Chapter 72 Breaking the Cage
"Oh!"

Chen Tianfeng kicked the hillock thug in the knee, making him kneel on the ground. Then he turned his long sword over, and the long sword surrounded by gray-white flames cut off its head and swallowed it.

"call"

Chen Tianfeng exhaled, glanced around, and after confirming that there were no other projected monsters, he came to Cornell, who was looking grateful, with a knife in hand, and smiled very kindly: "Cornell Reed?"

"It's me! It's me!"

Cornell nodded repeatedly, and then realized something was wrong: Why did he know his name?
Could it be.
Cornell thought of a possibility, his body trembled slightly, and his expression was excited: "You! Are you the one sent by the Lord of the Wind to save me?"

"It's you, Cornell."

Chen Tianfeng sighed, then swung his knife without hesitation and cut Cornell's neck, leaving a trail of bright red blood.

Many novels and film and television works have shown a truth: villains die because they talk too much.

Although Chen Tianfeng does not think of himself as a villain, he is also worried that something might happen if he is too late.

For example, he was chatting with Cornell, and the God of Thunder suddenly appeared, saying that he could guide the elemental force without the Eye of God and was an eternal enemy. He forcibly took him away, performed a sword-drawing performance on his chest, and then built him into the statue. What should he do?
If he wanted to chat, he could just kill Cornell and talk to his corpse about his own mental journey.

Cornell only saw a flash of a knife, and then he suddenly flew up, changing to a new perspective, and even saw a headless body.

He immediately realized that the headless body was exactly his own body, and his eyes widened subconsciously with confusion.

why?
Why did he want to kill himself?

If you wanted to kill me in the first place, why did you save me?

Cornell had a lot to say and a lot to ask, but in the end he never had the chance. He fell to the ground unwillingly, split in two, and died with his eyes open.

"As expected of Teyvat, a city with such magical elements, it's really not easy to take revenge."

Chen Tianfeng sighed, then remained silent for a few seconds, wiped the blood off the long sword, and sighed in his heart: Yuan Mu, I promised you. I have done what I promised myself.

Suddenly, as if it was an illusion, Chen Tianfeng suddenly felt a sense of relaxation in his heart. The cage he had set for himself was shattered at this moment. The grayish-white [Qi] in his body seemed to have broken through some invisible obstacles, and even the wind beside him became more agile.

"Roar!"

"frost!"

The ice-blue sword drew a graceful arc, causing several hillbillies to dissipate like embers and return to the earth. Then the sword turned over, and the broad sword body blocked the incoming flaming arrows.

Eula glanced at the direction the arrow was coming from, stepped hard, and arrived in front of the Rocket Hillman in a breath. The greatsword slashed from bottom to top, cutting the Rocket Hillman and the crossbow in its hand into two pieces.

These projected monsters are really troublesome. Eula let out a sigh, gripped the sword tightly, and quickly scanned the remaining enemies around her.

Two Fire Axe Hill Thugs, a Wooden Shield Hill Thug, and a Wind Hill Shaman holding a huge green shaman staff. Fortunately, the Hillman hiding and shooting arrows was dealt with in advance. Next, deal with the Shaman.
Eula's eyes were slightly stern, and she deflected the incoming fire axe with her greatsword. As the fire axe hillbilly thug staggered, she slashed through its chest, leaving a frosty sword mark.

"Oh!"

The young female knight exerted force on her legs, tightly grasped the greatsword with both hands, and rushed towards the Wind Hill Shaman.

"Roar!"

The wooden shield hillock thug blocked the girl's way, slamming his shield to the ground, splashing dust, and charging at the girl with his muscles bulging as he roared!

"Tsk, trouble." Eula tapped her toes to avoid the sharp edge and dodge the charge and shield attack of the Wooden Shield Hillichro thug. Then she saw the Wind Hillichro Shaman raising his shaman staff, with light blue wind elements gathering around him.

It seems that there is no way to reduce the difficulty in advance. Let's fight quickly and decisively. Eula pursed her lips and turned her attention back to the three Hilliard thugs in the field.

The Wind Hill Shaman raised his shaman staff and was about to recite the final spell when a knife tip pierced through his chest, sending the unfinished spell and his unwillingness back to the earth.

"What a coincidence, Captain Eula."

Chen Tianfeng glanced at the road behind Eula that led to the seal of Gongtai, and the corner of her clothes that flashed behind the rubble on the side of the road, with a hint of regret in his eyes. It seems that he can't take action in advance. Or wait until he returns to Mondstadt and persuade Wendy to go to the Knights to steal the secret treasure together?
Youla looked back, her pretty eyebrows slightly raised: "Chen Tianfeng? You are fine."

"It seems that Captain Eula has great confidence in me."

Chen Tianfeng was surrounded by a pale blue air current, as if he was riding the wind, and in a flash he was behind the injured Fire Axe Hill thug. Holding a long knife flashing with cold light in both hands, he fiercely slashed the waist and abdomen of the Hill thug: "But let's talk after the fight!"

The Hilliard thug howled, and the giant axe in his hand and his severed body returned to the earth vein together.

The two looked at each other and rushed towards the hillock thug closest to them.

A few seconds later, the remaining monsters returned to the earth veins, following the footsteps of their companions. I think they must have felt very relieved.

"I fought so hard for so long, and you actually snatched a few monsters in the end. Humph, I will remember this grudge!" The girl put away the sword and said "remember the grudge", but a smile flashed in her eyes.

"Captain Eula, you are too polite. They are just a few hillbilly thugs. There is no need to worry about them." Chen Tianfeng shook his head and sheathed his sword.

"You're polite? Hey, I'm talking about holding a grudge. Do you understand holding a grudge?"

Youla frowned slightly: "You, are you looking down on me? I will remember this grudge."

"I understand. I just hold a grudge. Captain Eula can do whatever she wants." Chen Tianfeng looked calm. "By the way, why did Captain Eula come down?"

In most cases, Eula's "holding a grudge" can be equated with "remembering a favor". In a few cases, it can be regarded as the strange habit of this Wave Knight, which is really not worth paying too much attention to.

"How come you're weirder than me?"

Youla folded her arms, glanced up and down, and said, "The explosion was too loud, I came down to check the situation."

"I see. Thank you for your concern, Captain Eula."

Chen Tianfeng nodded and explained, "The cause of the explosion was that the Fatui colluded with a crappy alchemy apprentice and unknowingly created an explosion array in an attempt to break the seal covering the secret treasure."

"Is that so?" Eula nodded, and suddenly thought of something: "By the way, have you seen Kaia?"

"Before the explosion circle was activated, I saw Captain Kaia disguised as a Fatui, standing next to the circle."

Chen Tianfeng sighed and looked at the rubble. His tone was full of nostalgia: "I think Captain Kaia probably died in the line of duty."

In fact, this was not the case. What Chen Tianfeng saw at the end was the back of the cavalry captain who ran faster than a horse without a horse.

"Haha, Mr. Chen, don't be sad, I'm still alive."

Kaiya walked out of the rubble, clapped his hands softly, and smiled: "What a great skill! Even I am not sure I can defeat Mr. Chen head-on."

(End of this chapter)