What bad intentions could the original dragon have?

"Oh." Zhong Ling spread her five fingers and the talismans spread all over the room returned to Zhong Ling's hands. She then opened her hands towards the materials on the table.

The talisman fell on the materials, suppressing their power.

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At this time, at the top of 'Aozang Mountain'.

In the cave of [Master Liuyunjiefeng], a giant crane that had just sent away an uninvited guest not long ago was preparing to go out to look for some food.

The hobbies of [Liuyunjiefeng Zhenjun] are nothing more than eating and mechanical engineering.

The [Mechanical Cooking Machine] that he had been researching before has taken shape, and he plans to find some fresh ingredients to experiment with.

The huge crane's body turned into a stream of light...

It hit the light curtain hard.

"Naga!!!"

C.58 Phaseless Elements

"Ms. Ying, you are from outside the world. I originally thought that the laws of Teyvat had no effect on you, but judging from your performance in battle, I found that this guess is not correct." Albedo pinched his chin and said, "Ms. Ying, your power seems to be restricted."

"Although the total amount of power in the body has not decreased, the output has been restricted."

"Just like your physical fitness, Miss Ying."

Albedo discovered that Ying's physical strength was extraordinary. Although she would get tired after being active for a while, she would recover from such fatigue very quickly.

It felt like something was replenishing her strength. Once the strength in her body was consumed to a certain level, she had to stop moving and wait for her strength to recover.

At this time, the 'dam' called 'physical strength' in the body will release water, allowing Ying to recover her physical strength at a speed several times or even dozens of times faster than that of ordinary people. In just one or two minutes, she can fully recover her physical strength.

The same seems to be true for elemental power, but the difference is that the total amount of elemental power of Ying seems to have no upper limit. It can be used at will, freely changing between wind and rock, and even using two attributes at the same time without any burden on the body.

However, Ying's elemental force output has an upper limit. Compared with the huge elemental force reserves, her output limit is a drop in the bucket.

"Let's assume a numerical value. Miss Zhong Ling is a high-level elemental life form and possesses the ability to recharge elemental power very quickly."

"Then let's describe it without taking into account the replenishment of environmental elements. Miss Zhong Ling has 100,000 units of elemental power in her body, and her maximum output is 80,000 units."

"If we assume that Miss Ying has 100,000 units of elemental force in your body, then your maximum output is only 5,000 units."

"Moreover, whether you use wind element or rock element alone or both, your total output cannot exceed 5,000 units."

"It's not that 5,000 units of output is weak. On the contrary, 5,000 units is absolutely strong for a 'human'."

"But compared to Miss Ying's reserves, the contrast is too great."

"Well, Mr. Albedo, you are right." Ying nodded.

Ying is very clear about what kind of power she possesses.

Compared to her complete self, her current strength is only one tenth of what it was before.

"Well, in this case, I have a better understanding of the laws of Teyvat... Okay, let's continue recording the data." After Albedo finished speaking, he did not expect Ying to answer.

Albedo changed the subject and brought the conversation back to the magic sword.

“How big can this sword grow? It can’t kill all the monsters in Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain, right?” Ying looked at the sword in his hand.

"No need. Monsters like the Hillbillies can't absorb much of Durin's aura." Albedo said, looking at the sword. "Miss Ying, you can also feel it when you use it, right? When killing monsters like slimes, it can absorb more power."

"Yeah, indeed."

"Then, our next target is elemental life."

...

......

"What is this thing?!" Hiding in the warm monument with Albedo, Ying looked at the huge mecha in front of him.

Although it is very similar to the Ruins Guard in terms of style, it looks much more angular than the Ruins Guard, like a Ruins Guard wearing armor.

"These mechas are named Ruins Heavy Machines, and they possess firepower several times that of the Ruins Guards." Albedo explained to Ying.

"Mr. Albedo, are you going to tell me that they will also absorb Durin's aura?" Ying's eyes twitched.

