Genshin Impact: Learning makes me stronger

Chapter 348 Mutated Monster

"Some kind of creature? Could it be an ant or a pangolin?" Paimon guessed, stroking his chin.

"No matter what kind of creature it is, since it has caused such great harm, it must be found and eliminated." Ge Chenlangshi Zhenjun said seriously.

The others nodded in agreement.

The source of the power of the abyss has been found, and all we have to do is put away the crystal. However, the problem of the tunnel has not been solved. If those unknown creatures are allowed to continue digging tunnels and spreading the power of the abyss, the safety of Xiaoshi Village and even the entire Liyue area may be threatened.

Su Xun raised his sword finger and swung it casually. A sharp sword energy slashed towards the bottom of the crystal, trying to cut off the connection between the crystal and the ground.

However, just as the sword energy was about to touch the crystal, a powerful force burst out from the crystal, directly shattering Su Xun's sword energy.

"This crystal actually has an autonomous protection mechanism?" Su Xun raised his eyebrows.

Gui Zhong walked forward, condensed a ball of light in his hand and threw it towards the crystal.

However, when the light touched the surface of the crystal, it was like a drop in the ocean, with no effect at all.

"It seems we can't do it by force." Gui Zhong said.

"It's just a dead thing, just smash it to pieces!" Raiden Mei said, her whole body flashing with lightning, and she was about to take action.

"Wait, Meiyi, don't be impulsive." Su Xun hurriedly stopped her, "This crystal is solidified by extremely pure abyssal power. If you break it, the abyssal power will burst out and we will have trouble controlling it."

Upon hearing this, the lightning on Raiden Mei's body gradually subsided.

Su Xun stroked Raiden Mei's hair and said with a smile, "I was just a little surprised just now, but I didn't say I can't solve this thing."

After saying that, Su Xun stretched out his hand again, curled his fingers into claws, and a powerful suction force burst out from his palm. The black airflow on the crystal began to gather towards his palm uncontrollably.

As the black airflow continued to decrease, the light emitted by the crystal gradually dimmed.

Gui Zhong blinked her beautiful eyes and looked at Su Xun, with a strange look in her eyes.

Before, when Su Xun extracted the power of the abyss from the patient in Xiaoshi Village, he seemed extremely relaxed, as if the power of the abyss belonged to him.

Now he seemed to be at ease in handling this crystal condensed by the power of the abyss. This method made Gui Zhong more curious about his younger brother.

As everyone watched, the black airflow on the crystal became less and less, and finally disappeared completely.

The crystal, having lost the power of the abyss, no longer emitted its strange light and turned into an ordinary stone.

"Okay, I have collected all the power of the abyss in this crystal." Su Xun stopped and turned to everyone and said, "Next, we should find the culprits who dug the underground tunnel."

"How do we find it? Should we go down into the tunnel to look for it?" Paimon asked stupidly.

"That's not necessary. We are not moles. Is it appropriate for us to dig holes everywhere?" Su Xun shrugged.

"So what should we do next?" Paimon asked curiously.

At this time, Gui Zhong chuckled and said, "If you want to find things underground, that's my strong point, why don't you let me give it a try."

"Brother, why don't you return my authority to me? You don't really want to occupy it forever, right?" Gui Zhong looked at Su Xun with a half-smile on his face.

Su Xun blinked, then smiled and said, "Of course not."

He stretched out his hand, and a yellow-white light flew out from his palm and fell into Gui Zhong's hand.

Gui finally grasped the light, and his aura suddenly changed, and a mysterious power spread.

She closed her eyes, and after a few seconds, she raised her right hand. The ground trembled slightly, and countless tiny particles rose from the ground, gathering in front of her to form a clear underground map.

"Found it!" Gui Zhong said softly, pointing to several bright spots on the map, "These are where those creatures are."

Everyone looked in the direction she pointed, only to see that the bright spots on the map were distributed in different locations.

"Can we force them out?" Su Xun said.

"It's a small matter." Gui Zhong smiled slightly and waved his hands lightly. The particles underground rose up again and formed a complex magic circle.

The light of the magic circle gradually became brighter, illuminating the entire cave.

As the magic circle was activated, there were vibrations coming from underground, as if something was being awakened.

As the light of the magic circle grew brighter, cracks began to appear in the cave floor, and streams of black air poured out from the cracks, accompanied by sharp cries and the sound of gnawing at rocks.

I saw a group of strange-looking creatures crawling out of the cracks. They were thin, with thick limbs, extremely sharp claws, and their eyes flashed with strange red light.

"What kind of monster is this?" Paimon exclaimed.

"Rats that have mutated due to the influence of the power of the abyss?" Ying guessed.

Su Xun carefully observed these monsters and said, "No matter what it is, let's solve it first."

After saying that, he took the first step and a powerful sword light swept towards the monsters.

puff!

The sword flashed like lightning, instantly cutting dozens of monsters in half. Black blood splattered out, and a pungent fishy smell filled the air.

The monsters seemed to be enraged, making sharp cries and rushing towards the crowd.

"Hmph!" Ge Chenlangshi Zhenjun snorted coldly, raised his hands, and an ink-colored guqin suddenly appeared in the air.

This zither is simple and ancient, with a faint luster on the body and the strings like silver threads, flashing a cold light.

I saw Ge Chenlangshi Zhenjun gently plucked the strings of the zither, and sound waves instantly spread out, forming invisible sound wave attacks that hit the monsters.

ga-

The sharp screams of the monsters suddenly stopped, and then their bodies stiffened and they fell to the ground one after another, without any movement.

Gui Zhong chuckled: "A Ping, your soul-destroying sound is still as powerful as ever."

Ge Chenlangshi Zhenjun smiled slightly and said, "Although these monsters seem ferocious, they are after all just products under the influence of the power of the abyss. Their souls are still fragile and have no intelligence at all. They are worse than ordinary people. It is naturally best to use the Soul-Destroying Sound to deal with them."

"Then I'll leave it to you to clean up from now on. There are still many below." Gui Zhong said, and waved his hand gently. The light of the magic circle became stronger again, the cracks in the ground became bigger and bigger, and more monsters poured out from underground.

Ge Chenlangshi Zhenjun nodded, plucked the strings of the zither again with his hands, and powerful sound waves swept out again, shattering the souls of wave after wave of monsters.

Under the powerful attack of Ge Chenlangshi Zhenjun, the number of monsters decreased sharply until they no longer appeared.