Genshin Impact: The Road to Reversal

"Could this be a mutant?"

Mutants, as the name suggests, are monsters with special mutations, often possessing greater power than ordinary monsters. Therefore, everyone's faces instantly became serious.

"There are only three of them... I think I'll just step on the accelerator and run them over," said Karen.

"Don't be impulsive. The mutated monsters are not that easy to deal with. If we fail, we may not even have a way to retreat." Tianlang said seriously.

"What should we do? They are coming."

The three demonic wolves crouched low, growling deeply as they advanced slowly and oppressively towards the group. Their sharp claws dug up the dirt, raising clouds of dust.

The strength was unknown, so she couldn't get off the bus rashly. However, if she just sat there and waited for death, she would lose the best opportunity. Therefore, Kailin made a quick decision.

"It doesn't matter, let's fight!"

He pressed the accelerator to the floor, and the off-road vehicle rushed towards the three demonic wolves like a wild horse. The engine roared loudly, and the wheels spun wildly on the ground, kicking up a large cloud of dust.

"Karin, don't be impulsive!" Mo Yan shouted.

Woo!

The demon wolf in front suddenly reared up, its front claws transformed into sharp bone blades, and it lunged at the windshield at astonishing speed. Kailin instinctively swerved to avoid the blow, causing the car to tilt violently, the right wheel almost leaving the ground. She narrowly avoided the fatal blow.

But it was not over yet. At this moment, two demon wolves swarmed over from the back row and stomped their sharp claws on the front of the car, wearing out the paint and almost falling off the bumper. The front of the car suddenly tilted forward and almost overturned.

But the crowd had no time to care about much else, as the demon wolf attacked again, and this time they had no choice but to get off the car to fight the enemy.

Zi Xuan flung open the car door, condensed a ball of blazing flames in her hand, and smashed it hard into the wolf's face. The wolf retreated in pain, but another wolf took advantage of the cliff to pounce on her back.

boom!

Zhao Heng stood beside her, with the giant blade of the evil spirit appearing in his hand. By fighting violence with violence, he was able to easily block the attack.

Kailin showed her ring, and countless guns rose into the air, ready to fire. But in the hail of bullets, the wolf's fur deflected all the bullets.

"Fuck, do you have to be so hard?" She started cursing as soon as she opened her mouth.

"These monsters' fur seems to be specially reinforced. Ordinary attacks alone won't be enough to penetrate their defenses." Tianlang calmly analyzed from behind. "Kaylin, Zixuan, use the Blood Princess and Poison Spirit's credentials! Only poison and blood can effectively penetrate the monsters' fur now."

Zixuan and Kailin exchanged a glance and nodded simultaneously. A faint green light shone from Zixuan's fingertips, and the Poison Spirit Voucher swirled in her palm. Kailin then pulled out her pendant and transformed the Blood Princess Voucher into a scarlet dagger.

Utilizing the interaction between blood and poison, the two merged their powers and conjured countless blood-stained thorns. These thorns sprang from the ground like living creatures, instantly entangling the three demonic wolves. The barbs, a mixture of blood and poison, pierced their fur, emitting a hissing sound.

"It's now!"

Mo Yan and Zhao Heng jumped out at the same time. The demon wolves kept struggling in the thorn bushes, but before they could break free, their heads were chopped off one after another.

"Huh, finally..." Kailin leaned against the car door and breathed a sigh of relief.

The battle ended unexpectedly quickly. Everyone gathered together, panting, watching the wolf's corpse gradually dissipate into black mist on the ground.

"Strange, these monsters don't look like naturally mutated." Looking at the corpses on the ground, Tianlang stroked his chin and fell into deep thought.

"What do you mean?" Zhao Heng asked.

"It's very simple. Normal mutated monsters will leave behind physical bodies after death, but these directly turn into black mist and dissipate. And another thing is that the fur of these monsters seems to have been deliberately modified." Tianlang turned around and answered.

Zhao Heng nodded. "I completely agree with that. The feeling of the weapon chopping down on it just now was obviously very different from before."

"Indeed, it's like looking at pig iron." Mo Yan agreed.

"So I guess these monsters must have been deliberately transformed by someone and then released here." Tianlang said.

This sentence instantly caused everyone to be amazed.

"Transformed monsters? Are you talking about the Fallen Angel Troupe?" Karin asked in surprise.

But Tianlang shook his head: "It's too early to draw a conclusion. In Linglang, there are also tribes that control monsters and send them into war. They are called barbarians."

"You mean, these mutated monsters may be controlled by the barbarians?" Zi Xuan asked.

"It's just a possibility." Tianlang said.

Hearing this, Kailin said coldly: "Isn't this the same as not saying anything..."

Suddenly, the surrounding forest began to stir with uneasy sounds again: growls, whimpers, and footsteps could be heard from all directions. Everyone stood in a circle, their backs pressed together, alertly, as dozens of crimson eyes lit up from the shadows of the forest.

"No way, coming again?" Karen said in panic.

This time there were not only magic wolves, but also blood tigers, hounds, fire lizards, and even skeleton crystal beasts that no one had ever seen before. They jumped down from the slope and completely surrounded everyone.

"You must be kidding. There are so many?" Karen said in panic again.

"Strange, even if there are more monsters in Linglang, there shouldn't be so many monsters gathered suddenly, and now is not the migration period..." Tianlang said seriously and calmly while standing in the middle of the four people.

"Could there be another threat like the Deep Sinners around here?" Karen asked.

"Impossible! This is Linglang. Even the Deep Sinners who are good at hiding in space can't escape Lei Zun's 'electric grid'. Moreover, these monsters are all mutants. Even if the Deep Sinners' influence is too wide, it won't cause such a large-scale mutation. Not to mention that these are deliberately modified monsters!"

Furthermore, Skeleton Crystal Beasts are special monsters that mutate after absorbing excessive amounts of elemental energy. They usually only appear in areas with unusually high concentrations of elemental energy. The fact that they're appearing here in droves with other "ordinary" monsters is definitely a problem.

But what made everyone even more puzzled was that although the other party was numerous, they did not pounce on them immediately. Were they worried about something?

"What's going on with these monsters? Normally they should have pounced on us long ago." Karin asked again.

"Are you afraid?" Mo Yan asked.

Indeed, after all, in the battle just now, Kailin, Zixuan, and Zhao Heng used the power of three kinds of guardian credentials at the same time. These monsters may have sensed the danger, so...

Suddenly, a red ripple swept across the sky, like the electromagnetic waves released by a real radar. In an instant, all the monsters rushed towards everyone like crazy.

"Not good!" Zi Xuan held the certificate tightly, and in an instant, thorns rose from the ground, forming circles of protection around her.

The monsters rushed forward frantically, biting the thorns, and some tried to jump and climb. Even though they were covered with wounds from the thorns and were poisoned to death, it could not effectively stop their crazy actions. They were like puppets controlled by some force, completely disregarding their own safety.