Genshin Impact: A Mortal's Ascension to Godhood

The road to becoming a strong

Of course, even the greatest stories always start with trivial things. Before Zulong became the first emperor, he was a hostage in a foreign country; before Liu Bang killed the white snake, he lived in Pei County for decades; before Marius became the commander of the Roman army, he was a tenant farmer; Descartes served in the military while being a philosopher.

The difference between great people and ordinary people is that ordinary people only complain about work and life day after day, and then sink into this repetition and cannot extricate themselves, while great people will set up ambitious goals, draw energy from these boring things, recognize the power of self-awareness from others, and break out one day in the future. This is exactly "A gentleman hides his abilities, waits for the right time to act, strives for what is inevitable, and lets nature take its course."

If a person fails to realize that ordinary life is a footnote to great moments, and just continues to complain and give up as usual, then he or she will never seize the opportunity to grow.

Li Tao realized this when he personally killed a veteran thief from a treasure-stealing group.

This day was the second month and twelfth day since he came to Teyvat. During this time, he followed his own plan, questioned passers-by and investigated some elemental traces, and found traces of the activities of the treasure-stealing group, and tried to find out the time and location of their activities. Although this was not absolutely accurate, because he did not know where the treasure-stealing group would go next, and maybe the treasure-stealing group themselves did not know.

So, he ambushed in advance at the place where the treasure-stealing group was active, preparing to capture a few lone guys for interrogation. Unexpectedly, there was a capable person in the other team who saw through the trap he had set in advance. They immediately decided to retreat, which forced Li Tao to jump out and fight with them to keep them and prevent them from escaping.

Seeing that Li Tao was alone, the six-man treasure-stealing team actually decided to give it a try and kill Li Tao first. However, Li Tao had already summed up a set of fighting methods that suited him in the battle with the slime, which was the simplest way to control the water flow. This was a technique similar to the normal attack. As long as the nearby water elements were gathered to form a stream, it could become larger or smaller, thicker or thinner according to Li Tao's wishes, using both hard and soft methods, and both offensive and defensive. This move was also recorded in the Water Shadow Ninja. Water escape? Water whip.

The water elemental force is not as violent as the fire elemental force, nor as cold as the thunder elemental force. It is similar to the grass elemental force, which is not as aggressive. In the continent of Teyvat, the water elemental force's attack method is nothing more than water whips and water bullets. Other adventurers in the Adventurer's Association have also reminded Li Tao of this. They also said: If you want to further exert the power of the water element, you can use weapons to attach the water element to them. At the same time, you need to continue to hone your skills - for users of the water elemental force, everything except skills is impure!

Li Tao felt that their thinking was a bit biased - the Great Inquisitor? The Water Dragon King, Villette, didn't need to rely on skills to fight, he was just pure strength. It can only be said that the vision of ordinary adventurers is still limited, but for Li Tao, it is always right to hone his skills.

This time, the battle with the six members of the Treasure Stealing Group was the first time that Li Tao used the fighting skills he used to fight against slimes in a life-and-death fight with people. However, in the case of a huge gap in strength, this "life-and-death fight" is only effective for the Treasure Stealing Group. To Li Tao, these people are no different from slimes. Under the strong whipping of the water whip, the two members of the Treasure Stealing Group who took the lead were the first to be hit and were directly knocked away. They fell heavily to the ground and wailed in pain; the member of the Treasure Stealing Group in the middle saw the blue light of the God's Eye on Li Tao's body, and his eyes were full of fear, but he still shouted and rushed up with a sword in his hand, but was pierced through the joints of his limbs by the sharp water flow summoned by Li Tao, and was nailed to the ground by the materialized water flow in the next second; the last three members of the Treasure Stealing Group quickly threw their secret weapon, the Element Bottle, at Li Tao.

It was a glass bottle filled with unstable elements. The conflicting elemental forces were trapped in the bottle by some alchemical method. Once the bottle was broken, the elemental forces inside would immediately react - it could be an intensification reaction, it could be an electric reaction, in short, the reaction of the elemental forces would be enough to make anyone who was not prepared suffer. But how could Li Tao not be prepared? Apart from close combat, the only attack method of the treasure-stealing group was to make and throw elemental bottles. This was common sense that any Liyue adventurer knew.

Intelligence report: Li Tao will defeat the treasure-stealing group in seconds!

In an instant, Li Tao concentrated all his attention and tried his best to control a stream of water at his side to meet the element bottle flying towards him in mid-air. Then he relaxed his control over the water flow in an instant and wrapped up the element bottle with a large amount of water.

