I'm in the Teyvat running group

“It seems that it traveled underground from inside the salt deposits all the way to Mingyun Town, and there’s something wrong with the earth’s veins…” After taking another closer look, Yunxiu noticed Shen He’s shocked expression and couldn’t help but ask, “Did you discover something?”

"Here...here...there are traces of a battle between Yakshas..." Shen He stepped forward and pointed to several locations, saying, "Besides the Golden Roc Immortal, there's also the power of the Floating Abode Immortal..."

Traces of a Yaksha battle? Could it be karmic fire? Upon closer inspection, there was indeed a considerable amount of intense lightning and wind elemental power. Judging from the various strange parts scattered around, they must have destroyed several Eternal Dragon Beasts before heading towards Mingyun Town, seemingly chasing after something.

"Hmm... Let's go, let's continue that way." After thinking for a long time, Yunxiu still couldn't figure out what had happened to the Yakshas, ​​so she could only lead the two women to continue flying forward.

It must be said that the two Yakshas are indeed extremely powerful. Along the way, Yunxiu and the others saw all sorts of strange parts, monster remains, and remnants of elemental power, which made their scalps tingle.

The two powerful immortals were like two bulldozers, crushing all the demons!

"Judging from the burst of power, Immortal Fushe is much stronger," Yueji said after careful observation. "His power is more restrained; he almost completely pulverized the demons. He is much stronger than me!"

“Tengshe Taiyuan Marshal Fushe was once the vanguard marshal among the immortals.” Shen He glanced at Yue Ji and said, “Master once said that in terms of cultivation and power, Xiaoyue Zhuyang Zhenjun is the most powerful, but if the two of them were to fight with all their might, Fushe would definitely be the last one standing.”

"Even Uncle Xiaoyue can't beat him?" Yueji said in surprise, "My aunt said that she would be very happy if I could reach half of Uncle Xiaoyue's level in this lifetime..."

Your level of mischief is so high that even the Great Lords combined wouldn't reach half of your level...

However, the strength of the Moon-Shattering Sun Master was not unexpected. The immortals who survived in Liyue were all powerful figures left over from the war between the demon gods, and these powerful figures were still led by the Moon-Shattering Sun Master, which already demonstrated his strength.

As for combat strength...

Fushe's cultivation level should already be no weaker than Lishui Dieshan or Liuyun Jiefeng, and since Yaksha's combat strength is not bad, it is not surprising that he is slightly stronger than Xiaoyue Zhuyang.

Regarding one reason why there are so many demons in Liyue, Yunxiu actually has a very bold but entirely plausible speculation: the demons assigned to Liyue by the Sky Isles may not actually be Zhongli!

Judging from the current situation of all the demon gods, the shadows of the Four Kage are behind the major ruling gods, and the intensity of the demon god war is far lower than that of Liyue, even Sumeru. The Red King has "stopped acting" and revealed his identity as a Sky Island person.

Zhongli also mentioned that he had signed a contract with "Heavenly Principles".

Yunxiu suspected that Sky Island or all the native demon gods had been killed, and then one was sent to fight, but Zhongli killed them all. In the end, Sky Island could only send the Sky Ruler, who had no choice but to sign a "contract" with Zhongli.

This is also why Zhongli's statue is so imposing, sitting directly on the throne and holding the black cube symbolizing governance in his palm.

If that's really the case, then it means that Old Deng's strength is even greater than imagined.

Judging from the situations of Xiaoyue Zhuyang and Fushe, the difference between their strength and that of the demon gods is only whether or not they have obtained the original fragments. Some weaker demon gods who have obtained the fragments may not even be able to defeat them.

Flying forward and easily eliminating the remaining monsters, the group soon arrived at a strange door. This open door was composed of various twisted "salt" spiritual lights, exuding a dangerous aura. Sensing the aura inside, they could also feel the earth-shattering sounds of battle raging within.

"Let's go!" Yunxiu didn't hesitate any longer. She immediately equipped herself with all kinds of magical shields and leaped into the gate.

