Genshin Impact: A Mortal's Ascension to Godhood

Immortals vs. False Gods

"Damn it! Since we can't win alone, let's unite!!!" Yao Gui stared with red eyes, took out a bottle of strange potion and drank it. Although Xiao noticed Yao Gui's action, he was unable to stop him from drinking the potion in time because of Yao Feng and Hei Lei's desperate resistance. Xiao was also a little annoyed about this: "Immortal demon, how many times do I have to kill you before you fall?"

Including Manye, the members of the combat team smacked their lips while watching the battle. They definitely could not deal with such an enemy. The best result would be to escape unscathed, and the worst result would be to be wiped out here. Thinking of this, the members of the Haiyuan Team’s combat team had mixed feelings about this unfortunate mission. On the one hand, this mission was not for humans to take. These pirates had obviously been used by Yaogui, and they were used as pawns by Liyue to explore the way. On the other hand, fortunately, they were not abandoned, and the Liyue government still attached great importance to sending the Great Sage to help. To be honest, if it weren’t for Xiao, most of the combat team would probably be sleeping here forever.

Even Fengyuan Manye, who is also a five-star wind-type upper-chan, sighed: "The gap between me and the real strong ones is still very large... I should continue to hone my swordsmanship and practice seriously."

Li Tao also watched the battle and said: "Such an intense and tense battle, even Buddha would open his eyes after seeing it."

As for where the Buddha is... Li Tao said that he had thrown the Buddha into the ruins of Guiliyuan to teach the Qiuqiu people (see Chapter 7 for details).

At this time, Li Tao noticed the changes on the battlefield again: "Wait, did that medicine ghost say something like 'unity'? Are they going to perform some gay stuff here?"

However, after drinking the unknown drug, the medicine ghost suddenly expanded and his aura became more dangerous. In Li Tao's perception, he was able to absorb and release elemental power just like the evil wind.

"A force is severely damaging Yao Gui's body... He won't last long! The reason why that evil wind can absorb and release elemental power is because the destructive power and the repair power in his body have temporarily reached a balance." Wan Ye stared at Yao Gui and acted like a gold medal commentator.

"Hmm——"

The Medicine Ghost screamed, and then ran headlong into the direction of the Black Thunder. The Black Thunder and the Demonic Wind no longer entangled with Xiao, but turned around and ran towards the Medicine Ghost.

Everyone subconsciously realized that something was wrong - they definitely couldn't let the other party complete the fusion at this time? Except for players who like to abuse themselves, who would want to let the boss enter the second stage and fight again?

Xiao certainly noticed this! He immediately made up his mind to kill the other party with his strongest power!

Yaksha Nuo Mask......

Wind Elemental Force...

The Spine of the Sky...

The fifth constellation...!

"Self-destructive realm, Jing Yao Nuo Dance!!!"

Burning. Xiao swung his arms, and a large area of ​​black, white and blue flames suddenly ignited around him. The Yasha mask became more solid, and the two fields on the mask also emitted a sharp light. [Curling Dust], [Wind Wheel Dual Stand]... Falling attacks, heavy attacks, elemental combat skills, all attached to this terrible black and white flame. At the same time, Xiao's speed and strength increased sharply, vigorously, and wildly - once again turned into a black and white flame, Xiao's spear was colder and sharper than his body, and the attacks one after another were like a hurricane sweeping the world, cutting everything into pieces.

Every time he releases the Yao Jing Nuo Dance, Xiao burns his life in battle, so it is also called the [Self-Destruction Realm]. But Xiao will never die because of this. Before he completes his mission, he still needs to keep fighting as the Great Sage who subdues demons and the guardian Yaksha. This responsibility ties him down, continues his life, and also makes Xiao's power reach its strongest when he releases the Yao Jing Nuo Dance.

The demon wind was killed. The medicine ghost was cut in half. But Black Thunder still fought desperately with the Eye of Thunder God.

Although Xiao's power was unmatched, the power of the three opponents was still combined under some unknown circumstances. Then, Hei Lei's Eye of God was shattered, and a frightening breath spread from it.

