Genshin Impact: The God Incarnate

The two quickly flew toward the God of Swamps' domain.

In Liyue, the God of Dust had been waiting at the end of his reign, and the other gods around Morax's domain were generally cooperative.

They roughly understood Morax's power and knew that Morax had no ambitions for expansion.

At least until the Archon War began, they were able to maintain a corresponding peaceful state with Morax.

"Is this the domain of the God of Swamps?"

"It really does look quite swampy," Vorthis remarked, stroking his chin and speaking to Morax.

As they entered the God of Swamps' territory, the entire ground had already been transformed into swampy land by the God of Swamps.

Knowing that Vorthis was just talking for the sake of it, Morax merely glanced at him without saying anything.

"I wonder if the inhabitants of the God of Swamps' territory will be able to survive in this swamp," Vorthis mused.

Looking down, all he could see was swampy land.

Anyone walking on it would surely sink in.

Before seeing it firsthand, Vorthis had never considered how the inhabitants could survive in such a swampy land.

Morax folded his arms across his chest.

"If you're so curious, shall we proceed and find out?" he asked.

"Yeah, that sounds reasonable," Vorthis replied.

The two continued on, delving deeper into the God of Swamps' territory.

Normally, an outsider god who had not hidden their presence and entered another god's territory would trigger suspicion, and the lord of the land should be on alert.

However, Vorthis and Morax had flown openly through the God of Swamps' domain for quite some time without encountering any sign of the God of Swamps.

What was going on? Was the God of Swamps intimidated?

"Up ahead should be the God of Swamps' gathering place," Morax stopped and said to Vorthis. "I can already sense the presence of the God of Swamps."

Vorthis nodded, confirming that he too could feel the God of Swamps' presence.

"Morax, it's your turn now. Go beat the God of Swamps for me and take revenge!" Vorthis urged from behind Morax, giving him a gentle push.

Morax nodded in agreement.

"There's no harm. Wait here."

With that, Morax vanished in a flash and dashed toward the source of the God of Swamps' presence.

Summoning a rock spear in his hand, he hurled it, piercing the God of Swamps' palace dome.

He then entered through the hole.

"God of Swamps, Hastus, are you there?" Morax called out, his voice reverberating through the swampy chamber as he looked down from above.

The aura of a powerful god immediately swept through the place.

The humans who were still unaware of what had happened were frightened by this sudden pressure, scattering in a panic away from the palace.

Vorthis didn't enter the palace with Morax but could see inside through the hole in the dome.

He saw Morax questioning from his elevated position.

The swamp pool bubbled and gurgled, and then the God of Swamps (a strange muddy figure) appeared beside Morax.

The God of Swamps spoke, "Morax?"

"I'll ask again, do you believe that those previous incidents were all a misunderstanding?"

The aura outside clearly belonged to the manifested demon Zenos, who had previously destroyed his clone.

That clone was able to control the power of the God of Swamps because it contained part of Hastus's essence.

Now that the clone had been destroyed, Hastus's essence had also been wounded.

Morax chuckled softly.

A misunderstanding?

Didn't everyone already know the God of Swamps' intentions?

"From a rational perspective, I do not believe it."

Morax remained in his arms-folded stance, looking down at the God of Swamps.

The God of Swamps didn't expect Morax to believe him. He was merely stalling for time.

In an instant, the power of his authority surged, and the entire swamp began to stir.

The swamp rose, engulfing the earth, reaching into the sky, completely covering it, forming the God of Swamps' absolute domain!

The sky turned dark and lifeless.

"Morax! Hurry up and beat him!" Vorthis shouted from outside after witnessing the sudden change.

Morax noticed the transformation as well.

With a swift motion, he drove the rock spear into the God of Swamps' pool, though it didn't harm Hastus.

However, the swamp immediately crystallized into solid rock, as if frozen, locking everything in the mud pool in place.

Morax then flashed to Vorthis' side.

"Hastus's essence has shifted," Morax said.

Vorthis remarked, "Hmm, finding Hastus's essence in all this swamp isn't going to be easy."

"From a rational perspective, you're right," Morax agreed.

"But if we solidify all this swamp into rock, the God of Swamps Hastus won't be able to hide."

Morax's plan was simple.

Since Hastus was hiding within this swampy domain, he would solidify all the swamp into hard rock, thus removing the God of Swamps' control over it.

This was similar to when Morax scorched the earth.

Vorthis smiled, "Alright, it's up to you."

"Mm," Morax nodded slightly.

Then, his eyes glowed with golden light, and the markings of the power of rock radiated from his body, piercing through his clothes.

A massive rock spear materialized in the heavens.

"Fall!"

With a single motion of his foot, Morax sent the rock spear hurtling toward the heart of the domain.

A vast surge of geo elemental power flowed from the rock spear into the swamp.

Immediately, the swamp solidified into rock, spreading rapidly in all directions.

The God of Swamps naturally noticed this and quickly mobilized his authority to resist the encroaching geo elements.

At the same time, the swamp that enveloped this entire world began to compress inward under the control of the God of Swamps.

