Kamisato Satoru knew exactly what was happening.
This was the monster’s final struggle on the verge of death.
He had to admit, Klee’s bombardment had packed quite a punch. She had already forced the Electro Hypostasis into its final phase.
"Don’t worry. Leave it to me!"
BOOM!
Without the slightest hesitation, Kamisato Satoru fired a blazing red beam from his palm.
The large-scale blast carried tremendous repulsive force, instantly shattering the three desperately resisting prisms into fragments.
The entire process happened too quickly to react to.
The Electro Hypostasis didn’t even have time to draw Electro energy from deep within the Ley Lines to restore itself before its entire body shattered completely in the brilliant light.
Clink!
Two translucent prisms glowing faintly purple dropped to the ground, surrounded by several miscellaneous objects resembling Artifacts.
Kamisato Satoru slowly descended with Klee and bent down to pick up one of the Lightning Prisms.
He could clearly sense the extraordinarily dense and exceptionally pure Electro energy contained within it.
[Template Synchronization Progress increased by 2%.]
[Current Template: Satoru Gojo (Progress: 78.8%)]
Everything had gone exactly as he’d expected.
Kamisato Satoru showed no disappointment whatsoever. Getting this much synchronization progress from a single Electro Hypostasis was already a decent reward.
He figured that the next time he thoroughly pinned Dvalin down and gave the dragon another beating, his progress should finally break past eighty percent.
By then, that ultimate move—Hollow Technique: Purple—would probably be officially unlocked.
He had previously tried forcibly combining Red and Blue, but it always felt as though there were one final paper-thin barrier he couldn’t quite break through.
"Daddy, can Klee have this shiny thing?"
"Klee wants to see if she can use it to make an even stronger Jumpy Dumpty. Pleeease? Can Klee have it?"
Little Klee stared eagerly at the Lightning Prism and began tugging on Kamisato Satoru’s arm, unleashing her puppy-dog eyes.
"Sure. Take them and have fun."
Kamisato Satoru smiled and placed both pieces of loot into Klee’s hands.
Although he knew perfectly well that these things might pose an even greater threat to Mondstadt’s city walls, he simply couldn’t bring himself to refuse such an adorable daughter.
Electro combined with Pyro to trigger Overloaded.
It certainly sounded like a promising direction for research.
"Klee, play on the grass for a while. We’ll head back soon."
Kamisato Satoru glanced over the surrounding flow of elemental energy and estimated that it would take at least a week for the Electro Hypostasis to reform.
"Okay!"
Klee obediently answered before sitting atop a large rock and concentrating on playing with the two purple crystals.
A gentle breeze swept past.
"You’re the one who’s been following us this whole time, aren’t you?"
Kamisato Satoru’s figure appeared in midair once more, stopping steadily in front of the green-clad figure.
The other person wore a green hat decorated with a Cecilia flower.
His outfit was primarily emerald green and pure white, his cape fluttering in the wind, while long white stockings covered his legs.
His features possessed an androgynous beauty. Two gradient-colored braids hung on either side of his short black hair, and dense Anemo energy swirled around his body.
Most importantly—
This guy really is short!
Kamisato Satoru couldn’t help thinking that, aside from Acting Grand Master Jean, there really did seem to be convincing evidence that Anemo Vision holders tended to be on the shorter side.
"I’m hardly someone with sinister intentions. And that look you’re giving me is making me feel rather offended, you know."
Venti shrugged helplessly.
He hadn’t expected Kamisato Satoru’s perception to be so sharp that his whereabouts would be exposed in the blink of an eye.
"Oh? Judging by that outfit, you must be the great Anemo Archon, Lord Barbatos."
Kamisato Satoru deliberately put on a surprised expression, as though he’d only just figured out Venti’s identity.
"...You’re overthinking it. I’m merely a wandering bard. How could I possibly be some great and mighty god?"
Venti hurriedly waved his hands in denial, rejecting the idea without the slightest hesitation.
Kamisato Satoru stared at the slacking god’s performance in speechless disbelief.
With skin that thick, even a five-star weapon probably couldn’t pierce it.
"All right, quit acting. That voice in the forest the other day was yours, wasn’t it?"
"Besides, all that Anemo power hidden inside your body can’t escape these eyes of mine."
"Hehe. Looks like I really can’t hide it from you. Those truly are some incredible eyes."
"That’s right. I’m Barbatos. But you can just call me Venti."
Since his identity had already been exposed, Venti simply dropped the act and playfully winked at Kamisato Satoru.
He had noticed that Kamisato Satoru hadn’t used Elemental Sight at all.
With nothing but the Six Eyes, he could directly see through to the essence of things.
"So, Venti, why exactly have you been sneaking around after Klee and me this entire way?"
For a notorious alcoholic who should have been lounging around a tavern to follow them all the way out into the middle of nowhere was certainly unusual.
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