Bai Ye Met Xiao

But even the fastest Hilichurl was still a Hilichurl.

With a single arrow from Ganyu, all the Hilichurls fell to the ground.

Bai Ye stepped forward and began searching around for the source of this evil presence.

Soon, the two spotted a cave entrance at the foot of a small hill not far away.

Bai Ye and Ganyu approached the entrance.

They could feel an extremely evil, chaotic aura pouring out from within the cave.

Bai Ye and Ganyu exchanged a glance.

This was the place they needed to investigate.

If nothing unexpected happened, this was where the remnants of the god remained.

It was time to go inside and investigate.

They both thought the same thing.

Then they stepped forward at the same time.

"Ow!"

Bai Ye and Ganyu once again clutched their heads at the same time.

"I'm telling you, Sister Ganyu, when it comes to exploration, shouldn't gentlemen go first?"

Bai Ye rubbed the aching spot where Ganyu had rammed him and said.

They had started walking at the same time, and since they were nearly the same height, they had naturally bumped into each other. What made it worse was that Ganyu had horns on her head, so Bai Ye had been hit especially hard.

Ganyu had not fared much better either. She pressed a hand to her horn and said to Bai Ye, "But I'm your master... and at the very least, I have far more experience than you. I'm also stronger than you, so I should walk in front."

They stared at each other, neither willing to give way.

At that moment, Bai Ye suddenly pointed behind them.

"Huh? There's an enemy behind us!"

"Ah?"

Ganyu immediately turned to look behind her.

But by then, Bai Ye had already moved one step ahead of Ganyu.

"My Art of Automata is very good. My defensive measures are better than yours, so I should handle the scouting!"

Bai Ye said to Ganyu as he walked forward.

"Hey, be careful!"

Seeing Bai Ye enter, Ganyu hurried in after him.

After passing through the cave, Bai Ye felt as though he had entered an entirely different world.

This god seemed to possess talents related to space. Though they were clearly inside a small hill, Bai Ye saw several enormous floating islands suspended above dense blood-red clouds.

It was as though the entire world had been dyed red with blood.

At the same time, Bai Ye and Ganyu felt the evil godly aura weaken somewhat.

In its place came an overwhelming stench of blood.

"What happened here?"

This environment was actually very unfriendly to humans.

Bai Ye could not help using Adeptal Arts to protect himself.

Now that Ganyu knew he had mastered Adeptal Arts, he could use them openly.

Ganyu thought the same. A frosty aura emerged around her body and protected her as well.

Once they had prepared themselves, the two began moving forward.

The moment they reached the first island, enemies attacked them.

There were Hilichurls, Hilichurl Kings, Abyss Mages, Slimes, and Bai Ye even saw several Treasure Hoarders who had lost their minds.

Bai Ye raised his Handheld Crossbow and fired at the Hilichurls and Slimes.

At the same time, his Anemo Element Vision glowed brightly.

As the bolts shot out, Anemo elemental power gathered the enemies together.

Slimes of various elements and the Abyss Mages became tangled together.

A massive amount of damage was dealt in an instant.

At the same time, Ganyu drew her bowstring to the fullest, condensed elemental power in her hand, and fired at them.

The arrow passed by Bai Ye, making him shudder for a moment.

The cold was piercing.

It made Bai Ye realize that Ganyu's elemental power and strength were currently somewhat greater than his.

The absolute chill froze even the warmth of life from the enemies Bai Ye had gathered up.

Bai Ye looked toward the bewitched Treasure Hoarders and asked Ganyu, "Sister Ganyu, can these Treasure Hoarders still be saved?"

He still wanted to try and see whether he could save them.

Ganyu shook her head.

"No. They have already been completely affected by the lingering aura of the god. There is no way they can return to normal."

Even a weakened god was far beyond what humans could compare to. Saving people who had completely lost themselves was impossible.

Seeing this, Bai Ye no longer held back in the slightest. He picked up his Handheld Crossbow and killed them one by one with headshots.

Show mercy when people could be saved; give up decisively when they could not.

Bai Ye and Ganyu smoothly dealt with the enemies on this island floating amid the blood clouds.

"Let's proceed to the next one."

Ganyu said to Bai Ye.

"Mm."

Bai Ye and Ganyu headed toward the next island on foot.

As he ran over, Bai Ye suddenly had a thought.

Were those floating stones under the islands? If he took them all away...

Bai Ye glanced beneath the island and immediately lost heart.

They were not floating after all. Mountain peaks were supporting the islands from below.

They should keep moving.

Bai Ye and Ganyu arrived at the second island.

It was still filled with Slimes, Hilichurls, and other monsters.

They wiped them out easily again.

Then came the third island.

But when they advanced to the fourth island, Bai Ye and Ganyu sensed that something was off.

"Why does it feel like there are fewer and fewer enemies?"

Bai Ye said to Ganyu.

Logically speaking, shouldn't things get harder the deeper they went?

Why was it getting easier instead?

"I don't know. Just be extremely careful."

Ganyu became even more focused.

The two arrived at the fifth island.

There, they found their answer.

There were no enemies left on the island. In their place lay corpses scattered across the ground.

"Someone arrived here before us. He's probably still ahead. Let's hurry over and support him."

Ganyu said to Bai Ye.

"Mm."

At that moment, Bai Ye walked over to the corpses.

He crouched down and carefully examined them.

There was Anemo elemental power on them, and the wounds on these corpses had been inflicted by a spear. Many of the wounds had also been smashed down from above.

Bai Ye had already guessed who it was.

"Let's go. We need to hurry forward."

Bai Ye and Ganyu quickened their pace and began running.

The enemies had all been dealt with, and the two advanced at incredible speed.

They passed through one island after another.

Before long, they reached the space between the third-to-last and second-to-last islands.

They could see the second-to-last island in the distance.

On it, a figure stood amid countless monsters and put on his mask.

"Demon-Quelling Dance!"

The figure became incredibly fast, darting back and forth through the monsters and leaving afterimages in his wake.

Even Bai Ye and Ganyu could not make out his exact position from so far away.

His speed was enough to make enemies tremble in fear.

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