Genshin Impact [Outsider]

He whispered and roared with anger, his deep blood-red eyes were fixed on her, his huge claws scratched across the boulders, as if to tear her to pieces, and the piercing sound lingered in her ears.

Lin Xi looked at him, her tail erect, her nerves tense, and she slowly and carefully backed away.

Faced with such a ferocious monster, Lin Qian's heart was already in her throat.

"Can we defeat it... or should we run away?"

Lin Qian's arm, which was tightly holding the dagger, had already trembled and was paralyzed. She did not dare to act rashly. She knew that if she relaxed even a little, the wolf would surely attack...

The Stone-Smashing Puppet swung its heavy fist at the oncoming Hot Pot, and the Hot Pot swung up its sword, creating a wave of heat, showing no fear at all of this giant statue that was as huge as Mount Tai.

The huge wave hit the heavy punch, and the powerful impact instantly swept everything around it, and the hot pot was bounced several meters away by the reaction force.

When he stabilized his body, the broken puppets did not intend to give him a chance to breathe. One of the broken puppets swung its arm horizontally, and countless huge rock fragments shot out in an instant like cannon shadows.

Hotpot didn't have much time to react when he saw the scattered debris. He shouted with a firm gaze, held the big knife in front of him, heat surged throughout his body, and the Eye of God shone brightly. An intense heat current formed a barrier in front of the blade.

The smaller debris melted instantly after hitting the barrier formed by the flames, but some debris still broke through the barrier and pierced into the skin of the hot pot like sharp arrows.

Fortunately, the hot pot is sturdy, and the debris buffered by the barrier can only barely cause some skin injuries to the hot pot.

"Tsk, this big rock is really troublesome!" Hotpot complained, glancing at Su Li who was restrained in the cover, and thought to himself: "I have to find a chance to break the troublesome cover..."

One of the broken puppets moved its body and rushed towards the hot pot, while the other one stayed on standby, swinging its stone arms to throw out more broken stones.

Hotpot danced with the blade, and as the flames flashed, it quickly rushed towards the Broken Puppet, and used the Broken Puppet's huge body to block the gravel attack.

When the blade turned red, the Broken Puppet also swung his fist and smashed it straight towards Hotpot's face.

Hotpot spun to the side to dodge, and as the heavy punch passed by him, he swung the fire blade. A fierce flame rose up, and the blade pierced through the body of the broken puppet, cutting it in half.

Before the broken puppet in front of the hot pot completely collapsed, he quickly swung up the fire blade, gathered strength and swung the sword violently, smashing it directly at another broken puppet not far away.

The broken puppet not far away was instantly hit by the fire blade before it could react.

The powerful impact caused the Broken Puppet to lean back. Before it could adjust its body, Hotpot got close to it first, grabbed the fire blade and slashed it sideways.

The extremely high temperature caused the body of the broken puppet to be torn apart in an instant like thin cotton. As the steaming smoke rose, countless huge rocks fell to the ground, stirring up layers of dust.

"Heh, a mere stone, do you think you can defeat me?" Hotpot waved the fire blade, crushed the puppet, and then swung it towards the cover that trapped Su Li.

The moment the hot blade slashed towards the cover, a strong counterforce instantly bounced him away, and the cover was intact and not shaken at all by the blow.

“What kind of cover is this? It’s so hard!?” Hotpot’s hands were shaking and his body fell backwards due to inertia.

"He still has some strength, but unfortunately..."

The look on "Onlooker"'s face was slightly disdainful. The moment he raised his hand, countless starlights gathered around him. The energy emitted by the starlight was dazzling and shining, almost overwhelming all visible light around. Even the flames on the hot pot looked slightly dim under the shining light.

The starlight rushed out from all directions like a rain of arrows, flashing and exploding as it passed through the air, dancing like ghosts of light and shadow, and finally all pointed towards the hot pot.

Hotpot paused. Facing the sudden burst of energy before him, he did not retreat at all. The fire blade in his hand shone brighter, and there was no fear on his face. He even let out a wild laugh from his throat, as if he was despising the god who was blocking his way.

A violent fire ring formed with the fire blade in Hotpot's hand as the center, and his body was wrapped in burning flames, like a ferocious fire dragon coiled up. Just a breath could stir up a heat wave in the air, and even the surrounding land could not withstand the high temperature and began to melt.

The fire dragon roared out, and starlight came like rain. The two powerful forces intertwined and burst, and an even brighter light flashed, as if to cover everything.

Su Li couldn't open his eyes because of the extreme noise and flashing lights produced by the collision of the two forces. Even though he was trapped in the shackles of "Onlooker", he could clearly feel the power of that force.

