The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

"Ruin Guardian?" Xingqiu looked up at the Ruin Guardian, who was no different from the previous Ruin Hunter. Although he was surprised, he was not flustered.

It's just a Ruin Guardian, much easier to deal with than a Ruin Hunter, even if it's been enhanced by evil spirits.

"As expected, how could I possibly eliminate a demon that can be suppressed by such a grand formation so easily?" Chongyun also stood up.

Although the recent outburst had depleted most of his yang energy, he should be able to take down the ruins guards in front of him if he is careful.

"He still has a lot of energy."

Seeing that Xingqiu and the other two still had energy left, Yu Jin couldn't help but offer a word of praise. However, he immediately changed his tone, shouting at the churning black clouds in the distance:

"One isn't enough for me, hurry up, I'm in a rush."

A powerful aura swept over them. If the dark clouds overhead only visually oppressed Xingqiu and Chongyun, then the aura of the embers psychologically weighed heavily on them.

Only then did the two realize that the embers were stronger than they had imagined.

Chapter 373 Magic Attacks Are Still Better

2023-12-26

"Senior... is it really necessary to make such a big fuss over a mere ruins guardian?" Xingqiu felt as if something was squeezing his heart.

Each jump required more effort, which caused his breathing to become heavier.

And the source of all this was the embers that had their backs to them.

"As for the resentment that has lasted for thousands of years, it's not that simple." Yu Jin raised his head. Actually, he was very puzzled as to why Zhongli didn't deal with it. But it didn't matter now. If Zhongli wouldn't deal with it, he would help him.

"Stay away, I don't know any exorcism techniques." Looking at the churning resentful clouds in the sky, Yu Jin waved his hand, and the scarlet "qi" reappeared on Xingqiu and Chongyun.

The two felt the pressure that had been lingering in their hearts appear outside their bodies. The scarlet energy gripped their bodies like a giant hand, instantly throwing them far away.

"It works quite well." The energy returned to Yu Jin's body. At the same time, the massive resentment in the sky seemed to sense the pressure from below and began to condense again.

The bluish-gray mist covering the entire cave ceiling contracted, transformed, and finally landed as two roaring baby rock dragon lizards.

"A little dragon lizard?" Yu Jin scratched his head, wondering what these resentful creatures were thinking.

There are many monsters that are stronger than the young rock dragon lizard, so why did the resentment choose to transform into a young rock dragon lizard?

Perhaps because it is underground, the only creatures this resentful spirit can see are young rock dragon lizards that like to burrow.

Yu Jin couldn't quite figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it. Why so many whys? Right now, he only needed to focus on one thing: sending those three things flying!

"Chongyun, do you think we can handle this?" Xingqiu asked Chongyun beside him as he stood up amidst the rubble.

"If you think this place has good feng shui and is a good place for eternal rest, you can give it a try."

Chongyun rolled his eyes. Dealing with that Ruin Hunter had already exhausted most of his strength; if he were to lose half his life, he probably could barely handle the newly spawned Ruin Guard.

In Chongyun's view, this was already the limit for him and Xingqiu. With the addition of the two baby rock dragon lizards formed from resentment, he felt he could finally find a place to lie down.

"Alright, it seems we still have a lot to learn." Xingqiu glanced at Chongyun, who was cleaning his wounds, and then stopped bothering him, focusing instead on observing Yu Jin's movements.

Maybe I can learn something from it?

However, Xingqiu was clearly overthinking it. Yu Jin only wanted to finish off the three strange things in front of him quickly.

If you get entangled with this kind of thing, something unexpected is bound to happen—that's what storytellers say in their tales.

Moreover, he didn't know any special exorcism techniques, so Yu Jin felt he should use more force than usual.

"Glowing..."

Picking up a small stone from the ground, Ember gestured towards the dark blue-green core of the ruins guardian.

"The weakness is too obvious!"

With a loud shout at the mindless guardian of the ruins, Ember swung the stone in his hand with great force.

"Oh!"

The crimson "qi" and the power of the embers themselves combined to propel the flying stones, accompanied by a roaring wind, and slammed into the core of the relic guardian.

"Crack crack crack... Boom!"

The "qi" attached to the stone exploded violently the moment it came into contact with the core of the ruins' guardian.

Countless spinning, expanding red threads transformed into sharp blades that could cut hair in an instant, tearing apart the steel bodies guarding the ruins.

A tiny pebble has now become a drill bit that can crush everything.

When the stone passed through the core, only the ruins guardian, whose body was almost torn in half, was left behind.

"call!"

A piercing sound came from above, and Yu Jin knew without even looking that it was a move by two young rock dragon lizards.

Their bodies, sculpted from rock, seem to possess immense power. This allows them to leap high into the air and then slam their bodies, almost as heavy as rocks, down on their enemies.

