The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

A punch was thrown, leaving streaks of white marks on the iron fist. Since the target was a young master, one couldn't be too careless, could one?

The young master sensed a chilling aura emanating from the person in front of him and made the first move.

The elemental energy that had been covering his body for some time surged, instantly forming a solid and reliable light purple barrier around him.

"An elemental barrier? Not bad, this is the first time I've seen someone use elemental power for defense."

"Crack... Boom!"

With that, Ember smashed the barrier that lay before him. Countless elemental crystals shattered, and the young master took advantage of the pause to shift his body to the side.

"boom!"

The punch missed its mark; nothing was hit.

At this moment, the shattered elemental crystals around them reacted. The elemental power they contained erupted forth, forming a violent jet of elemental energy in front of the embers.

"Boom!"

Within the fan-shaped jet of elemental energy, a golden light flashed. Wherever the light passed, all elemental energy was deflected.

Combat Art: Golden Parry - A combat art that involves swinging a shield while performing the Golden Tree Prayer, causing enemy attacks to deflect and lose balance.

It can be effective even when at some distance from the enemy.

The light faded, but the ring of earth around the embers remained unmarked, a stark contrast to the scorched earth around them, corrupted by elemental forces.

"Is that considered a block or a parry?"

"If you try to block, your elemental barrier is too weak; it won't be able to stop the attack at all."

"If you parry, you're putting yourself at a disadvantage, and it doesn't have the same effect as a parry in opening up an opening for the enemy."

Yu Jin didn't offer any comment this time, because he didn't know what move the young master had used.

"This... I don't know what kind of move it is either, I just figured it out myself." The young master scratched his head, somewhat embarrassed, but he quickly added:

"This tactic works very well, and many enemies have suffered losses because of it."

"That's because you're stomping noobs. Your elemental barrier restricts your movements, and anyone with even a little bit of 'martial virtue' would attack you from a distance."

"Understood, I will improve in the two directions you mentioned."

At this moment, the young master was completely like a good student, showing the most enthusiastic learning attitude towards anything that could improve his strength.

Chapter 759 The Malfunctioning Eye of God

2024-07-07

"boom!"

"Hey!"

"Snapped!"

……

The lake before dawn was far from the stillness that dawn should have. If you want to know why, just look at the two figures that keep flashing on the hillside next to it.

"boom!"

The two figures collided, creating another large crater in the ground. However, this time, after separating, they did not engage in further combat.

"Huh...huh..."

Panting heavily, the young master forced himself to stand up despite the aches and pains in his body. The intense battle, coupled with a night of activating the Demon King's Armor—the sheer agony was unbearable.

"Is the water element next? You should have finished instructing me on lightning, right? I remember you can use two elemental forces."

Yu Jin looked at the young master, whose body was crackling with lightning, and beckoned to him again.

Throughout the entire night's battle, the young master demonstrated almost all of his understanding of lightning elemental power and used it all on the embers.

But Yu Jin remembered that the young master could control two elemental forces, and he was even more adept at using water elemental force than lightning elemental force.

However, this time the young master lacked his previous passion. He took a deep breath, and then the demon king's armor on his body dissipated.

"Phew! Forget about the water elemental power, thanks for tonight."

As soon as he was disarmed, the young master collapsed to the ground. Although his body felt like it was falling apart, he still couldn't stop smiling.

It seems that following my heart's guidance was indeed the right choice. Aside from the awful experience in Sumeru, this exhilarating battle made the trip worthwhile.

"Judging from your appearance, your understanding and control of water elemental power has reached a level that is unprecedented and will likely remain unmatched in the future?"

Ember ran over and saw the young master lying on the sand, grinning foolishly. This made him ponder; he shouldn't have hit his head, right? How did it turn out like this?

“No, that’s not it.” The young master shook his head at Yu Jin, then sighed.

This sigh was both a lament for the malfunction of his Divine Eye and a lament for the gap in strength between himself and Ember.

He was exhausted after fighting all night, while Yu Jin was full of energy and acted as if nothing had happened, which really dampened the young master's confidence.

"look."

The young master took out his Eye of God. The azure eye of God flickered on and off, looking like a fake glass bead with a light bulb inside, sold at a street stall.

Moreover, the light bulb in this counterfeit product had a faulty connection.

"You... I've never heard of the Eye of God having self-awareness? Did you do something that everyone and everyone hates, making the Eye of God not want to be with you anymore?"