"Star, rise!"

Vorthis once again consumed one-fifth of his energy, manifesting a concentrated pyro element orb in his palm.

Though it appeared like a star, there was no nuclear fusion reaction occurring inside.

It was simply the extreme stacking and concentration of pyro elemental power.

Once detached from Vorthis's control, it would instantly expand, then explode, devouring everything in its surroundings.

Vorthis raised the star into the air, illuminating the entire space that was covered by the God of Swamps.

The previously dark space was suddenly illuminated.

"Lord God!"

"Great Sun God, praise the mighty Sun God!"

"Light, it is light!"

Vorthis caught some voices, then projected his gaze.

He saw a group of humans, within a radius of hundreds of miles, all caught within the swamp domain of the God of Swamps. Naturally, they had been swept into it.

They were moving in the darkness, and many humans had already merged into the swamp's mud, returning to the earth.

Vorthis waved his hand, lifting them all into the air, pulling their feet away from the swamp below.

A pale white light then enveloped them, the shield manifested by Vorthis to protect them from the aftermath of the battle.

Vorthis's gaze constantly swept around, searching for more humans caught in the swamp.

Luckily, their cries drew his attention.

Otherwise, he would have been forced to unleash the pyro elements from the star to scorch the entire swamp domain.

And those humans swept into it would have had no chance of survival.

Although the surface temperature of the star was only 8000°C, the scorching temperature it released was still around 1500-2500°C.

Enough to melt ordinary steel, and how could humans withstand that? 

(The melting point of iron is 1538°C.)

While Vorthis protected these humans, Morax hurled a massive rock spear into the sky, piercing a huge hole in the swamp that enveloped the heavens.

At the same time, the swamp began to crystallize under the influence of Morax's authority over geo.

He released his divine sense, confirming that no humans were still alive nearby. Vorthis immediately controlled the star to emit intense heat.

In an instant, the entire swamp sizzled.

The moisture in the swamp began to rapidly evaporate.

However, this time, the scene Vorthis expected—where the entire swamp would be scorched dry—did not occur.

The God of Swamps continued to use his authority to maintain the swamp, and clearly, the rate of maintenance was faster than the rate of scorching.

Though it was not as effective as last time, it still helped drain the God of Swamps' power.

At that moment, a voice echoed from all directions.

It was the voice of the God of Swamps.

"I apologize for what happened earlier."

"How about we each step back today? Let us not interfere with each other, turning our hostility into peace."

Hmph, now that I've come to challenge Morax, he's suddenly remembering what it means to avoid conflict.

Yesterday, he certainly didn't have this attitude.

Vorthis still hoped that the God of Swamps would revert to his previous state and repeat the same words to Morax as he had yesterday.

I wonder how Morax would react when angered. What terrifying power would he unleash?

Right now, Vorthis felt that Morax had not used his full strength.

"Today's events stem from yesterday's actions."

"I've come today, and peace is no longer what I seek."

Morax said indifferently.

Yesterday, Hastus, the God of Swamps, had sought to eliminate Vorthis.

Had Vorthis not been so powerful, wouldn't he have already fallen at the hands of the God of Swamps?

Now that the matter had been raised, there was no turning back.

"Morax! Don't think that you and he can defeat me! I, Hastus, the God of Swamps, am not so easy to defeat!" 

"I'll ask you one last time—will you retreat or not?"

The angry voice of Hastus rang from all directions.

It seemed that the God of Swamps was everywhere within the swamp.

"Retreat? And what if I don't?" Morax replied indifferently.

Hastus: "Morax! This swamp will be your burial ground today!!"

Immediately, the swamp that enveloped this world radiated a brownish glow, and the God of Swamps, Hastus, began to channel his authority.

The swamp began to shrink at an astonishing speed!

Morax's authority over geo could no longer crystallize the swamp.

"Hastus is already exhausting his own essence," Morax said, looking at Vorthis.

So he's exhausting his essence?

It seems the God of Swamps, Hastus, has been driven to a corner by me and Morax, and now must use all his power.

Regardless of whether we win or lose, this battle will be a devastating blow to Hastus.

Vorthis nodded, "So what should we do now? Should I directly trigger the star's explosion?"

Morax glanced at the star still suspended in the sky.

He said, "No, Hastus has already used his essence, creating an absolute domain over this swamp."

"By drawing on his essence, he's formed an extremely high resistance to all elemental powers."

"Though the power unleashed by the star is violent and strong, it may not be effective."

"If we can't explode the star, what should we do?" Vorthis asked Morax.

He didn't have many combat skills.

Aside from the sword techniques he learned from Qingxu, and various elemental power techniques like small fireballs, waterballs, earthballs, iceballs, and lightning balls, he also had the special skill of nuclear elemental technique from Earth.

Morax said, "Leave it to me. It's not difficult to kill the God of Swamps."

Huh? Not difficult?

But the God of Swamps is hidden within the swamp.

The God of Swamps could be anywhere within this swamp.

The entire swamp is imbued with Hastus' essence. How do we find his essence and strike precisely?

Before Vorthis could think more, Morax moved.