Genshin Impact, starting from becoming the God of the Ocean

"What kind of sea monster is the boss? It looks really scary."

As the 'overlord' of this sea, Stone could naturally tell that Su Zhe's strength was slightly higher than his.

Moreover, not only is he strong, but he also has great potential. The speed at which he gains weight is simply frightening. At least in his opinion, Su Zhe is even more terrifying than that fierce Sha Kui.

He chose to follow Su Zhe partly because the latter was powerful and would surely become a true overlord in time.

On the other hand, having someone to chat with feels just sooooo good!

Hey, can you imagine? You can definitely imagine how incredibly difficult it is to find someone who understands you and with whom you can have a good chat in this vast ocean of information!

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Just as he was thinking this, a powerful aura suddenly exploded out.

In the dark cave, Kyogre opened his eyes, the red stripes on his body appearing even brighter at that moment.

After a while, the flashing light subsided, and Su Zhe swam out from inside, waving his pectoral fins.

The stone immediately pounced over to his side.

"Boss, boss, you've successfully evolved?"

"No, it's almost there."

"Why haven't you evolved yet? Boss, how many sea monsters have you devoured? I've been drinking the soup with you and I'm almost evolved by now!"

Stone's strength is also at the first tier, that's right, the first tier, but his turtle shell can easily defend against the damage from second-tier sea beasts.

He's been drinking soup with Su Zhe all this way and is almost evolving, while Su Zhe eats meat but hasn't evolved yet, which makes him very strange.

"Although it hasn't advanced yet, it has reached the critical point of second-order evolution. However, I feel that if it wants to advance successfully, it will probably have to devour a second-order sea beast next."

"Huh? It's going to devour second-tier sea beasts too? Wait... Boss, what's first-tier and second-tier? I don't understand."

"Oh, this is just a division I made myself."

Su Zhe briefly explained it to Shi Tou.

He has reached the critical point of advancement, but he is still one step away.

Moreover, this step requires energy of a higher level than his current level to break through.

This will likely continue in the future as well. For example, to advance from Tier 1 to Tier 2, one would need to devour a Tier 2 sea beast.

Another prerequisite is reaching the critical point for advancement.

Like Su Zhe, who had previously devoured second-tier sea beasts but did not feel any advancement, because he had not yet reached his peak. Therefore, devouring sea beasts of a higher tier than himself could only accelerate his advancement.

After all, he was technically a demon god, and the energy within the mutated sea beast was ultimately just something he absorbed and refined, so its level wasn't high.

"I see, a second-tier sea beast... That's easy. There's nothing else in the ocean, but plenty of sea beasts. Boss, that thing that chased us last time, its strength should be enough, right?"

"That's enough, but can you kill it?"

"Uh...it's because you're here, boss, hehe~ Boss, you've reached that critical point, your strength should have increased a lot, right?"

Stone has a principle: never be at the forefront of a fight unless you can't help it.

"Give it a try."

Su Zhe has indeed become stronger, and his body length has reached 9.9 meters. With his abilities, he should have no problem fighting against ordinary second-tier sea beasts.

If all else fails, there's still this rock.

Over the past few days, Su Zhe has become quite proficient in the Water Turtle Shell technique.

He also discovered that the ability to meditate seems to have another effect—stacking buffs.

By continuously stacking the mental effects that are added after meditation ends, if you meditate again before it ends, these mental effects will stack up, achieving the same effect as in the game.

Of course, the effect of stacking buffs is not obvious so far, since his main fighting method comes from his body.

However, Su Zhe had an idea: what level could be achieved if Oser's body was driven by stacking buffs?

...

wow~~

The cargo ship sailed on the sea, the sea breeze billowing the sails, and experienced sailors pulled the ropes, revealing their strong arms.

On the deck, several pot-bellied middle-aged men chatted and laughed.

Chapter 39 The Critical Point of Second-Order Evolution >>

"Haha! Sun Shi, we're almost in Liyue. Have you contacted everyone there?"

"Don't worry, everyone, I've already made the arrangements. Even though I've been away from Liyue for over thirty years, I've been keeping an eye on things here."

