Genshin Impact: The Beginning of the Wind

But it's not worth investing more effort here.

He had more important things to do. Besides, it does sound impressive to have brought the entire Teyvat to the brink of collapse, but to say that Nibelungen didn't pay a heavy price would be a stretch.

In that great war that shook the heavens and the earth, the Nibelungen also paid an extremely heavy price. At this time, every bit of power is precious to them, and it is not worth wasting it on such a place.

Even the laws of nature cannot provide a response, so the fact that Nibelungen can slightly lower his consciousness is already enough to be considered formidable.

The newcomer before him was strange, but not enough to warrant him disrupting his plans.

The Nibelungen made this decision in an instant and decisively admitted defeat—one or two failures were not a big deal for a being of its caliber; what it sought was always the final result.

Since that's the case, let's squeeze every last drop of value out of this body!

Although Nibelungen acknowledged its defeat, it had no intention of surrendering so easily. Moreover, even though it did not want to project its own power, the power contained within this body had not yet been exhausted.

Since it's already useless, we should naturally make use of it!

Nibelungen glanced at the abyss lake below, which was gradually being transformed by the numerous Heavenly Spikes, and felt a little helpless. Under normal circumstances, the Heavenly Spikes would be easily broken by him, but unfortunately, this was not the case.

Because with the support of the World Tree, Su Feng was constantly rewriting the surrounding rules. When faced with Su Feng's continuous attacks, even Nibelungen could only do so much by using this body.

It was precisely because of this restriction that Nibelungen discovered that he was unable to break through Su Feng's restrictions and dismantle those annoying 'pillars' below!

This meant that when Nibelungen was preparing to give Su Feng a final 'gift,' they could only rely on the power contained within their own body, which was undoubtedly a huge limitation.

Otherwise, if they could recklessly draw upon the power of the abyss lake below, even expanding the interdimensional passage several times over would be enough to make Teyvat pay a huge price.

The only pity is that this kind of thing can't be done now.

However, Nibelungen was clearly not affected by this mood. After making his decision, he did not hesitate at all. The vast abyssal power that constituted this body quickly contracted and collapsed under his control. As a result, an even more terrifying sense of intimidation suddenly crept into Su Feng's heart.

Su Feng, who had been keeping a close eye on Nibelungen, immediately sensed something was wrong when he noticed that Nibelungen was beginning to restrain its power.

Almost instinctively, he mobilized more light boundary power from the Crimson King's Tomb. The massive light boundary power almost instantly enveloped Su Feng completely, and then began to rapidly surge towards Nibelungen from all directions like a tidal wave, using numerous celestial nails as nodes.

However, it was too late, because the Nibelungen, who had already integrated all the abyssal power within this body, decisively detonated it.

The next moment, darkness that devoured all light suddenly erupted!

Chapter Thirty-Two: Back to Teyvat

"Tell me, what exactly is the situation down there now?"

"I've never heard of this thing left behind by the Red King, who is talked about by countless desert people, having such a function."

"Aren't these gods incredibly good at hiding their true nature?"

While anxiously waiting for Su Feng's return in the Hengzhun Hall, Jiede looked at the buildings around him that seemed to be glowing and said irritably, "The Red King's Tomb is indeed very famous. Even in the desert, there are always some strange yet thrilling legends about this place."

But even in the most exaggerated legends, there is absolutely no story of the entire Crimson King's Tomb turning into a glittering light.

In particular, the light flowing within the Crimson King's Tomb looked extremely dangerous no matter how you looked at it; in any case, none of the people present dared to touch these dangerous lights.

However, these lights are indeed something that people really desire.

Geed, who possesses a trace of the Zhenling bloodline, has a different feeling about the light flowing through the buildings; she even has an urge to 'eat' a part of it.

However, despite this feeling, her instincts also told her that even if she rashly tried to contact this power, she would probably be easily absorbed and assimilated.

If they hadn't possessed the Crimson Sandstone Slab containing Su Feng's Light Realm power, it would probably have been assimilated by the Light Realm power that was flowing everywhere by now—this kind of power, which is not common in the mortal world, is not a harmless thing for ordinary people.

Elemental power is already poisonous to mortals, and the even more powerful light force is naturally no pushover either, not to mention that the concentration here is exceptionally high.

In short, they can only stay obediently in the Hengzhun Hall now. After all, no one knows what Su Feng has done, but judging from Chi Wangling's current state of working so hard, it doesn't seem like a good thing at all.

