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

Suddenly, a dark mass blocked their path ahead, and Xiao Yi stopped singing.

Not far away, the things hidden in the darkness all looked at them, and countless points of light lit up in the darkness, like the dazzling starlight in the night sky.

However, these are not beautiful things like starlight, but countless wandering ghouls, who have now discovered fox spirits and demigods.

"How did the punitive expeditionary force handle the remains of the war maniac?" Yae no Miko questioned.

"Of course we just dug a hole and buried them. We can't exactly hold a funeral rite, can we?" Xiao Yi replied. "By the way, most of their weapons were very cheap and had no recycling value. Some weapons were damaged in battle, so we buried them with them."

“Well, it’s not good to blame you for that, never mind.” Yae Shinji explained, “Because of the influence of the evil god’s corruption, all the fallen war maniacs have risen from the graveyard, carrying broken weapons and intending to seek revenge on you.”

"I'm not good for fighting looking like this, so you'll protect me, right, buddy?"

"About a thousand or so?" Xiao Yi gathered his lightning power, "Let's unleash a wave of fox-riding and slaughter!"

He originally wanted to point at the halberd and say "big big big big," but after thinking about it, he realized that would be too silly. He decided to solve the problem directly.

He infused the halberd with lightning, instantly lengthening the already rugged weapon dozens of times. Last time he made a forty-meter-long broadsword, this time he made an eighty-meter-long halberd.

Xiao Yi swung his halberd forward with lightning speed, the light of thunder like a high-pressure water jet washing away the filth. Large numbers of the dark, monstrous corpses immediately disappeared. Xiao Yi then swung the halberd back, sweeping away countless more frenzied corpses blocking his path.

These corpses are different from the evil spirits; they are merely resurrected corpses without intelligence, making them particularly easy for Xiao Yi to deal with.

Before long, only a dozen or so of the thousands of ghouls remained, and the wilderness was clean and tidy. Xiao Yi also took the opportunity to experience the unparalleled joy of mowing the grass.

The pink fox galloped away from the wilderness.

……

The shadow falls down the mountain.

Thanks to the shadow's valiant protection, the samurai were unaware that Inazuma was in danger and continued to perform their duties as usual.

The patrolling warriors of the Heavenly Territory sensed something was amiss; something was rushing toward the foot of the mountain. They arrayed their troops to prepare for battle.

brush!!!

The high-speed fox stopped in front of the guards, the extremely strong winds almost overturning them.

"Lord Narukami!" The soldier leader stared in disbelief at the person on the fox. "What on earth did you ride back?"

"She is..." Xiao Yi was about to explain when the fox's tail, which had been sticking up, hit him on the head.

"I caught a thousand-year-old divine fox outside, that's right, that's how it is," he changed his story and made it up.

There was no time to chat with the soldiers. The fox carried Xiao Yi on its back and rushed towards the mountaintop to rescue the Thunder God, who was suffering alone from the corruption of the seven kingdoms' evil gods.

Chapter 76 Shadow: Kill me; Xiao Yi: But I refuse.

A giant pink fox carried Narukamiko over mountains and valleys, carrying the elixir, and quickly arrived at Narukami Shrine at the mountain peak.

They saw the figure standing before the divine cherry blossoms.

Thor's physical condition is not optimistic. At this moment, just like Xiao Yi when he was overworked, her exposed skin is full of cracks, revealing purple light spots of lightning element.

Despite her battered and broken body, her powerful will sustained her, allowing her to stand tall and withstand the corruption of the demons from the seven kingdoms.

The withering Divine Cherry, a goddess riddled with wounds yet persevering relentlessly, her beautiful face filled with determination, her long, flowing hair and lovely eyes radiating lightning, her slender five fingers tightly gripping the dream that connects her to the Divine Cherry.

Thor silently endured the pain in exchange for the chance to sustain Inazuma's life. This scene resembled a beautiful religious painting, exuding an invisible sacred atmosphere.

