Genshin Impact: The Beginning of the Wind

Although he had some ideas about this seemingly absurd battle, the Doctor still expressed in a seemingly emotionless voice that he was willing to lead the Fatui to join the first line of defense.

"Of course, that's exactly why I invited you here. Taking this little guy away from me won't be an easy task, you know~"

Perhaps to prove her ability to pay, when the Doctor was scrutinizing the Divine Child, she simply pulled out the Heart of God, which shimmered with purple light, from her chest.

"..."

“Very well, then our deal is officially done. We will help Inazuma fight this battle, and you will give us the Heart of God.”

After sensing the mysterious fluctuations emanating from the Heart of God in the fox's hand and noticing the skirmishers' stiffened state upon seeing the Heart of God, the Doctor nodded in satisfaction and announced that the deal had been reached.

"That's good. Please set off as soon as possible, as I think those beings are already impatient."

The goddess breathed a sigh of relief upon receiving an affirmative answer. Although she knew very well that the Fools would not go back on their word at this time, the affirmative response made her feel more at ease.

"Whoo~"

After the executives swiftly led their subordinates directly to the front lines, the Divine Child couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. Although she had the support of the two great gods, Shadow and Su Feng, she still felt considerable pressure. After all, Inazuma was indeed asking for help from others—what she was asking from Shifu was not just the support of these combat forces, but also a massive amount of material support.

The Divine Child knew that the isolation edict had caused the entire Inazuma region to become impoverished at a visible rate. Although in dire circumstances, they could rely on killing those corrupt officials to get through a period of time, even if they slaughtered all of them, the resources they could obtain would be limited.

Therefore, additional support is necessary, and Winter, who is willing to do anything for the Heart of God, has now become such a major contributor.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly. The doctor, who was in charge of this operation, had approved the deal. Not only would the Fools go to the battlefield, but a large amount of supplies would also be delivered to Inazuma soon.

With support from both sides, Inazuma can sustain this war for a very long time.

In the eyes of the divine child, Inazuma was currently walking on a precipice. If he was not careful, he would fall into the abyss. Now that the deal was done, he was basically out of danger. All he had to do now was deal with those evil gods.

Meanwhile, Su Feng, who had been pulled over, stood somewhat bored behind the Divine Child, acting as a backdrop for the fox while taking in all of this.

It has to be said that this fox has really made the most of everything she has. Although her understanding of the existence of gods is still quite naive, she is far better than Lei Movie in dealing with mortals.

Regardless of her reasons for protecting Inazuma, her sincerity and effort alone are enough to earn her recognition, and it's no wonder she became a member of the Kage's family.

This fox may seem unreliable, but it's actually very hardworking!

Chapter Twenty: The Secret Hidden Under the Invasion from the Dark Sea

However, it's one thing for the fox to work hard, but it's another to see how well his efforts go.

"Don't think about relaxing yet. The real battle is about to begin. Now is not the time to rest."

"Those guys have reached their limit and are now trying to breach the boundaries of Teyvat."

After seeing the Divine Child let out a deep sigh of relief, Su Feng, with a mischievous grin, reminded the fox, who seemed to have already taken care of everything. Suddenly reminded, the Divine Child's two ears twitched slightly, and then she gave Su Feng a fierce look.

"You make it sound so easy. Do you really think I don't get tired?"

"Its tail hair is almost all gone!"

"But are you sure you're okay?"

"You need to know that those evil gods are all people you have to deal with. We can't give you much support, and they're not people we can handle."

Although she appeared to be unforgiving, the goddess's eyes were actually filled with worry.

Although she didn't know much about the hierarchy of gods, dealing with a large number of evil gods at the same time was definitely not an easy task.

In the past, those evil gods were indeed dealt with, but back then, it was Raiden Shin and Raiden Movie, two powerful figures at the level of the Seven Gods, who dealt with these evil gods.

Moreover, as Narukami of Inazuma, they receive the support of the entire Inazuma faith and the earth's veins during battle.

But is it really okay to replace him with Su Feng alone now?

Thinking of this, the divine child couldn't help but feel even more worried. Even if the general were to be stationed in Inazuma and mobilize the earth's veins to support Su Feng, no one was sure whether Su Feng could match and make good use of Inazuma's earth's veins. Did they really think that the seven kingdoms commanded by the seven gods were just a simple border demarcation?

