Genshin Impact: Demon God of Shura

Chapter 140 Barnabas, the God of Ice

As a beautiful figure appeared in front of "Blue Sky," "Blue Sky" revealed an expression that said, "I knew it."

Although Lan Tian had never met the Ice God in his previous life, just from that tall and shapely figure, the expressionless and exquisite face, and the aloof and arrogant temperament, the other party's identity was immediately obvious:

Barnabas, the Ice Demon!

Almost simultaneously, the two began to sized each other up.

She has a pair of ice-blue snowflake eyes, white eyebrows, and long silver-white hair that reaches past her waist and hips. Her bangs cover her left eye, and the ends of her hair have an ice-blue gradient with some ice crystals falling from them.

In terms of strength, the Ice God is a high-level demon god, but he seems to have just achieved this status, at least that's what "Blue Sky" thinks with the help of the Asura Vision.

She wore an ice-blue strapless dress, decorated with many ice crystals on the chest, which was noble and elegant and highlighted Barnabas's curvaceous and tall figure.

Because of its length, the back of the skirt could have dragged on the ground, but because of the divine power supporting it, it did not touch the ground, but floated behind her.

She wore a pair of opaque, ice-blue lace embroidered gloves with snowflake patterns on the back of her hands and straps at the ends of her upper arms, which accentuated her slender arms.

Upon closer inspection, one can notice that Ice Goddess's skirt has a high slit on the left side, reaching her waist. When she stands still, it looks similar to an ordinary evening gown, but as soon as she moves, her long, beautiful legs are faintly visible.

Just as Ice God appeared, Blue Sky's keen observation immediately noticed the beautiful scenery inside.

Aside from the ice-blue lace leggings on top, through a small section of her fair, jade-like thigh, a pair of knee-length white stockings with clear snowflake patterns at the top came into view.

At the very bottom, there's a pair of exquisite ice-blue high heels with a silver sheen, perfectly complementing the Ice Goddess's own aura, making her look like a noble ice queen.

However, she was not wearing an ice-blue crown on her head.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. If, when the battle between several demons is escalating, a demon wearing a crown suddenly joins the fight... the other demons will probably unite against you first.

After all, wearing a crown is a high-profile act that carries a strong sense of provocation and mockery towards them.

As for his temperament... well... Lan Tian can only be described in one sentence:

It's cold, so cold, so damn aloof!

Despite possessing a noble and elegant queen-like aura, her aloofness is genuine.

Just by standing there expressionless, she exudes an aura that keeps people at arm's length, like a true ethereal ice goddess, even more so than Luo Xue.

Luo Xue's aloofness at least carried a trace of humanity, but the Ice God was like a ten-thousand-year-old glacier; just looking at him felt like falling into an ice cave, unbearably cold.

However, despite the Ice God's aloof demeanor that kept people at arm's length, it did not prevent "Blue Sky" from conversing with him.

However, before "Blue Sky" could raise her hand to greet her, the other person spoke first. Her voice, like her temperament and appearance, was a cold, mature, and almost emotionless one.

“I am the God of Ice, Barnabas. As for the title ‘Queen of Ice,’ I think… I don’t seem to be qualified to be called that by the God of Asura, who is known as the ‘God of War of Asura.’”

Although Barnabas's exquisite face still wore a cold and expressionless expression, his gesture of reaching out to the "blue sky" in front of him suggested that he wasn't as aloof as he appeared on the surface.

I was even a little...happy?

"The god of Asura, Rhodesius, is known in the mortal world as Blue Sky."

"Blue Sky" reached out and shook hands with Barnabas, then let go.

"I think you know without me saying it that what's in front of you is my Asura clone, right, Barnabas?"

"Blue Sky" raised an eyebrow slightly, with a meaningful look in his eyes.

"Ahem... My previous eavesdropping was unintentional."

Barnabaston immediately understood and said with a slightly embarrassed expression, but his expression remained expressionless.

"It's alright, I can sense that you mean no harm."

"Blue Sky" shook his head, not paying any attention to Barnabas's previous overstepping of boundaries.

"So, what brings you here, Barnabas?"

"Blue Sky" gets straight to the point.

"Actually... it was my people who inadvertently learned a great deal about you from the God of Fire and the God of Water, including the fact that your help could be crucial to the victory in this war between the demon gods..."

At "Blue Sky's" invitation, Barnabas sat down with "Blue Sky" on a wooden stake and calmly explained the purpose of her visit.

After listening for a while, "Blue Sky" couldn't help but raise his hand to stop Barnabas from continuing, and asked:

"Wait a minute. Putting aside your purpose in coming to me, what I'm more concerned about right now is, without a high-level demon god like yourself guarding your territory, what will happen if other demon gods invade?"

