Genshin Impact, starting from becoming the God of the Ocean

Have we arrived?

According to Su Zhe's guess, going up from here should lead to the interior of the ruins.

Rumble rumble rumble~~~

Suddenly, the surrounding rock walls began to shake.

The moment Su Zhe burst out of the water, a huge rock fell right over his head.

"careful!"

Ke Qing shouted loudly, taking half a step forward.

But then a cold glint, carrying with it biting frost, swept in, freezing and shattering the stone into countless small pieces.

Shen He tumbled a few times in the air before landing on Su Zhe's back and asking softly, "Are you alright?"

"Uh...no."

Ke Qing opened her mouth, wanting to say something but unable to utter a word.

Fortunately, a loud bang resolved her embarrassment as a giant shadow descended from the sky, crashing heavily towards Ke Qing.

"Ruins Guardian?"

Seeing the several enormous figures emerging from within, Su Zhe was somewhat surprised; he hadn't expected to find such things here.

Looking around, they saw that a group of monsters had already fallen. The commotion they had just witnessed was the result of the two of them fighting the monster horde.

"I'm fine, you go help her."

Su Zhe said to Shen He.

The latter nodded slightly, then charged back into the battlefield with his spear in hand.

With their combined strength, they were more than capable of dealing with these machines, but soon a dark and ominous aura burst forth from within, transforming into humanoid demons wielding long spears, which at first glance resembled the Thousand Rock Army.

Keqing was surprised. Although she didn't dig up the earth as often as Xiao, she had encountered many evil spirits during her travels throughout Liyue. These things usually appeared in the form that people feared.

And the things we fear are mostly indescribable, non-human things.

However, the remnants of demons can manifest in different ways depending on their will, so it's not surprising that they appeared in the form of the Thousand Rock Army.

This can only mean that the will that controls this force has fought against the Thousand Rock Army and harbors resentment.

Thinking of this, a cold glint flashed in Ke Qing's eyes.

As one of the Seven Stars, Qianyan Army was her most trusted subordinate. Now that it had been tainted by evil spirits, she was naturally resentful.

However, the Thousand Rock Army, transformed from evil spirits, was unexpectedly powerful. Their spears were not ordinary; they were thicker and stronger. With their large numbers, they managed to suppress Keqing and Shenhe for a time.

"hateful!"

Ke Qing was starting to feel the strain and was about to unleash her ultimate technique to counterattack when she suddenly felt a chill sweep over her.

"—Act in accordance with the law!"

A biting, cold wind swept around, and a frozen domain gradually formed around Shen He.

The frost corroded the evil spirits, slowing them down considerably.

Just then, a jet of water shot out.

"Water, spray!"

Su Zhe controlled the water element and unleashed a powerful water cannon.

The power of water rapidly expanded the icy domain, turning everything in its path into a sheet of ice!

Click click click~

Evil spirits frozen!

Shen He acted swiftly, using his immense strength to smash the frozen monster to pieces.

Boom boom boom boom boom!

It feels a bit like playing whack-a-mole, hitting it every time.

Ke Qing was stunned for a long time. She did not expect that Su Zhe would cooperate with Shen He's actions, and she was even more surprised that Shen He's series of actions seemed to be as if he had already anticipated that Su Zhe would make a move.

This unspoken understanding and cooperation made her question her life for a time. Was the little whale she had her eye on really just a creature that could understand human nature?

Also, do these two guys really just know each other casually?

Despite a thousand doubts flashing through her mind, Keqing's sword moved swiftly, striking with lightning speed while the evil spirits and the guardians of the ruins were frozen.

Before long, all the enemies were killed.

"Whoo~"

The battle was finally over, and Keqing breathed a sigh of relief.

"I didn't expect the evil forces here to be so powerful. Luckily, we discovered them in time."

She glanced ahead.

She and Shen He came down after unlocking a secret door. The mechanisms inside are quite complex, and there are puzzles to solve everywhere. But now that we've reached this point, it should be close to the end.

Directly in front of the two was a semi-enclosed stone door.

The guardian of the ruins we just saw was stationed outside the stone gate. I don't know if this place was originally a natural ruin or if it was built later.

If it's a natural ruin, then it must be related to Kanria. Ruins are scattered all over that country, so it's perfectly normal for it to appear here.

"Hey... Kyogre, what brings you here?"

Ke Qing turned around and asked.

"Oh, I forgot you can't speak."

“They must have come here following the scent,” Shen He said. “Kyogre is very sensitive to the scent of demon gods.”

