Genshin Impact: The Beginning of the Wind

"Phew, I finally made it in the last minute?"

"What a lovely child. It's really wrong of me to have neglected you all these years."

"I'll definitely teach her a lesson later."

"It's really too much to make a fox that should be obediently being petted in someone's arms work and support its family."

The voice seemed to carry a hint of mockery, but her body, whose consciousness was beginning to return, didn't care about the mockery. She was shocked to feel a familiar power within her body, recalling everything she had seen before.

"Lord Narukami, you've actually... come back too?"

In the final moments, overwhelmed by power, the divine child uttered these words in disbelief.

Chapter Thirty-Three: Let Me Test the Knife

Shadow was practically dragged out of the filth by the divine child.

With the blessing of Zeninatsume's wishes, the divine child now seems almost omnipotent.

Wishes are the most magical and mysterious power among mortals, and when the wishes of the entire mortal kingdom come together, even the gods must give way.

And now Mana has to face this situation.

The filth that is difficult to purify is indeed powerful; even the divine child blessed with wishes cannot resolve Mana in a short time.

But simply forcing the opponent back is not difficult. What the Divine Child needs now is not to defeat Mana, but to free Shadow from the opponent's control.

Moreover, the Shadow trapped by Him is not without the power to resist. With a little cooperation, it would be quite easy to rescue the Shadow.

Just as the goddess had predicted, the operation was a success. Especially after receiving genuine help, the goddess, who had barely withstood the pressure of her immense desire, easily rescued the shadow.

After the Shadow was rescued, the Divine Child immediately transferred the spell carrying the wish onto the Shadow—the pressure from this wish belonging to Inazuma was simply too great.

Even after absorbing the power of the hundred demons and the true one, it only allowed the divine child to barely hold on for a short time.

After all, no matter what, she was still just a fox with a modicum of power, and it was impossible for her to undergo any radical transformation in a short period of time.

The fact that she could barely bear this wish for a short time did not mean that the goddess could continue to endure it, especially since the repeated repair and damage to her body had seriously damaged her very foundation.

After this matter is over, even the fox needs to take a good rest for a while—it's a good time to openly slack off.

Now that Ying has been freed, this fox, who has already worked so hard, can finally take a breather.

After all, you can't expect the fox to play the entire game.

"Well!"

Just as Shadow was about to ask the Divine Child something after being freed, the immense wish suddenly thrust upon him by the Divine Child silenced all his questions.

Such a massive wish was not so easily accepted even by Shadow, who was a god.

However, Ying was not a god after all. Although he was caught off guard by the enormous desire, he was not so overwhelmed by it.

So after a little while, Shadow regained control of her body, which was filled with the entirety of Inazuma's wishes. A tremendous power was surging within her, but fortunately, Shadow was not like the Divine Child, who was completely unable to control this power.

"Hmm, I see? I seem to have overlooked their thoughts many times?"

"But pursuing their desires... will only make them lose more? Is that really a good thing?"

After controlling the desire within her body, Ying immediately sensed many things and instinctively felt somewhat puzzled.

However, now doesn't seem to be the time to consider these things, since Mana on the other side hasn't been dealt with yet.

After absorbing even the last glimmer of light symbolizing a wish into her body, Ying opened her purple eyes and looked at Mana, who was gradually beginning to reconstruct her body.

The enormous cocoon of filth gradually began to expand—now that the shadow had broken free of its restraints, Mana naturally no longer needed to continue to gather all its power into a single bundle.

Grotesque tentacles and eyeballs reappeared on its enormous and terrifying body, and then a terrifying spirit gradually spread outwards.

Mana knew her situation was probably bad—once Shadow broke free of his restraints, it meant that simply seizing power in the mortal realm had become impossible.

But it's impossible to expect Mana to give up so easily, because this is its last chance. If it fails this time, it will never have another chance to overthrow Teyvat.

"Humph!"

"useless!"

However, he snorted coldly at Mana's shadow once again, and then a vast amount of lightning element surrounded him, directly blocking the mental fluctuations that Mana was gradually spreading.

The people's wishes are helping the shadow, and the gods who are with the people are naturally invincible.

At this moment, Shadow did not choose to put Manara into the Pure Land of One Heart, after all, it was just Shadow's spiritual space, and it was unlikely to withstand the confrontation of two powerful gods.

However, if the battle were to unfold like this, Narukami Island would likely be unable to withstand it.

"Now is the time to ask for your help. Help me prepare a perfect battlefield for Shadow!"

Just as Shadow was hesitating about how to deal with the evil god in front of him, a voice that almost stunned Shadow suddenly rang out.

However, the dark purple space that suddenly expanded from the Divine Cherry Blossom did not stop because of Shadow's hesitation. In the blink of an eye, Shadow and Mana were completely enveloped by the expanding mysterious space.

"Sister...sister?"

Ying's voice was filled with hesitation; she never imagined that she would be able to endure this voice, which was already etched into her soul, once again.

