The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

However, the changes that have occurred in this space make Shadow and General Raiden think differently.

“Speaking of pure martial arts, I have an even stronger one here. It took me a lot of effort to defeat it back then, and now I’ll use it to test you.”

"Let's see how many moves you can withstand from him!"

Ember's body was quickly covered in flames, and the gaps in his armor no longer simply spewed out sparks.

"call--"

Vast swathes of flame eagerly erupted from his body. Amidst the intertwining flames, a knight in armor covered in molten iron charged out.

"Aba Aba!"

Accompanied by murmurs that no one could understand, the Lord of Cinder, in his avatar, charged towards the Shadow and the Thunder General.

Shadow's gaze swept back and forth over the burning knight, but no matter how she looked at him, all she could see was a runner full of flaws.

Seeing that Ying was on guard, General Leidian took the initiative to test the waters.

The form of the demon king, Masatsukami, was immense, yet his movements were incredibly swift. Raiden General raised his katana high and slashed down in an instant.

"Bang!" Flames erupted from the palm of the Lord of Cinder, and a straight sword was drawn from the flames.

The straight sword seemed to be formed from pure flames, with rolling lava flowing through every part of it.

As the fire and lightning collided, the previously ubiquitous flaws of the Lord of Cinder vanished instantly. In the Shadow's eyes, the Lord of Cinder adjusted its posture in a split second.

The evidence is that after he took a blow from General Lei Dian, his body did not sway in the slightest.

General Thunder was slightly surprised to see how easily the Lord of Cinder had blocked his attack.

"呲~"

Thunder roared, and a purple hue enveloped the divine life of the Calamity King. The avatar of the Lord of Cinder responded to the immense pressure emanating from his arm with only one sentence.

"Abba?"

Amidst the crackling of the flames, the Lord of Cinder's question was barely audible. But even if the Lord of Cinder had made a sound, General Thunder would likely have paid it no heed.

She was shocked to discover that the strange thing in front of her, which was shrouded in flames, was actually more powerful than herself!

"Om-"

As the blades scraped together, General Thunder found that the giant puppet arm behind him had risen up uncontrollably.

This made her immediately realize that she had fallen into a disadvantageous position in the struggle.

Before General Thunder could make a move, the Lord of Cinder avatar acted first.

"Bang!" Suddenly, the molten straight sword in the Lord of Cinder's avatar turned into a ball of flame and scattered. Then, the flame gathered and surged again, and a huge hammerhead pierced through the ball of fire, heading straight for the Thunder General's body.

"Boom!!!"

A deafening sound rang out, and countless distorted ripples immediately appeared in the air near the hammerhead.

General Raiden, dragging her enormous body of the Calamity God, rolled backward.

"Zizzizi!"

As the Thunder General soared through the air, the shadow behind her was not idle either. Accompanied by the crackling of lightning, several electric wheels spun and attacked the Lord of Cinder's avatar.

The timing of its release was so ingenious that it flew out just as the Lord of Cinder swung his hammer, and as they rushed in, their trajectories were completely blocked by the body of the Thunder General.

The giant hammer vanished once more, this time replaced by a flaming longbow in the Lord of Cinder's avatar.

As the bowstring is drawn, several arrows formed from condensed flames naturally grow from it.

"Sususu!"

The bowstring was fully drawn and the arrow was released. The orange-red streak of light struck the oncoming lightning wheel with perfect accuracy, producing a series of ear-piercing explosions.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The flames engulfed the entire space, and then the Lord of Cinder, ignoring the still-shaking shockwaves, passed directly through the flames and once again pressed close to Shadow and General Thunder.

This time, the weapon in his hand reverted to a straight sword.

Chapter 530 A Gang Fight Where I Eat My Justice

2024-03-07

On the distant battlefield, countless bright lights exploded from time to time, creating a commotion far greater than when General Thunder and the Forge Knight fought.

The weapon wielded by the Lord of Cinder constantly changes, sometimes a straight sword, sometimes a spear, and sometimes even a throwing knife.

Each time the Lord of Cinder transformed, Shadow and General Raiden would be thrown into a panic. Although they eventually managed to handle it, judging from their increasingly furrowed brows, it must not have been so easy.

Fighting the Lord of Cinder in his avatar gave the Shadow and the Thunder General the feeling of facing a massive army.

With each change, its fighting style also undergoes a complete transformation, just as if countless human bodies lie beneath its flaming armor.

The change in weapon meant that the warrior beneath the armor had also changed. This caught the two of them somewhat off guard.

"Hoo!" Having once again separated from the entanglement with the avatar of Lord Cinder, Shadow quickly took the opportunity to regulate his breathing.

Based on past experiences, the Lord of Cinder's incarnation should soon unleash new weapons to attack again.

To Shadow's surprise, the attack from the Lord of Cinder's avatar was delayed.

Looking up, she saw that the weapon that the Lord of Cinder had transformed into had once again turned into a straight sword.

This relieved Shadow, as the straight sword was the weapon most frequently used by the Lord of Cinder's avatar. Through repeated encounters, Shadow had gained experience in dealing with this weapon, thanks to his master-level martial arts skills.

