Original God, I am the only designated Red King God Envoy of Xumi

"I have never had a good impression of those things of the demon gods, and I hate Amon even more. Mortal, you should mourn your misfortune and mourn for coming to me when I am furious!" As the words fell, Apep attacked again, and this time she was obviously serious.

Pure grass elemental power burst out, and the originally lifeless sea of ​​flower sand was quickly covered with a layer of green at this moment, and the thick branches also broke through the earth. Each branch was like a sharp spear, and they gathered into a spear array, stabbing at the amber all over.

The branches surged like an ocean. Amber was more solemn than ever before. She gave up using the wind and landed on the much more solid sand.

Arcs of fire appeared around Amber and suddenly exploded, bringing waves of heat. Facing the branches that were already close at hand, Amber waved her hunting spear, and surging flames spurted out from this point, like the breath of a dragon.

But releasing such an attack did not restrict Apep's movements. Her huge body rolled over like a mountain, completely blocking out the sunlight, and crushed Amber fiercely. The raging flames burned Apep's rock shell to pieces and left large burn marks on her scales, but it seemed that it had no effect on her at all.

This place has once again become a sea of ​​sand. Every move of Apep raises sand waves that cover the sky. This crushing is not one-sided, but an all-round crushing formed by Apep's huge body. Conventional dodging is of no use at all.

"...Hu." Amber took a deep breath and closed her eyes. Dark golden energy flow wrapped around her limbs and body. The devil's armor was displayed again. Amber's body rose to five meters. Since there was no room for reasoning with the grass dragon in front of her, and she could not tolerate the grass dragon causing damage to the settlement of the sand people, she had to fight hard to decide the outcome here!

Facing the "mountain" that was about to crush her, Amber bent her legs slightly. Like a star piercing from the ground to the sky, she jumped over Apep's huge body in one leap, leaving a huge hole on the ground.

In the past, Amber never gave up on training the power she possessed. Ever since Liyue shot an arrow at Tartaglia, Amber never tried to exert her full strength again. Even when facing the God of Righteousness, she still held back, otherwise she was worried that if she exerted her full strength, she would destroy the place.

Now without this concern, Amber could not hide her weakness again. The surging imaginary energy wrapped around Amber's arms and poured into the hunting spear in her hand. The hunting spear became more and more dazzling with the infusion of energy, like a golden sun.

Chapter 140: Dragon King

Imaginary energy continued to gather, and when it reached a critical point, the dazzling light disappeared in an instant - it did not dissipate, but its energy was completely compressed into the hunting spear that was at most eight meters long. This was what Amber valued the most and what he had been focusing on training.

Amber was sure that the imaginary power she possessed was not infinite, but she had not yet reached the upper limit of what she could mobilize. Therefore, she focused on training the utilization rate, releasing the imaginary power she possessed with the highest possible utilization rate, just like now, not a single energy was leaked from the hunting spear.

Amber had no habit of speaking during battle. She took a deep breath, and a stream of imaginary energy wrapped around her body, adding a layer of pattern to the dark golden armor and strengthening Amber's limbs. She fully mobilized her body and threw the hunting spear at Apep below.

"Don't even think about it!" Facing this attack, Apep released his own strength, and glowing barriers appeared layer by layer, as majestic as the sand wall, but this did not have any effect. The hunting spear fell from the sky like a star, easily piercing the barrier, and the wind pressure wrapped around its body crushed the barrier into pieces.

It crashed to the earth, raising huge waves of sand on the sand sea and also causing a sandstorm in all directions. The thick sand layer was blown away by the turbulent airflow, and Apep's rock shell was easily pierced, and the scales underneath only hindered the hunting spear for a moment.

As imaginary energy exploded, the hunting spear pierced through the scales and penetrated deep into Apep's body, causing Apep to feel pain. This was the first time she was truly injured since the battle began.

——And this was not the end of the attack. Golden energy burst out from Apep's body for the second time. The dazzling light penetrated Apep's body, leaving only gold between heaven and earth for a while.

