"Well...it seems that King Gaoguta did nothing wrong. I think if I were him, I would be very sad. After all, I was wholeheartedly protecting my people and gave them a place to survive, but in the end, they despised me." Paimon frowned, with a hint of sympathy in his eyes.

She asked cautiously, "Did you kill him in the end?"

Wendy shook her head slightly, her voice tinged with complexity. "No, he saw himself deserted by his friends and family. He couldn't bear to hurt his beloved people, so he ultimately chose suicide. In his final moments, he gave all his power to the wind elf."

"Oh, how pitiful."

"So what do you think of him?"

Wendy gave a bitter laugh. "He's just a king with a low emotional intelligence. He only knows that he's doing this for the good of his people, but he doesn't know what they truly want. That's why I want to build a free country."

"I see. What are those crystal minerals? Shouldn't they be underground?"

Qin took the initiative to say, "I know this. The Wind God led the people of Mond to overthrow the rule of King Gao Guta. He then used his divine power to blow away the blizzard outside Mond and turned the mountainous Mond into a plain. This was beneficial to the development of the people."

Paimon was surprised: "Ah? Wendy, you are so powerful."

Wendy chuckled and scratched her head: "Hehe, no, that was my heyday. Now I'm old and can't do it anymore."

"But you don't look old at all, eh?"

Wendy pretended to be old and sighed: "When the heart grows old, the person naturally grows old."

"Wendy..."

"Hey, you really believe it."

Paimon said angrily, "Ah, Wendy! This is not funny at all!"

Wendy burst out laughing: "Hahaha, as expected, stupid Paimon is still the funniest thing."

Paimon said angrily: "Ah... I'm so angry! You are the God of Wind, even a hillbilly is stronger than you!"

Ying shook her head helplessly, wondering why Paimon could always be controlled by Wendy.

“qiaqiahqabhhdb.”

At this moment, suddenly a group of hillbillies appeared from nowhere and quickly rushed towards everyone.

"Ah, a Hilichurl!" Paimon screamed and quickly hid behind Ying, his voice full of panic: "Ying, there are Hilichurl! Protect me!"

"Uh..." Ying looked at Paimon speechlessly.

"Paimon, you really have a bad mouth."

A trace of embarrassment flashed across Paimon's face.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know there would be so many Hilichurls."

"Ah! Look out! They're coming."

After hearing Paimon's reminder, Ying looked at the Hilichurls coming to kill him, and without any hesitation, he rushed forward with his edgeless sword.

Qin looked at this scene with some surprise: "Why are there hill people in this place?"

Diluk speculated, "Could it be because our position has been exposed? Otherwise, how could such a coincidence happen?"

Wendy denied this: "That shouldn't be the case. I've already covered up all our auras when we came in. As long as we don't use elemental power, we won't be discovered."

"Wind Blade!"

Wendy: "..."

Wendy gave a helpless smile and said, "Well, it seems we have to make a quick decision!"

Then everyone joined the battle.

After several fights, Ying discovered the clue.

These Hilichurls are completely different from the ones we encountered before, and seem to be smarter?

She didn't know if it was her imagination, but every time she was about to attack a Hilichurl, another would pop up from the side and interrupt her attack. Moreover, when facing her attack, these Hilichurls would actually cooperate with each other!

You know, the Hilichurls don’t have that kind of intelligence!

"Everyone be careful, these hillbillies are a little strange!"

"Ying, be careful!" Paimon exclaimed.

As Ying finished her words, she turned around and saw a large hillbilly suddenly appear out of nowhere and attack her.

"Dang" Ying slid back a few steps before finally stabilizing her body.

"How could this be..." Ying felt incredible as she looked at the edgeless sword trembling slightly in her hand.

You know, this sword is her exclusive artifact. Since she woke up, no opponent has been able to shake it. But at this moment, just a large hillickler can make the edgeless sword tremble with one blow.

This, this is not scientific!

She had fought large Hilichurls before; while they were difficult, they were no problem for her. Why, why was the difference this time so significant?

Just as Ying was shocked, a large hillbilly rushed towards her. Ying had no time to think about it, and quickly dismissed her thoughts and rushed forward again.

After several fights, Ying suddenly discovered that this large hillman did not seem to feel tired, and the force of his attacks became stronger and stronger, which made Ying incredible.

The large hillbilly attacked again with great force, and Ying gritted her teeth to take it.

At the same time, just as Ying was in a tough battle, the situation on Qin and others' side was not optimistic.

Diluc, wielding his two-handed sword, was evenly matched against a large Hilichurl, and was evenly matched, with a slight tendency to win. However, the situation quickly deteriorated under the large Hilichurl's tireless fighting.

"Damn it! What's wrong with these Hilichurls! It seems like they never get tired." Diluk cursed.

"Diluk, can you hold on? If not, let me take over." Jean said while dealing with these ordinary Hilichurls.

Diluk gritted his teeth and said, "Of course!"

"Here, the verdict is pronounced!"

Diluk instantly released his elemental burst, and a firebird was cut out by him, killing the Hilichurls.

Wherever the firebird passed, large numbers of hill people were burned to death.

Diluk breathed a sigh of relief at this. This elemental outburst had taken a heavy toll on him. However, as he looked off into the distance, he couldn't help but feel surprised.

After being knocked down by the firebird, the large hillman stood up again in a strange posture, and a black and purple aura began to slowly emanate from his body.

"How is this possible!" Diluk looked at the scene with a look of disbelief on his face.

Even though his elemental burst didn't completely destroy the large Hilichurls, it shouldn't be completely ineffective. Also, what was that strange aura emanating from the Hilichurls?

Just as Diluk was puzzled, Venti explained: "That is the power of the abyss."

"abyss?"

Wendy said seriously, "Everyone, hurry back! Don't waste your energy! If you don't cut off the source of this power, even if you knock them down again, they will tirelessly stand up again."

When Ying heard what Wendy said, she took the opportunity to repel the large hillbilly in front of her and hurriedly retreated to Wendy's side.

Everyone gathered together with their backs to each other, looking anxiously at the large Hilichurls that were gradually surrounding them.

"Wendy, what should we do? Our attacks seem to have no substantial effect on them." Ying said anxiously.

Wendy remained silent, then took a step forward. The Sky Harp in his hand emitted a green light and slowly floated up. Wendy closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, the Sky Harp suddenly released a green impact energy, destroying all the surrounding Hilichurls.

Paimon looked at this scene in disbelief: "Wow! Wendy, what's going on?"

The green light in Wendy's eyes dissipated, and she returned to her usual calmness: "It's no big deal, but it seems that the situation is worse than I thought." Wendy said with some concern.

After all, they had just entered the Wind Dragon Ruins, and the situation had already developed to the point where he needed to take action personally. Later on, there might be even more powerful enemies waiting for them.

At this moment, applause broke out, and a voice was heard: "As expected of the God of Mondstadt, you can break the curse of our abyssal power so easily."

"Who!?" Everyone looked over quickly after hearing the voice.

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