While I was in Mondstadt, I never imagined becoming a god.

If you want them to be your wings, you can't be so wishy-washy.

Xu Chuan admired the beauty displayed by Ying Zhan and then revealed their destination.

"Go to Benlang Territory and see old friends."

I've been farming weekly materials over and over again, and I've gotten quite familiar with Andrius.

Of course, whether or not this opportunity allows one to recognize oneself is another matter entirely.

"Hold on tight." Xu Chuan stretched out his hand. "We're going to have to change our way of traveling from here on out."

Ying grabbed his hand, and Paimon grabbed Ying's clothes.

With the Heart of the Wind God activated within his body, surging wind elemental power erupted under Xu Chuan's control. Azure currents wrapped around the three of them, lifting them up and taking them off the ground.

The grassland beneath my feet receded into the distance, while the distant mountains grew clearer and clearer.

The wind whistled past their ears, blowing their hair back.

The blue wind left a long trail behind the three of them, leaving a very obvious mark in the sky.

Paimon screamed, then laughed.

It was the first time she had been carried to such a high place, and it felt quite magical.

The crisp laughter was carried away by the wind and drifted into the air.

Ying closed her eyes, feeling the warmth of the hand holding hers, and the wind blowing in her face dispelled her worries.

Yes, just enjoy the present moment.

At full speed, the Wolf Territory appeared on the horizon.

Chapter 166 Wendy's Helplessness, the Apostle of the Abyss Appears

Wolfrunner is located southwest of Mondstadt, a desolate land surrounded by dense forests and mountains.

If you go further north, you will reach the Wind Dragon Ruins.

Xu Chuan led Ying and Paimon deeper and deeper, finally arriving at their destination.

As far as the eye can see, there is a huge circular arena.

The ground was paved with gray-brown slabs of stone, with weeds and moss growing in the cracks, creating a desolate and bleak scene.

"Is your old friend in here?"

Paimon covered his eyes with his little hands, craning his neck to look around, but couldn't see a single person.

She flew around once, then put her hands on her hips and said, "There's clearly nothing here!"

Did your friend stand you up?

Ying didn't speak, her beautiful golden eyes fixed on the depths of the arena, as if she had sensed something.

She keenly noticed that the wind and ice elements in the arena were significantly more concentrated than in other places.

However, there was no trace of any monsters around.

"Wait here for me." Xu Chuan smiled at the two of them. "You'll find out soon enough."

Having said that, he leaped into the huge circular arena.

Ying and Paimon stood on the high ground, their gazes fixed on him.

In the center of the arena, a glowing greatsword was stuck in a crack in the stone slab, its blade shimmering with a faint blue-white light.

Xu Chuan walked to the sword, stretched out his hand, and activated the Knight's Undead Spell.

Golden light surged from his palm and wrapped around the hilt of the sword.

hum!

A raging cold wind appeared from all directions at the same time, converging in the center of the arena, as if it had been sucked in by something.

The ground began to shake, and gravel bounced in the gaps between the stone slabs.

"It awakened me... but it wasn't to offer sacrifices to the 'North Wind'..."

A deep voice came from the void, carrying a chilling sound like ice shards hitting the ground, making one's eardrums throb.

The wind and snow surged, and black fog intertwined with the biting cold wind.

The heavy stomping sound grew louder as it approached, each step causing the entire arena to tremble slightly. A huge wolf-shaped silhouette slowly solidified in the wind and snow.

Andrius the Wolf of the North Wind slowly appeared at the trial grounds.

It was even larger than Xu Chuan remembered.

Standing in the center of the arena, it almost occupied the entire area.

A thin layer of ice covered the white fur, shimmering coldly in the wind.

Those deep blue eyes looked down at Xu Chuan with the majesty of a king.

Xu Chuan remained calm, looked up at the giant beast, and stated his purpose.

"My name is Xu Chuan. I have awakened you to make a deal with you: follow me..."

Xu Chuan was interrupted by a roar before he could finish speaking.

"Roar--!"

Andrius growled, the syllables rolling in his throat like muffled thunder.

It's utterly absurd for a human to stand before it and claim they want to recruit it.

As an ancient being who has experienced the war between demons and gods and made a pact with the wind god.

Its pride would never allow it to be subservient to others.

Paimon shrank back in fright at the roar.

Ying gripped the hilt of the bladeless sword tightly, her eyes fixed on the arena.

"Are they really friends?" Paimon asked in a low voice, his voice trembling.

