I'm in the Teyvat running group

A flash of light appeared on his enormous body, and the light of his armor shone brightly on his body. With just the shock of his landing, almost all the demons within a radius of ten kilometers were killed!

Even god-level demons were clearly unable to withstand this terrifying blow. Around Yi Xiaodaotian, almost all the demons were vaporized by this kick. As he continued to run around the battlefield, various buffs and combat statuses began to stack up wildly, and in an instant, he actually suppressed all the demons on the entire battlefield!

On the other side, a giant crocodile descended, wielding two double-headed swords. These two weapon-grade swords were wielded by Sobek like whirlwinds, instantly killing the god-level monster with a single strike, while simultaneously being purified by the terrifying elemental power within the swords.

The two fought like they were in a competition, charging left and right across the battlefield, bringing the entire battlefield into a state of silence.

Although Boheyura continued to unleash monsters, the battlefield experienced a brief vacuum for a moment due to the terrifying power of these two demigods.

Even if there were occasional loopholes, they were plugged by the other demigods.

As these demigods charged forward with all their might, the strike groups and fleets behind them slowly shifted their positions. A large number of anchor points and purification arrays were set up and purified on the new positions, and the few remaining monsters were instantly pulverized by the power catalyzed by the arrays.

"Wow, that's incredible... Is this the power of Liyue's first immortal during the Demon God War?" Leosley, directing the fleet's repositioning on the sea and watching the fierce battle between several demigods ahead, exclaimed to Siegfried beside him, "Theoretically, I could be considered on the same level as them, but in actual combat, the difference seems vast..."

"That's how it is with divine beasts. They are born with immense strength. Unless your laws are high enough to compensate for any shortcomings in your foundation," Sigwen waved her hand, speaking with no surprise. "Many of their laws cannot be cultivated to a very high level. Besides, isn't Rene about the same strength as them?"

“Rene’s strength isn’t here… but I really was once known for my fighting prowess.” Leosley sighed, arms crossed. “I don’t know how Yunxiu and Rene and the others trained.”

“I don’t know either, but I think it’s good enough to do our job well.” Sigwen took out a crystal plate from behind her and looked at the numbers on it. “At least for now, our casualties are under control. The Merus can now lead human students on rescue missions. The fleet’s strength is almost 100% intact.”

"This is also thanks to Master Yunxiu..."

"Who can argue with that? It's just a pity he doesn't like my cooking."

"Um... Petersburg also has its own chef, so let's not take his job."

"Then I'll make you one tonight, and you have to finish it all."

Leosley wisely kept quiet, looked at the battlefield before him, and began to direct the fleet to move to the position and carry out a new round of strikes.

He knew what kind of food Higewen had prepared since she offered to cook.

"The core of the battlefield has been shrunk from 50 kilometers to 40 kilometers, and the range has been reduced by almost 60%. If we can increase our firepower enough, we can increase the strike density to more than twice what it used to be."

"Moreover, this is also a good thing for the army, as there will be more rotations." Xianyun looked at the report in his hand and pointed to one of the data points, saying, "We can try to ensure that the soldiers can rest for one day out of every three days, so that we can ensure more continuous combat operations later on."

"How's the logistics?" Kaiyangxing asked, looking at the people present. "If the rotations are more frequent, then the pressure on logistics will increase exponentially, right?"

“That’s actually the smallest problem, because with a smaller battlefield, transportation is much simpler.” Xianyun skillfully handed over another set of data: “You can see here that most soldiers can get at least two days of rest as a result, and our casualty rate can be reduced by a lot.”

"Then let's do it this way. The only problem now is, how exactly is Yunxiu doing..."

Chapter 540 Giant Beast Unleashes, Immortal Slash

"Instead of worrying about Yunxiu, we should worry about how long we'll have to fight." Siegwen touched her hand, shook herself, and left.

Leosley shook his head helplessly and quickly returned to his command post. While shrinking the battlefield was good news for the soldiers below, as the battlefield was smaller, the attack density was higher, and the rotation was easier, it was not necessarily good for the commanders and support troops.

However, most commanders are at least legendary high-level experts, and with enough talismans, maintaining their energy is not difficult.

The first benefit of compressing the battlefield is that the strike groups engaged in high-intensity combat at the front can at least be rotated out and given about a day of rest before being rotated back with the front-line troops.

"Today was really... I thought I was about to give up, but I didn't expect the situation on the battlefield to turn around." Karl, who had just been rotated off the front lines, sat in the canteen, eating his daily ration of boiled blackback bass while chatting casually with his comrades.

"I heard that the problem with the ley lines has been resolved, so the pressure on the magic array has decreased, allowing us to unleash even more firepower. That's roughly it." Lin Yuan looked at the large loaf of bread in his hand, somewhat puzzled. "But this large loaf of bread doesn't seem to be any different from the steamed buns of Liyue. Why do you say that they taste better together?"

“That’s what the older generation says, at least that’s how it is in Fontaine.” Karl tore a few pieces of bread into pieces and threw them into his bowl, then quickly continued to chew. “After I finish eating, I want to get a good night’s sleep. I’ve been so tired lately, and I don’t know how we’re going to continue fighting.”