If any Inatsuma people were to witness this scene and learn the story behind it, they would probably tattoo the image of the Thunder God saving the tree on their backs, passing it down through generations to commemorate the great lord's contribution to Inatsuma.

The state of her close friend caused Yae no Miko to show panic for the first time in a long time. She even forgot that she was carrying someone else, transformed back into human form, and carried Xiao Yi all the way to the front of Shenying.

Xiao Yi thought to himself: Is this really the strength of a mage?

He broke free from the god's shoulder and landed steadily.

The fox arrived before the Divine Cherry Blossom, holding the golden elixir high in both hands. The golden elixir slowly floated into the air and approached the Divine Cherry Blossom, turning into dust and gradually being absorbed by the elixir.

"Shadow, let go." Yae no Miko's tone was slightly urgent. "We don't need to continue."

"How long can the Divine Cherry hold on?" Thor asked weakly, without letting go.

“A little over a day,” the priest replied.

At this moment, Ying pulled out Dream Heart and leaned back into Yae no Miko's arms. At the same time, Xiao Yi approached the withered Divine Cherry and observed the wonderful changes in this beautiful tree.

Bathed in golden light, the cherry blossoms began to slowly recover, their lush leaves and petals regrowing, much like a programmer on the verge of sudden death regaining his hair.

Unfortunately, the hair was temporary, only lasting for one day, much like a last burst of energy before death.

Thor struggled to get up, but Yae no Miko wanted her to rest.

Unfortunately, Rai Dianying, the strongest warrior in Inazuma, was now weaker than even his own familiars and had no choice but to stay obediently in Yae no Miko's arms.

“Since Shenying can only last for about a day, we must eliminate the evil spirit as soon as possible.” Xiao Yi squatted down in front of the two of them. “Most importantly, I remember the Divine Child said that the Great Serpent might be resurrected. How long will it take for it to be resurrected?”

After a moment's thought, Yae no Miko replied, "Orochi is just an empty shell now. Under normal circumstances, if it were to revive, it would only attack indiscriminately. However, now that the spirit and Orochi are bound together, the vessel and the source of power are very likely to have merged into one, with the spirit acting as the controller."

"As for the time, it will probably be a day from now."

Xiao Yi felt a terrible headache.

If you're facing a raging beast, you might have a chance to deal with it by using strategy. But there's another monster inside the monster's shell, and the nested layers double the danger. What's more, Miss Shadow isn't in a good state right now.

But then again, if the demon and the giant serpent become one, wouldn't the dream of slaying people be completely shattered? What exactly does a giant serpent use to cut people?

Xiao Yi shook his head, dismissing the unfounded associations.

He stared at Thor, whose face was covered in cracks: "Miss Shadow, how long will it take for your body to fully recover?"

Shadow replied, "Three days."

Xiao Yi then asked, "In your full state, can you deal with the resurrected Orobas?"

Ying paused for a long time before asking, "Do you want to hear a humble answer, or a truthful one?"

"No rush, take your time." Xiao Yi felt that Thor was a bit out of his mind and was starting to talk nonsense. "You can say both the humble and the truthful side."

"To be modest, I could barely kill the giant serpent." Shadow forced a smile and said sarcastically, "In reality, at my peak, I could kill the giant serpent at will. After all, it's just a corpse now, and its power is far less than that of the Demon God Aurobas back then."

Xiao Yi and Fox then realized that Ying had been playing a joke on them, and that her pause just now was because she was thinking about what to do next.

As for why they did this, it's probably because they saw the two were too tense and wanted to ease the atmosphere.

However, this is by no means the style of the film.

"I never imagined in my life that Miss Ying would make such a joke." Xiao Yi directly pointed out the problem.

"The usually serious Inazuma Goddess is finally starting to see the light," the shrine maiden remarked.

Ying smiled and replied softly, "Spending so much time with you two, I've picked up a bit of your sense of humor. If you were the ones who collapsed, wouldn't you do the same to avoid upsetting your companions?"

