Raiden floated down to both Bennet and Kitayuu. His presence was frightening and was amplified by the destroyed Ruin Grader lying on the ground.
"Kitayuu..."
Kitayuu went in a defensive stance, "What?"
"We've never actually fought before."
Raiden touched the ground in front of them and stood there with his arms still crossed.
"This will be our first and last fight..."
"HEY!"
Raiden looked to the side to see Sparkle staring at him like an infuriated child, "Are you just gonna ignore me!?"
Raiden didn't answer and turned back, facing Kitayuu and Bennet before lifting a finger up from one of his crossed arms, "Gepard"
Gepard came out of a tree with explosive speed and tacked Sparkle through the forest like a bullet.
Bennet quickly dashed to Raiden's side, "This time I'm going to make sure you stay down!"
Raiden blasted him away with a shockwave from his palm before he could even do anything and was immediately jumped by Kitayuu. Kitayuu swung a right hook at Raiden, but he was easily able to dodge before landing an uppercut on him. Kitayuu recoiled from the attack, but just managed to keep his balance before lighting half his body up with flames on the side that Raiden was following up.
Raiden pushed himself back with a shockwave and threw an explosive wind blade at Kitayuu which was blocked by a geo wall. Kitayuu punched the ground with his enhanced strength creating a crack that headed towards Raiden's feet, but it was too slow as Raiden had enough time to evade it and charged in for a second uppercut on Kitayuu. The avatar behind his back suddenly shot a wind blade out into the bushes which made Kitayuu get distracted by the peculiar move and lose focus, but as he shifted his attention he noticed Bennet coming out who was able to land a perfect hit with a pyro fist on Raiden's cheek.
In a shocked response, Raiden released a shockwave around his body to push both boys back. He immediately went after Bennet first and as he was still in the air from the shockwave, Raiden flew over him and was about to strike down with a swirling strike. Luckily Bennet was just able to move out the way causing Raiden fist to smash the ground instead.
Before he could continue attacking Bennet, Kitayuu swooped in, aiming his fist infused with pyro at Raiden's head. However, Raiden tilted his head back dodging the punch, but unexpected to him, Kitayuu leaned back and kicked his leg up striking him in the chin.
Raiden grunted with frustration and concentrated a ton of energy into one arm and blasted Kitayuu with so much wind that it unrooted trees nearby.
As Kitayuu was getting launched back he noticed a wind blade coming towards him, which must've been the same one that Raiden shot randomly in the bush earlier. Luckily the attack missed, but it was a close call.
Meanwhile, everyone was eagerly watching the battle unfold in the Opera House.
"Are you also seeing it Hu Tao?"
Diluc turned to look at Hu Tao next to him, who was also closely observing the fight. Hu Tao nodded without taking her eyes off the screen, "His movements..."
"They're sluggish" The Raiden Shogun said to herself, also watching from above in the VIP area.
Furina turned to look at her, "Huh? Why did you randomly blurt out two random words?"
