Genshin Impact: The Sharpshooter of Teyvat

Chapter 1287 One Arm Gone

The moment the mask shattered, Shao Yun not only did not panic, but a ruthless glint flashed in his eyes.

He was prepared; his left hand swiftly drew a dagger from his waist. It was stained with the blood of countless people and the fur of countless animals.

Taking advantage of the moment when the Extreme Evil Rider's fist was not yet retracted, Shao Yun suddenly plunged the dagger into the Extreme Evil Rider's neck, where the black armor was joined for defense.

However, the Evil Knight had already abandoned the human body. After the dagger pierced through, no blood gushed out; only a dense, purplish-black abyssal aura seeped from the wound.

But at that moment, the slaughtered souls on the dagger, like awakened demons, surged into the black armor of the Extreme Evil Knight along the dagger!

These souls struggled and roared wildly within the abyssal energy of the Evil Knights, causing the originally solidified black armor to fluctuate and the dark purple light to become chaotic.

Extreme Evil Rider's body stiffened as he felt the strange sensation within his body, and he couldn't help but let out a muffled groan.

"What is this... a soul?! You actually used something like this to attack me!"

Shao Yun did not answer. He gripped the dagger tightly, sending more souls into the body of the Evil Rider, while simultaneously raising his foot and kicking the Evil Rider hard in the chest.

Then, the two distanced themselves...

The extremely vicious rider, who had taken several steps back, gripped the dagger stuck in his neck, feeling the unfamiliar souls constantly surging into his body.

He was not unfamiliar with absorbing souls; in his past conquests of the universe, he had devoured the souls of countless civilizations to replenish the energy of the abyss and heal his injuries. However, the souls before him were completely different from those he had plundered in the past.

Those souls, like a pack of out-of-control beasts, rampaged through his black-armored body, their ferocity during the hunt, their agony in death, and their deep-seated resentment towards the killer, turning the originally condensed abyssal energy into a complete mess.

"Ah! What is this?!" The Extreme Evil Rider finally couldn't bear the chaos within his body and let out a painful roar.

He suddenly raised his hand, grabbed the hilt of the dagger, and yanked it out of his neck. Dark purple aura from the abyss gushed out from the wound, but it still couldn't dispel the crazed souls.

He glared fiercely at Shao Yun and asked violently, "What exactly did you do to the dagger? Why are these souls so strange!"

Looking at the chaotic Extreme Evil Riders, Shao Yun coldly laughed, "Nothing special, just an ordinary dagger."

"But I've used it to skin countless animals, and even people..."

He paused, then added, "Oh, right, it also includes some legendary animals. For example, a legendary mountain lion called 'Jaguaro,' and a legendary bison called 'Tatanka.'"

With each additional word spoken, the soul within the Extreme Evil Rider grew more restless.

Countless chaotic memories flooded into his consciousness like a tide, making his already unstable state even more distorted.

The Evil Knight clutched his head, which was encased in black armor, and staggered backward. Dark purple light flashed wildly on the armor plates, as if it might dissipate at any moment.

“Damn it… these souls… I can’t absorb them… they’re too chaotic…” His voice became intermittent, and his consciousness began to become severely confused.

"You've angered me... This time you must die!" The Evil Rider suddenly raised his head, his gaze beneath the black armor completely devoid of reason, filled only with primal killing intent.

He staggered towards Shao Yun, but couldn't even walk in a straight line. He fell heavily to the ground after taking only two steps, his black armor hitting the ground with a dull thud.

Seeing the Evil Rider fall to the ground, Shao Yun took the opportunity to catch his breath. This should be enough, right...?

Lying on the ground, the extremely vicious rider felt a tearing pain in his soul, his consciousness repeatedly teetering between clarity and confusion.

Immediately afterwards, a strong will to survive and a murderous intent erupted from the depths of his soul... He absolutely could not die here like this!

Despite the excruciating pain of his soul being torn apart, the extremely evil knight struggled to raise his left hand and make a grabbing motion towards the void.

In an instant, a violent tremor came from the surface of Teyvat, and a dark light burst out from the ground. His familiar greatsword, accompanied by a whistling sound, flew rapidly in this direction!

All of this happened so fast that Shao Yun didn't even have time to react.

Just as he realized the danger and was about to dodge, the sharp blade was already slashing straight at his right arm!