The roar filled with pain and anger echoed. When the light faded, Apep's body, which was blown into two parts, was exposed. Beneath it was the affected rock layer. This place had almost turned into a basin, and the surface of the rock layer could be described as "smooth".

Green blood sprayed onto the rock layer, which was full of pure grass elemental power, causing a thick layer of moss to grow on the rock layer.

"Huh..." Amber fell to the ground, gasping for breath. She had mastered the Demon King's Armament to a certain extent, and there was no need to worry about its load in a short period of time, but the attack just now still made her feel exhausted for a moment.

"Mortal! You must pay back!" Apep's dragon-like face turned ferocious. She was the Dragon King of Grass, the one with the strongest vitality among the seven dragon kings. Such an injury seemed very serious and fatal at first glance, but it was not unacceptable to Apep. She mobilized her strength, and her flesh and blood regenerated at the wound. After a moment, the two parts of her body were connected again.

After seeing Amber's attack, Apep no longer held any contempt. Although this power was not as strong as Amon's, it was no different from that of the devil. She had to take it seriously.

As a result, Apep's body was covered with a layer of green light, and she moved again. The first thing that came was a collision, which raised a cloud of dust, but Amber dodged it easily. Then it was followed by a sweep. There was almost no interval between the two attacks. Facing this sweep, Amber's dodging was obviously much more difficult.

No one says that a huge body must be bulky. On the contrary, Apep's movements were extremely flexible. Seeing that the sweep was avoided, the next thing that came was the thick vines growing from under the amber.

The vines intertwined and squeezed tightly together. They grew rapidly into the air, trying to "capture" Amber. Amber was sure that if she was entangled, she would be strangled by the vines and pursued by Apep.

She summoned the wind to propel her body, and Apep seemed to have spotted this opportunity and attacked Amber again. Seeing this, Amber hurriedly condensed her spear again, summoned the storm, and stabbed Apep with all her might. This attack stopped Apep's momentum and also allowed Amber to use the force to create distance.

The sweeping attack came again. This was Apep's pursuit of Amber who wanted to keep some distance. With Amber's wind assist, his attack was in vain. But the next moment, Apep stabbed his tail deeply into the rock, and then exerted force to cause cracks to appear on the rock.

With the tail as the origin, Apep swung his huge body and turned into a huge whip to hit Amber. This blow on the sand sea was like Moses opening the sea. Faced with the unexpectedly fast movement and huge coverage, Amber seemed unable to avoid it.

A hard hit was not the end. After the hit, Apep's body surged and coiled around like a snake, not letting go of any space here, but she did not achieve any results. On the contrary, a powerful attack came from the side of Apep.

It was an arrow, an ordinary arrow at first glance, but it was such an arrow that pierced through Apep's scales and exploded in her body, causing her excruciating pain.

"Damn it, when is it!?" Apep didn't hesitate, and rolled over to attack that place. Previously, because of her body blocking the way, she couldn't see how Amber dodged the attack, but this time she saw it clearly.

Amber waved her arms, and her body turned into a golden light and disappeared. In an instant, she appeared in another place a hundred meters away. Then Amber pulled the bow and shot the arrow again. The arrow penetrated the scales and once again brought Apep excruciating pain.

This attack was far less powerful than the spear, but it could cause some damage to Apep while the consumption of physical strength and energy was still within an acceptable range. Therefore, Amber chose it as her next main attack.

During this fight, Apep also saw through Amber's tactics. Amber was sure that she could not take Apep's attack without suffering damage that would hinder her movements. Therefore, she could only rely on her excellent mobility to dodge. This made Apep's attack on Amber like catching a slippery loach, and she could not touch it at all.

So is there a way to contain Amber? Of course there is. Seeing that ordinary attacks were ineffective against Amber, Apep began to mobilize his strength. The vast sea of ​​pure grass elemental power created a celestial phenomenon like the aurora. Amber saw this and fired arrows in rapid succession, but was completely unable to interrupt Apep's movements.

The aurora finally exploded, turning into raindrops that sprinkled on the sea of ​​sand. There was no movement at first, but after a moment, sturdy trees rose from the ground, like tall towers pointing to the sky, covering about a quarter of the Thousand Valleys Sand Land, and in an instant turned it into a new rainforest like a water and sky jungle!

