Genshin Impact: The Road to Reversal

Chapter 398 Thunder's Fury

"That's right. My wish has never been to live in the shadow of others, and I'm not a puppet at the mercy of others. I have my own desires, I feel sad and angry, and these are all true emotions that come from my heart!"

Li Xueyan placed her right hand on her left heart, and the beating melody was exactly her own heart. It was not a puppet's mechanical heart, nor was it the ripples from the protective barrier, but a heart that belonged only to humans!

"And living as I please, without any constraints, is my 'Royal Way'!"

Thunder crashed down toward the dome. She remembered blocking the lightning alone, only to be thrown back dozens of steps by her sudden spear attack. She looked back, and the lightning behind her, like a door opening wide, had vanished.

Seeing this, she was a little surprised in her memory, but not angry at all.

"Interesting! Even after falling off a cliff, you still resolutely found your true self? You really are an indestructible cockroach." She smiled slightly, stepped barefoot into the air, and instantly countless dark lightnings burst out from her body. "If that's the case, then I'll play with you again!"

As she finished speaking, wings suddenly grew out of her memory and spread out in the memory space. Her feet were still bare, but her body was covered with armor that looked the same as the Thunderbird Animiki.

At this moment, Li Xueyan immediately recognized her identity.

"So it was you, this evil beast, who changed my appearance and used my memory to confuse me!" She pointed the spear at the "fake" in front of her, her eyes full of anger.

But she smiled in her memory: "Don't say that. I was born from your wrath. Just like that doctor said, I am another you. I am your anger, your fear. It is precisely because of my existence that the tragedy happened a thousand years ago. You saw it too, the town of Linglang is exactly like the Luanlei Tomb of that year, reduced to ashes and devastated. And wasn't it you who caused all this?"

Li Xueyan sighed angrily, "Oh, I admit that I made a huge mistake because of my actions back then, and I've blamed myself for that, but that shouldn't be a reason for you to manipulate me! I will bear the consequences of my own actions, and like the thunder in the sky, I will eventually face my own judgment!"

"Is that so? Then let's see. Will the 'Kingly Way' you uphold truly rule over all, or will 'my' 'wrath' consume you?"

As the words fell, a dark purple thunderstorm surged like a tide. The imposter's wings fully spread, each feather emitting a dazzling flash of lightning. Her posture in the air was like the deity of disaster descending upon the earth, and even her pupils turned into pulsating balls of lightning.

"Then come on!"

The battle was about to break out, and the thunderstorms of the two sides surged on the top of the Scarlet Sky, colliding with each other, offsetting each other, and then interacting violently.

The two, one red and one black, turned into two movies and shuttled through the thunderclouds. However, after a long time, they were still evenly matched and neither could gain the upper hand over the other.

"Don't waste your time. Our strength comes from the same source. You can't defeat me with your strength!" Animaki laughed loudly, spreading his wings and shooting down countless lightning feathers like sharp arrows.

Li Xueyan said nothing and continued to fight with him from different angles. However, no matter how she attacked, the opponent could always resolve it with exactly the same moves.

In the gaps between the intertwining lightning flashes, Animiki's voice trembled with bewitching intensity: "Admit it, the rage within you has never subsided! The pain of betrayal, the humiliation of imprisonment, are like a brand etched into your heart. Even if we determine who is superior, what does it matter? In reality, you're still the one being criticized. Like a puppet on a string!"

"No, you're wrong." Li Xueyan's spear tip drew a crimson arc of light in the thunderstorm, and her voice pierced through the roaring thunder. "The anger has never disappeared, but because of this, I know better where to direct it!"

"Where the spear points, the people's hearts follow. As a king, you must understand what your subjects desire; and as a human, you must also be clear about your own desires. Upon this, your kingly way will crush all threats like the might of thunder, transforming them into gifts and blessings for all people."

"I understand, Your Majesty!"

"The present is different from the past. Although the war continues, unity and trust have already made this fragile nation impregnable. Facing external enemies, we will strike them together with thunderous force; facing natural disasters, we will support each other and bring peace; facing man-made disasters, we will distinguish right from wrong and punish them together. This is our shared 'Way of Kings'!"

In another confrontation, red thunder suddenly appeared and actually pushed Animiki back several meters. She looked into the distance in disbelief and saw countless figures standing behind Li Xueyan. They shouted in unison, making eloquent arguments, as if showing the power of thunder when facing foreign enemies.

Their shouts turned into thunder, entwining around Li Xueyan's red spear. As she swung the spear, the thunder was like a torrent of galloping horses, instantly crushing the dark lightning released by Animiki.

Animiki was pushed back several steps again. At this moment, she gritted her teeth, the dark lightning in her gun flashed wildly, and finally there was a hint of anger in her.

"Stop looking down on others, you bastard!"

Animage's roar tore through the clouds, and dark purple lightning transformed into giant claws and struck Li Xueyan. The moment the red spear and the thunder claws collided, the entire memory space began to collapse.

Animage's lightning claws shaved half of Scarlet Sky's summit, and the crumbling rock formations were reduced to dust in the dark lightning. When the dust from the explosion completely cleared, Li Xueyan was nowhere to be seen.

"Want to sneak attack me? Unfortunately, you picked the wrong opponent!"

She held the dark thunder spear in her hand and swept her body to block the sudden falling red thunder. However, just when she thought she could take all of Li Xueyan's attacks, she found that the one attacking her was actually the afterimage of the Thunder Horse Flame Thunder.

"Not her? Then where is she..."

Before he finished speaking, a long spear formed by thousands of heavenly thunders fell from the sky, attacking its entire body with a tremendous force.

"Thunder's wrath, judge and slay the devil!"

The thunder from the sky pierced her chest. In the baptism of the thunderstorm, her wings were broken, her armor was crushed again, and she finally fell back to the top of Chixiao.

"Ahem..." She lay on the ground, not only did she lose her original anger, but she laughed heartily instead, "Is this... your Tingwei..."

Li Xueyan walked over to her and snorted coldly: "Humph, you don't have to go through this a second time."

"Yeah, I can only blame myself for overestimating my own abilities... But since you won..." She supported her pierced chest and stumbled to her feet. Finally, she reached out and gently tapped Li Xueyan's left chest, "Just take this heart and go back..."

As soon as she finished speaking, the entire memory space shattered like a mirror. The ruins of Scarlet Sky Peak, the dark purple Thunderstorm Army, and even her blood-stained figure turned into crystalline fragments and gradually dissipated.

At this moment, she still smiled and said, "Since you are determined to carry out your own kingly way, then do not regret it... But... even if I fall again, I will still... stare at you... from this endless abyss."