Yae no Miko forced a bitter smile: "But your sense of humor is terrible!"

While the two were trying to find humor in their misery, Xiao Yi racked his brains to come up with a solution, wondering if there was a way to quickly restore General Lei Dian.

Ying reached out and touched the fox's face, then turned to look at Xiao Yi: "I have a way to perfectly repel the resurrected serpent, and I'm not part of the plan."

"Is there really such a perfect solution?!" Xiao Yi exclaimed inwardly.

He racked his brains trying to figure out how to get Thor back to his strength to kill the giant snake. He never thought of a way to solve the problem without Thor and with the help of other people. It seems that his thinking was still too narrow. This was probably because the demon god was too strong. He always felt that no one could defeat him except for the shadow.

Since the wise Thor has come up with a solution, let's just follow her plan.

Ying stared at Xiao Yi, calmly proposing her plan: "Kill me, inherit my power, inherit my eternal land, repel the evil monsters and protect the people—I beg you, Xiao Yi, the survival of Inazuma depends entirely on you!"

Xiao Yi's eyes widened.

So that's how it is. Thor in his prime easily killed Orochi, and he could become the Kage in his prime by killing the Kage. But he had never thought of it that way.

He didn't want anyone to be sacrificed.

If the Shadow is not killed, the resentment of the evil spirit will erupt, and the giant serpent, the source of the evil spirit, will be resurrected. Even if the Shadow, as a god, can hide for two days to fully recover before killing the giant serpent, the divine cherry blossoms will wither and the demon god will rampage, resulting in heavy casualties among the people.

He opened the system panel and saw that Mingying was willing to entrust her life to him, but her trust value was only 66, which was completely insufficient to fight against the resurrected serpent.

Is it possible that the thinking of gods is different from that of humans, making it difficult for them to fully trust a person?

This is ridiculous!

Thinking about it another way, if I killed the shadow...

While Xiao Yi was deep in thought, the fox was puzzled by her best friend's words. She didn't know the truth about the system and wanted to scold Thor for talking nonsense.

Before he could even speak, Xiao Yi's deafening voice resounded throughout the Narukami Shrine, like thunder.

"Miss Kage, you want me to inherit the eternal land of Inazuma? But I refuse!!!"

Chapter 77 Thor will die, but not completely.

The scene suddenly fell silent.

Thor stared intently at Xiao Yi. Just as she was about to persuade him again, prioritizing the bigger picture, Xiao Yi pulled a rice ball from his pocket and stuffed it into Ying's open mouth.

This is food from the victory celebration banquet; I put it in my pocket and forgot to eat it.

"Ugh, ugh—" Ying initially wanted to spit it out, but then she noticed the rice ball had a sweet taste, so she started chewing it. "Mmm, mmm, mmm..."

Xiao Yi seized the opportunity to persuade her: "Miss Ying, listen to me. The people of Inazuma cannot live without you. What they need is a highly respected General Lei Dian, not some guy who suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Your survival is the foundation of Inazuma..."

"There must be a way to ensure your survival while defeating the resurrected serpent."

Xiao Yi fell into deep thought. Suddenly, he thought of something, and his tense expression gradually relaxed.

“I have three questions,” Xiao Yi said.

“You say it.” The shadow, struggling to swallow the rice ball, made a strange sound.

"First of all, the giant serpent will be resurrected in a day. By then, to what extent will you have recovered?"

Ying swallowed the rice ball and replied, "It can cut out a slash."

"Okay, second question, can you kill the giant snake with one strike?"

Without hesitation, Ying replied, "If it hits a vital point, it can render Orobas incapacitated. If it dodges the blade, it will never have another chance."

I see, the margin for error is very low.

Xiao Yi asked the final question: "Given my current abilities, what are the chances that I can distract the giant snake and kill it with a single strike?"

“Thirty percent.” The shadow gave a despairing figure.