No, it is even more exaggerated than the Water and Sky Jungle. The trees here are more lush and "alive". Any of its branches and even leaves can be a weapon, and they regard Amber as an enemy. Although this cannot cause any harm to Amber, it also forces her to be distracted to protect herself, and her mobility is inevitably affected.

This is Apep's goal, to restrain Amber. As long as his mobility is destroyed, victory will be within reach!

At this point, the battle situation changed. The vines, branches and leaves became extensions of Apep's limbs, constantly harassing Amber. Apep even gave up using her huge body as a weapon for a time. She condensed a large number of light bullets again and again, and threw them in the form of a barrage towards the area where Amber was, carrying out indiscriminate attacks.

This light bullet is an attack that Amber can easily defend against, but once she chooses to defend herself, her movements will slow down, and she will be entangled by vines and branches. At that time, Apep will definitely not hesitate to deliver a heavy blow. Therefore, Amber can only choose to keep moving around to avoid it, and occasionally draw the bow and shoot arrows to make a certain resistance.

The battle once developed into a stalemate, but Apep's energy and physical strength were unfathomable - this was a power that could turn the entire Xumi into a sea of ​​trees in an instant when fully unleashed. If Apep had used this as a threat, and used the safety of the Chi Nian city-state as a threat, perhaps the battle would have ended long ago. Fortunately, Apep had her pride, and she only allowed herself to defeat the enemy head-on, especially an enemy like Amber who was supposed to be inferior to her in strength.

If things continued like this, Amber was sure that she would be the only one defeated in the end. She could never compete with Apep in terms of endurance. If she wasn't careful, she would be entangled and then hit hard. This forced her to concentrate highly, which consumed a huge amount of energy. If this continued, it was only a matter of time before she made a mistake.

A way must be found to break the impasse, but Amber has no solution in the short term. The light bullet is an attack to her, but for the plants here it is nutrients to help them grow. Therefore, even if the battle between Amber and Apep causes damage to the plants, they will quickly repair themselves under Apep's attack, and even become more and more accurate and lush.

Another light curtain appeared. Amber waved her hand and teleported herself a hundred meters away, avoiding the coverage of the light curtain. Then she moved quickly, moving between trees and leaving before the branches, leaves and vines touched her body.

But at this moment, Amber suddenly felt that the divine power mark in her body was activated. It was Nashida, and she was about to teleport directly to Amber's side!

Therefore, Amber immediately conveyed to Nashida the message that she was fighting with Apep. If Nashida came at this time, she would not have the energy to protect her, and she absolutely did not want Nashida to be injured.

But after hearing this news, the operation of the divine power mark even reached its limit for a time. When Amber became a little anxious, Nashida's message was transmitted to Amber's mind.

"Don't resist, I have a plan—trust me, Amber, and go along with my plan!"

"...Huh." Amber took a deep breath. She came up with the answer in a moment and stopped resisting Nashida's divine power. She had no other choice anyway, so it would be a good idea to try to listen to Nashida's plan.

"What a god who can command people." Amber spoke for the first time in this battle. The light in her heart became brighter and the gathering of divine power had reached a critical point. Nashida and the others could arrive at any time.

Under another light curtain, Amber activated the teleportation, but this time the teleportation did not create distance as Apep expected, but actively approached.

The surging imaginary energy condensed in a moment, and the hunting spear appeared in Amber's hand again. She didn't dare to use this attack again in the previous fight because she was worried that she would fall into a brief period of fatigue after using it, which would easily cause problems.

——And now, there is no need to worry about these.

Chapter 141: Homecoming

The hunting spear was thrown with all her might. Apep was not mentally prepared for this blow, and the extremely hard part of her body near her head was pierced through, revealing a huge hole, from which one could even directly see into Apep's body.

But this was not the end. When the spear hit, a plate-like rock condensed in Amber's hand, and Nashida and her group appeared on the rock with flashes of light. The sudden change in the scene made Ying and Paimon open their eyes wide, and the current situation of the Thousand Valleys Desert made everyone feel "shocked".

