The Weapon Master Shall Never Die Bare-Handed in Genshin Impact [342]

The little girl—or rather, Aku—was desperately trying to squirm out of Lumine’s grasp.

“Let me go!” Aku struggled.

But Lumine paid no heed and continued sprinting toward Liyue, holding onto her.

As she ran, Lumine spoke hurriedly, “You must’ve gotten separated from your family and ended up here, right?”

“This is Jueyun Karst… Sure, it’s where the Adepti live, but it’s still dangerous! The Adepti here are so lazy; there are tons of monsters they haven’t dealt with. If you ran into some Hilichurls, you’d be in serious trouble!”

“Just be good, okay? I’ll take you to Liyue to find your parents…”

“Some of the Adepti here are really hard to talk to—like that one with the one-sleeved outfit… Always bottling everything up, who knows what’s going on in his head…”

“And then there’s—”

As Lumine rambled, something felt off. Suddenly, her arms felt unusually light.

When she looked down, she realized that the little girl she was supposed to bring to the Ministry of Civil Affairs had vanished!

“Traveler! The little girl is gone!” Paimon exclaimed, panic-stricken. “Don’t tell me this is like that ghost incident at Wangshu Inn!”

“No way, right?” Lumine inspected her hands, her face puzzled. “But I could feel her! And she wasn’t transparent…”

“Hmm…”

Jia Changjiang, who had just caught up, frowned after hearing the news. Turning toward the massive Dragon-Queller Tree, he muttered, “I had a strange feeling about that place before… Even the last time we were here, something felt… off.”

“Wait—Jia Changjiang, don’t tell me you’re starting to sound superstitious too!”

Lumine gave him a skeptical look. “Still… who was that little girl, anyway?”

“She wasn’t a ghost, was she? Not that I haven’t seen ghosts before…” Lumine mused aloud.

“Doesn’t seem like it.”

Jia Changjiang scratched his chin. “I don’t know, but since we don’t have to take her back anymore, let’s get back to our investigation.”

With that, the two decided to move on.

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Meanwhile, under the Dragon-Queller, Aku had reappeared, her expression dark.

“Foolish mortals… Such insolence! They’re here searching for the ancient Geovishap?” Aku frowned deeply. “They even dared to speak of those Adepti… Are they followers of Morax?”

The mention of Morax and the Adepti seemed to stir something within her—an anger that she could barely suppress. Memories surged forth, and she gritted her teeth.

“Morax!”

“I curse you, you blasted Adepti!!!”

At the same time, in a teahouse in Liyue, the popular opera singer on stage was performing a captivating melody. Among the tea-sipping audience, Zhongli suddenly felt a faint itch in his nose.

“Speaking of which… the Lantern Rite is almost here.”

Setting his teacup down, Zhongli gazed out the window. “I wonder… if Xiao will also embrace the changes of this era.”

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Thanks to the information from the Adventurers’ Guild and their careful tracking of tremors, Jia Changjiang and Lumine soon located the ancient Geovishap.

It lay within the depths of an ancient ruin, its immense form nestled at the bottom of a large crater.

From the edge of the ruins, they peered down, their eyes widening at the sheer scale of the slumbering beast below.

Its size was staggering—so enormous that Jia Changjiang couldn’t help but think: This… doesn’t even feel like it belongs in the world of Genshin Impact.

But then he thought about Mondstadt and Liyue Harbor—both much larger than their in-game counterparts—and let it slide.

Compared to the regular Geovishaps and their hatchlings, the ancient Geovishap below made them look like mere infants.

With every breath the creature took, the earth around it quaked violently.

Even the elemental energy in the air was being drawn toward it, fueling its form. Not only did it radiate Geo energy, but traces of Pyro, Cryo, Hydro, and Electro flickered intermittently across its body.

“What a massive thing…”

Lumine leaned over the edge, staring at the colossus below. “Can we really take this thing down?”

“Why not? We’ve already prepared, haven’t we?”

Jia Changjiang surveyed the ruins around them. “I’ve never seen a target set itself up so perfectly for an ambush.”

He gestured toward the massive beast below.

“Right here…” Jia Changjiang pointed to the slumbering Geovishap. “This is where we’ll hunt it.”

“Just the two of us?” Lumine hesitated. “This looks like it’ll be tough.”

“No, not just the two of us.”

Jia Changjiang turned back with a smirk. “There are three of us.”

“Three? Where’s the third?” Lumine started counting. “It’s just you and me who can actually fight, isn’t it?”

“Nope.”

Jia Changjiang raised a finger, grinning. “You, me, and Paimon. Three.”

“What?!?!” Paimon’s eyes widened in disbelief. “Paimon can’t fight something that big! I’ll either get eaten in one bite or smacked flat by one of its claws!”

“Relax, Paimon! There’s a universal rule in this world,” Jia Changjiang said, his tone full of confidence. “Ground-type attacks don’t work on flying types!”

“What kind of nonsense is that?!” Paimon snapped, exasperated.

“Don’t worry, you won’t have to fight the Geovishap directly. You just need to help operate the mechanisms from above…”

Jia Changjiang’s expression turned mischievous. “In hunting, you make use of every resource available. Nothing goes to waste.”

“These mechanisms were specially prepared by the Adventurers’ Guild to handle this mission. With some help from Liyue’s officials, of course…”

Jia Changjiang rubbed his chin thoughtfully. “Ah, it’s good to have friends among Liyue’s Qixing. We should bring gifts for Ningguang and Keqing afterward.”

He grinned. “How about the ancient Geovishap’s head as a decoration? Sounds fitting, doesn’t it?”

Paimon groaned, reluctantly donning her small armor again.

She couldn’t help but feel her life was growing more dangerous by the day. The only silver lining? She might’ve gotten a tiny bit stronger…

From one-fifth of a wild boar to one-fourth of a wild boar.

“Alright, let’s do this!”

“Wait… no.”

Jia Changjiang’s grin grew wider.

“Let the hunt… begin.”

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