What bad intentions could the original dragon have?

"Hee~" Ying laughed softly, holding Zhong Ling's hand and weighing it slightly.

He gathered the wind elements under his feet, and caught up with Xiangling while jumping while holding Zhong Ling.

"You guys are here now. I was just wondering if Miss Zhong Ling's clothes might not be suitable for climbing over the wall." Not only are they not suitable for climbing over the wall, this kind of clothes are not suitable for going out at all, right?

"I'm here, no problem." Ying put Zhong Ling down properly without doing anything.

"Well, there's no problem as long as Ying is here." Glancing at Ying who had her hands on her hips, Zhong Ling rolled her eyes at her in annoyance.

"You two have such a good relationship." Xiangling sighed. "Let's go."

I don’t know if Xiangling and Ying get along well.

There was a flat road paved with bluestone slabs that they could walk on, but they insisted on walking on the huge vines.

"Look, there is a fire element monument over there. If we light it up with the fire element, we can open the road behind, right?" The floating Paimon could always see things that others could not see clearly.

"But there are spikes all over the ground." The platform below was about three meters away from them.

This is not a big deal, but the fatal thing is that the fire element monument is surrounded by a circle of dark red spikes, and in the gaps between the spikes are some dry bones, which looks very scary.

"Hehe, now we have to rely on Guoba." Xiangling patted Guoba who had been running around since the beginning.

"?" Guoba's eyes widened suddenly when he was cueed.

"Guoba, spit fire!" Xiangling pointed at the square stele and gave an order. Guoba took a deep breath, and then the 'fierce' fire element turned into a flying flame and bombarded the fire element square stele.

What Marcosius is best at is controlling the heat.

As the fire element monument lit up, the mechanism of the huge stone gate in front was also activated, and it began to slowly open.

The moment the stone gate opened, surging ice elemental force rushed towards him.

In just a moment, the temperature around dropped by more than ten degrees, to the point where it felt cold.

"It's so cold..." Paimon rubbed his arms quickly. "Wow, it's an ice slime!"

Small slimes, no matter what their attributes are, are the weakest among monsters.

They would even be captured and kept in captivity by the Hillichul people and used as weapons.

Xiangling and Ying stepped forward, and the weapons in their hands easily cut through the outer layer of the slime and shattered the slime's core.

The bouncing ice slime turned into a pile of slime condensate on the ground in the hands of the two people, emitting bursts of ice elemental power.

Xiangling hurriedly took out her basin and collected the slime liquid that exuded elemental power.

"Ms. Xiangling, do you like to add slime gel when you cook?" Zhong Ling asked while looking at the collected slime gel.

"Because after adding the slime gel, the dishes will have a special taste." Xiangling explained to Zhong Ling. "After adding the slime gel, it will play a role in thickening the sauce, making the soup thicker and smoother."

"The fire slime condensate tastes a bit spicy, which is very suitable for dishes such as hot and sour soup."

"Ice slime gel has a special cooling effect. If eaten with greasy dishes, it can neutralize the greasiness."

"Oh, is that so." Zhong Ling nodded, but it was useless to know that. Although Zhong Ling could cook, her cooking skills were really not very good.

I can cook some simple home-cooked dishes, but forget about making any other more difficult dishes.

However, it is worth mentioning that although Zhong Ling is not good at making staple foods or side dishes, she is very good at making desserts.

After all, in the early days, she would occasionally entertain a friend who had come from across the ocean.

And that friend always cleared out all the desserts in her house.

No matter how much there is, she can eat it all.

"I really want to try the dishes with slime gel added." After hearing what Xiangling said, Paimon wiped the corner of his mouth, looking impatient.

"Hehe, let's try this extremely rare ingredient after we harvest the Frost Tree." Xiangling's expression was exactly the same as Paimon's.

"We should be not far from the Frost Tree." Zhong Ling could feel a very strong ice elemental force.

The ground veins here are extremely disordered, with excessive ice elemental power accumulating here.

By chance, a powerful magic vine like the Frost Tree will be born.

However, after seeing Xiang Ling's spear skills, Zhong Ling was no longer worried... although she had never been worried.

A.71 Frozen Tree

After passing through the last door, they came to a huge hall.

No, to be precise, it's more like an altar.

In the center of the altar, there were several huge leaves lying limply on the ground, looking like dead plants.

But its icy blue color has already exposed its identity.

It is a magic vine that is born only in rare cases in areas with disturbed earth veins.

It is the giant magic vine, the Frost Tree, that was born in an area where the ice elemental force is disordered and accumulated.

"Hiss... It's so cold..." Paimon's whole body was shivering from the cold.

Seeing Paimon shivering, Guoba also rubbed his arms and shook them like Paimon.

"As expected of you, Marcosius." Looking at Guoba who was shaking all over, Zhong Ling felt that only a certain YYGQ expression could express her current mood.

Although he had lost all his divine powers and his body had become extremely weak, he was once a demon god after all. The ice elemental power that escaped from him was not enough to make him feel cold. He was simply imitating Paimon.

Zhong Ling closed her eyes, then opened them again and entered the [Elemental Vision] mode.

In this mode, Zhong Ling can see the elemental force very directly.

Well...it's a little different from humans. Only some humans have [Elemental Vision].

Zhong Ling had completely lost her mind. Rather than calling it [elemental vision], it would be better to say that this was the scenery that her eyes could see.

The 'normal' scenery that one usually sees is Zhong Ling's [elemental vision].

There is nothing that can be done about this; the perspectives of elemental creations are fundamentally different from those of humans.

Please explain, when a human sees a monster 20 to 30 meters tall coming towards him, what is the psychological fear index?