"This is... Apep?!" Ying looked at the existence in front of her that made her feel cold. She was sure that she had no chance of fighting against it, but now Apep looked very miserable at first glance - Amber, who created all this, how strong was she?

Subconsciously, Ying placed Amber and Ying at the same height, even though she knew it was far-fetched.

"No time to chat, hurry up!" The golden patterns on the dark golden armor shone brightly. She wanted to throw everyone directly into Apep's body, so that Nashida could find a chance to purify Apep and remove the forbidden knowledge in his body.

After hearing Amber's words, Nashida quickly created several vines to fix everyone to the rock, and at the same time strengthened their bodies with elemental power.

The next moment, the rock was thrown out by Amber with such great force that it even produced a sonic boom. The people on the rock only felt that the wind had stuck them tightly to the rock. If it weren't for Nashida strengthening her elemental power, they might have been seriously injured.

However, this power successfully entered Amber's body before Apep finished repairing his own body. After Apep took a few seconds to recover, the divine power from Nashida in Amber also completed the repair work and dispelled the fatigue in Amber's body.

"Next, it's the second round." Amber gripped the bow tightly, ready to continue fighting. As long as Nashida and the others' plan could succeed, there would be a chance for things to turn around - at this point in the battle, Amber finally saw hope of victory.

Facing Amber who has returned to her peak form, Apep has no intention of retreating. She just has to start from the beginning. Her strength has not been consumed even by a small part, and the advantage is still hers.

As for those insects that had entered her body earlier? No problem, she would make them regret doing so. If they tried to defeat her from within, that would be sheer wishful thinking!

From then on, the deafening dragon roar sounded again, and the battle between man and dragon began again.

……

Let's go back to a few hours ago. After separating from Amber, the few of them soon received news from Lanaro, and then came into contact with the surviving members of the elemental mushroom beast. Its memory was more complete in some aspects. For example, it still remembered the location of its hometown, which helped the few of them resolve their doubts.

This group of elemental creatures do live in the desert, or more precisely, in the body of Apep, the grass dragon sleeping underground in the desert. Ever since Apep swallowed Amon a thousand years ago and was contaminated by forbidden knowledge, the elemental creatures living in Apep's body have faced their "doomsday."

But they had no idea how to cure Apep and the others. If a being like Apep died, it would undoubtedly be a catastrophe for Xumi. Fortunately, the elemental mushroom beasts found the answer in their memories - they also had a tribe member who escaped and was in the abyss.

So they went to the Layered Abyss again and filled in the last piece of the puzzle there. Nashida's premonition was right. The crystal in her hand should be called "Spark". It was made by the former Great Tree King before he disappeared. It's just that she no longer had the energy to heal Apep. As a result, things went around in circles and finally led to the situation we have today.

At that moment, the Great Kindness Tree King was completely forgotten, and the one who did such a thing in memory naturally became the Little Auspicious Grass King. Therefore, Nashida prepared to go to the desert to meet Amber with the attitude of completing the unfinished business before she lost her memory. It was at this time that Nashida received the message from Amber. According to the characteristics provided by Amber, she immediately made a judgment: Amber probably faced Apep directly.

After that, Nashida tried to contact Amber several times, but Amber was already in the battle and had no time to pay attention to these things. It was not until Nashida could not wait and tried to teleport that the scene just now happened.

Several people flew straight into Apep's body. When they were about to touch the "ground", Nashida gave birth to vines and elastic mushrooms to allow them to land safely. The vines and elastic mushrooms cushioned most of the force, but the remaining force still made them fall to the ground with their limbs spread out.

"Hiss--" Ying gritted her teeth. She had fallen and hit her tailbone. The piercing pain made her expression ferocious for a moment. The others were not as miserable as Ying. At most they had some scratches.

Nashida used her divine power to heal the injuries of several people, and Ying finally recovered her breath. She blinked and glanced around.

Unlike the gray rock layer outside of Apep, the inside of Apep is a complete "oasis" with excellent ecology and spacious space. For a moment, Ying couldn't believe that she was inside a dragon.

