"Rumble-"
What greeted Jiang Xiaofeng was a precise strike from the Geo Hypostasis at the ground beneath his feet.
"You'll be sorry and regret this!"
Jiang Xiaofeng leaped up and stomped down hard on the central stone pillar where the Geo Hypostasis perched!
Ground Shatter!
The stone pillar beneath the Geo Hypostasis shattered under Jiang Xiaofeng's skill, sending it tumbling down in a daze.
Jiang Xiaofeng took out Acceptance.
"Perhaps I will. Sorry, but I'm going to kill you!"
Jiang Xiaofeng swung Acceptance.
"Shhk-"
"Riiip-"
"Bang-"
Jiang Xiaofeng unleashed a frenzy of attacks on the Geo Hypostasis's core, and it soon reacted.
"Shameless human! You're the one who's going to die!"
It flew into the sky in fury, restored the shattered stone pillars, and channeled Geo into the central pillar.
Is it going to release shock waves?
Jiang Xiaofeng quickly looked around, hoping to find the Geo crystal that would turn into a shield when broken.
"Nothing?"
In desperation, Jiang Xiaofeng activated Wings of the Crow and flew above the stone pillar to face Gimel, the Geo Hypostasis.
"Human! Why have you come to disturb me!"
It demanded furiously.
"Mm-hmm. First of all, I'm not human."
"Second-"
Jiang Xiaofeng raised Acceptance.
"I've taken a fancy to your body!"
"!"
Gimel failed to react for a moment and merely gathered its shell instinctively to block Acceptance's thrust.
But what it hadn't expected was that the instant this fellow punched it, its shell... shattered!
The Geo Hypostasis watched helplessly as the monster before it tore out its elemental core and crushed it.
"In your dreams!"
Jiang Xiaofeng heard only a shout before the Geo Hypostasis fell to the ground as though it had suddenly lost all its strength.
"What the hell?"
Jiang Xiaofeng watched the Geo Hypostasis's shell land on the ground and slowly disappear. Only then did he realize that Gimel, the Geo Hypostasis, was already dead.
"..."
"I was too hasty!"
Jiang Xiaofeng beat his chest and stamped his feet.
How had he forgotten that these things left no corpses when they died!
Killed Geo life-form: Gimel. Obtained thirty cells.
"Sigh."
Jiang Xiaofeng landed on the ground.
He had wanted to see how powerful elemental life-forms were, but judging by this, they weren't all that impressive.
Once he found their weakness, they simply couldn't withstand a single blow!
"Hmm?"
A huge flower bud before him caught Jiang Xiaofeng's attention.
"Oh, the world boss kill rewards."
"But I don't think I have any resin."
"..."
"Bang!"
Jiang Xiaofeng raised his foot and kicked it.
After a few kicks, perhaps even the Ley Line couldn't stand watching anymore, and the bud swiftly opened.
It spat out a huge pile of things before shrinking back.
Jiang Xiaofeng couldn't spare any attention for the fleeing Ley Line Blossom and hurried to pick up what it had spat out.
Two Basalt Pillars, a red feather and a blue flower glowing with a faint purple light, and a circlet set with red or blue crystals.
"Oh, so these are artifacts."
Jiang Xiaofeng pinned the flower to his chest and the feather to his arm.
"There doesn't seem to be... any change?"
"What about these Sacrificial Crowns, then?"
Jiang Xiaofeng slipped them over his hood.
"..."
"Fine. These artifacts probably aren't much use to me."
Jiang Xiaofeng scratched his head and put the little ornaments away.
He suddenly realized something.
He didn't seem able to fight the creatures of this world in what they would consider a normal way.
He seemed to have spent most of his previous life immersed in Dead Cells.
As a result, he knew practically everything in Dead Cells exceptionally well and could even find the best combinations for dealing with monsters.
But Genshin Impact... why were there so many shortcuts!
If he dragged Xingqiu, Chongyun, and the others here to fight the Geo Hypostasis, the general process would basically be for Chongyun to destroy the stone pillars, then everyone would attack the elemental core, before finally destroying the three stone pillars the Geo Hypostasis used to revive.
Just the usual routine in Genshin Impact.
Though he couldn't even say for sure whether they had anything like resin.
"Sigh."
