"Bang, bang, bang!"
Three consecutive sounds, and three Whopperflowers emerged from underground.
One was Electro, one was Pyro, and the other was Cryo.
"Ouch!"
When the Electro and Pyro Whopperflowers appeared, they immediately triggered an Overloaded reaction, and Bennett, completely unprepared, was directly blasted away.
"Oh my goodness, what a great show! These Whopperflowers are incredible actors!"
"Holy cow, they just popped out of the ground, and the ground wasn't even damaged. How did they do that?"
"Darn it, I hate Whopperflowers the most! Bennett, quickly teach them a lesson!"
As everyone knows, Whopperflowers are not only highly mobile but also deal significant DMG to players in the early stages.
More importantly, Whopperflowers have two major killer moves: one is their shield, and the other is their Gatling gun.
Bennett, whose head was scorched black, didn't dare to be careless. After getting up, he immediately launched an attack.
He held a longsword and charged towards the Cryo Whopperflower.
Due to element counter, the Cryo Whopperflower was clearly the easiest one to deal with.
But unfortunately, Bennett's two fists were no match for three Whopperflowers.
While he was attacking the Cryo Whopperflower, the other two would attack from the left and right.
One Electro and one Pyro, the result was predictable.
"Bang!"
With another loud bang, Bennett was blasted several meters away.
Xavier's camera followed him, and the livestream viewers cheered in excitement.
"Wow, isn't this action scene much more thrilling than those pretty boys?"
"Are they using wires or not? I can't see a single one."
"They must be, otherwise, he'd be half-dead from that fall, right?"
Everyone's focus was always so peculiar; they didn't care if Bennett was injured, but rather if he was using wires.
"Watch me!"
Fischl probably couldn't stand it anymore. She directly drew her bow and shot an arrow at the Pyro Whopperflower nearby.
The Pyro Whopperflower was hit in a vital spot and fell to the side.
"I can't believe there are three Whopperflowers here. Why didn't I discover them before?"
Fischl felt a little scared. If she accidentally woke these three up one day, she would be the unlucky one.
Under the continuous attacks from the two of them, the three Whopperflowers quickly fell into a disadvantage.
However, once they activated their defensive stance, they became much harder to defeat.
They conjured shields.
But due to elemental counter, as long as the two sides cooperated, they could quickly break the shields.
Indeed, not long after, the shields of the three Whopperflowers were also broken, and it was now time for them to unleash their strongest attacks.
The three Whopperflowers suddenly aimed their heads at the two of them and then activated their Gatling gun mode!
"Rat-a-tat-tat!"
They launched elemental attacks, continuously spewing from their flower cores.
Unlucky Bennett, of course, was the one getting beaten again.
First, he was inflicted with Pyro by the Pyro Whopperflower, and then he was hit by the Cryo Whopperflower.
This immediately triggered a Melt reaction.
Fortunately, Bennett was tough, and these two moves didn't do much to him.
But then he was inflicted with Cryo again, followed by an attack from the Electro Whopperflower, resulting in another Superconduct, appearing before everyone.
This scene was simply unbearable, and the viewers in the livestream also found it hard to watch.
"Oh my goodness, aside from not having a specific elemental reaction, Bennett took the full DMG!"
"He truly lives up to his reputation as an unlucky guy, while Fischl next to him remains so elegant…"
Xavier turned his head and saw that Fischl was indeed completely unharmed.
Although the process was quite anxious, Fischl attacked while Bennett absorbed the DMG.
Not long after, these three Whopperflowers were also dealt with.
"Bennett, are you alright?"
Venti finally remembered to step forward and show some concern at this moment.
"Heh heh, I'm fine. These minor injuries are nothing. They're much lighter than when I fell off a cliff last time."
Bennett scratched his head. Although he had many scrapes all over his body, he didn't seem to have any actual injuries.
Keqing and Yelan couldn't help but take another look. They had truly never heard of such a special physique.
[Ding! Congratulations, Bennett, for completing the quest. Map fragment has been issued!]
After it ended, Xavier heard the system's prompt sound, and at the same time, a damaged blueprint appeared in the system space.
So Xavier took out the blueprint and handed it to Bennett.
"Bennett, take a look. Is this the missing part you need?"
Bennett eagerly took out the treasure map from his pouch. When the two pieces were put together, it turned out to be a complete treasure map.
"Wow, Xavier, you're amazing! How did you find this fragment? I've been looking for ages and couldn't find it."
But upon closer thought, Xavier possessed so many wondrous abilities, so this one shouldn't be an exception.
"Alright, we'll talk about this later. Let's first see where this place actually is."
Xavier quickly moved past the topic.
Everyone looked closely and realized that the damaged map Xavier provided was the most crucial part.
Because the vast ocean on the original map was incomplete, but the one Xavier gave had a small island on it.
"Huh? There's an island here, and judging by the marker, this should be the place!"
Fischl picked up the map and looked at it several times, feeling very amazed.
She wasn't entirely familiar with Mondstadt's overall topography, but she had seen relevant maps and hadn't noticed this small island before.
Xavier then handed the map to Venti and asked, "Venti, do you know where this place is?"
"This…?"
As the Anemo Archon, Venti actually pondered, "How strange, I don't recall ever seeing this island in my memories."
"Xavier, why are you asking him? He's just a bard who likes to drink. How could he know these things?"
Keqing was somewhat biased.
However, this answer was also quite fair, as not many people truly understood Venti, and even fewer knew his true identity.
Venti wasn't angry about this. Instead, he chuckled, "Although I'm just a bard, bards need to travel widely and also need a deep understanding of history and the past, you know."
After looking for a while, Venti continued, "Hmm… this location, direction, and size remind me of a legend."
"Ha, you're not talking about the legend of Wealth Island, are you?!"
A sudden voice came from behind them. They turned around and saw it was Kaeya.
"Kaeya, you're not trying to trick us again, are you? I remember last time you tricked Traveler and them."
Amber was very skeptical of this and didn't quite believe Kaeya's words.
Kaeya said innocently, "Of course not. I really have heard of this legend. I think Venti should know about it too."
Venti nodded and said, "It is said that Wealth Island was where a wealthy merchant from Fontaine, who drifted near Mondstadt a long time ago, hid his treasures."
"But he didn't expect this small island to rise and fall. When he went there again, the island had already disappeared."
"I originally thought it was just a legend, but now it seems that's not the case."
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