Li Tao didn't understand what was happening yet. He only saw a terrifying black light spreading in the cave, and then Xiao rushed in front of them at an extremely fast speed... Then, there was a terrifying impact. The powerful force directly knocked all the Haiyuan team standing at the entrance of the cave away and slammed them against the wall. Since then, Li Tao has fallen into a coma.

I don’t know how much time passed.

When Li Tao woke up again, he found himself in the camp of the Haiyuan Team. Wan Ye sat by the campfire with his eyes closed, his two beautiful eyebrows twisted into a ball. Other Haiyuan Team officials were also walking around the camp, sighing occasionally.

Li Tao sat up, holding his dizzy head and moved to the fire, and carefully asked Wan Ye: "Team leader, what happened in the battle between the Demon-Subduing Great Sage and the three Medicine Ghosts? Why did I return to the camp?"

"Oh, you're awake, Li Tao." Wan Ye was also a little depressed at this time. He explained to Li Tao, "The Great Sage who Conquers Demons should have won that battle, but he was just a hair's breadth away from completely killing the Medicine Ghost. It was this slight chance that was seized by the other party. In the end, through the [Human Body Refinement] of the three of them, a new Demon God was created..."

Li Tao's eyes widened and he repeated unconsciously: "A... new demon god?"

"Oh, yes. At that time, the members of our combat group were all stunned by the shock wave generated by the birth of the new demon god, but the members of other groups outside the cave saw the whole process of the demon god's birth. They said that the entire cave slowly collapsed within tens of minutes, and an ominous black gas emerged from it, and the new demon god was hiding in the black gas. But the demon god did not leave the island, but floated around the island and landed on the east side of the island. At the same time, they also saw that not long after the cave collapsed, the Demon-Subduing Great Sage sent us who were unconscious to the northeast coast where the Marine Aid Team was located, which is this temporary camp. The Demon-Subduing Great Sage also gave a brief explanation of the birth of the demon god."

"The situation has deteriorated to this point..." Li Tao shook his head solemnly, his heart full of confusion.

Wan Ye tilted his head back and said, "No, there is good news. First of all, because the demon god was severely injured by the Great Sage before the fusion, he has almost no strength now and can only act on instinct; secondly, our combat team has not lost any more people, and the impact brought by the demon god only made us all unconscious temporarily; finally, the new demon god does not have a deity, and his power is not recognized by anyone, so he is just a false god."

"Then..." Li Tao's heart was filled with hope again, "Can the Great Sage who conquers demons eliminate that false god?"

"I'm sorry, I can't do that."

A voice interrupted their conversation. Li Tao and Wan Ye were startled and immediately turned around. What they saw was Xiao's delicate and tired face after he took off his mask.

Xiao's golden eyes were filled with fatigue. "I heard what you said... I feel I must make one point clear. My power is very effective against demons, but it has no special effect against demon gods. Besides, today's [Yao Jing Nuo Dance] consumed too much of my power, and I won't be able to use my elemental bursts in a short period of time."

For a moment, Li Tao, Xiao and Wan Ye looked at each other in silence.

Finally, it was Wan Ye who broke the silence: "Great Sage Conquering the Demons, I heard that you have asked Liyue for help. Is this true?"

Xiao stood behind the two and said calmly, "Yes. Even immortals have difficulty in sustaining themselves. But this place is too far from Liyue. It takes several days to get here by boat. Even if I use the mechanical wooden kite made by the Immortal Lord, it will take at least a day to go back and forth. I don't know how much strength the demon god can recover in a day, and how he will act."

"So what can we do? Can this mission really be completed?"

Li Tao asked the question that most of the Hai Aid Team members in the camp had in their hearts. But the answer he got from Xiao was just: "I don't know, adventurer. We can only do our best and accept our fate. Facts that cannot be changed can only be let go."

After saying that, Xiao nodded to the two of them, turned around and left.

“The Great Sage who conquers demons is not having a good time either.” Wan Ye muttered, “According to the people of Liyue, he was originally here to clean up our mess, but we didn’t expect the demon god to be resurrected.”

"Brother Wan Ye, is the demon so difficult to deal with?" Li Tao thought of the Guoba in Wanmin Hall. Isn't that also a demon? So he asked Wan Ye.

Wan Ye looked at Li Tao strangely and said, "It seems that you are really not from Liyue. Logically speaking, the people of Liyue should have a deep understanding of the demon gods, because this was once a country that walked with gods."