"I asked the seniors, and they all said that this war was actually fought much better than the last one... Of course, the enemy is also much stronger." Lin Yuan also tried a similar way of eating, and it was indeed quite good. He nodded in satisfaction and quickly finished his bowl.

The two lived in the same dormitory, and although they weren't in the same fighting group, they had become quite familiar with each other.

Especially after arriving at this battlefield, the strike groups were actually broken down into smaller groups. In the last flood discharge campaign, there were more than 60 strike groups with nearly 120,000 combat personnel and about 200,000 logistics personnel. This time, the strike groups were directly broken down into small clusters of only 400 to 500 people.

But that's actually what makes it terrifying.

Because of technological advancements, the firepower has not actually decreased; the firepower of a strike group is still just as strong, and the area it can cover is still just as large.

This time, there were a total of 1,600 strike groups, with a personnel size of less than five times that of the last time, but the firepower was increased by more than twenty times. Both the technology and combat power reached an extremely high level.

Moreover, a sufficiently small cluster brings an advantage: it is more flexible to deploy. The trade-off is that the logistical pressure increases significantly, but this is within an acceptable range—it simply means making the storage bags a little bigger, and the cost is indeed acceptable.

“Now a strike group only has four or five hundred people, and everyone has a clear division of labor, so it is indeed easier to fight than before.” Karl nodded and put his rice bowl on the recycling truck. “I just don’t know when this battle will end. After all, the flood discharge only lasted for half a month, and it has been almost twenty days now.”

"With Master Yunxiu's strength, that place shouldn't pose much of a threat to him. His shield can withstand a volley of attacks from the Jade Pavilion without any problem! As long as we withstand the pressure from the outside and wait for them to cut off the source from the inside, we'll have won this battle." Lin Yuan leaned back in his chair and let out a long sigh of relief.

"I'm afraid we won't be able to hold out."

"We have to hold on, even if we can't." Lin Yuan patted him on the shoulder.

"Alright, don't think too much about it. Get some sleep. We have to keep going tomorrow."

The two returned to their dormitory and went to sleep.

This time, even the dormitories have been upgraded quite a bit compared to last time—now they are all double rooms.

However, just as he had taken a nap and was having a pleasant dream, a sharp alarm shattered the tranquility of the camp.

"Enemy attack—! High-energy response! The war zone fortifications have been subjected to a frontal assault!"

"Everyone assemble! Everyone assemble!"

Lin Yuan jumped out of bed with a start, quickly put on his clothes, grabbed the talisman bag on the bedside table, and rushed out of the camp.

"What is that?!" The entire camp erupted in excitement, all staring at the enormous monster in the distance, which seemed to pierce the sky.

A pitch-black crack slowly opened in some unknown crevice, and the monster only poked its head out, yet it far exceeded most people's expectations!

Its enormous head was covered with a strange, stone-like carapace, resembling cooled lava, and its six pairs of compound eyes gleamed crimson in the darkness.

With each breath it took, it stirred up vortexes of air around it, carrying the aura of the abyss. The terrifying attack from the Jade Pavilion had little effect on it. That was a terrifying attack that could annihilate a god-level demon in one strike. Even a legendary peak expert would not be able to withstand it so easily!

The four second-generation Qunyuges that were being deployed in the air began to converge, their cannons flashing with blinding light, indicating that they were about to launch a full-scale attack.

Terrifying energy converged from the magic array, and a huge beam of light, hundreds of meters thick, slammed directly into the monster's head. Its carapace shattered, revealing the twisted tissue inside. However, the monster itself did not suffer much damage. Instead, it seemed to be enraged and went berserk, struggling to squeeze out of the crack.

"It's a monster that has never been recorded before. What is it?" The mech unit patrolling the battlefield launched an attack under the leadership of Xiaogong, but it didn't have much effect. Even the divine-grade longswords in the hands of the elite pilots could only make a small cut and could not cause any substantial damage.

His terrifying power far surpassed that of any monsters anyone had ever seen. Even monsters that were said to be god-level were practically like children compared to him!

"Judging solely from the energy index, it's already not much different from Gustott's. This is not an opponent we can handle. Please, Lord Li Qinglian!"

A figure floated down from the sky, transforming into a sword light, and landed directly in front of the demon.

He wielded a long sword and shot out like a streak of light, slicing off most of the monster's carapace in just a moment, yet the monster continued to move forward.

Finally, it emerged from the crevice, which instantly closed. Li Qinglian's sword light flashed back and forth across the demon's body, each strike as powerful as the combined attack of a Qunyu Pavilion. In less than a minute, the entire demon collapsed.

However, this was not the end. His body suddenly split open, and a huge amount of demonic creatures poured out of his body, making everyone feel disgusted and their scalps tingle.

Fortunately, the intensity was still within the army's tolerance range and was quickly extinguished.

Over the next period of time, dozens of such terrifying large monsters appeared one after another. Each one had to be killed by a top-level demigod who was in charge before the clearing out of the monsters inside could begin.

The continuous attacks put enormous pressure on the front lines. Although they eventually held on, a few monsters still managed to break through the blockade. Fortunately, they were caught up and killed by the patrolling mech forces, thus preventing huge casualties.

