The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

Looking at it from the inside, it's impossible to tell which secret realm it's in.

This inevitably brought back bad memories for Yu Jin—because the cemetery at the border was almost like a secret realm.

All the cemeteries used the same type of bricks and stones, the same type of white candles, and the same style of tomb passage.

Walking inside is almost like playing in a maze.

Back then, Ember spent a lot of time wandering around inside. If it weren't for his innate superhuman strength, he probably wouldn't have been able to get out.

The gray-blue stone bricks in the secret realm are laid together so perfectly that, if you don't look closely, you might think they are a single piece, which shows how superb the construction technique is.

The stone wall is covered with a dense array of special patterns, which seem to have some special function.

They emitted a faint glow, and combined with the Hilichurls and slimes that spontaneously formed in the secret realm, for a moment, it was possible to see things clearly without any lighting.

This is much better than the cemetery at the border. The cemetery at the border is dark and gloomy; you can't see the way at all without lighting a fire. You might trip over the bones on the ground.

The group moved forward in the secret realm, the only sound being their footsteps in the quiet surroundings.

This secret realm was unusually large, with gray-blue stone walls that stretched out and eventually disappeared at a certain height.

It seems that there is a huge pit beneath the temple, and the buildings in the secret realm were built in this pit.

Yu Jin looked up at the cave ceiling; it was very high, probably several hundred meters high.

The cave is not only high, but also vast, with huge voids that resemble a small underground world, and light seeping in from who knows where is the source of its light.

"Some kind of space technology?" Yu Jin speculated, stroking his chin. They were just traveling at normal speed, and they hadn't even descended during their journey.

The only explanation is that this secret realm uses spatial technology.

“Yes, and it’s a lost art.” Dain turned to Ember and confirmed.

"Wow, there's a story here," Yu Jin smacked his lips and remarked with a sigh.

“This land has no shortage of stories.” Dain turned his head back. Then he pointed in a direction.

"Found him, the Abyss Mage. I just don't know if there are any Abyss Apostles left."

Dain walked to a broken section and pointed to the Abyss Mage below, who was talking to the Hilichurls by the campfire.

Ember, Firefly, and others followed, and the four of them stared at the Abyss Mage below in silence for a long time.

"..."

"..."

"..."

"Hey! Why aren't you guys saying anything?" Paimon said, stamping his foot when he saw the silent group.

"I don't know! I thought the senior would take action!" Ying explained, shrugging her shoulders.

“I’m the same as Ying, but I’m waiting for Dain to make his move.” Ember said, patting Dain on the back, signaling him to go down and show his power.

"Click..."

Pebbles fell at her feet, leaving no echo for a long time. Dain looked down into the bottomless darkness; if she fell in, she would be lost forever.

"when!"

Dain knocked Ember's iron hand down. If it weren't for his stable stance, he'd probably be in freefall by now.

“I rarely take action, so you should do it.” As he spoke, Dain took a few steps away from the embers.

He felt that Yu Jin might just kick him, and if that happened, he would really be sent flying.

“Since you rarely take action, you need to practice even more.” Yu Jin looked at the eye patch on Dain’s face. It was more like a part of Dain’s body than an eye patch, except that this part was slightly different from a human’s.

"Look at you, tracking down the Abyss Order, wouldn't that require the strength to punch an Apostle and kick a Chanter?"

"Give it a try, maybe I can even give you some pointers," Ember urged Dain enthusiastically.

But Dain remained unmoved. "No, I have my own way of fighting the Abyss Order."

Want him to take action? No way!

Ying couldn't bear to watch the two of them refusing each other's offer any longer. She shook her head and said:

"I'll do it!"

After saying that, Ying spread her wings of wind and flew down.

Chapter 344 About the Abyss

2023-12-10

Abyss mages always like to sit around a fire, whether in a secret realm or in the wild.

The campfires they ignite are surrounded by a blue-purple rune that is easily recognizable.

Experienced adventurers and hunters know that if they encounter a campfire that glows with purple light, it means that an abyss mage is active nearby.

Moreover, there is a high probability that there are also some "Hicmur apprentices" roaming this land.

Whether to fight or avoid it depends on one's own strength.

The blue and white Ice Abyss Mage sat slumped on the ground, with several chattering Hilichurls in front of him.

The Ice Mage was speaking in a Hilichurl language that humans couldn't understand at all, and judging from his dejected appearance, he seemed to be just trying to get by.

