I, from the Celestial Empire, have parachuted into Teyvat.

As one of the most powerful demon gods, its strength is unmatched by ordinary demon gods. However, this mortal unleashed astonishing combat power in the face of it. Coupled with her reckless fighting style, it even gave Baudelder a sense of difficulty that he had never experienced when facing the Great Demon-Slaying Saint Xiao. To this day, the wounds inflicted on it by this mortal are still oozing black blood.

However, this mortal has now reached his limit.

"Mortal, I admire your courage."

Portelde's gaze suddenly turned icy cold.

"It's time to end this, you can die now!"

Having said that, Portold opened his rotting beak, and a power containing endless death energy rapidly brewed within his mouth.

Ke Qing gritted her teeth, trying to pull out the longsword, but the pain all over her body had completely exhausted her, and she could hardly even take a step.

As she watched Bold's attack gradually take shape, Keqing gave a self-deprecating chuckle.

Is this where it all ends? Ke Qing closed her eyes.

The energy ball filled with the aura of death that Baudelaire had spoken of finally took shape, but just as it was about to strike, Keqing suddenly opened her eyes.

No, it's not over yet!

Ke Qing used all her strength and shouted as she swung the Dragon Roar sword in her hand, unleashing a purple lightning sword aura that was more than ten meters long.

This was her final blow.

The sword energy and the death energy ball collided instantly, but Boldold's power was stronger. Keqing's sword energy was quickly dissolved, and the death energy ball came head-on.

Just then, a loud bang was heard, and an object flew rapidly from the side and collided with the death energy ball, detonating it in mid-air.

Then a series of explosions ripped apart the body of the Death Demon, Portold, who let out a shrill scream and plummeted to the ground from the sky.

Under Ke Qing's gaze, countless people dressed in strange clothes and oddly shaped mobile battlefields rushed out from the surrounding mountains and forests.

This was the last thing Ke Qing saw before her vision went black and she lost consciousness completely.

Chapter 138 Mutation

Outside the central command tent at Tianheng Mountain, Ningguang listened to the news from the front lines, a surprised expression on her face.

"What did you say? Reinforcements?"

"Yes, they are reinforcements from China! They came from the sky."

Hearing the communications soldier's report, Ningguang was stunned for a moment, then remembered the sky full of white round umbrellas that had just fallen from the sky. It turned out that they were reinforcements from China. Ivan had returned!

So, the one who interrupted the Vortex Demon God was also a Chinese reinforcement?

Ningguang instantly understood everything. The arrival of the Chinese reinforcements was a great morale booster. Ningguang immediately ordered, "Notify all Thousand Rock Army units on the defensive line to fully cooperate with the Chinese reinforcements in the battle!"

"Yes!"

The Tianheng Mountain defense line was opened up by the addition of the Chinese Airborne Corps, and the East Coast defense line also entered the final stage of battlefield cleanup and finishing.

On the coastline, with the addition of the Mondstadt and China joint vanguard teams and mechanical dogs, the red humanoid creatures charging along the coastline were wiped out in a whirlwind. Meanwhile, the Space Demon God, another Demon God, and the True Lord of Water and Mountain were completely entangled by Xiao and the True Lord of Cloud and Wind, and could not escape for the time being. Only the Dragon King Ruoduo was left alone, enduring round after round of cannon fire from the main guns of several Chinese destroyers. As time went by, the rocky defensive layer on the Dragon King Ruoduo's body was completely pierced, and its body began to be blasted with one charred wound after another by the shells. The pain from these wounds made the Dragon King Ruoduo roar in anger.

However, it's important to understand that the reason Ivan's exploration fleet is called the "Nation-Destroying Fleet" is because on Earth, such a fleet is powerful enough to wipe out a medium-sized country within an hour. One can only imagine how terrifying the firepower of the Chinese exploration fleet at full capacity is. Faced with such firepower, even the Vortex Demon God was suppressed and unable to move, let alone the Dragon King Ruoduo. No matter how strong his defense, it was useless; he had no power to fight back and could only be beaten. In fact, the Dragon King Ruoduo's fate was already sealed: he would be worn down and killed by the Chinese fleet's firepower.

"What on earth is going on...? Humans...? Why would such a thing exist?!"

While being attacked and defending himself, the Dragon King Ruoduo roared angrily.

Not only it, but all the demons were shocked by the sudden arrival of the Chinese reinforcements.

