Genshin Impact: The Sharpshooter of Teyvat

Shao Yun's body stiffened slightly. He couldn't believe what he heard.

He thought Ying's hesitation was due to her soft-heartedness, because she didn't want to see Wendy and Zhongli being killed by him.

"Ying, go back and be with your brother."

Shao Yun wanted to convince Ying, so he couldn't give up halfway! As long as he killed Wendy and Zhongli, no one would be able to stop his plan!

"With just two bullets, we can succeed and have a future. What was the original intention of your journey? Have you forgotten? It was to find your brother! Not to deliver messages to these immortals who have lived for hundreds or thousands of years, and certainly not to be manipulated like pawns by them!"

However, Ying just hugged her tighter.

"I said, let's continue our journey."

These words were like a sharp knife, cutting off the last glimmer of hope in Shao Yun's heart.

He felt that all his efforts and sacrifices had been in vain, and a feeling of grief and indignation arose spontaneously.

"You said it! You would believe me! You said everything would be over!" Shao Yun almost roared out these words, tears welling up in his eyes.

"Do you love me?" Ying suddenly asked: "Answer me, do you love me?"

Shao Yun was stunned, and tears finally rolled down his cheeks.

"I love you! I can do anything to reunite you with your brother. I can make the whole world my enemy and even sell my soul!" His voice was tearful, full of despair and helplessness.

He still couldn't believe that she would choose to continue the journey, even though Kong had been found and the journey was over!

"If you love me," Ying said softly, "then please listen to me and we will continue our journey."

This sentence completely broke down Shao Yun's psychological defenses, and also declared that everything Shao Yun had done had come to nothing.

"Ah!" Shao Yun collapsed to his knees, howling towards the sky, venting the unwillingness and pain in his heart.

He cried and pounded the snow with his hands, venting all his anger and despair.

"Ying! One second! Why didn't you come out one second later? Just one second and I could end it all! I could kill those two bastards, Wendy and Zhongli!"

Seeing Shao Yun kneeling on the ground and crying bitterly, Ying's eyes became moist. She had never seen him so out of control and so desperate.

She took a deep breath and tried to make her voice sound firmer.

"I'm sorry I didn't stand with you. But please believe that this is really not the end. Our journey is still long, let's go on together."

Ying witnessed Shao Yun falling into the abyss of despair, kneeling on the ground and crying in grief and anger, and her heart ached like a knife.

But she still tried to control her emotions and said to Wendy and Zhongli: "Wendy, Zhongli, after I send my brother away, I will take Paimeng and Shao Yun with me and continue our journey."

After saying this, Ying turned and left. At this most critical moment, she denied everything Shao Yun had done, and she was about to collapse.

Wendy looked at Shao Yun, who was kneeling on the ground with tears and wailing, lowered her head, and said to Ying sincerely: "I'm sorry, Ying, we schemed against you. If there is anything you need us to do, just ask. No matter how demanding it is, we will agree to it."

Ying returned to Albedo's laboratory, tears finally falling from her eyes. She choked and said, "You should go and discuss this with him in person."

Wendy slowly walked towards Shao Yun, who was now consumed by pain and anger.

"Shao Yun..." Wendy called Shao Yun's name softly, trying to give him some comfort.

"Is there anything we can do to make it up to you?"

After hearing this, Shao Yun stopped crying and a fierce look appeared on his face. He had a good idea!

"I want your blood!"

Then, he raised his head, stared at Wendy and Zhongli, and repeated word by word: "I want your blood! Give it to me immediately!"

Wendy was shocked by this sudden request. He asked in confusion: "Why? What is this for?"

Shao Yun was now in tears, his face twisted, but he still suppressed his anger and said viciously: "Didn't you say that you would agree to any harsh conditions? Are you going to go back on your word now?!"

As he spoke, he took out two small bottles from his Eastern Legend backpack, drew the dagger from his waist, and threw everything at the feet of the two men.

"Drain the blood! Then put it in the bottle!" Shao Yun shouted angrily, "Fill the bottle for me!"

Wendy, Zhongli and the others bent down in tacit understanding and picked up the small green bottle on the ground.

Zhongli picked up the dagger first, and with a flash of cold light, he gently cut the skin. The bright red blood flowed slowly into the bottle like a trickle.

After filling the bottle, he handed the dagger to Wendy, who repeated Zhongli's actions.

Finally, Wendy placed two small bottles filled with her and Zhongli's blood in front of Shao Yun.

"Here, is this okay?" There was a hint of relief in his words, but also a slight worry about the unknown future, because he didn't understand why Shao Yun wanted their blood.

Two prompts popped up on Shao Yun’s system.

[You obtained a bottle of Wind God's blood]

[You obtained a bottle of Rock God's blood]

Shao Yun picked up the things and stood up, wiping the tears from his face with his hands, leaving only calmness and determination.

"In one day, we will descend the Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain! Now, you can leave."

Zhongli frowned slightly, with a look of confusion and concern.

"Shao Yun, we know you keep your word, but why is it one day later?"

