Honkai Impact

However, the boy and the other cavalrymen saw it differently.

"She...she actually shielded us from the wolf demon?! She's incredibly powerful! She..."

The boy was utterly shocked. Only then did the short swordsman on horseback remember what had happened.

"My lady! Pink hair is a unique hair color of the Yae clan! The one fighting the demon is very likely the current shrine maiden!"

"A shrine maiden?" The boy was overjoyed, not caring why this generation of shrine maidens had been trained so quickly.

"Quick! Let's bring those two little girls over first!"

"Yes!"

Just as the two were talking, a dark shadow loomed over the sun above them! It blotted out the sky!

With a whoosh, the wolf demon leaped over them, its front paws gripping the ground tightly. Amidst the billowing dust, the wolf demon burst forth from the gray mist, lunging fiercely at them!

The dazzling, strange crystal on the wolf demon's forehead was the last thing the boy saw before he fell unconscious.

Even as he lost consciousness, he couldn't understand how the wolf demon had managed to escape the shrine maiden and leap in front of them.

Chapter 54 Collapse Crystal

Yaeji shook off the bloodstains from his sword, his chest heaving violently as he gasped for breath like a bellows.

He relies on Blade Return, which makes him incredibly powerful in terms of explosiveness, but the stamina he expends from controlling Cherry Blossom Blizzard for extended periods is too great, resulting in limited endurance in battle.

Finding a clean spot, Yae Ji sat down on the ground. Yae Sakura, who had been observing from a distance, saw that the battle was over and immediately ran over with Rin on her back.

"elder brother?"

Yae Ji took a few more deep breaths. "I'm fine. Put Rin down and sit here. Go check on those people."

"Ah."

After handing her younger sister over to her brother, Yae Sakura quickly headed towards the cavalry.

Yae Ji then looked at Rin and, seeing that Rin's face was pale, said, "If you're scared, just close your eyes. You don't have to force yourself."

"Then... is that a demon? Mother is one?"

Yaeji was silent for a moment, then hummed in agreement.

"Brother! Two of these five people are dead, the remaining three are unconscious, and they all look to be injured. Also, two of the horses have broken legs."

Yae Ji took out a water bag from her backpack, took a small sip, and handed it to Rin.

Rin shook her head, and Yaeji put the sword away again.

He stood up, his legs trembling slightly. That bone-spiked wolf demon was arguably the most troublesome monster he had ever encountered. If his legs hadn't been still a little numb, the wolf demon wouldn't have been able to leap in front of those people.

He walked over to Sakura and patted her on the shoulder. "Go take care of Rin. I'll handle the rest."

Sakura nodded and asked, "Do you want me to help them apply the medicine?"

Yae Ji glanced at it casually, "No need, they're just minor scratches. If it's a fracture, no amount of ointment will help."

Yae Ji first went to the unconscious boy's side and found that the boy only had a broken arm and a few scratches on his face and body. He was relieved to find that the boy was not seriously injured.

The boy's angry roar was still vivid in my mind. Although it was this traitor who lured the wolf demon here, at least he still had a conscience.

She dragged him to the base of a large tree, and then went off to attend to other tasks.

After their initial panic, the horses actually stood still in the area and didn't run away, indicating that they were quite well-trained.

Some of the bolder ones even went up to the wolf demon's corpse and sniffed it.

Yae-ji immediately chased it away, who knows if the horse was attracted by a monster.

After dealing with the three unconscious people and the two dead bodies, Yae Ji drew Sakura Fubuki and began to attack the corpse of the Bone Spike Wolf Demon.

"Click~"

Use the back of your knife to smash the crystals on the monster's body, then put them into your backpack.

"Four shattered crystals? That's equivalent to those two blood wolf demons."

Yaeji clicked his tongue twice and stopped asking about the bone-spiked wolf demon's corpse. There were almost no wild beasts in this kind of withered forest, and besides, it wasn't realistic for him, with his small frame, to drag the wolf demon to another place.

After dealing with the wolf demon, Yaeji thought of something else.

The first clash between the two was only a few seconds long, but the wolf demon still chose to attack the cavalry, which means that the cavalry must have something good on them.

Something that could make a demon obsessed? Yae Ji thought of the strange crystal Daisuke had given him.

"They have it too?"

Yaeji was puzzled. He knew how powerful that thing was; it had turned Daisuke into a man on the verge of death.

But these cavalrymen didn't seem to have anything particularly wrong with them.

Yae Ji first touched the two corpses, and found nothing except some Shinano coins and one or two iron daggers.

He glanced at the unconscious boy and the short swordsman.