Bang—Puff—Puff—

After a large amount of fire elements were released from the element bottle, they produced an evaporation reaction with the water element. The flame did not explode, but formed harmless water vapor in the reaction with the water element.

Good luck. Li Tao breathed a sigh of relief. From such a distance, he couldn't see clearly what elemental force the other party threw in the bottle, but since it was the fire element, it was a blessing in disguise, because he was the holder of the Water Element God's Eye, and fire would evaporate when it met water. This is the confidence that understanding the elemental reaction of the original god brings me... ahem.

The three men saw that the element bottle was useless, and immediately ran away. Li Tao shouted "Want to escape?" and chased after them. With the elemental power nourishing his body, Li Tao's movements were faster than those of the treasure-stealing group, but the treasure-stealing group was obviously more familiar with the mountains and forests here, and deliberately took the most difficult roads. After running a hundred meters, they dispersed. Li Tao could only choose a direction to chase after them.

The member of the treasure-stealing group he caught up with was the old thief who recognized Li Tao's trap at the beginning. This guy was older and couldn't run as fast as the young people, so he was eventually caught up by Li Tao.

Like a trapped beast cornered, he drew out his sword and yelled at Li Tao, "Damn adventurer! We have no grudges against you, why are you targeting us?"

Li Tao shook his head and said, "If your group of treasure hunters were truly pure and innocent, why would they be wanted by the entire Liyue? Isn't it because you have been stealing treasures and digging up tombs everywhere, causing public outrage? I have accepted the relevant commission, so I have the final say on how to deal with you?"

The middle-aged thief even tried to beg for mercy: "If I surrender, can you guarantee my life?"

"Maybe." Li Tao did not comment. "Then, throw away your weapon first and use this to tie yourself up!"

Li Tao threw out a coil of rope, and the old thief's face turned pale, he dropped his knife first, and then bent down to pick up the rope. However, Li Tao keenly saw that the guy's other hand was behind his back, holding something.

"What are you trying to do?" Li Tao made a quick decision and released another stream of water, aiming directly at the old thief's other hand. Seeing that his trick was exposed, the man quickly threw the things in his hand away, and at the same time picked up the knife on the ground with his other hand, ready to fight to the death -

Li Tao frowned slightly, stepped back quickly, and used the water flowing out from his side to cut off the man's arm. As a result, the things that were spilled were deflected and only scattered in front of Li Tao. When he looked closely again, the spilled liquid was obviously some kind of highly corrosive alchemical poison, which corroded all the grass and trees on the ground just by spilling on the ground.

Although Li Tao thought he could use the water flow to block these things, he still felt a chill - trapped beasts still fight, and so do people! In shock and anger, he also attacked angrily, and the strong water flow pushed out and suddenly pierced the heart of the old thief of the treasure-stealing group.

The bright red blood flowed out along with the water, and the expression of the middle-aged man in the treasure-stealing group changed from anger to confusion. As the thorn of the flowing water was drawn out from his chest, the man's body also collapsed. His heart muscle was damaged, the heart's pumping function was insufficient, and his language function was gradually lost. "Ah...Ah..." After a few unconscious shouts, the light in his eyes disappeared.

He is dead. Li Tao stepped forward and confirmed this fact. This was the first time Li Tao killed someone after coming to the world of Teyvat.

Li Tao did not feel sick. Perhaps it was because the water element that was constantly flowing diluted the smell of blood. There was only a faint trace of blood and a stiff corpse on the ground, without that kind of impactful scene. He solemnly turned the old thief over and stared at the man's terrified and desperate face for a long time.

If I hadn't awakened the Eye of God, maybe one day I would end up like this...

Li Tao said to himself in his heart. If he wants to become a strong man, he must learn to face the death of others. No longer treat them equally, but despise the enemy strategically and respect the enemy tactically. If he dares not and is unwilling to take the lives of others, then he is not suitable to survive in this continent of Teyvat.

Killing a member of the treasure-stealing group may seem like a small matter, but it is a big deal for one's own growth.

Li Tao also suddenly realized this. From killing a slime to killing a person, it is not such an easy transition, but if there is no determination to fight against monsters, how can there be the will to defeat all life?

I must embark on…and am already on the path to becoming a strong person.

Li Tao used the power of water to dig a pit, buried the dead, and then went back to look for the disabled members of the treasure-stealing group. Information about the damaged ventricles had to be extracted from them.