Inner Voice: All Heroines Hear My Inner Voice Chapter 1076: Eiji showed off his Bankai

Standing at the very edge of the Jade Chamber's courtyard, Eiji looked down at most of Liyue Harbor, including Osial.

His maroon cloak fluttered, and his silvery-white hair danced in the air as black energy erupted from his body, forming a pillar that colored the sky.

Not only that, but his eyes—which had originally been blue—turned red and multiplied. Red-eye-like apparitions also began to appear around the shadow-like black energy that enveloped nearly his entire cloak.

That's right.

Anyone who has watched the "Thousand-Year Blood War" arc of Bleach surely knows what ability he's using.

[It's time for me to show off my new ability, The Almighty.]

"!?"

Just like the people below, Ningguang and the other women watching Eiji from the entrance to the Jade Chamber were taken aback.

Especially Beidou, Keqing, and Ganyu. They wore horrified expressions as they sensed the oppressive aura Eiji was radiating.

"Ningguang, that man of yours... Isn't he even more terrifying than the ancient Sea God?" Beidou glanced at the woman standing beside her.

Ningguang merely gave a faint smile.

Akame, Kurome, Esdeath, and the other women who already knew just how powerful Eiji was all wore proud expressions on their faces.

Eiji lifted one foot into the air in front of him, and anyone would have thought he was about to jump off the Jade Chamber.

But they were wrong—a staircase made of blue light appeared along his path.

From the perspective of everyone at Liyue Harbor, he appeared to be descending from the Jade Chamber in a breathtaking manner.

*Clack... Clack... Clack...*

They could even hear the sound of his footsteps clearly.

Throughout it all, Osial didn't even move or say a word. That was because under the oppressive force of Eiji's massive god-level black energy—or spiritual energy (Reiatsu)—which had materialized physically into a churning, pitch-black liquid, he felt his movements were locked in place.

He couldn't even move his Hydro element—water—the slightest bit.

Osial felt horrified; even when Morax had defeated him and sealed him with his Geo spear in the past, he had never felt as helpless as he did now.

'Who? Who is that!? How could he possess such immense power? He's not Morax—I can't even recall any other Archon capable of unleashing such terrifying black energy!'

As if sensing the panic in his mind, Eiji, who continued walking down the staircase of light, said, "Your name is Oscar… No, wait... Osial, right?"

Using the Law of Vibration, he made sure everyone in Liyue Harbor could hear his calm voice.

*You've made a huge mistake by attacking the city where my women live and threatening to kill everyone who lives here."

"I'm Eiji. I don't care about your grudge against Morax, but..."

In that moment, Eiji had positioned himself on the same level as Osial's five giant heads. They were ten meters apart; the man in front of him looked small in his eyes, but his presence made him feel like an ant.

"Do you want to die?"

Feeling the invisible pressure that had immobilized his body disappear, Osial was terrified, but he also felt humiliated and angry. "E-Eiji? This is the first time I've heard your name… Who do you think you are!? I am the God of the Sea; you... You won't be able to kill me! Even Morax could only seal me away!"

The ancient God of the Sea's voice sounded trembling and lacking in confidence.

Was that just his imagination, Tartaglia wondered, now breaking out in a cold sweat as he stared at Eiji in the distance.

He also thought Ningguang was a very cunning woman! Not only did she use her intelligence to become so wealthy, but she also used her body to bind a man as strong as Eiji to her side.

Wait—Eiji said his women lived in this city. That meant it wasn't just Ningguang—Keqing or perhaps other beautiful women in this city had also seduced him with their bodies.

"That man... I'm worried he'll become a very troublesome obstacle for Fatui."

Tartaglia scratched his head with a helpless expression, but his eyes glinted with a cold light.

Without waiting any longer, he turned and hurried toward the Golden House to retrieve something.

After all, he already had a hunch about who would win in the end.

The corners of Eiji's lips curled even higher; his perception spanned all of Liyue and the regions of Teyvat. So, Tartaglia's movements didn't escape his notice.

Even so, he didn't try to stop him from getting what he wanted.

At least, it wouldn't be him who did it.

"Just because Morax sealed you away in the past, you think I'm not capable of killing you? Oh, come on."

Eiji shook his head, drew his Zanpakuto, Shirohime, and pointed the tip to the side.

"Let's see if that's true or not, Oscar."

"My name is Osial! Eiji, die!!"

Osial charged forward; each of his giant heads opened wide and fired a Hydro bomb with devastating power.

"Quick, dodge!" On the street, a young woman named Xiangling shouted at Eiji.

She was worried because as the five massive Hydro-element bombs flew toward him, Eiji just hovered in the same spot.

Many citizens and soldiers who were watching the scene were also worried about the man. However, the next second, they witnessed something no less astonishing than the black shadow covering the sky and the staircase of light.

*SLASH!*

Eiji swung his sword horizontally, slicing through each of the house-sized Hydro bombs.

