Furina Emerges from the Water, Unremarkable as Ever

"Gurgle! Gurgle!!! (Die! Die!!!)"

Wu Wanghai had slaughtered so many that his eyes were bloodshot. Furina, clinging to the ray beside him, trembled in fear as she watched.

Dense water blades harvested the little fishes' lives wave after wave.

Until the bloody scent from the mass of dead fish attracted a Local Legend.

Two legendary Twin Blade Rays, each as large as three or four people, swam over.

The ordinary mutant rays panicked and carried Furina far away.

"Ah, they're here! Stop killing fish and run with me!" Furina spotted the Legends as well and shouted at Wu Wanghai in panic.

"Hmph, gurgle." Did a boss just spawn? Take this super invincible charged water blade.

A water blade over two meters long slashed out from Wu Wanghai's hand.

After practicing on so many fish, Wu Wanghai was fairly confident in his accuracy.

Yet the two Legends merely crossed paths slightly in the water and dodged Wu Wanghai's attack.

Then, two water blades shot toward Wu Wanghai.

Oh no??? Seeing those two water blade attacks, Wu Wanghai had to admit that he was starting to panic. He felt no sense of security whatsoever.

Wu Wanghai suddenly felt that troublesome monsters were better off being crabs.

He paddled desperately like a dog and narrowly dodged the attack.

That accurate? Wu Wanghai watched the water blade that had nearly hit him fly away and vanish, and a wave of lingering fear washed over him.

Wu Wanghai tried again, firing two more water blades at the two legendary rays. This time, they were not charged attacks, but two quickly fired water blades.

One ray did not feel threatened at all and lightly swam aside, dodging both attacks.

The other ray, which had been targeted, flipped over, and the two water blades passed by its side. Its flat, elongated body gave it an absolute advantage against this kind of water blade attack.

Ha! The Vision on Wu Wanghai's chest began to emit a blue glow. This was something he had suddenly mastered upon reaching level five: borrowing the Vision's power to enhance Hydro attacks.

And the four mutant skills he had replaced while in the sea all fell within the range that the Vision could enhance.

This time, seven or eight water blades flew out.

This time, one of them finally struck its target.

But the legendary ray merely swayed its body, as though it had taken no damage.

Before Wu Wanghai's eyes, the health bars of the two mini-bosses dropped by the tiniest sliver.

Was he just scratching them...

Wu Wanghai gave Furina in the distance a thumbs-up.

Don't worry. As long as it has a health bar, I can chip it to death.

But he saw Furina with her mouth hanging open, pointing in his direction.

Just as Wu Wanghai was puzzled, he suddenly realized Furina was right in front of him.

Furina had been startled. "Ah! You scared me! How did you suddenly teleport over here?"

"Huh?" Wu Wanghai turned his head and discovered that four water blades had cut through the spot where he had just been in front of the two legendary rays.

With a little thought, Wu Wanghai understood. He had been careless and failed to dodge.

Seeing that his invincible passive had triggered, along with its cooldown countdown of more than ninety seconds.

Sorry, I was wrong.

Run, run! I'm scared. I can't beat them!

Wu Wanghai's mood instantly soured. He had been happily grinding monsters, only to be disgusted by those two boss monsters.

Furina seemed to see how Wu Wanghai was feeling and comforted him. "They're very strong. You can't fight them yet. Train some more, then come back and get revenge on them!"

That's right! I'll definitely be back.

For now, it was better to run!

Although the two legendary rays did not pursue them much after they got farther away, Furina and Wu Wanghai still fled a long distance.

In the end, Wu Wanghai reined himself in. He truly fired one shot, then changed locations.

All told, they spent nearly one or two hours scattered about in the sea.

Furina was starting to feel tired and wanted to return to shore.

Wu Wanghai was somewhat exhausted too. He nodded and followed Furina back to the shore.

"Splash." Nearing the surface, Furina burst out of the water in a dash, then rolled once onto the shore.

