Genshin Impact: The Beginning of the Wind

The biggest problem right now is still Tvalin.

Mortals are an extremely forgetful race—but this cannot be blamed on them. After all, compared to demons and extraordinary races, the lives of mortals are far too short, so short that these high beings only need to 'sleep for a while' before they discover that the mortals who once surrounded and worshipped them have completely forgotten their existence.

This is undoubtedly a betrayal for extraordinary beings, a betrayal that is enough to chill their hearts and even cause them to lose their temper.

However, for ordinary people, what extraordinary beings call "taking a nap" may already be the inheritance and reproduction of several or even dozens of generations.

The divine beings who once bestowed favors upon our ancestors?

For ordinary people, that is a distant past, or even myths that only exist in legends and songs. For ordinary people, any deity who has not been seen with their own eyes and has not received their grace is just that.

This is undoubtedly the biggest difference between extraordinary races and ordinary people.

And Tvalin is now the one who feels forgotten and betrayed.

He is a servant of the wind god, but he rarely appears before the people of Mondstadt and is just a legend. What's worse, for Mondstadt, the so-called 'dragon' is really not a good word.

After all, Mondstadt has experienced several dragon plagues.

This is precisely why the foundation for the conflict between the Eastern Dragon and Mondstadt was laid.

Dvalin believed that the mortals of Mondstadt had betrayed him.

His condition was already poor due to the corrosive and tormenting effects of Dulin's poisonous blood, and now, with his mental state unstable, he always appeared aggressive.

For the Mondstadt people, a terrifying dragon charging menacingly towards them seemed unlikely to be someone who wanted to befriend them.

If anyone were to make a sudden, shaky move and launch the first attack on Dvalin, the situation would be completely beyond repair!

There's no need to even consider it; the Abyss Order will definitely get involved at this time, and even the already restless Fools might want to take advantage of the situation to do something!

After all, the relationship between the Winter Solstice and the various kingdoms was not good to begin with, and what's more, the lady came this time with the intention of taking away the Heart of the Wind God. At this time, it would undoubtedly be beneficial for her to plunge Mondstadt into chaos.

Therefore, Su Feng's most important task now is to find a way to prevent Dvalin from actually clashing with the Mondstadts.

So, after sealing the processed wind core again with layers of wind element tornadoes, Su Feng decisively transformed into a gentle breeze and rushed towards the sky, following the trail left by Dvalin.

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Tvalin's situation is indeed not good right now.

The deep-seated pain and torment made his mind extremely unstable, and his unprecedented weakness made Dvalin, a dragon, very wary.

After all, dragons are quite a delicate species in Teyvat, especially Dvalin, who is a pure wind dragon, which makes him even more wary of many things.

"Roar!"

A violent wind roared through the sky once again, accompanied by Dvalin's furious roar. The previously calm airflow suddenly became turbulent, and after this roar, three slender beams of light suddenly stretched from the land of Mondstadt into the sky.

These three slender rays of light contain the purest form of wind element.

Dvalin is drawing upon the power that was once left behind in the temple guarded by the four winds.

This power was originally left by Venti to protect the people of Mondstadt, and it did play a very important role in the past. However, after the whole of Teyvat gradually calmed down, this power left in the Temple of the Four Winds was gradually forgotten and even abandoned in the temple, which also became dilapidated.

But regardless, this is still the formidable power left behind by the former Wind God.

Instead of painstakingly collecting the wind elements scattered high in the sky, Dvalin almost instinctively began to draw upon this power to help him recover faster—his weakened body had plunged him into endless panic, and only the restoration of his power could calm him down.

"Ah~"

After sensing that the power he had left behind had been activated, Wendy sighed softly in a voice that no one could hear. Dvalin's appearance pained him greatly, especially after noticing Dvalin's current terrible condition, Wendy couldn't help but clench his fists.

But in the end, he still had to loosen his fist—he needed to be patient, otherwise the danger would continue for Dvalin, and Gao Tian's gaze would not leave him.

Now, all he can do is, without Dvalin noticing, send more of the Anemo God's power into his body during this opportunity when Dvalin draws power from the temples guarded by the four winds.

This is a necessary procedure, and only in this way will the genius not choose to give up monitoring Dvalin—otherwise, the other elemental dragon kings will serve as a cautionary tale!

......

"It's really troublesome!"