Yaeji rubbed his hands together and stepped forward.

Yae Sakura and Yae Rin, two little girls, stared wide-eyed at their brother's actions with confusion.

Touching and touching it.

Rin asked softly, "Sister, brother can't do that?"

Yae Sakura's eyes darted around, and after a few seconds she finally found a suitable reason for her brother: "Brother saved them, so it's not unreasonable for him to ask for some protection money, is it?"

"Is that so?" Rin remained skeptical.

On the other side, Yae Ji didn't care about what the two little guys were thinking. He was just curious and wanted to see if the thing was really as he guessed.

If it truly is a strange crystal, it's best to destroy something capable of mass-producing demonic creatures. If someone with malicious intent were to obtain it, it would undoubtedly lead to disaster.

Yes, that's exactly what Yae Kiyoshi thought, finding a perfectly righteous reason for her curiosity.

After searching for a long time, touching every part that could be touched, there was nothing special except for the token and valuables.

“That’s not right.” Yae Ji glanced at the token of Longcheng. Wasn’t this the largest city closest to Yae Village? He vaguely heard the short swordsman address the boy as “sir”, so it seemed that this good man had a pretty high status in Longcheng.

Yaeji quickly stuffed the tokens and valuables back into his hands, stood up, and looked away.

Due to the wolf demon's fierce impact, some things might have been knocked away.

Yaeji searched around the battlefield again and finally found a black box.

Pulling the black box out of the ground, wiping away the dirt from one corner, Yaeji carefully examined it.

The box didn't look like the sword case that held the cherry blossom snow. Sword cases are made of wood, but this one felt like metal, though Yae couldn't guess what kind of metal it was.

"Should we open it and take a look?" This thought kept swirling in Yae's mind.

After placing the black box on the ground, Yae Ji took two steps back, glanced guiltily at the three people who were still unconscious, and then drew Sakura Fubuki.

Swing your sword!

The unknown lock broke instantly.

Instead of moving forward, Yae Ji used the tip of Sakura Fubuki's sword to pry open the black box.

"Om~"

The faint sound was almost inaudible.

A crystal composed of dozens or even hundreds of pink cubes slowly rose up, and the energy source at its very center was emitting an energy that made Yae Ji wary.

A faint purple aura covered the entire crystal, and in terms of shape, it was almost identical to the one in the Great Assistant.

However, the crystal in the box had a slightly lighter purple hue, and Sakura Fubuki was not as excited as before, only humming softly twice, showing a little interest.

"This kind of crystal again? Why don't they control the demons? Is there some secret behind this?" A series of thoughts flashed through Yae Ji's mind, and her small hands gripping the hilt of her sword trembled slightly.

"Try again?" Yae Ji pressed down on the tip of the cherry-white blade, but just as the cherry blossom snow was about to touch the crystal, Yae Ji hesitated again.

After absorbing that crystal last time, Cherry Blossom Blizzard became noticeably weaker. If she were to absorb another one...

Yae Ji struggled internally, but before he could make up his mind, Sakura Fubuki seemed impatient and suddenly pressed down with her sword!

The tip of the cherry-white blade touched the strange crystal!

Yaeji took a deep breath, about to cover her eyes to prevent being directly exposed to the bright light.

什么都没有发生

"Tsk." To prevent any accidents, Yaeji sheathed his sword. The spirit sword made a few whirring sounds in its sheath, seemingly quite dissatisfied with Yaeji's decision.

"It's weird."

Yaeji circled the strange crystal, and a thought suddenly struck him as he thought of the shattered crystal in his backpack.

Chapter Fifty-Five: Male with Female Appearance

Since the backpack can store shattered crystals, it's impossible for the backpack to consider this strange crystal, which appears to be hundreds of times stronger than shattered crystals, as worthless.

Leaning forward, Yae Ji wanted to touch the crystal directly with her small hand, but the image of Daisuke's skin and bones flashed through her mind in an instant.

Stop, tear a piece of cloth from the corpse next door and put it on your hand before Yaeji dared to hold the irregular crystal in her hand.

This was the first time he had ever touched this thing. Before, deep in the canyon, he had personally witnessed Daisuke using strange methods to evolve two ordinary wolf demons into blood-red wolf demons.

As for what methods

"radiation."

A word popped into his mind, and Yaeji paused for a moment, sensing the unfriendly nature of the word.

Without observing further, he quickly put the smaller strange crystal in his hand into his backpack.

Concentrate, and a blue panel appears before your eyes.

Materials section:

One of the background frames changed to purple, with pinkish-purple crystals lying quietly within it.