Genshin Impact: The Road to Reversal

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The mountains were covered with traces of floods, fires, and evaporation. Chi Ye stood on the muddy mountain road, gasping for breath.

Suddenly, another turbid torrent surged forward. He gritted his teeth and swung his knife again, instantly setting off a raging fire. The water and fire collided, creating steam that filled the entire space. When the smoke cleared, he had already fallen to his knees, exhausted. Despite this, he still stuck his knife into the mud to support himself.

"Oh, you still won't give up?" Feng Ling sneered.

"Yeah, it's already the 20th wave, and this guy's perseverance is really unexpectedly strong." Kuang Dao laughed.

"But given his current condition, it should be difficult for him to withstand Hong Tao's next attack, right?" Feng Ling said proudly.

"That's easy for you to say. It's not you who are using elemental power." Hong Tao said dissatisfiedly while carrying an axe.

At this moment, Akano stood there, his eyes determined. Although his physical strength had reached its limit, the fighting spirit burning in his heart remained unextinguished. He slowly raised his head and stared at the three opponents in front of him.

Seeing this, Feng Ling sneered again: "Why, our General Chiye is not convinced?"

"So what? Considering his current condition, do you think he can hold on to the end?" Kuang Dao said proudly.

The three of them exchanged a few words, mocking his current incompetence. However, these words didn't faze Akano's heart. After taking a short breath, he slowly stood up on the muddy road.

"How can you know if you can hold on to the end if you don't try?" He smiled and raised the sword again.

"It seems that our General Akano is really determined." Feng Ling continued to mock.

"You just found out?" Kuang Dao said, "Isn't that what he thought when he handed the credentials to those guys?"

"You're right. Isn't it his own wish to end up in this situation?" Hong Tao said with a smile.

For a moment the three of them laughed again.

"Okay, enough of the small talk. It's time for you two to send him off." Feng Ling said with her arms folded.

"Okay, no problem!" Kuang Dao said with a smile.

As soon as the words fell, the two of them released elemental power again.

At this moment, the wind is howling and the mountains and rivers are shaking.

"The wind's sorrow, the afterimage and the broken soul!"

"The flood disaster broke the three armies!"

In an instant, the wind and the rocks roared up at the same time, the earth cracked, and a torrent of water was set off, while the strong wind accelerated the flow of the flood. For a moment, the flood was like a wild horse that had broken free from its reins, rushing in with the force of a tidal wave.

Looking at the raging torrent, Chiye's eyes showed no fear at all. He gripped the sword tightly, frantically concentrating the remaining elemental power in his body on the blade.

He swung his sword and a wall of fire rose in front of him. However, his strength was almost exhausted, and the flames were quickly extinguished by the mountain torrent and were completely vulnerable.

At this moment, Akano inserted the knife into the ground again. Exhausted, he could only bend down and resist the pressure of the flood.

The cold, murky waters pounded against his body like countless brutal hands. He could feel the immense force transmitted through the blade to his arms, shaking his bones. The onslaught of the waters, accompanied by a dull rumble, repeatedly struck his eardrums, as if wiping out his consciousness as well. His vision was filled with the surging waters, mingled with mud and broken branches, and emitting a damp, rotten smell that penetrated his nostrils.

At the same time, a fierce wind was raging. The biting wind was like a sharp blade, slicing across his exposed skin, causing a stinging sensation. The wind also carried tiny pieces of sand and gravel, which pricked his face like needles. Akano's hair was blown wildly by the wind, blocking his vision. He could only look through the gaps in the messy hair at the three opponents who were still mocking him.

"My body... feels so heavy, my internal organs ache... but I must..."

He struggled hard, and after an unknown amount of time, his consciousness gradually became empty.

"Ha... Is this despair... Such a familiar feeling. When was the last time I felt this way..."

"What is Akano's dream when he grows up?"

This was a question a fisherman asked him thousands of years ago.

He was still a child at that time. When he was young, he was playing and joking with his friends and accidentally ran into an old man fishing by the river.

Out of curiosity, he often kept the old man company, and gradually the old man taught him a lot through fishing.

"My dream? I want to be a general, then gallop across the battlefield and save the people from danger!"

The fisherman nodded with satisfaction.

"That's a great ideal, but being a general isn't just about talking about it on paper. The road ahead is bound to be full of obstacles. Without the courage to face danger, the ability to adapt to changing circumstances, and the magnanimity to hold high ambitions, most people can only be a small pawn. Even so, are you willing to do that?"

"Yes, of course!"

He replied at the time.

Just as the book says, when he grew up, driven by his own ambitions, he left his hometown to join the military. In the military, he endured countless arduous training sessions, and every fall, every injury, only made him tougher. His sweat shed on the training ground, like stars falling to the earth.

Although it was not as miraculous as in the book, he soon faced his first fierce battle.

He vaguely remembered that the army he led was surrounded by the enemy because of a disagreement between the generals on tactics. The army was completely annihilated, leaving only him to stubbornly resist alone.

Back then, just like today, in order to protect our homeland, we risked our lives even though we were physically exhausted, even though there was a bleak and hopeless situation ahead.

"Akano, do you know the life of fire?"

"fire? 』

"Well, fire is a common thing, kindled by all things and extinguished by all things. Yet, even this fragile thing, when reignited, can set a prairie on fire. Just like right now, in our lives, there are constant threats dragging us into the abyss, but as long as we don't give up, the flame of hope will eventually illuminate the path ahead. Remember..."

"If the fire in your heart is not extinguished, it can also set the whole field ablaze!"

Suddenly, Chiye's eyes became extremely determined, like a dying spark that met dry firewood and rekindled here.

He gripped the steel knife tightly, fought with all his might and roared loudly. Suddenly, a blazing flame ignited in the cold and turbulent flood. That flame was different from the previous one. It was like the power gushing out from the depths of Chiye's soul, hot and tenacious.

The flames spread along the floodwaters, creating steam wherever they touched. The once surging floodwaters, scorched by the flames, gradually lost their ferocity. Then the two intertwined, clashing against each other, like a giant dragon soaring into the sky.