Genshin Impact: The Beginning of the Wind

Besides, he still hasn't obtained the Herrscher cores like the Herrscher of Corruption. Once he gets the power of the Herrscher of Corruption, doing this kind of thing shouldn't be difficult, right?

So why is he in such a hurry now?

So Su Feng decisively walked out of one dead end and headed straight for another without looking back, but whether this dead end was actually a dead end for him was another matter.

After all, the diverse powers and authority of the Herrschers far exceed the imagination of normal people. As long as these powers are used well, many things are not impossible to do.

Ying, of course, was unaware that her actions had given Su Feng a completely different idea. In fact, her original intention was for Su Feng to learn to temporarily influence the elements in the outside world with his own will, and then use a portion of his elemental power to drive the elemental power in the outside world to his own use.

Even for demon gods, this method can only be applied to elements of the same attribute. If it weren't for Su Feng's power, Ying himself wouldn't be able to control the wind element. As for using this method to corrupt the world or even borrow the world's own rules... well, that's beyond the capabilities of ordinary demon gods. Even now, Ying is only using his innate authority to command the power related to that authority.

Even Wendy was merely using her authority to achieve one phenomenon and then use it to guide other phenomena.

But it's clear that Su Feng's thinking went astray. He extended this method of using elements to a higher level—since elements can submit, can the rules of the world itself also be corrupted and then utilized?

It's clear that Su Feng is quite interested in this matter.

Fortunately, he probably can't do that right now.

Ying was unaware of how dangerous Su Feng's thoughts were. Unexpectedly, she was able to successfully help Su Feng complete the operation in one go. She slowly withdrew her power and then released Su Feng from her arms.

After leaving Ying's embrace, Su Feng didn't feel anything else. After regaining his freedom, he couldn't wait to open his arms, and then the power of the light realm was released from his body and spread rapidly.

To Ying's surprise, Su Feng began to try to connect his power with this area.

Seeing this, the shadow instinctively wanted to stop it—after all, theoretically this was still Inazuma's land, and the fact that another god was spreading his power in Inazuma's territory was almost equivalent to assuming that this person was coming to seize the land.

But she quickly stopped herself from doing so.

It was obvious that Su Feng would never come to steal Daoqi from her. Even if he really wanted Daoqi, Lei Yingdian didn't think she needed to refuse—at worst, she could just get married and then share the entire Daoqi as dowry with Su Feng.

This is not an unacceptable decision for Ying.

After thinking about this, Ying simply stood still and quietly watched Su Feng's actions. Su Feng, who was already immersed in the connection between power and the world, had no idea that he had almost sold himself out.

He doesn't even know what his current behavior means.

……

Teyvat's power was as immense as ever. Last time, Su Feng tried his best to draw upon and guide a portion of its power for his own use, but unfortunately, he failed in the end. This time, Su Feng simply brought absolute will.

The surging will fixed the wind elements within a small area in place, and then the wind, composed of pure ideal fluid, began to take shape and commanded these wind elements to accompany it.

Then, the wind gradually began to blow, starting as a barely perceptible breeze, then growing into a strong wind that made people squint, and finally transforming into a terrifying storm that swept across a vast sea area!

"Hahaha! So this is how I'm supposed to play!"

When the terrifying storm re-formed, Su Feng couldn't help but reveal a bright smile. At that moment, he finally knew which path he should choose.

Chapter Forty-Eight: The Name Was Erased

Su Feng didn't let the storm last too long. He quickly and excitedly quelled the disaster he had caused. Although it took much more power than Wendy to create the same storm, it was still much better than the storm he had caused by himself all along.

More importantly, this success has shown Su Feng what to do next and set a pretty good standard. As long as he follows this path, things should be much easier.

“It was a very good storm, which is why I said you don’t need to blindly pursue the power of others—neither Barbatos nor I are as good as you in terms of pure power. The only thing we have more of is the accumulation of years.”

"You should pursue your own path, because that is the best way for you."

After seeing this scene, Ying couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Regardless of anything else, at least she had helped Su Feng solve the problem at hand. However, she hesitated for a moment after looking at the ley lines that were gradually being tainted by Su Feng's power.

But after thinking about it for a long time, she decided to explain this matter to Su Feng a little.

"Um, if possible, you might want to be more careful about controlling your power in future battles—for us demon gods, imbuing ley lines with our own power and will to create territory is instinctive, but if another being were to do the same thing..."

"Either the two sides will engage in a war to the death, or one side will become the vassal of the other. During the war between the demon gods, these are the only two possible outcomes."

"???"