The attacks were split in two, but they also froze in midair instantly. The Hydro bombs, now turned to ice, fell onto the street and shattered into pieces.

Xiangling, the head chef at the famous Wanmin Restaurant, known for her culinary skills, gaped in astonishment.

The living panda doll in her arms reacted just like she did. It was Guoba, and his true identity was Marchosius, the ancient God of the Stove from Liyue.

He never expected anyone other than Morax to be able to block the five Hydro bombs Osial had fired simultaneously.

Is Eiji a god?

"Cryo element? Are you an Archon or another god from that country?!" Osial was taken aback and linked Eiji's identity to the Archon of the snowy land.

Eiji said indifferently, "Your guess isn't entirely wrong. Besides, Tsaritsa is my fiancée."

"!!!" Osial and everyone in Liyue.

"???" Tsaritsa suddenly sneezed. That should have been impossible unless someone else was talking about her.

She was confused and wondered who would dare to talk about her to the point that her body reacted naturally?

What she didn't know was that a man in Liyue had just admitted that she was his fiancée, and many people believed it.

Tartaglia, who was almost at the entrance to the Golden House, nearly tripped.

He turned around, looking straight toward the harbor, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

"Eiji must be joking, right? There's no way he and Tsaritsa could have that kind of relationship... But what if it's true? Should I keep thinking of him as someone who might be an enemy of the Fatui?"

Tartaglia, who wanted to retrieve the Gnosis from the location Morax had promised, hesitated for a moment.

...

Back to the harbor.

"Do you have any other, stronger attacks? Show me before you die." Eiji said, every eye on his body seeming to flicker.

From his perspective, he could see all of Osial's upcoming attacks.

He felt like he was cheating.

Osial didn't know this and roared, "GRAAAHHH! Eiji, it's us who are going to die! I'll kill everyone in Liyue and force Morax out of his hiding place!"

He stretched out his neck and lunged toward Eiji with his jaws wide open. Whirlpools from the Liyue Sea also surged like spears, attacking him from all directions.

If Lumine, Ningguang, Keqing, and the other Adepts were to face those attacks, they would surely be overwhelmed and might not necessarily win in the end.

Before the Jade Chamber could be dropped onto Osial's five heads, the structure might have already been destroyed in midair.

*Swoosh... Swoosh... Swoosh...*

With agility that no god in Teyvat could match, Eiji dodged each of Osial's attacks by the skin of his teeth and flew around him.

To the people of Liyue and the beautiful women in the Jade Chamber, the scene looked truly epic.

"A-Amazing! He managed to dodge every attack! Is he even human?" Beidou wondered, admiration evident on her beautiful face.

Ningguang smiled like a matchmaker, "Only a few people in Liyue know... Eiji is actually a god from another world."

"A god from another world!?"

It wasn't just Beidou—Keqing and Ganyu were also taken aback by what they heard.

"In other words… He's as powerful as an Archon!?" Keqing asked to satisfy her curiosity.

But it was Xianyun who answered, "I hate to say this, but Eiji is at least stronger than Morax."

Compared to Eiji's current appearance, she still remembered just how terrifying his Ōtsutsuki God form had been in the past.

"What!? He's stronger than Lord Morax!? Master, you... Are you serious?" Ganyu doubted what she'd heard.

After all, Morax was the strongest among the Archons in the war of the gods long ago.

Xianyun gave her disciple a flat look, "When has your master ever joked around?"

"...."

Ganyu opened and closed her mouth without saying a word.

"DAMN IT! DAMN IT! STOP DODGING, EIJI!" Osial was so furious that he nearly spat out the water—which couldn't exactly be considered an attack—from his mouth.

"Jie jie jie." Eiji laughed wickedly.

[Um… Host, I don't think Yhwach would laugh like that.]

Miss System was right; Eiji immediately changed his expression, his handsome face now radiating a calm seriousness.

His cloak had turned completely black and was covered in red eyes that glowed with a terrifying light.

"I mean, Oscar... Is this all you can do? You've disappointed your father."

[Pufft!]

Miss System spit out the smoothie she was drinking.

The host isn't taking this seriously at all!

Instead, she said something Yhwach might have said to Ichigo.

"You... You're the god with the most annoying mouth I know. You're not my dad!!"

Osial kept attacking, but not a single one of his attacks even grazed Eiji's clothes. The man looked as if he could see the attacks coming before he even launched them.

Something like that should be impossible!

That's not possible, is it?

Osial thought Eiji was just good at dodging. Unfortunately, he was dead wrong.

At the same time, four figures landed in the Jade Chamber. They were the remaining adepts. Moon Carver, Mountain Shaper, Xiao, and Madama Ping had come there after sensing the battle unfolding from afar.

They were surprised, of course, because right now, Liyue didn't seem to be in such a dire situation. They could see a man named Eiji holding his own against Osial and even toying with him.

"It looks like our help isn't needed." Moon Carver said.

"It seems so." Mountain Shaper chimed in.

