"..."
Jiang Xiaofeng spread his dragon wings without a word.
Then he shot into the sky!
Jiang Xiaofeng flew toward Mondstadt City.
As he flew, Jiang Xiaofeng tossed all the Wolf King's rewards into his head to devour them.
Jiang Xiaofeng soon flew over Mondstadt City.
But he did not stop.
His target was not Mondstadt City, but the Anemo Hypostasis in the Stormbearer Mountains!
Jiang Xiaofeng felt he could not keep waiting like this.
Rather than wait for the plot to develop and take part as things unfolded naturally, he felt that sooner or later, continuing to muddle along and play along like this would bring disaster upon him!
So Jiang Xiaofeng decided to hurry and find power that could make him stronger, then find Dainsleif and have him take him to those ruins to find Aether!
Jiang Xiaofeng soon reached the Anemo Hypostasis's territory.
The Anemo Hypostasis, Beth, slept peacefully here.
Without a word, Jiang Xiaofeng took out the War Javelin and hurled it down, activated extreme speed, and instantly equipped Hattori's Katana on both feet!
The Anemo Hypostasis had only just been startled awake when Jiang Xiaofeng teleported over, forced open its inert shell, and kicked its inner core apart.
Jiang Xiaofeng kicked open the Ley Line Blossom and took the Hurricane Seed and a pile of turquoise stone fragments.
Jiang Xiaofeng tossed all of it into his head and let it be devoured.
Then Jiang Xiaofeng drew the Cursed Blade and stabbed it straight into the ground!
Jiang Xiaofeng said flatly, "Come on, let's have some real fun..."
The Cursed Sword immediately received the signal, sank underground, and began stirring up the flow of the Ley Lines...
Jiang Xiaofeng flew into the sky and watched everything unfold below.
A wisp of wind was caught by the Ley Line energy, growing larger and stronger at a visible rate until it became another Anemo Hypostasis, sleeping in the center of the platform.
Jiang Xiaofeng descended again and pierced the Anemo Hypostasis's core with a single thrust of his javelin!
The Anemo Hypostasis's shell did not even manage to defend it before it exploded.
With a wave of his hand, Jiang Xiaofeng put away the disappearing inert shell, kicking open the Ley Line Blossom as he watched the Anemo Hypostasis be reborn for the third time.
The Anemo Hypostasis revived for the third time...
Jiang Xiaofeng put away his javelin and swung a fist at it.
Wave of Denial!
Jiang Xiaofeng's strike sent the Anemo Hypostasis flying. By the time it recovered, Jiang Xiaofeng already held its core in his hand.
"Choose: let me devour this life of yours, or let me keep killing you until I have as many Hurricane Seeds as I want."
Jiang Xiaofeng spoke in a low voice.
Without much consideration, Beth chose to give up this life.
It could revive again through the power of the Ley Lines anyway. Getting this walking disaster to leave was worth it...
Jiang Xiaofeng dismantled the inert shell and put it away, then placed the core in his head and began devouring it.
Jiang Xiaofeng looked at the platform, where no Ley Line Blossom had appeared, and smiled.
Then Jiang Xiaofeng left.
The Anemo Hypostasis could indeed revive, but whether the revived Anemo Hypostasis would still be you was another matter...
Jiang Xiaofeng spread his dragon wings and rushed to the Electro Hypostasis's territory.
Following the same procedure, he soon acquired another power bank supplying an endless stream of Electro, then flew to Dragonspine.
There was still a Cryo Hypostasis...
After unlocking the Waypoint near the Cryo Hypostasis, Jiang Xiaofeng grabbed the Cryo Hypostasis directly and began devouring it.
He did not want to waste any more time explaining. He would just take it.
It was not as if he needed to ask their opinions anyway!
Jiang Xiaofeng soon devoured the Cryo Hypostasis's core.
Just as Jiang Xiaofeng was about to leave, an uninvited guest found him.
Fake Albedo, or rather, Durin.
Before Durin could speak, Jiang Xiaofeng said, "Soon. I'll be going back soon."
"Don't come looking for me anymore. I'll come find you when the time comes..."
With that, Jiang Xiaofeng went over to the Waypoint and teleported away.
He had no intention of paying any attention to the energy inside him.
As a result, Jiang Xiaofeng also failed to notice that some of the Cryo he had stolen from La Signora, which originated from the Tsaritsa, was slowly being absorbed by the Cryo Hypostasis's power...