Is this the power of humanity?

When did humanity develop so many terrifying things?

From then on, if they had the chance to survive, the word "China" would probably be forever etched in the hearts of all the demons and gods, becoming the most taboo thing.

In the command center of the Shingu warship's island, Ivan breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at the excellent situation.

Fortunately, they made it in time.

If they had arrived just a minute or two later, the entire Liyue Harbor would probably have been reduced to ashes by the Vortex Demon's devastating energy blast.

The situation has now been completely reversed. The Vortex Demon is clearly weakened under the combined firepower of the fleet's cruise missiles, main howitzers, and armor-piercing cannons. If they are given a little more time, they can completely eliminate this greatest threat to Liyue Harbor.

At this moment, atop the Lonely Cloud Pavilion mountain, the woman gazed at the massive Chinese fleet in the distance, her face darkening, her beautiful features contorted in anger. She gritted her teeth and uttered, "Damn China! It's China again!"

The sudden appearance of China was completely unexpected by the lady, but what shocked her even more was the astonishing firepower of the Chinese fleet.

The lady had witnessed the remote support China provided when Ivan and his companions dealt with the rampaging Tark in Mondstadt, but she never imagined that it was just the tip of the iceberg. Now that she had actually seen the Chinese fleet, she realized just how strong China truly was.

"You forced me to do this!"

Suddenly, the woman made a hand seal, and a cloud of icy mist rose from her palm. A few seconds later, a palm-sized wooden box appeared in her hand. The woman reached out and opened the box, but the instant it opened, an incredibly cold, evil, and chaotic aura burst forth, as if anyone touched by this aura would instantly go mad. This forced the woman who opened the box to circulate all her elemental energy to resist the intrusion of this aura.

This is a "Pandora's Box" that the woman made just in case.

While in Mondstadt, although Tark's inflated greed led him to betray the Lady, the Lady also discovered through Tark that it might be possible to completely control the terrifying power of the Aura of Destruction, and thus she conceived an idea.

The characteristic of the aura of destruction is that it can amplify and enhance the power of the infected person. As long as the aura of destruction is strong enough, theoretically the power of the infected person will be infinitely enhanced. This is why the destructive consciousnesses can devour each other.

At the very beginning of the collaboration between the Lady and the Dragon King Rahu and other demon gods, all the Stones of Destruction were collected by the Lady through various channels such as the black market using funds. As one of the executors of the Fools, the Lady was not able to sit in this position by force alone. When she delivered the goods to the Dragon King Rahu and other demon gods, she only handed over one-third of them, keeping two-thirds of the Stones of Destruction for herself.

Using the same technique that Dr. Fool, an executive of the Fools, used to create the Evil Eye, the woman attempted to extract all the power from the Stone of Destruction and seal it into the Evil Eye, but she failed, though not completely.

Just like Agumon's Mega Evolution mistakenly evolving into Zombiemon, the experiment, while failing to achieve the result the lady envisioned, gave birth to something even more extreme—the thing in the wooden box in the lady's hand at this moment.

This is a heretical energy born from a mixture of destructive energy and evil eye technology. It possesses the characteristics of destructive energy, which will cause the infected person's power to increase terrifyingly. The price is that it is completely uncontrollable, and the infected person will go completely insane.

But this is exactly what the woman wants.

The woman opened the wooden box in her hand completely, and a cold and evil aura surged out like a tide. She immediately channeled all her elemental power into the box, and in an instant, an evil eye radiating black energy was drawn by her elemental power and flew rapidly toward the Vortex Demon God, instantly burrowing into its body.

The Vortex Demon God, which was unable to move under the suppression of the Huaxia Firepower Network, suddenly raised its head and let out a deafening roar. Then, a terrifying black aura began to emanate strongly from the inside out of the Vortex Demon God's blue body.

On the Divine Palace ship, Ivan also noticed the sudden change in the Vortex Demon God. Because he possessed the Heart of the Wind God, he could clearly feel the destructive aura within the Vortex Demon God's body surging and rapidly reaching a terrifying level.

Ivan raised an eyebrow, a look of surprise on his face.

"what happened?"

Chapter 139 The Greatest Crisis

Sensing the rapidly rising destructive aura of the Vortex Demon God, Ivan's eyelids twitched wildly.

"Something's wrong, something's not right."