Upon hearing this, Su Feng, who had just calmed the storm, was immediately filled with doubt. He instinctively looked around at the surrounding ley lines and realized that perhaps because he had been too excited, a small amount of power had indeed been left behind when he used his own strength to influence the surrounding area and entered the ley lines.

While it wouldn't be accurate to say that she immediately brought the surrounding ley lines under her complete control, it wouldn't be wrong to say that she labeled them to a certain extent. Especially when Su Feng noticed that Ying was controlling the power belonging to her in the surrounding ley lines to prevent it from conflicting with his own power, he understood even more clearly what had happened.

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect this to happen."

Realizing he had almost written his name on someone else's household registration, Su Feng hurriedly and forcefully extracted his own power from the earth's veins—he had indeed done them a favor, but he couldn't just forcibly take their house!

"Whoo~"

After Su Feng began to extract his light boundary power, Ying, who had been controlling the surrounding earth veins to prevent them from clashing, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. However, while relaxing, she seemed to feel a little disappointed.

Fortunately, Ying was not affected by the sudden disappointment in her heart. She was already used to calming any emotional fluctuations in her heart. She simply wiped away the ripples with a slight movement and then prepared to continue her teaching work.

"Actually, there isn't much difference between controlling lightning and controlling wind. In fact, because lightning is much more ordered than wind, you only need a little less power to do the same thing."

Ying had no doubts about Su Feng's ability to control the lightning element—the wind element was definitely the most dynamic and difficult to control among the seven elements. Since Su Feng had just managed to subdue the wind element, it would not be difficult for him to bring the lightning element under his control.

So Shadow simply skipped the manipulation of lightning element and went straight to using his true abilities.

"Actually, it's not a simple matter for me to develop a profound technique. To be more precise, in my long life, I only have this one achievement in the research of lightning element - the thoughtless slash."

When Ying talked about her research on lightning element, a hint of shame appeared in her eyes. Although she was indeed the combat powerhouse of Inazuma, and was even called the source of Inazuma's lineage and the de facto God of Thunder, the only thing she could call an achievement over the long period of time was the Musou Ichisho.

"Eh? Why do you say that?"

Su Feng hadn't expected Ying to be so demanding of him. Having fought the General before, Su Feng knew very well just how sharp the General's lightning was. He could even say without hesitation that Ying was absolutely the best at controlling the lightning element.

Even Su Feng, who has now obtained the core of the Herrscher of Thunder, acknowledges this point.

After all, he has always been more unrestrained.

"Because what I drive is still just lightning, and what I control is just a fleeting flash of lightning. This is determined by my innate authority. And so far, apart from Wuxiang's single strike slightly breaking out of this barrier, everything else is just going around in circles."

Ying's demands on herself were indeed unimaginably strict. In her view, anything that could be accomplished by relying on innate authority could not be considered an achievement. Only the Wuxiang Yidao, which had already transcended the shackles of thunder, could barely be considered good.

"So what exactly is this 'One Slash Without Thought'?"

"Now that you've said that, I'm even more eager to witness the invincible slash that the people of Inazuma talk about."

Su Feng was also intrigued by Ying's words about Wuxiang Yidao. After all, Ying's strength was undeniable, and Yidao, which she described as transcending the boundaries of demonic authority, was absolutely unimaginable.

However, according to Inatsume, quite a few people seem to have witnessed this move.

This is a bit strange. Is this profound technique really that easy to control?

"This strike is actually very simple. I simply compressed the lightning to its limit within my control and allowed it to reveal its more primal power. A true strike without thought is enough to affect the very foundation of all things. And when the foundation of everything is gone, rapid collapse is naturally the only possibility."

"However, the power represented by this strike is too dangerous, so I had to simplify it a lot. What mortals now call a strike without thought or intention is often just a strike that I have recombined by combining space and swordsmanship."

"These two are not the same thing at all."

"It's just that many times those mortals who dare to challenge me are simply unable to withstand a casual slash from me, so they use the name of the 'Slash of No Thought' to describe it."

Upon hearing Su Feng's question, Ying earnestly explained the difference between the "Unthinking One Slash" she mentioned and the one Su Feng had heard about—they were completely different moves and techniques.

At this point, Ying also had a slight headache, but she couldn't say anything—she couldn't very well tell her people that they were too weak and couldn't even withstand a casual slash from her, could she?

"Huh? But your explanation... it feels kind of familiar?"

"May I witness your thoughtless, single-handed strike?"

"I don't need the full-power kind, just something that lets me understand the most basic properties is fine."

However, after hearing Ying's explanation, Su Feng couldn't help but frown. He seemed to have sensed something from Wu Xiang's single strike, but he couldn't recall it at the moment. He wished he could see the strike directly.

