"Fox Combo!"
Yun Zuo Xu was the first to rush in front of Tartaglia, controlling his hands to spin like windmills on both sides of his body, striking down towards Tartaglia's head.
Tartaglia, feeling a chill down his spine, quickly dodged, but before he could counterattack, Ryan and Yun You Xu had already flanked him from both sides.
And the body, whose neck was occupied by the tail, also moved. The blue-white fox tail bent, pointing its tip in Tartaglia's direction, controlling the body to run towards Tartaglia.
However, perhaps because it had no head, its running motion felt strange, as if its whole body was flailing.
Strength, speed, numbers... Tartaglia had to admit that Ryan, having received boosts in these aspects, was now enough to cause him significant trouble even in his Delusion-unleashed state.
There was even a mental attack!
Tartaglia hastily parried the attacks from the three Ryan heads, then kicked away the body controlled by the fox tail.
That kick directly broke it apart; the upper and lower halves, the two original arms, and two legs all separated and scattered on the ground, and the fox tail also fell to the side, losing all movement.
Although the cross-sections of the separated limbs showed no internal body structure, only a layer of white membrane, it still made Tartaglia feel a shudder in his heart.
"It's time for that!"
Yun Zuo Xu shouted towards Ryan and Yun You Xu.
The two understood and immediately formed hand seals.
"Immortal Art! Spirit Invocation of Martial Uncle!"
The actions of the three heads were synchronized.
The next moment, the shadows of the three Yakshas—Lightning, Pyro, and Hydro—appeared behind Ryan's three heads.
Now that the three heads were temporarily separated, they didn't have to bear the burden of using Immortal Arts together, as the power driven by Immortal Arts would no longer repel each other within the body.
"Three Martial Uncles, this guy wants to destroy the Emperor's immortal ancestor body."
After the three Martial Uncles were summoned, Yun You Xu pointed at Tartaglia and explained.
No sooner had Yun You Xu finished speaking than flames erupted from the shadow of the Pyro Yaksha, lightning flickered around the Lightning Yaksha, and a huge Electro element hand condensed around him.
The Hydro Yaksha, with horns on his head, made a gentle swipe with his claw-like hands in front of him, and his entire figure immediately concealed itself in the suddenly appearing water flow, waiting for an opportunity.
Subsequently, the three Yakshas, along with Ryan's three heads, launched an assault on Tartaglia.
If it were a one-on-one fight, Tartaglia might not be afraid of the summoned Yaksha phantom given Ryan's current form and its compatibility. However, with the three Yaksha shadows working together, plus the three heads with their "mental attacks" also possessing considerable strength, Tartaglia was busy dodging and quickly fell into a disadvantage.
Although the three Yakshas only had the instincts recorded in the Ley Lines, they could cooperate with each other based on those instincts.
The Pyro Yaksha, as the main DMG dealer, was responsible for frontal attacks, while the Hydro Yaksha constantly tried to drag the enemy into his heavy water flow to restrict his movement and apply Hydro element to help the Pyro Yaksha perform Elemental Reactions.
And the Lightning Yaksha, using his condensed Electro element hands for coordinated attacks, would instantly step out from the shadows when Tartaglia exposed a weakness while dealing with the Pyro Yaksha's offensive, delivering a fatal blow.
As for Ryan's three heads, they would fly over to slap Tartaglia's head and quickly fly away when he was busy dealing with the others.
The DMG was not high, but the insult and the ability of "mental attack" were extremely strong.
Moreover, since the three heads were separated, although Spirit Invocation could only maintain a two-meter range, the three heads moving independently actually made them very flexible.
"He's so tough, Martial Uncle Bosacius's fists are almost as big as our heads, yet he doesn't even flinch when they hit him."
Yun Zuo Xu looked at Tartaglia, who was being ganged up on, and couldn't help but exclaim.
"Maybe it's because we don't even have a body right now, so the compatibility is relatively low."
Yun You Xu guessed with some uncertainty.
"...Enough!"
Tartaglia, being ganged up on, suffered considerable DMG, but most importantly, he had accumulated a belly full of rage.
"Foul Legacy: Raging Tide!"
Unable to bear it any longer, he drew his bowstring, summoning a giant water whale with almost all of his Hydro elemental power.
It was so massive that it almost covered the entire platform, and the high-leaping whale crashed down onto the ground.
Ryan gathered together, using the Hydro Yaksha's power to help them block the impact of the giant whale.
After the impact of the giant whale passed, a large amount of standing water remained on the ground, and some of the Mora stored in the nearby warehouse was also scattered.
"Phew... I can't keep wasting time with you. I'll learn your strange methods another day..."
Tartaglia, slightly out of breath, took advantage of Ryan defending against the giant whale to walk towards the Exuvia that Ryan had previously placed on the ground.
Like Ryan, he was also looking for the Exuvia to obtain an extremely precious item from it: the Gnosis.
This was the primary objective for the Fatui Harbingers of Snezhnaya to collect.
Ryan didn't know any of this. Seeing him gradually approach the Exuvia, he immediately wanted to stop him.
"Traveler, the commotion ahead seems really big, let's hurry over!"
Just then, Ryan's three pairs of fox ears twitched, keenly hearing Paimon's voice coming from outside.
Ryan and Tartaglia paused, seemingly not expecting them to arrive at this moment.
Immediately after, Ryan's eyeballs darted around, and he exchanged glances with his other two heads.
Then, they simultaneously canceled the Spirit Invocation, turned, and flew towards the scattered upper and lower halves and tail on the ground, landing beside them.
Then they closed their eyes.
"What's going on here? Why is there so much water?"
Just then, Lumine and Paimon finally arrived at the deepest part of the Golden House.
"H-help..."
Yun Zuo Xu and Yun You Xu closed their eyes, feigning death, while Ryan emitted a hoarse sound.
Lumine and Paimon immediately looked over upon hearing the sound, and the next second, their faces turned pale. Paimon even quickly raised her hand to cover her eyes.
In their eyes, there lay a corpse brutally dismembered into several pieces, with its hands and feet cut off, its body bisected at the waist, and even its tail severed!
Although they didn't know why there were a few too many hands and heads... "Yun... Ryan?"
Lumine looked at the head staring at them, her face pale.
"Exuvia..."
Ryan opened his mouth, a weak voice escaping him, his eyes straining to glance in the direction of the Exuvia.
Then, Ryan gazed in that direction, losing all movement, as if dying with his eyes wide open.
The two quickly followed Ryan's hint and looked over, instantly seeing Tartaglia, who had stopped not far from the Exuvia.
"..."
'Seriously, dude?'
Tartaglia naturally saw what Ryan had done. He opened his mouth, not knowing what to say, only feeling that the misunderstanding might be a bit too big this time...
"Aha! I knew none of the Fatui Harbingers were good people, but I never thought you'd be such a cruel and bloody guy! I really misjudged you!"
Seeing Tartaglia standing not far in front of the Exuvia on the ground, Paimon immediately imagined the whole story, stamping her feet indignantly in the air.
Beside her, Lumine also drew her dull blade, charging towards Tartaglia with a cold expression.
Ryan was dead. No matter what, Tartaglia couldn't be allowed to take the Gnosis from the Exuvia, otherwise, wouldn't Ryan have died in vain?
"Wait, Traveler, would you believe me if I said this was a misunderstanding?"
Tartaglia tried to explain, but what greeted him was the blade of the Traveler's sword...