"!"
Jiang Xiaofeng darted back, dodging the greatsword's slash.
He looked up.
So it was these two Black Serpents...
Jiang Xiaofeng was itching to try.
He was the Beheaded, after all. At worst, trying to possess these two guys wouldn't be bad either.
Jiang Xiaofeng never even considered whether things might go wrong.
The greatsword had already been pulled back.
It could actually split into several segments and swing around like a whip. That looked so fun.
Of the two Black Serpents, one planted a banner and the other wielded a sword.
Both began unleashing their skills.
Jiang Xiaofeng activated Tornadic Aura and charged.
Jiang Xiaofeng sat on the ground, desperately wanting to pull out a cigarette and take a puff to calm down.
The weapons and such from Dead Cells seemed absurdly powerful.
He examined the two empty shells lying on the ground.
Yes, these two Black Serpents' skills couldn't even break through Tornadic Aura's blockade. Instead, Jiang Xiaofeng had smashed them apart with a single punch.
And what lay before Jiang Xiaofeng now was this black armor.
What controlled the armor from inside was actually black smoke...
Although he knew these people were survivors of Khaenri'ah, it was still shocking.
What kind of power could turn living people into something like this?
Oh, right, I'm the Beheaded.
Never mind, then...
Jiang Xiaofeng stood and bowed to the two suits of armor.
"Thank you both for your contribution of cells, and thank you for sacrificing yourselves for others."
After offering those token thanks, Jiang Xiaofeng prepared to leave.
The armor was too big for Jiang Xiaofeng to wear...
Jiang Xiaofeng casually tossed the purple bead onto the ground.
Just then.
"Enough cells collected. System awakening."
"Scanning host's needs."
"Distributing rewards."
"Host has obtained 'Spatial Backpack' and 'Cursed Sword.'"
"System will soon enter hibernation. Please kill enough monsters to obtain cells and reactivate the system..."
"Huh?"
Jiang Xiaofeng was dumbfounded.
Not because the system needed so few cells to wake up, then went back to sleep so quickly.
It was because of the system's rewards.
"Cursed Sword? I'm not good enough to avoid every hit yet!"
The Cursed Sword's passive in Dead Cells meant getting hit killed you. In practice, any contact that caused damage meant death!
And in Genshin Impact, there were all sorts of things that could cause damage!
"Hmm?"
Jiang Xiaofeng took out the Cursed Sword and sensed a profoundly mysterious power.
He didn't know what that feeling actually was either.
Just... strange.
Then, as Jiang Xiaofeng read the Cursed Sword's description, he noticed a line.
"Can be placed in the system backpack to avoid the curse."
"Well, that settles it."
Jiang Xiaofeng casually tossed the Cursed Sword into the system backpack and prepared to head to the right of the Underground Waterway.
As he left, Jiang Xiaofeng "happened" to smash open that Precious Chest.
After taking the Mora and a Halberd, Jiang Xiaofeng left.
Following the spiraling rocky path to the very bottom, Jiang Xiaofeng had no intention of rescuing Old Chou either.
He would leave the rescue to that tireless Wayfarer. He didn't have that much free time.
Jiang Xiaofeng wandered around, killed a few Geovishap Hatchlings and Geovishaps, then skirted a whole lot of black mud for a while before finally spotting a red waypoint...
Wait, red?
Has the Traveler not come to The Chasm yet???
Was that earlier waypoint red too?
I'm screwed!
Jiang Xiaofeng suddenly didn't want to keep going.
If the Traveler hasn't come down, I can't get back up either!
Calm down, calm down...
Jiang Xiaofeng took a deep breath and calmed down a little.
After thinking it over carefully, he really couldn't seem to find a way back up...
He could only keep killing monsters to collect cells and see what the system would give him the next time it woke up.
These "modified" Wings of the Crow could indeed let him fly, but the modification wasn't too outrageous. They still had a basic cooldown.
It was just fairly short...
Still, that was also something he was rather worried about. He had flown up all the earlier rock walls, and the system's rewards hadn't included those runes. That made things tricky.
So for now, he could only wait and see what the next round of system rewards would be...
Without the Spider Rune, I can't climb walls.
He got straight to work.
Speaking of which, where are those Fatui who were nearly starving to death... oh, the Traveler hasn't come down yet. Maybe they haven't run out of ammunition and provisions yet and can still run around outside... pfft.
Jiang Xiaofeng suddenly wasn't pessimistic anymore.
He realized he had an advantage.
He didn't get hungry.
Jiang Xiaofeng activated the Wings of the Crow and flew east from the waypoint.
He remembered there was a strange tree root to the east.
There were definitely plenty of monsters there.
Based on his earlier experience, small Slimes provided one cell, while Hilichurls, large Slimes, mushroom monsters, and the like provided two.
As for those Black Serpents and that Abyss Mage... killing one yielded a whopping five cells!
Jiang Xiaofeng remembered that his current location was The Chasm's main mining area. Farther down, there actually weren't many minerals.
So he didn't know why those Treasure Hoarders were bold enough to go mining down there.
Jiang Xiaofeng went to that upside-down tree root, killed every monster that could spawn there, and left satisfied with his fortune of 48 cells.
He left that strange seed... untouched.
If the Traveler needed it later, wouldn't he be screwing them over?
Jiang Xiaofeng left the strange tree root and headed toward the outer rock wall.
He remembered that at the very top of the map, there was a tree of the same kind as the one on Dragonspine.
There were quite a few monsters there too.
As leisurely as if taking a stroll, Jiang Xiaofeng smashed open the purple doors, killed two Abyss Mages who refused to make a sound, and continued down.
Suddenly, Jiang Xiaofeng stopped.
He had suddenly remembered something.
Wasn't there... a special spot the Treasure Hoarders used to get back to the surface?
It was right around here!
Delighted, Jiang Xiaofeng hurried over from the other side.
Soon, Jiang Xiaofeng spotted the broken bridge.
Jiang Xiaofeng leaped down and happened to see a group of Treasure Hoarders mining.
"Hey, how's it going, guys?"
Jiang Xiaofeng greeted them.
"You made the wrong choice!"
He was greeted with indiscriminate attacks.
"Sigh."
Jiang Xiaofeng crouched down and looked at the terrified Treasure Hoarder.
"Weren't you just asking to die?"
The Treasure Hoarder nearly cried.
"Boss, we were wrong! We're just trying to make a living. Please be generous and let us off!"
Jiang Xiaofeng was speechless. Weren't you the ones who attacked first?
"Come with me to the surface. If anyone up there knows you, tell them to come rescue you lot."
Jiang Xiaofeng said.
He hadn't intended to kill these guys in the first place.
The first time had just been a reflexive stress response.
Hearing that, the man reacted as though he had been pardoned and hurriedly kowtowed in thanks.
"Enough. Hurry up. I hit a bit too hard. If we don't hurry, those unlucky bastards will be in trouble."
"Yes, yes, yes. Whatever you say, sir."
Jiang Xiaofeng was in a good mood and said nothing more.
"Finally..."
Jiang Xiaofeng stepped out through the iron gate, ignored the man running away, casually glanced at the red waypoint nearby, and drew in a deep breath.
"Mm... it's still mining-area air, but it's so much better than underground!"