With a loud bang that resounded through the sky, the few rays of starlight finally pierced through the fire dragon in the confrontation, and then instantly scattered from behind the hot pot.

"The Onlooker" seemed to have known the outcome already. It turned around long before the two forces collided and slowly walked towards Lin Xi's direction.

Hotpot's body was shaking violently, the fire rings on his body retreated at a speed visible to the naked eye, the fire blade seemed to have dried up, and the eternal flame on the blade slowly dissipated.

Hotpot looked down at his pierced chest, the flames singed the flesh and blood, not even a drop of blood spilled out.

The divine eye of the hot pot also dimmed at this moment, and tiny cracks appeared on the surface, as if it would burst and shatter at any time, and no longer flashed the blazing light.

"It still doesn't work..." Hotpot's body began to stagger, and he could only hold the fire blade inserted into the ground with both hands to barely stand firm.

"Princess..."

……

……

"Hey, hey... big guy, what are you doing?"

What came into view was a very pretty and cute face. She was staring at him with big eyes, looking at him curiously.

“Ah! I, I…”

At this moment, Hotpot was holding an unlit torch in his hand, squatting on the ground and concentrating on making a fire with the flint on the ground.

When he heard someone shouting, he jumped up as if stimulated, and the torch and flint in his hand were thrown into the air.

The flint finally hit Hotpot's little head accurately. The pain made him squat down immediately, covering his forehead with his hands, not daring to speak.

He didn't know when the little girl in front of him came towards him. He was too focused and didn't notice anyone approaching, so he was startled by the sudden question.

“Hahaha… Why are you so nervous? You’re so big, but so timid, hahaha…”

The little girl seemed to be frightened by Hotpot's behavior, but then she burst into laughter. She really couldn't imagine that such a big guy would be scared like this.

"Ah, ah... I, I didn't notice anyone..."

Hotpot came to his senses, touched his forehead embarrassedly and stood up. Looking at the clever and cute little girl in front of him, he didn't know what to do for a moment.

"You're really funny, big guy! What's your name?"

The little girl didn't look like a stranger at all. She patted Hotpot's belly and continued, "Do you want me to protect you?"

Hotpot looked at the bean sprout-like little girl in front of him. The girl was not even half his height, but she started to call herself a sister and made fun of him. Although he had just made a fool of himself, he was still a grown man after all and he had his own self-esteem.

"I don't have a name, little sprout, you're not even half as tall as me, you should call me brother!"

Hotpot was not to be outdone. He was frightened just now only because it happened too sudden. Otherwise, he would definitely not be frightened by the adorable little girl in front of him.

"Little sprout?! This is the first time someone called me that. Damn it... But you were just like a little kid, frightened and flew away!"

Although the little girl was unhappy because the big piece of meat in front of her called her a "little sprout", she didn't know how to refute it for a moment. After all, when comparing the two, she was indeed as petite as a little sprout.

"That's because I was so focused that I didn't expect anyone to talk to me..."

Hotpot argued hard, and he inadvertently glanced at a group of children playing and fighting not far away. Then his voice became smaller and smaller, and he lowered his head unconsciously.

The little girl noticed his actions, turned her head to look at the group of noisy peers, and seemed to understand something.

"Don't you have any friends? Big guy..."

The little girl thought about it, then picked up the torch that had fallen to the side and murmured: "No name, no friends... Oh——!"

She suddenly seemed to have realized something, and immediately came to the hot pot, handed the torch in her hand to the hot pot and said:

"Here, take it. I won't help you pick it up a second time. My name is Luo Meng. Of course, if there is no one to play with, I can be your friend and play with you reluctantly."

After hearing Luo Meng's words, Hotpot stood there in a daze, with a look of disbelief and hesitation.

Hotpot slowly took the torch. He just looked at the torch in his hand silently. Luo Meng's little hand was still holding the end of the torch, as if waiting for his reply.

"What's the matter, big guy? Don't you want to be my friend?"

Luo Meng looked at Hotpot with some confusion. She had no idea what he was thinking, and Hotpot's hesitation made her feel like she was meddling in other people's business.

"Ah, no, no! Of course I wanted to! It's just that it was unexpected that someone would ask me to be friends, and I didn't react for a while, so..."

When Luo Meng asked this, Hotpot was brought back to reality. He hurriedly expressed his thoughts, fearing that the other party would misunderstand him.

"Hahaha... You really are a big guy. I've always heard that big guys are not very smart. It seems to be true..."

Luo Meng also laughed happily when she heard Hotpot's reply. Her laughter was as sweet as a silver bell. Hotpot also touched his head unconsciously and laughed along with Luo Meng...

……

"If I hadn't met you, maybe I wouldn't be who I am today..."

"But when I think of your smile, I am really glad that I met you..."