Lu Bu, the Thunder General, is my adoptive father in Genshin Impact.

The gem on Xiao Yi's chest shone brightly, and his halberd gleamed like stars in a clear night sky. He suddenly raised the halberd and thrust it towards the enemy's chest.

Boom boom boom!!!

As pure lightning collided with the four elements, the rocks on the surrounding ground began to crack. Xiao Yi realized that he could not win in the short term, so he immediately changed his plan.

Suddenly, the Celestial Venerable's elemental fist shattered the halberd, and a heavy punch struck Xiao Yi in the chest, sending the latter flying away at high speed like a tattered rag.

"This is my plan! You self-proclaimed Celestial Venerable, you've already lost!"

Xiao Yi, whose body was enveloped in four elements, crashed into a barrier that was also composed of four elements. He pierced through layers of elemental light points and finally struck the center of the nail.

The Celestial Venerable looked at the crater created by the fireball in front of the barrier, instantly realizing the problem.

Xiao Yi pretended to drop the golden pestle to make him lower his guard. When he was hit by the fireball, he took the opportunity to lie down and secretly pick up the golden pestle, posing in the Olga pose to divert attention.

Due to time constraints and the inability to quickly defeat the enemy, Xiao Yi had no choice but to feign defeat and borrow the Heavenly Venerable's energy to break through the barrier and reach the nail.

Now he hangs in the center of the nail, his raised left arm holding a golden pestle, which he has driven into the nail with perfect accuracy.

Xiao Yi, covered in wounds, slowly raised his head, a happy smile on his blood-stained face.

"Did you know? Actually, there is a way to heal my body, but it would require depleting the earth's veins as an energy source. As the prince of Inazuma, I certainly can't bear to do that. But now, I will not destroy this great treasure created by the Fools. I will draw on the power of the Dragon King and you to repair myself!"

"Rejoice, for you are about to witness the return of the invincible Naruto, the triumphant Xiao Yi!!!"

Chapter 151 You Only Have One Reason for Defeat

The method by which Xiao Yi regained his former glory was actually not difficult to implement.

According to his own understanding, his current body is like the Ren and Du meridians being polluted and blocked by evil spirits. If he forcibly activates his power from the inside, it will expand like a balloon, cracking or even exploding and causing him to die.

The solution is to use high energy to break through the blockage. However, lightning alone is not enough. According to Yae no Miko's judgment, it is best to use three or more elements together to create a balanced reaction and eliminate the blockage.

The problem lies here: there are only two ways to gather all seven powerful elements.

First, they found the Seven Gods to help Xiao Yi with his treatment, and together they worked to cure him.

At first glance, it seems both safe and effective, but Xiao Yi doesn't have that much influence. The retired Feng Yuyan might help, but the rest will basically ignore him. Besides, the Ice Queen of Zhidong Kingdom is secretly up to something big and is busy.

Second, the earth's veins circulate with the power of various elements, and one can obtain a large amount of elemental power simply by drawing from them.

This is also a good method. After all, Inazuma is the eternal land of the Thunder General. As long as she wants, she can whip it however she wants without anyone interfering. However, this will greatly damage the land and may lead to decades of no harvest. Not to mention watermelons, even wheat cannot be grown.

Therefore, both methods were rejected.

But now he has grasped it, the golden pestle connecting the four elements, and he has grasped the future!

Liyue is a vast and resource-rich land, with ley lines far exceeding those of Inazuma, which is why it can grow sweet and delicious watermelons. At this moment, the Celestial Venerable is using the Dragon King as a water pump and nails as amplification devices to extract a large amount of Liyue's ley lines. Even if Xiao Yi doesn't extract them, this energy will only become an accomplice in erasing Liyue and achieving the Celestial Venerable's plan.

Smash him!

Before being sent flying by a fist combining four elements, he realized that he couldn't defeat the Celestial Venerable in a short time. After three minutes, he would lose all his power and could only watch helplessly as the opponent activated the spell. So he chose to take risks and let the Celestial Venerable knock him onto the nails.