Ember didn't dodge the two baby rock dragon lizards hurtling towards him from the sky. He was joking; even if a real meteor were to fall, he wouldn't be afraid.

As soon as Ember pointed his finger upwards, the "qi" transformed into sharp spikes that flew towards the falling baby rock dragon lizard, following Ember's thought.

"Pfft-"

As expected, the two young rock dragons were pierced by spikes made of "qi," and in the embers, one could even vaguely see blood falling from the sky.

It must be said that the influence of the Teyvat will on reality is truly immense. Such realistic objects could not possibly be created solely through the use of soul power, at least in Lordran and the borderlands.

But soon the remains on the ground underwent a new change. Those missing pieces of their bodies melted away like snow, but their residue was not clean water, but resentment.

Yu Jin raised his hand to look at the "qi" in his hand and sighed, "The name is so ethereal, but the attack method is so pure."

As Ember said, although the name "Qi" is similar to "Yin Yang" and "Five Elements" in Liyue, its means of expression are not at all illusory.

To put it more vividly, it's a purely physical attack; any damage to the soul is only inflicted through physical harm.

As for things like resentment, which have no physical form, all that can be done is to break their physical body apart.

The bluish-black resentment surged like the black smoke produced when combustion is incomplete, and the relic guards and baby rock dragons that had just been "killed" by the embers reappeared on the ground.

"Since ordinary methods don't work, let's try magic. It should work on things like you."

As he spoke, Yu Jin produced an ordinary wooden stick in his hand.

This is the staff he uses to cast spells. In reality, it's just like its appearance suggests; it's not a staff at all.

Now, if Ember isn't aiming for perfection when casting magic, he doesn't need a catalyst at all. However, he felt that casting magic should have some sense of ritual, so he just randomly picked a wooden stick to use as a staff.

As for why he doesn't use a real staff? It's just that Ember has too many staffs piled up in his small storage, and he doesn't know which one to use.

"I hope you can handle it."

After Yu Jin finished speaking, he raised the "staff" in his hand.

"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!"

At the point where the palm and the "staff" met, specks of blue and white light converged, eventually transforming into three flying, block-shaped arrows.

Soul Arrow – the most basic spell, capable of firing a soul arrow.

The soul is the foundation of everything; it constitutes all creation in the world—at least in Lordland.

The most basic theory of magic is to draw out the power of the soul and crystallize it.

Soul Arrow, a fundamental form of magic, is the practical application of this theory.

The principle behind the Soul Arrow's destructive power lies in its ability to condense the soul into a crystalline block and unleash it, violently colliding one's own soul with that of another.

The blue and white soul arrows, like ice blocks scattered across a snow-capped mountain, sped past so fast that no one could see them clearly.

"Crack!"

The Soul Arrow struck the Ruin Guardian and the baby Rock Dragon Lizard, both formed from resentment, and immediately produced a sound like shattering glass.

However, the Ruin Guardian and the baby Rock Dragon that were hit did not appear to have simply been struck by glass.

The air suddenly fell silent, and even the resentment that had been leaping about on the ruins guards and the baby rock dragons stopped.

Everything seemed to have been paused.

"boom!"

After a brief silence, a soul storm swept everything away.

Chapter 374 Nine Causes of Turmoil

2023-12-26

"Crash!"

Invisible ripples of soul energy swept across, scattering the pebbles on the ground. The originally formless soul seemed to have gained substance, directly influencing the material world.

"Well……"

The ripples swept over Xingqiu and Chongyun, and the most direct result was that the two of them had mosquito coil-like eyes.

The two felt as if their consciousness had been scattered by something, their thoughts wandering freely in their minds, unable to form any effective thinking.

Just from being affected by the residual force, Xingqiu and Chongyun were already in this state, not to mention the resentment from being directly struck by the soul arrow.

The resentment-formed ruin guardian and the baby rock dragon struggled a few times after being hit by the soul arrow.

However, judging from their appearance, it was less a struggle for survival and more as if something inside them was causing them to swell and throb a few times.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

After trembling a few times, the Ruin Guardian and the baby Rock Dragon Lizard suddenly exploded, turning into specks of white fluorescence.

However, upon closer inspection, a trace of wriggling black energy could be seen within the white.

“No wonder Zhongli didn’t care.” Yu Jin reached out and the scattered fluorescent lights flew back into his body.

After all, the soul arrow was formed from his own soul. Even though it's become a bit dirty now, he can't just throw it away, can he?

Besides, it doesn't matter if it gets dirty; you can just burn it and it will still work.

He looked down and glanced at the neat open space in front of him, which had been cleared by the recent soul storm.

"This... its power is as strong as ever." Ember scratched his head, gripping his staff. To be honest, this was the pose he used most often when casting spells.

Ember's magical skill level was caught up later. Before that, when he obtained a magic scroll, he would always scratch his head thousands of times before he could cast it.