the pillar of fire, and he was blasted away like a broken sack, crashing heavily against the distant mountain wall, emitting plumes of black smoke.
The entire place.
Fell silent.
Dvalin's destructive storm, which was about to be spewed out, was forcibly caught in his throat.
His scarlet dragon eyes showed a momentary blankness.
Behind the rocks.
Luffy's mouth was wide open in an "O" shape.
The next second.
Countless sparkling stars burst forth in his eyes!
"Wahhh! Ace! So cool! You can breathe fire too!"
Sabo was completely frozen in place; he looked at the burning Pyro vision at Ace's waist, then at the Anemo vision with the swirling wind at his own waist, his brain completely crashed.
"Eh?! Eh?! Eh?!" Paimon flew around Ace in the air, letting out an incredulous shriek, "What day is it today?! Is it a vision giveaway?!"
Just as everyone was still in shock.
A golden figure moved!
It was the Traveler!
He didn't hesitate at all; the moment the Abyss Mage was blasted away, he had already transformed into a sharp gust of wind and rushed over!
"Now!"
The Abyss Mage had just slid down from the wall, his body charred black, unable to even stand steadily.
He looked up in terror, only to see a gleaming sword rapidly enlarging in his pupils!
Pfft!
The blade pierced flesh!
The Traveler's sword, precisely and cleanly, pierced through the Abyss Mage's chest!
"Ugh..."
The Abyss Mage's body twitched once, then turned into specks of black ash, dissipating in the wind.
"Roar—!"
Having lost the Abyss Mage's shriek, the evil power that had forcibly twisted the dragon's will, like a severed thread, suddenly snapped!
"Roar—!"
Dvalin let out a roar that was both painful and confused.
His massive body trembled violently on the edge of the cliff, and in his scarlet dragon eyes, chaos and clarity battled furiously, destructive storms condensing and dispersing in his throat.
He was out of control.
But he was also free.
"Now!"
Venti's eyes shone with an unprecedented brilliance!
All the nonchalance and gentleness on his face receded at this moment, replaced by a divine decisiveness and majesty!
He didn't look at Ace, who had shaken the heavens with a single punch, nor did he pay attention to the Traveler, who had delivered the clean finishing blow.
In his eyes, there was only his old friend, struggling in pain!
"Traveler!"
Venti shouted.
The golden-haired young man understood; he didn't pause at all, the second the Abyss Mage turned to ash, he pushed off the ground with his toes, transforming into a golden stream of light, and leaped onto Dvalin's broad back!
"Listen to the sound of the wind, Dvalin!"
Venti hugged the lyre in his arms tightly, his fingers plucking the string that condensed the power of Anemo!
Zheng—!
An indescribably pure melody flowed from the string!
That was no ordinary music!
That was the wind of Mondstadt, the song of freedom, the blessing of Anemo Archon Barbatos, capable of cleansing all filth!
A cyan aura, centered on Venti, boomed outwards!
The light particles were no longer gentle dandelions, but transformed into surging, pure cyan waves, vigorously washing over Dvalin's corrupted body!
"Roar—!!!"
The giant dragon let out an even more mournful roar!
The ominous purple-black patterns on his neck seemed to come alive, writhing frantically, resisting the cleansing power!
Two completely different forces engaged in the most primal, most savage tug-of-war within his body!
Dvalin's massive body twisted wildly from the intense pain, his huge wings flapped erratically, the swirling air currents strong enough to lift rocks!
"Hold on, Dvalin!"
Sweat beaded on Venti's forehead; his fingers rapidly plucked the strings, each note transforming into the sharpest blade, cutting away at the abyssal poison entrenched in his dear friend's body!
Above the cliff.
Luffy and Sabo were almost breathless from the clash of these powers.
"Wow... so amazing..." Luffy stared unblinkingly at the giant dragon enveloped in cyan light and purple-black evil energy, muttering to himself.
It was his first time seeing it.
Besides punching enemies away, power could be used in this way too.
Sabo's pupils reflected the world-shattering scene, his brain working at lightning speed.
That green guy, was he... purifying?
He was saving that giant dragon!
He suddenly turned his head and looked at Ace.
Ace still maintained his punching posture, his chest heaving violently.
He felt the nascent, violent power within him, as if it wanted to burn everything to ashes.
Then, he looked up and saw that completely different scene.
His power was destruction.
And the Bard's power was... salvation.
An indescribable complexity flashed in Ace's burning eyes.
He pouted and let out a disdainful "Tch."
But his gaze was firmly fixed on the struggling giant dragon.
"It's not over yet!"
The Traveler, standing on the dragon's back, let out a clear shout!
He raised the unassuming one-handed sword in his hand above his head, and a pure power, belonging to no element of this world, surged from his palm, pouring into the sword's body!
Buzz!
The blade lit up!
"Go!"
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