Genshin Impact: The Beginning of the Wind

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Undoubtedly, the two sides that collided suddenly erupted into a terrifying conflict, with the gale and surging darkness constantly cutting and eroding each other.

The pitch-black abyss is undoubtedly superior in quality to the Thousand Winds of the mortal world. After all, even the heavens still have to pay a heavy price when facing the abyss.

But Teyvat is ultimately not the domain of the Abyss. The fragmented yet inextricably linked eggshell outside the mortal world steadfastly isolates the vast majority of the Abyss's power from this world.

Without sufficient replenishment, even the mightiest abyss would be at a disadvantage when faced with the endless Thousand Winds.

Such a massive amount of abyssal power is indeed formidable, but it is still insignificant compared to the entirety of Teyvat. Even the simplest and most brutal method of infusing elemental power can easily dissipate this abyssal power.

But after all that trouble from the Abyss Order, will they just cause a little trouble for Mondstadt?

The Abyss ultimately doesn't hold sway in Teyvat, a fact well understood by the seasoned rebels of the Abyss Order. So, they decisively used the Abyss power they brought into the mortal realm through the sacrifice of their own people to do something else in secret.

"Pfft!"

"Pfft!"

"Pfft!"

A thunderous sound echoed from behind the abyss waves, accompanied by waves of intense heat that suddenly appeared in this frigid land of the snow-capped mountains—the sudden heat even evaporated the thick snow around them at a visible speed.

At this moment, the perpetual cold of the snow-capped mountain seemed to be completely dispelled!

However, the rising steam turned into a persistent poisonous fog. At this moment, the entire snow mountain seemed to be shrouded in a terrifying poisonous fog. If Wendy had not used the Thousand Winds to create endless wind walls to block the poisonous fog, the land near the snow mountain would very likely have been completely transformed into barren wasteland!

But at this point, neither Wendy nor Dvalin had time to pay attention to this poison that couldn't possibly harm them.

What can Sleeping Dragon Valley possibly offer?

Of course, it's the remains of Dulin!

Now, on the battlefield, a huge, beating heart has suddenly appeared. What exactly is the Abyss Order up to? Do we need to think about it?

"No, we absolutely cannot let Dulin be resurrected!"

Wendy said through gritted teeth.

"Do you really need to tell me this? Barbatos, hurry up and think of a solution!"

Dvalin roared again. Having been tormented and injured before, they knew very well just how terrifying that seemingly clueless and even naive dragon was. Or rather, it was precisely because of its naivety that it brought about an even more terrifying disaster.

Back then, Dulin poured the poison and the abyss into Dvalin's body with the utmost sincerity—he truly believed that his power could bring Dvalin happiness and joy!

However, for life in the mortal world, Durin, who recklessly takes away all vitality, symbolizes terrible disaster and death.

Even due to its unique life form, Dulin was able to inflict considerable damage on most demon gods and even world rulers.

If we don't take advantage of the time before Durin is resurrected to eliminate this dragon again, then Dvalin and Wendy will be in for a fight!

"whispering sound!"

Wendy seemed to have thought of something and gritted his teeth, but he still firmly raised his palm. With his movement, Thousand Wind, who was originally fighting against the power of the abyss, suddenly stopped.

With the winds ceasing, the entire world seemed to fall into a deathly silence.

"Wow~wow~wow~"

But soon, clear breezes that reached everyone's ears suddenly appeared in the deathly silent world.

The winds are cheering, the winds are gathering, the winds are celebrating... the summons of the Lord of the Thousand Winds!

An endless whirlwind, seemingly appearing from nowhere, surrounded Wendy, and a dazzling blue light emanated from her body. When her pure white wings unfurled from behind her, the cheers of the whirlwind reached their peak.

"Revel, Thousand Winds!"

Barbatos reappeared in the mortal world. Compared to Wendy's previous nonchalance, Barbatos's bright eyes now seemed to carry endless majesty and coldness. He coldly raised his finger and pointed to the filthy abyss, giving orders to the Thousand Winds surrounding him.