Durin watched Jiang Xiaofeng leave without getting the chance to say a single word.
Then Durin went to the center of the Cryo Hypostasis's territory and looked at the violent energy of the Ley Lines gathering madly there, completely unlike the stable Ley Line energy of before.
"Just what did you do to make even the gentle Ley Lines this angry..."
Durin shook his head and left.
These problems were not yet within his ability to handle.
After all, he had yet to master all the knowledge he had obtained from Albedo...
Jiang Xiaofeng teleported to Liyue.
He nodded to Zhongli at the place where Tian Tie Zui told stories, then spread his dragon wings and flew east of Liyue Harbor.
Zhongli: "..."
Zhongli calmly took a sip of tea and let out a long breath.
Childe at the Northland Bank also soon received word of Jiang Xiaofeng's unusual behavior.
"Is he in a hurry?"
"Could he be planning something big?"
Childe did not understand.
Meanwhile, Jiang Xiaofeng had already reached the Geo Hypostasis's territory.
Jiang Xiaofeng raised his hand.
Cryo and the Vision's Hydro power erupted directly!
Terrifying cold swept over the Geo Hypostasis, freezing it in place.
Jiang Xiaofeng had yet to use up the Crystalline Blooms dropped by the Cryo Hypostasis he had defeated, so he used the Cryo from the Crystalline Blooms.
Because of that, he failed to notice anything unusual about his Cryo power bank...
Jiang Xiaofeng simply reached in, pulled out the Geo Hypostasis's core, and devoured it, then collected its shell and left.
After Jiang Xiaofeng left.
A rock crystal emanating dense Geo emerged from the ground.
"Has he gone..."
The rock crystal cautiously emerged, absorbing Ley Line energy.
"Luckily, the Ley Line energy passed the news along quickly. Otherwise, I'd have ended up like Beth and those other unlucky bastards..."
Gimel was still shaken.
Jiang Xiaofeng did not attempt to go to Inazuma.
That was because his current power was barely enough.
He was also worried that he might not be able to pass through the thunderstorms unscathed...
But for now, that did not matter much.
Jiang Xiaofeng teleported back to Mondstadt City and headed straight for the Adventurers' Guild.
"I'm looking for Dainsleif."
Jiang Xiaofeng asked directly.
Katheryne looked troubled. "Mr. Dainsleif... isn't at the Adventurers' Guild..."
Before Jiang Xiaofeng could speak again, Katheryne said, "However, Mr. Dainsleif left together with that Traveler..."
Jiang Xiaofeng nodded, then flew into the sky again and headed toward Wolvendom.
At the Knights of Favonius.
Jean looked at the report on Jiang Xiaofeng and waved a hand, her head aching.
"Forget it. As long as he doesn't do anything to endanger Mondstadt City, let him be."
Since Lord Venti had no intention of pursuing the matter, she could hardly intervene... though even if she did, she might not be able to do anything to Jiang Xiaofeng anyway.
Jiang Xiaofeng flew to the Wolf of the North's territory and looked down.
Sure enough, the Abyss Order was already there, and Lumine, Dainsleif, and Paimon stood in front of the Wolf King.
Jiang Xiaofeng dropped straight down.
Two Abyss Mages, one with a Cryo shield and one with a Hydro shield, along with an Abyss Herald.
Jiang Xiaofeng raised his hand, and eight inert shell pieces from the Electro Hypostasis appeared around him.
A magic circle appeared behind Jiang Xiaofeng.
Then-
Eight fierce bolts of lightning struck the Abyss Order below!
"What's going on?!"
Lumine was startled and immediately went on guard.
Dainsleif, however, had already spotted Jiang Xiaofeng.
Dainsleif looked up at Jiang Xiaofeng, only to see him raise his hand and fling something...
Dainsleif instinctively sensed that it was coming for him and immediately moved to dodge.
But how could the Cursed Sword's attack be so easily dodged?
Lumine and Paimon watched helplessly as the Cursed Sword stabbed into Dainsleif's shoulder!
"Ah!" "Aah-"
At the same time, several miserable cries rang out.
Jiang Xiaofeng had already torn the two Abyss Mages to pieces.
Only the bound Abyss Herald remained.
As for the other Hilichurls supporting them, at some point, they had already become a mess of flesh and blood scattered across the ground...