Genshin Impact, it's you who rejected me, why are you all in such a hurry if I just give up?

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Lin Jiu'an was like a nightmare; no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't kill him, and instead, he kept talking nonstop.

"If it weren't for your escapism and your hesitation, these monsters might still be alive now."

"They died protecting Inazuma, the home of your sister, and what about you?"

"Despite possessing the absolute power to change everything, he still watched them die before taking action."

"You really are this one," Lin Jiu'an said, giving her a thumbs up.

"shut up!!!"

Barzeb's tone began to show obvious anger.

Countless bolts of lightning descended from the sky, completely engulfing Lin Jiu'an.

But this is the space of "consciousness".

The destruction of the 'physical body' alone cannot kill a person. Soon, the figure that she had begun to hate reappeared here, and began his irritating rambling again.

"I have to say, you really haven't changed at all from thousands of years ago to now."

"You've always been hiding behind your sister, always running away from reality."

"You've remained consistent for thousands of years, you're really amazing."

"Unlike us humans, who have heard the saying 'a scholar should be looked at with new eyes after three days of separation'? Let alone not seeing each other for several years, even if we haven't seen each other for a few days, we will find that the other person is like a different person."

“Before, with your sister and your friends looking after you, things were a little better.”

"Now that your sister and your friends have been killed by you, there's no one watching over you anymore. You're completely free. Only that little fox, Yae no Miko, can't control you. You can lock yourself here and do whatever you want without anyone interfering."

"How liberating!"

"Shut up!"

How long has it been since you felt "anger"?

Was it because Sasa Yuri was killed by Orobas, or because her sister died, or perhaps it was because she returned afterward to find that almost all of her friends had perished in the cataclysm while she was away searching for her sister...?

Barzeb doesn't know.

All she knew was that she wanted this annoying guy to shut up completely; she didn't want to hear him yelling anymore.

Barzeb raised her sword high, and unprecedented lightning gathered on it.

Her clothes fluttered in the wind, and she could no longer control her anger.

Just as she was gathering that unprecedented strike, ready to annihilate this annoying guy both physically and mentally, she suddenly saw the corners of Lin Jiu'an's mouth twitch slightly upwards.

A warrior's intuition gave Balzeb a bad feeling.

Then, Barzeb noticed that a sword had somehow appeared in its scabbard on his left side.

The elemental sword he had always used in battle disappeared.

His left hand gripped the scabbard, his right hand pressed against the hilt, and he slightly drew the sword, a faint whirlwind beginning to emanate from it...

'Pfft!'

next moment.

Barzeb suddenly felt a chill in his chest.

So fast.

The lightning on the "Dream Together" sign, which was held aloft by both hands, vanished without a trace.

Holding the knife in her right hand, Balzeb slowly lowered her hands, looking down at the long sword piercing her chest, a look of astonishment appearing in her beautiful eyes.

"Don't you like living here and meditating?"

Hearing the man's voice, Balzeb struggled to lift his head and saw Lin Jiu'an's face, which was no longer smiling.

She snapped out of her daze, realized something, and raised the hand holding "Dream Together" as if to do something.

But the next moment, countless chains extended from the sword.

Some burrowed into the ground, while others burrowed into her 'flesh and blood'. Then, four stone pillars suddenly rose from all around, and countless chains shot out from the stone pillars to bind her limbs, lifting her into the air.

"From now on, you can meditate here."

Chapter 18 Who Wants to Be the First to Die? (4K5)

The tide receded quickly.

When the darkness dissipated, Lin Jiu'an found himself still standing in the castle tower.

The doll that looked exactly like Balzeb stared at him with a somewhat bewildered expression, seemingly unable to comprehend what had happened.

And the next moment.

Countless rock locks suddenly pierced out of her body and embedded themselves into the ground of the castle tower, suspending her in the air like Balzebub.

As she watched the man approaching her, she wanted to use lightning to break through the stone lock's barrier.

But she failed.

The stone lock seemed to have a life of its own; whenever she tried to use her power, it would absorb it, leaving her helpless and unable to do anything but be held on it.

They could only watch helplessly as Lin Jiu'an approached.

Fortunately, knowing that he could not break free from the stone lock formed by the sword, General Thunder did not struggle in vain like a panicked human. He simply let himself be suspended in the air by the chains and silently watched Lin Jiu'an.

Lin Jiu'an stopped in front of Balzeb, who was being held up in the air in a 'T' shape.

However, my gaze was drawn to the neckline of her kimono.

Her kimono was V-shaped, which was fine on ordinary days; unless you were looking down at it from a high place, you wouldn't see anything.

—Even Inazuma doesn't have that kind of guts.

However, because he was bound by stone locks, he was in a prone position and suspended in the air. Due to gravity, from Lin Jiu'an's angle, he could see a large expanse of snow-white and the unfathomable abyss.

