At this moment, Tatarasuna, thunderclouds filled the sky.
A Spatial Rift suddenly appeared in the sky above Tatarasuna, and then the Raiden Shogun stepped out of it.
The instant the Raiden Shogun appeared in this world, a terrifying aura pressed down on everyone below like a towering mountain.
The resurrected Shogunate Army and Watatsumi Army, although their strength had increased significantly, were all pressed to the ground, unable to move when faced with such a huge gap in pressure. Only those with stronger power could barely hold on.
Scaramouche, who had just arrived at Tatarasuna, felt his expression change. He never expected the Raiden Shogun to chase him all the way here after their fight on Yashiori Island.
Although he still had a few trump cards up his sleeve, he still lacked the strength to face the Raiden Shogun directly. Her power was simply too overwhelming.
As for Rosalyne, she had completely lost her initial arrogance and haughtiness. She suddenly felt as if she had been resurrected only to find herself unable to defeat anyone.
So what was the point of her resurrection? To be used by Lumine as experience fodder again?!
The times had changed too fast!
If she hadn't already asked, Rosalyne would have even suspected that she had been dead for decades.
The Raiden Shogun swept her indifferent gaze over the area below, then the Ogre Armor at her side swung its forty-meter-long blade, slashing down toward all of Tatarasuna.
No communication was needed, no planning was required. She only knew how to fight, and could only fight!
A single strike that seemed to cleave the heavens and earth asunder instantly caused Scaramouche's expression to change drastically.
Though the terrifying aura above filled him with dread, he still steeled himself and piloted the Shouki no Kami into everyone's sight.
"Damn it!"
"Back then, you abandoned me without a shred of pity, forcing me to taste betrayal and hatred."
"Now do you wish to erase everything you've done in the past?"
The Shouki no Kami raised its hands high, and a thunder orb radiating a dense aura of destruction gradually condensed between them, before violently thrusting forward to meet that world-shaking strike.
Scaramouche tried to use heart-piercing words to stir the Raiden Shogun's emotions, hoping to make her hold back her power. However, he had miscalculated. The person facing him was a puppet just like himself.
As the sword fell, the thunder orb was sliced directly in half, and the Shouki no Kami was also cut down. As it plunged, various parts and fragments were continuously thrown off, raining down like a storm, while the resulting shockwave swept across the surroundings.
Scaramouche had paid a heavy price, but he had ultimately blocked the attack.
His face contorted with rage as he roared at the Raiden Shogun.
"Come on, kill me!"
"Only if I'm dead can you erase everything you've done in the past!"
Scaramouche was using a tactic of advancing by feigning retreat, but the Raiden Shogun completely fell for none of it.
The one who abandoned you was Raiden Ei. What did that have to do with her, the Raiden Shogun?
Kill you?
"I've never heard of such a strange request!"
The Raiden Shogun's expression remained indifferent as she swung her forty-meter-long sword again, slashing toward the Shouki no Kami.
Hidden within the Plane of Euthymia, Raiden Ei sensed Scaramouche's aura. She was somewhat surprised that the defective product she had discarded back then had actually grown to such a level, but she had no intention of stopping the Raiden Shogun.
Raiden Ei did not feel she owed Scaramouche anything. The materials used on him back then were all top-grade. She had refrained from directly recycling him out of consideration for the fact that he had developed a consciousness of his own. As for what he went through afterward, she had paid it no attention at all.
Moreover, during that period, she had ceased to care even about herself.
Seeing the Raiden Shogun swing her sword again without hesitation, Scaramouche's pupils suddenly constricted. He felt something in his chest burning wildly.
Looking at the Raiden Shogun's condescending and indifferent gaze, Scaramouche burst into wild laughter.
"Hahahahaha—"
Sure enough, he was nothing but trash to her.
Who would care about a piece of trash they had once thrown away?
But why did you bring me into this world, only to abandon me and ignore me?!
You are my mother!
Perhaps Raiden Ei had never seen herself in the role of a mother, but for Scaramouche, the Raiden Ei who created him was the same.
Scaramouche laughed wildly, looking like a madman.
At this moment, a shattered voice echoed within his heart, and then endless rage and killing intent flooded his chest.
This feeling of being completely abandoned by the world, of having nothing left, successfully awakened the sliver of the Power of Void remaining within his body.
That sliver of the Power of Void began to devour, devouring his rage, devouring his strength, and even devouring his soul...
