I'm in Genshin Impact, and I started by teaming up with Luna.

Another burly figure, clearly a big guy, spoke in a gruff voice. His voice was loud and clear, and he seemed rather impatient.

"You idiot who has nothing but muscles. Ryu is obviously trying to use us to force things to grow stronger, betting that Wu Qiu guy can survive our hunt."

A seductive yet mocking voice rang out. The owner of this voice was a woman with a stunning figure; though her face couldn't be seen, her voice alone was incredibly alluring.

But the burly man clearly wouldn't back down because of the noise. Hearing someone mock him, he immediately exploded, "You old hag! Do you believe I'll tear your mouth off?!"

"Come on, come on, I'm not afraid of you!"

The women were not to be outdone, and it looked like they were about to fight when another voice rang out, interrupting them.

"The master is still in seclusion, and Ryu did this with that in mind. We have to admit we are in a very passive position. We must get the divine fragments back, but this is a gamble. If our hunt fails, it could very well allow the chosen one to grow rapidly."

It was the voice of a middle-aged man, without any imposing manner or weakness, just an ordinary voice, yet it silenced all other muscles in his body.

"What, what kind of bet! I'll just go over there and slap that kid to death, then the stuff will be back. I don't believe I can't handle a piece of trash."

With that, the burly man turned to leave.

"You're really something. Go ahead, go ahead. But I have to warn you, they're in Liyue now, which is Geo's territory. I'll see if you kill that kid first, or get stabbed to death by Morax first."

The voluptuous man turned away angrily after hearing the sarcastic remarks of the alluring woman.

"I……"

Before the burly man could finish speaking, the alluring woman seized the opportunity to mock him, "What do you mean, 'you'? No way, no way, you don't think you can sneak off to Morax in Liyue and they won't find you, do you?"

"Me? Then tell me what to do!"

The burly man shrugged and stood back in his place. The old man who had spoken first spoke again, "We really shouldn't mess with the Rock God right now. His strength is too great. Fighting him would be suicide. Ryu only dared to release the news because he was certain that we Demon Kings wouldn't intervene."

“However…” he said, looking at one of the men in black who hadn’t spoken yet, “Canyang, I won’t say more. Liu wouldn’t have expected your existence. You are the best surprise in this whole affair.”

"Don't reveal your strength if you can avoid it. There's plenty of time; you can decide how to proceed. You won't refuse this task, will you?"

The man in black, named Remnant Sun, remained silent, seemingly deep in thought, before finally leaving without a word. Seeing this, the old man smiled.

"All Red Diamond Assassins, in conjunction with Sunset."

Upon receiving the order, all the Red Diamond assassins present vanished from their spots in an instant without uttering a word.

"Are you sure you want to hand it over to him?"

The burly man asked, displeased. The old man chuckled, "Don't worry, he won't do anything reckless. Besides, in the current situation, he's the only one who can move freely in Liyue."

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"She's still with us."

Looking at Cang Yu behind him, who was clearly unhappy and angry, and whose temper was flaring up, Lostan quietly reminded him.

Ryuna was completely bewildered. He stopped and turned around. Seeing this, Cang Yu also stopped. When Ryuna turned around, Cang Yu crossed his arms, tossed his head back, snorted, and refused to look at him.

"Can you please stop following us?"

This was already the umpteenth time Liu had said this. He was now helpless; this woman had been pestering him relentlessly for a long time, only to be rejected each time.

Then, I don't know if it was a new trick or what, but I got angry. My eyes looked at her as if I had done something wrong to her. My angry and aggrieved eyes swept over Liu.

However, Liu Mumu was completely immune to the woman's charm. He thought that was the end of it; the woman was silent now, so she should leave eventually.

But he soon realized he had been too naive. Cang Yu followed them everywhere they went, sticking with them to the bitter end.

But she still acts like she's angry, ignoring everyone, and telling people to stay away. She won't respond when you speak, but her one constant is her clingy, persistent nature—she'll follow you to the death, no matter what you say, she won't leave.

