An unusual voice appeared on the screen, a voice that acted as a narrator.
It blandly and emotionlessly introduced the Heavenly Fire Judgement in Su Xuan's hand.
The narrator's voice was indifferent, as if everything was to be expected.
But what the people of Teyvat heard was a voice like thunder, deafening and striking their very souls.
Even their souls trembled at this moment.
Could it rival the light emitted by a dying star?
Was it the descent of a god of destruction?
Was it only in the hands of the Fifth Descender that its full power could be unleashed?
In the world of Teyvat, only a few people understood the concept of a star. Most had no clue what the energy of a star's destruction represented.
However, they didn't need to understand much. They only needed to understand the narrator's final words.
【If he wanted to, this strike could tear the entire continent of Teyvat apart.】
“Ah?” Jean, as if having woken from a nightmare, shot up with a cold sweat.
“The Fifth Descender is actually such a terrifying being?”
“If he wanted to, he could destroy all the nations of Teyvat with a single blow?”
【Diluc】：“No way, is this the true power of the Fifth Descender?”
【Kaeya】：“That power that sent us flying away was just him playing with us.”
【Paimon】：“Su Xuan can tear the continent of Teyvat apart with a single blow! And I and Lumine were caught by him, 呜呜呜, I don’t know anything at all!”
【Lumine】：“So this is the kind of power a Descender should have. I was never the Fourth Descender at all. I just want to find my brother.”
【Alice】：“Sta… Star…”
【Hu Tao】：“Does the Fifth Descender want to shatter the continent of Teyvat? No way, he said he would only send some people back to the Geo Archon's domain, right?”
【Hu Tao】：“呜呜呜, I still wanted to see who those people were, and I wanted to promote my business a little, now I'm doomed.”
【Zhongli】：“Hu Tangzhu, don't panic. If the continent really does shatter, I doubt there would be anyone left alive besides Su Xuan.”
【Keqing】：“Hey, is that the way a Wangsheng Funeral Parlor Guest Lecturer soothes people?”
【Venti】：“I think he wouldn't do that. He wants this world, he could destroy everyone and then rebuild it according to his rule, he wouldn't need to shatter the world.”
【Yae Miko】：“Su Xuan Da-Ren, we really don't need to be angry with Mondstadt. If you can see what I'm saying, we in Inazuma would definitely welcome you.”
【Jean】：“He wouldn’t do that, would he? And what could I possibly have that would make him use such terrifying power?”
Liyue, Wangshu Inn.
The group of adepti was utterly stunned.
No one could imagine how terrifying a power it was to be able to tear an entire continent apart with a single blow.
Even Zhongli trembled.
In the year of the Hidden Fire, it took a long battle between Faneus and Nidhogg to cause the world's continents to shake and crumble.
Most of the plates shattered and disintegrated, continents sank to the bottom of the ocean, some even flipped over.
However, the future screen said that Su Xuan's serious strike could shatter the entire continent instantly.
The terrifying power of the Fifth Descender had long surpassed that of Faneus, the original being.
The Abyss Order.
Kea fell into his chair helplessly.
“Hahaha.” He laughed like a madman, an inexplicable sound.
“The Fifth Descender possesses such terrifying power.”
“What can we fight him with? Why should we even fight him?”
“渊火, do you know what a star is?”
“That's an existence that can cause a cataclysm for several planets if it emits irregular energy fluctuations.”
Even after Kea's explanation, 渊火 still didn’t understand what kind of existence a star was, but since it could cause planets to face annihilation, it must be incredibly terrifying.
“Your Highness.” 渊火 said anxiously, “If it really comes down to it, let's take everything we've achieved so far and surrender to the Fifth Descender. Withdraw from this competition.”
“We haven't offended him yet. Let's ask him if we can count surrendering as half a loss and leave us a way to survive, even if it means working the land every day.”
The narrator's explanation undoubtedly brought despair to the people of Teyvat.
Especially the citizens of Mondstadt.
The cowardly ones even started to cry, covering their heads and refusing to look at what happened next.
