Genshin Impact: Rise of the Desert

Yuan Zhong was sent flying by a single punch, crashing through six or seven rooms containing evidence of the criminals and four floors, landing on the top floor corridor of the Opizley Opera House with a large amount of rubble.

At the end of the corridor was a balcony. In her panic, Funina had already run there. Just as she was about to turn back and run somewhere else, Abyss lay across Funina's path.

"You...you stay away! Let me tell you, I am the Water Goddess, I am very powerful!" Funina looked around, grabbed a piece of gravel, and threatened the abyss.

Yuan Zhong slowly got up, the bones in his body that had been broken by Vilette earlier were aching again.

Enduring the pain, Yuan Zhong bent over and walked step by step toward Funina.

"boom!"

A massive amount of rubble fell off the walls as Ivan advanced. The largest part of the Sacred Armor was its arms, which were completely covered and very thick. The three-meter-wide corridor was simply too small for Ivan to fit in.

Yuanzhong knew that Ivan was behind him, but he was in too much pain to turn around.

"Time accelerates!"

"Time stop!"

Two low growls sounded simultaneously.

Yuan Zhong refined the Time Godhood into the water element, thus he could only accelerate his own time.

Ivan injected water into his body, thus allowing him to stop time.

Moreover, it pauses the entire world, but it puts a tremendous strain on the body.

Ivan had already used it once this morning; if he used it again, he feared he wouldn't have the strength to continue fighting.

But Ivan had no choice.

"Click-clack-click-clack—"

As the stopwatch clicked, time was frozen in time.

Before Ivan appeared three abysses, one bent forward, one lying on the ground, and one getting up from the ground.

It seems that the abyss accelerated time in an attempt to dodge Ivan's attack, choosing to roll to the side. The speed was so fast that it left afterimages during the pause.

"Die!"

Ivan was about to raise his giant claw when he suddenly caught sight of Funina out of the corner of his eye.

Funina looked at the first afterimage in the abyss with a look of horror in her eyes, holding a stone in her hand.

In front of Funinna, dozens of pebbles were flying towards her.

"Damn it!" Ivan cursed under his breath, pushing off the ground to move forward. "Five seconds is still too slow! I have to save Funina first, damn it!"

Ivan arrived at the balcony, and with a swipe of his giant claw, he cleared away the rubble, creating a space wide enough for him to rush in.

Then, Ivan hugged and forced Funina to squat down, protecting Funina's entire body.

The giant claws were placed behind Funina, the head was placed above Funina, the arms were placed to Funina's sides, the legs were bent, and the body protected Funina's front.

Just as these actions were completed, time began to flow again.

Fu Ningna felt a sudden darkness engulf her vision and unconsciously collapsed to the ground.

Sunlight shone through the gap in Ivan's body, reaching Frynn's vicinity and allowing her to see familiar clothes.

"Grab me," Ivan's voice came from above.

“Ivan!” Fryna looked up and saw Ivan’s head, which was covered by a jackal helmet, with only his face visible.

Funina instinctively obeyed Ivan's words and grabbed the armor on Ivan's chest.

Fu Ningna had just gotten a firm grip.

"bump!"

A metallic clang came from behind Ivan, and then Ivan felt dizzy and flew into the air, his body involuntarily opening up.

"Waaaaaah!" Funina gripped Ivan's chest armor tightly, and was lifted up by it.

Just now, Yuanzhong slashed Ivan. He saw the Time Potion and wanted to break the glass jar to take it for himself.

However, not only did the glass jar not break, it also sent Ivan and Funina flying.

Yuan Zhong stood on the balcony and sneered, "At a height of over thirty meters, a fall from that height would cripple you half to death."

He then leaped into the abyss.

He didn't want to watch Ivan and Funina fall to their deaths. He should press his advantage against such formidable opponents, not watch them fall behind.

............

Ivan opened his eyes and looked at the sky. Furness was on his chest, while Yuan Zhong stood on the balcony.

He was completely exhausted, his whole body ached, as if he had just run ten marathons, and his nerves were too tired to move.

A buzzing sound filled his ears, making him unable to hear anything, but he could see Funina crying and screaming in terror.

This is the price of pausing time; anything done while time is paused will be imposed on you once time has passed.

The smallest unit of time that can be observed on Earth is Planck time, which is 10 to the power of -43 seconds. It is the shortest time that can be observed in theory.

It can be understood that what Ivan just did was done in one unit of Planck time, so how could he not be sore?

It's a testament to the Red King's resilience that they don't explode on the spot!

The incident in the morning was because Ivan had just absorbed the Time Godhead and was full of energy, briefly gaining a large amount of divine power, so he was fine.

However, the power of time has now been fully digested, and one should adapt and slowly explore [time] instead of immediately using an unfamiliar power.

However, there was no other way; Ivan had no choice.

Looking into the abyss, Ivan suddenly realized that the abyss must have investigated the current world situation while he was hiding among the special patrol team members.

Fontaine is technologically advanced, but Sumeru is a country with two systems, the desert is a disorganized mess, and there are countless warlords.

Without much investigation, a couple of newspapers and a little inquiry are enough to find out that the rainforest has been suppressing the desert, so Ivan's trip to Fontainebleau was a natural guess.

interest.

Faced with the choice between his own safety and the interests of the entire tribe, what would Ivan choose?

Having fought alongside the Beast Hounds and the Golden Humans for decades through the Dark Portal, how could the Abyss not know the Golden Humans' thoughts?

Every chieftain of a desert tribe is wise, for they have the blood of the Red King and are descendants of the gods.

God loves people, but human genes have made them love only themselves.

If a chieftain is unable to lead his tribe to food and victory in battle, then the other descendants of the Red King in the tribe will challenge the chieftain's authority.

For God so loved the world.

They couldn't bear to watch their people starve under the leadership of an incompetent leader.

Ivan will definitely choose to save Fryna, sacrificing his own life, and will be killed by the Abyss.

With Ivan dead, Fontaine will certainly compensate and support Ivan's tribe.

This is why, after accelerating the time in the Abyss, the player chooses to attack Frynn and then dodge, rather than dodging immediately.

"Ugh..." Ivan involuntarily coughed up blood that tasted of rust. It seemed that his internal organs were shattered and he probably wouldn't survive.

"I'm tired. Let's destroy it," Ivan thought, wanting to close his eyes.

But he had only closed his eyes halfway when he saw Funina close her eyes and move closer to him.

Instantly, Ivan felt a moist sensation on his lips.

A soft substance pried open his teeth and entered his blood-filled mouth.

Ivan's eyes widened.

Furnessa...is kissing herself?

Ivan, who had basically never been with a woman in his two lives, suddenly got excited!

Although Fontainebleau is open to the public, women will not kiss any man other than a family member before establishing a relationship.

In short, she loves me.

"No matter what, she kissed me, she loves me."

"A man of the desert will not let his woman be in danger!"

"Yes, I still have time potions!"

Ivan's nerves were on edge, and the liquid emitting a white glow in the glass jar containing the time potion on his back rapidly descended.

The moment the time potion was injected into his body, Ivan felt no pain in his bones, muscles, or internal organs! He was filled with power, and he could hear again.

Now it's time for a fun counterattack!