Genshin Impact: Rise of the Desert

After it got completely dark, the infantry on the central island began to slowly move to the island, and the people on the island also began to go into the water, but all of them were out of range of crossbows and long-barreled cannons.

The cavalry also began to cross the sea, slowly approaching the surface of the water where the firelight could not reach.

Everyone had bloodshot eyes. The reason they were able to travel 300 miles to the border of Liyue in half a month was because they had no logistics and carried military rations such as meat floss, cheese, and compressed biscuits with them.

Just now, under the officer's orders, they finished all their military rations. If they couldn't take the city tonight, none of them would survive.

Ivan felt a pang of pity when he saw the soldier with bloodshot eyes.

But he didn't have much time left. Before setting off, he saw on the steam bird's report that the traveler Kong was heading to Sumeru with his retinue Paimon. If he released Nasita when he arrived, he'd be in big trouble!

At that point, Ivan's efforts will not only be in vain, but he may even be killed.

Because what he is doing is detrimental to the interests of the Xumi state.

Why did Nasita leave the scattered soldiers in the country? Wasn't it so that he could check if there was anything wrong with the World Tree? And what about Ivan? If Ivan died, Nasita could take control of the desert more quickly.

Ivan disagreed.

Why?

You've ignored us peasants for centuries, and now that I've finally achieved some success, you want to seize power? Besides, according to the plot, the desert hasn't changed much after Nasida took power.

Ivan needs to make a name for himself on this expedition, then reclaim the Thousand Valleys Desert and take control of the entire desert as a descendant of the Red King!

I'm not going to listen to Narcida. If she has the power, she won't leave the Palace of Wisdom. She hasn't even sentenced the great sage who imprisoned her to death yet.

It's totally over!

Moreover, when Ivan was forming the army, he discovered that nearly half of the chieftains did not listen to him. On the contrary, Klee, who had a conflict with him at the Spring Festival assembly, was extremely obedient. Fortunately, the junior officers were all Muscovites, so there were no major problems.

Ivan was anxious, so he set off for Liyue with only twenty days' worth of military rations, intending to bring everyone on board.

The old saying "once you're on a pirate ship" isn't without reason. Once you're on board, you have to obey orders, or you'll die if the ship malfunctions.

The same applies to the army. Normally, the military rations would have been enough for five days, but Ivan ordered that the amount be increased at each meal, so that the military rations were used up today.

You're all unconvinced, aren't you?

Then none of them should fucking live!

Ivan pinned all his hopes on this expedition; he had no choice but to either leave with a fortune or die a glorious death.

Anyway, I don't want to be controlled by Nasida!

Ivan looked up at the sky, where dark clouds filled the still sky but drifted away quickly.

"Akhmal, open your eyes! The advantage is in my hands tonight!"

He opened the wooden crate that had been pulled along by a horse-drawn cart, put on the sacred mech inside, and slowly walked out of the tent.

Desert dwellers consume wild animals, monsters, and dairy products for extended periods. Although they need tea to relieve constipation, an advantage they have is that they suffer from less night blindness.

Everyone saw the armor Ivan was wearing and erupted in excitement!

"Hermanubis! Hermanubis, the wisest of all!"

"This armor is so beautiful! It's definitely different from what I saw in the newspaper!"

"To be able to wear ancient armor, could it be that Chanyu is the reincarnation of Hermanubis?"

"Wouldn't Seno have to call the Chanyu his ancestor?"

The soldiers had seen photos of Ivan in armor in the newspapers brought by the Fontaines, but seeing a photo and seeing him in person are two different things!

Looking at the jubilant soldiers, Ivan unleashed the gilded power belonging to the Rurik family within him and roared, "My compatriots, my fellow countrymen!"

"How much wealth have those Liyue swindlers swindled from us? Over the past five hundred years, it's enough to build a new Eternal Oasis!"

"If we don't take this city tonight, we'll die! We'll beg our way back to the desert. And for the rest of our lives, people will point fingers and say we couldn't even beat a liar!"

"Is this what you want?"

The high-decibel sound could be heard even by the Thousand Rock Army a kilometer away. They gripped their weapons tightly, knowing that a tough battle was about to begin.

The sound was so loud that the desert dwellers nearby experienced a brief ringing in their ears after Ivan finished shouting, and had to cover their ears to hear what he was going to say next.

"No! I don't want to!"

