Genshin Impact: Dionysus reigns supreme, all demons retreat!

Jiang Xue casually lifted the fishing rod handle and slammed it against the bottom of the gourd, sending it flying back and smashing the head of the Water Hill Shaman.

"Was it an accident? Or was it a deliberate attempt to test me?" Jiang Xue frowned slightly.

Xu Ning has been wronged.

The Drunken Madness technique is designed to unleash its full power at full speed, leaving no room for retreat, when it is charging up for a burst of energy.

In addition, Xu Ning himself was in a "drunk" state when he made his move, which indiscriminately covered all living things within the attack range.

That's why that attack happened.

After all, he was drunk and accidentally hit one of his own people, so it's understandable... right?

Xu Ning was now completely sober.

This drunken frenzy completely dissipated all the alcohol buildup in his body at once.

Once the intoxication subsides, the person will naturally regain their senses.

"You know what, it's actually a good way to sober up."

Xu Ning stole a glance at the big boss and saw that he wasn't angry about the attack just now.

He immediately scurried back to Jiang Xue's side, put his arm around Bei Dou, and moved ten steps to the side.

Jiang Xue looked at him, holding her fishing rod, "Why did you stop? There are more to fish out."

Xu Ning admitted defeat without any hesitation, chuckling, "I can't beat that big guy in the back, so you'd better handle it, boss!"

Jiang Xue looked speechlessly at the stone lion, where a cloud of black mist had just emerged. Although it looked quite large, it had not yet taken shape.

How did this kid know so clearly that it was a big guy and that he couldn't beat it?

The black mist quickly took shape, and a huge combat machine with four mechanical arms emerged from it.

Relic Hunter.

These are extremely troublesome alien combat machines; whether engaged in melee combat or long-range artillery barrages, their power is terrifying.

Although the exposed core of its head makes its weakness very obvious.

However, once it enters a fast-paced combat rhythm, its four freely deformable mechanical arms are enough to keep you busy.

Beidou looked curiously at the large combat machine that was rushing out from the other side; this was the first time she had ever seen such a huge, moving, and attacking machine.

However, Xu Ning directly reached out and grabbed her head, pointing it at Jiang Xue.

At this moment, Jiang Xue turned to the two of them and instructed them, "Stand behind me and close your eyes..."

Xu Ning shouted into Beidou's ear, "Don't look at the monster, stare at this uncle, and don't blink."

"You need to know what limits this world can reach by human power alone, without relying on elemental forces."

Jiang Xue's hand holding the fishing rod trembled slightly. Why was this child so unpredictable?

Furthermore, I haven't told anyone that I've hidden my Eye of God and stopped using it.

How could he be so certain that I don't use elemental power?

However, he had no time to think of a solution.

The Relic Hunter's right arms had transformed into spinning spikes, poised to deliver a fatal stab.

Jiang Xue gently tugged at the fishing rod, coiled the fishing line around it, and then slowly lifted it up.

Although it was just a fishing rod that was being raised, in Xu Ning and Bei Dou's eyes, this slowly raised green bamboo was no less imposing than a colossal sword.

Just one sword... or rather, one pole.

The Relic Hunter was cleaved in two without any resistance.

Xu Ning leaned out from Beidou's shoulder and looked at Beidou's slightly open mouth in shock.

He laughed and said, "Shocking, isn't it? This is the real big boss of Teyvat."

Xu Ning then pointed at Beidou and shouted to Jiang Xue, "Boss, let me introduce you to an apprentice!"

“My younger sister is exceptionally talented, a martial arts prodigy rarely seen in a century. If you are willing to teach her everything you know, one day she will surely become famous throughout the world with your name and the sword techniques you teach her.”

Although Beidou blushed with embarrassment at Xu Ning's praise, her eyes were full of anticipation, showing that she also longed for Jiang Xue's swordsmanship.

However, Jiang Xue's words extinguished her hopes.

“I’m just an ordinary angler. I don’t teach apprentices; I just want to quietly wait here for the end of my life.”

"Hey, if you don't want to teach me, then don't teach me. Why make it sound so poetic?"

Xu Ning shrugged indifferently, rubbed Beidou's head, and comforted the wounded little heart.

"Don't worry, even without him, I can still train you to be the strongest big sister in Liyue. Come on, let's go play over there for a while."

Jiang Xue watched as Xu Ning, who had been boasting, pulled the little girl, whose face had brightened again, to play near the stone lions. After a long while, she sighed, shook off the fishing line wrapped around her fishing rod, and cast it back into the river.

"Are these monsters summoned by these lion cubs?"

Beidou stroked the few small stone lions, having already forgotten the unpleasantness of being rejected earlier.

Xu Ning circled the six lion cubs, noting that there was a particularly wide space between two of them.

"These little things must be squatting here to suppress the monsters below."

Xu Ning called Beidou over and pointed to the empty space between the two little lions.

"Look, no grass is growing here, which means there should have been a little lion sitting here before. But it may have collapsed or been moved by someone, losing its suppressive effect, which is why monsters have come out."

Beidou said "Oh," shook its little head, and ran off to find the little lion.

Xu Ning stood there helplessly, stroking his chin, wishing Xie Ying were here.

Switch to Geo Traveler, throw out a Starbound, and take the treasure chest—how great is that!

"Xu Ning, Xu Ning!"

Beidou stood under a huge rock and shouted loudly at Xu Ning.

Xu Ning thought there was some kind of monster over there, so he ran over at full speed.

"Look here, doesn't this rock look like a little lion?"

Xu Ning stared speechlessly at the stone that the Big Dipper pointed to, and raised the wine gourd in his hand.

"Don't you think it looks more like a crooked gourd?"

Seeing Beidou's little mouth start to pout, Xu Ning quickly changed his words.

"It looks like it, it looks like it, I'll knock it down for you."

Xu Ning held the wine gourd upside down, using it as a hammer to crack the protruding rock at its base, and then pulled it down.

Xu Ning rounded off all the edges and corners, then held it in his hands.

"You know what, look at it now, it really does look like a little lion without ears, eyes, nose, mouth, mane, paws, and tail."

Beidou happily took the pitiful, unrecognizable creature and ran to the circle of little lions.

It was placed solemnly and graciously in that empty space.

"Does this work...? Wow, it really works!"

Before Xu Ning could even complain, he saw the six little lions and the thing that looked like nothing tremble slightly. A wisp of smoke appeared in the center of the circle, and an exquisite treasure chest materialized out of thin air.

Beidou put his hands on his hips and laughed heartily.

"Xu Ning, you still say it doesn't look like a little lion? See that? This treasure chest is proof of my good judgment!"

Xu Ning smiled and praised the little girl's discerning eye, but inwardly he secretly despised his own rigid thinking.

"You found this treasure chest, go open it! But step back a few paces the moment you open it, so you don't get hit by what's inside."

Beidou nodded and reached out to open the box.

With a "bang," the first thing to pop out was a large, dark sword.