Genshin Impact, Teyvat's own beloved immortal.

The divine child warned, "Be careful, the fog here is strange, you can easily get lost if you're not careful."

Lu Sheng didn't take it seriously and said indifferently, "Just blow it away."

As he finished speaking, a small storm arose around him, blowing away all the fog in front of him and clearing a path.

The two headed toward the Killing Stone. Wherever they passed, the fog dissipated, but as soon as they left, the fog would gather again.

"We're almost there, just ahead."

The connection between the Divine Child and the Sesshoseki grew stronger, but at the same time she also sensed a familiar ominous aura, the kind of repulsive power that made her furious at the mere sight of it—the Abyss.

Roar!

Suddenly, a bloodied dog emerged from the thick fog and lunged at Lu Sheng's back.

call out!

In a flash, the Bleeding Dog missed its target, and Lu Sheng appeared behind it instead.

The next second, the bleeding dog was grabbed and torn in two.

Immediately afterwards, pairs of blood-red eyes appeared from the thick fog, accompanied by the low growls of wild beasts. Several bloodthirsty dogs with a strong desire for slaughter appeared at once and pounced on the two of them.

With wind and thunder beneath his feet, Lu Sheng's figure appeared in different directions in an instant, finally returning to the side of the Divine Child.

The bloodied dogs paused in mid-air, their bodies instantly torn to pieces.

"Noisy stuff."

Lei Yinquan is disgusting, and the bleeding dog is even worse.

Lu Sheng had already guessed where the Killing Stone of He Guan was hidden.

Besides the Bleeding Dog Lord, Golden King Beast, who else can shoulder this great responsibility?

Sure enough, when they passed through the mist and arrived at the sealing site of the Killing Stone, they saw a huge spatial rift standing quietly beside it.

"It's a pitch-black beast... I never imagined that the disaster from five hundred years ago would still have remnants!"

As a witness to that dark beast tide, the Divine Child could never, ever, ever forget the pain that disaster brought her.

She had lost count of how many close friends had died protecting Inazuma.

The only person she could never forget was a woman named Fox Palace.

He said he was going on a long trip and never came back, leaving the huge Narukami Shrine to me, a little fox. He was completely irresponsible. He even said that once I became the priest, I could do whatever I wanted. That was a complete lie!

Stupid woman...

Was it really worth it for mere humans? How many people still remember the name of your Fox Abode Palace now?

While the Divine Child was lost in heavy memories, Rikuo had already rushed forward.

Sensing the approach of life, the enormous crack stirred, and a gigantic, bizarre-looking monster slowly emerged from it, letting out a ferocious growl.

The moment he saw the King Beast appear, Lu Sheng's figure flashed, and an identical clone appeared out of thin air beside him!

Instant lightning strike!

The beast king had barely poked half its head out of the crack when two figures flashed like lightning in front of it.

A blinding light flashed suddenly, and two people, one on the left and one on the right, simultaneously kicked the king beast, passing right through its body.

Before the beast king could even see what was happening, his body suddenly exploded, shattering into pieces all over the ground.

They peek out and disappear in an instant, giving no chance whatsoever.

Lu Sheng retracted his clone, slowly stood up, glanced back at the corpses scattered all over the ground, and casually picked up a piece to study.

The materials Rhinedot used to create the King Beasts seem quite special; it's unclear whether they can be recycled and reused to create even more destructive monsters.

He was so busy picking up the fragments of the King Beast that he completely forgot about the Divine Child.

The divine child spent half a day performing rituals on the Killing Stone, but still couldn't break the seal. Helpless, he had no choice but to ask Rikuo for help again.

Lu Sheng glanced at her and said coldly, "Wait there and don't shout."

Inazuma Arc: Chapter 87: The Disaster of Umijima Island

Late at night, on a deserted island where no one lives.

A small boat slowly sailed across the sea, with a flag flying on it bearing the words "Heavenly Command," indicating it was an official vessel of the Heavenly Command.

After the boat docked, seven or eight Inazuma soldiers looked around to make sure no one was there before picking up shovels from the boat and hurriedly disembarking to begin digging in the sand.

"Hurry up! Be quick! Don't keep the magistrate waiting!"

The armored officer kept urging them on.

Boom!

A soldier's shovel suddenly struck a hard object. He quickly dug it out of the ground, and it turned out to be a wooden box.

Upon prying open the top wooden board, one finds it filled with glass spheres emitting a purple glow.

The soldier asked curiously, "Sir, what is this?"

"This is a gift from the Regent!" The officer's eyes revealed sincere admiration and respect. "We're about to set sail to wipe out the pirates. Take this with you, and you can pray to the Regent in critical moments. At that time, the Regent will grant you unparalleled superhuman power!"

"Really? Can this really bring me the blessing of the Regent? This is a favor I could never receive in my lifetime!"

The soldier was so excited he didn't know what to do. He immediately grabbed an evil eye from the box, his eyes full of anticipation.

"Of course, when has Kanpaku ever lied to you? The more steadfast your faith, the more likely you are to gain Kanpaku's attention, get a chance to be promoted, and even become Kanpaku's personal guard!"

The officer's words excited all the soldiers, who rushed forward to grab the Evil Eye.

"What's the rush? One for each of you, don't fight over it! The governor will give everyone a fair and just chance. There's plenty of this stuff. After you've divided it up, dig out ten more boxes to take back with you."

