The Curse
(Furina.)
(Strength: none!)
Everyone on the Douluo Continent: "????"
Their faces were full of question marks.
This time, the heavenly screen had actually displayed her strength as "none"?
In the previous rankings of powerful experts revealed by the heavenly screen, their strength had always been clearly stated.
What did "strength: none" mean???
(Focalors, that is, Furina, the Hydro Archon of Fontaine, one of the Seven Nations under Celestia on Teyvat, a retainer of the previous Hydro Archon Egeria, and the good friend of the Water Dragon King Neuvillette, whom Egeria had created as the Ruler of Water, one of the four rulers under her.)
All living beings on the Douluo Continent: ",,,,,"
Good grief.
Heavenly screen, you dumped so much information on them all at once. They weren't mentally prepared for it at all.
The heavenly screen's introduction had just about laid out the general situation of the powers on Teyvat.
Shrek Academy.
Yu Xiaogang was writing furiously, rapidly recording everything.
He didn't need to understand what it meant. He only needed to write it down.
He would add every bit of it to his theories.
Star Dou Great Forest, Lake of Life.
Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts were beside themselves with excitement.
Gu Yuena was also a little excited as she looked at the information presented on the heavenly screen.
At last, at long last, they had waited for the heavenly screen to reveal detailed information about Teyvat.
Over on Teyvat, there was no rule forbidding Soul Beasts from becoming gods, nor was there any suppression from the Divine Realm. They had long wanted to go there.
The part that excited them most was the statement that Focalors' good friend was the Water Dragon King, Neuvillette.
The Water Dragon King was Focalors' good friend, and Focalors was a familiar of the former Hydro Archon, Egeria.
Egeria had been created by the Ruler of Life, Rhinedottir, and Rhinedottir was one of His four Rulers.
Following that line of reasoning, wasn't it very possible that He liked the Dragon Clan?
"Di Tian, go pay a visit to Rhinedottir. Uh, forget Rhinedottir. Go pay Him a visit. If His Excellency is willing, tell Him that our Dragon Clan is willing to submit to Him," Gu Yuena said.
The Ferocious Beasts were all beside themselves with excitement when they heard this.
If they could pledge allegiance to Him, their Soul Beast Clan would practically take flight on the spot.
"I reckon we'd better not go."
"I've got a feeling He might not like dragons," Xiong Jun said.
Di Tian said, "Xiong Jun, stop talking nonsense. How could He possibly dislike dragons? Didn't you see that the Water Dragon King serves under Him?"
"It's not like He could have wiped out the Dragon Clan, could He?!"
"I'll go find Him right away. Everyone, wait for my good news."
Watching Di Tian leave, the Ferocious Beasts all sat down, beside themselves with excitement as they waited for his good news.
"Ah, why won't anyone believe my instincts?"
"We'd be better off letting that Water Dragon King lead us," Xiong Jun sighed.
He really did want a different leader.
In the future previously revealed by the heavenly screen, Gu Yuena, that she-dragon, had actually done something as outrageous as falling in love with the son of the Divine Realm's leader and having his child.
She was utterly unreliable.
Xiong Jun hadn't spoken loudly, but every Ferocious Beast heard him loud and clear.
Gu Yuena shot Xiong Jun a vicious look.
If the Soul Beast Clan weren't short on high-end combat power right now, she would have gone over and given Xiong Jun a thorough thrashing, teaching that traitor a lesson.
In a cave on a mountain not far from the Clear Sky Sect.
Dai Mubai and his two companions, who had been turned into lizards, were lying low.
Naturally, they had come here for revenge.
Ma Hongjun said, "Damn it, that damned Tang San still hasn't come out."
"Yeah," Oscar said. "We've been waiting here for nearly half a month."
Dai Mubai said, "What's the rush? Let's wait a little longer, a little longer. Rhinedottir might have turned us into things neither human nor ghost, but our combat power has genuinely risen to around the level of a 150,000-year Soul Beast."
Oscar said, "Boss Dai, how about we pick someone else?"
Dai Mubai said, "What do you mean???"
Oscar said, "I mean, we could go after Tang San's father, Tang Hao, for revenge. Tang Hao isn't as cautious as that bastard Tang San, hiding in the Clear Sky Sect all day and never coming out, and he doesn't have as many trump cards as Tang San either."
Dai Mubai's eyes lit up, and he slapped Oscar hard on the head. "Oscar, you're a genius!"
Dai Mubai said, "We'll go get revenge on Tang Hao."
Ma Hongjun said, "Boss Dai, but how are we going to get revenge?"
Dai Mubai said, "That bastard Tang San screwed us over, leaving us neither human nor ghost and unable to have descendants."
Dai Mubai said, "So we'll make the Hilichurl version of Tang Hao into a eunuch, leaving him just like us: neither human nor ghost, and unable to have descendants."
Ma Hongjun said, "That's a good idea."
At that moment.
The words on the heavenly screen faded away.
An amber-colored scroll appeared in their place.
"Here it comes, here it comes! Furina's profile is here!"
"I wonder what Furina looks like. Will she be pretty?"
"Isn't that obvious? Lady Raiden Ei, who ranked tenth, was already incredibly beautiful. Could Lady Furina possibly be ugly? She's bound to be super, super beautiful!"
Ordinary people didn't fret over the balance of power on Teyvat. All they cared about were looks and juicy gossip.
"She's finally about to appear."
The people of the Douluo Continent stared fixedly at the heavenly screen.
(My mistress, the previous Hydro Archon Egeria, stole the power of the primordial sea water.)
(She used it to turn the Oceanids of Fontaine into Fontainians, which He would not tolerate. As a result, Fontaine was burdened with original sin, and He laid a curse upon it.)
(Thus, Fontainians were born bearing sin. One day, the waters of Fontaine would begin to rise, and all Fontainians burdened with sin would gradually be submerged by the seawater.)
(In the end, everyone would dissolve into the sea, leaving only the Hydro Archon weeping on her throne. Only then would the sins of the people of Fontaine be washed away.)
Meanwhile.
Heaven Dou City, Douluo Continent.
Inside the Raiden Restaurant.
Lin Feng was still drinking tea with Little Paimon.
"So it's being described in the first person? Interesting."
Lin Feng took a sip of tea and spoke as he calmly watched the heavenly screen.
The scenes revealed by the heavenly screen had long since ceased to stir his emotions.
Just then.
Not far from the restaurant where Lin Feng was, a spatial rift appeared, and an enormous Golden-Eyed Black Dragon came hurtling out.
Di Tian landed with the utmost respect, trembling all over.
He had felt the pressure of the Golden Dragon King, the Silver Dragon King, and even the Dragon God.
But compared with the pressure emanating from the Raiden Restaurant, all of theirs fell far short.
It was far, far too terrifying.
Was their Soul Beast Clan truly worthy of submitting to Him?
Di Tian said respectfully, "Might I ask if Lady Little Paimon and His Excellency are here?"
Little Paimon flew out. "That's me. And you are???"
Di Tian said, "I am Di Tian of the Soul Beast Clan. I came this time to ask: Your Excellency, do you like dragons?"
"If you do, we can submit to you and guard your door."