The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

What was once solid rock has now become a cavern over ten meters high. And what created all of this is the same golden tree that attacked the cult not long ago.

If that thing can still be called a tree.

“How big is it? Isn’t that one of our goals?” Abyss Apostle Frostfall glanced around and said calmly.

They had barely left when the terrifying thing began to grope their way through the hole it had created. This reckless method of exploration was something only the Abyss Order would do.

All members of the Abyss Order are unafraid of death, and they also possess the ability to teleport.

While teleportation cannot instantly boost the Abyss Apostles' strength to a terrifying level, it does make them extremely difficult to deal with.

Killing an Abyss Apostle is nearly impossible.

This is especially useful for exploration. The Abyss Order holds most of Teyvat's secrets because the Apostles spend most of their time in those dangerous secret realms.

Without this ability to teleport at any time, the members of the Abyss Order would probably have all perished in the intense exploration long ago.

“Yes, hopefully we’ll be alive to see that thing.” Rapids nodded.

Although its words were somewhat self-deprecating, they were the truth. Faced with something that could rival a prince, despite their considerable strength as apostles of the abyss, they still saw no hope of victory.

Let alone defeat them, whether they can even react in time to open the abyss passage and escape is still unknown.

However, the members of the Abyss Order did not care about their own lives, so even though the journey was extremely dangerous, Frostfall and Torrent had no fear.

"Ta! Tat! Tat!"

In the silent, dark cave, only the footsteps of the apostles and the splashing of water droplets from somewhere could be heard.

The cave generally extends diagonally upwards. After traveling for an unknown amount of time, at a bend in the road, the unchanging darkness before their eyes was finally lifted.

It was a faint golden light, gently illuminating the underground cave and dispelling the darkness.

"Watch out! I'm going to shoot you in the head!"

The torrent took a deep breath, and then water elemental power began to gather on its body.

"Bang!" A surge of blue light erupted. A faint water elemental shield appeared on Jiliu's body.

In the past, this shield always gave the torrent a sense of security. Even in the elemental bursts of the Vulcan's Eye, this shield could keep it safe.

But now, the torrent has no confidence that it can stop the golden tree from striking it at will.

"Buzz!"

Frostfall nodded and opened an abyss passage near the golden light in the distance, hoping to reduce unnecessary casualties.

Covered in a faint blue light, the torrent cautiously stepped into the golden glow.

After turning the corner, a colossal wooden wall came into view. Trees emitting a faint golden glow blocked the cave entrance, making it seem as if what Jiliu saw was only a small part of the massive tree.

The moment it saw the golden tree, the torrent tensed. It crossed its arms, and a blade formed from condensed water element was poised to strike.

Silence, deathly silence.

The torrents reacted violently, but the golden tree remained indifferent. There were countless things underground; the golden tree had no time to concern itself with anything else.

The torrent seemed to realize something; it sheathed its blade and shouted behind it, "Come here, it's alright."

As soon as he finished speaking, a flash of white light, carrying an icy chill, appeared beside the raging torrent.

"It looks...like it really is a tree."

Looking at the clearly textured golden tree before him, Jiliu said uncertainly, "The Abyss Apostle with its elemental shield activated is practically a giant signal generator."

Even ordinary people without the Eye of God can sense the elemental power gathering around the apostle, so there's no reason why this giant tree couldn't sense it.

Will the tree move?

Shuanglu glanced sideways at the raging torrent.

"Yes, it can trick people into giving away flowers, as well as Fiery Tree and Ice Tree, and the like."

"..."

Shuangluo looked at the enormous golden tree before her and surprisingly found it somewhat plausible. Could this be a Mora tree that grew at a major ley line node?

"If it's a tree, then if we don't move it, it won't move us either."

Shuanglu speculated. That's how it works with things like "scamming flowers." Of course, the premise is that you don't get scammed by "scamming flowers."

"I don't know, but I'll give it a try." Turbulent didn't know the habits of the Golden Tree, so it decided to give it a shot.

The two apostles exchanged a glance, and then a deep abyss passage appeared before each of them. Frostfall and Torrent each had half their bodies inside the abyss passage and the other half sticking out.

Then the two of them reached out and scratched the bark of the golden tree.

"Crack! Crack!"

The bark of the golden tree feels no different from that of an ordinary tree when scratched; it's hard to imagine that beneath this ordinary touch lies a toughness capable of destroying everything.

"Boom!"

The cave began to tremble; clearly, the scratching by the two Abyss Apostles had caused the Golden Tree to react.