Chapter 49 The Herrscher of Thunder is More Than Just Thunder

Of course, Ying couldn't refuse Su Feng's request. Besides, it wasn't a big problem for Ying—as long as he didn't unleash all his power with the Wuxiang Yizhi Dao, Ying was confident that there was no possibility of losing control.

So soon, the powerful lightning element was compressed by Shadow using both exquisite and brutal methods. The dark purple lightning rapidly turned black at a speed visible to the naked eye. And once the massive amount of lightning element was compressed to a certain limit, everything seemed to change.

"Hmm...this thing...okay, I actually forgot about this kind of thing."

When Su Feng saw the seemingly light and airy black lightning element sphere that Ying had placed in front of him, he felt somewhat embarrassed—because he now understood why Ying was so confident in his 'Unthinking Slash'.

The so-called "thoughtless strike" is not a martial art at all, but a "bullet" that can eliminate electromagnetic force.

To put it more bluntly, Shadow's thoughtless strike is actually more like the bullet used by the former third divine key - the Seven Thunders of Purification - which can eliminate electromagnetic force at the microscopic level, and then cause objects or opponents to disintegrate naturally at the microscopic level.

This is an absolutely unimaginable power; at least in Teyvat, probably very few people could withstand it.

Although this was something that Su Feng, who possessed the core of the Herrscher of Thunder, could do simply by wanting to, the fact that the Shadow, who merely controlled lightning, had achieved this level of skill just by relying on the power to manipulate lightning, even impressed Su Feng.

Indeed, there is still a great gap between myself and these gods.

This gap wasn't simply about strength, but it was enough to make Su Feng take it seriously and be alert—after all, once the Herrscher of Thunder's core fell into his hands, he only used it to summon lightning to attack his opponents and completely forgot about it!

"Indeed, you are only limited by your own experience and perspective. As long as you can break through the barriers you have set for yourself, you can do much more than what you are doing now. It is truly an amazing talent."

After finally remembering that the Herrscher of Thunder wielded electromagnetic force rather than pure lightning, Su Feng easily replicated a black ball similar to Shadow at his fingertips, which was even faster, more agile, and more dangerous in Su Feng's hands.

Su Feng's ability to replicate Wu Xiang's slash so quickly far exceeded Ying's expectations, but she was not jealous of Su Feng because of this. Ying simply expressed her admiration for Su Feng.

"This is nothing. It's just that the new authority I've gained is related to this. Compared to you, who broke through the barriers of authority on your own, I can't even say that I understand or am familiar with my own powers."

Su Feng didn't take Ying's praise to heart. Just as he said, he had only finally remembered what his power was like, but Ying had already broken through the barriers of authority on his own.

To put it more bluntly, Su Feng was just a novice who had only just learned how to drive, while Ying was a super expert who had already squeezed 120% of the power out of the car in his hands.

The only reason for the huge gap between the two sides is that Su Feng's car was able to overtake Ying, who was performing exceptionally well, right from the start. This is a difference in hardware, not a difference in anything else.

"No matter what, this is still your power. There's no need to overthink it. All you need to do now is gradually get familiar with it and find more and better ways to use this power that belongs to you."

Ying's evaluation of Su Feng was not bad. After all, the years Su Feng had experienced could not be compared with those of the demon gods who had been born long ago. And it was not unacceptable that Su Feng's short lifespan would result in some shortcomings in many areas.

Besides, so what if Su Feng is too young? Does that mean there aren't many people in Teyvat who can beat him right now?

In Teyvat, the strength you can demonstrate is everything.

"But I have to thank you no matter what. If you hadn't pointed out my current situation, I'm afraid I would still be struggling on the same path in who knows how long."

Regardless of what Ying thinks now, Su Feng is indeed very grateful for Ying's help. At the same time, he once again expressed his contempt for Wendy in his heart—this guy has probably become decadent after being addicted to slacking off, and now he can't even teach others.

If it weren't for Shadow's help, who knows how long he would have been stuck in the same place before figuring out what to do?

"You don't need to thank me. After all, you have helped Inazuma and me more. I'm just giving you a little reminder, which is nothing compared to that."

"Now that you have found the path you should take, the rest is up to you. After all, there is not much help I can give you."

Ying knew very well that Su Feng was definitely not the kind of person who could seriously use his martial arts to fight with swords and blades. So, after confirming that Su Feng could easily master his Wuxiang Yidao with his talent, Ying knew that this lesson was over.

It's certainly not a pleasant feeling to have your hard work, which you've put in for so long, easily overshadowed by someone else's talent. But sometimes, the world is just that unreasonable.

Ying didn't become resentful because of this; instead, she worked even harder.