With only 10 seconds left to his strength, Xiao Yi activated the last of his lightning element, drawing all the energy from the nail outwards. In an instant, the dazzling light spots surrounding the Fulong Tree converged neatly on Xiao Yi, who was hanging on the nail, enveloping him in a colorful light.

The Celestial Venerable tried to step forward to stop him, but was forced back by the shockwave. He knelt on one knee, barely maintaining his balance, and felt his power slowly disappearing.

On the other side, the energy scorched Xiao Yi's body and nervous system, clearing his blood vessels and meridians, repeatedly cutting, destroying, and stitching, giving him the feeling of being tied to a stake while someone sprinkled salt and cumin on his body and brushed him with barbecue sauce.

Xiao Yi shouted incoherently, "It hurts, it fucking hurts! But the power to recover is truly mine, no middlemen taking a cut. Thinking about this makes me involuntarily happy—get ready to pull the curtain down, you bastard Celestial Venerable!!!"

Rumble!!!

A mushroom cloud, no less massive than the crown of the Fulong Tree, suddenly rose up. Although it did not harm the ancient, legendary tree, it flattened the surrounding plants and caused a breakthrough.

Thick smoke billowed like a sandstorm, and a figure enveloped in sunlight slowly emerged from the dust, step by step approaching the slightly surprised Celestial Venerable.

Xiao Yi seemed to have transformed into an elemental being, his wounds radiating lightning instead of the blood flowing from an ordinary creature. The gem on his chest slowly shattered and disintegrated. He raised the amethyst and kissed it, letting it disappear into the air like a bird being released.

The half-kneeling Celestial regained his composure and slowly straightened up: "I almost forgot, my story is not yet finished. During my wandering days in Liyue, I made a living by clearing out low-level monsters. A few days later, I accidentally got lost in the forest and unknowingly came to this Dragon Tree, where I established a wonderful connection with the ancient creatures beneath it."

"Legend has it that before the Dragon King of Rota lost control, he helped the Emperor fight on the battlefield. Presumably, his original intentions coincided with mine, which is why he was willing to lend me his power, allowing me to uphold justice for the world. Soon, a grand plan was born in my mind. I used the nails of the Fatui to strengthen the power, so that it could spread throughout the entire Liyue..."

"Alright, alright, no need to explain anymore, I understand everything." Xiao Yi waved his hand helplessly, then summoned his halberd. "The Dragon King has been sealed for too long, he's gotten senile, and he's been deceived by your twisted thoughts, giving you his power to do foolish things!"

The Celestial Venerable didn't say anything about continuing, but just sighed. His eyeballs split into four parts again: lightning, fire, water, and ice—the four elements coiled around his right arm like snakes. This was the power he had preserved before the nail was destroyed, and he wanted to decide the outcome with one move.

He understood that although Xiao Yi, who had endured the overload of elements, had recovered to his peak strength, his body was like that of a patient recovering from a serious illness, requiring time to recuperate. He couldn't unleash too much divine power at the moment.

The Celestial Venerable was gambling that his power could overwhelm his opponent.

The next moment, the Thunder Halberd in Xiao Yi's hand surged like lightning, and the surrounding space seemed to be displaced. He squeezed his newly recovered body and released all his power to stab at the Heavenly Venerable.

The two earth-shattering beams of light collided once more, and the dispersed energy formed a gigantic mushroom cloud ten times larger than the previous one, its light illuminating the dark night sky.

Gan Yu, who was hiding on the mountaintop, Qian Yan Jun, who had already captured the base, Ying and Dadalia, who were trapped in the collapsed tunnel by Tian Zun, all felt this god-level impact.

However, the mushroom cloud was merely an appetizer; the two sides remained locked in a stalemate, and even the space itself seemed to vibrate and crackle.

