Lu Bu, the Thunder General, is my adoptive father in Genshin Impact.

Xiao Yi hurriedly looked at the gap in the map, and after confirming the location, his heart skipped a beat.

"This is where our army is stationed. The core of the formation was ignited by blood a few hours ago."

Even if they were to refine the elixir now, it would be of no use; it would only turn Inazuma's sudden death into a slow one, unless they found the mastermind behind it and made his soul disappear.

Xiao Yi was extremely anxious, racking his brains to figure out who would do such a thing. Besides that madman Yi, who else would do something so harmful to others and themselves...

Think quickly, think quickly, no more people can die, think quickly!

While Xiao Yi was racking his brains, Yu Yinglu Xin finished his work.

sizzle-

The two treasures merged into a golden core, which floated toward his chest and eventually landed in his hand.

"Never mind all that, let's go back and reactivate the Divine Cherry Blossom!" Xiao Yi tucked the Golden Core into his pocket and decided, "If I'm any later, I'll become the God of Thunder."

The divine child nodded in agreement.

Just as they were about to leave, they noticed something was wrong with the inner core of the Mikage furnace; it began to flicker with sparks.

Xiao Yi thought to himself: Is it going to explode?!

whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—

Even more bizarre things followed: the inner core of the Mikage's furnace emitted a crimson electric light, resembling the gleam of a demonic sword. Then, a humanoid creature crawled out of the electric light, its posture eerily reminiscent of Sadako crawling out of the television in the Ring.

Through the red light, Xiao Yi could see the other person's appearance clearly.

Evil!

Is this some kind of clone troop production facility?

With a bang, the newly born evil spirit was launched and landed about ten meters away from Xiao Yi and the others, bowing to them as if the performance was over.

"What beautiful fireworks! Thank you for your contribution, brother." A demonic sword appeared in Sui's hand. "It's a pity he won't be able to see me slaughter you all."

The Eightfold Divine Child instantly attained enlightenment.

"So that's how it is. This is the truth behind the attack on Mikage's heart." She muttered to herself, "The demons rely on the power of the demon god to survive, while Mikage's heart absorbs the demon god's power..."

Yae no Miko looked at Sumire: "You've connected yourself to this furnace, and no matter how you're killed, you'll be reborn here. I have to admit, that's a very innovative idea."

(Miyajiro: Is this even possible? Let's beat her up!)

Therefore, the evil spirits that Xiao Yi killed and Miyamoto Jiro blew up were both Miyamoto Tsubasa. When it first attacked the factory, it used magic to bind itself to the core of the Mikage Furnace. This was the capital for it to roam around, and also the reason why the spellcaster of the magic array could not destroy it.

However, Miyajiro's sacrifice was not in vain; he at least managed to delay the time for refining the elixir.

"By the way, I become stronger with each resurrection." Chong gently stroked the demon sword, gazing at the pink fox woman behind Xiao Yi. "Because the power of the Chong God is constantly increasing and accumulating, I can earn interest from it."

Xiao Yi drew his cheap knife, which crackled with lightning.

"Then I'll destroy you and the Shadow Furnace Core together!"

Chapter 73 Fangtian Halberd, All Permissions Activated

"Protect the Golden Elixir."

Xiao Yi stuffed the elixir to save Daoqi into the divine child's hand, and walked toward Sui with the cheap knife in his hand. The purple light in his eyes was brighter than ever before.

"Are you going to die first? Actually, I'd rather kill that fox first." Chong stood still.

"Why?" Xiao Yi asked sharply.

The evil spirit's gaze did not leave the divine child.

"If it weren't for this troublesome vixen, my secret wouldn't have been discovered by my brother, and I could continue killing people as I pleased instead of going through all this trouble. But it's too late to say anything now, let things take their course."

"Let nature take its course? You should just disappear completely!" Xiao Yi cursed inwardly.

His intuition told him that this battle was not simple. The growth of the evil spirit after each resurrection was terrifying, and the second time it could even crush him with 25 trust points.

But now the fox must protect the golden core. If it recklessly joins the battle and the golden core is damaged, everything will be for naught, and it will have to fight alone.

"Divine Child, if I fall into a disadvantageous position, immediately switch to fox form and escape," Xiao Yi solemnly instructed. "Make sure to deliver the Golden Core to Shenying, at least to make things a little easier for Ying."

He vaguely knew what Thor was doing. If he could find a way to get Shenying back to work, Thor would be able to free his hands to personally kill the evil spirit. Once the caster was dead, the disaster would end.

Xiao Yi really didn't want to follow the path envisioned by Thor, to become the eternal leader of a nation for thousands of years; he simply couldn't accept it.

After all, Xiao Yi was still young and lacked a stable mindset, while the responsibility of being a god was simply too heavy.

He volunteered to sacrifice his life in exchange for Thor's survival, which can be considered a great deed for Inazuma.

The death of his elder brother, the opening of the magic array's eye, and various other trivial matters caused Xiao Yi to overlook a crucial point—why Ying dared to entrust the country to him.

Without giving him time to think, the evil spirit transformed into a crimson bolt of lightning and shot towards Xiao Yi, determined to sever his head.

Xiao Yi focused all his attention and poured energy into the cheap knife in preparation for the attack. Just then, an amazing accident happened, which even made the Divine Child widen his eyes.

As Xiao Yi infused the lightning element, the cheap knife shattered into pieces, which then immediately turned into ashes.

