Qiqi was very light; aside from feeling a bit cold, there was no pressure at all when holding him.
After using Chihayaburu twice in a row, Makoto used the wind current to leap high into the air.
He looked down at Jueyun Karst from above, searching for Ganyu.
Actually, Makoto didn't need to search deliberately,
because after flying west for a moment, Makoto clearly heard the sound of a bow being drawn and arrows being shot, as well as the roars of monsters.
Immediately after,
Makoto found Ganyu standing on a high ground that was easy to defend but difficult to attack.
And at her feet,
a group of adult Geovishaps had gathered.
The number of Geovishaps was too vast, surging forth like a tide, covering everything.
From Makoto's perspective looking down from above, it felt as if the earth was being swallowed by the Geovishaps.
At the same time, Makoto also noticed that
the adult Geovishaps were emitting dense black smoke.
They seemed to have lost their minds, becoming exceptionally berserk, and attacked Ganyu without hesitation.
Makoto felt that Ganyu might need his help, so he flew in the direction Ganyu was in.
Ganyu naturally noticed Makoto and Qiqi flying towards her.
She had originally wanted to tell Makoto and Qiqi not to come, that she could handle these Geovishaps alone,
but the Geovishaps' attacks were too dense and fierce, so Ganyu could only fight and retreat.
Facing the attacks launched by several Geovishaps, Ganyu did not panic but dodged skillfully.
Not only that, Ganyu was also able to calmly look for opportunities, using the terrain to shoot arrows and counterattack.
Many people only know Ganyu as Liyue's First Secretary,
but they don't know that Ganyu also survived the God War.
This also means that Ganyu's combat power should not be underestimated.
Ganyu drew her bow, and dense Cryo element continuously gathered at the arrowhead.
The next second, the arrow shot out, directly piercing the body of the Geovishap closest to Ganyu.
Even if these Geovishaps were enhanced, they still couldn't withstand Ganyu's Frostflake Arrow.
Ganyu could be considered half-adeptus, more than capable of dealing with these Ancient Geovishaps.
But even so, Ganyu had a problem:
although she could kill a Geovishap with one arrow,
the adult Geovishaps moved too quickly, coupled with displacement skills like burrowing and leaping,
which often caused Ganyu's arrows to miss.
If only she could Freeze them.
Ganyu felt a bit helpless.
After all, she could only use Cryo element power.
To achieve a Frozen effect, in addition to Cryo element, Hydro element cooperation was also needed.
But at this critical juncture, where could she find Hydro element?
Just then, Makoto and Qiqi successfully landed on the same plane as Ganyu.
During the flight, Makoto had also noticed Ganyu's predicament.
At this moment, the best way to stop those agile Geovishaps
was to achieve a perma-Freeze team composition through elemental reactions.
The so-called perma-Freeze team composition means continuously applying Hydro and Cryo to monsters to repeatedly Freeze them.
In the game, if Ganyu wanted to run a perma-Freeze team, she only needed to bring Mona to achieve the effect.
Because Ganyu's Elemental Burst could continuously apply Cryo to monsters,
while Mona's Elemental Burst continuously applied Hydro, perfectly fitting Ganyu's skill mechanism.
And Makoto had recently obtained Mona's Elemental Burst,
he could completely replace Mona's position and cooperate with Ganyu to achieve the perma-Freeze effect.
"Miss Ganyu, perhaps I can relieve some of your pressure."
As his words fell,
magic circles rose from beneath Makoto's feet.
The magic circles were emitting dazzling light, and starlight patterns appeared around Makoto.
Bright, pure white starlight pulsed, and its brilliant glow illuminated the entire Jueyun Karst.
The next second, the sky changed abruptly.
Rain pattered down, hitting the ground,
wetting Ganyu and the monsters.
For a moment, Ganyu was a bit surprised.
She hadn't expected Makoto to be able to use Hydro element in addition to Cryo element power.
Looking across all of Liyue, and even Teyvat,
she had never heard of anyone who could use two elemental powers simultaneously.
It's truly incredible.
Not only that,
Ganyu could also clearly feel that the skill Makoto used was somewhat special.