Finally, a beam of light, predominantly purple with various other colors mixed in like secondary ingredients, shot into the sky like fireworks, breaking through the clouds and reaching the heavens. The concentrated energy was completely released, bursting into a massive firework visible to all the Mondstadt residents.

That was because Xiao Yi deliberately deflected both sides' attacks upwards to avoid accidentally harming nearby people; otherwise, the environment around the Layered Rock Abyss would have been reshaped, and the Thousand Rock Army attacking the Righteous Society's base would have been affected.

The price of deflecting the aftershocks of the battle was an extremely high energy expenditure. In order to keep his newly recovered body intact, he will temporarily refrain from releasing the power of Thor.

……

Ten thousand miles away on Mount Tianheng, a young bard in green stood on tiptoe, watching the spectacular explosion in mid-air, his face full of amusement.

"Wow, that's beautiful!" Wendy exclaimed excitedly. "He did a great job, a really great job!"

At the stone table and chairs beside him, Zhongli slowly sipped his tea, a look of approval on his face.

……

The ground in front of the Fulong Tree looked as if it had been bombarded for days, riddled with holes.

Xiao Yi and Tianzun were more than ten meters apart, both lying down in a spread-eagle position.

Xiao Yi murmured weakly, "I've already drained Thor's power. From now on, I can only resort to backup methods. Everyone, lend me your power..."

The previous clash of energy had exhausted the Celestial Venerable's reserves. The nails had been destroyed, and the earth veins provided by the Dragon King were insufficient to sustain the energy supply. He could only release extremely weak amounts of the four elements.

Xiao Yi only had the power of Miyamoto Jiro left. As for the power of the lord he had collected, each one only had a 5-second usage time, adding up to less than half a minute.

The two scrambled to their feet and staggered toward each other. The Celestial Venerable's eyes were like burning embers, and a sword formed of flames appeared in his hand, while Xiao Yi pressed his hand to the sword at his waist.

The Celestial Venerable said confidently, "I have investigated your power thoroughly in the past few days. Apart from your permanent wind control and swordsmanship, your abilities such as time stop, jellyfish healing, desolate star and lightning darts, water twin swords, and fire breath like Guoba can only be used for 5 seconds—a total of 25 seconds. As long as I deplete your special skills, I cannot lose in a head-on confrontation!"

The next moment, Xiao Yi suddenly appeared in front of the Celestial Venerable, his samurai sword piercing the Venerable's left chest.

Time stops, and the cooling process begins.

The opponent did not fall like a normal person. His left eye was divided into two parts, shining with two colors, crimson and deep purple, indicating that he used the dual elements of lightning and fire.

The flaming sword slashed towards Xiao Yi's neck. Xiao Yi didn't have time to unleash his wind to deliver a second blow, so he had to draw his katana and jump back to dodge the fatal slash.

The Celestial Venerable's chest crackled with electricity as he smugly declared, "I manipulated precise electrical currents to stimulate my heart, causing the punctured heart to continue beating, while simultaneously contracting the wound to stop the blood from spurting out—I've used up my most threatening time-stopping skill, so I have nothing to fear now!"

Xiao Yi sheathed his katana and unleashed his Prince ability, water blades erupting from his palms as he charged toward the enemy without hesitation.

The Celestial Venerable's left eye switched to water and thunder, his right hand's fire sword became a water sword, and his left hand gained a thunder sword.

This way, the Heavenly Venerable can use the water sword to parry Xiao Yi's water blade, and then use the thunder sword to attack Xiao Yi. Since Xiao Yi, who is conductive, cannot block the attack and can only dodge, the Heavenly Venerable will gain a great advantage.

However, something unexpected happened again. Xiao Yi suddenly stopped sprinting and flung the water blade like a throwing knife, heading straight for the Heavenly Venerable's face.