Cheap knife —

This is the item that has been with Xiao Yi the longest since he transmigrated. Long before he met Miyamoto Jiro, he had already scavenged this weapon from the battlefield.

As time went by, his tattered clothes were replaced with high-quality fabrics favored by the society, and even the ropes used to tie up his excess hair were updated several times, but his cheap knife remained unchanged.

Now it has actually been sacrificed.

Xiao Yi had no time to hold a funeral for his beloved sword, because he was on the verge of death, and the enemy's weapons were about to attack, but his own sword had already broken down.

Instead of worrying about the funeral of a cheap knife, think about your own funeral first...

brush!

A crimson, lightning-like demon swept past Xiao Yi and reached the fox. Naturally, Xiao Yi collapsed to the ground before being sliced ​​by the demonic blade, motionless.

"Your turn, fox woman," a deep voice came from behind the black mask.

Yae no Miko took out his imperial coin to prepare for battle, instead of fleeing as Xiao Yi had instructed.

It wasn't that the fox didn't want to run away; being rational, she naturally followed Xiao Yi's plan. But Narutoko fell too quickly, and she didn't even have time to react.

By the time they realized something was wrong, the evil spirit was already in front of them, and there was no chance to run away.

whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—

"I haven't dissected a fox yet," Chong excitedly muttered to himself. "Tell me, how many pieces do you want to be broken into? I will do my best to fulfill your expectations."

The goddess did not answer; she was calculating how to dodge the slash while simultaneously unleashing the Killing Sakura to counterattack.

Joyful laughter filled the entire venue.

"Hehe, hahaha, hahahaha..."

Just like the laughter of Iori Yagami, it didn't come from anyone else but from Xiao Yi, who was lying down like Captain Olga, having survived the attack of the demon sword.

Xiao Yi got up, muttering strange words that neither the Eightfold Divine Child nor the evil spirit could understand.

"I was wondering how Miss Ying dared to entrust the country to me. After I poured my heart out to her about the truth of the system, her trust level actually doubled to a full 50. I'm now Inazuma's Little Thor—who dares to kill me? Who dares to kill me?! Who dares to kill me!!!"

The increase in trust value is certainly not that simple. Explaining the truth about the system is just a catalyst. Xiao Yi's spirit of sacrificing himself to ensure the safety of the fox and the golden core makes Lei Shen believe that he is a good person who cares about the country and the people, and that he can entrust the country to him with peace of mind.

As for the sacrifice of the cheap knife, it was because Xiao Yi was too strong at this time, and the knife could not withstand his elemental enchantment.

Chong turned to look at Xiao Yi, who was slowly getting up, completely baffled as to what the guy was doing.

If you don't kill them the first time, then kill them again.

It charged at Xiao Yi in the same manner, intending to cut off his head with a single blow, but Xiao Yi dodged it by sidestepping.

"Too slow, too slow, it's as slow as a snail crawling on a slug!" Xiao Yi used his bizarre metaphor to humiliate the other party.

Before the evil spirit could launch its second wave of attacks, Xiao Yi grabbed its left arm, which was not holding a knife, his eyes flashing with purple light as he prepared to release his elemental power, attempting to reduce this evil creature to ashes.

sizzle-

A dazzling purple light illuminated the entire factory. The evil spirit's body trembled at a high frequency under the stimulation of the electric current, gradually decomposing into black mist and disappearing from the world.

woohoo-

The evil spirit swung its blade with all its might, but instead of cutting Xiao Yi, it slashed at its own restrained left arm. It jumped backward to prevent the other party from pursuing it, but Xiao Yi had no intention of pursuing it at all.

He continued to discharge electricity to completely destroy the severed arm. Then, the lightning was shaped in Xiao Yi's hand, transforming into a long-handled weapon that was both slender and rugged.

"This time, it won't be a hasty draw of the spear!" Xiao Yi shouted.

The fox, who had just calmly fought the evil spirit one-on-one, was speechless upon seeing this scene.

"It's a weapon made of condensed elements, and of extremely high purity," Yae no Miko commented.

After Xiao Yi fully mastered the power of lightning, he was able to shape more stable and durable weapons with higher lightning element output power.

He understood the principle that an inch longer means an inch stronger.

Just as a man must be long and large, and have a fierce, beast-like nature, the weapons he makes should also be like that.

"This is... a halberd, isn't it?" Sui, who had just recovered from the pain of the electric shock, stood up.

The dense purple light completely sculpted the shape, revealing the sharp tip with its edge fully exposed. Bold crescent blades flanked the sides, exuding unparalleled domineering aura.

A halberd imbued with lightning element!

Behind Xiao Yi, E Yao opened his eyes, and a circular ring unfolded around him. He now possessed all the authority of the Thunder General, but his total power was still less than that of the general.

Xiao Yi raised his halberd with one hand and pointed it at Chong: "Your demon sword often damages other people's weapons. Today I'll let you taste what it feels like to have your demon sword destroyed!"

He dragged the Thunder Halberd step by step toward the evil spirit, who was now at a loss and involuntarily moved backward.

Having always used reckless methods to eliminate troublesome spirits, it was forced to rack its brains for a solution, and finally decided to take the fox hostage.

But it overlooked two points.

First, foxes are not so easy to mess with.

Second, Little Thor and his halberd aren't that slow.

Chapter 74 Riding a Fox?!

Xiao Yi knew very well that the nature of the battle had completely changed since Miss Ying had placed her trust in him.

It's not a battle, it's just stomping on noobs!