The rain hitting her body wasn't cold and wet; instead, it had an indescribable warmth.
Ganyu could clearly feel that,
under the amplification effect of Makoto's skill, the dormant power within her body was also awakened.
This feeling was like when the adepti bestowed power upon her many years ago.
Ganyu didn't have time to ponder; the most urgent task at hand was to deal with these monsters.
"Like falling glazed light."
Ganyu raised her hand and sent a Cryo spirit orb into the sky.
That was her Elemental Burst, "Celestial Shower."
At once, rain mixed with ice shards descended alternately from the sky.
The Geovishaps scurrying around were instantly Frozen in place after simultaneously touching both Cryo and Hydro elements.
Once the Geovishaps could no longer jump around wildly, they became living targets in Ganyu's eyes.
She raised her bow and shot arrow after arrow,
cleanly and without hesitation, with every arrow hitting the monsters' weaknesses.
Makoto and Qiqi were also not idle and joined the battle.
Little Qiqi wielded the axe he used for chopping trees today, performing the Cloud-Parting Ancient Martial Arts.
Don't let Qiqi's small stature fool you; the powerful force he unleashed had no problem shattering these Frozen Geovishaps.
He moved his short legs, weaving through the monsters.
As for Makoto, he used two instances of Chihayaburu to gather these adult Geovishaps together, making it easier for Ganyu to deal with multiple monsters at once.
The two of them cooperated harmoniously.
Ganyu also felt an unprecedented sense of ease.
With Makoto gathering the monsters, her hit rate greatly improved.
In the blink of an eye, all the out-of-control Geovishaps had been eliminated.
"Miss Ganyu, are you alright?" Makoto walked towards Ganyu, holding Qiqi in his arms.
"Thank you for your concern, Mr. Fang Xun, I... am fine." Ganyu shook her head gently, "Thank you both so much today."
"Because of your help, my work has been greatly reduced."
If one were to ask if Ganyu could handle these Geovishaps alone,
the answer would certainly be yes, but it would take a lot of time and effort.
With Makoto and Qiqi's help now, it could be said that they achieved twice the result with half the effort.
At this moment,
Ganyu noticed a trace of blood on Makoto's wrist.
She instinctively let out a gasp: "Mr. Fang Xun, your hand seems to be injured!"
Makoto looked down and found that a trace of blood had indeed seeped through his wrist.
It must have been when he used Chihayaburu to gather the monsters earlier, and a splashing ice shard accidentally grazed his arm.
But it was nothing; just a small scratch, not even painful.
If Ganyu hadn't reminded him, Makoto wouldn't have noticed at all.
In response, Makoto just chuckled and said, "Miss Ganyu, this small injury is nothing; it will probably heal soon."
Upon hearing this, Ganyu immediately shook her head and said, "That won't do. Any injury needs to be properly treated."
"Moreover, these monsters were contaminated. I'm worried that the corrosion will invade your body, so it must be treated seriously."
As Ganyu spoke, she took out a clean white handkerchief from her clothes.
She squatted down and carefully bandaged Makoto's wound.
The innocent Ganyu thought simply: Makoto was injured because he helped her.
If anything happened to Makoto, she would blame herself for a lifetime.
Makoto was also a bit exasperated at this sight, feeling that Ganyu was overreacting.
For such a small injury, Makoto didn't even think it was necessary to put on a bandage.
However, since Ganyu was already bandaging the wound, he let her be.
Makoto stood still, cooperating with Ganyu's bandaging.
This also brought the two of them very close.
So close that Makoto could smell a faint fragrance on Ganyu.
The scent was like Qingxin, and also like sweet flower.
It was evident that Ganyu must really like floral scents.
It was also at this moment that Makoto's attention was drawn to the stray hair on Ganyu's head.
That strand of hair swayed up and down with Ganyu's bandaging movements.
It looked extremely cute.
"Mr. Fang Xun, it's bandaged."
At this point, Ganyu looked up, wanting to communicate with Makoto,
but unexpectedly saw Makoto staring directly at her head.
Ganyu instinctively took a step back and quickly reached up to cover her horns.
Her pretty face was a bit flushed, and she said awkwardly, "Please... don't look at me like that."