"That's fine. Once this shipment is delivered, we can transfer another batch from Liyue back to Winter. That way, we'll have enough for the whole year."

"However, everyone must be careful not to let Liyue's Thousand Rock Army find us."

In the crowd, a middle-aged man with half a bald head gave instructions.

They were all merchants from the Kingdom of Zhidong, but among them, only this man named Sun Shi looked different.

Everyone else is a Winterborn, but he is a Liyueborn.

Sun Shi went to Winterfell with his family to do business when he was a teenager. Although he has maintained contact with Liyue over the years, it has mainly been for business purposes, and he has never returned.

He personally went to run the trade this time because the transaction had to bypass the official Liyue and Winter Solstice authorities, which falls under the category of smuggling, and he didn't trust anyone else to do it.

The main reason for bypassing the tax gate is to avoid taxes, since these goods are high-end luxury items and the tax rate is too high.

The risks were high, but the rewards were high, and he couldn't handle it all by himself, so he brought along a few familiar 'friends'.

Of course, don't be fooled by their cheerful smiles; behind the scenes, they might all be plotting something.

Business people are like this: watching others make money is more painful than losing money themselves.

At this point, the group exchanged a few more perfunctory words, their conversation devoid of genuine emotion and filled only with finesse.

Suddenly, a sailor shouted, "Look! Good heavens, what's that?!"

Looking into the distance, everyone saw huge waves crashing against the sea, and two ferocious sea beasts could be vaguely seen fighting each other amidst the waves!

Roar! ! !

A series of roars echoed, the sounds seemingly carrying a kind of soul-crushing power.

At the same time, a suffocating atmosphere descended, instantly turning everyone on the ship pale.

"A sea monster! It's a sea monster!"

To avoid being discovered by Liyue, they did not take the safe route.

I originally thought it would only be a few days, and I would leave after completing the transaction. The ocean is so vast, and the possibility of encountering danger is very low.

But they never expected that this would lead them to run into each other.

"Quickly! Hurry up and get out of here before they attack!"

"Come on!"

The ship merchants shouted.

However, the battle between the two sea monsters was drawing ever closer to them. On this vast ocean, no ship could outrun those ferocious sea monsters.

"Huh? How come there's a boat here?"

On the sea, Su Zhe, who was engaged in battle, caught a glimpse of the cargo ship fleeing for its life and was immediately puzzled.

This area belongs to the Guyun Pavilion's sea area. Without any escort ships present, neither cargo ships nor passenger ships should be able to approach.

The only possibility is a smuggling ship.

"These guys are asking for it."

If it were innocent people, Su Zhe would do his best to protect them during their retreat.

But there's no need for that kind of person.

After all, his opponent was a second-tier sea beast.

Sizzle! —

The sea beast, which resembled a crocodile, brandished its sharp claws, leaving deep bloody marks on Su Zhe's body.

Blood flowed out, and Su Zhe roared, slapping down with his backhand.

"Go away!"

boom!

With a muffled thud, water splashed outwards.

This crocodile is over nine meters long, with protruding scales all over its body and barbs all over its back, making it ferocious and terrifying.

Its tail is long and powerful, and its bite force is astonishing.

However, in terms of size, it is still much smaller than Gyouka.

With this strike, the difference in size sent the crocodile flying.

The crocodile fell into the water, and before it could react, its head was slammed into by a spinning turtle shell. In an instant, stars rained down on it, and it lost all sense of direction.

"Haha! Big guy, come on! Weren't you very arrogant last time? Your grandpa turtle will beat you flat with both hands and feet!"

Stone laughed triumphantly.

Roar! ! !

The ferocious beast burst forth from the gate, opening its blood-red maw to bite.

"Boss, save me!"

Su Zhe suddenly rushed out, creating a huge wave, his eyes blazing with ferocity.

If he kills this crocodile, he can advance to the next level!

Chapter 40 Annihilation, Stone's Friend

Boom! —

The sea surged with turbulent waves, and the enormous tail whip slammed down with the force of a boulder falling.

With a loud bang, the two sides separated.