As Su Feng flew high into the sky following Dvalin's trail, he also saw the emerald dragon absorbing the remaining divine power of the wind god. However, compared to the dragon, which was panicking and running around in a panic due to its weakness, Su Feng could see much more than it could.

At least Wendy had concealed the wind god's power that was continuously flowing into Dvalin's body, and he saw it all clearly.

Su Feng couldn't guess why Wendy was doing this, but he clearly had his reasons, so all Su Feng needed to do now was cooperate with him.

The best way to cooperate is naturally to attract most of Tvalin's attention to yourself!

"Are you here to kill me, Gao Tian's lackey!"

However, upon realizing that Su Feng had followed him on the wind, Dvalin roared again. The violent wind elemental power surged with his roar, and in an instant, the sky, which was already somewhat chaotic due to Dvalin absorbing the power of the wind god, was suddenly filled with strong winds and dark clouds.

At that moment, it was as if the entire sky was about to collapse. A huge vortex of wind stirred up the entire sky of Mondstadt, and the deep green wind element instantly dyed the entire sky in its own shape.

As the former king of the sky and a pure wind elemental dragon, Dvalin has an unimaginable control over the sky and the wind element. At that moment, Su Feng almost thought that he was going to be rejected by the entire sky!

"I'm not... Hey! Aren't you even listening to me?"

Su Feng didn't really want to fight with Dvalin—after all, Dvalin was Su Feng's senior, and they would most likely become colleagues in the future. If possible, Su Feng didn't want to strain the relationship between colleagues too much.

Unfortunately, Dvalin, whose mind was not quite right, didn't think there was anything to talk about. He didn't even intend to listen to what Su Feng had to say. Instead, he directly transformed the wind element around him into one terrifying light arrow after another, raining down on Su Feng.

If Su Feng hadn't transformed into a gentle breeze and slipped through the swarm of light arrows like an eel in the first instant, he might have been riddled with countless holes by now.

"As expected, dragons and the like don't have very good brains."

"But now it seems like it would be alright to fight you for a while?"

"Then let me see just how capable you are as a senior!"

After saying that, Su Feng rushed towards Tvalin with a hint of excitement in his eyes.

Although he wasn't the kind of violent fanatic who enjoyed fighting, it seemed like a good thing to openly mess with his colleague and senior.

It would be even better if he could leave behind one or two embarrassing moments as leverage—that way he could slack off without restraint!

Chapter Twelve: The patient has gone even crazier!

Contrary to what mortals imagine, battles between winds are actually not elegant—or rather, battles between any elements of the same type are not elegant at all.

In many cases, if the differences between elements of the same type are not so great that they are unbearable to look at, then it will likely gradually degenerate into a struggle between the two sides for control of the element. Whoever can summon more elemental power and whoever can use the same element to break through the opponent's defense can largely determine the outcome of the internal war between elements.

However, this conclusion applies to battles between mortals with divine eyes. When it rises to the level of divine beings or even gods, many things become different. But battles between demons of similar attributes can still produce this awkward situation.

At this stage, the competition between the two sides is about the mutual encroachment of their territories and even the collision and crushing of their powers.

More importantly, once this level is reached, the absolute value of the accumulated damage on both sides will not differ too much, which will inevitably lead to a war that will last for an unknown period of time. It is even possible that after fighting for several months or even years, the effective damage on both sides will be zero.

Well, it doesn't count if a powerful demon god who is already at the pinnacle uses his ultimate technique to launch a sneak attack!

Su Feng and Dvalin are now in a stalemate – Dvalin possesses an extremely powerful physique and near-absolute control over the wind element, and more importantly, he can freely soar through the sky.

If this were during the Demon God War, even the weaker demons would probably be no match for Dvalin, and if Dvalin wanted to escape, there wouldn't be many demons who could catch up with him!

However, the opponent Dvalin was about to face was not the enemy he had faced before, who was simply no match for him.

Although Su Feng has only just received the power of the Wind God from Wendy, it doesn't mean that Su Feng is much worse than Bitvalin in this aspect.

Ultimately, the power of the Wind God's Familiar is merely a dye to ensure that Su Feng won't suddenly be targeted by Sky Isles and have a nail planted in his place. In reality, at least in Teyvat, Su Feng is definitely not weak!

This was also perfectly demonstrated in the battle against Dvalin.