Under the command of the Lord of a Thousand Winds, the Thousand Winds went completely berserk. In that instant, the Thousand Winds, which occupied every part of the world except underwater, unleashed unimaginable power.

In that instant, the entire Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain was completely enveloped by the Thousand Winds, and the power of the Abyss was also completely suppressed by the frenzied Thousand Winds. The Abyss was indeed powerful, but now the Abyss here was like water without roots. Under such circumstances, it was not unimaginable that the Abyss could be suppressed by an unimaginable numerical advantage.

If the power of the Abyss wasn't truly formidable, Venti might have wiped out the entire snow mountain with a single move!

Under Qianfeng's suppression, the previously active Abyss is being wiped out at a visible speed. If this continues, Barbatos may actually be able to stop Dulin from resurrecting before he replenishes enough Abyss power!

At the same time as this person...

"Barbatos...chosen to wear the crown?"

As the raging winds swept across Mondstadt, the blond boy, who was watching the blond girl being carried by the wind towards the snow-capped mountains outside the city, turned his head thoughtfully and looked in the direction of the mountains, saying these words.

"Your Highness, Barbatos has made his move!"

Just then, an Abyss Mage who had been teleported over knelt before the boy and informed him of the current situation at Dragonspine Snow Mountain.

“I sensed it. Now that Barbatos has made his move, the plan has obviously failed.”

The traveler, Kong, was not surprised by Barbatos's move.

Ultimately, Mondstadt is Barbatos's territory. Although that guy has always seemed a bit unserious, if you underestimate him, you're bound to suffer a great loss.

"Dulin should be back to life by now, right?"

"Having been given so much power beforehand, it would be too weak for them not to revive after being stimulated like this."

Kong's voice was calm, but at the same time, the dragon roar that came from the snow mountain and spread throughout Mondstadt and Liyue indicated that the poisonous dragon that had once driven Mondstadt to the brink of destruction had awakened from its eternal slumber!

Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Knights of the West Join the Battle

The dragon Dulin is pure life—perhaps that's not entirely accurate, but this giant dragon, created from gold, though corrupted by the abyss, has never changed its pure white consciousness.

Life that was not allowed to be born, carrying the purest dreams, brought the most vicious consequences to this world.

And a life rejected by the world once again should be completely extinguished.

As we all know, the world allows souls to reunite with bodies, but it does not allow bodies to collect fragmented souls. So even if Dulin's body still has the possibility of being resurrected, without the light of consciousness, even if the body is resurrected, all that can be obtained is a doll with flesh and blood and warmth.

The Abyss Order had actually wanted to take action against Dulin for a long time.

The power displayed by this dragon created from gold was so great that even the Abyss Order, which wanted to oppose the laws of nature, still wanted to obtain Durin's power.

So, the Abyss Order had actually been secretly conducting some research on Durin's remaining heart for a long time.

However, they had kept it well hidden, and the limited power of the abyss was indeed insufficient to resurrect Dulin, who was thoroughly dead, so the matter had been dragging on for a while.

Surprisingly, not long ago, this project, which had been marginalized within the Abyss Order and was almost canceled, suddenly came back to life—the guy in charge of the research and planning actually found some of the failed products that had been abandoned by the Gold in the remains of Dulin!

Even more outrageous is that the guy actually extracted some fragments of Dulin's spiritual light from that failed product!

Now that the fragments of consciousness have been found, many things become simpler—as long as Dulin is given enough Abyssal power, he can come back to life!

After confirming this, the Abyss Order quickly inserted the fragments of Dulin's consciousness into the still-beating heart, and then, over time, silently provided Dulin's heart with a considerable amount of Abyss power.

After the Abyss Order prepared to carry out a crucial plan, Dulin was designated as a target to draw attention. This led to the action of using an Abyss Mage's self-destruction to deliver the remaining Abyss power to Dulin's heart in one fell swoop.

