Genshin Impact's Incense Burner Of Liyue [570]

“Heh, so that bastard was waiting for this.”

Beidou glanced up at the sky, then turned back to the massive sea beasts charging toward them, trampling over their own kind in their frenzy.

A wild grin spread across her face as the weapon in her hands crackled with lightning.

“Alright, boys!”

“Yes, Captain!”

Beidou pointed her blade forward. “Advance! Let’s go greet the big ones up close!”

“Aye!”

The crew of the Alcor surged ahead without hesitation, while the Millelith’s fleet instinctively adjusted their formation to cover them.

They’d all heard the legends of Beidou. They believed in her—the Uncrowned Lord of the Ocean!

With a booming laugh, Beidou launched herself off the ship. Her lightning-infused greatsword swung high over her head before she brought it down in a devastating arc.

“This is the power that split the sea and shattered the mountain!”

Thunder roared. Violet lightning descended.

With a single strike, Beidou cleaved a massive sea beast in two.

Surging electricity crackled outward, frying a whole cluster of monsters in the surrounding waters!

As the corpse sank, Beidou stomped on it for leverage, threw her grappling hook, and swung herself back onto the Alcor.

And at the very moment she made her move, every crew member on board reacted in perfect sync—unleashing a barrage of heavy weaponry from the hidden armory, wiping out any potential threats near their captain.

“Damn it, this is burning money! Every cannon round, every arrow—that’s solid gold Mora going up in smoke!”

The Alcor’s designated accountant, Qianyan’er, was nearly in tears as she watched the battle unfold from behind a few sailors shielding her. Her brain was already calculating just how much this was costing them.

Too expensive! This is robbery!

“Qianyan’er! Madam Treasurer! The left-side cannons need time to cool—do we have any spare weapons in the armory?!”

Su Ling, the ship’s head blacksmith, was busy fighting as well, so the task of overseeing their inventory had been temporarily reassigned.

Qianyan’er’s face did a complete 180 as she yelled back at full volume.

“Why the hell are you asking me?! Do you want to take responsibility for delaying the fight?!”

“The entire arsenal is open! Use everything! Blow those bastards to hell!”

“They dare invade Liyue?! I don’t care if I go bankrupt—I’m sending them all to the depths!”

“Hahaha! Don’t worry, Qianyan’er! Once we win this battle, we’ll get the Qixing to double the size of the Crux Fleet!”

Beidou wiped sea beast blood off her arm, but her gaze remained sharp as she eyed the still endless waves of enemies.

“There’s too many. Way too many. Even if we ran into an elemental sea current, this shouldn’t have caused such a massive swarm.”

“…Is this only happening here in Guyun Stone Forest? Damn it. I should’ve asked Ningguang for more details before setting sail.”

Her brow furrowed as she watched wave after wave of sea beasts rush in. “Six-Shi! What’s happening in the distance?!”

“Captain! There’s too many, I can’t see everything!”

Xu Liushi roared back—anything less than shouting would’ve been drowned out by the constant boom of cannons.

“But I can see more big ones coming in—they’re even larger than the last batch!”

Bigger than the last ones? That meant they were reaching the level where even with the Alcor’s full firepower and her own strength, it would take some time to bring them down.

If it were only a few, they could just focus fire and take them out. But not when they were still dealing with endless smaller enemies.

Their firepower wasn’t unlimited.

Beidou turned toward the signal officer. “Send a flag signal! Ask the Millelith about their weapon reserves!”

Before their ammunition ran out, they needed to start withdrawing. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be able to return to port without getting boarded.

Against this many enemies, their firepower was keeping them afloat only because of their fleet size and sheer force.

If even a few sea beasts climbed onto the decks and engaged them in close combat, the outcome would be disastrous.

Not everyone had a Vision.

Not everyone was like her—someone who had slain a sea beast this size even before she received her Vision.

She had brought her men out here. She would make sure they all returned home in one piece.

“…And you, where the hell are you?”

She cast a glance behind her, worry flickering in her eyes.

Ningguang had told her that Gu Sanqiu had woken up. But he still hadn’t appeared. Was he caught up in something else?

“Captain! The flag signal came back—their ammunition reserves are down to half!”

The sheer number of sea beasts meant all the ships had been firing constantly. The fact that they’d lasted this long was already proof of how well they’d managed their resources.

But it wasn’t enough!

“Pull back and tighten formation! Let the smaller ones through if we have to! We’ve held them off long enough—by now, the Millelith on shore should have formed their defense lines!”

Beidou made her decision instantly.

The invasion wasn’t limited to just their location.

There was no way an entire ocean had only one viable attack path.

And that meant…

Sanqiu is dealing with something else.

These sea beasts aren’t just wandering in randomly. They’re being controlled.

Either they’re meant to hold us here, or they’re trying to wipe out our fleet entirely.

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ROAR!

High above, a multi-winged dragon let out a devastating, sky-splitting roar.

A breath of howling turquoise wind surged down from the heavens, utterly erasing a vast swath of sea beasts.

“Heh. Same old tricks, huh? You really thought you could test two Archons at the same time?”

Venti plucked at the strings of his lyre, a playful smile on his face as he observed the sea below.

“I was just worried this might happen, so I dropped by to take a look. But to think you’d actually go through with it! Did you really think taking a longer route would keep you hidden?”

“Barbatos. What are these creatures? They seem to be coming from the direction of Guyun Stone Forest. What’s going on in Liyue?”

“What could possibly be happening in Liyue? Nothing serious, just a little problem.”

Venti resisted the urge to fire off a thousand Wind God’s Arrows toward Guyun Stone Forest. That kind of underhanded move?

Dvalin might do it.

But Barbatos, the esteemed Anemo Archon, had far too much class for such things.

“Anyway, Dvalin, I’ll leave this area to you. I’ve got something else to take care of.”

“…And where exactly do you think you’re going?”

Venti grinned. “Today’s Klee’s birthday! And Lord Albedo, the rich man himself, is throwing a grand feast! I have to go crash it, obviously.”

“Besides, I’ve got something to deliver to Klee from a certain island-loving nephew of mine.”

He tapped his chin.

“Now that I think about it… did that kid already predict something would happen? How did he even pull that off? Is that power inside him really that incredible?”

Venti fell into deep thought, completely missing the way Dvalin’s expression darkened.

“…Wait, no. That thing should only work in Liyue, right? Otherwise, the last time—”

“BARBATOS!”

Dvalin roared, his voice carrying enough force to obliterate another wave of sea beasts.

“You dragged me here just to leave me alone to deal with all these monsters while you go drink?!”

His enraged shout alone sent another shockwave through the battlefield, nearly obliterating even the ones that had managed to escape the initial blast.

Venti’s response?

A classic, carefree grin.

“Ehe~”

And with that, he vanished into the wind.

“Well then, I’ll be off! Don’t worry, Dvalin—I’ll sneak some food back for you! Trust in the love of your Archon, won’t you?”

“BARBATOS, YOU BASTARD!!”

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T/N: i wonder whats gonna heppen next chapter! im a bitch so uhhh cliffhanger

THE CURSE OF THE CLIFFHANGER!!!

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