Similarly, when a Liyue water element's essence had just condensed and she saw the "vast" rock element grabbing towards her, her psychological fear index would be just that high.

"This frozen tree has existed for at least seven hundred years." From a human perspective, it is indeed impossible to see anything, but the [Elemental Vision] can see it clearly.

This frozen tree is indeed very powerful. Its roots have completely merged with this area, and the huge ice elemental power surging and accumulated in the earth veins is all here.

Its roots are everywhere as far as the eye can see.

Fighting it is equivalent to fighting the earth veins of the entire area. The almost infinite elemental force can provide the Frost Tree with extremely terrifying supplies.

Moreover, the elemental power released by the Frost Tree will gradually lower the surrounding temperature.

Once the perceived temperature drops to a certain limit, it becomes dangerous.

"Paimeng." Zhong Ling shouted to Paimeng and casually took Paimeng into her arms.

Although Miss Zhong Ling's body temperature is usually lower than that of ordinary people, compared with the current temperature in this area, Miss Zhong Ling's embrace is so warm.

"Hmm..." Ying looked towards Zhong Ling, her eyes full of desire. "I want a hug too!"

That's probably what it means.

However, Zhong Ling just took a half step back while holding Paimon.

At this moment, the sleeping Frost Tree in the distance finally sensed the invasion of outsiders.

The Frost Tree, which obviously had no vocal organs, actually let out a roar.

Just like a cup of turbid water that has been left for a long time, its impurities will settle over time.

However, when you stir it, those impurities will instantly make the clear water turbid again.

And that is exactly what is happening now. The moment the Frozen Tree wakes up, the accumulated ice elements become active again.

The cold current and frost and snow, enough to freeze anyone who had no means of keeping warm, poured towards them.

"Get out of the way!" Xiangling shouted and leaped to the side.

In fact, Ying didn't need Xiangling's reminder, as she had already prepared to dodge when the Frost Tree roared.

The cold currents and frost blown out by the Frost Tree did not hit anyone, but the lowered temperature around them did not warm up at all.

Not only that, the reactivated ice elemental power in the surroundings was also constantly draining away the heat from the area.

You can clearly feel that the body temperature is dropping.

"The outer layer of the frozen tree is very hard..." Just as Zhong Ling finished her words, two bursts of green wind appeared under her feet, and Ying, who used the wind as a pedal, flew into the air.

The [Sky Blade], filled with wind elemental power, slashed fiercely on the leaves of the Frost Tree.

The extremely sharp sword edge and the leaves of the frozen tree made a long sound of metal colliding.

Afterwards, Ying drove the elemental power on the sword tip to gush out, and the sharp wind blade hit the leaf again, actually cutting off a piece of the leaf of the Acne Tree.

Cutting off a leaf would cause almost no harm to the huge body of the Frost Tree.

However, the creature's approach triggered its instinct to fight back, and two vines, smaller than its body but as thick as a person, rose up.

The terrifying ice elemental force gathered on the vines and in the next instant transformed into two rays of freezing light that swept away with Ying's position as the intersection.

At the same time, its leaves swayed, and dozens of ice cones were released in one breath to attack Ying.

The wind element surged under Ying's feet. Stepping on the breeze and using the wind as a pedal and baffle, Ying leaped like an elf between the attacks of the frozen tree.

Ying's extremely flexible body movements were simply not something that could be hit by Frost Tree's clumsy use of elemental power.

"The Traveler is so powerful!" Paimon looked at Ying in shock.

"It's just a common attack by giant beasts." Ying has extremely rich experience in fighting giant beasts.

This giant beast is unable to move and has no intelligence. It only has a few attack patterns. It is very easy for Ying to avoid them.

However, since Ying's power was sealed, the damage she could cause was minimal, no matter whether she used physical force or relied on the element of wind to attack.

If she wanted to cause damage to the Frost Tree, she could only rely on the power from the Wind God and the East Wind Dragon in the Sky Blade.

But the trouble is that this relic seems to be in the Liyue area, and the wind from Mondstadt is difficult to blow here.

Moreover, the wind element here is not strong, and the extreme ice element almost fills the entire space.

Although [Sky Blade] still possesses powerful power, it is ultimately not as powerful as it was in Mondstadt.

"Its rhizomes have armor. If you break the armor there, its core will be exposed. That is its weakness!" Zhong Ling, who was carefully observing the battlefield, shouted to Ying and Xiangling.

"I saw it."

Testimonials

It’s time to post your testimonials again!

I don’t know what to write in the remarks for the book’s launch, so why not just write about the development of this book?

——Thoughts on opening a book——

In fact, this book has a predecessor that died on October 10.18 last year.

When I first wanted to write this book, it was just an idea.

And this thought has always been in my mind.

When Zhongli was standing at the harbor, looking at the thousands of ships and merchants gathering there, and when he said, "I want to buy some osmanthus flowers and wine," someone patted him on the shoulder before he could finish the second half of the sentence.

It was because of this idea that I had the intention to publish a book.

As for why the predecessor died...there are many reasons, so I won’t mention them.

All in all, writing this book recently was not a spur of the moment decision, but something I had been planning for a long time.

When I decided to publish the book and it was going through review, I had actually already written more than 4 words by the time I was done with some slacking off.

——About combat effectiveness——

Many readers found the combat in this book confusing.

This is mainly because the Hillicruc Thugs and Hillicruc King have been specially strengthened.

Why do we need to strengthen the Hilichurl Thugs and the Hilichurl King? The main reason is to prevent the Hilichurls from being exterminated. After all, if they are too weak, wouldn’t they be exterminated in an instant?

But generally speaking, monsters just have very high attributes, but it is not difficult to defeat them. How to say it... just like being able to avoid bullets doesn't mean that the body can withstand them.