"Die! I want every last one of you dead!!!!" Morax had been utterly consumed by bloodlust.
Sharp rocks rained down all around Guyun Stone Forest, joined by tens of thousands of arrows falling from the sky.
Morax unleashed strength far beyond his peak, taking on eighteen Demon Gods alone and slaying ten of them.
Just as he prepared to wipe out the rest in one final push, countless monsters surged from the depths of the sea and converged on him.
Those monsters were stronger than Morax had anticipated.
By Morax's estimate, the strongest among them had nearly reached the strength of lower- to mid-tier Demon Gods!
Aside from the dozen or so strongest monsters, the ordinary monsters were so numerous that they covered almost half the sea.
To keep these monsters from invading Liyue, Morax lured them all to Guyun Stone Forest.
He had endured untold hardship to kill ten Demon Gods, only for a dozen or so Abyss monsters with strength rivaling theirs to take their place.
By now, Morax had long since lost his usual grace and splendor.
His hair was disheveled and his clothes were in tatters, though his body remained unscathed.
The fading of the five Yakshas' presences left Morax in agony, as though his bones were being stripped and his marrow drained.
Even now, he had no idea where this strange power had come from, or how it had brought about such a terrible calamity.
Never mind that Azhdaha had been sealed away-even if he had not suffered erosion and had never been sealed, they would still have struggled to cope.
There were simply too many monsters, enough to drive anyone to despair.
"Lord Geo... please, you have to pull through!"
"We have to believe in Lord Geo. He can do it."
"But... aren't there