"..."
Venti swallowed the fruit pulp in his mouth, smiling as he watched his beautiful visitor.
Bi Ji suddenly snapped back to her senses, feeling deeply embarrassed, and hurriedly bowed slightly in greeting.
"Star Dou Forest, Bi Ji, pays respects to the Wind God."
Her voice was soft and melodic, incredibly pleasant to the ear.
"No need for such formalities, sit."
Venti pointed to the stone stool opposite him.
"Godwind City is a place of freedom; we don't stand on such ceremony here."
"I heard you've come representing the soul beasts?"
Bi Ji sat down as instructed, her posture dignified and elegant.
"Yes."
She looked at Venti and said sincerely:
"My Lord sensed your divine might, and specifically commanded Bi Ji to come and pay a visit."
"Our soul beast clan has long resided in the forest and has no desire to participate in the conflicts of the human world."
"Coming here this time is merely a hope to establish a bond of goodwill with Godwind City, so that should any misunderstandings arise in the future, we might have a way to look out for one another."
Venti nodded.
"As long as you don't come to disturb my drinking and sleeping, I have no interest in going into the forest to stir up trouble."
He looked at Bi Ji, and a strange light suddenly flashed through his clear eyes.
Just a moment ago, an interesting thought had popped into his mind.
The soul beasts of this world were, in essence, a type of life form.
And Bi Ji, being a top-tier existence of the healing type, represented an incredibly vigorous life force herself.
What if...
He bestowed upon her a "Anemo Vision".
If this power system from Teyvat were to combine with the soul beasts of the Douluo Continent, what would happen?
Soul beasts did not have martial souls; they relied on their physical bodies and innate skills.
Would a Vision allow them to give birth to an entirely new form of power?
Perhaps even... allow them to transform into a more perfect state?
The more Venti thought about it, the more interesting it became.
As the Wind God, his greatest hobby, aside from drinking, was observing these interesting "changes".
Bi Ji felt somewhat uncomfortable under Venti's direct gaze, her heart rate accelerating; that feeling of being seen through completely made her flustered.
To hide her embarrassment, she hurriedly took an exquisite jade box from her Soul Tool.
"My Lord, this is a small gift that my Lord commanded Bi Ji to bring."
She opened the jade box.
A dense, thick aura of life instantly permeated the entire courtyard.
Inside the box, a leaf as green as dripping emerald lay quietly.
The veins on the leaf were like blood vessels, flowing with a golden halo.
"This is the Heart Leaf of the Tree of Life."
Bi Ji introduced it softly:
"Although it cannot compare to your Supreme Divine Artifact, this leaf contains a vast source of life."
"As long as one still has a breath left, no matter how severe the injury, holding this leaf in one's mouth can save one's life and reshape the physical body."
This was one of the Star Dou Forest's most prized treasures; in order to win over this Wind God, Gu Yuena had truly spared no expense.
Venti glanced at the leaf, his eyebrows arching slightly.
"Good stuff."
He didn't stand on ceremony, casually taking the jade box, closing the lid, and placing it on the table.
"Since I've accepted your gift, I'm not one to be stingy."
Venti looked at Bi Ji, the smile on his face becoming even brighter, like a child who had just thought of a fun prank.
"I don't like owing favors."
"As it happens, I have a little trinket here that might just suit you."
Bi Ji was slightly stunned, a trace of curiosity appearing in her beautiful eyes.
A return gift from the Wind God?
What could it be?
Before Venti could even take the item out, the anomaly in the sky underwent another drastic change.
The Golden Ranking, which had previously calmed down, suddenly erupted with an unprecedented roar.
This sound was no longer the melodious tone from before; it carried a sharpness and dominance that seemed to tear the heavens apart!
The sky over the entire Douluo Continent seemed to be forcibly sliced open at this very moment.
Everyone instinctively looked up.
They saw golden ancient seal characters slowly emerging upon the Sky Curtain, each one appearing as if carved by a sword's edge, radiating a bone-chilling coldness.
[Rare Treasure Ranking No. 1: History of Dawn!]
At this moment, the continent was in a complete uproar.
First place!
It had finally appeared!
The image did not immediately display the full appearance of the artifact, but instead, a beam of light appeared first.
It was a light capable of cleaving through the dawn and severing the night.
Immediately following it was a longsword with an archaic design, its entire body radiating a pale cyan glow.
It did not look like it was forged from mortal iron, but rather like a solidified piece of history—an epic concerning resistance and freedom.
Around the sword's body, space shattered and reformed like a mirror.
Those black spatial rifts were as docile as thin snakes in its presence.
[Holder: Wind God Venti!]
No suspense there.
It was that name again!
The name that made soul masters across the entire continent feel despair and numbness!
He had swept the top three!
[Quality: Supreme Divine Artifact (Peak)!]
[Description: An epic of dawn that records the fall of Decarabian and the birth of a new god. It is not an ordinary weapon, but the embodiment of the Wind God's authority.]
[Inherent Ability: Space-Time Severing.]
[Effect: Ignores physical defense, ignores energy defense, and ignores spatial distance. When swung, it can directly slice through space, completely severing the dimension where the target resides! It focuses on extreme slaughter; none but a God King can withstand it!]
Seeing the words "slice through space" and "severing the dimension," the backs of countless powerhouses were instantly soaked in cold sweat.
This was no longer mere power.
This was a rule!
It was a terrifying divine authority that stood above the mortal realm!
Inside Godwind City.
Bi Ji looked at the description on the Sky Curtain, her small mouth slightly agape, her entire person stunned.
She was right across from Venti.
Looking at the smiling youth before her, she felt a chill shoot straight from the soles of her feet to her crown.
If the Skyward Harp and the Elegy for the End were still within the realm of understanding, then this "History of Dawn" had completely exceeded her cognition.
Slicing through space...
Did this not mean that if he wished, he could wipe the Star Dou Forest off the map at any moment?
Just as everyone had yet to recover from the shock of the first place, the Sky Curtain changed once again.
[Rare Treasure Ranking announcement complete!]
[Before distributing the final rewards, the highlight combat footage of the top three holders of the Rare Treasure Ranking will be specially exposed!]
[At the same time...]
[A new ranking is about to begin: Continental Power Ranking!]
[All those who make the list will receive godhead fragments, super divine artifacts, and even the chance to rewrite their destiny!]
In the depths of the Life Lake within the Star Dou Forest.
Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena stood by the lake, her long silver dress fluttering in the wind.
Her usually calm and indifferent purple eyes were now filled with undisguised shock.
"It's him again..."
"It's all him..."
Gu Yuena muttered to herself.
Three Supreme Divine Artifacts.
And each one was more terrifying than the last, especially that final "History of Dawn." Even she, in her prime, would not dare to claim she could take that power of spatial severing head-on.
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