Ryu tried many things, such as shaking off her, but quickly gave up. In terms of speed, Ryu really had no advantage at all; in fact, she seemed to be at a disadvantage. She just couldn't shake her off.

"What exactly do you want? We're already in Liyue, and you're perfectly fine. Besides, your strength should make it easy for Morax not to detect you, right? Why are you still following us?"

Liu wasn't usually this talkative; she was forced into it. Cang Yu, however, smiled smugly, "Hmph! Who told you to treat me so badly?"

"Do we know each other? Why should I be nice to you?"

Liu was helpless. Cang Yu shook his head, and became unreasonable, "I don't care, you have to take me with you."

"you!"

Ryu was furious, but for some reason, he couldn't bring himself to hit the other person. He could only swallow his frustration, which was incredibly painful.

"Oh, I already told you I'm a good girl and won't cause you any trouble, so please take me with you."

Finally, she placed her hands on her chest and blinked her big eyes at Ryu.

"I……"

Ryu wanted to say something more, but Lostan pulled her aside. "Hey, hey, hey, let me tell you, that's the situation. You can't outrun them if you try to run, and I don't think you can bring yourself to fight them."

"Anyway, we don't have anything major to do for the time being, so, you know what I mean."

Ryu glanced at Lostan, then at Cang Yu. She raised her hand as if to point, but hesitated between the two before finally saying, "Whatever."

Chapter 161: The Attack

The carriage sped past. Wu Qiu and his companions bypassed Liyue Harbor, taking a longer route towards Jueyun Karst.

Because of the detour, their journey was much longer. And they hadn't seen any other people in the area for a long time.

The landscape was desolate, a vast expanse of barren rock stretching as far as the eye could see. Liyue was likely larger than Mondstadt, if not smaller. And as they continued their journey, they had no idea if they would even encounter a dwelling; after all, they needed supplies, and their horses needed rest and grazing.

"Jueyun, do you know any places around here where we can rest? We don't want to starve to death before we get caught."

Wu Qiu lay on the carriage, sprawled out in a relaxed, lounging position, while looking up at the sky and shouting at the towering peaks and clouds.

"Don't worry, I remember there's a village ahead. Although it's far from Liyue and therefore very poor, it'll be enough for us to rest for a while."

"Besides, because of poverty there, they don't know much. It's perfect for us fugitives."

Fengshan Jueyun spoke very casually.

"I'm telling you, please stop calling us wanted criminals all the time. We haven't done anything wrong, so you don't need to say that behind our backs."

Wu Qiu spoke up. Paimon chimed in, "Yeah, yeah, we didn't do anything wrong."

While everyone was chatting idly, Ying soon spotted a village ahead. Just as Fengshan Jueyun had said, it was a very small village.

Judging by its appearance alone, it was really poor and dilapidated, with only a dozen or so houses. However, as Ying got closer, her pupils couldn't help but dilate slightly.

"Stop fooling around, something's not right up ahead."

Ying's voice turned somewhat serious. The next second, the ground suddenly shook, and the soil directly in front of them exploded.

Then, the yellow figure suddenly leaped out, came in front of everyone, opened its sharp claws, and struck at the foremost peak, Jueyun.

"I……"

Before Feng Shan Jueyun could even curse, the attack had already arrived. Then, with a loud bang, the attack was blocked by the wind marks in Ying's hand.

"That's a baby rock dragon lizard!"

Wu Qiu recognized it; the creature that had broken through the ground was none other than the Young Rock Lizard, a monster unique to Liyue. It was a creature that, while not particularly dangerous, was extremely humiliating.

However, the one in front of him was clearly much larger, even bigger than Ying. Wu Qiu was certain that this wasn't a rock dragon lizard, but a juvenile one. That annoying creature that would roll around and run around everywhere for no reason.

Despite its large size, the young rock dragon was clearly no match for the luminous one. After being blocked, it tried to escape, just like in the game.

But while the characters in the game only wield swords, Ying is different. She preemptively grabs the young rock dragon by the neck, and with a swift, reversed thrust, she plunges forward.

