The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

Zhiliuya was the first to react. She looked up at the sky, where the space was cracking apart, revealing a dazzling background like a starry night behind the cracks.

"Wow!"

The golden vortex rushed toward the crack in the air, but without causing any ripples, it merged with the crack as if it had never existed.

Just as Silyua was about to take further action, another unexpected event occurred.

"bass--"

A beam of light shot out from beneath the undulating cracks, an aura even more powerful than that of General Thunder.

Chapter 527 Flaws in One's State of Mind

2024-03-05

"Haha, that's enough with the small-scale fighting. It's definitely time to get serious."

Such a powerful aura was naturally noticed by Ordovician and the other Forge Knights.

He and the other Forge Knights stepped forward, each displaying their unique abilities.

The dragon's breath spewing flames, the golden vortex formed by the greatsword's rotation, the horn strike that cuts through the air...

The Forge Knights held back, unleashing their full power.

General Thunder had already vanished into the void. The Furnace Knights had no ability to break through space, so all their attacks were directed at Shadow.

Those otherworldly powers clashed and clashed with the extremely powerful elemental forces surrounding the shadow.

This caused Ying's body to sway slightly, making it even more difficult for her to pull the dream from her chest.

Seeing that ordinary methods were ineffective against the immense elemental power surrounding the shadow, the Furnace Knight decisively withdrew his attacks and regrouped.

However, their withdrawal did not mean they had given up the fight; on the contrary, they were actually preparing for even greater power.

"Crash!"

Golden-red fragments poured out from the gaps in the Forge Knight's armor, reflecting all sorts of strange luster.

This is not a single ray of light, but rather a tapestry of many interwoven rays. If one were to observe these ejected fragments closely, one would discover that the reflections within them reveal the unfolding of life's evolution.

Everything begins with a tiny embryo, gradually evolving into countless forms of life.

The debris swirling in the air is like a furnace for forging life, placing all the possibilities of life within it, and ultimately forging the best one.

Soon, a striking gold-red hue emerged from the purple expanse, vying for dominance. Just as the gold-red was about to further engulf the purple, Ember intervened, interrupting the Forge Knight's actions.

"King?" Zhiluya looked at the way all the furnace debris was packed up and sent back, filled with doubt.

"You don't need to work so hard." Ember waved his hand and threw a large clump of debris back to the Forge Knight.

These fragments are all formed from the bodies beneath the armor of the Forge Knights; one could say that these fragments are the life force of the Forge Knights.

The Forge Knights paid a heavy price, and Ember felt it was not worth it.

"If your subordinates don't fight with all their might, should Your Majesty risk your life?" Zhiliuya said solemnly, gazing at the distant light.

These two auras were so powerful that the Forge Knight even had the illusion of facing the First King.

Faced with such a formidable enemy, survival is of paramount importance; as for the cost, only the survivors have the right to mention it.

Zhiliu wanted to activate the life furnace within his body again, but the two people in the distance were not giving the Furnace Knight any chance.

The soaring blade of light expanded instantly, and then, after only a negligible moment of slowness, a gigantic, doll-like arm that blotted out the sky emerged from the undulating crack.

The giant arm wielded a katana, cleaving through the blade in the wake of the flash.

Wherever the sword light passed, everything was annihilated. The sheer scale of the scene made one worry that the space itself might collapse as a result.

"Protect the King! Your Majesty, please step back!"

The sword and shield knights abandoned their weapons, wielding shields with both hands, their shields now reinforced with countless layers of iron shields.

However, compared to the earth-shattering sword light, it is utterly insignificant.

"I told you there's no need to fight so hard!" The blade flashed, but Yu Jin showed no sign of panic.

He still spoke in the same tone, but unknowingly he had already arrived at the center of the Forge Knights.

Facing the gleaming blade so close at hand, Yu Jin nodded.

"Now that's starting to show the invincible momentum that Inatsume has been talking about."

"However, the invincible person in the world will not have any flaws in his mind."

The blade flashed close, yet Yu Jin remained motionless. He simply opened his tightly clenched palm, and in the center of his hand, a curled-up flower bud was faintly visible.

As soon as the flower bud appeared, it eagerly absorbed the hazy, dreamlike atmosphere of this space. It grew rapidly, starting as small as a palm, and then instantly grew into a semicircle, firmly enveloping Yu Jin and the others within it.

Countless petals swirled around the perimeter of the semicircle. The patterns on the petals shifted, replaying scenes from the past around the embers.

These are things contained within this dream, and things that have actually happened.

Wow? You have a twin sister?

"Who is that? That pink fox? It looks like a hand warmer!"

"I didn't expect you to have so many friends from before?"

