Genshin Impact's Incense Burner Of Liyue [291]

Shinma Pill, the ultimate safeguard Gu Sanqiu had carefully preserved ever since acquiring this golden cheat.

After all, encountering something that shone with such golden brilliance, and boasting effects as powerful as those described, it would feel almost criminal not to treat it as a trump card.

This time, as he headed to Inazuma, Gu Sanqiu solemnly "invited" his trump card to join him, securing it close to his person.

"Thank goodness. While I may be a bit reckless, I'm usually steady."

Gu Sanqiu exhaled a final mouthful of blood laced with crackling arcs of lightning. As he felt the surging power within him—a thousandfold, ten-thousandfold greater—his emotions were complex.

Even with such power, he still felt a tinge of pressure as he faced Raiden Shogun.

After all, had he just been challenging an existence of this level a moment ago?

"What kind of cursed Shinma Pill is this? Could it be some knockoff? Where's the godlike power it promised after consumption?"

What kind of nonsense was this? Even the ultimate safeguard could fail?

Gu Sanqiu froze for a moment. He recalled the pill's origins—it seemed to have been crafted in a prison. Could it have been created through some twisted method of torturing inmates?

Boom!

Raiden Shogun noticed Gu Sanqiu's momentary distraction. Without hesitation, she slashed out with her blade. The roaring thunder accompanying the strike signaled that she was using her true power, no longer holding back with mere punishment fit for mortals!

"Shield."

With a single thought, Gu Sanqiu condensed a thick, fiery shield before him. Even the blade of Musou Isshin only managed to pierce a short distance into it.

Running out of momentum—an opening!

Seizing the moment, Gu Sanqiu transformed the fiery shield into a massive hand that grasped Musou Isshin's blade. Meanwhile, he turned into a crimson shadow and launched a punch toward Raiden Shogun's head!

"Ephemeral illusions, shattered!"

Behind Raiden Shogun, the malevolent gaze of the Ominous Eye snapped open, exposing Gu Sanqiu's form hidden within the crimson shadow.

This guy wasn't just punching with his right fist—his left hand was positioned behind him, a highly compressed fireball brimming with devastating energy ready to unleash!

"Foolishness!"

Raiden Shogun extended her left hand, summoning the Raikiri (Grasscutter's Light) into her grasp. Wielding both weapons, she struck simultaneously: Musou Isshin cleaved toward the fireball, while Raikiri targeted Gu Sanqiu's fist!

"Tch, so what if you've got exclusive weapons?"

Gu Sanqiu absorbed the blows, expertly channeling the impact's aftershocks into controlled bursts of elemental turbulence to continue his assault.

"As I thought, governing one element may signify identity, but for beings at their level, mastery over other elements runs just as deep."

Behind Gu Sanqiu, the form of a Thousand-Armed Dharmakaya emerged, unleashing nearly a hundred different battle techniques in an instant. Fused with searing flames, the techniques roared toward Raiden Shogun!

This was the benefit of increased power. In the past, such skills could only serve as finishing moves, not casual attacks.

But now? They could!

"Resorting to ranged attacks to compensate for your lack of weapons—clever, but still foolish."

Raiden Shogun's voice was calm. "The foolishness of mortals!"

"Where the thunder strikes, the soil of eternity stands firm!"

Behind her, a colossal faceless titan wielding an enormous blade appeared, far larger than Gu Sanqiu's Thousand-Armed Dharmakaya. With a tight grip on its weapon, the titan unleashed a devastating slash in Gu Sanqiu's direction!

So much for creating distance—against combat at this level, it was utterly meaningless.

"Damn it!"

Although Gu Sanqiu had obtained the power of gods and demons, he lacked their battle-hardened experience and profound understanding of true laws. He couldn't hope to replicate such techniques!

Initially, he'd intended to use this newfound strength to explore some of Teyvat's secrets. Now, it seemed escaping in one piece would be an accomplishment in itself.

"Mountain and sea unite—True Dragon's Roar!"

Gu Sanqiu formed a seal with both hands. The Thousand-Armed Dharmakaya disintegrated into fiery fragments, channeling all of its power into a flame-formed dragon that surged upward to meet the descending blade!

Roar!

The dragon bellowed, its fiery whiskers whipping through the air, colliding head-on with the divine slash.

"Come on! Let's go!" Gu Sanqiu roared, flames igniting into a halo behind him. Within its fiery glow, a figure with twin horns and elongated ears slowly emerged.

The figure folded its arms, lifting crimson eyes toward the heavens, where Raiden Shogun stood, surrounded by the Wheel of Wishes and a hundred gazing eyes. A smirk of disdain curled its lips.

"Not bad, kid, managing to last two moves against a being like that."

"Who are you?" Gu Sanqiu asked, alarmed. However, with the dragon above requiring his full attention, he couldn't turn to observe the figure behind him.

After all, he'd merely constructed the elemental halo as a basic amplifier for manipulating more elemental energy. A sentient entity wasn't supposed to exist within it!

"Who am I? Ha! What's truly interesting is this world. So many beings here rival my true form's power."

The flame-cloaked man casually placed a hand on Gu Sanqiu's shoulder.

"You've got traces of another such being on you—a presence even more formidable. If my true form didn't go all-out in battle, it might even lose to them."

"Normally, I wouldn't bother splitting my attention to come here. But this world's essence... it draws me in. The primordial state of existence is truly captivating."

"Primordial? As in, the stage of creation when the heavens and earth first split?"

"Oh? You know quite a bit. Then again, given a soul like yours, I'm not surprised."

"But let me tell you, this 'primordial' world isn't quite what you imagine it to be."

The demonic figure placed its other hand on Gu Sanqiu's shoulder.

"Watch closely, kid. This is how we fight!"

The halo expanded a thousandfold. Even the dragon, still dueling with the blade above, was transformed. Scales began appearing across its body, and the patterns on its frame exuded powerful, world-defining laws.

Flames burned with both destructive and creative force—the supreme fire of annihilation and the blazing flame of rebirth.

"I had no name, but my companion gave me one."

The demon folded its arms again, gazing at the shifting skies with a faint smile.

"My name is Neldoth, the Blazing Emperor."

As the halo disintegrated, the demon vanished. Gu Sanqiu grabbed his blade, stabbing it into the ground to steady himself.

"Damn, almost got drained dry. This guy isn't from around here? I thought the Shinma Pill was defective—turns out it just wasn't interested in showing up at first."

This was the perfect example of slacking off versus working with full effort.

In the sky, Raiden Shogun gripped Musou Isshin tightly, frowning as she observed the newly empowered flame dragon.

Behind her, the Ominous Eye opened further, and a voice similar to her own echoed:

"This power... it's the eternal enemy!"

Destruction reborn, the cycle transcended—this was power fundamentally incompatible with Inazuma's eternity. The two forces were utterly irreconcilable.

"Destroy it!"

"You don't need to tell me," Raiden Shogun replied coldly, Musou Isshin shining even brighter in her grasp.

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T/N: Divine Demon Pill changed to Shinma :D