The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

Unexpectedly, Ruotuo laughed upon hearing this.

"Haha, senior, don't talk about juniors. Didn't you come here yourself? After this, senior will have a connection with humans that goes beyond hatred."

“I’m just cleaning up after those little guys,” Kuttri replied dismissively.

"I see." Ruotuo glanced at the embers on the shore and called Kutri over. So that was the reason.

"Enough with the small talk, I need to keep my promise." Ruotuo withdrew her gaze and focused all her attention on Haizhi Island.

His limbs, like towering stone pillars, stood on the rocky ledges extending from the seabed of Haiqi Island, and the immense rock elemental power within him flowed into the land of Haiqi Island through his limbs.

These rock elemental forces surged into the soil of Haizhi Island, which was rich in various elemental forces, and immediately produced one after another tiny, invisible crystalline fragments.

The earth was covered with colorful spots due to the crystallization of elements, which terrified the people on the ground.

"What happened? Why has the ground turned into so many colors?"

"Oh no, why have my feet turned red?"

"Look at me, my whole body has turned purple."

The crowd on the ground gasped in surprise. Some even went so far as to dig up the various colored patches on the ground.

Naturally, they were covered by a thin layer of crystal shield.

When Ruotuo saw the whitish Haizhi Island instantly turn into a kaleidoscope of colors, he knew that the elemental power contained within it was being reacted.

So he further increased the amount of rock element, and the extra rock element circulated in the earth, changing the properties of the soil.

Not only that, Ruotuo took a deep breath, and the colorful blocks on the ground "flew" up directly.

Actually, it was the tiny crystalline shields in the earth that were sucked up by Ruotuo.

The sky suddenly became dazzling, with countless points of light, like fireflies on a summer night, shimmering and surging towards Ruotuo's enormous body.

There were so many crystalline fragments generated from the entire land that even Ruotuo's body developed a faint crystalline shield.

If we simply let it disappear naturally or consume it artificially, we don't know how long it would take. Ruotuo's actions have saved Haizhi Island time.

The vibrant colors on the ground have disappeared, but instead of the white familiar to the people of Haizhi Island, a yellowish-brown color unique to other places has taken its place.

"Land...land like anywhere else!"

Someone incredulously dug up a handful of brown soil and slapped it all over their face.

"Cough cough cough! Ha... Haha, so earthy... This is so earthy!!!"

The soil particles, carrying an extremely strong earthy smell, rushed into the man's nostrils, causing him to cough violently.

After coughing came almost maniacal laughter.

"It looks a bit like a rock dragon, but how long can it last? Ten years? Or twenty years?"

"The elemental forces underground will always rise again; you've just given them a longer dream."

Kutri noticed that Haizhi Island was turning yellow at a visible rate and nodded slightly. But he quickly pointed out the problem with Ruotuo.

“I know that.” Ruotuo looked at the yellow soil on the ground. In his perception, as the elemental power of the soil decreased, more elemental power from below eagerly surged up.

“But I have a big appetite and can eat a lot of things, including elemental energy.” Ruotuo grinned.

Then, with a "bang," the dragon's tail, like the roots of the earth, emerged from the sea.

Chapter 585 The Power of the Dragon

2024-04-03

"The place where the three realms meet, I wonder how much elemental power lies beneath the earth."

Ruotuo's gaze pierced through the ground, reaching the point where three dazzling rays of light converged beneath Haizhi Island.

"Forget it, I'll absorb whatever little I can!"

After watching for only a short while, Ruotuo withdrew his gaze. At the intersection of the three realms, he couldn't think of any other way to suppress the surge of elemental power besides absorbing the excess.

In any case, blocking or destroying it is absolutely not an option; doing so would only lead to even greater disaster.

"boom!"

Ruotuo turned its back, raised its rear end, and swung its large tail, plunging it hard into the ground beneath Haizhi Island.

The earth trembled and rocks flew everywhere.

The thick rocky tail piled up layers of sand on the ground, looking like a circle of small hills surrounding Ruotuo's tail.

"Rumble!"

Centered on the point where the tail landed, the earth began to ripple like the surface of the sea.

Unseen by the public, the dragon horns at the end of Ruotuo's tail began to grow rapidly, like tree roots.

These specialized dragon horns burrowed deep into the earth, absorbing the residual elemental energy while also loosening the compacted soil of Haiqi Island.

"We've arrived." Ruotuo, with his back to the crowd, exhaled a breath of stale air, because his tail could already sense the dense elemental power beneath the earth.

This elemental power seeped in from the Dark Sea, and together with the gentle elemental power from underground, it firmly suppressed the abyssal power from even deeper underground than the Lower Palace of the Abyss.

But that's the problem: the Abyss Palace is adjacent to the Dark Outer Sea, and the savage elemental power that seeps in is too concentrated.

These elemental forces not only suppressed the abyssal forces, but some of the remaining energy even surged towards the high-altitude Sea God Island.