Ivan turned to the drone control operator not far away and said, "Put the view of the reconnaissance drone closest to the Vortex Demon God on the main screen."

"Yes."

The operator quickly retrieved the video feed, which soon appeared on the large screen in the command center.

At this moment, the reconnaissance drone closest to the Vortex Demon God was hovering a few hundred meters northeast of the Lone Cloud Pavilion sea area. What Ivan and the others were seeing was the reconnaissance perspective of this drone.

From this perspective, the changes occurring in the Vortex Demon God become clearer.

Ivan raised an eyebrow. Just then, he suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a person standing on the highest peak of Lonely Cloud Pavilion, but he couldn't see very clearly because of the distance.

"Get the drone closer."

As the operator piloted the drone closer to Guyun Pavilion, the people in the command room finally got a clear look at the figure's appearance.

Xiang Feng, standing to the side, couldn't help but blurt out, "This is... a lady from the Fatui?"

Ivan frowned as well. He and Xiang Feng had both been through the Fools' Clan before, so they couldn't possibly be mistaken.

So, the sudden change in the Vortex Demon God was the work of the Fool Lady.

Unlike the young master, the lady's actions have crossed many lines. At this moment, if the reconnaissance drone hadn't been unarmed, Ivan would have already ordered an attack on her.

The woman also noticed the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft flying overhead. Although she didn't know exactly what it was, she could vaguely guess that it was something from China.

"Oh? You've already discovered that I was behind it? But it's probably a bit too late to find out now."

The woman then gave a wicked smile and said, "Goodbye."

After saying that, the woman turned around and jumped off the cliff, disappearing into the mist halfway up the mountain. By the time the drone adjusted its view and looked again, the woman was nowhere to be found.

"She got away..."

Although it was a bit of a pity, Ivan's main focus was now on the vortex demon god in front of him.

From the moment the destructive aura of the Vortex Demon God surged, Ivan noticed that the damage caused by cruise missiles and howitzers had decreased significantly, and the injuries from the previous bombardment were showing signs of recovery.

Ivan raised an eyebrow and asked, "What exactly did the lady feed the Vortex Demon God?"

A few minutes later, the eyes on the heads of the Vortex Demon God had all turned completely black. At this moment, the Vortex Demon God suddenly looked up and let out a strange cry, like the cry of an infant or the lament of a ghost. It was extremely piercing, and many people instinctively covered their ears.

With this cry, a black ripple suddenly spread out from the center of the Vortex Demon God at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye.

On the Divine Palace ship, Ivan, whose eardrums were still aching from the piercing roar of the Vortex Demon God, rubbed his temples. According to the footage transmitted back by the drone on the large screen in the command room, Ivan had also noticed the ripple that had just shot out from the Vortex Demon God.

"That ripple just now could be some kind of attack. Immediately contact all ships and landing support units to confirm their situation."

"Yes."

A short while later, the communications officer reported: "Report, everything is normal, no casualties have been reported."

Ivan frowned.

That's strange. Could it be that the ripple just now wasn't an attack, but merely the sonic energy from the Vortex Demon God's roar? Am I just imagining things?

Just then, Xu Donghai, who had been watching the landing force's situation closely from a distance, suddenly asked, "Hmm? What's going on with these demons?"

Hearing the sound, Ivan quickly went over and asked, "What's wrong?"

Xu Donghai did not answer, but pointed to the footage captured by the reconnaissance aircraft over the landing forces on the east coast defense line and said, "Look."

Ivan stared intently at the screen. The two demon gods who were fighting against Liuyun Jiefeng Zhenjun and Xiao, as well as Lishui Dieshan Zhenjun, suddenly stopped attacking, clutching their heads and screaming in pain. Ruotu Longwang also experienced the same situation.

Ivan looked surprised and suspicious.

What's going on here?

This situation lasted only a dozen seconds before the bodies of the three demon gods—the Space Demon God, the Dragon King Ruotu, and the others—exploded, turning into a bloody mess. Then, three crimson clouds of mist flew out from their bodies, emitting painful roars, and flew towards the Vortex Demon God before merging into its body. At this moment, Ivan sensed that the destructive aura emanating from the Vortex Demon God surged once again.

Ivan was startled.

"This is a destructive consciousness fused with a demon god; the Vortex Demon God is actually devouring the destructive consciousness of other demon gods!"

Could it be that the energy from that black ripple just now stripped the demon god of his destructive consciousness?