"Still, we're all gathered here like this. Shouldn't we help him?" Xiao glanced at Eiji while gripping his spear tightly.

Unlike Moon Carver and Mountain Shaper, who took the form of sacred beasts, a Yaksha like him still looked human in his true form—specifically, a handsome young man with jet-black hair and piercing golden eyes.

"Xianyun, there must be a reason why you and the others are just watching, right?" asked an Adeptus disguised as an old woman (Madame Ping) to her old friend.

To be honest, when she saw her, she was surprised. Not because Xianyun looked more beautiful, but because the aura of an Adeptus she radiated was many times stronger than in the past.

How could she have become that strong?

Xianyun replied somewhat awkwardly, "Eiji asked us not to interfere because he alone is more than enough to kill Osial."

"Arrogant!"

"Hmph! Even Morax only sealed Osial and didn't kill him back then. How could he possibly kill him all by himself?"

Moon Carver and Mountain Shaper looked annoyed.

Akame and the other women of the Golden Dawn frowned. Who were those two giant, talking animals? They're annoying.

Esdeath grinned; her predatory gaze made the two Adeptus shudder and glance at her warily. "Are you two looking down on my man?"

"Human, we were just—"

Before Moon Carver could answer in exasperation—and yes, he did underestimate Eiji. Even though he knew it was him who had blanketed the skies of Liyue with mya energy. However, the even more powerful burst of energy he sensed from the harbor made him and the others startle.

They also heard Eiji coldly say, "Bankai."

*BOOOOOOMMMM!!*

Hundreds of Hyadro attacks in the air froze instantly. Osial's body, which resembled a Hydra or a giant five-headed serpent, was no exception; he, along with the entire sea of Liyue and even the vast expanse of Inazuma—spanning hundreds of thousands of miles—turned into silvery ice.

Many people in both nations were, of course, shocked.

White specks—snow, which should never fall in Liyue and Inazuma—also began to fall from the sky.

Almost every pair of eyes at Liyue Harbor was fixed on Eiji because, now, his appearance looked different from before. His black cloak had turned white and grown even longer, and every eye on the cloak—as well as his own eyes—had turned gold. Eiji's eyes were the same color, but they were no longer split—they had merged into one. However, a bright blue gem had appeared on his forehead.

The clothes beneath his cloak had also turned white, adorned with beautiful silvery ice-like details.

This made him even more handsome. Xiangling and the other beautiful young women watching him from the street blushed.

They couldn't help but think Eiji was a prince from Snezhnaya or something like that.

"Yare-yare. Did you freeze to death just from my Bankai release? Oscar, you're so weak."

While directing the tip of his sword—now coated in silvery light—toward Osial, Eiji swept his hair back with his other hand.

[Our king, you're so handsome!]

'Leme, thank you.'

There was no sign that Osial could break free from the freeze even after several seconds had passed. So, Eiji decided to end the battle by sheathing his sword, Shirohime.

*Click*

If Vergil's Yamato could unleash countless slashes even while sheathed, His Shirohime shattered everything it had frozen into pieces.

*BREAK!!*

Before the eyes of thousands of Liyue residents, Osial's colossal body collapsed and turned into countless chunks of ice.

The ice covering the ocean as far as the eye could see also melted instantly at a visible speed.

"The ancient Sea God was defeated? Is he dead!?"

"L-Lord Eiji has won!"

"We're all safe!"

"Lord Eiji, thank you so much for saving us all!"

"Lord Eiji, YYDS!"

[What does YYDS mean?]

Cheers rang out from all corners of Liyue Harbor; Eiji had once again become a hero who had saved a nation.

Eiji answered Miss System's question: "YYDS stands for yong yuan de shen. It's a Mandarin phrase meaning 'Eternal God' or 'forever the best.' The meaning is equivalent to the English term GOAT (Greatest of All Time)."

[Oh... You've enlightened me, host.]

'You're welcome.'

[I didn't say thank you.]

'Yare-yare' thought Eiji.

Like Superman, he nodded to everyone below with a smile on his face and flew toward the Jade Chamber.

Just then, he suddenly thought of Tartaglia and laughed.

Why was he laughing?

...

Well...

Let's go back a few moments.

Inside the Golden House, where the Liyue Qixing kept the fake body of Morax—or Rex Lapis—in its dragon form.

Just like in the original work, Tartaglia rummaged through the dragon's corpse with his hands and was surprised to find nothing.

His expression darkened instantly.

"Has Morax deceived me? That's impossible—we made a contract. Did someone else take the Geo Gnosis before me and leave before I arrived?"

As if answering his question, a cold, feminine voice rang out from above. "Left before you arrived? Heh, why would I do something like that? Do you think I'm a coward? This lady would rather wait and beat you up just for fun."

"!" Tartaglia stiffened.

He glanced up at the ceiling of the Golden House only to see a woman he recognized—but who looked even more beautiful—sitting atop a thick spiderweb.

She wasn't alone; there were also three women he didn't recognize standing beside her.

Tartaglia's eyes widened.