Genshin Impact: Rise of the Desert

Three hours ago.

Ivan and his team had finished their research and set sail, keeping each cargo ship 200 meters apart.

The boat swayed and rocked along the way, and some of the boats even stopped halfway, and it took a while to figure out that they had stepped on the brakes.

And so, a group of half-baked individuals drove to the northern beach of Yilongbu.

Ivan had intended to drive straight to the dock, but the beach was closer, and the people there were carrying loads of loot.

The ship was stopped, the ladder was lowered, and Esen's desert people eagerly loaded their spoils onto the ship.

"Hey, hey, you've got the wrong ship! This is for cargo, the rest are for people to live on!" Ivan came down the gangway, stopped the soldiers who were messing around, and directed them to put the cargo on the correct ship.

At that moment, Ivan also heard the sound—the sound of fighting.

Ivan couldn't help but look at Esen, who was leading soldiers to move goods.

Without saying a word, he flipped open the lid of a large wooden box in front of him, revealing the contents inside.

Sacred Mech.

Ivan and Yesen exchanged a glance, then Ivan jumped into the wooden crate and lay down on the sacred mech.

"Crack—crunch—"

The mecha was perfectly fitted, and silver needles pierced through the pores, penetrating deep into the bone marrow.

A golden light shone in Ivan's eyes, and then he leaped more than ten meters away, running towards Yilongbu.

Esen quickly took over command, helping a soldier move goods while shouting, "Hurry up, quick, quick!"

Ivan traveled swiftly and soon reached the mountaintop, looking down at Yilongbu.

All the desert soldiers were gathered at the dock, and countless figures moved about on the rooftops and streets.

From the mountaintop, one could already vaguely see that the houses were overflowing with corpses, pouring out of windows and doorways. Yet, people continued to rush into the houses, fighting the enemy in the confined spaces.

The desert men kept falling, and Ivan's pupils turned bloodshot as he watched. Every single one of them was one of his subordinates.

They trusted themselves and followed them across the sea.

Ivan couldn't help but roar to the sky.

With Ivan's roar, the glass jar containing water elements on his back suddenly injected all the water elements into Ivan's body.

"Crack—Sizzle—"

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah--"

As the water element entered his body, Ivan screamed in pain.

This time, the water element treatment was different from the last one. During the previous treatment, the water element was repairing the body, but now that Ivan's body was intact, the water element filled his body, squeezing his blood and causing Ivan to experience immense pain.

"Compared to the dead, what is this pain!"

As Ivan roared, he leaped from the mountaintop, unleashing his gilded power.

The gilding power began to operate, and golden light burst forth from Ivan's seven orifices.

The power of gold plating is to make the cells in the body emit high temperatures, evaporate body fluids to supply vital cells, and the enormous energy can even be manifested externally.

Ivan's body was filled with water element, and the energy from the evaporation of water element was far greater than the energy from the evaporation of Ivan's bodily fluids, resulting in a purer golden light.

Its dazzling golden color makes it almost like a golden warrior.

High temperature + water = evaporation.

The vaporization effect activated within Ivan's body, causing him pain while simultaneously coating his body with a golden glow.

Then, Ivan activated his immense gilded power and flew up, speeding toward the dock.

"Whoosh-"

With a whooshing sound, Ivan flew from the mountaintop to the dock in just five minutes.

The soldiers fighting on the docks all had their eyes fixed on the enemy in front of them, and none of them looked at Ivan in the sky.

Ivan saw it: countless desert people died at the hands of the Liyue people, and the Ars, a stubborn man from the Ryazan tribe, was killed by a bolt of purple lightning.

Arslan was not the first tribal chief to die on this expedition, but he was certainly the last.

Anger filled Ivan's chest, making his blood boil.

Ivan focused all the gilded power on his head, and the water element also gathered in his eyes.

"You are all courting death!"

With a roar, and with the help of the sacred mech, Ivan's gilded power was unleashed to its maximum, maximizing the efficiency of the water element in his body.

A roar caused the soldiers fighting on the rooftops and streets to look up.

They saw a tall, armored figure with golden light emanating from its nostrils, ears, and mouth, and its eyes spewing out extremely powerful jets of water.

Water spurted from Ivan's eyes as he bypassed the cavalry and struck directly at the Thousand Rock Army in front of Arslan.

