In Teyvat, it all begins with rescuing the grass god.

If his throat hadn't been smashed, he would definitely have uttered all the most offensive and vulgar curses.

This punch also made the old man realize the gap between him and Rod.

He is very clear.

With just this mortal body, it's impossible for him to defeat Rhodes.

Without hesitation, he immediately tore off his scarf, revealing a strange purple tattoo on his neck.

puff--

Just as the tattoo began to glow purple, a large hand suddenly reached out from the side and grabbed the old man's neck tightly.

Immediately, a surge of ice elemental power erupted, forcefully suppressing the inhuman power that was about to burst forth from the tattoo.

Is this all you're relying on?

Rod's mocking face emerged from the darkness, and he uttered the old man's name: "Missionary."

"!!!"

The old man's eyes were wide open, and he made a series of "hoarse" noises, but no sound came out.

"hehe--"

Rod chuckled, gripping the old man's neck tightly with his left hand, and like drawing a bow, he pulled his right arm to its fullest extent and punched the old man in the face with all his might.

"This punch is for you harming innocent children!"

Followed by.

The second punch landed.

"This punch is for the one that killed Cole's parents!"

The third punch.

"This punch is aimed at you, a human being who has done inhuman things!"

Next.

Fists rained down on him.

With each punch he throws, Rod will cite one of the missionaries' crimes.

"This punch is for your aiding and abetting evil!"

"This punch is for trespassing in my house!"

"This punch is to slap you for invading this pure land of Aru Village!"

"This punch was for Cole!"

"This punch,"

"."

"I don't know what to say about this punch, but I just wanted to hit you!!!"

under night.

Rod held the missionary in his hand and punched him tirelessly, even though the missionary in his hand was already lifeless. He showed no intention of stopping.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 60 Cole Wants to Learn Martial Arts

missionary.

These are villains who, under orders from an unknown source, are conducting human experiments deep in the desert. Their main task is to test the effects of the Demon God's Potion.

Like the Vitality House near Aru Village.

Their human laboratories also advertised that they could cure the Demon Scale Disease free of charge, in order to attract desert dwellers who were eager to escape their inevitable death.

That's how Cole, who was still an infant at the time, was tricked into going to the laboratory.

And then we arrived at the laboratory.

The missionaries' fangs were then revealed.

Every patient here will be subjected to inhumane human experiments, and if their family members come looking for them during this time, they will be met with merciless slaughter.

As for the experimental subjects locked in cages...

After round after round of experiments with the Demon God Potion, only one in ten survived. Kolai was the test subject who survived the most injections.

That's why the missionaries relentlessly pursued her in the desert, trying to capture such a precious experimental subject and bring her back to continue their experiments with the Demon God's Potion.

Before arriving in Aru Village.

With his Black Flame Serpent, Cole has killed his pursuers several times.

The more times the Black Flame Serpent is used, the more severe the backlash from the Demon God's resentment will be on Kolai.

Therefore, after using Black Flame Serpent a few times, when Cole encountered pursuers, he would mainly run away, and would only use Black Flame Serpent when he really couldn't outrun them.

According to her original plan.

If Rhodes hadn't taken her in, she would probably have already entered the rainforest and continued her escape towards Liyue.

all above.

These were all stories that Cole recounted when he saw the missionary's body.

"Such a ferocious and cruel person actually managed to invade Aru Village."

After hearing this, Candice, who rushed to the scene to check the situation, narrowed her eyes slightly, and her gaze toward the missionary's corpse became even colder.

The missionary's men ultimately misjudged the situation.

After being lured to the downwind erosion area, the soldiers who were used as bait were caught up by Candice. With her combat power, she killed all the soldiers in just a few minutes. Then she rushed back to Aru Village as fast as possible and witnessed Rhodes beating the missionary to death.

In other words.

Even if Rhodes couldn't withstand the missionaries' attack, Candice would be able to provide timely support.

"When this guy fought me, he mentioned that his master was the second executive officer of the Fatui, Dr.

Rod gave Candice a timely reminder.

Although he didn't know whether the Doctor would actually seek revenge for such a useless subordinate, Rhodes felt it was necessary to warn Candice to be careful about this matter.

to be frank.

This missionary was actually quite troublesome.

Rhodes was able to kill him simply because he understood the missionary and knew that the missionary's own power was very weak, at most at the level of an ordinary God's Eye holder, and he did not know any combat skills. He was not even as good as Rhodes when he was wandering in the desert. His only reliance was the demonic power in his body.

Unlike the demonic power within Cole that had extremely strong side effects from the demonic potion.

The power of missionaries needs to be more secure and controllable.

This not only gave him vitality far exceeding that of ordinary people, but also allowed him to instantly transform into a terrifying magical beast with maximum strength and defense after activating the power of the demon god.

If someone unaware of these inside details were to encounter him...

Because the missionary's combat power is extremely poor when he is in human form, people may be deceived by his apparent defeat and then suffer a great loss after he activates his demonic power.

In other words, Rhodes knew where his power came from and promptly used elemental power to seal his communication with the demon god's power, which made it relatively easy for him to defeat him.

the other side.

After being reminded by Rhodes.

Candice's expression grew increasingly serious. After saying a few words, she hurriedly left, perhaps to try and contact Seno again.

I watched her retreating figure.

Rod chuckled and turned back.

The missionary's death did not seem to cause much of a stir.

After that, life returned to its usual peaceful state.

The difference from before is that...

Candice patrols the area around Rhodes' house every night to prevent the Doctor's men from arriving again.

Besides.

Ke Lai seems to have more worries on her mind, and she looks absent-minded every day. Yesterday, she even accidentally cut her hand while cutting feed.

"What's wrong lately?"

"Just say what's wrong. I may not have that much ability right now, but I can still offer some help if needed."

Cole is not in good condition.

Rhodes had assumed that after he killed the missionary, Cole's enemy, Cole would at least smile more, if not become more cheerful.

However, for the past few days, Ke Lai has always looked preoccupied and sullen.

Rhodes always believed in speaking out, because keeping things bottled up would only make him feel worse.

So he specifically set aside some time to have a good talk with Cole.

"I"

"I, I just..."

After stammering for a long time, Ke Lai finally seemed to have mustered up his courage and said in a weak voice, "I want to learn martial arts from you."

"what?"

Cole's voice was too soft for Rod to hear clearly.

“I said, I want to learn martial arts from you.”

Raising her voice, Cole repeated what she had just said, nervously clutching the hem of her clothes, waiting for Rod's reply.

"Learn martial arts from me?"

Rhodes was slightly surprised to hear this request.

He practices martial arts every day, and Cole has always known this.