However, as the firepower suppression continued and all the troops gradually became more proficient, everything from compressing the battlefield and striking to rotation and replenishment became smoother. On the twenty-fourth day, the battlefield was finally compressed to a radius of about thirty kilometers, which was much smaller than before.

Except for this last area, the abyssal pollution in Teyvat has almost completely disappeared, but this last bit of pollution has plagued the entire Teyvat for thousands of years.

As the war progressed, the changes in the world were very clear to the Teyvats. As the pressure from the False Heaven decreased, the pressure on the world also decreased significantly. Everyone could feel their shackles being gradually removed, and the whole world became clearer.

Those who didn't know which way to go in Genshin Impact have now grasped its true essence.

Those who were once stuck at the threshold of legend and didn't know how to move forward have now come to understand the path to legend.

The flow of elemental forces became more normal, the fluctuations of elemental energy gradually became less violent, layers of laws were opened, and streams of energy gradually began to converge towards the center of the world.

Even the laws of space are gradually being repaired, the power of the spatial anchor array is becoming stronger, teleportation and spatial spells are being used more smoothly, and storage bags are becoming more stable.

As the abyss was cleansed, the pressure on the false heavens decreased, and the world's order gradually stabilized. The raging elemental forces and space were gradually stabilizing and repairing themselves, making this the closest Teyvat had ever come to its true future.

As the tides turned, the pressure of war on the front lines began to ease, and the resulting sense of conviction strengthened their resolve to continue fighting. This, in turn, reinforced the order of Teyvat, and the power of this order further enhanced Yunxiu's strength.

“It’s clear that our efforts here are meaningful. At least, the pressure from the outside should have been reduced a lot.” Feeling her power increase further, Yunxiu smiled as she looked at the massive cocoons around her in the center of Poheyura. “Although the pressure on us here has increased considerably, and we haven’t found the key core yet… but, in any case, it is indeed meaningful.”

“I think we shouldn’t focus on the outside for now… At least there are enough trump cards left outside, and… haven’t we always won after making so many prophetic spells?” Ying sighed, looking at the cocoons and aura around her, holding her sword. “Who knows where the real core of this place is, or where Fanes has hidden the key things? Why don’t we start from Sky Island?”

“Defeating Fanes is pointless, killing him isn’t much more meaningful, and the one on Sky Island might not even be in his current body.” Yunxiu glanced around. “We must solve this problem on the foundation of the world; at the very least, we must find the core of the Abyss, which is…”

"Where exactly did Fanes come from, using divine planning to completely dispel the abyss?"

"Only by finding that point can we crack this door."

Chapter 541 The Abyss Core: The First Dragon Appears

"If the divine plan is meaningless, then where exactly did Fanes' approach go wrong from the very beginning?"

“If you really have to say where he went wrong, it’s probably from the very beginning when he planned to reshape this world…” Yunxiu swung his sword, and the cocoon that he had just checked and found to be empty was completely smashed again. He smiled and said, “Even in terms of the adaptability of the world as a whole… humans are not actually that fragile.”

"If there are humans who can adapt to the power of the Void Realm, then there are naturally humans who can adapt to the power of the Light Realm. In my opinion, once these two powers reach a certain level of purity, there is not much difference between them."

"However, historically speaking, the power of the light realm is indeed more adaptable than the power of the void realm, at least when traveling in the universe."

"I don't know much about history..."

"Didn't you say you attended a 'university' in another world? And even had a master's degree?" Ying glanced at him. "And here you're a God of Magic too."

“You’re right, but I studied engineering control… a completely unrelated major.” Yunxiu sighed helplessly. “Besides, history is a subject that often has nothing to do with intelligence and ability, but rather a very special kind of insight. I had a roommate who studied history, but unfortunately Xu Xing didn’t travel here.”

It's rare to see you say the word "pity" to others.

"Because he's much stronger than me, I just don't know where my good brother went in time travel."

"The universe is so vast, perhaps you will meet one day." Ying didn't care about the topic of time travel, after all, if Yunxiu's time travel was arranged, then even if his good friends who played tabletop role-playing games with him encountered the same accident, they would most likely be properly taken care of.

"We don't know when that will happen, maybe it'll be in another universe," Yunxiu sighed.

He knew that there was more than one universe, because he had been to Star Iron's universe. If it were in another universe, he and Xu Xing would not know how long it would take to meet again.

But that's not necessarily true...

After all, the existence of a cosmic passage means that someone is capable of it. All I need to do is cultivate for a while longer, so it's not entirely hopeless.

"Have the others been found?"

"No."

Looking at the dense array of cocoons in front of her, Yunxiu smiled bitterly and said, "We've destroyed at least a million of them over the past few days, and there's still no result."

“Even a demigod with a perception-based ability can’t find that thing here, since it’s purely a conceptual creation.” Ying swung her sword and instantly killed two more. “Besides, there are very few demigods with a defensive ability, very few gods with defensive capabilities, and even fewer who can sustain a long battle here. Didn’t we only send four groups this time?”

Yunxiu nodded.