Wu Wanghai, meanwhile, merely surfaced normally before slowly swimming toward shore.

"Do you want to learn Fontaine's refined water-exit technique? I can teach you~" Seeing Wu Wanghai take so long to swim over, Furina narrowed her eyes.

"Sure, but I want to eat first. It's already afternoon, isn't it? I'm a little hungry." Wu Wanghai nodded and looked at Furina, who was still in the Wet state.

"Pop~" Furina reached up, took off her hat, then shook her hair. The Wet state on her entire body and clothes gradually began to fade.

Oh, so that was why it had not fallen off. The hat pressed against Furina's head, so it stayed firmly in place without falling.

Speaking of hats, hadn't I bought one to wear before?

Wu Wanghai reached up and touched his head. Empty!

When did I lose it? Forget it, he was not really used to wearing hats anyway.

The hat he had casually bought before was not worth much. Better not wear one in the future. After all, he had not seen many people in Fontaine wearing top hats normally.

It felt like only a minute or two had passed when Wu Wanghai noticed that the Wet state on his clothes had disappeared too, leaving them completely dry.

Furina was the same, and she put her hat back on.

While swimming, and with the Wet state from before, there really was not even the slightest bit of fanservice!

Furina still wore long clothes and long sleeves. They were not transparent in the water, and she even wore shorts. The only thing worth looking at was her two fair, exposed legs.

So Teyvat did not have swimsuits at all?

Wu Wanghai shook his head inwardly and secretly decided that he would find a way to promote them someday.

Although Furina was unremarkable, there were still children's swimsuits suited to her!

I really want to see it! No one can stop her now. What's wrong with wearing a swimsuit and letting me have a look!

In the end, Wu Wanghai glanced around and unexpectedly discovered a wild, rare Pyro Slime not far away.

Wasn't this begging to be bullied??

Wu Wanghai waved his right hand, and a water-ball creature half a leg tall appeared before him.

This water-ball summon was completely different from a Hydro Slime.

The summon was made purely of Hydro and looked crystal-clear and transparent.

Slimes, on the other hand, were opaque blue, and killing them even dropped their distinctive slime gel.

Clearly, there were other substances inside them. After all, they were creatures of Teyvat. It was normal for them to differ from what his skill summoned.

This summon was far, far larger than it had been in the morning, because Wu Wanghai had already grinded his way to level nine!

"Go, Bouncy Little Ball! Use Tackle!" Wu Wanghai lifted the summon and threw it at the Pyro Slime sunbathing not far ahead.

Wu Wanghai's summon struck the Pyro Slime at once.

Caught off guard, the Pyro Slime was sent rolling and bouncing away. At the same time, its vivid red body instantly dimmed.

The Pyro Slime got angry and used Tackle on the summon as well.

Thus, the summon and the Pyro Slime began taking turns ramming each other, one bumping the other and then getting bumped back.

"..." Wu Wanghai was speechless. Why was it still just scratching? He silently took out the Splendor of Tranquil Waters that he had put away.

With Wu Wanghai joining in, one smack—no, one stab—pierced the Pyro Slime and deflated it, turning it into a puddle of slime condensate.

Seeing the condensate, Wu Wanghai realized that he had been so annoyed by the summon's pitiful damage that he had forgotten he was supposed to use it to start a fire.

A little while later.

"Bang!..."

"Ya!"

"Ahem!" Furina reminded him aloud.

Right, right, he had nearly forgotten that he needed to use it as a club again.

"Swish, swish, swish!" Three sword strikes took care of the torch-wielding Hilichurl.

This time, when fighting the Hilichurl, Wu Wanghai deliberately slammed the summon hard into the ground, turning it into a puddle of water and dismissing it.

Luckily, he could dismiss this summon himself, which was perfect for activating Revenge.

With the Revenge buff, he charged out with his sword, allowing the torch to remain intact.

"All right, we have fire!" Wu Wanghai gave Furina a thumbs-up.