……

Scenes from the past replay on the flowing petals; this is what the flower bud absorbs as it grows—memories of the past.

Yu Jin looked at the figure from the past. Although she didn't like to talk back then either, the wrinkles between her brows were much smoother than they are now.

"Could it be that too many people have died and he's become withdrawn?" Yu Jin scratched his head. He looked up but didn't see Ying's figure. Instead, he saw a sea of ​​purple and white.

This was the strongest strike from Shadow and Thunder General.

The doll's arm, larger than a mountain range, held a katana as long as a mountain range and slashed mercilessly at the memorial flower cluster.

However, the space enveloped by the flower clusters seemed to have no existence for General Thunder. When the massive katana made contact with the flower clusters, the clusters rippled only a few times before the katana pierced right through them.

The same was true for Yu Jin and the others in the flower cluster. Their katana slashed across them, but only created a few ripples at the point of contact before disappearing without a trace.

Everything was like a mirage, visible but untouchable.

For some reason, General Thunder's strike failed to hit the group, and Shadow's strike was even more so.

The sword light, unique to Shadow, began to tremble the moment the flower cluster began to grow. By the time the remembrance flower cluster had fully unfolded, the sword light had split into two parts.

They divided the space in the middle, shattering everything in it, but somehow they bypassed the commemorative flower cluster in the center.

"Snapped!"

As the commemorative flower cluster shattered, all the memories of his past that Yu Jin had been holding vanished.

What appeared before him was a secret realm ravaged and riddled with holes.

"Interesting, a heartless one." Yu Jin looked up at the Thunder General who jumped out of the spatial rift. The latter was surrounded by smoke. It seemed that even a puppet needed to cool down after going all out.

“The other one doesn’t even dare to look at his past.” Yu Jin turned his gaze away and looked at the shadow on the ground, panting and leaning on his sword.

"What? You yourself have such huge flaws? How dare you boast about leading Inazuma to eternity?"

Ember crossed his arms and asked the panting Shadow, "If you want to lead the people to eternity, putting everything else aside, shouldn't you be invincible?"

After all, only in this way can one remain standing throughout the long river of time.

But in Ember's view, Shadow did not meet this requirement. His martial prowess should be more or less up to par, but there was an emptiness in his heart.

No one knows whether this void will gradually close or expand over time.

Healing the wounds is fine, as it means the power of the Shadow can reach a higher level, but if it's about expansion...

That would be really bad.

"When did you find out?" Ying closed her eyes and shook her head. The painful memories of the past had long been buried deep in her heart. Why could Yu Jin find them?

Ying recalled that moment when she saw those familiar faces, her heart skipped a beat. She was a little unsure what happened afterward.

All she knew was that once she came to her senses, the strike that contained all her strength had revealed a flaw.

"It seems you have no experience in bringing others into your consciousness, especially no experience in bringing people with stronger wills into your consciousness."

"To put it simply, I noticed it when I was glancing around during our first encounter." Yu Jin thought for a moment, then decided to give Ying some face.

Actually, it didn't take that long at all, because Ember noticed it the moment he came in.

This wasn't his own ability—there was a creature inside Yu Jin that was best at finding the weaknesses in people's hearts.

Chapter 528 What? You have a pot too?

2024-03-06

"Was it at that time?" Ying pondered for a moment and then recalled Yu Jin's furtive glances when they first tested him.

At first, Ying thought it was due to Yu Jin's personality and strength, but now it seems that she had underestimated him.

Indeed, how could someone with such martial arts skills possibly make meaningless moves in battle?

Shadow reviewed the various mistakes he had made in his actions in his mind, while General Thunder cooled down his core.

As for the Forge Knights, they were waiting for Ember's next instructions, while Ember... Ember was in a daze.

He stood there in a daze for a long time, but saw no movement from the shadow and the Thunder General opposite him.

"Not fighting anymore? If not, I'm going to make some demands." Yu Jin glanced at the motionless Shadow and Thunder General, feeling that he had won, and then casually started to make demands.

"Conditions?" Ying was taken aback. This was the first time someone had ever imposed conditions on her, and it made her feel a little uncomfortable.

However, considering Ember's performance in the recent battle, Shadow decided it would be better to listen first.

If Ember is just acting on a whim and making some unreasonable demands, Shadow can reluctantly go along with him, as long as he can eventually leave Inazuma.

"I think the national lockdown order and the eye-hunting order can be revoked."

"Don't you even look at the mess that Inazuma has become after these two orders were issued?"

"impossible!"

Ember's first request was unacceptable to General Raiden. A kingdom running at full speed will be destroyed by the hand of Heaven's Law. If Inazuma is to last, everything in Inazuma must be brought to a standstill.

This was not only her own obsession, but also what her older sister had hoped for.