The wind element is at Dvalin's command, or rather, he is the wind element himself. So, under normal circumstances, unless you are a powerful being among the Daedric Lords who wield the wind element and related powers, almost no one can wield the wind element against Dvalin.

However, Su Feng, who on the surface only possesses the power of the Wind God's followers, is not among them. Compared to those mortals who crudely control the wind element with the help of the Eye of God, Su Feng is using a more fundamental method to drive the power of the wind.

Dvalin could sense the constantly flowing wind around Su Feng and the unimaginable skill and control hidden beneath this seemingly inconspicuous breeze—a portion of the wind driven by Dvalin was quickly taken from Su Feng and transformed into power controlled by Su Feng after entering a certain range around him.

The conversion didn't even cause much loss!

In other words, Su Feng is comparable to Dvalin in terms of controlling and manipulating the wind element. This means that if the two sides really want to drag this out, it may take decades or even centuries to determine a winner.

"Roar!"

"As expected! You came to kill me!"

Having lost control of the wind, Dvalin became even more violent. The sense of crisis brought about by this unprecedented event drove him to take even more insane actions.

The next moment, dark green tornadoes appeared one after another in the sky that was already completely covered by the dark green vortex. Then, the roaring wind, mixed with surging power, turned into a series of attacks that could not be seen and rushed towards Su Feng like a tide.

Dvalin frantically mobilized all the wind elements within his reach to completely overwhelm Su Feng—since Su Feng could convert Dvalin's wind into his own power, he would mobilize wind elements exceeding the limit of Su Feng's control at once!

I'm going to overdose you with sheer force!

With this in mind, the wind element that Dvalin summoned only momentarily obscured Su Feng's entire vision, leaving him with nothing but a vast expanse of dark green wind element.

Such a large-scale mobilization of an excessive amount of wind element is something that very few beings in Teyvat can do. Even Barbatos, the god of wind, would probably need some time to accomplish this.

However, as a wind dragon born of nature, this is something Dvalin can do simply by relying on his own talent.

But that's all it can do.

It is impossible to defeat Su Feng by relying solely on wind element.

Wind is a symbol of movement; the breeze that blows across the world is itself a flow of time and space, power and authority—Ishtar, who has been called the Great God of the World, the Ruler of Time, and the Measure of a Thousand Winds and the Sun and Moon, has in some ways explained the essence of wind.

However, the deeper authority symbolized by this type of wind phenomenon has little to do with dragons.

The forty-year war of the Year of the Dove Carrying a Branch had completely defeated the dragons led by the Elemental Dragon King, and the transformed continent of Teyvat had also undergone changes that the dragons could not adapt to.

The dragons and dragon kings still wield the power of the wild elements, and their ability to manipulate the elements is comparable to or even surpasses that of the later-born demon gods. However, the deeper powers and authority of the new Teyvat have closed the door to the dragon kings.

This is a privilege enjoyed by the victors of the World War.

As for Su Feng... although he did not possess the power of wind, he had a deeper understanding of the meaning of wind than anyone else in Teyvat, and he knew better how to fundamentally drive the power of wind.

It's not about harnessing the power of the wind element, but about harnessing the essence of the wind at a deeper level!

Having acquired such abilities, Su Feng gained a deeper understanding of the winds on the Teyvat continent, and naturally, the so-called authority was also opened to him.

The wind elemental sea, like a vast ocean, is indeed powerful, but when even the most violent winds approach Su Feng, they become gentle and docile, rendering even the most powerful forces insignificant.

Dvalin is still soaring freely in the sky. Under his control, the unimaginable wind element has indeed slowed down Su Feng's progress. On the other side, Su Feng perfectly blocked Dvalin's attack with the power of wind that he has partially mastered.

However, he was also forced to stop his progress due to the immense wind element.

After carefully investigating Dvalin's actions, Su Feng had to calm down the wind elemental turmoil caused by Dvalin's actions.

Dvalin, who was already almost insane, could of course manipulate the power of the wind element to do whatever he wanted, which was his privilege as a true dragon. But Su Feng was not so willful.

Because the wind is not merely scattered and harmless, but the wind blowing in Mondstadt has its own unique mission.

In fact, Mondstadt itself is enveloped by a thousand winds because of Barbatos's existence, and Mondstadt's pleasant climate and fertile land are also inseparable from the care of Barbatos, who wields a thousand winds.