What a joke! What was truly divided was the entire Teyvat ley line!

Besides the people they each command, the most important task for the seven gods is to assimilate and suppress their respective ley lines; even the seven statues of the gods have this function.

Over the long years, the ley lines of Inazuma have been deeply marked with the imprint of the Thunder Twins. Now, Su Feng is directly connected to the ley lines of Inazuma... Because he needs to guard the Divine Cherry Tree, the Divine Child, who has a certain understanding of the ley lines, does not think this is a simple matter.

Especially since Su Feng doesn't seem to be proficient in these kinds of methods.

"There's no need to worry so much about a bunch of losers. Don't worry, I was able to defeat the Shogun in Inazuma, so how could you think I could lose to a bunch of the Shogun's defeated underlings?"

Su Feng wasn't too worried about the evil gods who were trying to open the borders of Teyvat. Now that he had become a triple-core Herrscher, his confidence was quite inflated. When he was a dual-core Herrscher, even the General was no match for him. Now that he was a triple-core Herrscher, how could he be afraid of such a bunch of oddballs?

Do you really think everyone can do sit-ups like Yang?

How could that be! If Su Feng really loses to this bunch of scoundrels, he shouldn't even think about becoming the End. He'd better find a place to bury himself and wait for someone to dig him up and make him into a Divine Key.

"Alright, those guys have already opened the border. You'd better hurry over and get your people ready. I don't want to end up dealing with those evil gods only to find that you've been dealt with by a bunch of monsters that can be easily taken care of."

"In that case, I will definitely turn your story into a poem and sing it throughout Teyvat. I think that would make our chief priest of Narukami Shrine famous throughout the world, right?"

After sensing that numerous distorted and chaotic elemental forces had opened the boundaries of Teyvat, Su Feng's eyes flickered, and he provoked the Divine Child with slightly mocking words.

Then, before the Divine Child could react, this guy flashed away from the Tenshukaku. Since the other side had already made their appearance, Su Feng naturally had to give them a proper welcome, otherwise it would be impolite.

Of course, Su Feng didn't consider how angry the Divine Child would become after realizing he hadn't expected to be mocked in the end.

......

At that very moment, on the vast ocean, a distorted light curtain was slowly being opened—Teyvat, under the laws of nature, was actually isolated from the outside world. It was not difficult for those failed demon gods to escape, but it was difficult for those who had fallen into evil gods to return.

In fact, if they hadn't once been demons, it would have been impossible for them to enter so easily.

"Using the remaining elemental power as a beacon and supplementing it with powerful force to forcibly open the boundary temporarily? That's a rather simple and crude method."

"If Tianli were still conscious, he could probably easily cut off this method."

"This seems to be quite interesting."

Having transformed into a gentle breeze and appeared above the chaotic elemental site, Su Feng knew with just a glance how these evil gods had entered Teyvat.

Of course, compared to these evil gods who simply rely on their original authority and relatively good strength to fly around like bricks, what is more attractive are the various monsters that are constantly pouring into Teyvat through the opened portals.

Those were truly all sorts of bizarre things. Su Feng saw deep-sea monsters with various distorted appearances, half-human, half-fish mermaids and fish-men, various bird-men flying around in the sky, and even some humanoid creatures with all sorts of strange appendages on their bodies.

These... 'things' are undoubtedly the people of those evil gods in the Dark Outer Sea—Su Feng was surprised to be able to sense a portion of elemental power emanating from these demons.

Although the elemental power emanating from these monsters is filled with a sense of wildness and chaos, it is indeed elemental power.

In other words, these lives can be brought under the rule of Heavenly Law—of course, even if these demons are brought under the rule of Heavenly Law, they will probably be allowed to live like dragon lizards, but they will never become the mainstream.

Moreover, such primal elemental power cannot be replenished under the order of nature. If one wants to transform this primal elemental power into gentle elemental power under the order of nature, it would probably require an extremely painful transformation.

Having realized this, Su Feng has now begun to suspect the true purpose behind these evil gods' periodic attacks on Inazuma.

They may truly wish to return to their homeland, but their act of sending these monsters into Teyvat is definitely more than just the angry roar of defeated men.