Li Tao nodded, pretending to understand: "But doesn't that refer to the Rock God Morax? Or, before the Seven Gods came to power, Liyue was ruled by other demon gods?"

Wan Ye asked in return: "Have you forgotten the most capable general under the Rock God, the elemental Ruota Dragon King? He was also a hegemon. He followed the Rock God to fight against the rebels because the Rock God Morax defeated him first. Of course, there are other immortal gods, such as Gechen Langshi Zhenjun, Lishan Dieshui Zhenjun, etc. They are also 'gods' who survived from that era, but we now prefer to call them immortals."

"The path of the demon god has been covered in the dust of history, but there are always villains who covet the power of the demon god and try to use their remaining fragments of power to ascend to heaven in one step and gain stronger power... This is nothing but a foolish dream. Without relying on one's own strength, just blindly begging the immortal gods or trying to seize the power with ill intentions will definitely end up dead in the end." Wan Ye looked at the distance and said, "The false god will most likely die because he cannot adapt to his own power and suffers a backlash."

Li Tao keenly grasped the loophole in Wan Ye's words: "High probability? That means there is still a risk that the demon god will recover as before?"

He thought about it and decided that this was the case. Otherwise, why would everyone stay here, waiting for Xiao to send a message to Liyue, instead of happily completing the mission and returning to Liyue to be free and easy?

Wan Ye explained helplessly: "Ah... Let's use King Ruota as an example. Do you know where King Ruota is now?"

Li Tao certainly knew about this, but he was very confused as to why Wan Ye knew this. He asked Wan Ye this question, and Wan Ye replied, "Well, I once heard about this from a girl named Zhi Qiong who worked in the General Affairs Department. She once followed the exploration team through the Layered Rock Chasm, where she heard the complete legend of the Ruota Dragon King. It is said that the Ruota Dragon King gradually lost his mind after thousands of years of wear and tear, and became the opposite of the Rock King Emperor, and was eventually sealed somewhere under Liyue."

"The reason why demons are demons is because their power is too strong, and their minds are easily worn out over a long period of time. The Seven Gods and their subordinates are able to maintain good intentions and protect mankind; but if they gradually lose their reason and forget everything in the past, they will easily become evil gods or even demons. As the saying goes, one thought makes you a demon, one thought makes you a god, that's all. But in my opinion, the Seven Gods may not be completely good people, they just stick to some of their own beliefs. And whether these beliefs are beneficial to mortals, who can say for sure..."

At this point, Wan Ye's expression was somewhat nostalgic and sad. Li Tao knew that he was probably thinking of his friend who died during the execution of the Eye Hunting Order.

"Oh, I'm getting off topic. Anyway, once the demon god can draw strength from pain and despair, he may degenerate into a powerful evil god. By then, although his power is far less than that of ordinary demon gods, it will be more than enough to ravage us. I'm afraid that even the demon-conquering great sage will not be able to kill him with just a little effort like before."

Wan Ye's explanation was detailed and clear, and Li Tao finally understood their current situation. At this point in the mission, it was a bit of a failure - they did kill most of the pirates and found out the truth about the pirates practicing alchemy on the isolated island, but they couldn't defeat the unexpected demon. Even with the help of the Great Sage and the Guardian Yaksha, the demon was still born, and even Xiao had to mobilize people to suppress it.

Li Tao suddenly felt a little bored - brothers, it feels like this matter has nothing to do with us. Although I only take on such a big mission occasionally, can the difficulty not be so high? Now it feels like, at the end of World War II in 1945, the Soviet and American troops entered Berlin and were ready to accept the surrender of the German army. Suddenly, the mustache returned to the German headquarters and announced that he was an Aryan superman. He pulled up millions of dead soldiers from underground who were not afraid of death and wounds, and drove the US and Soviet armies out of Germany. And he, Li Tao, was just an ordinary soldier. He didn't understand anything and was almost killed by the zombie German army.

And now Xiao is the general who comes to support the battlefield, and now he reports to the country to apply for an atomic bomb to clean up the area.

Li Tao had no idea what would happen next. To borrow Xiao's words: "Do your best and leave the rest to fate."