Genshin Impact: A Mortal's Ascension to Godhood

Chapter 1: Wuji Zhenchan

The splashing spray and the splattering ice chips...

When Li Tao's falling attack [Hard Vortex Water Blade] collided fiercely with Chongyun's elemental combat skill [Chonghua Diehuang], bursts of dazzling white light erupted on the temporary battlefield, blocking the sight of Xingqiu who was standing aside.

Who won this battle? Xingqiu couldn't help but feel anxious, because the reaction of a large amount of ice and water elements covered the entire battlefield, making it difficult for him to see the next move of the two. However, the answer was soon revealed.

The first one to fly backwards was Chongyun!

In other words, in the all-out fight with Li Tao, Chongyun was completely at a disadvantage.

Xingqiu was somewhat shocked by this result, but thought it was to be expected.

"Strong...very strong, Brother Li." Xingqiu stroked the long sword on his leg, and the desire to fight was unconsciously ignited. "Let me try it too, how about it?"

"Ah... But let's wait until Chongyun finishes fighting."

Although he was beaten back, Chongyun did not look embarrassed. He did not care too much about his defeat. Instead, he smiled heartily, bowed to Li Tao, put away his sword and said with a smile: "I lost, Brother Li. However, I still have a question, can you please help me solve it?"

In fact, Li Tao was still very sore after taking the attack of [Chonghua Die Shuang], at least the elemental force was very sluggish. But he also tried his best to pretend to be a master at this time, and replied with a smile: "Is it because during the last fight, my [Hard Vortex Water Blade] suddenly generated a stronger force, so that your great sword could not resist it?"

"Yes! This is one of my doubts." Chongyun walked towards Li Tao and returned to the picnic blanket with him. He picked up the dumplings he brought with him and asked while eating, "I was obviously in the upper hand at that time. Why were you able to generate stronger power out of thin air before the old power was gone and the new power was born? This is not in line with common sense."

Li Tao laughed and said, "This is my elemental combat skill. It's just that its operation is too hidden, so you didn't see it and didn't understand it."

What? When did Li Tao use elemental combat skills? Not only Chongyun, but Xingqiu was also confused. He asked quickly: "Elemental combat skills? But Chongyun and I didn't see it?"

Li Tao condensed a stream of water with one hand, rippling it in his palm, and explained slowly: "Who said that if you don't see it, it doesn't exist? Now we can't see the Rock King Emperor, but can we say that the Emperor will not show up?"

Li Tao's example made the two of them laugh and cry.

"Just tell me now, don't keep me in suspense."

So Li Tao explained the principle of his elemental combat skills -

It turned out that this move was not manifested externally, but acted on the inside. Li Tao used the water elemental power in his body to add stronger power to himself.

This process is simple, it is just a simple compression and release. That is, compress the water elemental force into a very pure portion, and then release it during the attack. Although this is not as cool as other combat skills that release water elements from the inside out and can produce elemental reactions, it can directly act on oneself and make one's body exert more powerful power. In addition, the water element from the inside out can circulate continuously, improving Li Tao's combat endurance.

"Ask a question!" Xingqiu asked carefully, "Is there really no risk of hurting yourself by doing this? That is elemental power, not your own strength. If it goes out of control, Brother Li, your body will suffer extremely serious or even irreversible damage!"

Li Tao calmly replied: "What if I can completely use this power for my own benefit?"

Chongyun muttered to himself in disbelief: "Use it for your own benefit? How is that possible? How can this be done?"

Li Tao raised his thumb, tapped his chest and said, "Lean here. In other words, lean on my heart."

As the saying goes, believing is your magic... It seems a little out of place, but it is the truth. This is the truth that the Rock King taught him during this mission.

At that time, the Emperor told all the God's Eye holders present to believe in their own power and inject their emotions into the next attack. After hearing the Emperor's admonition, Li Tao entered a mysterious realm... He saw fragments of past memories, and successfully injected those memories into his own power, and even broke the shackles of the First Constellation.

Now, he could easily imitate the move he had made before, incorporating his emotions and memories into his attack. These spiritual things existed in the water elemental force for a long time, maintaining the form and strength of the highly condensed water elemental force, ensuring that Li Tao would not be harmed by the backlash of the water elemental force.

When Li Tao sends out these emotions with his fists and sword, his own strength will be pushed to the peak.

No...it's more of a [shock] than a hit or a bombardment!

Li Tao shook out all his emotions and strength together, just like a martial arts master who could not be touched by even a feather and could not let flies or insects land on him. He used his strength to use the internal [vibration] to push the external [force]!

This move is... [Wuji Zhenchan].

.......

"To put it more clearly, it's a charged attack, but it's really useful." Li Tao thought to himself.

Next, in the battle between Li Tao and Xingqiu, he used this move to force out Xingqiu's elemental burst [Guhua Sword·Painted Rain Mountain]. After all, [Painted Rain Mountain] is a skill similar to [Jingyao Nuo Dance], and its main ability is to strengthen itself rather than to deal damage in one go.

Xingqiu's [Painted Rain Cage Mountain] did cause Li Tao a lot of trouble - but that was just trouble. With the help of [Infinite Zhen Zen], Li Tao could break any of Xingqiu's moves with his strength. With the help of [Tidal Surge Breaking Stars], Xingqiu's moves were really broken. It would have been fine if he was not as strong as Li Tao, but some of his elemental force extension moves were completely broken by the [Star Breaking] power of [Tidal Surge Breaking Stars], which really made Xingqiu lose his temper. If Xingqiu did not have an extremely exquisite Guhua swordsmanship, and if he did not have some recovery ability as the holder of the Water God's Eye, he would have been defeated in just a few minutes of fighting with Li Tao.

"Oh! I'm convinced. I'm really convinced. Brother Li, I told you that you have a bright future, but you didn't believe me... Now, you beat me easily." Although Xingqiu was joking, his words revealed a little bit of loneliness - he had a hard time defeating Chongyun, and now he couldn't even beat Li Tao, who had just become an adventurer for nearly half a year. This was indeed a big blow to Xingqiu, who was determined to become a hero.

However, Xingqiu himself had a good attitude, and Li Tao and Chongyun immediately began to comfort him: "Well, Xingqiu, each of us has our own unique way of fighting. We can't learn Brother Li's way of becoming stronger." "Yes, Brother Xingqiu, I envy you for being able to live freely. You have free time every day to study and read, but I can only keep taking tasks to make a living. Ah, although I can indeed take a break during this period..."

Xingqiu smiled helplessly and replied, "Okay, I get it. We are all friends, so I just said a few words casually... I also know that my current life is something that many people can hardly aspire to, but human desires are always difficult to satisfy."

"Let's not talk about this, Brother Li... Didn't you say before that you wanted to look at houses? How about I take you to look? Maybe we can meet some residents who are selling their houses."

"Uh....are there really Liyue residents who would sell their houses at random? There isn't a war going on recently."

"Aren't you going to have a snack? We haven't finished our picnic snacks yet."

Amidst the daily noise and bustle, the three friends completed the goal of today’s picnic party and returned to Liyue contentedly.