Although I don’t know how powerful this relic machine is, its temperament... no, its momentum is very strong.

If you get hit by this thing, you'll definitely lose half your life, right?

"When firing at full power, a Relic Heavy is roughly equivalent to a Hilichook. Even for the [Acting Captain] to deal with it, it would take a lot of effort." Albedo explained seriously.

"Due to the operating principles of these machines, they are able to absorb the elemental forces around them as their own energy source."

"Perhaps it will also be contaminated with Durin's aura... But this is not the point. The point is that there is a formless element under the relic machine."

"A formless element?!" Paimon exclaimed, covering his mouth. "Mr. Albedo, that's a formless element!"

The formless element is an elemental life form with a relatively low level of intelligence. Although its intelligence is only slightly higher than that of a slime, it is at most at the level of a baby under three years old.

But the formless element is extremely powerful.

From a human perspective, the formless element is the third in the sequence of elemental creation.

The strongest formless element even possesses power comparable to that of immortals.

If he holds the [Sky Blade], Ying can also use the power of the [Sky Blade] to fight against it.

After all, with Ying's skills, she is not afraid of attacks from formless elements.

But the problem is that Ying's output capacity is too low. Without the blessing of [Sky Blade], her strength is not enough to fight against the formless elements.

"It doesn't matter. Miss Ying possesses extremely rich combat skills. It is difficult for the low-level intelligence of the phaseless element to harm Miss Ying."

"We just want to take away the breath of Durin contained in it, not to kill it."

"Huh? Can I absorb the aura without killing it?" Paimon tilted his head in confusion.

"Yes, if you observe carefully, you will find that when Miss Ying was fighting before, she did not absorb the aura until she killed the monster, but she had already started absorbing it during the battle." Albedo had observed Ying's battles very carefully before, without missing any details.

"So that's how it is..." Ying nodded in understanding. "Then let's get ready first."

"I have some props here that should be able to directly destroy that relic machine."

"Oh?" Albedo glanced sideways.

Ying took out a stack of talismans as if she was taking out a deck of cards, unfolded them very skillfully, and fanned them like she was holding a fan.

"This is... I see." Albedo was stunned for a moment, then nodded in understanding. "It must be Liyue's unique [Talisman Technique]."

"I have also done some research on the [Art of Talismans], but the level of the talismans available on the market is too low. Apart from analyzing some of the most basic knowledge, there is nothing valuable about them."

C.59 Pure Ice without Form

A thundercloud containing terrifying lightning elemental power floated over the fairly spacious valley.

Different from the purple elemental power of the 'Eye of God of Thunder', the elemental power of thunder that represents 'nature' is the purest paleness.

Ying looked at the tiny pale lightning element at her fingertips.

This is the elemental force used for guidance.

Just like lightning is composed of a forerunner and a counterattack, the lightning elemental force at the fingertips is the 'forerunner'.

"Come to think of it, Miss Keqing from the Jade Star seems to have a sword move like this." Ying suddenly remembered the girl who had fought with him in the Jade Pavilion before.

He would throw out his own lightning elemental force and transform it into a lightning wedge, and then he could pull himself over at an extremely fast speed to complete an extremely stunning slash.

According to Zhong Ling's evaluation of Keqing's move, "This combat skill is very powerful, but it also puts a heavy load on the body. It is best not to use it multiple times in a short period of time."

"Traveler...Traveler, aim at the right spot..." Paimon hid behind Ying with some fear.

"If this level of elemental power gets out of control, we should be able to stop it by building a defense together." Albedo said uncertainly. "Well, at least we won't die on the spot."

"Don't say such ominous words!" Ying aimed at the 'eye' of the relic machine and flicked his finger.

The tiny pale lightning flashed in the direction pointed by Ying and sank directly into the body of the relic machine. Then, in the blink of an eye, it turned into a counterattack lightning and sank into the clouds.

Sensing the aggressive elemental force, the 'eyes' of the Relic Machine flashed a red light.

