The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

"Don't worry about it. It's probably because the people who made the missile cut corners and used some inferior explosives."

After wiping the blackened areas on his face from the missile exhaust, Yu Jin waved his blackened hand and said.

Xingqiu hesitated to speak after hearing this. As a well-read person, he wanted to correct the fact that the warhead of a missile is called explosive, while the blackened embers are propellant.

However, seeing the fuse protruding from the tail of the missile in Yu Jin's hand, Xing Qiu felt it was better not to pay attention to those details.

After all, he had never heard of any missile that could be fired with such a fuse.

"By the way, did you set off any firecrackers this year?" Yu Jin slapped his forehead, as if he had remembered something.

"If you haven't given up, try this."

Before the two could answer, Yu Jin stuffed one of the "firecrackers" in his hand into the hands of Xing Qiu and Chong Yun.

Chapter 369 The Strange Relic Hunter

2023-12-26

“This…” Chongyun looked at the missile in his hand, which was as long as his forearm, and didn’t know what to say for a moment.

Should we complain about why the Embers have missiles equipped by the Relic Hunter? Or should we complain that the fuses on those missiles look like they were just put on?

However, just as Chongyun was examining the missiles specially made by Yu Jin, Xingqiu next to him had already begun to act.

Although Xingqiu, like Chongyun, had many questions about the missile in his hand, that did not stop him from igniting it.

What boy could resist a firework? Especially a really big one.

Xingqiu skillfully picked up the pebbles on the ground, placed the missile against them, and then took out two flints to start the fire.

"Crack!"

The flint struck, sending countless sparks flying. These sparks landed on the fuse and immediately ignited it.

"call--"

With flames erupting from its tail, the missile, rudimentary in its firing mechanism and lacking any launch device, shot out and hurtled straight toward the crippled Ruins Hunter lying on the ground in the distance.

"Bang!" A flash of light appeared. Although this missile was even more rudimentary than those equipped by the Ruins Guardians, it still hit its target.

"Haha, it seems my skills in launching firecrackers have improved again!" Xingqiu shouted excitedly as he saw the rising fireball in the distance.

They were practically dancing with joy, if not gesturing wildly.

"Is it that powerful?" Chongyun looked at the Ruins Hunter burning in the distance and felt a little itchy.

"Of course, otherwise my face wouldn't have been blackened by the smoke." Yu Jin clapped his hands; the blackened marks on his face hadn't been completely cleaned off yet.

"Chongyun, will you let me go or not? If you don't, give it to me!" Xingqiu said, then squinted his eyes and ran in front of Chongyun, looking like he wanted to snatch the missile.

"Release! Of course I'll release!" Chongyun stretched out his arms, making the light emanating from his body even brighter.

This trick worked very well. Xingqiu realized that squinting was no longer an option; he had to close his eyes.

So he turned his back and did the eye exercises he had learned in school—his eyes still needed to read accounts!

Following Xingqiu's example, Chongyun placed the missile on the gravel and aimed it at the relic hunters that were glowing with fire in the distance.

Then Chongyun made a hand seal with one hand, and the bright light around him gathered towards his fingertips.

The surrounding light dimmed slightly, but the light emanating from the core of Chongyun became even more dazzling.

Light and heat are always interdependent. Chongyun brought the bright spot of light from his fingertip close to the fuse, and the missile was ignited.

"call out--"

"boom!"

Another earth-shaking tremor ensued, and the explosion once again struck its target. As the flames subsided, the last remaining tiny flame on the Relic Hunter's hand was extinguished.

"This is truly the biggest firecracker I've ever set off." Chongyun looked at the lingering smoke in the sky and a smile appeared on his lips.

"But it seems there are no evil spirits here, right?" Xingqiu's words made Chongyun's smile disappear.

Chongyun then realized that their purpose in coming here was not to set off any big firecrackers, but to find demons and evil spirits that were not afraid of the Pure Yang Body!

Now that we have the body of pure Yang, what about the evil spirits?

"This isn't right, is it? Where are the evil spirits? The yin energy here is so heavy, there must be some unclean things here!" Chongyun seemed unwilling to accept the fact that there were no evil spirits here.

He looked around, but unfortunately there was nothing else there except for the occasional relic hunters that sputtered sparks in the distance.

"Hmm... maybe the evil spirit is this relic hunter?" Yu Jin stroked his chin and speculated.

"Relic Hunter? Impossible. No matter how you look at it, a mechanical creation like a Relic Hunter could never be associated with evil!" Chongyun's rejection this time was quite decisive.

Most evil spirits are forms of resentment, obsession, or intangible things formed by abnormal earth veins.

As for tangible demons, Chongyun had only heard of them in legends, and even if they existed, what demon could take the shape of a Relic Hunter?