The desert man raised his weapon high, staring at Ivan with a fanatical expression.

When Ivan unleashed the power of the gilded cloak, his seven orifices emitted a golden light, which was enough to show that Ivan had purified his bloodline to be close to that of a golden human.

The Chanyu has indeed discovered something good in the secret realm of the sea!

Every intact golden human can attract countless desert people to worship them, which is why even though Candice became a dog for the rainforest, no desert people bothered her.

In the entire desert, only Candice is known to have survived inbreeding and become a complete golden human. The rest are either golden humans or rusted gold humans with physical defects, and it is questionable whether they can even take care of themselves.

It turns out that inbreeding is really harmful.

Ivan stretched out his arms as if to hug: "Everyone, do you remember how that nursery rhyme went?"

"You can only become a man by killing a man, and you can only own your own house by burning down someone else's!"

"Go! Kill the men, burn down the houses! Because these things should have been ours! But these swindlers stole them, leaving us to struggle for survival in the desert for eternity!"

"Raise the dust! For the eternal oasis, like the flowers of Gül!"

"Go! Fight! Slaughter! Die! Let our victory bring a smile to His face!"

"Let us offer sacrifices to the King of the Great Crimson Sands!"

No sooner had Ivan finished speaking than roars of anger rose and fell incessantly.

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

The desert people used their free hands to pound their hearts. Led by the centurions, the infantry were the first to cross the sea, while the cavalry remained stationary.

With a thought, the jar behind Ivan hissed as the lightning element was injected into Ivan's body.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-"

A massive amount of lightning element invaded Ivan's body, and Ivan involuntarily screamed in pain.

It even spewed out large amounts of lightning element from its seven orifices.

Ivan desperately suppressed the lightning element within his body, attempting to cause greater damage by compressing it, but he could only suppress it for three seconds before it began to be released all at once.

With the help of lightning, Ivan's body began to float in the air, and lightning began to burst out from his pores. A huge amount of lightning raged in his body, and his bones and internal organs were clearly visible.

Some of the Thousand Rock Army had seen immortals display their power, but even immortals didn't have such a grand display.

As Ivan floated into the air, he drifted toward the Thousand Rock Army's position. Under Ivan's deliberate guidance, the lightning element within him continuously struck the sky, causing the dark clouds to thicken even more.

When Ivan was about 500 meters away from the Thousand Rock Army's position, he stopped in the air above the army.

Zhou Chen quickly gestured to his men to prepare to fire, and shouted at Ivan, "Who goes there!"

Ivan grinned, but his skin was illuminated by lightning, making it appear as if nothing was there. All the Thousand Rock soldiers could see were the flesh and entrails hanging on the skeleton.

When this indescribable thing grinned, it was as terrifying as the remnants of a demon.

"I am known as the chieftain of Moscow, the clever Nasreddin, the white horse of the desert, and the honored servant of the water god."

"I am the Shanyu jointly elected by the twenty-eight sacred tribes of Fuluoyou. I claim to possess the entire Sumeru. I once served as the Water God's Guardian and assisted the Grand Judge of Fontaine!"

"I am known as the Gilded Man, the son of Iron Horse Varisi, the grandson of the lame Toghtobuk, and the warrior who wrestles with death!"

"My two horses are named Runaren and Saren, meaning sun and moon. My two weapons are named Rurik and Borjigin, meaning hill and blue eyes!"

"As many directions the wind blows, as many ways death can take, so I have as many names for it!"

"That's me! Ivan—"

A strong wind blew, raindrops began to fall, thunder roared through the sky, and lightning illuminated the entire sky.

The dark clouds in the sky looked exactly like Ivan's face!

Ivan roared and raised his claws toward the sky.

A massive amount of lightning element shot into the sky from every claw of the iron claw!

"Barzebu! Hear my command! Summon the wind and rain! Command thunder and lightning!"

As soon as he finished speaking, countless bolts of lightning fell from the sky, mainly striking the long-barreled cannons, crossbowmen, and all the defensive structures on the city walls.

Where lightning strikes, high temperatures remain, but Zhou Chen's heart is as white as his face.

At this point, the Thousand Rock Army's most lethal ranged attacks were all disabled, leaving them with less than 10,000 archers.

The flag bearer's flag was blown away by the gale, leaving only a bare flag, and the officer's roar was drowned out by the thunder.

But no one ran away; they kept moving towards the city wall.

Either I die, or you die!