【Jean, standing at the gate of the city, swayed unsteadily.】
【She gripped the Knight’s sword in her hand tightly, raising her eyes to the giant sword flashing with orange-red light in front of her.】
【The light fell.】
【Jean only saw a sea of orange-red light in front of her.】
【“Hmm!” The light in front of her became brighter and brighter, signifying that Su Xuan's attack was getting closer.】
【Jean gritted her teeth, her steps never faltered.】
【However, just as she was about to meet Su Xuan's attack with her broken body, the light in front of her suddenly split apart.】
【Jean’s vision returned to clarity in that instant.】
【The scattered flames circled the walls of Mondstadt, extending outward, until the two flames touched once more, and the earth shook.】
【Behind Jean, a deafening explosion rang out.】
【A few waves of heat came from behind, causing Jean to sway, but ultimately, she managed to stand her ground and didn't fall in front of Su Xuan.】
【“Jean, you’re so adamant about stopping me, I can't help but respect your will to protect Mondstadt forever.”】
【“So I've decided not to get entangled with you. I'll back off and find another way into Mondstadt.”】
【“If you think you can still stop me from entering Mondstadt, you can keep standing there.”】
【“But I'm not sure how many of you it'll take to completely block my path into Mondstadt.”】
【Jean didn't understand the meaning behind Su Xuan's words.】
【But the heat wave and the explosion from behind gave her a very unsettling feeling.】
【As Su Xuan's words fell, Jean slowly looked behind her, her blurry vision gradually becoming clear.】
【When she saw the scene behind her, her face twitched in a state of utter disarray.】
【Her slightly parted lips made sounds like mournful wails.】
【“Ah, ah…”】
【“Mondstadt, Mondstadt’s walls…”】
【The explosion shattered Mondstadt's city walls, built over thousands of years, along with the dome that Eula had frozen over Mondstadt.】
【The city walls that the people of Mondstadt had built with heart and soul over thousands of years also represented the unyielding will of the Knights of Favonius to protect Mondstadt.】
【But today, in this moment, the walls that had guarded Mondstadt for thousands of years were completely shattered.】
【Only the city gate where Jean stood remained.】
【Unfortunately, it was now a mere formality.】
【Su Xuan gently patted Jean on the shoulder. The Jean of now had lost her former firmness. Just a light touch made her collapse to her knees.】
【“Now there are passages into Mondstadt on all sides.”】
【“Acting Grand Master Jean, you can continue to squat here and block the way into Mondstadt.”】
【“You can also split yourself into countless copies of yourself and then surround the entire city of Mondstadt.”】
【“Of course, if you can…”】
【This was something completely impossible to achieve.】
【Jean heard the mockery in Su Xuan's words, she could only lower her head helplessly, letting tears fall on the back of her hand and onto the ground.】
【Su Xuan stood quietly beside Jean, waiting for a moment.】
【Seeing that Jean was only convulsing and crying.】
【Su Xuan shook his head with a sense of regret, sighing softly, and said, “Since Grand Master Jean doesn't want to rebuild the city walls of Mondstadt, I'll help you shape a new one.”】
【“After all, a person without trust cannot stand. I promised you earlier that I wouldn't let any of you leave Mondstadt today.”】
【“I said I would, so I will.”】
【“Without the city walls as an obstacle, I'm afraid quite a few Mondstadt citizens could sneak away under my very nose.”】
【Jean, covered in wounds and having experienced the collapse of Mondstadt's city walls, her spirit shattered, had no strength left to listen to Su Xuan's following words.】
【Her body went limp, and Jean collapsed to the ground.】
【Not far away, Mona and Fischl, witnessing everything, wanted to call out to Grand Master Jean, but they dared not speak.】
【The two looked at the old site of Mondstadt's city walls in horror, a row of black whirlpools appeared, surrounding the entire city of Mondstadt.】
【One after another, pure white behemoths slowly emerged from the black whirlpools.】
【When they stood in a row, they surrounded the entire city of Mondstadt.】
【But when they saw their true form, Mona's eyes turned black and she fainted on the spot.】
【The row of monsters forming the city walls were actually Ruin Guards, each one towering tens of meters tall.】
【Everything ended, a ripple of distortion appeared in the space around Su Xuan.】
【Eula, in her Valkyria form, was summoned out of the Imaginary Space.】
【Having just stepped out, Eula was also stunned by the scene before her.】
【She glanced at the people lying on the ground, some alive, some not, and quickly recovered, asking, “Master, you called me?”】
【“Yes! Clean up the mess. Get everyone who’s still breathing, everyone who can use Elemental Power, and put them in energy restriction circles. Drag them back to the city.”】
【Eula took the order and then looked at Jean, lying on the ground.】
【Her heart still ached slightly.】
【From Jean's appearance, she must have suffered greatly, both mentally and physically.】
【“Why be so persistent, Jean...” Eula muttered silently in her heart, then asked, “Master, Jean, she...”】
【“She's not dead yet.” Su Xuan clasped his arms, pondering for a moment, then said, “I will use Dark energy to temporarily invade her will. Until I'm done, I'll prevent her from having suicidal thoughts. When I'm finished with her testing, I'll undo the control. If she wants to end it all then, let her.”】
On the screen, Su Xuan's figure slowly entered the city of Mondstadt.
The entire world fell silent at that moment.
The strike had perfectly destroyed everything Su Xuan wanted to destroy.
The Heavenly Fire Judgement, in its destructive, 劫灭, form was terrifying, but Su Xuan, who could master its power so perfectly, was terrifying beyond terrifying.
He could not only control the minds of the mutated hilichurls, he could even control the wills of other humans through energy invasion.
Those Ruin Guard-like monsters stood in rows like guards, surrounding the entire city of Mondstadt, their gaze fixed on every corner, watching every activity.
Anyone who wanted to escape Mondstadt under their guard would only meet death.
Somewhere in the space outside of Teyvat.
The purple-black warrior looked at the screen that had temporarily fallen silent.
Surtloch secretly prayed for the people of Mondstadt, but he couldn't help but mutter to himself, “Is this the opponent we have to face?”
“Is this some kind of joke by some god above us?”