Despite the impolite gaze, General Thunder's eyes remained utterly indifferent.

"what are you up to?"

Unlike Balzebu.

General Thunder can be seen as a version of Balzeb in his dream.

She possesses almost all of Balzeb's memories, appearance, and even strength, but her personality is extremely calm, even to the point of being devoid of any extra emotions. If Lin Jiu'an had just faced her instead of Balzeb, the battle would probably have lasted countless times longer and might not have yielded a result.

Unfortunately, the 'master' is an idiot.

all in all.

General Raiden would not lose his composure because of the mention of Baal and the deaths of his monster friends from the Fox Palace, nor would he be angered by such an insulting gaze that no one had ever dared to make.

"doing what?"

Lin Jiu'an smiled.

He raised his hand and touched General Thunder's face.

Although she was a "doll," the feel of her skin was no different from that of a human woman. In fact, it was hard to tell whether it was because she was a "doll" or because of the "god," but her skin could be described as perfect.

Smooth and supple.

Even when examined closely with a magnifying glass, not a single flaw can be found.

Regardless of how impolite Lin Jiu'an's hand gestures were.

General Thunder's expression remained unchanged; he simply stared at him with his cold, emotionless eyes.

Seeing this, Lin Jiu'an did nothing, but instead reached his hand into the bottomless abyss.

"Actually, in my past life..."

“No, I wanted to try doing this in my previous life.”

Lin Jiu'an plunged his hand into the abyss.

Then he pulled.

The canyon was like a treasure trove, where a purple one-handed longsword was pulled from General Thunder's chest.

"One heart, one dream".

That sword belonged to Balzeb's long-deceased sister.

It is also the place where Balzeb's "pure land" is located, the place where her soul resides.

Now it's in Lin Jiu'an's hands.

Upon seeing the sword, a flicker of emotion finally appeared in General Thunder's eyes.

However, Lin Jiu'an turned around and left Tian Shou Ge without any hesitation, leaving behind only the Thunder General who was bound in the air by stone locks and unable to move.

And after the castle tower's gates closed again.

The rock chains spread again, enveloping the entire castle tower from the inside, turning it into a cocoon.

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late at night.

Coral Palace.

Coral Palace Heart Sea stood with a worried expression in front of the long table covered with military maps.

But she wasn't alone here today; Ying, Beidou, and some other little creature were also there.

However, none of them looked very good.

Beidou looked the worst; he was so pale he had almost no color in his skin, and his shoulder was wrapped in bandages, clearly indicating that he had suffered a serious injury and had not yet fully recovered.

"Why don't we run away?" Ying broke the silence first.

She was met with a long silence.

Coral Palace Heart Sea pressed her lips tightly together.

Looking at the map on the table, marked as having fallen except for the very center of Haiqi Island, which is now their "Coral Palace," she felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

This war is simply impossible to fight.

Time, location, people and harmony.

According to Coral Palace Heart Sea, the most important of the three elements of war is the human element.

Previously, the army under the command of Tianling was stronger than the soldiers of the Haizhi Island resistance forces, both in terms of quantity and quality.

However, the people of Haiqi Island would rather die than submit to the invaders who were following the orders of Tianling.

Secondly, due to the internal strife and disputes within Inazuma, the Tenryo magistrate was unable to deploy all of the Inazuma shogunate's military forces to Kaigi Island.

This is a couple.

But now.

Thanks to Hayashi Kyuan, the Inazuma Shogunate was completely united, and its military strength was stronger than ever before.

Lin Jiu'an's previous massacre, while eliminating all the resisting forces within Haiqi Island and allowing the reforms to proceed smoothly, also helped the Tianling Enforcer.

Those with faith and perseverance are all dead; only the people who live by their daily lives remain.

Although a large portion of them were still people from Haizhi Island who were defending their homeland or who resented the atrocities committed by the soldiers of the Heavenly Territory during their invasion, their numbers were far fewer than before.

One goes down and the other goes up.

Even if Coral Palace Xin Hai had exceptional strategic planning abilities, she was still like a skilled cook without ingredients.

After all, the other side isn't stupid either.

The fact that she was able to hold out for so long was actually due to the effective fighting of Beidou and Ying, as well as her excellent command. She also knew that if things continued like this, Coral Palace would eventually be breached.

But this was her elder brother's dying wish...

"Can't keep it."

Ying continued to persuade him, "I'll protect you and Beidou. Let's escape to the 'Death Star' and wait for Brother Lin to come back."

"Brother Lin isn't unreasonable. You've done your best, he won't blame you."

"I know, but..."

Coral Palace Heart Sea hesitated for a moment, then gave a bitter laugh and finally sighed, "This is the only way."