The soldiers eagerly began digging, and soon they had collected ten large boxes of Evil Eyes. After transferring them all to the ship, the group rowed away from the deserted island.

After the boat was completely submerged in the night, a thin reed tube on the water surface suddenly twitched a few times, and then a small head emerged from the water.

Zaoyou quickly shook the seawater off her head, then scrambled ashore to inspect the backfilled sand.

"No wonder I couldn't find the warehouse where the Evil Eye was stored. Turns out it was hidden in a place like this. That young master was quite clever; he was right!"

Zaoyou had tried every means to find the Evil Eye Warehouse, but failed. She thought her ninja career was about to be tarnished. Unexpectedly, Xingqiu, the young master of Feiyun Merchant Guild, suddenly gave her an idea.

Since the Evil Eye is intended for use by the soldiers who are going to suppress the pirates, why not just go and keep an eye on the naval camp directly?

As long as a supply relationship exists, a supply chain will inevitably exist as well. The Evil Eye could not have appeared on a soldier out of thin air; someone must have been responsible for transportation. If we follow the footprints of the transporters, we may be able to find the source.

So Hayato began to stake out the Inazuma Water Army, fully demonstrating the essence of a ninja: patience.

After waiting for a whole day and night, she finally caught up with me.

A small boat sneaking out of the military camp in the middle of the night must be suspicious, so Zaoyou dived down to follow it. Persistence paid off, and she finally found the place where the Shogunate was hiding the Evil Eye.

Now all we need to do is leave a mark and report back, and the Night Palace will use explosives to blow all these harmful things into the sky.

Zaoyou chuckled, rolled into a ball, and vanished into the night in an instant.

A few hours later, another ship slowly docked, and a large group of people disembarked, all of them sailors from the Flying Cloud Merchant Guild.

"Quick! Brothers, dig!"

Xingqiu gave the order, and the strong and healthy sailors picked up their tools and got to work. Before long, someone dug up the box containing the evil eye.

"Open them up and check them. If there are no problems, transport them all to the ship."

Xiao Long asked, "How much are you moving? You're not moving everything, are you?"

Xingqiu was confident about this, saying, "Move as much as you can, until the boat can't hold any more, and leave the rest to Xiaogong."

Just then, Xiaogong dragged the super explosive he had just made off the ship, panting and wiping away his sweat.

This was a meticulously prepared gift for Suzuka Gozen, incorporating all the exquisite skills she had learned in her life, guaranteed to satisfy the Regent.

The sailors have already helped dig the pit for planting the explosives.

Xiaogong rubbed her hands together and jumped into the pit herself to begin arranging her most satisfying masterpiece.

Watching Xiaogong jump up and down, Xingqiu couldn't help but ask, "Miss Xiaogong, is it really necessary to make things so complicated just to plant some explosives?"

While connecting the phone, Yomiya explained, "This is no ordinary explosive. It's the greatest firework I've ever made. When it explodes, the entire Inazuma region will be able to see this masterpiece."

"I deliberately set up a mechanism so that when the shogunate's people try to dig out the evil eye here again, the mechanism will be triggered, and then—bang!!!"

Xingqiu sniffed, thinking to himself that it was fortunate that he had no prior conflict with this Xiaogong.

After Xiaogong set up the traps, the sailors loaded a sufficient number of Evil Eyes onto the ship, then backfilled the sand, and the group hurriedly left the deserted island.

Haiji Island, Wanglong Village.

Lu Sheng stood on a patch of scorched earth, and as far as the eye could see, there was devastation everywhere.

In a village ravaged by pirates, this was still considered good; at least there were no corpses scattered everywhere.

Since Kidomaru's defection, pirates scattered in various places have united because of him, forming a powerful pirate alliance.

With a force of nearly ten thousand and countless warships, their strength was enough to rival the Inazuma Navy.

In order to have a stable rear, such a large number of pirate crews naturally regarded Haigi Island as their main target. They occupied half of Haigi Island's territory and clashed with the local forces of Haigi Island several times.

However, Umijima had already accepted the shogunate's offer of amnesty and disbanded its armed forces, so its strength was far less than before. Their former leader, Sango Miyako Kokoro, was also gone, and the entire country was in disarray, leaving them with no choice but to relocate.

Now, half the island has been occupied by pirates, and the remaining people can only live in fear on the other half of the land.

Even more critically, resources were scarce on Haiqi Island. The isolation order only exacerbated the already dire situation. Now that the isolation order had finally ended, a group of powerful pirates had arrived.

The shogunate kept saying it would suppress the bandits, but all it did was talk and no action. So many days have passed and the navy is still in port without taking any action.

The supplies promised by the shogunate have been delayed due to the pirate blockade.

People starve to death on the island every day, and in some places, cannibalism has even occurred.

The ridiculous thing is that the so-called pirate blockade is completely fabricated. If Rikuo was able to return to Umijima with Goro, how could the shogunate's supplies not be delivered?

However, officials from the shogunate broke through the pirate blockade and came to the island every day, saying that they could arrange large ships to relocate all the islanders to the main island.

Ultimately, the shogunate still wanted a large population.

Fortunately, Goro returned to the island in time. As a former rebel general, he became the temporary leader of the people of Haiji Island when Shinkai was not around.

Goro flatly refused the demands of the shogunate officials.