She had thought that there should be flesh, blood and bones inside, but as expected, this kind of creature could not be judged with conventional thinking?

"We have to hurry." Nashida held up the fire and observed the surroundings to confirm the next direction of travel. "If we want to eliminate the forbidden knowledge in Apep's body, we must find the 'core' in Apep's body."

"Let me lead the way, Grass King." The elemental mushroom beast stepped forward and looked around. "I still vaguely remember the direction."

Several people were unsure how long Amber could last outside, so after establishing a strategy, they did not delay any longer and set off as fast as possible. On the way, they inevitably encountered some gray monsters. The elemental mushroom beast explained that these were its "family members" who had been contaminated by forbidden knowledge and mutated.

After hurrying, they found the core in no time. But before Nashida was ready to purify the forbidden knowledge, the "ground" began to surge, and the strange gray-colored giant beast broke through the ground and blocked their way.

"It's the 'self-defense mechanism' at the core of Apep!" Nashida hugged the fire tightly, fearing that something might happen to it. "We must defeat it, otherwise I won't have enough time to purify the forbidden knowledge—Ying! I'll support you from behind, please!"

Ying nodded when he heard this, gripped the sword tightly with both hands, pointed the tip of the sword at the giant beast, and prepared to fight.

As a result, a battle broke out both inside and outside Apep's body. Amber outside the body changed the battle strategy, trying to restrain Apep for as long as possible to prevent him from destroying the settlement of the Sand People in his rage. The battle between the man and the dragon lasted only a dozen minutes from the beginning, but these ten minutes alone had already caused permanent changes to the surrounding terrain.

This continued until Amber's physical strength was nearly half depleted. Amber was worried that if she continued to consume it, her movements would become sluggish and Apep would seize the opportunity. At this time, the situation took a turn for the better. Apep saw a strong light emitting from a part near his neck, and tender green ripples continued to emanate from this center.

The ripples covered Apep's entire body, and her originally gray body became bright. The first thing to grow was moss, followed by grass, and then some branches penetrated the rock layer, as if Apep had changed into green clothes.

The biggest change should be Apep's mind. Her attacking movements suddenly stopped, and a hint of "trance" appeared on her dragon-like head. The trance lasted for a moment. When the trance dissipated, Apep regained consciousness and looked at Amber with less hostility in her eyes, but more of a subtle emotion.

"..." Amber did not speak at first. She observed Apep in front of her warily. After finally confirming that there was not much hostility left, she relaxed a little. She saw a huge rock pillar rising from the ground. Amber landed on the rock pillar, her eyes level with Apep.

The dark gold armor was removed, and the backlash came at the moment the armor was removed. Amber coughed up some blood, and her lungs were damaged - but this level of damage lasted for such a long time, which was completely acceptable.

"...You are very good, mortal. Your strength deserves my recognition." Apep took the initiative to speak. She seemed very formal at this time, but Amber could see the slight embarrassment hidden in Apep's heart.

Taboo knowledge has the effect of amplifying negative emotions. In Apep's case, this was manifested in her previous hatred for Amon and even the current human civilization of Xumi. Once the taboo knowledge was purified, the emotions that had been amplified countless times naturally returned to normal. What Apep felt now was, on the contrary, a long-lost emotion called "calmness."

The erosion of forbidden knowledge for thousands of years can be considered a "long" time for Apep. Such a long time has made her forget what peace is for a long time. After getting it back, hatred and disgust are no longer important for a while.

Apep still dislikes Amon, and still dislikes the Xumi that has undergone tremendous changes, but it is only to the extent of dislike. If she were given a choice now, she would choose to return to the underground, and after regaining peace, she would sleep for another thousand or eight hundred years, and not interfere with the ground in any way to avoid being upset.

Faced with a being like Apep, Amber naturally wouldn't have the time to embarrass him, so she took a deep breath to relieve her physical fatigue and nodded to Apep in response.

"Nashida and Ying and the others are still in your body. Let them out first, and then we can talk about other things."

