Chapter 42: Chapter 42
"Big brother... No!!!"
Hearing Nathan's plan to send her to a safe area, little Ganyu immediately flopped onto his back.
Her short legs clamped his sides, and her round hands firmly gripped the fur on his back.
Burying her entire face deep into his fur, she clearly had no intention of leaving.
"Ganyu... the situation is too dangerous. That's a god opposite us. I can't let you face this together with me."
Even so, Nathan was unwilling to agree to Ganyu's approach.
This wasn't just some ordinary monster like a Slime or Hilichurl.
This was a renowned god - even the weakest among them possessed incredibly terrifying power.
If it were the future era, Nathan would feel more at ease leaving her to handle it.
After all, by that time, Ganyu would have genuine adeptal abilities.
But now she was still in her childhood, possessing absolutely no combat capability.
"Roar..."
The massive god opposite them roared again, unwilling to ignore their conversation.
Atop its huge body, the dragon-like head opened its mouth.
Faint light was beginning to appear within its blood-basin-sized maw.
"Not good!"
Nathan inwardly exclaimed, no longer having time to wrestle with Ganyu's situation.
He leaped to the side, barely dodging the god's water column.
The attack, like a high-pressure water gun, was horrifyingly powerful.
Where he had just been standing, a several-meter-deep pit was blasted into the ground.
"Such terrifying power...."
Standing steady, Nathan looked at the pit on the ground with lingering fear.
Just moments ago, he and Ganyu on his back had nearly been pierced by that water jet.
Truly worthy of being called a god - even a casual strike possessed such horrifying might.
"Big brother... I'm scared!!!"
Ganyu on his back seemed terrified by the pit, trembling and speaking softly.
"Don't be afraid... leave it to me!"
While comforting the little one, Nathan vigilantly watched ahead.
Light continued accumulating in the god's mouth, this time even brighter than before.
"What should I do? What techniques can I use against the enemy?"
In that split second, Nathan pondered countermeasures.
His most commonly used ability was probably the Yunlai Sword Technique.
But being in a magical beast form, he couldn't execute it at all.
Even if he could, it would likely be ineffective - human sword techniques were meant for human opponents.
Against this mountain-like god, Nathan doubted the sword technique could even leave a mark.
Additionally... there was that Electro Vision.
For a Qilin bloodline that could easily manipulate elements, it was practically useless.
The only potentially useful thing was the passive talent gained from the first story completion - Brave Heart.
The stronger the enemy, the more Nathan could unleash his fighting spirit and combat power.
Of course, there was also his ultimate high-risk move - the Fatal Strike.
Such a trump card naturally was reserved for truly desperate moments.
Nathan wasn't foolish enough to use it in this situation.
So ultimately, he could only rely on his Qilin bloodline abilities.
"Buzz-buzz-buzz!"
Loud vibrations appeared in the air, with a dark blue light beginning to radiate around Nathan.
Using all the ice elemental power his current body could bear,
After both sides had finished charging, Nathan's ice storm collided with the god's high-pressure water bubble.
"Boom..."
In the violent collision, Nathan's attack ultimately prevailed.
As a transmigrator, he was intimately familiar with Teyvat's elemental reaction rules from the game.
Since the opponent used a water-attribute attack, Nathan naturally countered with ice elements.
The fusion of these two elements created a freezing elemental reaction.
The shooting water flow began freezing from the point nearest to Nathan, extending all the way to its source.
The massive god was consequently frozen into an ice block.
"Phew... phew..."
After subduing the enemy, Nathan wasn't feeling too well either.
In the story's setting, he was still in his youth.
The elemental power he could use was actually quite limited.
That previous strike had been his full effort.
"Big brother... amazing..."
Seeing the huge frozen block ahead, Ganyu became excited again.
Perhaps because the monster was suppressed, the little one was no longer afraid.
With a child's excitement, she even jumped down from Nathan's front.
"Ganyu... don't go near, it's very dangerous!"
Seeing the little one preparing to approach and observe, Nathan urgently warned.
Though the god was frozen, whether it was truly dead needed further confirmation.
If something happened to the little one, it would be terrible.
Sometimes, when you think something won't go wrong, that's precisely when it might.
"Roar..."
The frozen god let out a roar, shattering the ice block around it.
"Dangerous...."
"Hmm???"
At that exact moment, Ganyu was tilting her head, looking at Nathan.
In the next second, the god had opened its massive mouth, its neck stretching like rubber.
With a speed Nathan couldn't react to, it swallowed Ganyu in one gulp.
"Ganyu!!!"
Everything happened so fast that Nathan could only let out a roar.
"Gulp!!!"
The god's head retracted, making a swallowing expression.
"What should I do? What should I do?"
Nathan was now in a complete panic.
The little one was still inside the god's stomach, and he had to find a way to rescue her.
"Use the final trump card? No, no!"
His first thought was that high-risk move, but he immediately rejected it.
Ganyu was still inside the monster's belly - that move's power would definitely be enormous.
One careless move might eliminate the little one along with it.
Now the only option was swift and decisive action.
Kill the god and then cut open its belly to rescue little Ganyu.
However, with Nathan's current abilities, he could only try with all his might.
Attempting to mobilize elemental power again, Nathan began to glow from head to toe.
But before he could fully gather his power, something strange started happening to the god.
"Puff-puff!!!"
Its massive head seemed to be continuously exhaling.
"Cough-cough-cough..."
Less than half a second later, the god's expression became surprisingly human-like.
From the initial satisfaction of swallowing its prey, it transformed into an expression of extreme pain.
The choking-like cough gave Nathan the feeling that something was stuck in its throat.
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