Genshin Impact: The Road to Reversal

Moo!

The Prison Ox's roar echoed wildly throughout the cave, shaking the very stone walls. Suddenly, a resounding roar erupted from the depths of the cave, like the roar of a mighty army. The Prison Ox's massive body began to shake violently, and with its movements, the previously tranquil underground river within the cave seemed enraged, its water rapidly rising.

The Prison Ox continued to roar, its roar possessing a magical power, bringing the water of the underground river to life. The water surged out of its channel, sweeping towards the flood, and in an instant, it converged into a "flash flood" within the cave. The water pounded against the rocks within the cave, instantly crumbling some of the fragile rocks, turning them into powder and merging with the water.

"Ahhh!"

Under the scouring of the flood, Hong Tao screamed in agony. He wanted to fight back, but the flood neutralized his strength. At this moment, he was so helpless. The last time he felt despair due to life and death was before he joined the Fallen Angel Troupe.

That day, the merciless fire burned everything to ashes. He drew his sword against the guardian, but was ultimately defeated. He felt the same way at that moment, feeling deeply desperate because of the gap in strength. However, the Demon Lord saved him and gave him the identity of Yan Jun, so he was absolutely unwilling to give up this trial!

"Give up, you can't beat me."

At this moment, an old voice came into his mind, and in a blink of an eye he came to an unknown area, and the person standing in front of him was Qiuniu.

"People always say that rocks remember everything. Your past is indeed filled with grief, anger, and passion, earning sympathy and pity. But no matter how resilient a rock is, it will eventually be washed away by the rain. When that happens, all your memories will turn to dust and be drowned by the flood."

Qiuniu's voice echoed in this unknown area, filled with an unquestionable sense of oppression.

Hong Tao gritted his teeth and lowered his head.

"Perhaps you are right. The rock will eventually crumble under the baptism of time. But even so, it can transform into a torrent in the blink of an eye and completely engulf everything! And this is my will, the will to devour 'Order'!"

He clenched his fists, breaking the void before his eyes. In the blink of an eye, he was once again deeply trapped in the waves, unable to extricate himself, but this time, he did not sit idly by and wait for death.

Enduring the impact of the flood, he went upstream and leaped into the air with all his might.

At this moment, he raised his battle axe and spun it in the air.

The surrounding torrents surged upstream, and as Hong Tao swung his battle axe, the surging water seemed to be pulled by an invisible force, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a muddy current. The muddy current was like a giant python, circling around Hong Tao and tightly enveloping him.

Qiuniu observed this scene with a cold snort. Its massive body began to emit a faint blue light. Wherever the light reached, the water level in the cave rose rapidly again. The rock fragments that had been washed away, enveloped by the blue light, reunited and formed sharp stone spikes that shot towards Hong Tao and the muddy current around him.

Hong Tao's eyes flashed, and he shouted, "Flood's disaster, wrath breaks thousands of troops!"

The muddy current that wrapped around him suddenly expanded outward, and the stone spikes that shot towards him were shattered by the powerful force of the water as soon as they entered the range of the muddy current.

The huge body of Qiuniu trembled violently due to the attack of the huge waves. It was unable to move under the pressure of the muddy current and rocks.

Hong Tao pursued the enemy with his axe raised and attacked head-on! In the end, Qiuniu was defeated.

Qiuniu's massive body finally gave way to the weight, its massive hind legs buckling as it toppled forward. With a dull thud, its mountainous form slammed heavily to the ground, sending up a cloud of dust. Its head drooped limply, its once majestic horns digging into the ground at an angle, leaving deep cracks in the ground that spread outward like a shattered spider web.

The cave fell into dead silence due to Qiuniu's fall. Only the sound of water flowing in the underground river was still dripping, as if it was making a low whine for Qiuniu's failure.

Hong Tao stood not far away, looking at the fallen Qiuniu, his chest heaving violently, and at this moment, a teleportation array rose in front of him. Until this moment, he had completely passed this trial that belonged to him alone, a test from the "mountain torrent"!

Meanwhile, on the other side...

After parting with Hong Tao, Kuang Dao stepped into his own trial site. After passing the steep tunnel, he saw a barren sandy land.

It might be an exaggeration to call it a desert, but it does have the same threats as a desert.

Poisonous scorpions, quicksand. And these are not the biggest challenges, because there is also a disaster that often exists and occurs in the desert - sandstorms!

When he first stepped into this place, Kuang Dao was caught in a sandstorm and was forced back to where he was. This time he had to be extra careful.

"It's calm now," he said, stopping to look around. "In that case, why not take advantage of this opportunity..."

He lowered his hands and tried to rush to the exit as fast as possible while gasping for breath, but at this moment, the wind picked up again.

call!

"what?"

The howling wind seemed to tear his body apart completely. At this moment, he gritted his teeth and struggled forward against the wind.

"Damn it, at this time!"

It was the same last time. Just when I thought the trial was nothing and wanted to increase my speed to pass it quickly, a strong wind suddenly hit.

Kuang Dao knew that he could no longer be trapped by the sandstorm. He stomped his feet hard and plunged his long sword into the sand to stabilize his body.

He squinted his eyes tightly, trying to discern his direction through the wind and sand. The strong wind carried gravel, which continuously lashed his face and body. Each grain of sand was like a tiny but powerful bullet, causing his skin to sting.

"Fuck, what the hell is going on? Why is the wind getting stronger the further I go?"

He covered his mouth and nose, almost suffocating. At this moment, he suddenly remembered the conversation with Yu Hongtao outside the cave.

"Thinking about it carefully, even before we came here, Lord Demon had already told us the answer."

"The wind is sometimes strong and sometimes weak. When it is weak, it embraces everything; when it is strong, it destroys everything. Just like your state of mind, if you can't calm down, even the strongest attack will be discovered by your opponent."

State of mind? Could it be that?

Thinking of this, Kuang Dao immediately began to adjust his mentality, breathing in and out, inhaling and exhaling, until his heart was completely calm and the desert in front of him finally stopped.

At this moment, he opened his eyes and looked at everything in front of him, and then he finally understood.

"It's true. My impatience caused this uproar. It seems I must keep a calm mind in the future, so that I can..."

Thinking of this, he adjusted his breathing again and continued walking towards the exit.