He now understood why these evil gods had attacked Inazuma countless times, yet they hadn't suffered much damage from the Raiden Sisters' blades; there were clearly some secrets he didn't yet know.

But I imagine someone will explain it to him soon, right?

Look, here comes the call from the general.

"It seems there are many things I don't know. Can you tell me what I need to be careful about if I fight these guys?"

Although the aura of the evil gods had gradually seeped into Teyvat, and the vast and chaotic elements had even enveloped the sea in a strange atmosphere, Su Feng remained calm and composed.

He could sense that these evil gods were still at the level of gods, but there was a considerable gap between them and the general.

If it were just opponents of this level, they wouldn't pose much of a problem for Su Feng at all; he could easily deal with these evil gods.

"There are other reasons why these evil gods have survived until now, but I can't be sure whether they will continue to follow the old pattern."

"So you need to be more careful. If these guys have any other ideas, we'll need to deal with these problems completely this time."

"That's precisely why I acquiesced to the Divine Child bringing you into this battle. Otherwise, do you really think I'm that easy to talk to?"

The general's voice was as cold as ever, but her words revealed something that made Su Feng understand.

Soon, through the general's emotionless narration, Su Feng finally understood why these evil gods who frequently wanted to rush back to Teyvat were still alive, and he also understood what secrets were hidden within them.

Chapter Twenty-One: Heaven's justice always has even more inhuman methods.

As an archipelago far from the mainland, Inazuma's existence is somewhat awkward under the natural order.

After all, Inazuma, which is isolated from the other six countries, is somewhat out of step with the natural order. However, as the country closest to the Dark Sea, Inazuma also has its own role to play.

Replenishing strength from the outside world is one of the many missions of Inazuma. It is precisely because Inazuma has many missions that Sky Island airdropped the Raiden sisters here.

One of their tasks is to manipulate the ley lines of Inazuma to transform the chaotic and savage elemental power brought back by these evil gods into elemental power that Teyvat can now use to replenish the world's losses.

In other words, these failed demon gods have become tools sent out by Teyvat to capture energy. Their only role in the universe now is to capture enough primal light energy outside of Teyvat using their bodies, convert it into secondary elemental energy, and then return to Teyvat to contribute this elemental energy.

And then the cycle repeats itself.

Although the amount of elemental power in Teyvat as a whole is not large, it is now a considerable sum.

The whole plan was good, the only drawback was that it was too cruel even to the demons. It was like treating these fallen demons like piglets, letting them out to find their own food and then coming back to be butchered after they had grown fat!

Some piglets that can be recycled after being butchered—that's how these evil gods are positioned in the realm of divine justice.

As for defeating the Thunder Twins, seizing the seven gods' positions, and returning to Teyvat... haha, let's just assume that's something these evil gods can actually do.

However, this extreme and inhumane approach is indeed the style of Tianli (the Way of Heaven).

"So you're now unsure whether these evil gods will still act the same way as before?"

The laws of nature are indeed cruel, but for these defeated evil gods, this mode of behavior is the only option they have left. In fact, if they could defeat the Thunder Twins in a fair and square manner, they might actually be able to return to Teyvat.

Even though they themselves knew that this was a carrot dangling in front of them that they could never reach, it still didn't stop the losers from seeing it as their only hope.

Originally, this system was running very well, but since 500 years ago, the situation has become unclear, and the entire Teyvat has accelerated its path to destruction.

No one can be sure now that these evil gods, who were already expelled from Teyvat, are willing to continue competing in the old way.

This is also the most important reason why General Thunder tacitly approved of the Divine Child bringing Su Feng into this battle.

The general needs an assistant to ensure Inazuma's safety.

"..."

"Alright, I understand. If these evil gods are still the same as before, I will spare their lives. But if the situation changes, I won't be so lenient."

After getting a general understanding of the situation, Su Feng made a decisive decision. Since these evil gods could be considered temporary workers who handled the dirty work, Su Feng didn't mind going easy on them a little. But if these temporary workers wanted to rebel, Su Feng naturally wouldn't be polite.

"That's only right. If those guys don't know what's good for them, I'll naturally help you destroy them completely!"

The general's voice was filled with killing intent. Any being that dared to threaten Inazuma's eternity was her enemy, and these unstable evil gods that had broken in from the outside were the greatest threat to Inazuma.