However, this method is not without its drawbacks—such a brutal resurrection of Dulin would inevitably make it impossible for Dulin to be controlled by the Abyss Order.

But it's not a loss.

Just like when Dulin was resurrected, his power attracted the attention of all the high-end forces in Mondstadt and even Liyue.

For the Abyss Order, this was enough. After all, their real plan had not yet begun, and this was certainly not the time to break ties with the one in the sky.

The moment of destiny has not yet arrived!

With this thought in mind, the Abyss Prince took a deep breath, then turned and left through the portal.

He still had a lot to do, and having already caught a glimpse of his sister, he needed to get back to work.

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What the Abyss Order members were thinking was of no importance to Barbatos and Dvalin.

Regardless of whether Dulin was a decoy, now that this terrifying dragon had used the abandoned heart as a starting point to reshape its body with the surging power of the abyss, their most important task was to stop the dragon!

"Roar!"

Dvalin roared once more, and the vast wind element, accompanied by the wind dragon's roar, transformed into an endless rain of light that fell across the entire snow-capped mountain.

Pure wind element seeped into the earth at Dvalin's call, and after the wind element, symbolizing flow, completely invaded the entire land, it began to violently repel everything except the wind.

The closing song of the day.

Dvalin's special skill—although the name was given by Barbatos, Dvalin surprisingly didn't refuse the name.

In fact, the principle behind this move is quite simple—to infuse an excessive amount of wind element into everything through the overly active nature of wind, and then let the wind help itself while dealing with its enemies.

As the Wind Dragon, Dvalin is naturally strongest in the wind, and within the realm created by the Closing Recital of the End of the World, Dvalin can even indirectly control everything by manipulating the wind element.

Now, what Tvalin wants to do is to make everything on the snow mountain threaten and attack Dulin, who is still in the process of reviving.

He was even manipulating everything he could to try to erode the power of the abyss—no matter how powerful Dulin was, he still needed a huge amount of energy to quickly overcome the weakened state after his resurrection. At this moment, every bit of abyssal power that was worn away meant that Dulin had less energy to use.

"Buzz!"

However, just as Dulin's rapid reorganization was being barely suppressed, a terrifying beastly claw suddenly tore open the barrier of space, and at the same time, the golden king beast opened its eyes from the spatial rift.

Beneath that enormous beast, countless ferocious hounds also tore through space and stepped back into the mortal world.

"Damn it!"

"Another problem!"

Upon witnessing this scene, Barbatos clenched his teeth so tightly that he nearly broke them, but he was unaware of it.

Having your teeth bitten off is a minor matter, but the real problem is these beast hounds that suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

These hounds may not be that powerful, and even the King Beast is not an insurmountable enemy for Barbatos or Dvalin.

However, that was under normal circumstances. Now, the entire snow mountain has become a battlefield between them and the abyss, and the appearance of the Beast Hounds at this time is like adding a straw to an already fragile balance.

These hounds don't need to do much; they only need to slow down Barbatos and Dvalin slightly. Once Durin is resurrected, Mondstadt will inevitably pay a heavy price!

However, Barbatos and Tvalin could not afford to ignore these hunting dogs!

Otherwise, if these hounds were allowed to roam freely, Mondstadt's situation might not be any better than being ravaged by Dulin. After all, these hounds are nothing to them, but to mortals, the beast hounds are almost invincible enemies!

This is an obvious trap, but now, even for the sake of Mondstadt, both Barbatos and Dvalin have no choice but to accept it.

However, at that moment, a gentle breeze broke through the wind wall that shrouded the snow-capped mountain. Upon noticing this, Barbatos turned around abruptly and saw Qin and the others riding the wind into the battlefield.

"Lord Wind God, I have brought all the fighting force I can. Please, Lord Dvalin, focus on dealing with Dulin!"

Although her face still showed some fatigue, Jean, who was refreshed after drinking a lot of energy-boosting drugs, spoke with a spirited air, and behind her was all the fighting force that Mondstadt could currently muster.