The Hilichurls on its body were all doing their own thing: some were waving wooden sticks around; some were smashing their crossbows; and some were sneaking over to try and pluck the fur off the Ice Mage.

It's hard not to suspect that these Hilichurls gathered together simply to warm themselves by the fire, rather than because of the "teachings of the abyss" mentioned by the Frost Mage.

"Hey!"

A white figure suddenly descended from the sky, splashing a thick layer of gray mist on the ground covered with weathered sand and gravel, obscuring the figure's appearance.

However, Hilichurls and Abyss Mages are not only able to perceive things through sight.

In the unseen gray fog, both Hilichurls and Abyss Mages sensed a familiar aura—the unique scent of humans.

"Go! Take care of this human!" The ice mage waved his staff, and a frost shield emanating cold air enveloped its body.

In fact, the Ice Mage didn't even need to say anything; the originally carefree Hilichurls suddenly charged towards the landed Luminous with shouts, as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

"Desolate Star!"

With a soft shout from Ying, the omnipresent rock elemental power gathered in the air in front of her.

Ying continued to increase the flow of elemental power, and suddenly a huge rock formation appeared in the empty air.

"boom!"

A rock containing a strong elemental force fell to the ground, triggering a bright yellow explosion.

"ah!"

Ying heard a shout from a Hilichurl ahead, and then the air fell silent.

Ying reached out and examined her hand, then nodded in satisfaction. It seemed her strength had indeed recovered considerably.

In the past, a single elemental skill would probably not have been enough to deal with so many Hilichurls.

The wind element stirred, and the dust around Ying was blown by the breeze into the deep, bottomless fissures in the earth.

Before her stood the ice elemental abyss mage, who was on high alert.

"?" Looking at the still-burning campfire beside the Ice Mage, Ying wondered if she had misread something.

Would anyone really so openly display something that restrains them in front of their enemy?

"@*(Prepare to die!)"

The Ice Mage in the distance demonstrated through his actions that such a person truly existed.

As Ying waved her staff, she immediately felt goosebumps rise all over her body—the temperature around her suddenly dropped significantly.

"Ha!" Exhaling a puff of white mist, Ying grabbed the bladeless sword in her hand and strode towards the ice mage.

The ice mage, seeing the fire elemental charging towards it from afar, showed no panic. As long as the human before it didn't possess anything related to fire element, it remained unfazed.

"Shhhhh!"

The ice elemental power gathered in the ice mage's staff transformed into flying ice spikes, as if to freeze everything.

"too slow!"

A faint blue light suddenly appeared beneath Ying's feet, and then her speed suddenly increased dramatically.

In a short moment, Ying dodged the ice spikes and arrived in front of the ice mage.

Looking at the dull, unsharp sword in Ying's hand, the Ice Mage let out his signature sly laugh.

"Haha, your little toothpick can't hurt me!"

Ying indicated that she didn't want to talk to it and casually threw a vortex of wind that spread fire elemental power at it.

The fiery red wind blades, forming a vortex of wind, sliced ​​through the elemental shield summoned by the ice mage without any resistance.

"Oh!"

The fire and wind exploded the moment they touched the ice mage's body, completely shattering the ice shield and sending the ice mage flying.

"You... how do you know so many elements!" The ice mage struggled to her feet, panting as she spoke, seemingly finding it hard to believe that she could use fire elemental power.

At this moment, a piece of its body was missing, but the wound was not bright red flesh like that of a human, but a deep red-black mass.

There was nothing inside, only pitch blackness and a touch of red at the edge of the wound.

The red color continued to expand, seemingly about to devour the entire body of the Abyss Mage.

"All I can say is, stay away from campfires in the future." Hearing the Ice Mage's hoarse voice, Ying pointed to the burning campfire beside her.

"puff--"

The ice mage spotted the campfire; it had been hovering beside it just before being knocked away by the glowing fire.

After a spurt of blood that didn't actually come out, the red color of the Frost Mage's wound suddenly spread incredibly rapidly.

The darkness that followed instantly engulfed the entire body of the Ice Mage.

The blackness vanished, leaving only an empty space on the ground, as if nothing had ever existed there.

"How...how bizarre!" Paimon, who had somehow flown out, almost shrank back in fear upon seeing the Abyss Mage's horrific death.