If they clashed a few more times, Shadow was confident he could find a way to counter the straight sword.

"Boom!" The straight sword in the Lord of Cinder's avatar suddenly burst into flames that shot into the sky, the flames emanating from the hilt and spreading all the way to the end of space.

"Oh ho, Lord of Cinder's five-hit combo?" Ember saw Lord of Cinder's familiar starting stance and had already run far away.

All of this naturally stemmed from Ember's own experience.

The way Ember was most skilled at dodging wasn't by using speed to teleport or by using skill to block, but by rolling in a very unrefined way.

That's right, Ember's rolling technique has reached perfection. Once he starts rolling, no move can hit him.

While rolling is certainly useful, Ember hasn't used it since arriving here.

This is partly because there aren't many powerful attacks in Teyvat that require Ember to use rolls to dodge, and partly because there are people in Teyvat, so Ember has to be mindful of his image.

In the past, the number of living people on this entire land could be counted on one hand, and no one cared about Yu Jin when he rolled away.

Things are different now. Now you can meet people just by walking a short distance. Yu Jin felt that the way he rolled over was unseemly, so he stopped rolling.

But there was one sole exception in his past experiences—the Lord of Cinder's five consecutive attacks. During the battle between the Ember and the Lord of Cinder's avatar, he discovered something very peculiar.

That is, the Lord of Cinder's five consecutive rolls are impossible to dodge; this is a lesson learned from the countless times the Embers have been launched into the air.

If rolling and tumbling doesn't work, then parrying and blocking are a given; the power of the Lord of Cinder's incarnation is enough to send anyone who tries to block this attack flying into the air.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Without looking back, Yu Jin ran backward, and unsurprisingly, he was met with wave after wave of intense heat.

The earth trembled as a result. The Lord of Cinder's slash did not touch the ground, but the air torn apart by the other slashes was enough to make the earth shake.

Seeing the flames rushing towards him, Ying didn't hesitate and immediately gripped his sword with both hands to meet them.

"Buzz—" A huge buzzing sound traveled from the blade of Dream One Heart all the way to Shadow's brain. There was nothing else in her ears except the ringing of bees.

With her hands numb, Ying saw Dream One Heart fluttering away before her and tried desperately to control her arms to grasp it.

No matter how hard she tried, her hands remained motionless. Her two delicate hands, which had slain countless powerful enemies, trembled uncontrollably, protesting the command in Ying's mind.

The shadow's movements stopped, but the Lord of Cinder's avatar would not stop there.

It wielded a straight sword that spewed flames and slashed four times in succession.

At the last moment, the Lord of Cinder transformed into his straight sword and plunged it into the ground.

"Boom!" The mirror-like ground shattered, and the fragments of earth that broke off were swallowed and melted by the rising flames before they could fly any further.

The Shadow and Thunder General, who were already flying in the sky, flew even higher after being struck.

"Hiss... This is just like me back then." Yu Jin looked at the two figures landing from the sky and shook his head with emotion.

He was even worse off than Shadow and General Thunder. During his first battle with the Lord of Cinder, Ember's feet never touched the ground.

"Ugh... cough... cough cough!" Ying got up from the ground, her face no longer showing the indifference she had before.

Her beautiful face was now covered in scorch marks, and her braids, which ran down to her waist, were now disheveled.

Even so, despite Ying's best efforts to maintain her physical form, her internal injuries were far more severe than those on the outside.

This can be seen from General Thunder's body. Flames are burning on General Thunder's body at this moment, and the doll parts can still be vaguely seen from the large and small burn marks.

"Well, now you know how fragile your eternity is, right?" Ember walked slowly from a distance, looking at the two who were gradually getting up.

"Yes, you are very strong." Ying reached out and beckoned, and the dream-filled heart that was stuck in the ground in the distance returned to her hand.

"But that's not enough to make me give up my [Eternity]!"

"Boom!"

The blade, which had been dimmed by a dream, suddenly burst forth with a dazzling light, and the hair behind the shadow moved without wind. The aura it exuded was even stronger than before.

"This is..." Yu Jin crossed his arms and glanced at Ying, who seemed to be on steroids, raising an eyebrow thoughtfully:

"His talent is a bit frightening; he's become even stronger after that attack?"

Ying didn't speak; she simply held up her dream and her face showed eagerness.

“Human…” General Thunder glanced at the shadow that had regained its vitality, and a strange sense of frustration welled up in his heart.

The shadow is another version of myself, so why can she do it but I can't?

With this in mind, the puppet arm that had disappeared from General Thunder's back reappeared.

Ignoring her own wounds, she gradually stood up, supporting herself with her katana.

A flash of lightning appeared in his eyes, and General Thunder suddenly felt as if the stiffness caused by his broken joints had disappeared.

"Why does it seem like I'm the villain?" Yu Jin couldn't help but complain as he watched General Lei Dian slowly move to the side of Ying.

He should be the one who gets stronger in the heat of battle, so why is it the other way around?

"I didn't expect you to be like me." Shadow looked surprised when he saw General Thunder getting up.