Battle Through the Heavens: The Rock King Emperor's Leisurely Wanderings in the Mortal World

Chapter 49 Venti, the Wind God: Hey, I'm alive!

Thick, inky fog churned among the ancient trees, condensing into a purplish-black miasma that licked at the exposed rocks.

The branches of the thousand-year-old fir were snapped by some immense force, and amber-colored resin seeped from the break, encasing half of the skeleton of an unknown beast.

The ground, arched by the gnarled tree roots, was covered with dark brown scabs, and the claw marks of the third-tier wind blade leopard crisscrossed the rock face like a net of knives, with tiny scales embedded in each ravine.

Zhongli did not spend too much energy on traveling, after all, although he was good at teaching, he preferred leisurely strolls.

Therefore, the journey to the Monster Mountain Range alone took him more than a week.

If we rush to finish and return, won't we be dragged away to get pointers on combat techniques again?

Moreover, in Zhongli's opinion, with Yaochen in charge, the Xiao family should be fine; with Ziyunyi and Xiao Yan by their side, Xiaoyixian will not suffer any grievances in the Xiao family.

Furthermore, based on Zhongli's understanding of the speed of a Dou Wang, even if a seven-star Dou Wang were to fly at full speed, their speed would still be slower than his current speed...

But it doesn't matter, I can just take a leisurely trip after I finish my business.

When Zhong Li arrived directly above the core area of ​​the Monster Mountain Range,

Although he still carried those wings that shone with crimson-gold light on his back, he didn't actually rely on their power during flight. For Zhong Li, those wings were more of a decorative element.

Originally, the people of Teyvat relied on the power bestowed upon them by the wind god to create wind wings to achieve flight. Zhongli, as a demon god, possessed unique abilities; he could lock space with divine power and then achieve flight through exquisite control of spatial forces.

But at that moment, Zhongli suddenly realized a strange fact: he himself seemed to be the Wind God at this moment.

Thinking of this, Zhongli had a sudden thought. He closed his eyes, calmed his mind, and slowly turned the "Heart of the Wind God" containing the power of Venti in his heart. He carefully transformed the divine power of Venti into the fighting spirit unique to this world.

Under Zhongli's exquisite control, the wind-based battle qi within his body had steadily climbed to the level of a seven-star battle king.

"Hey..." Zhong Li subconsciously let out a soft cry, then suddenly came to his senses and quickly covered his mouth with his hand, wondering to himself whether he had imagined it or had really made such a sound.

"But why does this voice sound so much like Barbatos?"

"Hey, old man, long time no see." Wendy's familiar voice echoed in Zhongli's mind once again, and Zhongli was more certain than ever that it was the voice of Barbatos, the god of wind.

"Barbatos? You're still alive?" Zhong Li was both surprised and delighted, and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"Hoo...ha..." Wendy yawned contentedly, then said lazily, "I'm not really sure either. It feels like I slept for a very, very long time, and when I woke up I was like this."

"What is your current situation? Have you already taken up residence in my body?"

"(⊙o⊙)……Hmm……I suppose so, I'm a little confused myself. It was probably when I offered the Heart of the Wind God to you that my divine power, which originally symbolized hope, was quietly transferred into your Heart of the Wind God. Moreover, I achieved godhood second only to you, so the divine power of the Wind God that I contain should retain more of my divine thoughts. Perhaps it was through the long passage of time that those remaining divine thoughts gradually became complete, and so I was resurrected in this strange way."

"According to you, is it possible for Ray Movie and Fucarus to be able to come back to life like you?"

"Well, I'm not entirely sure. I am the Goddess of Breeze and Hope, and my resurrection is mainly due to the Hope God power I possess. Furthermore, we are both from the same generation of gods, so the soul imprint within our divine power is naturally much deeper. As for the situation of these second-generation gods, I have no idea. But what I am certain of is that they have no Hope God power to rely on, and the soul imprint within their divine power is far less profound than ours."

"So what exactly do I need to do to get you out of my body? You can't stay here forever, can you?"

"(⊙o⊙)...Well, strictly speaking, I exist within your heart. If you want me to leave your body, the method is quite simple: just separate the Heart of the Wind God from your existing Six Gods Hearts."

"Oh? Is that so? Then I'll give it a try."

"Hey, hey, hey... No, no, Grandpa Zhong, why are you being so confused? The six elements are inherently difficult to fuse together. The reason you were able to condense the Six Gods' Hearts within you is mainly because we six gods, through our subjective will, forcibly manipulated divine power to find an extremely delicate balance in your heart. If you rashly and forcibly strip away the Wind God's Heart now, that balance will be broken, and your heart will explode with a 'bang!' Do you understand the consequences?"

"Then, are there any other feasible methods?" Zhongli asked in a calm and patient tone.

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"(⊙o⊙)...Uh...Of course there is a way. The first way is for you to completely restore your Geo Heart. With your powerful divine power as a Geo God, you can forcibly lock the divine power of the other five God Hearts. In that case, I can directly reveal myself."

"This... will probably take quite a while. After arriving in this world, I will most likely only be able to gradually restore my Heart of the Rock God by fulfilling my divine duties of witnessing and breaking contracts. However, such a restoration is far too slow. Currently, my divine power has been restored to less than one-tenth or one-twelfth of its original level."

"Therefore, the only option left is the second one. Specifically, it is to let the power of the wind in this world merge into your body. And I, who wield the great power of the wind, can control the newly injected wind power within you, as well as a portion of my own power, causing them to merge and replace the original position of the Wind God's Heart. In this way, I can successfully escape. Furthermore, you can still use a portion of the Wind God's power that I have bestowed upon you."

"If we adopt that approach, Liu Shen's heart might change, right?"

"That's beyond doubt. Originally, the cyan color of the Wind God's Heart occupied far more than one-sixth of the area in your heart. If the second method were used, the cyan color of the Wind God's Heart might not even occupy one-tenth of the area. But it doesn't matter. When I first awoke, I sensed that the power of this world is one dimension lower than our divine power. Therefore, even if a small amount of the Wind God's Heart's essence remains in your body, it's enough to support your endless consumption of Wind God's divine power. After all, the essence can continuously generate divine power, and I also witnessed your dimensional transformation of divine power just now, so it will definitely be enough for you to use."

(End of this chapter)