"Strong enemy, strong enemy, where is the strong enemy!" On the desolate, fog-shrouded island, a bright orange figure was leaping constantly.
Childe ran wildly, scanning the vicinity. He was now eagerly hoping that the "strong enemy" Ember spoke of would appear, allowing him to have a good time.
"Are you the strong enemy?"
Seeing flickering sparks from afar, Childe drew his bow and notched an arrow. A thick water arrow immediately shot out, fiercely striking the engine core of a Ruin Guard that was about to activate.
The flickering sparks instantly dissipated, and the trembling Ruin Guard immediately fell silent.
"You're not the strong enemy." Childe shook his head and turned to run further away.
Now, in addition to the bright orange, the barren island also had flying blue streaks.
"Is that all?" After shooting another water arrow, Childe scratched his head, still not fully satisfied.
Along the way, besides the common Ruin Guard and Hilichurl, there were also Rifthounds, which were rarely seen elsewhere.
However, for Childe, these were all a matter of one arrow, two arrows at most.
While the feeling of all monsters dying with one arrow was satisfying, Childe wasn't looking for that kind of 'mowing down' pleasure.
He wanted the tension and excitement of battling a strong enemy, of treading the line between life and death. That was what Childe truly desired.
"Hmm? There's another small island?" Childe was walking by the sea, and after passing towering rocks, his Vision suddenly opened up.
In his sight, another small island appeared, detached from the main Tsurumi Island.
"Let's go take a look!" Remembering what Ember told him before leaving, Childe took a big leap across the strait and arrived at the newly discovered island.
The outer mountains of the small island were steep, while the inner side suddenly flattened out, which was quite a wonder.
However, Childe had no intention of admiring such a spectacle. He went straight to the center of the flat, open ground and looked around.
"Open ground? This wouldn't be a sacrificial altar, would it?" Childe saw the paved flagstones on the ground and couldn't help but speculate.
How could there be such an open area in the usual wilderness? And there was not a single blade of grass on it, indicating it had definitely been specially maintained.
"But where are the people?" Childe scratched his head. If this was an altar, it should be crowded with people, so why couldn't he see a single soul?
"Rustle rustle!"
Just as Childe was wondering why there were no people, he suddenly heard a series of gravel-rubbing sounds.
"Did the wind pick up?" Childe reached out his hand, but both the surrounding fog and his own senses told him there was no wind here.
"Roar!"
"I dodge!"
Amidst the chaotic wind, a deafening beast's roar exploded next to Childe's ear, instantly making his hair stand on end.
Fortunately, years of combat instinct allowed Childe to escape this peril. His body moved even faster than his thoughts.
Childe only felt a blur before his eyes, and with a backward leap, he quickly moved away from his original position.
Almost at the same instant Childe jumped, a huge beast head, seemingly carved from rock, bit out from a split space.
The exposed part of the beast head alone was as tall as a person. If its whole body were to be revealed, it would likely be tens of meters long.
This was the Golden Wolflord resting on Tsurumi Island. It had once invaded this world, paying a heavy price.
Wolves are not foolish creatures, so the Golden Wolflord now chose Tsurumi Island, a desolate and unguarded island, as its first landing point.
Unfortunately, each time it descended, the Golden Wolflord would get disoriented by the island's mist. The invasion plan of the otherworldly beast failed at the very first step.
"Hoo... a big fellow?" Childe gasped for breath, then seeing the Golden Wolflord's ferocious face, his breathing became even more rapid.
This big fellow in front of him was different from the previous Ruin Guard and Hilichurl. The aura emanating from it alone was enough to stir up sand and stones.
"So, the fellow Ember said would make me have a good time, that's you!"
"Zzz boom!"
Both the Delusion and Vision were activated simultaneously. The resulting elemental power even dyed Childe's gray-white suit a deep black.
"Roar!"
Sensing an aura on this human that was no less than its own, the Golden Wolflord roared and flew completely out of the dissolving spatial rift.
Its body was long and massive, with sharp, raised scales emanating an aura of chaos and collapse, as if a legendary sealed evil beast had come to reality.
The Golden Wolflord was vastly different from ordinary creatures, with the appearance of a wolf, yet as agile as a snake. It coiled in the Sky, making the dim world even gloomier, and causing the mood of all who saw it to darken with the light.
"Woooo—"
The howls of the pack echoed above. Childe looked up and saw three floating earthy-yellow wolf heads appear around the Golden Wolflord's body.
"Swish swish swish!"
The three wolf heads, the moment they materialized, locked onto Childe below. As soon as they formed, they impatiently opened their gaping maws and lunged towards Childe.
"Geo element?" Childe saw the three wolf heads whistling down from above. His elemental sight told him these were Geo element constructs.
Realizing this, Childe decisively transformed his bow into blades and, without hesitation, swung at the attacking wolf heads.
"Bang!"
The dual blades, imbued with abundant Electro element, met the Geo element-condensed wolf heads. Amidst the swirling purple blade light, the wolf heads disintegrated into fine gravel.
"Rustle rustle!" Before the smoke from the shattered wolf heads could dissipate, the sound of scattering gravel drowned out everything else, reaching Childe's ears.
The Golden Wolflord in the Sky spun in an unnatural way. Under the influence of its overflowing Geo element, the surrounding sand and stones began to spin along with the Golden Wolflord's body.
In just a few breaths, a sandstorm, even more obscuring than the previous fog, appeared on the open ground.
"Heh, you think you can hit me just by having a large area?" Seeing the sandstorm about to engulf him, Childe quickly retreated step by step, moving away from the open ground.
If he could jump onto the mountainside next to the open ground, then the low hills nearby would be the best sand barrier.
Childe turned and retreated, sprinting towards the nearby slope. However, it was clear that the Golden Wolflord would not let him have his way.
Rather, it stirred up the sandstorm precisely to wait for this moment.
"Whoosh boom!"
A flash of light appeared in the sandstorm where nothing could be seen, followed by a solid yellow-white beam of light that pierced through the sandstorm, heading straight for Childe.
"What a clever beast!" Childe's back tensed. He quickly turned to look, and the thick beam of light was already closing in on his face.
"Hmph!"
Seeing that there was no time to dodge, Childe had no choice but to cross his arms, placing his dual blades in front of his forearms, adopting a defensive stance.
"Om—"
The beam of light struck Childe accurately. However, what puzzled the Golden Wolflord was that the beam neither shot into the distance after penetrating Childe's body, nor did it scatter into specks of light because Childe's body was too tough.
The beam of light hit Childe's body like a river flowing into the sea, quietly disappearing without causing the slightest ripple.
"Hmph... I don't often use blocking, but that doesn't mean I'm not proficient in it."
Childe looked down at the weapon in his hand, imbued with immense elemental power. The elemental power on it was so vast it was constantly surging, as if it would lose control and rampage out at any second.
"I prefer to attack myself, rather than wait for the enemy to grant me an opportunity."
"Zzz boom!"
Childe shook his arms, and the elemental power he had forcibly converted completely lost control.
A massive Electro element burst forth in a fan shape, like a flood gate opening, irresistibly spreading into the distance, destroying everything in its path.
While this attack method was not as refined as precise techniques that could maximize the power of every wisp of elemental energy, it made up for it with its incredibly fast release speed.
So fast that the person being parried couldn't react at all!
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