The tail of Ruotuo, covered with rocky armor plates, stretched out completely underground on Haizhi Island. Those wildly growing tail spikes, like withered trees meeting rain, greedily absorbed the permeating elemental energy.

The changes manifested externally as Ruotuo's entire body began to glow with faint lights of various colors.

These rays of light first surged from the tail end of Ruotuo, which was deep underground, and then spread throughout his entire body.

This makes Ruotuo look like a glowing mountain, and the light on it is so bright it's almost blinding.

"Wow! I'm sure if you dressed like that, Ruotuo, you'd be the star of the next Lantern Festival!"

The dazzling light emanating from Ruo Tuo illuminated the surrounding area in a kaleidoscope of colors, causing many people to turn away, unable to look directly at the blinding flash.

Only Yu Jin danced and cheered on Ruo Tuo's new look on the shore.

Unfortunately, no matter how joyfully the embers cheered, Ruotuo had no interest in listening. He was currently busy stabilizing the chaotic elemental energy within his body.

The amount of elemental energy absorbed from the tail is enormous. If it were rock element, that would be fine, but Ruotu is confident he can consume it all.

However, it is clear that the elemental forces emanating from the edge of the Light Boundary cannot be limited to only the rock element.

The other six elemental forces also surged into Ruotuo's body.

These elemental forces, just like their name, were incredibly savage. They only knew how to rampage wildly through Ruotuo's body.

Feeling the tearing sensation within his body, Ruotuo's limbs swayed, creating waves before he let out a soft groan.

"Quiet down!"

The dormant rock elemental energy within him began to stir, squeezing out the incoming elemental energy and controlling the chaotic energy within a certain range.

The mountain of rock elemental force continued to compress, making the space for the incoming elemental force even narrower. In a short while, the rock elemental force enveloped the immobilized primal elemental force and forced it upwards.

"Kakaka!"

Then, a sound of rocks breaking echoed from Ruotuo's back.

To everyone's astonishment, Ruotuo's back bulged up, and the yellowish-brown scales on it were pushed aside, with other boulders of various colors dotting the surface.

The light emanating from Ruotuo's body was absorbed by the various strange rocks on his back. The dimmer the light became, the larger the strange rocks on his back appeared.

When the dragon's tail, which had penetrated deep into the earth, stopped absorbing elemental power, Ruotuo had already donned a dazzling new skin.

"You've got more endurance than I expected," Kutri exclaimed, looking at Ruotuo who carried seven colors on his back.

Then that exclamation quickly turned into a new frustration. Why was such an outstanding junior recruited by humans?

Kutri was still resentful that Ruotuo was subordinate to others.

"Phew... I've been underground for so long, and I've been in contact with the ley lines so much that I've gotten like this without even realizing it."

Ruotuo pulled out his tail and shook his body. Although his tolerance for elemental forces was beyond imagination, it was impossible not to feel uncomfortable with so many opposing elemental forces on his back.

"What a breathtaking power." Xin Hai looked at Ruo Tuo, who was gradually turning around in the distance, and was filled with unparalleled shock.

She looked again at the yellow earth on the ground, which was what the people of Haiqi Island had once dreamed of.

This thought used to exist only in my dreams, but now it has become a reality.

All of this is because of the giant dragon standing in the sea in the distance.

"Yes, just like a god..."

"Goro!"

Shinkai interrupted Goro's exclamation. After all, the real Inazuma deity was right here, and compared to Wakatama, it was somewhat disrespectful.

"Haha, it's okay." Zhen waved to Xin Hai.

"I am not good at fighting, while Shadow is good at fighting. Thank you all so much for letting the two of us not-so-good gods lead Inazuma."

A genuine smile appeared on her face, but the disappointment in her heart was still unavoidable. In any case, Umijima had been part of Inazuma for a thousand years, and the problem mentioned above had existed for a thousand years as well.

Now that what she and Ying couldn't do has been done by others, she can't help but feel a little disappointed.

"Master, you are too kind. Inazuma's survival is all thanks to you and the Shogun." Everyone quickly shook their heads in disagreement.

Inazuma can do without anyone else, but he can't do without the sisters, Shin and Kage. Shin's words just now were really an underestimation of himself.

The crowd below was churning, and Ember wasn't idle either. He stomped on the soft soil and then leaped onto Kutri's head.

"Why do you like stepping on people's heads so much? Aren't you supposed to be able to fly?"

"Flying isn't tiring."

Yu Jin stood on Kutri's forehead and gazed into the distance. The overall color of Haizhi Island had changed from the previous glaring white to a soft yellowish-brown.

Although the vegetation is still sparse, Ember believes it won't be long before it becomes lush and green.

"Hmm, I think it's finished?" Yu Jin nodded in satisfaction. Haiqi Island looked much better than before.

"Pretty much, at least for their generation." Ruotuo, sporting dazzling skin, looked at the cheering crowd on the ground and nodded.

"What do you mean by 'this is true for this generation'?" Yu Jin sensed something was off.

"Hmph." Kutri chuckled a few times, then spoke first: "He just absorbed the excess elemental power from underground."