The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

"Here—the verdict is pronounced!" The same firebird as before burst forth! Flames intertwined with the winds of dandelions, and the howling of a thousand winds instantly transformed into blazing flames.

"Hmph..." Abyssfire, with half its body already inside the abyss passage, let out a muffled groan. Qin's Dandelion Domain enveloped its body almost instantly.

Torn apart by the Thousand Winds, its robes were already ripped to shreds. Countless tiny wounds were constantly oozing blood.

In this situation, if it were to be hit by Diluc's Firebird, its chances of survival would be slim.

But Yuanhuo smiled as he watched the firebird charging towards him. No matter how flamboyant its fiery wings were, it would never be able to touch him.

Yuanhuo walked into the abyss passage in full view of everyone. However, the abyss passage soon expelled him as if vomiting.

"Boom!" The explosive sound of the Firebird echoed across the small hillside. In the sky, the blasted figure of Abyssfire was still soaring.

Seeing this, the creatures on the nearby abyss shrank back. The staffs in their hands gradually dimmed—the anomaly just now was their doing.

"I'm sorry, I want to be a good person." Yuan Shang muttered to himself, looking in the direction where Yuan Huo had landed.

Chapter 174 The bottom overcomes the top

2023-09-16

"Damn it... what... happened?" Yuanhuo, having taken a direct hit from the Firebird, collapsed to the ground, now at its last gasp.

Despite its injuries, Abyssfire's eyes still betrayed disbelief. The abyss passage had expelled it—this was the first time such a thing had ever happened to it.

"Cough...cough cough! What methods did you...use!" Yuanhuo's condition had never been so bad. The once majestic Yuanhuo was now completely gone.

It endured the pain, propped itself up, and tremblingly raised its arms, pointing at Diluc and Jean in front of it and asking.

However, Diluc and Jean were completely baffled; they didn't understand why the Abyssal Flame was being spat out directly.

But none of that matters anymore, as long as the Abyss Fire can be preserved. The guy in front of us is an Abyss Singer, far superior to those Abyss Mages wandering the wilderness.

There must be a lot of important information inside its mouth! Thinking of this, Diluc's eyes couldn't help but burn with desire.

The Abyss Order is no less mysterious than the underground intelligence network of the Northern Continent where he works.

The Abyssfire felt the burning intensity in Diluc's eyes and involuntarily shrank back. What did this human want to do to it?

"You should know that you're now like a fish on a chopping board. Cooperating with us might give you a chance to survive!" Diluc asked the abyssal monster, a rare occurrence for him.

The main reason was that he had previously met an abyss mage who was willing to reveal information, and he had some hope for the Abyssfire, hoping that it was also one of those "special" existences.

Unfortunately, Abyssal Fire was not; it was a typical abyssal monster.

Upon hearing Diluc's question, Abyssal Flame burst into laughter, "Ha...haha, the abyss...will devour everything, and we...we will return to the earth!"

It seemed that the injuries were too severe, as Yuanhuo would pause for a while after each sentence. But its laughter was incredibly unrestrained, as if Yuanhuo was immersed in something grand, forgetting even the pain in its body.

Looking at Abyssal Flame's fervent and obsessive expression, Diluc shook his head regretfully. It seemed he had been overthinking things; this guy was clearly just like those Abyss Mages he had encountered before.

Since that's the case, then let's go and face the abyss!

Just as Diluc was about to swing his sword to kill Abyssal Flame, a high-pitched yet familiar voice came from not far away.

"Actually, it wanted to check on the North Wind Wolf King, but I'm not sure what its specific purpose was."

Diluc looked in the direction of the sound and saw a magical scene: Luminous and Paimon were chatting and laughing with a group of abyss mages, and the one speaking was the leader of the fire abyss mages.

"It's you!" Diluc recognized Abyss at a glance. Although all Abyss mages looked the same to humans, Diluc still managed to memorize Abyss's appearance with great difficulty.

For no other reason than to be able to recognize Abyss when he sees it. If he accidentally kills Abyss along with the other Abyss mages, Diluc will have no one to blame but himself.

After all, abyss mages like Yuan Shang are a rare species and must be well protected.

When Yuanhuo saw that Yuanshang had directly revealed the purpose of its trip to the humans, its laughter stopped abruptly, as if someone had grabbed its throat.

After a brief moment of astonishment, a burst of rage erupted. Yuanhuo, trembling, pointed at the abyss and said resentfully:

"I should have known... I should have known... I never expected you to betray the Order! Yuan Shang, do you understand the consequences of your actions!"

"You've got a screw loose!" Ember walked over and made a mocking downward finger gesture at Abyssfire. Regarding Abyssfire, Ember could only marvel at how powerful the Abyss Passage truly was.

Fortunately, the Abyss Passage lacked independent consciousness; otherwise, Ember estimated that the Abyss Passage would most likely have rejected Abyssfire's teleportation request.

Given this guy's arrogant and haughty nature, he'll probably encounter no shortage of dangers, and it's likely that he'll bring those dangers upon himself.

However, Yuanshang felt no remorse upon hearing Yuanhuo's question. It floated to Yuanhuo's side and said fiercely:

"Betray the Order? I never said that. From beginning to end, all I wanted was for you to die!"

As he spoke, Yuan Shang seemed to recall the days when he was exploited by Yuan Huo, and his tone became even more intense.

"You're both stupid and arrogant. Because of you, the Order has lost so many comrades! If you weren't an Abyss Singer, I would have killed you long ago. Why would I have let you run rampant for so long?"

The abyss grew angrier with each word, eventually pulling the abyss below and the others over as well. The four abyss mages, long oppressed by the abyss fire, began unleashing their attacks.

