Genshin Impact: Demon God of Shura

"Such high praise is certainly well-deserved."

Upon hearing this, Morax pondered for a moment and nodded.

Luo Xue and Marcus nodded simultaneously, both inwardly sighing with emotion:

[To receive such high praise from the God of Asura, who was born for battle, it seems the Elemental Dragon King's strength should not be underestimated...]

"If I remember correctly, the direction of that cave should be... over there!"

After giving his assessment, Lantian began to speculate based on the information provided by Panshi. He also looked around at the surrounding environment, finally pointing to an open space in the southwest direction of Tianheng Mountain, and added:

"If we open a passage down from there, we should be able to enter that cave directly."

"indeed so."

Morax also did a simple deduction and found that the direction was correct.

"Luo Xue, Maxius, have the soldiers prepare. While Morax and I are underground, the Tianheng Mountain defense line will be in your hands."

"I obey the command of the God of War, Asura!"

The Shura soldiers who were on high alert around them, along with Luo Xue and Marcusius, shouted in unison.

Blue Sky and Morax nodded in satisfaction, then transformed into a golden ray of light and sped off toward the open space Blue Sky had pointed to earlier.

After landing face to face, the two nodded to each other simultaneously, then began to mobilize the surrounding rock elemental power, saying in unison:

"open!"

Boom!

As golden light burst forth from their amber eyes, a long, narrow crack appeared in the ground between them. This crack was bottomless, like a dark abyss leading straight to the underworld.

However, the two knew very well that the depth of the crack in front of them was still far from the cave.

"Let's go, old friend."

Morax nodded slightly at the blue sky on the other side of the crevice, and then the two jumped down into the crevice and began to fly downwards.

During their flight, the two continuously mobilized the power of the rock element, constantly opening up new passages.

When they reached a depth of over a thousand meters, the two began to discover amber-colored rock element crystals on the rock walls on both sides, which also contained a trace of power unique to the rock element.

"It seems we're on the right track, Morax. The geo elemental power here clearly originates from that Geo Dragon King."

Lan Tian touched the rock element crystals on the rock wall, turned to look at Morax beside him, and nodded slightly.

"Well, that's true."

Morax also reached out and touched the rock element crystal, then nodded slightly to the blue sky in response.

A moment later, the two continued to carve out a passage downwards in the pitch-black tunnel, with more and more amber-colored crystals appearing on the surrounding rock walls, and their size increasing.

Seeing this, Blue Sky and Morax accelerated their descent.

When they reached a depth of over 2,300 meters underground, after Lantian and Morax carved out a rock wall, a huge, hollowed-out space appeared below them. The originally pitch-black environment was immediately illuminated by an amber light, and the previously oppressive and terrifying underground atmosphere was greatly dispelled.

Upon closer inspection, the two saw densely packed rock element crystals in the space below, and several crystals were enormous, with lengths and widths exceeding one hundred meters and one kilometer respectively.

Moreover, the rock element content in the entire space is so high that the walls of the cave are covered with crystals, and there are some inverted triangular crystals resembling stalactites on the ceiling, which looks spectacular.

"Such a high concentration of rock elements... just like the rock next to me~"

Lantian closed his eyes and sensed for a moment, then suddenly thought of something and couldn't help but turn to Morax beside him and tease him.

"Ahem, old friend..."

Upon hearing this, Morax was both amused and exasperated.

However, judging from Morax's reaction, he was clearly used to Blue Sky's playful side, so he didn't pay much attention and calmly said:

“Let’s go down and take a look, old friend. I can sense that the Geo Dragon King has noticed our arrival.”

Upon hearing this, Lan Tian immediately stopped smiling and nodded somewhat seriously.

"I noticed that, too."

As soon as they finished speaking, the passage in the ceiling revealed their figures, and they landed on a very obvious and huge open space in the center of the cave. There they saw the Rock Elemental Dragon King, who was as big as a mountain, and the Rock Dragon Lizards and young Rock Dragon Lizards around him who were already on high alert and casting wary glances at Lantian and Morax.

It's worth mentioning that there were several Ancient Rock Lizards next to the Rock Elemental Dragon King, closely surrounding the Rock Elemental Dragon King, which was dozens of times larger than them, and their size was only about two-thirds the size of the Rock Elemental Dragon King's limbs.

However, at this moment, Lan Tian and Morax's gazes were not on the ancient rock dragon lizards, but were drawn to the enormous creature at the center of the rock dragon lizard swarm.

This is—the Dragon King Nagarjuna!

