Genshin Impact: Reincarnation as a Hilichurl

"Damn it, it was just a little bit close!"

Chongyun and Wang Chen watched helplessly as the dying Wuxiang Rock successfully extended its life and then regenerated four rock pillars for it to stand on.

Pillars, pillars, and more pillars. Chongyun felt very frustrated about this battle. Eighty percent of the time was spent on attacking the pillars. However, if he didn't attack the pillars, the Formless Rock would not remove the extremely solid rock protection, and if he didn't attack the pillars, there was no way to truly destroy the Formless Rock.

"It doesn't matter. The next time you enter the near-death state, there will only be that one pillar left."

"Ah."

During the conversation, Chongyun avoided the rock surge attack of the Formless Rock and rushed towards the pillar where it was with a two-handed sword. After just two slashes of the sword, it regrouped and flashed to another pillar.

"The old way, you destroy one and I destroy one, leaving it with nowhere to hide."

"That's all it can do."

The Formless Rock stood proudly on a rock pillar in the distance, firing out rock energy bombs.

Chongyun hid behind the pillar and let it defend himself, and destroyed it with his sword. Wang Chen did the same thing, constantly bombarding the rock pillar with explosions caused by thunder and fire overload.

After two of the four pillars were removed, the Formless Rock was still restless. It flew high up and injected huge amounts of rock elements into the rock pillars, causing the only two remaining pillars to continuously vibrate towards the ground, forcing Wang Chen and the others to stay away.

"What are you two doing?"

"What kind of monster is this... Spiced Salt? It looks so stupid, hahaha, even I can dodge this attack!"

Taking advantage of this opportunity, a ship wandering nearby came over to say hello, and there were even a few idle crew members who wanted to get off the ship and take a look, laughing.

Chongyun kindly advised: "It's very dangerous here, please don't get close!"

After hearing this, one of the young men with a ruffian-like demeanor threw a stone at the Formless Rock from a distance, but it was shattered by the earthquake wave as soon as it hit the ground.

"Wow! This is really dangerous!"

"So please don't come near."

"Don't worry, we'll just watch the excitement from here and won't get close."

After the earthquake ended, Wang Chen and his companions did the same thing and demolished the pillars of the Formless Rock despite the rain of stones from the sky.

"Now you have nowhere to escape!"

The ice and the fire pushed the Formless Rock into a near-death state, and together they destroyed the only pillar left of it.

The ochre-colored crystal core trembled and finally collapsed, dropping a golden stone pillar formed by a protective rock shell and a transparent but incomplete topaz block, the 'Tower of Mysterious Rock' and the 'Solid Topaz Block'.

"Phew~, I got it. Fortunately, I have this big sword of yours, otherwise I would be tortured to death alone."

"I didn't expect the Formless Rock to be so... I felt so angry." Chongyun took out a piece of packaged mint bubble gum and chewed it. The passion in his pure Yang body calmed down a lot. "This thing is much more convenient than ice cream!"

“Have portable packaging versions hit the market yet?”

"Well, the one that was just launched today—"

"Two guys! You are so strong, do you want to join us in searching for treasure?" The previous crew members came over quickly and made an invitation.

"Treasure? What treasure?" Although he was not greedy for money, Wang Chen was a little curious.

"Hey, you guys don't know yet? Look at the fleet near Guyun Pavilion. The news has been spreading like wildfire among the sea folks!

"Ningguang, the 'Heavenly Power' who has wealth, fame, power, and control over all of Liyue's commerce, has thrown her life savings into this Lonely Cloud Pavilion, as if to say: 'You want my treasure? Go find it, I left it all in the Lonely Cloud Pavilion.'

"All the fleets that were longing for this unexpected fortune gathered here. Even though seven or eight days have passed, there are still many people in this sea area, some even coming from as far away as Mondstadt and Xumi."

Chongyun frowned and said, "That's Ningguang's thing. Aren't you afraid that she'll cause trouble?"

A group of people responded carelessly: "If we find good stuff, we will just sell it to others. Let the buyers worry about it!"

"That's right! Once you get rid of it, it has nothing to do with us!"

"However, in the past few days, almost all the things floating on the water have been fished out, and the remaining most valuable ones have sunk to the bottom of the sea. It is too slow for ordinary people to explore. If you two can help..."

The ruffian in the lead made a money-rubbing gesture: "Want to cooperate?"

Wang Chen refused without hesitation.

Chongyun was a little angry, so he suggested, "Why don't you just return the things you got to Ningguang? She will definitely repay you, and you don't have to worry so much, isn't that good?"

"If I sell it to other people, in addition to the value of the item itself, there is also the extremely high premium brought by Ningguang's name. If I don't make big money but small money, wouldn't that be stupid?"