Jiang Xiaofeng left the Geo Hypostasis's territory.
All that effort for nothing. Fuck.
Jiang Xiaofeng thought.
He had originally wanted to take a look at that artifact domain, but now that he had discovered these artifacts were useless to him, he had lost the desire to visit.
"Uh, wait."
Jiang Xiaofeng looked toward the artifact domain.
Weren't there four Ruin Guards and a Ruin Hunter over there?
There also seemed to be an Electro Cicin Mage on her own.
Jiang Xiaofeng suddenly felt motivated again.
He definitely wasn't going for the Ruin Hunter and Ruin Guards!
He only wanted to have a warm, friendly exchange with the Electro Cicin Mage!
On his way, Jiang Xiaofeng encountered the Hilichurl camp with a Pyro Abyss Mage.
He suddenly wanted to test Porcupack's effect.
Although without power scrolls, the mutation wouldn't be very powerful...
Jiang Xiaofeng charged up to a Mitachurl and rolled!
The Mitachurl was completely unharmed.
"..."
Jiang Xiaofeng stabbed the Mitachurl to death with his spear, speechless.
Fortunately, he hadn't tried rolling to dodge those attacks...
With a few leaps, Jiang Xiaofeng stabbed the Mitachurls and Samachurls to death, then looked at the Abyss Mage before him.
"Who... are you..."
The Abyss Mage eyed the fellow before it warily.
He seemed quite skilled, but he definitely couldn't break its shield...
As it thought about this, the Abyss Mage grew bolder and began chanting a spell.
Three bird heads appeared around Jiang Xiaofeng and began spewing fire!
Before the Abyss Mage could rejoice, a spear thrust pinned it to the ground, killing it.
"Wh... why..."
The Abyss Mage struggled to look at the spear pinning it to the ground and asked Jiang Xiaofeng.
"Hmm... because you were blocking the way?"
"You!"
The Abyss Mage wanted to say that wasn't what it was asking, but it couldn't hold on any longer. It slumped to the ground and turned to ash.
"Oh."
Jiang Xiaofeng was quite surprised.
He had thought the Abyss Mage he encountered in The Chasm had turned itself to ash.
It seemed this really was what happened when these fellows died.
Hmm, Hilichurls are different, though.
Jiang Xiaofeng picked up the masks, scrolls, and horns scattered across the ground, then left.
"Even now, I still don't have a place to stay..."
Jiang Xiaofeng suddenly sighed.
He had completely forgotten that he originally went to Liyue Harbor to find a place to stay.
Instead, he had gotten into a fight as soon as he arrived...
Jiang Xiaofeng flew to the domain entrance, then left from the other side.
He saw the Electro Cicin Mage.
Jiang Xiaofeng ignored him and headed straight toward the back.
There was still a bunch of big radishes waiting for him there!
Jiang Xiaofeng soon reached his destination.
As soon as he passed through the ruined stone gateway, Jiang Xiaofeng heard a series of beeps.
Jiang Xiaofeng came to the central clearing and stood ready for battle.
Four Ruin Guards slowly stood up, looked at Jiang Xiaofeng, then crouched down.
A full twenty-four missiles flew toward Jiang Xiaofeng.
Without the slightest panic, Jiang Xiaofeng leaped into the air and slammed down hard!
The rocks thrown up by Ground Shatter blocked every missile.
Then Jiang Xiaofeng hurled Acceptance at one Ruin Guard and the War Spear at another, clenched his Hayabusa Gauntlets, and charged at one of them!
Jiang Xiaofeng leaped high and planted a kick into the Ruin Guard!
The Ruin Guard merely took one step back before steadying itself.
But Jiang Xiaofeng's attack wasn't over yet!
"Muda muda muda muda!"
Jiang Xiaofeng swung his fists wildly, smashing through the Ruin Guard's shell by brute force and tearing out the core inside!
At that moment, the sole remaining Ruin Guard that could still move leaped toward him as well!
Jiang Xiaofeng made no attempt to dodge and simply raised a purple shield!
The Ruin Guard was forcibly knocked back!
Jiang Xiaofeng activated Wings of the Crow, darted over to the two Ruin Guards, and pulled out Acceptance and the War Spear. He watched the one remaining undamaged Ruin Guard stand up.
"I'll use you to test it, then."