At this moment, the rock elemental shield on the Thousand Rock Army was as flimsy as paper, and the armor and flesh were crushed by the rapidly jetting water.

Ivan's water flowed from in front of Arslan, all the way to the outside of the dock street, completely piercing through the Thousand Rock Army's lines.

Where the water flowed, a deep ditch appeared, filled with steel fragments covered in blood, flesh, and bone debris, as well as rock element crystals scattered on the ground.

Those who were hit by the water flow did not scream; they were killed before they could even react.

Under the flow of water, all beings are equal. No matter how thick the shield is, or whether one possesses the Eye of God, all will be reduced to dust by the impact of the water.

The battlefield fell silent instantly, with only the sounds of fighting coming from inside the houses.

"Hu-hu-hu-"

Ivan gasped for breath, stopped spraying water, and floated in the air.

Such a powerful skill also consumes a great deal of energy; Ivan could feel that the water element in his body was almost completely depleted.

at this time!

An extremely powerful lightning element struck Ivan.

"A shadow as swift as a sword!"

Ivan turned his head and saw a lightning shadow grow larger and larger in his eyes.

Then, Ivan's eyes were filled with water again, and the powerful water flow crashed against the raging lightning.

The two remained locked in a stalemate for less than a second before the lightning element could no longer hold on and was blasted to the ground.

It smashed through the hard floor tiles, continuously pressing the lightning elemental downwards into the ground.

Then, Ivan controlled the water flow to change direction, rushing towards the Thousand Rocks army's lines.

The desert soldiers were prepared and quickly made way for them, and the Thousand Rock Army also tried to avoid them.

late!

When Ivan's water flowed through the desert army, it didn't accelerate its movement, fearing it might injure any soldier. But when it reached the Thousand Rock Army's lines, the water flow suddenly accelerated, plowing through the already loosely packed lines once more.

Thanks to thorough preparation, some members of the Qianyan Army were able to avoid the impact of the water flow in time.

They dodged it, but not completely, and screams of agony echoed from the Thousand Rock Army's lines.

"Aaaaaah! My arm! My leg!"

"A demon! This is simply a demon!"

"Is he really human?"

"Lord Rock King, save me!"

Such a high-pressure water flow is so powerful that anyone who gets grazed by it dies instantly. Even those Thousand Rock Army soldiers who managed to dodge the water flow but didn't actually touch it still lost limbs just from being grazed.

Because of the armor, the broken parts of the armor compressed against the flesh, exacerbating the pain.

After unleashing this bolt of lightning to the center of the Thousand Rocks army's formation, Ivan ceased releasing the water. His water element was exhausted, and Ivan no longer had the stamina to activate the gilded power.

A deeper ditch than before appeared. Keqing knelt at the end of the ditch, planting her one-handed sword in the mud to maintain her balance.

If it weren't for the fact that she constantly used lightning to block the water flow while being impacted, Keqing would still be in a state where not a single bone in her body is intact.

After catching her breath, Ke Qing fainted in the ditch.

Several centurions jumped into the ditch and carried Keqing out.

The morale of the Thousand Rock Army had already been greatly diminished by Ivan's sudden appearance, and now that their commander was seriously injured, they had no will to fight.

Then, several centurions sounded their horns and retreated.

Ivan was also in bad shape. Using such powerful moves twice in a short period of time had left him exhausted and his muscles ached.

If Qianyan Army had fought desperately just now, it's uncertain who would have died.

Ivan slowly got up and watched as the Thousand Rock Army fought and retreated inside the house until they were out of the house and ran away.

The soldiers around him wanted to give chase, but Ivan raised his hand to stop them: "Let them run."

The surrounding soldiers stopped and looked at Ivan.

Riding his warhorse, covered in blood, He Zhong said to Ivan, "Boss, that person is Ke Qing from Yuheng Star. She killed Arslen with just one move. This villain must not be allowed to live."

Ivan waved his hand: "The Batters of Teyvat are like crucian carp in a river, you can't kill them all... Keqing, the Jade Balance Star, once killed more than two hundred Fatui officers during the Maelstrom's invasion of Liyue Harbor. It's understandable that she survived my attacks with such skill."

Then, Ivan looked at the horrific battlefield and sighed, "Find those who are still alive, take them away, and we...go home..."