Chapter 58 The Emperor Subdues the Eight Dragons, The Demon God's Deal, The Power of Time! >>

Ke Qing nodded, wanting to ask something, but in the end she realized that it seemed like there was nothing she could ask. She knew too little about Su Zhe. In comparison, facing Shen He's self-evident explanation, she only felt a sense of defeat.

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Su Zhe glanced at the two of them, feeling something was off. Didn't Keqing call him 'Kyogre' just now?

What exactly happened between the two of them in such a short period of time?

"Okay, but don't go in now, it's definitely going to be dangerous inside."

Keqing pointed to the stone gate.

"You wait here, so you can provide backup in case anything happens."

"I'm with you."

Shen He looked at her.

The two exchanged a glance, their cooperation in this regard surprisingly tacit. Without further ado, they got to work.

The two women made their decision, and Su Zhe couldn't really say anything.

He seemed to be instinctively ignored.

But after Shen He and Ke Qing's figures disappeared, he stared at the stone gate, and a sense of foreboding suddenly welled up in his heart.

Deep within the stone gate, in a daze, I saw a pair of enormous, lantern-like eyes open in the darkness.

Immediately afterwards, a dark and ominous aura began to cover the land, gradually forming a fog that completely obscured the already dim view behind the stone gate, making it impossible to see anything clearly.

Su Zhe's gaze sharpened, and he was just about to go over to check the situation when a deep and long voice rang out in the void.

"Ausel...you actually broke through the seal!?"

The sound, accompanied by some kind of spiritually influential force, emanated from within the stone gate. It sounded more like a low murmur from a ghost or deity, carrying a hint of surprise. It lacked a terrifying aura, yet it sent chills down one's spine.

As a result, the surrounding air suddenly dropped!

Su Zhe was slightly taken aback as a memory flooded into his mind.

"It's you!?"

...

Before the seven gods were determined, the world was in chaos, and the sea was the domain of giant beasts and demons.

In that era, demons ran rampant, and powerful demon gods frequently appeared. In addition to Oser, many powerful demons also emerged in the sea.

However, the giant beasts in the sea are now either completely dead, suppressed, or have fled to the Dark Outer Sea. With the end of the Demon God War, there are almost no sea beasts causing trouble in Liyue, let alone demon gods.

However, it is rumored that not long after Liyue stabilized, during the initial stages of construction, a giant sea monster wreaked havoc and was extremely ferocious for a time.

This behemoth was incredibly powerful; even the stone whale created by the Rock King Emperor could not defeat it.

In an instant, the behemoth became the untamed overlord of the vast sea.

However, this guy was later personally impaled in the deep sea by the Rock King Emperor.

After all, this is Liyue, how could the old man allow anyone to cause trouble in his own home?

Not to mention that the chaos had just been quelled, and the people here were being encouraged to engage in production and development, while you were stirring up trouble and causing destruction. Who else would we target if not you?

"Ba Qiu, it's you?" After saying that, Su Zhe realized something was wrong and quickly coughed lightly: "I mean, how come your power can extend this far?"

The Eight Dragons were the powerful demonic beasts that caused chaos back then.

(In He Puyuan's records, Baqiu is referred to as a sea beast, also known as a demon beast. I feel that the person who wrote the document didn't consider that much detail. Also, as long as the demon god is in the sea, he should be considered a particularly powerful sea beast. The information mentions that he once became the overlord of the sea, so his strength must have been considerable. Therefore, I set him as a demon god. In reality, I just used a historical allusion. You can call him by any other name.)

There are actually many records about the Eight Dragons in Liyue Harbor.

There's even a book called "The Emperor Subdues the Eight Dragons," which you might hear while sitting in a teahouse, drinking tea and listening to stories.

Of course, fabricated stories are always too idealistic, and after so much time, only a few people know the truth.

Ausel knew this guy, and their relationship was neither good nor bad. They used to be competitors, but later they became kindred spirits and fellow guests of the Lonely Cloud Pavilion, nothing more.

"You surprise me even more. You actually... you actually created a clone. Could it be that when you forcibly broke through the seal before, it was to conceal this clone from leaving?"

Ba Qiu's voice sounded calm, yet it naturally carried a certain power.

This power is filled with a chaotic aura, the result of thousands of years of sedimentation beneath this dark and sunless deep sea, a symbol of wear and tear, which even Ba Qiu himself cannot control.

Perhaps in a thousand or a hundred years, this guy will go mad.