The appearance of the Dragon King Ruoduo was similar to that of Lantian in his previous life in the game's weekly dungeon, even more domineering and majestic, with a very strong sense of oppression.

Moreover, on this real Teyvat continent, the Rodra Dragon King is far larger than the one seen in the Zhou Benli, with even one of its toes being about half the height of Blue Sky and Morax.

The only difference is that, where the Naga King Ratna should have eyes, there are no eyes, only two dark eye sockets.

This means that if the Dragon King Ruoduo needs to know about the outside world, he can only do so through methods such as elemental vision or divine sense.

The moment Lantian and Morax broke through the ceiling and entered the cave, the Dragon King Ruoduo's elemental vision immediately caught sight of them and quickly summoned all the dragon lizards in the cave.

This is why when Blue Sky and Morax broke through the ceiling to investigate, they didn't find any dragon lizards among the amber-colored crystals.

King Ratna was naturally very wary of the arrival of these two uninvited guests, Blue Sky and Morax.

Because in the elemental vision of the Dragon King of Naga, the azure and amber light emanating from Lantian and Morax was extremely dazzling, and the elemental energy concentrated within their bodies was also extremely rich and immense!

This is almost as strong as the elemental energy within the Naga King himself!

However, despite being wary of the two, King Ratna was also very curious and eager to explore the outside world.

Because the two people in front of him were different from him; they were able to leave this place and go outside, and even see with their own eyes what the outside world was like.

"Outsiders, do not overstep your bounds! Why have you entered my territory!"

Thinking this, the Dragon King Ruoduo shouted warily at the two people in front of him, while releasing the powerful Dragon King aura he possessed as an elemental Dragon King!

The rock dragon lizards around him, along with the ancient rock dragon lizards, were instantly forced to prostrate on the ground, trembling, by the oppressive aura emanating from the Ruotu Dragon King.

However, this did not have much impact on Blue Sky and Morax, who were both genuine high-level demon gods.

"Wait a minute, Elemental Dragon King. We have no ill intentions in coming here. Please put away your dragon king aura."

Lan Tian slowly removed the rock mask from his face, took a step forward, and spoke in a gentle tone.

At the same time, Blue Sky also released its power to help the Rock Dragon Lizards neutralize the oppressive aura emanating from the Dragon King of Ruotu.

Immediately, Lantian received gazes from the rock dragon lizards that were either puzzled or grateful.

Seeing this, the Dragon King Ruoduo's vigilance lessened somewhat. He withdrew his oppressive aura, softened his tone, and spoke:

"Since you have no ill intentions, why have you come here?"

"Our arrival here may have been somewhat offensive, but it was not entirely unreasonable."

As Morax spoke, he took a step forward, stood beside Lan Tian, ​​and then calmly said:

“The entire land here trembled because of you, which has affected the safety of the people under my and my old friend’s throne. So we followed the source of the tremor and came here to find you.”

Upon hearing Morax's voice, King Rota fell into deep thought:

[This...it seems...it really is my fault...I was the one who first affected the two people coming from above...]

Thinking this, King Ruoduo then began to explain:

“This world is too small. The vibrations you felt earlier were my actions of expanding this world. Once I finish expanding it, you will no longer feel such vibrations.”

This statement is not problematic. Although the cave in front of them was already enormous to Blue Sky and Morax, it was particularly cramped and narrow to the Naga King, whose body was as large as a mountain. He couldn't even take a simple turn.

Coupled with his long-standing yearning and curiosity about the outside world, King Ruoduo made up his mind to create a world of his own!

However, before the Dragon King Ruotu could finish exploring this world, the huge commotion caused by the rock walls during the exploration directly attracted two powerful beings above him, whose strength was similar to his.

If the three of them were to fight here, then without a doubt, King Ruoduo would be at a disadvantage, or even be destined to lose!

Fortunately, the two people in front of him had no ill intentions towards King Ruoduo.

Upon hearing the explanation from the Dragon King Ruoduo, Lan Tian's expression turned strange, and he couldn't help but retort:

"I say, Dragon King, aren't you worried about a large-scale collapse that would bury your caves by simply and crudely expanding your own caves in all directions?"

For King Ratna, the biggest impact of the cave's collapse was simply the need to rebuild it; it didn't have much of an effect.

But here's the problem: if a large area of ​​the cave collapses, a miniature version of the strata abyss will appear above it!

It's unimaginable what a beautiful sight it would be if a mini version of the Lava Pit appeared behind Liyue Harbor in the future!