The Celestial Venerable originally intended to dodge the twin blades by sidestepping, but just as they were about to hit him, the water blades transformed into jellyfish. The large, round jellyfish was extremely difficult to dodge, and he was immediately covered in jellyfish splatter.

The pain traveled from his left hand to the entire body of the Celestial Venerable.

It turns out that after Xiao Yi threw out the double blades, he switched abilities, replacing the young master's power with the Coral Palace Heart Sea. As a result, the sharp high-pressure water blades turned into jellyfish. Although they could not cause any damage, they soaked the Heavenly Venerable's clothes, causing the Thunder Sword in his left hand to conduct electricity and injure himself.

The Celestial Venerable hurriedly dispelled the Thunder Sword.

At this moment, Xiao Yi only had the abilities of Guoba and Ying left. Tianzun was wary of him releasing Desolate Star, Thunder Dart, or Fire Breath. Once he exhausted all his special abilities, Xiao Yi, who could only use the wind element, would be no match for him.

Xiao Yi charged toward the Celestial Venerable again while maintaining his Iaijutsu posture, and the Celestial Venerable was also fully prepared to deal with any situation.

Aside from the desolate star which requires dodging, other attacks can be neutralized with the corresponding element, then the opponent's life can be taken in one fell swoop.

At that moment, the two sides were less than three meters apart. The Celestial Venerable believed that Xiao Yi had no chance of winning and was ready to taste the fruits of victory.

However, Xiao Yi did nothing, simply initiating an iaido and swinging his katana, without even covering the blade with wind element.

The Celestial Venerable wielded his water sword, the first strike severing the samurai sword, the second aimed straight for Xiao Yi's throat.

Just as the fatal attack was about to hit, Xiao Yi unleashed an unexpected skill.

"Frost and cold give birth!"

Xiao Yi transformed into a blur and quickly distanced himself, leaving behind a beautiful ice lotus flower. The chilling aura emanating from it froze the Heavenly Venerable, whose entire body was covered in water, with only his head exposed. As time passed, his complexion gradually worsened.

"Ice counters lightning. Your heart, pierced by the lightning, is probably about to stop beating." Xiao Yi approached the enemy. "You didn't expect this, did you? I have a skill you don't know about."

……

Five minutes ago, Xiao Yi and Gan Yu were about to part ways.

He started from a crouching position, preparing to launch himself at the Fulong Tree. Before leaving, Xiao Yi abruptly asked, "Gan Yu, even if you act like Ying, you can't do it—no matter what, you can't become my 'lord'?"

He gained the power of Ying, the power of the young master, and even the power of Guoba, but due to the humble mindset of the Qilin girl, he was unable to make her his lord.

Although she didn't know why Xiao Yi asked that question, Gan Yu answered truthfully: "Deep down, I firmly believe that we are 'equal' in a relationship. Even if I try to deceive myself, it would be difficult for me to genuinely become your 'superior'. I'm very sorry that I can't contribute to your system."

“However…” Xiao Yi suddenly said with a smile, “If she becomes my ‘wife,’ then we will naturally have a superior-subordinate relationship.”

"Huh?!" Gan Yu instinctively covered his chest, his face turning red.

(New Lord: Gan Yu; Trust Value: ???)

Xiao Yi said cheerfully, "It seems you already have the answer in your heart."

Immediately afterwards, he launched it at the Fulong Tree.

……

"There's only one reason you failed!" Xiao Yi pulled out a Qilin horn from his clothes and proclaimed loudly as if showing off, "You lack 'love'!"

Suddenly, the Celestial Venerable's left eye turned a fiery red, and all his power was concentrated in the fire, as if to burn everything in the world. The ice covering his body also gradually melted away.

boom!!!

The Celestial Venerable burst into flames, unleashing the limits of human endurance, and pounced on Xiao Yi at unimaginable speed, his scorching hands gripping his neck.

Xiao Yi thought to himself: This guy is unleashing his full fire elemental power—he's planning to self-destruct and trade one for one!!!