Genshin Impact: Dionysus reigns supreme, all demons retreat!

Chapter 183 The Whirlpool Leading to the Abyss

"I haven't even discovered what good the wind god could do yet, let alone this stone statue. What use could it possibly be?"

Xu Ning casually activated the teleportation point at Cape Oath, and then followed Ying toward the statue of the wind god.

To the right, there is a raised area that looks like a smaller version of Star-Picking Cliff.

Ying led Xu Ning upstairs.

The two stood on the tip of the rock, looking at the tall statue of the wind god not far away.

"Your plan to carry out the Wind Dragon in Mondstadt failed, but you don't seem to be feeling any frustration."

Xu Ning glanced at Ying's somewhat thin profile; it seemed difficult to see the chubby, baby-faced girl he had raised in his previous life.

Ying seemed to sense Xu Ning's gaze, her ears turning slightly red. She smoothed her blonde hair behind her ear and said helplessly, "You and my brother teamed up to stop my plan. What else can I do? Eliminate you personally?"

Xu Ning laughed and said, "So the ambush by those Abyss Mage organizations the other day wasn't at your behest?"

Ying sighed and said, "Many of my men are having a real headache with you 'meddlesome' types. They've volunteered to kill you several times, but I've suppressed them all."

"But there are still some restless guys who want to get rid of you, so be careful."

Xu Ning took a sip of Qianfeng and laughed, "I'm not afraid anyway. All they're doing here is giving me more combat experience. Kong will definitely become their target too, aren't you worried?"

When Kong was mentioned, Ying paused for a moment before speaking, "Those people will eventually find out about the relationship between my brother and me, and they won't dare to kill him."

Seeing that her mood was gradually dropping, Xu Ning wanted to cheer her up, so he said with a grin, "You and Kong have a lot in common. As long as the people in the cult aren't blind, they'll eventually realize the connection between you. But I'm not like that. Why don't you introduce our relationship to your subordinates and ask them to go easy on me too?"

Ying said disdainfully, "Don't talk nonsense! We're not even ordinary friends, what kind of relationship could we have?"

Xu Ning chuckled and said, "Believe it or not, I'll start calling Kong 'brother' from now on."

Ying scoffed, "You lose all your composure when you drink. Stop joking. I deliberately invited you here because I wanted you to witness something."

"And for the next period of time, I will be doing some things in Liyue..."

Xu Ning's expression changed. "You're still planning to provoke that old man?"

Ying shook her head. "Let me finish. I will do some things in Liyue, but I will never cause any harm to the people of Liyue. In fact, we will not even show our faces unless you actively seek us out."

Xu Ning pursed her lips. "We've known each other for quite a while now. What are you doing? Can't you really tell me? Maybe I can help you sometimes..."

Ying smiled and turned to ask, "Even if what I do might ultimately overturn the entire world?"

Xu Ning thought of Beidou Ningguang, Wanmintang, and the hardworking and simple people of Liyue, and sighed without saying a word.

Ying's smile turned bitter, and she said, "See, you hesitated."

Xu Ning shook his head, clearing his mind of the chaotic emotions, and said, "There's never just one way to solve a problem. I'll definitely find another way. Tell me, what do you need me to witness?"

Ying looked up at the top of the wind god statue, where black mist seemed to be gradually gathering.

"Tell me, do you think the gods erected idols all over this continent purely to demonstrate their authority, or to monitor the entire continent? Will they know if we speak ill of them under these idols?"

Xu Ning laughed and said, "Why would we need idols to monitor the mainland?"

"If I had the power of the wind god, I could blow all the secrets to my ears with just the thousand winds that circulate in Mondstadt."

Ying smiled and said, "You're right, then we have to speed things up."

As they spoke, the black mist above the wind god statue began to swirl, quickly forming a vortex with a powerful suction force.

Xu Ning saw that the bluestone base beneath the statue had begun to shake violently, and suddenly realized what Ying meant by "borrowing the statue."

Moreover, Ying's nonchalant expression when I said the Wind Dragon Plan had failed provided the answer.

The Abyss Order's goal may have been this wind god statue from the very beginning.

All the arrangements for Mondstadt were messy and crude, and even the control of the wind dragons revealed a casualness that showed a lack of effort.

All of these actions were likely intended to attract the attention of the Knights of Favonius, and even the Wind God, so that they would not notice the Abyss Order's activities at Cape Oath.

But is this statue really that important?

It's even worth more than a wind dragon?

Ying leaped from the rock and landed directly on the wind god statue, reaching out to grab the wind god's wings.

Under the immense suction force, Ying's white dress fluttered wildly, making her look breathtakingly beautiful.

Xu Ning stood there, completely mesmerized.

"We probably won't see each other for a long time. Sora's journey will probably continue. If you can, please look after him for me!"

Xu Ning sighed deeply, nodded vigorously, and said loudly, "I will take good care of him. You also need to take good care of yourself, eat well, I still love your round little face like a baby's."

Ying was surprised that Xu Ning would say such a thing at the end. Her cheeks flushed red, and the wind wings on her back unfolded. She rode the suction force and entered the vortex directly.

The base of the wind god statue cracked and was lifted off the ground, sucked into the black vortex in the air that exuded an ominous aura.

After the wind god statue disappeared, the terrifying suction force also vanished immediately.

Only a purplish-black vortex remained in mid-air.

Xu Ning suddenly realized that there seemed to be a vortex in the world of the original god from his previous life.

Those are spiral staircases leading to the abyss.

Is the passage that appears here now, capable of instantly taking away the statue, like in my previous life, meant to transport me to a deserted island?

Or is it the only way to the abyss?

Should we risk our lives to go in and take a look at it?

Anyway, Ying is still the boss there. Even if I accidentally stumble into her territory, I can just abandon my principles and beg Ying to let me go.

Xu Ning gritted his teeth, jumped off the rock, and ran to the remaining half of the base of the wind god statue.

"Embrace of the Wind!"

Xu Ning manipulated the wind element, creating an upward vortex around himself.

This was the first time he had tried to use the power of the Thousand Winds to fly into the sky, but without the Wind God's authority to control the wind at will, he could only form a not-too-violent vortex.

Once the vortex stabilized, Xu Ning's Wind Wings suddenly unfolded, and with the help of the wind, he began to fly towards the vortex in mid-air.

However, after taking off for a dozen meters, Xu Ning suddenly heard a melodious harp sound.

Then he felt the wind around him suddenly disappear.

Moreover, it seems that not only the whirlwind has disappeared, but even the air that supports the wings of wind seems to have vanished.

Xu Ning let out a scream and suddenly fell from mid-air.

"Barbatos"