The interior seemed to be the divine kingdom of the Salt God. The entrance, a strange canyon fissure, was filled with a milky spiritual light. When Yunxiu discovered that the strange fragments on the ground were not rocks, but grains of salt crystals, they had almost reached the end of the path.

The further you go in, the purer and more brilliant the salt crystals become. In the end, they almost become diamond-like, and everyone can feel the rich aura contained within them.

Any debris, monsters, life forms, or even dust have been transformed here into a "salt"-based existence! But within the divine realm, one can clearly sense an aura of decay and corruption.

Crossing the path, one enters a strange forest. Salt crystals and salt flowers form all sorts of bizarre trees. Although they are clearly no longer sustained by divine power and have lost their vibrant feel, they are still beautiful, gleaming with a warm luster.

As you pass through this forest, you feel a tremendous force of immortal power, carrying the aura of a demon god, rushing towards you. In the distance, you can see three figures fighting with all their might. The power is so strong that it makes their clothes flutter loudly!

"Let's go take a look." When they finally arrived at the giant pit in the center, Yunxiu and the others witnessed an extremely shocking duel!

One side is a twisted "Holy Remains Beast," seemingly a combination of demonic remnants, strange monsters, and machines. Its shape resembles a combination of a spider and a scorpion, and its enormous tail is not a poisonous stinger but several strange, glowing tentacles.

However, the twisted body was not ugly; rather, it was translucent, radiating a strange light. One could even see countless luminous points within the transparent body, forming a spell that exuded boundless power.

When the strange behemoth's limbs swept across the ground, what it left behind was not trenches, but strange salt crystals!

Several twisted limbs continuously shot out beams of jade-colored light, leaving patches of salt on the opponent and the ground.

On the other side was a gigantic Yaksha, hundreds of meters tall, who unleashed the form of a four-armed Vidyaraja, wielding various weapons in his four giant hands, and was fighting the giant beast with all his might!

He was surrounded by exploding lightning and burning karmic fire, which mixed with immortal power, creating a purple storm of destruction on his body, causing the holy skeleton beast to let out a series of shrill screams!

Each of his four thick, muscular arms was hundreds of meters long, and the divine weapon he held transformed into a gigantic weapon hundreds of meters long in his hands! With the infusion of lightning element, the Yaksha's body erupted with seemingly inexhaustible power, and he actually lifted the giant beast and threw it into the sky.

"Xiao!" A loud explosion rang out, and a green light flashed out beside him in an instant.

Before the sacred beast in the air could even land, it was suddenly pierced through by three enormous black and green spear beams that seemed to pierce the heavens and earth, and was completely shattered when it hit the ground.

"This... is it over?" Just as Yunxiu thought it was over and stepped forward to ask what was going on, she saw a ray of light suddenly appear around the fallen Holy Beast. The surrounding salt crystals quickly surged into the monster's body, and it entered a state of resurrection in less than a few dozen seconds!

This sent chills down Yunxiu's spine. It was highly likely that the remnants of the demon god left behind after Herria's death were used to form the Holy Beast, and that it could be resurrected indefinitely in this divine kingdom by relying on the endless "divine salt"!

It's not surprising that the three demon god-level warriors fought so fiercely that the world collapsed and demons overflowed. Judging from the situation of the Holy Beast, this was likely already formed, but the recent overflow finally made the two Yakshas notice.

"Trouble, Xiao! Is there any contact with the outside world?" The giant yaksha looked at the short immortal beside him who had just unleashed three earth-shattering spears, and asked with a hint of helplessness. Suddenly, as if he had sensed something, he turned his head to look behind him and immediately saw the three people on the salt wall: "The Talisman of No Taboos, the Disaster Relief... were you sent by the Emperor?"

"Actually, no... but that's not important." Yunxiu looked at the huge but cheerful face and felt a sense of kinship. "Marshal Tengshe, is there anything we can do to help you?"

“Hmm…” Xiao chimed in, “Huriya keeps resurrecting because of the divine array and artifacts here. If you can find the array’s core, find those artifacts, and break the array, then we only need to kill him one last time.”

"No problem, but how do we find it?"