With a "splatter," blood splattered instantly, and Shao Yun's right arm snapped off, falling to the ground, the blood gushing from his artery staining the surrounding earth red.

"Ah! Damn it!" Shao Yun clutched his severed arm and let out a primal howl.

Blood gushed out from the severed arm, quickly soaking his clothes.

The extremely evil rider, leaning on the flying giant sword, struggled to his feet.

The dark purple light on his black armor remained dim. Watching Shao Yun clutch his severed arm in agony, he let out a mocking laugh:

"Haha, how did you become so weak? Just now you could fight me on equal terms, but now... it seems you're nothing special after all!"

Despite the excruciating pain, Shao Yun glanced down at his right arm lying on the ground, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes.

He had no time to wallow in his pain; his left hand swiftly reached for his waist and pulled out the cowboy revolver (Blessing of the Goat).

Despite the blood gushing from his severed arm, blurring his vision with pain, he gripped the gun handle tightly, aimed at the vicious rider, and roared:

"I never expected... that we'd still have to use it in the end!"

To force himself out of the excruciating pain that could knock him unconscious, Shao Yun bit his tongue hard, the taste of blood filling his mouth and instantly clearing his mind.

There's no time to drink the miracle supplement now; he must unleash his final trump card immediately!

Just then, the red skull ornament, the Eye of God, hanging on Shao Yun's waist suddenly began to malfunction.

Instead of bleeding or some black liquid as usual, it began to melt literally, like a block of wax melting at high temperatures!

The liquid dripped onto the ground, making a "sizzling" sound.

As the Eye of God melted, bursts of shrill, devilish laughter emanated from the liquid, piercing the souls of Shao Yun and the Extreme Evil Rider.

Visible fluctuations began to appear in the surrounding space, the air twisting into ripples, with a faint urge to shatter.

"Go to hell!" Shao Yun roared hoarsely from the pain, using all his strength.

The moment he finished speaking, the red skull carving of the Eye of God hanging at his waist completely melted, turning into a cloud of black mist that merged into the revolver in his hand.

The Eye of Death has been activated! A thunderous roar flashed through Shao Yun's mind, accompanied by the clear countdown of a clock and the howling of the wind across the barren land.

Shao Yun pulled the trigger of the revolver!

A seemingly ordinary bullet is fired from the muzzle of a gun. It has no fancy energy effects, but it carries a kind of power that returns to simplicity.

Just as Shao Yun once told the Extreme Evil Rider, all the complicated moves, at this moment, returned to the most primitive "throwing stones".

The Evil Rider sensed a deadly threat from this ordinary bullet.

He tried to dodge, tried to block with his greatsword, but his mind saw it, and his body didn't have time to react at all.

The bullet struck his black-armored chest precisely, like a stone thrown into a lake, creating a devastating energy ripple within his body.

The black armor of the Extreme Evil Knight began to crack densely, and dark purple abyssal energy was frantically dissipating from the cracks. His body collapsed like shattered porcelain.

Watching his body gradually dissipate, he felt no anger, but instead revealed a relieved smile.

"I knew it...you still had a trump card up your sleeve..."

After saying this, the Extreme Evil Knight's body completely collapsed, turning into countless black fragments that remained in place.

However, the remaining abyssal energy within him did not disappear. Instead, it coalesced into a terrifying torrent of energy that surged into the sky, directly piercing through Teyvat's "eggshell" barrier and creating a massive black hole in the barrier, revealing the deep universe outside.

Although the energy surge that erupted after the Evil Knight's body collapsed was very fierce, it was not as long-lasting as the wind field left behind after the Wind God's death.

It's more like an atomic bomb, where all the energy is released in a concentrated burst in a short period of time, and then quickly dissipates into the air.

A few minutes later, the energy fluctuations between heaven and earth subsided, leaving only the black hole in the sky that pierced through the "eggshell," silently proclaiming the earth-shattering battle that had just taken place.

Everything returned to calm. Shao Yun clutched his missing right arm, the blood constantly gushing from between his fingers already soaking through his left hand.

The intense pain plastered his forehead with cold sweat. He gasped for breath, his eyes glazed over as he stared at the black fragments left behind by the monstrous rider on the ground, muttering to himself:

"Now, I should kill the Evil Knight... This time there won't be a second phase."

He looked down at his severed right arm not far away and couldn't help but curse a couple of times.

"Damn it, I can only shoot with my left hand from now on... I'm going to become a little Jim Calaway."