"Kill!"
Jiang Xiaofeng grew excited at the sight of the large group of Hilichurls in the camp. He immediately folded away his dragon wings and plummeted straight down.
Then he slammed into the ground!
Ground Shatter!
No matter when he used it, Ground Shatter remained the most intimidating move in Jiang Xiaofeng's eyes at present.
After all, simply leaping high and slamming into the ground could send spikes several meters tall shooting up. Who wouldn't be afraid?
Even Vision holders wouldn't dare take this skill head-on, much less creatures without special powers like Hilichurls. They were knocked to the ground one after another, their bodies impaled by the spikes.
Looking at the many Hilichurls still remaining, Jiang Xiaofeng summoned the Hayabusa Gauntlets onto his hands and charged!
One punch per Hilichurl; even a Mitachurl only took two. When he really got into the killing, Jiang Xiaofeng would even try grabbing Hilichurls by the head and crushing them outright!
Feeling the blood splash onto him, Jiang Xiaofeng narrowed his eyes.
Now this was the feeling he liked...
Jiang Xiaofeng savored the gradual fading of the blood's warmth, then looked at the remaining Hilichurls and Samachurls, who were already thinking of retreating.
"Why run? Look at this cell. Don't you think it's a beautiful work of art?"
Jiang Xiaofeng grabbed a cell flying toward his body and addressed the Hilichurls.
"You'll all become like this. Don't worry, your deaths will have value. At least you won't have to worry about Khaenri'ah anymore, right?"
As soon as he finished speaking, purple light erupted from his entire body.
Corrupted Power.
It increased his strength, but also increased the damage he took.
But as long as he wasn't hit, that increased damage became irrelevant!
Jiang Xiaofeng drew the Cursed Sword that had been hanging at his waist and watched the Hilichurls suddenly go berserk and attack him.
"Come on, then!"
Jiang Xiaofeng's first move wasn't to swing his sword, but to launch his head!
His flying head attached itself directly to a Hilichurl and began furiously devouring its flesh!
At the same time, Jiang Xiaofeng's "body" moved as well, swinging the Cursed Sword down at the other Hilichurls.
Hiss-
That was the sound of a Hilichurl's blood spraying out!
Squelch-
That was Jiang Xiaofeng slicing a Hilichurl's entire body open!
Crack-
That was Jiang Xiaofeng breaking a Mitachurl's bones with a kick!
Bang-
That was... all right, that was the sound of the Hilichurl his flying head had bitten to death bursting apart.
Jiang Xiaofeng slaughtered every Hilichurl in the camp, leaving the smell of blood hanging everywhere.
Jiang Xiaofeng tilted his head up, looked at the clouds gradually darkening overhead, and laughed. "It's actually going to rain? Looks like even heaven wants me to keep killing!"
Jiang Xiaofeng looked at the Hilichurl camp on another small tidal island. Just as he was about to head over, the system spoke...
"Cells collected. System awakened." "Searching for the host's needs." "Checking the host's current physical condition..." "Distributing rewards..." "Host obtained: 'Legendary Scroll of Power ×5,' 'Mutation: Barbed Tips,' 'Mutation: Absorption,' 'Skill: Wave of Denial,' 'Gilded Yumi,' 'Flamethrower.'" "The system will soon enter dormancy. Please kill enough monsters and obtain cells to reactivate the system..."
Looking at this round of rewards, Jiang Xiaofeng stopped in mid-step.
A Legendary Scroll of Power?
Didn't he remember this thing being called a Scroll of Power?
And it didn't have an attribute. Was that a change made for this world?
Once Jiang Xiaofeng took it out, he realized he had been wrong.
So a Legendary Scroll of Power was a scroll that increased all three attributes at once?
After some thought, Jiang Xiaofeng took out a scroll and raised it over his head.
A desolate sound rang out.
Immediately afterward, Jiang Xiaofeng staggered and nearly fell to the ground.
There was no helping it. The scroll came with far too much information, and it had effectively all been stuffed into him at once.
Brutality, Tactics, and Survival. Those were the three attributes.
Brutality simply strengthened his combat abilities and various fighting methods. It was like being able to grow more frenzied as a fight went on without losing all sense of technique...
Jiang Xiaofeng couldn't make sense of Tactics. It seemed intended for teams, or for methods of winning through skill or mechanisms when fighting alone.
But that wasn't much use in the world of Teyvat.
Jiang Xiaofeng's weapons couldn't be destroyed, but the mechanisms under Tactics all had to be made on the spot for immediate use.
And in the game, all those mechanisms could be destroyed.
Though they were certainly quick and convenient, they didn't suit Jiang Xiaofeng's identity as the Beheaded.
That was precisely why, when playing Dead Cells, Jiang Xiaofeng would rather trade blows with a rusty sword than run a purple build.
How could attacking from a distance and laying ambushes compare to the thrill of charging in and killing directly!
Finally, there was Survival...
Jiang Xiaofeng could only regard it as a collection of life-saving skills.
Hmm, how to parry from every direction, how to parry so that all of an opponent's attacks were sent back...
Tsk, tsk, tsk.
It looked like everything written on the scroll was someone's personal insights and experiences recorded long ago.
It seemed Tactics really was quite good too. Otherwise, it wouldn't have come with the most information out of all three attributes.
After some thought, Jiang Xiaofeng decided to give it a try.
If it really was useful, it wouldn't go to waste...
Then Jiang Xiaofeng discovered that all he could do was scatter caltrops...
"Huh?"
Refusing to accept it, Jiang Xiaofeng tried the method on the scroll again.
"For a turret, I recite this, blah blah... raise my hand and activate the scroll's power..."
Jiang Xiaofeng recited the incantation below as he raised his hand...
A handful of caltrops scattered across the ground.
Jiang Xiaofeng: "..."
Goddammit, he was done.
Jiang Xiaofeng angrily put the scroll away.
Maybe it was because he hadn't unlocked the turret, or maybe there was some other reason, but Jiang Xiaofeng didn't want to try anymore right now.
Scattering caltrops? How could something anyone could spot at a glance be useful!
Finally, Jiang Xiaofeng glanced at his inventory.
Hmm, at some point, his weapons, skills, and the like had been divided into three colors: red, purple, and green.
Things like Heart of Ice were exceptions.
The two Time Warps also appeared colorless.
Jiang Xiaofeng shook his head and exited the inventory.
For now, Jiang Xiaofeng set aside testing the methods described in the scroll's knowledge.
No matter how mysterious the knowledge and power in the scroll were, collecting cells still took priority for now.
There were quite a few Hilichurls in this group. He would soon have several dozen cells...
After some thought, Jiang Xiaofeng drew the Cursed Sword again.
But he suddenly discovered that the eye-like thing on the Cursed Sword had actually begun moving, looking at him.
"You're actually alive."
Jiang Xiaofeng had guessed that the Cursed Sword possessed self-awareness, but he hadn't expected it to have an eye, let alone come alive after he activated a single scroll.
Oh, he still had four unused scrolls.
Then he would first test how much of an improvement one scroll provided!
Ignoring the Cursed Sword staring at him, Jiang Xiaofeng charged toward the Hilichurl camp on the other side.