At that moment, a large pack of the Wild Hunt roamed Star Sand Beach, not far from Xixi Island.
"Whoosh-pfft~"
Suddenly, a purple spatial rift appeared, and a fist-sized, dark purple thing was spat out of it.
"Roar-!"
The fragment carried the aura of extremely pure Abyss Power, instantly sending the Wild Hunt into excited roars. Dragging their swaying, dark purple ruined bodies, they approached the fragment radiating pure Abyss Power, step by step.
"Crack-bang!"
Just then, a larger spatial rift suddenly opened not far from the fragment, and a ruined body radiating a surging Abyss aura slowly emerged.
"Ugh... found it."
The moment that figure appeared, his overwhelming mental pressure made the already agitated, frenzied Wild Hunt slowly lower their heads with unwilling roars.
He was Leiriel, still in his Wild Hunt state. He had just discovered a faint spatial rift in that terrifying otherworldly Lunar Cage, so he had struggled to guide the fragments of his body through the rift, bit by bit, returning to Teyvat.
But the rift disappeared as quickly as it had appeared. Through sheer will, Leiriel had only managed to pull out a small portion of his body fragments, leaving him with barely a tenth of his strength.
As for why he had ended up in such a miserable state?
The reason went back to Khaenri'ah five hundred years ago. As an agent of the Black Sun Dynasty, Leiriel had been ordered by the Black Emperor to hunt down and capture descendants of the Crimson Moon Dynasty.
While carrying out the Black Emperor's orders, he had also concealed his identity and fallen in love with a girl named Solindis, who had agreed to become his fiancée.
Leiriel would also drink and chat with friends like Dainsleif. Everything should have been so peaceful.
However...
Leiriel