However, this situation, which is not much better than being in jail, was somewhat unpleasant for the usually carefree Geed, which is why she made such a complaint.

Even Elhesen agreed with Geed's last words. If he could, he would prefer that nothing major ever happened in Sumeru that could disturb him. Unfortunately, it seems that this was just wishful thinking on his part.

It now seems that there are probably many pitfalls in Sumeru. Sumeru, which has not paid attention to the gods for hundreds of years, probably does need the protection of a god.

The thought had popped into Elhesen's mind at some point, and he had even begun to think about things more carefully.

"Just keep waiting. If that person can't solve the problem, then we can just wait to die. If he wins, then we can just offer our congratulations."

Although he was thinking about something deeper, at this moment he could at least outwardly open a book of unknown contents and look at it as if no one else was around. He spoke to Geed, who was the most likely to cause problems in the team. As for Tirzad, who was a scholar?

He possessed the best qualities of a scholar—even though he was practically holding a gun to his head now, he was still engrossed in the various ruins around him, and even began to study the light force channels buried in the walls that had become visible as they began to operate.

I don't know how this guy could think that an archaeologist like him could study the technology belonging to the High Heaven from the Red King's remains.

Regardless, Tirzad, currently experiencing its peak research enthusiasm, seems much more stable than Geed.

"I know! Don't think I'd throw a tantrum in this situation. Do you really think I'm such an ungrateful person?"

Although she is quite lively, Geed is not actually the kind of rebellious and reckless girl. Having done a lot of mercenary work with her father in her short life, Geed is much more vigilant than the average person. However, she usually does not show this mercenary side of herself.

"That's good. After all, the situation here does seem quite bad now—maybe we should apply to the Order of the Church for some degree of risk mitigation in the desert."

At this moment, Seno also spoke up. He still looked seriously at the direction in which the various forces of light flowed. Among so many people, he was probably the only one who cared most about what was happening here.

He even started considering whether he should investigate the dangers in the desert in the future.

Perhaps this is just a habit and occupational hazard of high-ranking officials?

“I don’t think we mortals can interfere in this matter—it clearly belongs to the realm of the gods. Please remember the commandments of the Church.”

"In the end, we mortals will only be able to lend a hand at most."

El-Hysen decisively interrupted Seno's wild thoughts. He even subtly nudged Seno, and after hearing this, Seno remained silent for a while before slowly nodding.

"I understand, I did indeed overstep my bounds."

"This is something that ordinary people cannot handle. I will keep it in mind."

Mortals and gods each have their own responsibilities. Now that the Order of the Instruction has gone astray, he, as the Grand Disciplinary Officer, cannot follow suit and fall into the same trap. Otherwise, Sumeru will truly be left without anyone to rely on.

But these ordinary people could at least serve as scouts, right?

Just then, a sudden gust of wind blew into the Hengzhun Hall. Upon feeling the wind, the two people who had been talking abruptly stopped and looked towards the entrance of the hall.

And because of these two, the others also looked towards the entrance—and then they saw a somewhat disheveled Su Feng suddenly transform into human form and float in the air.

Everyone present breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Su Feng reappear, but their hearts quickly tightened again—Judging from Su Feng's current state, he didn't seem to be safe and sound down there!

However, Su Feng had no time to care about what others thought of him. After reappearing, he decisively opened his arms, and a huge amount of power flowed out of his body. At the same time, the light energy that was constantly gathering around him also rapidly gathered.

"Go back!"

After gathering a massive amount of light energy, Su Feng took a deep breath and then forcefully hurled it out. As the massive light energy struck the bottomless hall not far away, a terrifying abyssal force surged up at just the right moment.

"---"

The next moment, the power of light and the power of the abyss collided violently, and then the whole world seemed to fall silent in that instant.

Chapter Thirty-Three: Skin Grafting in Teyvat

The forces of light and abyss are inherently in irreconcilable conflict, and under the influence of two beings who are proficient in manipulating these two forces, the already intense conflict naturally becomes even more terrifying.

At this moment, Su Feng truly began to feel grateful for Akhmar's creation of the Aru, which was not human, and for draining the souls and knowledge of its own people.

If it weren't for this, he really wouldn't be able to handle the Nibelungen's self-destructive attack all by himself.

Although Nibelungen had indeed gradually fallen behind in the battle, the body it created still contained an extremely large amount of abyssal power.

The terrifying power that can be unleashed when it chooses to use this body to perish together with the enemy is not to be underestimated.