"I don't know, judging from the looks of it," Ying said in a low voice, "it looks like a fight is about to break out."

Inside the arena, the blizzard around Andrius intensified, and ice crystals condensed in the air.

A sense of oppression filled the air, as if something heavy was pressing on my heart.

Xu Chuan sighed.

"It seems that a fight with you is still unavoidable."

He said those words, but showed no sign of fighting.

Xu Chuan turned around and walked out of the arena, his back to Andrius, his steps as leisurely as if he were taking a stroll in his own backyard.

This arrogant act instantly enraged Andrius.

The wind and ice elements around the arena erupted, and a gale swept in, carrying shards of ice.

The air temperature plummeted, and exhaled breath condensed into white mist in front of us, causing a thin layer of ice to form on the ground.

"The trial has begun." Andrius's voice was like an undercurrent beneath the ice. "Human, you will pay the price for your ignorance."

The next second, Andrius's enormous body began to move.

The sharp wolf claws, imbued with wind elemental power, tore through the air and lashed out at Xu Chuan's back with a piercing shriek.

Paimon screamed.

Ying drew his sword, ready to charge forward.

"Roar--!"

The dragon's roar exploded from the void.

A jet-black dragon appeared out of thin air in the arena, blocking Andrius's path.

Black dragon wings spread out, obscuring half the sky.

Dark, scorching flames rose from the dragon's body, instantly dissolving the surrounding cold wind.

Andrius's wolf claws slammed into the dragon's wing, sparks flying.

The dragon's wings remained motionless, but Andrius was forced back two steps by the recoil, carving four deep claw marks into the ground.

"Since you insist on undergoing the trial..."

Xu Chuan walked out of the arena without looking back. "Then I respect your choice, Andrius."

He returned to Ying and Paimon, patted Ying on the shoulder, and reassured her.

Ying sheathed her bladeless sword and looked at him with a slightly strange expression.

"First a white giant wolf, and now a black giant dragon has appeared." Paimon stared intently at the wolf and dragon facing off in the arena, his mouth agape enough to fit an egg.

"What on earth is going on?!"

"Didn't you say you came to visit a friend?" Ying looked at Xu Chuan with a complicated expression.

"We became friends after a fight," Xu Chuan chuckled, casually taking out snacks from his spatial ring and distributing them to the two of them.

"Once the battle is over, I believe it will be happy to be my friend."

Ying looked at the snacks in her hand, then at the scene of two demon-level behemoths confronting each other in the arena.

Paimon: "..."

fluorescent:"……"

The two could not understand it, but were deeply shocked.

So this is how you can make friends?

In the arena, Andrius stared intently at the black figure before him.

Dark flames surged across the dragon's body, carrying an aura that made it uneasy.

It had seen this aura five hundred years ago.

But wasn't that demonic dragon killed by the Wind God and crashed into the Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain?

“It’s you.” Andrius’s voice was low and solemn.

Dulin did not answer Andrius.

It simply spread its wings, and jet-black flames surged up from deep within its throat, burning between its teeth.

Its command was simple: defeat the guy in front of it.

Dulin flapped his wings and took flight, his body enveloped in deadly black flames, as he swooped down toward Andrius.

Andrius did not back down.

It raised its head and roared, as fierce winds carrying shards of ice surged in from all directions, forming an ice wall in front of it.

The dragon's claws, wreathed in black flames, smashed the ice wall, sending fragments flying everywhere.

Andrius burst out of the shattered ice, his wolf claws slamming into Dulin's head.

The two giant beasts collided, and the energy that erupted spread outwards, uprooting countless trees and shattering them into splinters in mid-air.

The stone slabs of the arena were overturned layer by layer.

The immense elemental forces at the level of demon gods tore each other apart, causing the sky over the Wolf Territory to change color.

"What terrifying power..." Paimon, squeezed between Xu Chuan and Ying, shuddered and almost dropped the snacks in his hand.

Even with the wind curtain erected by Xu Chuan blocking the way, the overwhelming sense of oppression still made her scalp tingle.

"Don't worry, their battle won't affect us." Xu Chuan reassured Paimon, then chatted with Ying, his tone as relaxed as if they were having a picnic.

The three sat on the edge of the arena, watching the two giant beasts fight fiercely below.

Not long after, a helpless voice rang out behind the three of them.

"Long time no see, my friends."

Wendy emerged from the wind, her green robes billowing in the breeze, a harp hanging at her waist.

He looked at the scene of fierce fighting in the arena, his face full of helplessness.