This is a crucial question, because unless absolutely necessary, demons rarely leave their own territories alone, let alone visit the territories of other demons.

Unless there are allies nearby or within the territory, it is possible that some non-warlike demons may seek alliances with other powerful demons.

“Doesn’t your Guixiuli have an elemental dragon king in charge? There is an elemental dragon king sleeping near my territory, and other demon gods dare not easily invade because they are very self-aware.”

Barnabas made a startling statement, delivering a highly informative remark with a blank expression, which made "Blue Sky"'s lips twitch.

【No, ma'am, how did you say that without batting an eye? The Elemental Dragon King is an extremely arrogant creature; how could he possibly help you guard your home?】

After silently grumbling to himself, "Blue Sky" frowned slightly, but still asked:

"Logically speaking, the Elemental Dragon King is a very arrogant creature. How did you manage to get her to guard your territory for you, Barnabas?"

Although "Blue Sky" has never met any of the other first-generation elemental dragon kings besides Rock Dragon King Jotaka and Grass Dragon King Apep, it is not hard to guess from their commonalities that some elemental dragon kings were probably not happy to come into contact with demon gods.

After all, in ancient times, after the great battle with the Heavenly Principle and the Four Primordial Shadows, the Elemental Dragon King lost some of his powers and declined for a period of time before the Demon God and humans rose to prominence.

Just as "Blue Sky" was pondering whether Barnabas had fought with the Ice Elemental Dragon King from the Winter's Edge, Barnabas's cold voice rang out.

"It's simple. That ice elemental dragon king likes all kinds of exquisite ice sculptures. I spent hundreds of years begging and pleading before I finally reached an agreement with her."

Barnabas crossed his arms and said calmly.

"This...this works too..."

Upon hearing this, "Blue Sky" immediately adopted an exaggerated look of having seen a ghost, and the corners of his mouth twitched wildly a few times.

Good heavens, where is your majesty as the Elemental Dragon King? How could you be conquered by such a few ice sculptures? This is even more shocking than losing to Barnabas!

"However, she prefers a quiet atmosphere, so I've only met her a few times so far."

Seeing that "Blue Sky" still seemed to have some doubts, Barnabas continued:

"I place the finished ice sculptures near the entrance of the cave in the snow mountain, then call out to the entrance and leave."

[This...is quite Barnabas-like, so sparing with words, he won't even go in and have a proper conversation.]

If it were Blue Sky, she would probably keep trying to get in touch with the Ice Elemental Dragon King.

After all, the other party is an elemental dragon king. Even if the other party has no intention of participating in the war between demon gods, it is still possible to make friends, right?

"Phew, I'm still not used to talking so much..."

After chatting with Barnabas for a while, Barnabas finished speaking, her pretty face flushed slightly, she crossed her hands over her chest, let out a sigh that was filled with coldness, and said weakly.

"puff!"

Seeing Barnabas, who was always expressionless, suddenly show such a cute look, which was very different from his aloof demeanor when they first met, almost made "Blue Sky" lose his composure.

Seeing Barnabas looking at him, "Blue Sky" waved his hand somewhat awkwardly and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Ahem, sorry, sorry. This is the first time I've seen you make such an expression. It was quite unexpected."

However, after a brief exchange, "Blue Sky" gained a preliminary understanding of Barnabas's personality.

Well... on the surface, they seem cold and aloof, but in reality, they are not so cold and ruthless. On the contrary, they are quite sensitive and calm.

But Barnabas doesn't seem to like... no, he's not very good at expressing his thoughts. Besides the influence of the ice authority on Barnabas, it's also related to his subconscious tendency to protect himself.

"Hmm...maybe...it's because this is the first time I've spoken so much with other demons..."

Barnabas turned his head away somewhat embarrassedly, trying to hide the expression on his face.

Perhaps influenced by Blue Sky's sunny and gentle appearance and temperament, or perhaps by his approachable personality, Barnabas didn't have much of a guard up against Blue Sky.

However, to "Blue Sky's" slight disappointment, Barnabas only looked a little embarrassed and did not smile.

“Barnabas, if you also want to go to Guixiuli, I think you'd better smile more.”

Seeing that Barnabas was somewhat bothered by his earlier lapse in composure, "Blue Sky" chuckled a few times and took the initiative to change the subject.

"Ahem... Smile? Hmm... Is that so, Rolsheus?"

Upon hearing this, Barnabas pondered for a moment, then gave an unnatural, cold, fake smile to the "blue sky" in front of him.

"Ahem... Barnabas, your expression is too stiff..."

"Blue Sky" was clearly taken aback by Barnabas's stiff smile, and said, feeling both amused and exasperated.