At least after Su Feng instinctively sensed the threat, he temporarily used Sky Spikes to delay the attack before turning around and running back to Teyvat.

He's not stupid. Anyway, the Nibelungen self-destructed in the Void Realm, so there's no need for him to take the blast head-on for the sake of the Void Realm.

Once he runs back to Teyvat, all he has to do is deal with the aftershocks that might rush towards him through the tunnel.

However, it turned out that Su Feng had underestimated Nibelungen. After its self-destruction, it was able to control the terrifying shockwave that chased Su Feng all the way to Teyvat.

If Su Feng hadn't decisively taken over the entire Crimson King's Mausoleum and directly overloaded it to squeeze out more Light Realm Power, the entire desert and even the entire Sumeru region would probably have faced an abyss impact.

If that kind of thing really happened, it would be a huge problem!

Fortunately, the Crimson King's Tomb and Aru withstood the test this time. The abundant light energy forcefully blocked the power of the Nibelungen's self-destruction in the passage and continuously neutralized it, regardless of the cost.

Although the power unleashed by Nibelungen was strong enough, it was unable to break through the final defenses and enter Teyvat under the suppression of the even larger force of the Light Sphere.

In the end, even it could only helplessly declare defeat.

However, Su Feng's act of squeezing out an excessive amount of light boundary power in a short period of time also caused huge collapse sounds throughout the Crimson King's Mausoleum - it is clear that this relic left by Ahmar has probably suffered considerable damage.

In this day and age, it's impossible to expect anyone to fix this thing, which also means that the Crimson King's Tomb can no longer be used to suppress the interdimensional passage here.

However, Su Feng wasn't too concerned about the damage to the Crimson King's Tomb. He only breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that the abundant light energy under his control had indeed gradually suppressed the massive abyss that had gathered.

As the blinding light gradually dimmed and the others regained their vision, they couldn't help but exchange bewildered glances when they saw Su Feng in the distance, looking both relieved and disheveled.

Although they didn't know what had happened, judging from the grand scene just now and the fact that Su Feng, who was so powerful that they couldn't even comprehend it, was in such a state, they could guess that something major had definitely happened that they couldn't understand.

However, after exchanging a few glances, the group of people present unanimously chose to remain silent and continue to observe—no one knew whether what was happening here was something that ordinary people like them could possibly know.

Moreover, even the strongest among them, Seno, didn't think that Su Feng's battlefield was something he could get involved in.

Putting aside everything else, the vast power of light he just witnessed was beyond his reach. If he were to recklessly get involved, he would only be a hindrance to Su Feng.

Since that's the case, they might as well just stay put and wait until everything is over. They'll know what they need to know when it's all over.

Su Feng had no time to care about what the people behind him were thinking. Having barely withstood the Nibelungen self-destruction, he was now looking at the bottomless hall that had nearly doubled in size due to the violent conflict and the entire crumbling Crimson King's Mausoleum, and was quite troubled.

In the end, he was the only one left to clean up the mess—he had never paid attention to the cleanup in the other countries before.

After all, the leaders and deities of the other countries are still quite capable. After resolving the most dangerous issues, their still intact organizational structures will naturally take over the tasks of handling the tedious and complex aftermath.

Having dealt with his greatest enemy, Su Feng, as a powerful force, naturally didn't need to worry about the aftermath.

But it's clear that Su Feng can't enjoy that kind of treatment now. After all, the biggest problem for the Sumeru government right now is the Instruction Academy itself. As for the Little Auspicious Grass King... well, the help he can offer is even more limited. Su Feng doesn't think the Grass God, who is still 'confined' to the Pure Goodness Palace by mortals, can do much more.

In short, he now needs to tidy up this place. Although the problems caused by Nibelungen have been temporarily resolved, the expanded interdimensional passage in front of him still needs to be dealt with.

The only saving grace is that, unlike before when there was absolutely nothing that could be done, Su Feng, who is still connected to the World Tree and has awakened the power of reason, can now easily create a barrier to fill this hole.

After confirming that things had calmed down on the other side of the abyss, Su Feng decisively mobilized a portion of the power he had finally recovered and once again drove the authority he had just acquired to work.

As Su Feng moved, faint rays of light appeared briefly before quickly disappearing into the surrounding space.

In dimensions beyond the comprehension and glimpse of mortals, the passages that the world itself once believed to exist due to long-term erosion are gradually being filled by new world barriers.

Subsequently, with the support of the World Tree and the control of Su Feng, this newly formed barrier slowly merged with the old scar.