Genshin Impact: The Road to Reversal

The two looked at each other, clenched their fists, and stepped into the cave separately.

At first, the surroundings were quiet, but as we went deeper, the surrounding surface became obviously unstable.

There were many stalactites hanging in front of Hong Tao. Every time he took a step forward, some of them fell down. As he walked further, the ground began to shake.

He was standing on a steep stone bridge, and below was a turbulent river. Coupled with frequent earthquakes, it was difficult to maintain balance with every step.

With a nervous heart, Hong Tao quickened his pace. He was extremely careful with every step he took, but unexpectedly the bridge broke.

“Shit…!”

Pfft!

He fell into the fast-flowing river, where he was beaten by rocks and water.

He struggled, trying to grab something, but there was nothing around the river. Finally, due to the undercurrent, he was caught in a whirlpool and completely buried in the endless darkness and rapids.

When Hong Tao opened his eyes again, he had returned to the cliff where he started.

At this moment, he stretched out his hands and marveled that his body was still intact, as if everything that had just happened was a dream.

"What's going on? Just now I clearly..."

call--

While he was amazed, suddenly a strong wind blew up. Hong Tao braved the wind and came to another cave entrance to observe.

That’s right, the wind was blowing from inside. Could it be that something happened to Kuang Dao, just like what happened to him?

Thinking of this, he wanted to go in and find out what was going on, but the next second.

"Wow ah ah!"

boom!

This storm blew Kuang Dao out of the cave. As for Hong Tao, who was standing at the entrance of the cave, he naturally became a cushion for Kuang Dao. At this moment, the wind stopped.

"Damn it, I just don't believe it!" Kuang Dao touched his head and looked at the cave entrance angrily, without noticing that Hong Tao under him stood up again.

"Hey, Kuang Dao, wait a minute!" Hong Tao stood up and shook his head. In a trance, he tried to stop Kuang Dao, but it was too late.

Kuang Dao continued to rush into the cave, but within three seconds he was swept out again by a sudden strong wind, and this time, by chance, he hit Hong Tao again and made him feel cold all over.

"Wow!"

Pfft!

"Brother, can you please not be so impulsive?" Hong Tao lay on the ground, looking at Kuang Dao lying on his back helplessly.

"What do you care about me? Today I just don't believe that I, a wind man, can be knocked down by the wind?" Kuang Dao stood up and rushed towards the cave again, but this time he was blown away by the wind as soon as he reached the cave entrance.

Wahhhhh—

Hong Tao slapped his head and felt helpless. He stood up and continued to stand behind to act as a buffer, but this time he firmly caught the mad knife that was blown out.

"So brother, let's not be so impatient, okay?" he said helplessly again.

"Then what do you say we should do? We can't go back unless we pass the trial!" Kuang Dao said with his arms folded.

"Alas, it's because of your personality that you always get humiliated. Forget it, let's exchange information first, maybe there will be a way." Hong Tao said with a sigh.

"That's true. Fine then." Crazy Blade lowered his hands and said reluctantly, "At first, I entered the cave and nothing unusual happened. But as I went deeper, I discovered a desert. The wind grew stronger with every step I took. The first time I took it was when I was swept out by a sandstorm!"

"Sandstorm?" Hong Tao asked doubtfully, looking down. "But I didn't see any sand coming out of that gust of wind just now."

"Because that was the third time I was blown out by the wind." Kuang Dao said with his arms folded.

"what?"

"I had just reached the cave entrance when a gust of wind suddenly blew and I was able to get out."

"Uh, how did you manage to say such an embarrassing thing with such arrogant words..." Hong Tao complained helplessly, and then continued to ask, "What about the second time? I'm a little curious, you weren't blown out by the wind too?"

"That's not the case. The second time, I finally got halfway in, but who would have thought I'd fall into a quicksand trap and end up back here in the blink of an eye."

"Really? I also fell into a turbulent river and was caught in a whirlpool, and then returned here." Hong Tao lowered his head and thought, "It seems that this is a trial that can be repeated infinitely. No matter how serious the injuries we suffer in the trial ground, we will eventually return here unscathed."

"So if we can't pass the trial, we'll be trapped here?"

"Isn't this obvious?" Hong Tao spread his hands and shook his head helplessly.

"Damn it! I don't believe that I, the dignified Wind Ancestor, can be troubled by a gust of wind!" Kuang Dao said harshly, then turned around and rushed towards the cave again.

"Hey, wait a minute!" Seeing this, Hong Tao immediately reached out and grabbed his collar, thus stopping him in time. "I'm not saying that with your fighting style, it will take forever to pass the trial. I'm afraid that even if you go in 100 times, the result will still be the same!"

"Then what do you think we should do? How about we exchange the trial venues?" He turned around and looked at Hong Tao and said this.

"Tsk, you can give it a try." After saying that, he loosened Kuang Dao's collar and walked towards the other's cave with him.

However, just as the two were about to step into the trial cave, the entrance was suddenly sealed by the elements.

Boom!

The trial cave in front of Kuang Dao was tightly sealed by the suddenly rising rocks, while the trial cave in front of Hong Tao was blowing up dust and sand that almost lifted him up.

"No, what's going on?" Kuang Dao asked, looking at the sealed cave in front of him.

"Perhaps this is what Lord Demon meant by tailor-made." Hong Tao replied.

"Huh? So we still have to go into our own cave and pass the trial before we can leave here?" Kuang Dao said angrily again.

"It seems... that's right." Hong Tao said helplessly.

"No, I...you...oh, I..." At this moment, Kuang Dao wanted to curse all the time in his heart, but after thinking about it carefully, he finally held back.

Hong Tao shook his head helplessly, then went to the cliff and sat down.

"Well, instead of sulking there, why not come over here and calm down first," he said, patting the hard rock beside him.

"Oh, okay." Kuang Dao sighed angrily and came to Hong Tao's side seemingly reluctantly.

There are no stars in the sky, and the ground is covered with undulating mountains. No living creatures can be seen here, and everything is in chaos.

"Speaking of which, this place is similar to Black Demon Mountain. You can't see the sky, and it seems like everything is outside Teyvat." Hong Tao said with a sigh.

"Yes, it's because we are heretics who go against the way of order and go astray because of pain." Kuang Dao said. His tone was obviously much calmer at this time, but it also showed a bit of mourning.

"Who said it wasn't? But come to think of it, why did you join the Fallen Angel Troupe in the first place? I heard that before that you seemed to be a... thief?" Hong Tao asked.

Hearing Hong Tao's question, Kuang Dao folded his arms and asked in return, "So what? At least I'm stronger than you. I heard from Lord Demon and the others that you seemed to be the king of some mountain back then."