“Use this.” Xiao handed over a strange salt crystal containing bizarre power: “This salt crystal is infused with the power of the Yaksha, and it can lead you to the core of the formation.”

Chapter 96 Breaking the Formation, Retrieving the Weapon, and Deciding the Fate (Second Update on Wednesday)

Yunxiu took the salt crystal and sensed the strange power within it. She immediately perceived many places around her that were "repelling" the power of the Yaksha.

The largest source of repulsion is the enormous holy relic beast in front of us. In addition, there are two smaller sources of repulsion, and we can clearly feel their powerful force.

"This is……"

"It seems you've already sensed it." Xiao rarely showed a smile. "I can still fight Fushe for a few more days. It's alright. You guys go quickly."

"Wait a minute." Just as they were about to leave, Yunxiu and the others saw Fushe's huge finger pointing at Shenhe and saying, "Little girl, lend me Xizai for a moment. This was originally my weapon, but I later gave it to Liuyun Jiefeng Zhenjun. My new weapon has been damaged a bit these past few days. I'll return it to you after this battle!"

Without hesitation, Shen He drew his spear from behind and threw it over. Fu She's huge hand grasped Xi Zai and shook it gently, transforming it into a massive spear. Under the infusion of his powerful elemental force, the originally white spear shaft turned a strange purplish-white, and the sharp light emanating from it almost cut through space!

"Haha, you've nurtured this spear quite well!" Fu She laughed, his huge body leaping up and grabbing the spear with all four hands, directly stabbing it into the head of the Holy Beast, smashing the newly resurrected Holy Beast's head into a pile of salt!

The Holy Beast's limbs and body moved rapidly, its huge limbs unleashing wave after wave of blade light. Its incredible speed compressed the air into almost solidified blade energy, which was then ejected!

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM—!

Fushe's four giant hands completely blocked Xizaiwu's path, and in an instant, they completely suppressed the arrogance of the Holy Bone Beast!

"Go quickly!" Xiao transformed into a streak of black and green light, and soon the huge spear light was shuttling back and forth again, leaving several large holes in the body of the Holy Skeleton Beast that were enough to pierce through it, but did not slow down the Holy Skeleton Beast in the slightest.

Without hesitation, Yunxiu and the others immediately flew towards the first source of repulsion. The closer they flew to the source of repulsion, the more severe the salinization became. From the land and trees to all sorts of strange products, even living things were salinized when they reached the center of the source of repulsion!

Around the source of repulsion, several enormous sacred skeleton beasts were patrolling back and forth, each emanating an aura no less powerful than that of an eighth-ringed beast! In the center of the sacred skeleton beasts was a strange ruler sealed by an array, half of which was inserted into the crystallized ground, surrounded by an abnormally distorted white expanse.

“This is a bit troublesome. The seal will most likely have to be broken by force.” After observing carefully, Yunxiu pointed at the Sacred Beast and said to Yueji, “Shenhe and I will lure the monster away and eliminate it. You can break the formation by force and take out the Salt Ruler.”

"Me?" Tsukihime was surprised, but didn't say anything more, because she realized that she was indeed the most destructive at the moment. But after thinking about it carefully, she couldn't help but ask, "Won't the salt ruler have any problems if we use brute force?"

“That’s a divine artifact, and a pretty good one at that, so it’s not that easy to break.” Yunxiu smiled. “And even if it does break, we can just pick it up and have the Emperor forge it again.”

After saying that, Yunxiu nodded to Shenhe, and the two of them took off. Yunxiu immediately targeted the very center of the several sacred skeleton beasts and cast a fireball spell!

Roar!

Several sacred skeletons that had been salted seemed to unleash tremendous power, charging directly at Yunxiu and Shenhe. One of them, resembling a firebird, actually spread its enormous wings and clawed at the two of them, its claws gleaming with a cold light!

"Tears of Return to the Ruins!"

"-219096!"

The bird-shaped sacred beast was instantly reduced to a sliver of health and plummeted straight down.

"Invoke the divine power to summon generals and soldiers!"

Two talismans flew from Shen He's hands and instantly killed the Sacred Beast.