"Come on!"

Upon seeing this, the Abyss Apostles immediately ran into the Abyss Passage, fearing that if they were any later, they would not be able to leave.

The roots of the golden tree beneath the ground stopped turning, and the trembling of the cave gradually ceased. Silence returned.

"????"

Where are the two guys who were scratching its itch? How come they just disappeared after it moved to a different spot?

The golden tree was filled with deep doubt.

……

"Wow~"

On an unnamed beach, four figures, one large and three small, stood quietly.

Yuan Shang looked up at the boundless ocean, then raised his hand to look at his black and red hands, and kicked a pebble far away.

With nothing to its name, how can it possibly cross the ocean?

"Hey, Yuan Shang, why are you always so easily startled?" Lei Fayuanxia, ​​who was next to Yuan Shang, was startled.

"I'm thinking about how we're going to cross the sea!" Yuan Shang said as he walked to the beach and touched the seawater.

The cult gave them nothing, simply sending them to the seaside. Their destination, Inazuma, was on the other side of the sea.

"Should I wrap you up in water and walk underwater?" Shui Fayuan asked, waving his staff in thought.

"Forget it, I don't want to drown prematurely." Yuanxia immediately shook his head. Yuanzuo's bubble was solid; being trapped in it was no different from drowning.

Then Yuan Zuo hit it on the head with his staff.

“I’ve made great progress; at least I can make four hollow bubbles,” Yuan Zuo argued indignantly.

"Okay, okay, you're amazing." Yuanxia nodded, holding its head—Yuanzuo was still tapping its head as he spoke.

"Hmm... I think if Yuan You activates a shield, and then we push Yuan You, wouldn't we be able to cross the sea?" Yuan Shang stroked his chin, looking at the ice mage Yuan You beside him who seemed to be thinking about something, and suggested.

Yuan You is an ice abyss mage. Once he activates his elemental shield, even the dissipated elemental power can form a thick layer of ice on the water's surface.

When the time comes, they will take turns pushing Yuanyou across the sea, and it will be just around the corner!

“Great, Yuan Shang, you have half my brain.” Yuan Xia nodded and exclaimed.

“Those who have read the book are definitely different,” Yuan Zuo agreed.

When will it take a look at the Abyss Codex in Yuan Shang's hands? Who knows, it might evolve into an Apostle too?

"Dang Dang Dang!"

With three crisp sounds, Yuan You knocked on the heads of all three people in the abyss.

"Is it possible that you, Yuan Shang, can open the Abyss Passage?" Yuan You asked speechlessly, looking at his three companions who were clutching their heads.

Without it, could these three guys really have survived?

Yuan You was also deeply puzzled.

Chapter 278 Exploration

2023-11-07

"Om-"

On the precipitous mountainside, two spatial rifts suddenly appeared, from which two hideous and twisted non-human beings emerged.

"Where is this?"

Shuanglu looked around; all she could see were grayish-blue rocks covered in snow. But why did this snow look somewhat yellow?

“You…look over there.”

Beside the frost came the voice of its companion. It looked in the direction the rapids pointed and saw the golden sky.

The summit of the towering peaks is no longer sharp and pale; a huge tree has sprung up from the mountainside.

The giant tree radiated a dazzling golden light, its trunk, as thick as a mountain peak, reaching straight to the sky, its spreading canopy almost covering the entire sky.

The faint gold on the snow is probably formed by the scattered debris from the tree canopy.

"The one before... was it the root of this big tree?" Shuangluo stared at the golden tree in the distance, feeling her throat dry for the first time.

When did this tree grow?

"I'm afraid so." The pale blue eyes hidden beneath the helmet of the swift current trembled slightly, its shock no less than that of the frost beside it.

Frostfall and Torrent remained rooted to the spot, warily watching the ground beneath their feet, fearing that a giant vine might suddenly sprout from beneath the earth.

However, they were clearly overthinking things. The golden tree didn't notice them at all, or rather, it did notice them but didn't take them seriously.

"Phew—, let's go, let's get closer and take a look." Shuanglu breathed a sigh of relief. Although she didn't know why, it was naturally the best that the Golden Tree wasn't targeting them.

"Okay." Jiliu nodded, and then took the lead in walking towards the top of the mountain.

Although the snow-capped mountain in front of us looked quite snow-covered, its temperature was not as cold as I had expected.

Frost and rapids leaped and bounded toward the summit, observing the unfamiliar snow-capped mountain as they went.

But soon they stopped.