Although Ying could sense another unfamiliar power within this mysterious space, she was certain that the person who created this space was her sister.

The unimaginable length of time they spent together made it impossible for Ying to mistake her sister's power.

"What, do you not recognize me after such a short time apart?"

The sound of the real voice still lingered in Kage's ears, and Kage's pupils twitched slightly, never expecting to hear the real voice again.

"Shadow, now is not the time for you to be sentimental. Let's deal with that guy first!"

Zhen noticed Ying's hesitation and could only remind her sister that now was not the time to daydream.

"Well!"

Although many years had passed, Ying still instinctively shuddered after hearing her sister's slightly concerned reminder.

"I see."

Perhaps it was because she had finally returned to the role she was most familiar with that Ying relaxed almost instantly. She let out a soft sigh of relief and then slowly drew the Dream Heart from her chest.

"Roar!!!"

Just as Shadow resumed his actions, perhaps sensing the killing intent emanating from Shadow, Mana, who had suddenly been moved to a different environment, also roared in anger.

"Humph!"

However, Shadow only snorted in response to Mana's roar. When everything seemed to return to the scene she knew best, Shadow no longer hesitated or felt any fear.

An immense power emerged from her body and gradually converged on Dream Heart. The excessive accumulation of lightning element caused a mutation, gradually changing from purple to a more terrifying dark black.

The essence of the Unthinking One Slash is never complicated. The massive lightning elemental force after extreme compression possesses extremely terrifying power, and what Shadow does is simply compress this power and slash it out.

But simplicity does not equate to weakness; this simple, powerful, and pure strike has never been able to withstand by anyone to this day.

"Want to be angry and fight back? Then try this strike!"

"Try this unparalleled and thoughtless strike!"

Without saying much, Ying, who had completed her preparations almost instantly, gently waved down the Dream Heart in her hand.

The lightning element, compressed to a qualitative change, was controlled by Shadow and slashed out directly along the trajectory she had swung.

The black light flashed across Mana's body in an instant, and Mana, who had been roaring and gathering power, froze on the spot after the lightning passed by.

Then, with the burst of lightning, it was directly split into two pieces by the violent lightning element, and countless fragments were scattered.

The Unthinkable One-Slash is indeed as unparalleled as the legends say.

Chapter Thirty-Four: The Most Unlucky Evil God

Mana was cleaved into countless pieces by a single sword strike, yet he still did not die.

The filth and resentment that constitute Him are not things that can be easily dealt with.

The extremely powerful compressed lightning element of the Shadow was indeed very offensive, but pure elemental power alone could not kill Mana—otherwise, Su Feng would have already dealt with this guy.

"Should we seal it away?"

After shattering Mana's form with a single strike, Shadow frowned as he watched the filth gradually coalesce from the fragments—Shadow, who had just been pulled out of the filth by the Divine Child, knew all too well how difficult these things were to deal with.

If it were just her, there probably wouldn't be many options besides sealing the other party away. However, Shadow was skeptical about whether simply sealing the other party could control Mana.

Even now, Ying still doesn't know how Mana broke through Shenying and her combined suppression and suddenly escaped. Under these circumstances, even if she seals him away again, it will probably only buy her a little time.

However, Inazuma could not repeatedly endure Mana breaking the seal and causing trouble, and besides, Kage could not be sure that he could defeat her every time.

"Then let me handle the rest. After all, Shadow has already gone this far, and I can handle the remaining residue."

Just as Shadow was at a loss with Mana, who was still recovering, and was even considering whether to strike again before Mana could fully recover, Shin finally spoke up again.

Upon hearing Zhen's voice, Ying instinctively breathed a sigh of relief—her trust in Zhen was almost limitless. Since Zhen was now prepared to take over all of this, there must be a perfect solution.

As before, once Shadow had resolved all the problems that required a rough approach, the other twin had also arranged everything that followed.

A dazzling, dark purple light slowly emanated from the heart of dreams, while Shadow stared in astonishment at the crystal-like seed that had emerged from the sword she resided in.

She felt power emanating from this seed—true power!

But even though he had been focused on his dream for so long, Kage had never realized this power.

"Shadow, I'm so sorry to have made you endure this alone for so long, and I'm also sorry to have kept the fact that I still exist a secret all this time."

"But starting today, all the nightmares are over."

"This seed contains some of my remnant soul and power, which is the only thing I could leave behind in my final moments. After that, I need to wait for the right time."

"A timing like now."

"Now, plant this seed!"

Zhen's voice sounded somewhat soft, and a little embarrassed.

She felt embarrassed for hiding it from her sister for so long, but some things had to be experienced and couldn't be changed.

On the other side, after hearing Zhen's words, Ying picked up the seed that was floating in front of her without any hesitation, and then gently threw it into the mysterious space in front of her that seemed to be shimmering with a little light.

The radiant seed easily merged into the ground, and as the seed disappeared, a familiar branch silently grew up right before her eyes.

"This is... Shenying?"