kingnovel Chapter 43 Crisis Arrives!
Chapter 43 Crisis Arrives!
Sensing Kong's curiosity, the Abyss Mages eagerly offered their assistance, chattering about its origins.
"This is..." "It comes from..." "It's amazing..." "It took a long time to find..."
"Ahem, all of you stop! You...you go ahead and say it, everyone else shut up."
One of the randomly selected abyss mages earnestly recounted the origin of the object.
"Your Highness, this is actually the product of Rhinedoth, one of the elders of the Witches' Guild, the heart of the dragon Durin. After Durin was defeated by Dvalin, a familiar of the wind god, it fell to the snowy mountains, and apart from its skeleton and heart, everything else disappeared. Due to the low temperature of the snowy mountains, Durin's heart was well preserved. We can activate the power of its heart to temporarily revive its consciousness, causing chaos and destroying Teyvat."
"Hmm...this time you did a good job, but...how do we activate it?"
Kong nodded in satisfaction and continued to ask questions.
“Your Highness, you are the Lord of the Abyss. As long as you use your powerful Abyss energy even slightly, you will definitely be able to activate this heart.”
"Hmm, I'll give it a try."
After saying that, Kong tentatively placed his hand gently on the surface of Dulin's heart. The next second, countless black rays flashed and surged from all directions of the abyss toward Dulin's heart.
The red heart was instantly filled with black, becoming lifeless and losing its vitality.
The next second, my heart skipped a beat, and a red ball of light shot out of my heart like a cannonball, its destination unknown.
"It worked? You guys, go track that ball of light and see where it went."
After saying that, Kong sat back down on the throne and continued to daydream and reminisce.
The abyss mages dared not ask for the reward of finding the heart, and could only continue to obediently accept their orders and work.
The Anemo Statue in Mondstadt.
“I said, the gods of the seven countries all have statues, so why don’t I have a statue of my god?”
Xun Feng looked up at the enormous wind god statue with annoyance, expressing his dissatisfaction.
"Hey? What's so great about this statue? At worst, I'll make one for you at the Hall of Rebirth when we get back, how about that?"
Hu Tao smiled gently and confidently offered a solution.
"Ah... never mind, I suddenly don't want the idol anymore, I'm afraid you'll make a portrait of me for my funeral."
"What?! You dare to underestimate me, the master of this hall? Take this!"
After saying that, Hu Tao skillfully took out the staff of homa and chased after Xun Feng playfully.
Only Barbatos sat alone atop the statue of the wind god, gazing into the distance.
"Qiqi...where exactly does this power within you come from?"
While Barbatos was in a daze, he suddenly noticed a tiny red light flashing in the distance.
"Oops!"
The power of the heart continued to circulate within Mondstadt, flying aimlessly in all directions, searching for life forms without hearts or life forms that had already passed away.
Suddenly, the power of the heart discovered a small, purple body on the ground. The coldness emanating from this body was just right for its survival in the snowy mountains, and the person's heart had already stopped beating!
Qi Qi sensed an ominous aura and looked up abruptly, only to see a beam of red light rushing straight towards her.
The next second, a strong wind blew, and the red orb of light was blown around erratically, losing its sense of direction.
It was Barbatos who arrived in time to stop the red orb from invading Seven Seven's body.
"what happened?"
Yura was so strong that she couldn't even open her eyes, and could only vaguely see a flash of red in mid-air.
After realizing what had happened, Ying hurriedly fabricated a lie to conceal Barbatos's identity.
"The weather might be bad today; such a strong wind suddenly came on! What do you think, passerby?"
Ying winked at Barbatos while waving hello.
"Yes, it looks like it's going to rain in this weather, right? I need to hurry home and collect the clothes that haven't dried yet on the balcony! See you later, strangers I met once."
Paimon stood in front of Qiqi, glancing with lingering fear in the direction the red orb had disappeared, muttering, "That was close!"
Qiqi's eyes were filled with resistance and fear.
She could clearly feel that just now, a giant dragon, as if it had appeared in the sky, had opened its blood-red maw and was flying fiercely towards her.
"Okay, but I'm scared."
"Qiqi? What's wrong?"
Paimon noticed a rare emotional fluctuation in Qiqi's eyes, which startled her and left her at a loss.
"Qiqi, are you sick? Should I take you back to Bubulu in Liyue to see a doctor? Qiqi?"
Qiqi's mind was still filled with the terrifying scene from earlier, and she hadn't recovered at all.
Mondstadt.
"Hu Tao, wait a minute, don't chase after him! Barbatos just left, but now he's back. I suspect something's happened."
Xunfeng stopped and turned to look at the walls of Mondstadt.
Barbatos transformed into a wisp of wind and floated down from the top of the wall, explaining to him what had just happened.
"I can see the power within Qiqi now. That power is an incomparably pure desire to live! Qiqi's reaction to the threat just now was far stronger than that of an ordinary person, which precisely demonstrates that her desire to live is intense."
"No wonder the power of the dragon Dulin's heart sought out Qiqi. It's so hateful that someone with such a simple mind could have their body control taken away!"
Xunfeng was furious. He never expected that a mere demonic dragon would dare to plot against Qiqi.
"What was that aura related to Qiqi that you mentioned earlier in Mondstadt?"
"Perhaps it's Dulin's yearning for life. But just now, the wind brought me a message from the abyss. Dulin's heart has been corrupted by the abyss."
"So the culprit was the Abyss? I really don't know what their purpose was in taking this heart."
Xunfeng closed his eyes and pondered, trying to sort out the recent events.
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Meanwhile, in the Liyue Lava Abyss.
For some unknown reason, the black sludge in the underground mining area has reached an unprecedentedly high concentration.
As a result, many of the monsters in the underground mines went berserk, bursting out of the ground in an attempt to escape this oppressive place.
However, the black sludge has extremely strong side effects, which have exacerbated their violent nature.
Within half a day, numerous black serpent knights and a colossal ancient serpent appeared within the layered rock abyss.
The giant serpent was awakened by the sound of most of the Black Serpent Knights running as they fled the underground mine. As soon as it emerged from the ground, it saw a group of abyss mages standing nearby with ill intent, releasing a large amount of black sludge.
As expected, the giant serpent of the ruins became stained with the black sludge and instantly became extremely violent, raging as it crashed into the walls and mountains and bursting out of the ground like a madman.
That's right, the black sludge in the underground caves is actually abyssal material, and the culprits of this riot can all be attributed to the abyssal mages.