Su Yuan stared at the modified Xiangling-turned-chanical construct in front of him, his mind racing with thoughts...
If it was true that both "Cloud Retainer" and Dottore had taken part in Xiangling’s transformation—
Then should he and his team praise Xiangling or belittle her?
Should they go all out to defeat her, or deliberately hold back and pretend to lose?
However, Xiangling didn’t give Su Yuan the ti or chance to consider.
She charged forward and launched a fierce attack at him!
At the sa ti, "Cloud Retainer" released a heavy wave of eerie power, suppressing the actions of everyone present—except Su Yuan and Xiangling...
"Cloud Retainer, what is the aning of this?"
Dottore furrowed his brows slightly and spoke:
"Although the relationship between you and isn’t exactly close..."
"But technically speaking, I should still count as your ally, your teammate..."
"And yet you’re suppressing even —just what are you trying to do?"
"It’s simple. I just want to see, between the chanically modified Xiangling and Su Yuan—who will erge victorious."
"Cloud Retainer" spoke to Dottore, then turned to look in Su Yuan’s direction:
"Su Yuan, I promise you — you and Xiangling will have a fair duel. I guarantee that no one will interfere!"
"Of course, you must not attempt to let soone else control your body to unleash power that doesn’t belong to you..."
"If you do that, it would be a violation — and I will step in to stop it!"
Hearing Cloud Retainer’s words and watching her actions, Su Yuan could now be almost certain — this chanical construct of Xiangling was transford by Cloud Retainer herself!
Otherwise, why would she care so much?
Su Yuan had originally planned to have Tartaglia take over his body and fight, but now that Cloud Retainer had made things so clear, wouldn’t that an he’d have to fight Xiangling using only his own strength?
However, Su Yuan quickly cald down.
Perhaps only soone like Dottore, with extrely in-depth understanding of eerie powers, could fuse the immunity to elental energy into chanical constructs...
If it was only Cloud Retainer’s doing, then this modified Xiangling might not possess immunity to elental energy...
Su Yuan knew very well — if that was the case, then he might still stand a chance.
So, facing the attacking Xiangling, Su Yuan quickly dodged and gathered Geo elental energy in his hands, launching a counterattack toward Xiangling!
His Geo strike hit successfully with a loud bang, and Xiangling staggered several steps back from the sheer force of the impact...
Seeing the situation unfold, Su Yuan realized — just as he had suspected — this Xiangling was completely incapable of resisting elental attacks!
In other words, there was now little doubt left: this chanical construct of Xiangling had indeed been created by Cloud Retainer herself!
So... what should he do now? Should he intentionally lose to this Xiangling construct?
But what if Cloud Retainer believed that a true test of her chanical prowess required a life-or-death battle between him and Xiangling — and that he had to die at Xiangling’s hands to prove her chanical artistry?
In the following monts, as Xiangling pressed forward with her attacks, Su Yuan rely defended himself, never striking back...
While defending, he called out, "Ahhh, this Xiangling construct is just too powerful! I’m completely overwheld! All I can do is passively defend myself..."
"Adeptus Cloud Retainer, I surrender, I surrender — can we stop fighting now?"
"Su Yuan... are you mocking ?"
"Are you looking down on ? Looking down on my chanical creation?!"
At that mont, Cloud Retainer dropped the act entirely and openly admitted that the Xiangling construct was her own work:
"Use your full power! Show — what level is my chanical creation truly at?!"
Su Yuan’s expression turned bitter.
What was he supposed to do now?
Even when he deliberately held back and played defense, Cloud Retainer had seen right through it...
If he purposefully let himself lose to the Xiangling construct, she would surely see through that too...
Was his acting really that bad?
But soon, another possibility occurred to Su Yuan...
In many novels, manga, dramas, and movies, experienced warriors in a duel often wished for their opponent to go all-out — because giving it your all was the greatest form of respect between equals...
On the contrary, if he didn’t give it his all and intentionally held back, perhaps — in the eyes of the other party — it might actually be seen as a form of insult...
Could it be that the situation between him, Xiangling, and Cloud Retainer was exactly like that?
If he deliberately went easy and pretended to lose to Xiangling, wouldn’t that be an even greater insult to Cloud Retainer?
She might feel that a victory obtained in such a way was nothing but pity or charity — which would only deepen her belief that her chanical skills were lacking, and cause her will to waver even more...
Now that he thought about it, Cloud Retainer was a millennia-old Adeptus — after experiencing so much, how could she be so easily defeated in spirit just because of a single loss in chanical arts?
If her craftsmanship was strong enough to make her opponent go all out, wouldn’t that in itself be the greatest affirmation?
Could it be that the reason Cloud Retainer had fallen under eerie corruption in the first place... was because Dottore hadn’t even used his full strength, and had effortlessly crushed her in the field of chanica?
Was that what truly shattered her confidence and led to her descent?
Thinking of that, Su Yuan’s hesitation and doubts all vanished.
He looked toward Xiangling, not far ahead — his eyes burning with the fire of battle.
If that’s how it is, then there’s nothing more to think about.
It’s ti to fight Xiangling with everything he has!
He had always fought against eerie forces, and even now, he wasn’t sure how much destructive power his Geo elent truly held...
And as Cloud Retainer saw Su Yuan’s aura transform completely — his entire body radiating fighting spirit — the corners of her lips curled slightly into a faint smile.
"Co on then, Xiangling — let’s both go all out and have a proper fight!!"
In the next mont, Su Yuan channeled the Geo elent within his body, forming a shield of stone armor around him!
This move — he had modeled it after Zhongli’s Jade Shield.
Then Su Yuan gathered Geo energy around both of his fists, forming a pair of solid gauntlets made entirely of elental force — preparing to take Xiangling on in close combat, in a brutal, fist-to-fist showdown!
As Su Yuan was fully engaged in a fierce brawl with Xiangling, deep within his mind, Tartaglia asked the little boy in confusion:
"Hey, little bro — aren’t there three souls currently sharing Su Yuan’s body?"
"There’s you, there’s ... and then there’s Director Hu."
"But... why do I feel like I haven’t heard Director Hu say anything in a long ti?"
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