At this moment, Scaramouche seemed to understand the meaning of the Void.
It was a dead end destined to lead to the edge of a cliff, but he did not care.
"Hahaha! Take it, take it all! Give me power, the power to take revenge on everything!"
A layer of grayish-white flames gradually appeared on the Shouki no Kami. Facing the blade's light that sought to erase his entire existence, Scaramouche clenched his fist.
No sound was heard, but after the Shouki no Kami punched that blade's light, under the shocked gazes of everyone, the blade's light, which seemed capable of cutting through everything, was completely shattered and devoured.
After seeing this scene, Rosalyne below was completely bewildered.
Wait, isn't that the invincible Raiden Shogun?
Blocking that attack before could be said to have taken all his strength, but why does it feel so easy this time?!
When did Scaramouche become so strong? Isn't he only the Sixth Seat?!
Rosalyne was practically driven mad. It was fine for Lumine to become stronger, after all, she had been dealing with the other party since Mondstadt, and she had witnessed her growth rate with her own eyes.
But what was the situation with Scaramouche?
As a fellow Fatui Harbinger, Rosalyne felt truly terrible in her heart seeing Scaramouche's strength completely able to crush her.
"Come, kill me!"
Scaramouche charged toward the Raiden Shogun with a roar of laughter, the aura radiating from his body making even Raiden Ei feel a slight tremor of apprehension.
At this moment, Raiden Ei even wondered if she had misjudged him back then, and that he was not a defective product after all.
However, by this point, the result was no longer important. The only thought in her mind now was to see her sister again.
The Raiden Shogun and the Shouki no Kami began to fight. Scaramouche, having sacrificed everything to throw himself into the embrace of the void, had received a powerful boost in strength. Although he was still no match for the Raiden Shogun, he already possessed the power to threaten her.
Raiden Ei only glanced at the battle for a few moments before ceasing to pay attention to it. She no longer cared about the final outcome of the fight.
Raiden Ei extended her senses across all of Tatarasuna. Ever since just now, she had felt a stir in her heart, so she began to search carefully.
Soon, Raiden Ei truly discovered an unexpected figure.
"Miko?"
With a thought, Raiden Ei pulled Yae Miko into the Plane of Euthymia. Looking at Yae Miko's awkward expression, she asked.
"Miko, why are you here?"
"Well, you see..."
Yae Miko raised her hand to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear, feigning composure. However, the frantic wagging of her fox tail betrayed the fact that she was far from as calm as she appeared.
Yae Miko never expected that even after fleeing in advance, she would still be caught by Raiden Ei.
Wasn't this just awkward? Was she supposed to tell Raiden Ei directly that she had defected to the enemy?
When Kitsune Saiguu appeared before her, she simply couldn't refuse.
Yae Miko believed that even Raiden Ei wouldn't have been able to refuse.
However, Kitsune Saiguu didn't want her appearance to influence Raiden Ei's decision, which was why she had been hiding and avoiding her.
But Yae Miko thought this grossly overestimated Raiden Ei. Perhaps Raiden Ei had defected even faster than she did, and was just spending this time trying to figure out how to convince her.
"I'm here to gather intelligence, of course!"
After Yae Miko finished speaking, the two simply stared at each other, falling into a brief silence.
After a long while, Raiden Ei spoke softly.
"Miko, you haven't already joined them, have you?"
"Ha, how could I?"
Yae Miko replied calmly, though the tail behind her wagged even more excitedly.
"It's all right, Miko. Actually, I've had similar thoughts."
Hearing Raiden Ei's words, Yae Miko felt relieved and spoke up to claim credit.
"Of course I knew what you would choose, Ei. I just came to scout the way for you..."
Before Yae Miko could even finish her sentence, a dazzling sword light came flying straight at her.
Yae Miko's fox fur stood on end, and she hurriedly dodged the strike.
"Miko, you really have betrayed me!"
Raiden Ei brandished the Musou Isshin, her face covered in frost.
The other party was truly acting without restraint. As her subordinate, she had already defected to the enemy before she, the God, had even made a decision.
It just so happened that she had yet to settle the scores for the losses she had suffered at the other party's hands in the past. This time, she would simply settle them all at once!
Seeing Raiden Ei's aura surge at this moment, Yae Miko's head buzzed.
Good grief, even the honest Ei was starting to play mind games with her now.
She'd been corrupted by the Traveler!