The crew members were stunned, all of them looked puzzled, they were all puffing their beards and staring, laughing, and some even looked at Chongyun as if he was a fool.

Wang Chen sighed, Ningguang sacrificed the Jade Pavilion for Liyue Harbor, but in the eyes of this group of people she became a gold coin generator, it was really... However, judging from the invitation tasks in the game, she should be aware of this situation, so it was not something he should worry about.

"Chongyun, let's go."

Without getting too entangled with the crew, the two men drove the small boat they had brought with them off the island and prepared to return to Liyue Harbor.

"No wonder this sea area is suddenly so lively..."

"In fact, if you look closely, some of the salvage ships appear to be government-owned, and Ningguang is also involved. But the Jade Pavilion is too big, so it's inevitable that some of them will be taken away by outsiders."

When they sailed out of the coastal area of ​​Guyun Pavilion, both of them realized something was wrong. The boat that had come to say hello was hanging around not too close nor too far away, and the boat's top power was only this fast, so it couldn't get rid of them at all.

After no other ships could be seen on the sea, the big ship accelerated and chased after them.

"It's not a good thing."

Wang Chen and Chongyun became more alert.

"Two brothers, are you really not going to join us in the treasure hunt? We can split the rewards 50-50!"

"If you keep chasing us, we will reach Yunlai Sea, but there is no treasure in Yunlai Sea."

"Hey, fire!"

The ship's camouflage was torn off, revealing a row of dark windows on the side. Fires were lit inside and the smell of gunpowder was blowing towards the boat.

The two men, who had been prepared, immediately abandoned the boat and walked on the ice.

"I didn't expect to run into pirates. I'll just eliminate you as a way to get rid of harm to the people."

Wang Chen grabbed Chongyun who was about to take action, and used the Wentian Sword to release more than a dozen wind blades to make a tentative attack on the crew of the ship. If they were ordinary pirates, these wind blades would take their lives without mercy.

But reflecting the sunlight, a mirror flashed by and blocked all the wind blades.

Chongyun's eyes narrowed. "There's actually a God's Eye holder who becomes a pirate?"

"I'm afraid it's not that simple..."

The opponent is most likely a combat hunter who has set his sights on Chongyun or his own combat skills. No wonder he came over to watch just now... and he has already consumed a lot of resources dealing with the Formless Rock, while the opponent is still in his prime.

"The enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. If all else fails, the best strategy is to flee."

"Run? In this vast ocean, where can you run to even if you have the eyes of God? If you can run, I will call you grandpa!" The ruffian young man who seemed to be the leader of the crew from beginning to end grinned, revealing his white teeth.

He drew his bow and arrow, and the metal arrow head flew towards Wang Chen with the arrow energy that distorted the air. He shot three arrows in a row, one after another.

It is indeed impossible to move on this sea surface, as the ice surface on which we stand is so small and has spread out, so we cannot maintain it for too long.

Swinging his sword to block the flying arrow, Wang Chen simply jumped to Chongyun's side. Although his target was focused, he didn't have to worry about the ice under his feet suddenly melting.

"Hmph! Guys, hurry up and take action!"

A group of people grinned, some took out crossbows, some took out muskets. These things could be used to resist with elemental power, but each defense was a consumption. When the opponent still had a backup plan, it could not be said to be insignificant.

Wang Chen used wind to stir up waves, and Chongyun turned it into an ice wall, temporarily resisting the pirates' frontal attack.

"They obviously came prepared and chose to attack because they were confident they could defeat us."

"It is indeed not appropriate to fight."

When the pirate ship set up cannons and blasted the ice wall with one blast, debris and smoke flew everywhere. In accordance with the law of "there is smoke but no harm", Wang Chen and Chongyun also flew up on the Wentian Sword.

"Hold my shoulders!"

The Wentian Sword did not retreat but advanced, flying to the mast of the pirate ship at a speed that the pirates had no time to aim.

"Three, two, one!"

A fire-wind-eroded sword was thrown down, and when it reached half the height of the huge sail, it was pierced by a huge ice blade, causing a violent explosion.

The sail was undoubtedly blown off in half, but the people on board were firmly protected by a semicircular barrier made of ice mirrors.

A man in a black robe walked out of the cabin. He raised his hand and summoned many fine ice needles to fight back. If it weren't for the fact that they were shining in the sunlight, they would be invisible to the naked eye.

"Hmph, let's go!"

Wang Chen became alert and quickly moved away before the ice needle came close.

"Boss, it's rare that you make a mistake in judgment." The ruffian bowed and seemed to be respectful, but there was a hint of mockery in his eyes and words.

"Repair the sail quickly, go back and continue looking for treasure."