Seeing this, the remaining few actually tried to scatter, with one even turning around and flying towards Tsukihime, who had already begun to violently attack.

Is there a way to control it?

Seeing Shen He nod, Yun Xiu felt relieved. She unleashed another Tear of Return to the Void, instantly killing the turning Holy Beast. Shen He was enveloped in a chilling aura that seemed to lower the temperature of the entire space. Strange talismans and magical light surrounded her, making her appear like an immortal.

"Binding Spirit True Transmission Seal!" A seal was released from Shen He's hand, and suddenly, all the air within a range of over a thousand meters seemed to be frozen by ice elements!

The bodies of the several sacred skeleton beasts were covered with dense ice crystals, and they were frozen in place for a moment!

Is this the powerful force that even managed to control Ba Che during the battle of Feng Qi He Gui...?

Without time to think too much, Yunxiu quickly used several Tears of Return to the Void in combination with other spells to deal with the Sacred Beast. Only the last one was a little more troublesome. The monster, which was close to the ninth ring, had a million HP and was able to deliver the final blow even after being hit by three Tears of Return to the Void.

Fortunately, Tsukihime, who had already broken the seal, came and finished Yunxiu off with a single strike; otherwise, Yunxiu would have been plunged into a bitter battle.

"I'm still too weak..." Yunxiu couldn't help but sigh, which made Yueji next to her roll her eyes repeatedly.

"That's a monster that's already qualified to be a god's familiar!" Tsukihime said indignantly. "You haven't even crossed the threshold of 'Genshin Impact' yet. Excessive humility is annoying!"

"Really?" Yunxiu scratched his head sheepishly. He had always been fighting monsters much higher level than himself; it had become a daily routine for him...

Watching Yueji constantly fiddling with the salt ruler in her hand, Yunxiu couldn't help but become curious. Was this divine artifact truly as powerful as the legends said? After all, strictly speaking, this was the first time he had ever seen a truly divine artifact...

"show me."

"Huh? This thing is pretty ordinary." Yueji handed over the salt ruler nonchalantly, and said seriously, "The treasures you have are much better than this."

After taking the salt ruler, Yunxiu examined it briefly and found that this artifact was not actually that powerful to her.

The Salt God is a deity whose primary spellcasting attribute is perception. This ruler only has a +6 perception primary attribute, and its other attributes are also terrible. Apart from increasing some damage, its skill characteristics have no additional use.

The only truly meaningful feature is "Transformation Kingdom," which allows you to continuously transform the surrounding area into a salt-flower kingdom simply by planting the ruler in the ground. However, this is precisely the most useless feature for Yunxiu...

"I told you it wouldn't make any difference, would it?" Tsukihime snatched the ruler back and fiddled with it in her hand, saying in a sarcastic tone, "There's a huge difference between divine artifacts. Many divine artifacts are just created by gods and used for a long time. There are even more useless divine artifacts than this..."

"Anything even more useless?"

"Yes, my mother has a mask that is a magical artifact. Once you wear it, no one can tell your identity."

"Isn't this quite useful?" Yunxiu asked doubtfully, "Concealing one's identity also has some merit..."

"If she's stronger than others, wouldn't hiding her identity be a piece of cake?" Yue Ji shrugged. "If she's much weaker than others, what's the point of hiding her identity?"

"When the strength is evenly matched..."

"When gods fight, it's all about power and authority. Can a mask really change that?"

What you said makes so much sense, I'm speechless!

"What about the mask?" Yunxiu couldn't help but wonder what the final fate of the mask would be...

"My mother later realized that this thing seemed useless, but it was very pretty," Tsukihime said with a mischievous smile. "So she put this mask at the fireworks festival and sold it as an ordinary mask. As a result, the mask didn't have enough power to control it, and it became the 'soul-sucking mask' in the Inazuma horror legend. Later, it had to be taken back and hidden away..."

The ending was so astonishing that even Shen He covered his mouth and smiled, while Yun Xiu was completely stunned. It can only be said that the mentality of this "ruler of thunder" is truly beyond human imagination...

The group flew for a while and soon arrived near the second source of repulsion. They could see a huge salt container from a great distance.