Yu Jin tilted his head and looked at the young master. The reason he said that was because the Eye of God was too magical.

It's not so much scrapped as it is out of control. This shining Eye of God is constantly absorbing and releasing elemental power, but there's absolutely no pattern to when it does so.

"Absolutely not. Going out to collect debts is a terrible thing that would be hated by both heaven and man." The young master immediately shook his head. Putting aside the fact that he had been recuperating during the winter, he had never done such a thing before!

He's the chief debt collector at Northern Bank! Every day he's either collecting debts or on his way to collect debts.

Thinking of this, the young master almost burst into tears, as if he, as the executive officer, was dispensable.

"Then what's going on?" Yu Jin grasped the flickering Eye of God in his hand and looked down to examine it carefully.

His eyes were fixed on the small object pulsating with water elemental power, and gradually, the water ripples on it seemed to come alive.

The layers of ripples, stacked in an arc shape, began to rotate, forming a vortex on the Eye of God.

"This is..." The young master sensed the change in his divine eye, got up from the ground, and gradually approached.

"Shh... relax." Yu Jin gestured for the young master to be quiet, and then the two of them stared intently at the Eye of God without saying a word.

The vortex spun, not stirring up any objects, yet it attracted the consciousness of those nearby.

The young master felt a pulling sensation on his body, and the scene before him blurred, distorted, and finally turned into darkness.

"what!"

He suddenly opened his eyes, and countless bubbles swirled before him. As far as the eye could see, there was only darkness—he had no idea when he had arrived at the deep seabed.

The young master was somewhat panicked by the complete darkness. He tried to shout, but only managed to choke on a mouthful of seawater.

"Goo!"

The young master immediately held his breath and frantically waved his limbs, trying to escape to the sea.

Although he was very strong, he was still just a human being, and if he stayed at the bottom of the sea for too long, he would still drown.

The darkness above gradually turned blue. The young master didn't know how far he had swum upwards. Perhaps he didn't even realize it himself. After struggling for so long, he didn't feel suffocated at all.

This may not be seawater in the ordinary sense.

"call!"

A powerful current surged up from the calm seabed, sending the young master, who was struggling to swim upstream, spinning him around several times.

Once he regained his footing in the water and looked up again, he saw that the azure sky above him was obscured by something.

A whale, a whale that made the young master feel utterly suffocated, was slowly swimming above his head.

"Waaaaaah—, waaaaaah?!"

"Gululu!!!"

The whale's long cry was inexplicably cut off, and then the young master saw the whale flapping its fins and running into the deep sea without looking back.

The way it thrashed about looked somewhat like him.

In the increasingly violent ocean currents, the young master struggled to stay afloat. He felt as if he were a balloon in a storm, constantly tossing and turning, the world spinning around him.

"Snapped."

A hand landed on the young master's shoulder, and he was then supported in the water, no longer like a kite with a broken string.

Turning my head, I saw it was indeed Yu Jin.

Yu Jin nodded to the young master, then placed his hands on his shoulders.

The seawater on both sides of the embers separated as easily as air, leaving long white streaks, and the young master felt his vision becoming bluer and brighter.

"boom!"

The sound of the two bursting out of the sea was so loud that the loud noise and bright light hit the young master at the same time, making his heart jump.

"Ha ha……"

He lay face down on the ground, hands supporting him, large beads of sweat streaming down his face and finally running down his chin.

"You seem to be deeply entangled with that giant whale?"

Yu Jin tugged at the young master's clothes, looking at them from left to right, but didn't see any fish scales inside, so he ruled out the idea that he was the illegitimate child of a whale.

If the Great Tree King were beside Ember at this moment, he would definitely complain that whales don't have scales at all.

Unfortunately, Ember was afraid of water, which also limited his understanding of fish. In his mind, fish all had scales.

"Hmm, perhaps this is my destiny." After catching his breath, the young master wiped the sweat from his brow and stood up from the ground.

He was no longer panicked. His heart was pounding, and a strange voice kept urging him to move forward.

"Perhaps it's time to settle accounts with that whale!" The young master's eyes blazed with boundless enthusiasm; the suffocating feeling at the bottom of the sea filled him with both fear and excitement.

This is the kind of battle he craves! Besides, that whale keeps appearing in his dreams lately, preventing him from getting a good night's sleep.

For both emotional and rational reasons, I have to fight it! This is a battle of destiny, not some thrill-seeking adventure.

"Are you heading to Fontainebleau?" Yu Jin asked, seeing the direction the young master was heading.