What? Because of her?
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
A startling flash of lightning lit up, and Yae Miko immediately turned and fled.
Lady Kitsune Saiguu, save me!
Within the Plane of Euthymia, Raiden Ei wielded the Musou Isshin and chased Yae Miko, striking at her repeatedly. It was hard to say whether there were personal grudges involved in each attack, and for a time, the Plane of Euthymia became a scene of chaotic turmoil.
As for the battle outside, after holding out for a while, Scaramouche was ultimately defeated.
Scaramouche was somewhat unwilling to accept this. He glared resentfully at the Raiden Shogun, as if trying to carve her image deep into his mind, the hatred in his eyes nearly overflowing.
But Scaramouche still retained a last shred of reason. Being able to return to this world and see the hope of revenge was already very difficult, and he would not throw his life away here.
The reason he had directly blocked the Raiden Shogun's attack earlier was only because that person had let him temporarily manage things here. If he had simply fled, he would have been settled with by that person in the end.
But now he had already done his utmost, and he believed that person would not blame him too harshly.
Thinking that he had already done enough, Scaramouche prepared to slip away.
However, the Raiden Shogun did not want to give him the chance to escape, and the dazzling sword light descended upon him once again.
Seeing this, not only did Scaramouche's face show no hint of panic, but he actually revealed a smug smile.
Huge flames erupted from the back of [Shouki no Kami] as its body shifted sideways, evading the sword light.
The Raiden Shogun didn't mind. She directly tore open a rift in space, crossing a great distance to appear before [Shouki no Kami], then continued to swing her sword.
However, Scaramouche had absolutely no intention of fighting her. He controlled [Shouki no Kami] to retreat while laughing wildly.
"Look below!"
Upon hearing this, the Raiden Shogun frowned. She then looked down, and her heart immediately sank.
The sword light from earlier had left a deep gash in the ground, and lying across the edges of the gash were many [Heroic Spirits] of the Shogunate Army.
Scaramouche had already quickly gathered the Shogunate Army below and then guided the Raiden Shogun to swing her sword in this direction, creating the scene before her.
"How pitiful. In life, they fought to the death for you, Raiden Shogun. In death, they are utterly erased by your own hand."
Scaramouche's words caused a sharp pain in the Raiden Shogun's heart, and her eyes wavered slightly.
As the guardian of the people of Inazuma, she was now wielding a butcher's blade against her own people.
The contradiction from her low-level programming plunged the Raiden Shogun into a whirlpool of logical chaos.
"Hahahaha!"
Seeing the Raiden Shogun's bewildered expression, Scaramouche burst into wild laughter.
"Suffer!"
"Feel the resentment!"
"Feel the rage!"
"But none of it compares to even one ten-thousandth of what you've inflicted upon me!"
Scaramouche's eyes turned crimson as he raised his fist and struck the Raiden Shogun's body with all his might, sending her flying thousands of meters away. A series of explosions erupted along her path.
"This is only the beginning!"
After throwing down this line, Scaramouche turned and fled.
Although that punch had been exhilarating, it hadn't made him lose his mind.
His own strength was inherently weaker than the Raiden Shogun's. Once she went into a complete berserk rage, he would truly be unable to escape.
Of course, as Scaramouche left, he also ordered the others to retreat. Beyond that, he couldn't spare a thought for anything else. In the end, they would just have to save as many as they could.
Rosalyne, recovering from her shock, saw Scaramouche's figure rapidly receding and felt her mind snap.
He enraged the Raiden Shogun and then just ran away?!
What a bastard! Leaving her to face the Raiden Shogun in a berserk state... would she even have a chance to live?
Wait for me! I'm not on the getaway vehicle yet!
Rosalyne transformed into a burning moth and flew in the opposite direction of Scaramouche's escape. She wasn't stupid; if she couldn't catch up, her chances of survival would be higher by fleeing in the opposite direction.
Meanwhile, the Heroic Spirits of the Shogunate Army and the Watatsumi Army were preparing to board ships and leave the island, sailing toward the endless ocean.
When the ships had moved a certain distance away, someone suddenly cried out in panic.
"Oh no, the ships are leaking!"
"Quickly, patch the holes!"
"It's too late, there are too many holes!"
Just as the ships were sinking one by one into the depths of the sea, two figures, one large and one small, fled frantically in the opposite direction. As they ran, one of them even let out a bright, cheerful laugh.