Countless vulgar words poured out from their four mouths, slamming into Yuanhuo's head and leaving it stunned.

Ember listened for a while, then picked at his own ears and covered Paimon's ears as well.

Why? It's simply because the people on Yuanshang are incredibly rude; they never repeat themselves when they swear. Yu Jin is afraid of setting a bad example for the children.

Countless vulgarities entered Yuanhuo's ears, but its expression remained almost unchanged. To be honest, Yuanhuo didn't really care about insults, not to mention it didn't have much to begin with.

When people say that what they say on the surface is an insult, it's actually more like stating the facts.

After chattering on and on for a long time, Yuan Shang and the others finally vented all their dissatisfaction and resentment.

Feeling the surprised looks from everyone, Yuanshang recalled its earlier behavior and quickly scratched its head, explaining:

"Hey! You don't need to look at me like that, do you? If you ran into an enemy, you might be even less polite than me!"

“I don’t usually engage in verbal sparring,” Diluc replied calmly, picking at his own ear.

“Indeed, I usually just go straight for the kill.” Yu Jin nodded in agreement. He never liked to talk much and would just go straight for the kill when he met his enemies.

"Heh heh, those abyss mages, and you all, exist for the Order's grand plan. To sacrifice yourself for the Order's plan is your glory!"

"Every day it's about some grand plan, some talk about returning to the surface. Can't you come up with something different?" Yuan Shang interrupted Yuan Huo impatiently when he heard it repeating the same thing.

"Why don't you explain this grand plan to me? Don't just talk the talk without walking the walk. If I'm going to die, at least let me know why I'm going to die, right?"

Yuan Shang's lips moved rapidly, seemingly already quite tired of hearing about the Abyss Cult's "grand plan."

"Yes! Explain yourself! Letting others die without knowing why, how could you do such a thing!"

Yu Jin hated two kinds of people the most in his life: riddle tellers and those who exposed his riddles.

Abyssfire is clearly the former!

To everyone's surprise, Yuan Huo merely sneered after hearing Yuan Shang and Yu Jin's words: "Hmph! You want me to reveal information about the Order? Don't even think about it!"

"As for the Order's plans, you will understand. Then you will understand that all the sacrifices were worthwhile!"

As it finished speaking, Yuanhuo's expression became somewhat obsessive, as if it had an unwavering faith in the "plan" it spoke of.

Looking at the Abyssfire, completely absorbed in its own world, everyone fell silent. In a way, such a creature was quite terrifying.

After all, based on Ember's experience, the scope of "not caring about sacrifices" will become wider and wider.

In the end, the benefits of that so-called "plan" will probably be less than one-tenth of the sacrifices.

"There's no point in talking to this guy, let's just take care of him." Diluc felt a strange sense of familiarity.

He quickly realized where this sense of familiarity came from—the Fools. That same organization that also talked about the Empress's ideals, but when asked, would stammer and be unable to utter a single word.

It's hard to say whether Diluc dislikes the Fatui or the Abyss Order more. Or perhaps he dislikes them equally.

However, due to the fact that the Fatui were human, he couldn't bring himself to do it. Thinking this, Diluc gradually tightened his grip on his greatsword.

Chapter 175 Super Evolution Above the Abyss

2023-09-16

Just as Diluc stepped forward, preparing to unleash the Abyssal Flame, Ember reached out a hand and stopped him.

Diluc glanced at Ember with surprise, but still retreated. After all, Ember had brought the intelligence, and he should be the one to handle the Abyssal Flame.

Ember didn't stop Diluc by sending him a small boat; he had come up with a brilliant idea. An idea that would truly convince Abyssal Flame.

A smile played on his lips beneath his helmet as he addressed Yuanhuo: "You mean, in the face of some great being, the sacrifice of an individual is negligible?"

"Of course, the Order's plans are beyond the comprehension of you insignificant beings!" Abyssfire turned his head, looking at Ember, and said with absolute certainty.

Under the glory of the Order, small sacrifices are nothing!

Upon hearing this, Yu Jin nodded and then said, "In that case, please die."

"I also have a plan, believe me, it will definitely be more magnificent, larger, and more exciting than your cult's!"

"However, it has one small drawback..."

As Yu Jin spoke, he stretched out a palm toward Yuan Huo.

"That's what will kill you!"

With a clenched fist, an immense pressure instantly descended upon the area surrounding Abyss Fire.

The sound of bones cracking rang out. Under this immense pressure, Yuan Huo didn't even have time to scream before being compressed into a dense black and red sphere.

Ember prefers to persuade with reason, so Abyss Fire should have no complaints now. After all, it was sacrificed for some grand plan, though Ember hasn't figured it out yet.

Soon, a deep darkness enveloped the sphere suspended in the air, swallowing up the remaining red within it.

The sphere that had been faintly glowing red had now completely transformed into a black box. It was shrouded in darkness, and no one knew what had happened inside.

"Fizz!"

"Buzz!"

"quack!"

……

A high-frequency, fine gnawing sound emanated from the pitch-black sphere, as if countless tiny insects were tearing something apart beneath the darkness.

"Hiss—" Everyone present covered their ears and cried out in pain. The chirping of insects was like tiny needles, constantly pricking their eardrums.

A loud ringing in their ears echoed in Diluc's and the others' minds, making it impossible for them to hear anything.

Fortunately, the chirping of insects didn't last long. Soon, there was no more movement inside the sphere—its contents had been completely devoured.

Wendy stopped playing, swayed by the chirping of insects. He looked at Ember and asked, "What was that just now?"