With a soft "plop!" sound, a spurt of blood gushed out. The young rock dragon lizard was pierced through the body by the glowing thorn and was beyond dead.

Seeing Ying casually toss the corpse aside, Wu Qiu quickly sat up and looked around. "If I'm not mistaken, there was more than one, wasn't there?"

This was actually a pointless statement. The tremors of the surrounding earth were growing stronger, and in the distance, clumps of soil were being flung away, and protrusions, like snakes, were hurtling towards the crowd.

"Impossible! How could baby rock dragons be here? And so many of them. Most importantly, did we jump into the river with their wives in our arms? That's a huge grudge."

Feng Shan Jueyun stared blankly at the approaching baby rock dragon lizard. But it was too late for anything else; clearly, they were surrounded.

However, it was strange that the baby rock dragons suddenly attacked them. Logically speaking, Ying could easily kill a baby rock dragon, so it was obvious that she was acting out of ignorance. Even a monster with low intelligence should understand that.

"Don't stop! Speed ​​up!"

Ying reminded Feng Shan Jueyun, his right hand holding a wind-patterned object surrounded by layers of cyan wind element. He raised his other hand, and yellow rock element shimmered on his wrist, forming a bracelet.

"coming."

As soon as the words were spoken, dozens of figures burst from the ground and leaped into the air, surrounding them. Their bodies locked together, and their rapid rotation formed a series of yellow bladed wheels.

Regaining their footing, Fenghen unleashed a swift attack, a cyan wind blade slicing through the air and blasting two young rock dragon lizards away. At the same time, all the other young rock dragon lizards charged towards them.

At that speed and with that force, if the impact were successful, the carriage would fall apart. But fortunately, Ying had already devised a solution.

With her left hand raised high, a yellow light shone from her palm, and as streams of rock element spread outwards, Ying clenched her fist tightly.

A yellow light spread out, and rocks composed of rock element appeared in the void. They spiraled upwards like a python, quickly forming a semicircle that protected everyone inside.

Although it was Luminous's first time using the Geo element in combat, she performed quite adeptly. Her defense was clearly very strong, but she still struggled against the ten baby Geo Lizards.

Luminous wasn't exactly known for its defensive capabilities. With dozens of attacks raining down simultaneously, the Geo Elemental Shield shattered instantly.

Wu Qiu and the others who were hiding inside were also exposed to the attack. But Ying's face showed no panic, and she even smiled in this situation.

With a flick of the wrist, the shattered rocks began to coalesce, eventually forming short knives that attacked indiscriminately in all directions.

"This is……"

Wu Qiu looked at Ying, who stood there with ease, and noticed her familiar attack methods. He hadn't expected that Ying had mastered the most basic method of using the technique of freezing ice to forge all things.

Moreover, he didn't learn it; he just watched Shuanglin's attack on Wu Qiu and then learned it.

Although the core of freezing ice and forging all things does not lie in this, learning this will give you a stronger grasp of elemental power.

Ying's attacks were too scattered, so she didn't kill the young rock dragon lizards at all. However, it wasn't useless; at least it broke their blade wheels.

Just as the baby rock dragons were about to run away again, Wuxiang Fengzai flew into the air and said, "Trying to run? I'll let you run!"

As he spoke, the stones on his body scattered, and the crystal core flew into the air. The surrounding wind elements began to stir, constantly gathering towards Wuxiang Fengzai.

Finally, a pair of butterfly-like wind wings unfurled in the sky. With each flash, the wind elements surrounding the carriage exploded violently.

Time and again, at first these young rock dragons were just knocked away and couldn't get down. But with each explosion of wind element, it was as if the young rock dragons' bodies were being torn apart.

Finally, with a loud bang, red mist filled the sky. At this moment, Wuxiang Fengzai thoughtfully blew away the blood mist, preventing everyone from getting dirty.

"Damn, if you have this ability, why didn't you use it sooner?"

Wu Qiu was a bit dumbfounded. He'd never seen this move used by Wu Xiang Feng Zai before, and now that he had, it truly made him want to exclaim, "Awesome!"

Chapter 162: Rock Dragon Lizard