Wendy was more direct and asked in confusion: "I feel so weird, can't you just leave?"

However, Shao Yun just looked at them coldly, gritted his teeth, and cursed: "I don't need you two bastards to give me orders here, get out!"

Zhongli and Wendy looked at each other, turned around silently, and disappeared into the blizzard of Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain.

Shao Yun turned to Dainsleb beside him and said firmly: "Dainsleb, I will be back soon. Don't ask me what I am going to do!"

Dainsleib looked at Shao Yun's cold and calm eyes, and his sight naturally slid behind him. He had already guessed Shao Yun's intention in his heart, and asked in horror: "Are you really going to do this?"

Shao Yun nodded slightly. He wanted to use the blood of Wendy and Zhongli to summon the demon. Last time, the people of the Lawrence family were all mortals, so this time Shao Yun wanted to use the blood of God to summon it.

"This is my last chance. I have to give it a try."

In order not to affect Ying, he resolutely stepped into the raging blizzard. His figure was gradually swallowed by the wind and snow, and finally disappeared completely from Dainsleb's sight.

……

Shao Yun walked with heavy steps, crossing the Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain ravaged by a blizzard, his eyes burning with determination and madness. It was the last challenge to fate.

Away from Albedo's laboratory, Shao Yun killed an innocent ferret along the way. The bright red blood was particularly eye-catching on the snow.

He picked up the ferret's body and continued to climb the Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain until he reached the top of the mountain. He stopped under the shadow of the Frost Nail.

On this piece of pure land eroded by wind and snow, Shao Yun knelt down slowly, his hands trembling, and used the blood of the two gods, Wendy and Zhongli, to outline an inverted pentagram pattern on the cold snow.

Then, he placed the ferret's internal organs on the five corners of the pentagram.

"I know you have always been here..." Shao Yun's voice sounded particularly sad in the wind and snow.

"You hid in the dark, watching me step by step into despair. Now the whole world is trying to stop me, and Lian Ying has chosen to give up. Now, I only have you! Come out and fulfill my wish, I am willing to pay with my soul!"

However, all he got in response was the endless cold wind and the silence that seemed to swallow up everything.

Shao Yun couldn't believe that the "flattering man" who had teased and played with him countless times would choose to remain silent at this critical moment.

At this moment, the system prompt suddenly appeared in his mind.

You won't see that mysterious guy for a "long time".

This piece of information was like a bolt from the blue, causing Shao Yun to completely collapse. He howled to the sky, his voice filled with reluctance and despair.

"Why! You used to be able to distort words and tease me at will, but now you are so obedient and don't want to see me! Have you abandoned me too?"

But the only answer he got was still the biting cold wind and the endless blizzard.

Shao Yun knelt in the freezing cold snow and screamed to the sky: "System, you will help me, right? Think of a way. I can't give up like this!"

[Eastern Legend Challenge 5: Learn to Give Up]

[You need to learn to give up. Sometimes, what you think is a ray of hope may be bait for deep-sea anglerfish]

[Reward: Eastern Legend Set Fragment*1, Algernon's Revolver. ]

"You bastard, all you do is give me something to shut my mouth! I don't want weapons, I just want to take Ying away from these things that don't belong to her. She shouldn't be used like a fool, she should be reunited with her blood relatives."

Shao Yun roared angrily, clenched his hands into fists and waved them at the invisible screen.

Finally, Shao Yun was tired of fighting and just lay down on the snow, letting the wind and snow bury him.

Everyone asked him to give up, but he refused to do so!

Seven days! I ran in the snowy mountains for seven days, running in fear for seven days, eating poorly, sleeping poorly, wasn't it just to prevent Ying from being cheated by those damn bastards?

But now everyone tells him that everything he does is useless, he hates it!

But there was no point in being so angry. Shao Yun couldn't help but think of what the system told him on the beach.

[Sir, keep going forward... But don't go too fast. ]

I remembered what the devil said.

"Even if you can't find any reason and the truth becomes a lie, you will persist. Loyalty is your salvation and your curse."

……

He slowly stood up and used his shoes to wipe out the inverted pentagram patterns drawn in blood on the ground one by one.

Every time I erase a stroke, it's like erasing an obsession and burden in my heart.

"Since Ying wants to travel, I will accompany her. I will accompany her to do whatever she wants!"

The moment he finished speaking, Shao Yun completely accepted his fate. With the blood of God and his own soul as reward, the devil kept insisting on the word "a long time", which meant that no matter how hard he persisted, there would be no hope.

Now Shao Yun had only one thought in his mind: Ying should accompany him no matter what he wanted to do. Otherwise, if he left her, he would just be a murderer...

[You have been issued with 1 Eastern Legend Set Fragment, Algernon's Revolver. ]

Shao Yun took out the revolver inlaid with Tahitian pearls from his backpack and stroked it gently.

"At least Paimon has a weapon..." he muttered to himself, and then laughed bitterly. "But I... am so unwilling..."

Tears blurred his vision again...

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