However, it didn't even have a chance to stand up.

When the return attack sank into the clouds, the dark clouds suddenly dissipated, and a demon-subduing pestle composed of pure pale lightning light floated in the sky.

There was no chance to even blink, and in a split second, the Demon-Subduing Pestle had already landed on the relic machine according to the prescribed route.

The static electricity generated by the surging lightning elemental force caused the hair of Ying, Paimon, and Albedo, who were standing in the distance and watching, to explode.

It is said that the relic heavy machine, which has firepower several times that of the relic guards and extremely high defensive capabilities, has been reduced to parts and debris on the ground in the lightning, accompanied by a lot of powder.

A huge hole was blasted out of the ice surface under the body of the relic heavy machine by the thunder.

However, both Albedo and Ying noticed that something was wrong.

The pit is indeed big, but not deep...

"Well, you are worthy of being the legendary figure in Liyue." Albedo calmly took out a dead branch, used [Alchemy] to make it into a wooden comb, and combed back his hair that had been blown up by the electric current.

"The attack that was launched simply by relying on the remnants of the symbol has such power."

"But..." Albedo looked at the debris on the ground. "Durin's aura seemed to have dissipated in the lightning."

"That's a pity." Ying spread her hands.

Ying had just finished speaking.

A violent tremor came from under the huge pit.

"It's coming." This time, even Albedo became alert.

When facing the formless element, Albedo naturally cannot let Ying fight alone. When it comes to providing support, Albedo is quite good at it.

"Formless element..." Ying clenched the sword in his hand.

Suddenly, dense inscriptions bloomed on the ice surface in the center of the pit, and then split neatly into pieces of ice cubes.

A huge core appeared in the sight of the three people. The ice-blue core was protected by those ice cubes.

In this dark valley covered with wind and snow, the huge formless element emits an extraordinary light, which makes people feel chilled to the bone.

The formless element has this outer shell, which is the strongest part of the formless element. At this moment, there are some faint traces of lightning strikes on the outer shell of this formless ice.

"This is outrageous. Even Linglong's lightning strike didn't cause any effective damage?" Ying looked at the tiny traces and felt that the current situation was not good.

"Oh no! It's the [Pure Formless Element]!"

Although it was cut by the Relic Heavy Machine and the ice surface, it was only scratched by that level of lightning. In addition, its color was extremely bright, which was different from the formless ice that Albedo had seen before. This meant that it was the pinnacle of the formless element, [the purest formless element].

Durin's breath is [Abyss], even elemental dragons and even demons will be infected.

But it is irresponsible to talk about toxicity without considering the dosage.

In order to infect Tevarin, at least a large amount of poisonous blood needs to enter the body directly.

As for Zhong Ling, a large amount of abyss poison was directly poured into the "White Dragon Gorge", and she was poisoned before she could even react.

The formless elements are essentially no different from Zhong Ling and Tevarin, except that the various elements that take on the form are different, so they can also be infected.

However, just because it can be eroded by the [Abyss] does not mean that the dead Durin still has the power to pollute it.

In terms of the level of [Pure Formless Element], if it is just 'breath', it is not qualified to pollute them. If one wants to pollute [Pure Formless Element], then at least its core must be directly soaked in poisonous blood.

In other words, this formless ice was not affected by Durin's aura...

But it was very angry at this time because it was attacked.

"!"

There was clearly no sound, but one could still feel the roar of the formless ice.

The square bricks around it swirled at high speed, forming a huge ice-blue magic circle in an instant.

Everywhere you look, you can see the powerful force of ice element.

The ice elemental force created countless hail and ice cones of various sizes.

Although it is the simplest attack mode, it is an overwhelming number.

"Run away." Albedo raised his hand, and the light of rock attribute blossomed in his palm. "The ancient underworld is reborn here."

Driven by Albedo, huge rock crystals emerged from the earth like a tide, separating the three of them from the formless ice.