Genshin Impact: Rise of the Desert

Once he takes human form, he can no longer be called the True Lord; he should be referred to by an alias.

Xianyun and Jiehu gathered wind and rock elements in their hands respectively, catching the golden blade in Ivan's hand. The blade then separated their hands, pushing Ivan backward.

Seeing this, Ivan exerted force, and the two swords clashed.

"Bah!"

With a loud bang, Xianyun and Jiehu were blasted two meters away, smashing a bunch of furniture and leaving behind a pile of elemental crystals.

Using the force of the explosion, Ivan leaped backward and delivered a powerful kick to Hou Zhang, who had just transformed from deer to human form.

"Bang—crash—"

Hou Zhang was kicked with tremendous force, smashing a hole in the wall, and a pile of stones buried him.

Ivan turned around, brandishing his twin swords, and engaged Xianyun and Jiehu in battle.

Even when Hou Zhang himself was buried in rocks, he did not break the shields of his teammates and continued to supply them continuously.

Both Xianyun and Jiehu are cranes by nature, possessing incredible speed. Xianyun, being a wind elemental, is even faster. Houzhang's shield completely compensated for the two immortals' weakness of high attack but low defense. When Ivan occasionally struck, only sparks flew from his body.

"Ugh!"

Hou Zhang burst out of the rock, having stacked so many rock element shields on himself that he was no longer visible; only a figure emitting an earthy yellow glow could be seen.

With the unreasonable Hou Zhang joining the battle, Ivan's situation became even more difficult.

Under Ivan's immense strength, Xianyun and Jiehu had to turn around or flip in mid-air several times to dissipate the force after taking a single blow, while Houzhang didn't need to at all—his rock element shield was so thick that it even blocked physical attacks!

After a few more moves, Ivan seized an opportunity, threw his twin swords upwards, and then performed a side somersault kick that struck the hilts of the swords.

"Golden Spin!"

"Whoosh-"

With a whooshing sound, the two curved blades spun rapidly, striking Xianyun and Jiehu respectively, forcing the two immortals back. Then, a punch was thrown at Houzhang.

Hou Zhang, relying on his elemental shield, disregarded everything and used three acupoint strikes, which instead caused Ivan's blood and qi to surge, forcing him to stagger back several steps and crash into a wooden box.

The wooden box contained the sacred mech.

"Damn it, he's really troublesome!" Ivan cursed under his breath.

He was getting anxious.

Ivan knew that Morax had sent the immortals to stall him. Ivan could already hear the shouts of battle in the distance; the desert army was already locked in a fierce struggle.

I must act quickly and decisively!

Ivan stepped back, smashing the wooden crate, and then lay down inside the mech.

"Crack—"

The mecha moved swiftly, the silver needles found their way into the pores, and the internal parts of the mecha moved to remove the wood chips and dust from Ivan's body.

"Let's see where you're going to hide!" Hou Zhang had been hit twice by Ivan during the battle, and was now really angry. He overturned the wooden box and saw Ivan wearing a mecha.

Jiehu immediately burst into a tirade: "You son of a bitch, what is this?!"

Although Xianyun was an ambassador of the organization, he still needed to study it carefully to understand the purpose of a mechanism he had never seen before. Seeing the relaxed and playful smile on Ivan's face, Xianyun had already guessed that the mecha Ivan was wearing could enhance his combat power.

"Immortal's Deadly Move! Wind Gathering, Lone Cloud Returns!"

Xianyun rose into the air and threw the mechanism [Bamboo Star] at Ivan. [Bamboo Star] continuously emitted wind elements. When Jiehu and Houzhang came into contact with the wind elements emitted by [Bamboo Star], they immediately felt their bodies lighten.

Ivan only felt the stinging sensation of the wind elements brushing against his body.

【Bamboo Star】was just a small bird machine, which Ivan easily grabbed in his hand. The parts of his body not covered by the mecha were constantly being torn apart by pain.

"Hmph, do you know that [Bamboo Star] is a masterpiece created by this immortal with the painstaking effort of his entire life? It is a mechanism that combines cooking, skiing, cleaning, transporting logs, fighting, and healing. How dare you hold it in your hands? You are ignorant and audacious." Seeing that Ivan made no other move, Xianyun couldn't help but start boasting about his mechanism.

Ivan laughed, "This thing is far inferior to the mech I'm wearing. The things you invented are not even as good as a single piece of the Red King's mech. Your talent is only fit to smell the farts of my god Ahmar!"

"How dare you!" Xianyun shouted angrily. "Then let me see what use your mecha is!"

“Okay!” Ivan agreed, connecting to the glass jar containing the elements behind him.

The water and fire elements were used up in Fontaine, so the Hilichurl shaman Raka was asked to recharge them. By the time they went to Liyue, the elemental charge was not even half full, and the lightning element had already been used up. At this point, they only had the four elements: rock, ice, grass, and wind.

"Crack—Sizzle—"

The glass jar containing wind element was injected into Ivan's body, and a large amount of wind element surged into his body, which greatly increased Ivan's resistance to wind element. Ivan could no longer see the wind element emitted by Xianyun's mechanism [Bamboo Star].

Ivan continuously emitted wind elements from the pores of his body, creating a whirlwind that emanated outwards from himself, while blue light surged from his seven orifices.

Jiehu was horrified: "Oh no! Attack now!"

An attack? Too late!

Ivan crushed the Bamboo Star in one swift motion, gathering wind elements within his iron claws to form a wind field, causing all the surrounding debris to surge towards Ivan's giant claws.

"Gale! Heed my command!"

Ivan raised the iron claws, and the broken debris, furniture, stones, and even the beams and walls began to loosen.

If this continues, Ivan will have the hurricane in his grasp!

The three immortals immediately stepped forward, attempting to stop Ivan.

And this is exactly the moment Ivan has been waiting for!

Suddenly, he aimed his iron claw at the three immortals, and a massive amount of wind elemental energy, along with a host of other debris, rushed towards them.

The first to be hit was Hou Zhang, who was closest to him. The gale tore through all the rock element shields on Hou Zhang's body. He could only hold on for three seconds before he was knocked down and blown away by the wind element.

Jiehu and Xianyun were no match for Houzhang; they only lasted a second before being blown away.

The three immortals were buried under a pile of debris. Ivan gathered the wind element into his body, preventing it from leaking out. Before he ran out of wind element, he waded through the messy house and got out.

Stepping out of the door that wasn't even a proper door, they saw Xiao about to go inside. Dixia was lying on the ground with no obvious wounds; she seemed to have simply fainted.

Ivan sensed through the wind element that Dixia was corrupted by the karma on Xiao's body, causing her internal organs to fail.

What would be fatal to an ordinary person is nothing to someone with the Eye of God; they can be restored to normal in less than three days by simply using elemental nurturing.

Ivan glanced at Xiao, who was wearing a mask, then manipulated the wind element to soar into the sky and head towards the southern battlefield of Qiaoying Village.

Xiao glanced at Ivan, but didn't chase after him. Instead, he went inside to find his teammates.

Xiao, wearing a mask and surrounded by raging winds, had just entered the house.

The house, already ravaged beyond recognition by the three immortals, could no longer hold on.

Collapsed suddenly.