"Hmm... From a purely rational perspective, if you yearn for the scenery outside, why not simply push upwards through the rocks and head directly to the outside world?"

Morax also spoke with a strange expression.

"You must understand, not all rocks are so solid. Can those areas that you have been continuously developing still withstand the weight of the earth above?"

After speaking, Morax turned his head to look at the large number of rock element crystals on the surrounding rock walls, and finally looked at Lantian, who was standing next to him and was also observing the surroundings.

Blue Sky noticed Morax's gaze, immediately understood, closed his Asura Vision, looked at the Dragon King Ruotu in front of him, and added:

"If this place were to collapse on a large scale as a result, it would be a huge blow to both the underground and the surface."

Upon hearing this, the Dragon King Ruoduo fell silent...

That's a really insightful question... but if I could get out, if I could see what's happening outside, then what would I be doing here?

After a long silence, King Ruoduo, somewhat helpless and speechless, looked at the two people in front of him and said:

"If I could go out and see everything around me with my own eyes, why would I stay here?"

After King Ruoduo finished speaking, it was now Blue Sky and Morax's turn to fall silent.

[Oh dear... This is awkward. I forgot that the Naga King Ruoduo is currently blind. How could I have projected the Naga King Ruoduo I saw in my past life onto the Naga King before me...?]

This was what Lan Tian was thinking, and she couldn't help but give the Dragon King Ruo Tuo in front of her a playful expression just like Wendy's—Hehe~!

Meanwhile, Morax's inner thoughts were like this:

[So that's how it is, this Geo Dragon King doesn't have eyes...]

A moment later, the two suddenly noticed the key point in King Ruoduo's words and exclaimed in unison:

"In other words, if you can see and get out, you won't continue to expand this underground world?"

"Exactly!"

King Ruoduo nodded, looking up with longing at the direction of the ceiling that had been torn open by the blue sky and Morax, and then spoke:

"If I could see the outside world and travel freely in it, why would I bother to dig this cave?"

Upon hearing this, Morax and Blue Sky exchanged a glance, smiled at each other, and nodded simultaneously.

Because... the two of them came up with the same solution to the problem.

"Dragon King, Morax and I have a suggestion that might be helpful to you."

"Oh? Tell me?"

King Ruoduo was clearly intrigued and looked down at the two people in front of him.

Morax crossed his arms and said calmly:

"My old friend and I have decided to grant you a pair of eyes that can see clearly in this mortal world, and to help you leave this realm. However, we have one condition..."

Seeing such a good thing, King Rota, before Morax could finish speaking, said in a very urgent tone:

"Tell me quickly! As long as it doesn't violate my principles, I can agree to anything! If you can help me see the true nature of this world and let me leave here, I'll agree to a hundred conditions!"

Upon hearing this, Lan Tian and Morax were both amused and exasperated, yet they also felt that it made perfect sense.

After all, the Dragon King Ruoduo has been in this world ever since he was born.

Born without eyes, the Dragon King Ruoduo cannot see the light of the outside world. He can only use his elemental vision or divine sense to observe his surroundings. Because of his enormous size, he cannot leave this place and can only stay here.

If it weren't for the presence of some rock dragons that lived alongside it, the Rotaosaurus would probably have perished long ago...

As for one hundred conditions...

Lan Tian, ​​looking both amused and exasperated, rubbed his forehead and said:

"Uh... we just want to sign a contract with you, it's not as serious as you're making it out to be..."

Lan Tian lowered his right hand from his forehead, crossed his arms over his chest like Morax, and looked at the Dragon King Ruotu before him, speaking solemnly and earnestly:

"Our contract is very simple. As long as you agree to our contract and join our Guixiuli, you will become one of our family."

"At the same time, you cannot act rashly unless the other party attacks you. Therefore, the two of us will give you a pair of eyes that can see and will do our best to help you leave this place."

Morax added calmly.

The two had no choice but to say this. If they didn't draw up a contract as a constraint, it would be bad if the Dragon King Ruoduo left the underground and went to the surface to cause chaos.

The scene of letting the Elemental Dragon King run rampant on the land is far greater than the scene of more than a dozen demon gods attacking Gui Xiuli together.

Therefore, Morax and Blue Sky will not choose to help King Rota before a contract is signed.

P.S.: Recently, many fans have been messaging the author, asking what exactly Blue Sky's Asura Vision is and what its effects are. The author has already put the explanation of Asura Vision in the author's notes, so those who are interested can check it out.