Apep did not reject Amber's suggestion. She opened her mouth, and a light green ball of light floated out and finally landed beside Amber. As soon as she broke away from it, Nashida quickly came to Amber's side to see if Amber was injured. Finally, she healed Amber three times with divine power before she felt relieved.

Only then did Nashida look at Apep. Apep had seen the entire interaction between Nashida and Amber, but with the experience that came with years of experience, Apep was naturally not surprised by such a thing.

At this point, the discussion really begins.

Chapter 142: The Contract Called the Rest of Life

The talks ended quickly. After the forbidden knowledge was eliminated, Apep's hostility also disappeared. As an ancient dragon king with a long lifespan, the past that was very distant to humans was still fresh in Apep's memory. Therefore, she had no intention of living in peace with the gods.

However, she also stated that she would not interfere with the current situation of Xumi. She planned to return to the ground and sleep for another thousand to eight hundred years - in Apep's words, this was called waiting for the opportunity to rebel against the sky.

Nashida and Amber did not intend to pursue anything. To be exact, it was not easy to pursue anything. Just like the death of the demon god would cause pollution, the death of an ancient dragon king like Apep was the same, or even more terrifying. It was a blessing that she was willing to stay underground and not interfere with the ground. Besides, Amber did not get any benefits.

——It depends on the current Thousand Valleys Desert. The power previously exerted by the Grass Dragon directly allowed the Thousand Valleys Desert to be renamed the Thousand Valleys Rainforest, making an outstanding contribution to the environmental governance work that is about to be restarted. If Apepken cooperates with Amber, then within two days, the desert will be able to turn into a rainforest.

As for the permanent changes in the landscape here... there's nothing that can be done about it. In the previous battle, Amber naturally had no time to worry about the damage caused to the land. Now that it hasn't affected the nearby Tanit clan, and hasn't caused any casualties to the advance team members, it's already pretty good.

In the end, the exploration work here was handed over to Yi again. Amber took Nashida back to Xumi City. Ying and Paimon did not follow. They went to the desert branch of China City-State to submit the commission.

"Amber, you were too rash this time." Nashida took the initiative to speak while walking on the road. She raised her head and looked at Amber, with a hint of blame in her words.

"At the time, I was thinking... this massive entity was like a moving calamity. It would be disastrous if it became active again and wreaked havoc on the nearby Tanit Clan." Amber touched the tip of her nose, realizing she had been taking a risk. "So I stepped forward."

"You should have arranged for the Tanit clan to seek refuge and then convened an emergency meeting—even requesting support from other nations would have been better than this." Nashida sighed. "Amber, you must understand that you have a special status now. You are the desert's divine messenger, the great sage of the Xumi Ordinance, and my sage as well."

"Xumi can't lose you." Nashida paused for a moment, her palm pressed against her heart, and her words softened. "...I can't lose you either."

"...There won't be a next time, I promise." Amber turned her eyes away slightly, not daring to look at Nashida. This was the first time for Amber to be lectured by Nashida like today.

But Nashida was not wrong. After leaving the Red Thought Union temporarily and entering the House of Commands, Amber's perception of herself changed. In the past, as the leader of the Union, she had to look ahead and behind, and on this basis she could not be too indecisive. She had been suppressed for too long.

After that - after escaping from the pressure, Amber cast aside all her previous concerns and inevitably became more aggressive in her behavior at times. This period lasted for a long time, and even now that she has become the acting great sage, she has not completely gotten rid of it. She feels like a student who has just finished summer vacation and is not used to going to school.

Fortunately nothing happened this time, but who knows what might happen next time. Faced with Nashida's genuine concern, Amber fell into a moment of reflection. She felt that she really should calm down.

Just like a few years ago, Amber had told Nashida that she could not accept Nashida's sacrifice, and Xumi could not bear the pressure of losing a god again, Nashida said the same thing to Amber today.

This slightly heavy atmosphere continued until they returned to the House of the Decrees. Amber apologized for Nashida again. Nashida said that she didn't care, but it was obvious that it was difficult to eliminate her concerns in a short period of time. In addition, she had official business to attend to, so the two separated again.