——Real World
"I swear in the name of Rex Lapis."
In the scene, Jun Bai drew Phoenix Perches on Demon Subjugation and spoke those words with a firm tone. Afterward, the plot battle began.
"Can only use Jun Bai? Looks like this plot battle isn't too difficult." Silver Wolf said as she looked at the team that only had Jun Bai as a character.
As she spoke, Silver Wolf began operating.
Just as Silver Wolf had predicted, the opponent in the plot battle was the out-of-control Bosacius, and Bosacius was slightly easier to deal with than the previous Childe.
Although the damage was high, his attack desire was a bit lower than Childe's, and the wind-up before attacks was also longer.
Plus, the system-provided Jun Bai's level was decent, so Silver Wolf successfully cleared Bosacius's first phase.
Time taken: two minutes and thirty seconds.
In the second phase, Bosacius would hide his form, entering an untargetable state, while his health bar would turn into a progress bar.
Silver Wolf was still pondering how to handle this second phase when she saw an Electro giant palm coming toward her.
She instinctively dodged. The Electro giant palm passed by the character Jun Bai, and the progress bar above advanced a little.
"Oh～" Silver Wolf realized, then performed another series of operations.
Another two minutes and thirty seconds later, the progress bar reached the end and entered the cutscene.
Jun Bai expelled the karmic debt from Bosacius's body, materialized it, and then punched it flying.
Flames coiled around Jun Bai's body as a magnetic voice rang out:
"Previously when you were inside Bosacius, I still had to hold back."
"Now I can finally…"
"Teach you a profound lesson without restraint."
As Jun Bai spoke, the flaming wings behind him spread open. The Phoenix Perches on Demon Subjugation in his hand transformed into a Fangtian Huaji:
"Phoenix Cry, Long Sky."
The screen darkened, then entered the plot battle.
The sharp-eyed Silver Wolf instantly noticed the change after the cutscene ended — Jun Bai's burst was now usable.
"Energy is fully charged directly. Fits the plot."
[Fits the plot, meaning entering the plot battle right when he's about to activate his burst.]
[Come on, Silver Wolf, activate the burst directly! Let me admire my husband's burst animation!]
"I'm not the type who likes to be particular. What I've always believed in is: if you have a burst, use it!" Silver Wolf said as she pressed the Q key to release the elemental burst.
A close-up of Jun Bai's face appeared on screen. His scarlet eyes carried a trace of coldness, and crimson eyeshadow tinted the corners of his eyes.
The flaming wings behind him spread open. Then the camera shifted to a low-angle view, displaying the Fully Armed Jun Bai in front of the players.
"Handsome!" Silver Wolf's eyes lit up.
[Oh—— This angle! This sidelong glance! It feels like he's about to step on you the next second!]
[Don't do this in a barbershop. Brother Bai is clearly looking down on his opponent in terms of strength, not roleplaying with you version T0 players!]
[Am I the only one who noticed that Jun Bai's robe, except for missing the hood, is the same model as Morax's divine outfit?]
[Now it's truly "The divine throne rotates. This year it's my turn to sit on it."]
"Rex Lapis the Geo Archon has passed away. We recommend Sky Phoenix Marshal Phenex to serve as the second Flame King Emperor!"
While using the infinite-energy Fully Armed Jun Bai to brutally beat the karmic debt Bosacius, Silver Wolf imitated Stelle's style and played a homophone pun in the livestream.
The bullet comments instantly lined up neatly with two types of messages: [Homophone puns prohibited] and [Stelle's chaotic energy habit has started spreading to others].
The karmic debt Bosacius's damage was higher than the previous two phases, but its defense was clearly much frailer.
Silver Wolf speed-cleared it in half the time of before.
"The curse of the defeated…"
"Fall into the boundless hell together with the defeated!"
"Kneel before me!"
[My god, that combo. It's obvious he was holding back when fighting Bosacius earlier.]
[Jun Bai almost sent Bosacius to the point of no recovery with Pacific-level output.]
[As a god, I believe Jun Bai has already been very restrained. Look, Bosacius can still breathe.]
[No, at least Bosacius is a protector Yaksha of the same level as Bonanus. That statement is a bit disrespectful.]
"Walking in and seeing Jun Bai beating Bosacius makes it hard to respect Bosacius." Silver Wolf complained. "Besides, Bosacius's character really…"
"He only appears now. The protector Yaksha group already has very weak presence in the main story, and Bosacius even more so!"
"Not to mention anything else, the Liyue plot is almost ending, yet he only appears now, and as an enemy role."
"So other than calling him weak, I really can't give any other evaluation. I know it's because his opponent is Jun Bai, but that doesn't change the fact that he was crushed."
In this story line revised by Jun Bai, if one were to talk about the worst treatment, it would be Bosacius, followed by the protector Yakshas.
Bosacius did not appear before the decisive battle and successfully became a stepping stone for Jun Bai to harvest popularity value.
As for the protector Yakshas, aside from Bonanus who left a good impression by acting as a guide, the rest became background boards.
Even Keqing, who left a bad first impression on some players in her previous life debut, had a plot segment exploring the relationship between humans, adepti, and gods.
Protector Yakshas? Yeah, they showed up once to farm minions before the battle, and now the group has basically disappeared.
This was something Jun Bai had not expected.
Therefore, the Marshal decided to observe the follow-up. If the five protector Yakshas still showed no highlight moments in the later plot, Jun Bai would spend his own popularity value to commission legend quests for the Yaksha generals.
They were his own people. It was fine to give them better treatment. If there was no treatment, he would arrange it himself.
In the game, Jun Bai charged up a strike and cleared the karmic debt that had troubled Bosacius for many years. The cutscene ended and entered dialogue.
[Brother Bai truly always upholds the truth that a real man never looks back at the explosion.]
[Brother Bai only got serious twice, and both times he didn't look back at the explosion.]
Bosacius (weak tone): "Thank you, Marshal."
Jun Bai (nodding): "How do you feel?"
Bosacius (relieved): "It's been a long time since I felt this relaxed. I never thought there would be a day when the karmic debt would be cleared."
Jun Bai (sighing): "Unfortunately, this method can only be used when the karmic debt is close to losing control. Xiao and the others will still have to wait a while longer."
Bosacius (smiling): "It's fine, Marshal. Just seeing hope is already very good… cough cough… cough…"
Jun Bai (walking outward): "Your body has not recovered yet. I still need to hurry to Guyun Stone Forest to join the battle, so I can only trouble you to stay here a little longer…"
Bosacius (defying superior): "No, Marshal! I want to join the battle too!"
Jun Bai fell silent. He walked in front of Bosacius and pressed down on his unhealed wound.
Bosacius (howling in pain): "Ah! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts…"
Jun Bai (calmly): "You'd better not go and cause trouble for your brothers. You're covered in injuries. In the end, they would have to take care of you."
[Bosacius: Who do you think caused these injuries?]
[Brother Bai has zero awareness that he is the main culprit.]
Bosacius (gritting his teeth): "Please, Marshal, help me."
Jun Bai: "Reason?"
"Because…"