Putting aside the fact that it has no sense of terror as a demon, isn't it afraid of being killed by adventurers like a monster in this state?

Although the Adventurers' Guild is mostly made up of hot-headed young people, there are also many hidden talents among them.

"Hey... Chongyun, senior, look."

"What are you looking at?" Chongyun heard Xingqiu's shocked tone and turned to look in the direction he was pointing.

"What?! The Relic Hunter is that resilient?!" Chongyun was shocked.

The steel structure, covered in burn marks and cracks, took to the sky once more.

On the ground, the fragments torn apart by the missiles floated up out of thin air and returned to the tattered Ruins Hunter.

"$/..." The familiar mechanical voice rang out again, sounding without any pause, as if the three missiles had not hit it at all.

"How is this possible? Is this a new model of the Relic Hunter? Not only is it so durable, but it also has a self-healing function?"

Xingqiu was even more shocked to see the Relic Hunter return to its original form. Could they have discovered a new model of Relic Hunter they'd never seen before?

"What are you waiting for? Get out of here!"

Seeing Xingqiu and Chongyun looking stunned, Yu Jin immediately launched a flying kick at each of them.

"Ouch!"

"and many more!"

"Thorn-"

The two felt a tremendous force coming from behind them, followed by a gust of wind sweeping past them.

Along with the strong wind came scattered gravel.

Xingqiu and Chongyun adjusted their posture in the air, and with a roll, they stood up again.

Before them lay plowed-up stone slabs, and ruin hunters that had flown to the other side.

"This is definitely a new model!" Xingqiu swallowed hard when he saw the deep trench on the ground, which was at least as deep as a person.

He had never seen such strength in the short arms of that relic hunter.

The Relic Hunter, a mysterious creature that roams the wilderness, usually relies on its ability to fly and its missile weapons to wreak havoc.

Its short arms on its sides are usually used to deal with enemies who attack at close range, and their power cannot be this great!

“Regardless of whether it’s a new model or not, as long as it’s a Relic Hunter, it has the same weakness!” Chongyun quickly recovered from his shock.

"Xingqiu, you take care of the wings, I'll take care of the core!"

Upon seeing the roaring engines on the wings and the gleaming core in the belly of the Relic Hunter in the sky, Chongyun immediately thought of a way to deal with it.

Mechanical creations like Relic Hunters have very easy weaknesses to find—wherever there's light, that's where the weakness lies.

"No problem, watch me!"

"Cut the rain and leave the rainbow!"

Xingqiu raised his sword to draw in the force, and the omnipresent elemental power first flowed into his divine eye, then circulated over the one-handed sword he held.

Soon, four solid and vivid phantom sword rain appeared around Xingqiu.

"Go!" Xingqiu pointed his sword, and the Rain Curtain Sword appeared in response. One water sword disappeared, and the next one quickly condensed.

The rain of swords stretched endlessly, like a rain of swords cut from the heavens and earth. They pierced the relic hunters in the air against the current, leaving one sword mark after another.

"Since that's the case, I can't fall behind!" Seeing Xingqiu display his great power, Chongyun was not about to show weakness.

He closed his eyes and formed a hand seal. Elemental power flowed within his body according to the techniques of the spell.

"The sword strikes, shaking heaven and earth; ice and frost arise. As the law commands!"

Opening his eyes, with a loud shout from Chongyun, three enormous icy faces appeared beneath the core of the Ruins Hunter's abdomen.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Three ice swords, each several meters in size, struck the Relic Hunter's steel body in succession, embedding themselves deeply within it.

Having been struck twice, the Ruins Hunter's body darkened considerably, and even its once-bright core and engine went completely out, looking as if it was about to fall from the sky.

"#@&..."

The mechanical voice sounded again, and a barely perceptible bluish-black aura enveloped the Relic Hunter.

"Chongyun, have we really encountered evil spirits this time?"

Seeing the light of the Relic Hunter reappear, Xingqiu asked Chongyun with a dry throat.

Chapter 370 Authentic Kanria Demon

2023-12-26

“Demons? Demons aren’t this troublesome.” Chongyun glanced at the Relic Hunters flying in the sky and took a deep breath.

Demons and evil spirits are not as terrifying as the Relic Hunters. At most, they can only scare people. Those that can take people's lives are considered formidable evil spirits and demons.

However, the Relic Hunter before us is far more ferocious than any demon. It not only takes lives, but might even scatter ashes along with them.

"Om-"

Just as Xingqiu and Chongyun were on high alert, the relic hunters in the air made a new move.

After a low humming sound, the sharp arms of the Relic Hunter, which were suspended on both sides of the machine, began to twist and deform.