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The place was previously solid rock, but now there is a cave more than ten meters high. The reason for all this is the golden tree that attacked the cult not long ago.

If that thing can still be called a tree.

“How big is it? Isn’t this one of our goals?” The Apostle of the Abyss, Frostfall, looked around and said lightly.

Not long after the terrifying thing left, they groped their way in through the hole it had drilled out of. This desperate exploration method was probably something only the Abyss Cult would do.

All members of the Abyss Cult are not afraid of death, and they also have the ability to teleport.

Although teleportation cannot increase the strength of the Abyss Apostles to a terrifying level all at once, it does make them extremely difficult to deal with.

Killing an Apostle of the Abyss is almost impossible.

This is especially useful for exploration. The reason why the Abyss Cult holds most of Teyvat's secrets is because the apostles are in those dangerous secret places all year round.

If it weren't for the ability to teleport at any time, the members of the Abyss Cult would have died in the high-intensity exploration long ago.

"Yeah, I hope we can see that thing alive." Jiliu nodded.

Although its words were somewhat disrespectful, they were the truth. Facing something that could rival the prince, even though they were apostles of the abyss and had impressive strength, they still saw no hope of victory.

Not to mention winning, it is unknown whether they can react quickly enough to open the abyss passage and escape.

However, the members of the Abyss Cult did not care about their own lives, so even though the journey was extremely dangerous, Frostfall and Torrent did not flinch.

"Ta! Tat! Tat!"

In the silent and dark cave, the only sounds were the apostles' footsteps and the splashing sound of water dripping from somewhere.

The cave generally extended diagonally upward. Frostfall and Rapids didn't know how long they had walked. At a corner, the darkness in front of them was finally no longer constant.

It was a ball of faint golden light, which softly illuminated the underground cave and dispelled the darkness.

"Watch out! I'll hit you in the head!"

Jiliu took a deep breath, and then the water elemental power began to gather in his body.

"Bang!" The blue light surged, and a layer of light water element shield appeared on Jiliu's body.

In the past, this shield always gave Jiliu an endless sense of security. Even in the elemental explosion of the owner of the Eye of Vulcan, this shield could keep it safe.

But now, Jiliu really had no confidence in blocking the random attack of the golden tree.

"Buzz!"

Frostfall nodded and opened the abyss passage in the distance near the golden light, which might reduce unnecessary casualties.

Covered with a faint blue light, the rapids walked cautiously into the golden light.

Turning the corner, Jiliu saw an extremely huge wooden wall. Trees emitting a faint golden light blocked the cave, as if what Jiliu saw was only a small part of the tree.

The moment he saw the golden tree, Jiliu tensed up. He crossed his arms, and the sharp blade made of water element was ready to strike.

Silence, deathly silence.

The reaction of the rapids was very intense, while the reaction of the golden tree was very calm. There were so many things underground, how could the golden tree have so much energy to care about them?

The rapids seemed to realize something. It put away its blade and shouted behind it, "Come here. It's okay."

As soon as he finished speaking, a white light carrying a chill flashed by, and Frostfall's figure appeared beside Jiliu.

"It seems...it really is a tree."

Jiliu looked at the golden tree with clear texture in front of him and said uncertainly. The Abyss Apostle who activated the elemental shield was simply a huge signal generator.

Even ordinary people without the Eye of God can feel the elemental power gathering around the apostles, so there is no reason why this huge tree cannot feel it.

“Do trees move?”

Frostfall glanced at the rapids.

"Yes, I can deceive the flowers, and there are also the Explosive Fire Tree and the Freeze Tree."

"..."

Shuangluo looked at the huge golden tree in front of him and actually felt that it made some sense. Could it be that this was some kind of Mora tree that grew at a major node in the earth veins?

"Since it's a tree, if we don't move it, it won't move us either."

Shuangluo speculated. It's the same with the Fraud Flower. Of course, the premise is that you don't get deceived by the Fraud Flower.

"I don't know, I'll try." Jiliu didn't know the habits of the golden tree, so he decided to give it a try directly.

The two apostles looked at each other, and then a deep abyss appeared in front of each of them. Frostfall and Rapids were half inside the deep abyss, and half outside.

Then the two of them reached out and scratched the bark of the golden tree.

“Crack! Crack!”

The bark of the golden tree feels no different from that of an ordinary tree when scratched. It is hard to imagine that beneath this ordinary touch, it is tough enough to destroy anything.

"Boom!"

The cave began to tremble. Apparently, the scratching of the two Abyss Apostles had caused the golden tree to react.

"Come on!"

Upon seeing this, the Abyss Apostles immediately ran into the abyss passage, fearing that they would not be able to leave if they were any later.

The roots of the golden tree stopped turning, and the trembling of the cave gradually stopped. Everything returned to silence.

"????"

Where are the two guys who were tickling it? How come they disappeared when they changed positions?

The Golden Tree fell into deep doubt.

……

"Wow~"

Beside an unknown beach somewhere, four figures, one big and three small, were standing quietly.

Yuanshang looked up at the endless ocean, then raised his hands to look at his black and red hands, and kicked the stone next to him far away.

There is nothing, so it can cross the sea with its head?

"Hey, Yuanshang, why are you so jumpy all the time?" Lei Fayuanxia, ​​who was next to Yuanshang, was startled.

"I'm wondering how we are going to cross the sea!" Yuanshang walked to the seashore, touched the water and said.

The cult gave them nothing and sent them directly to the seaside. Their destination, Inazuma, was on the other side of the sea.

"Do you want me to wrap you up with bubbles of water and walk under the water?" Shui Fayuan waved his staff left and thought.

"Forget it, I don't want to drown early." Yuanxia immediately shook his head. The bubble on Yuanzuo's side was solid, and being trapped was no different from drowning.

Then it was hit on the head by Yuan Zuo's staff.

"I've made great progress. At least I can still create four hollow bubbles." Yuan Zuo argued for himself unconvinced.

"Okay, okay, you're awesome." Yuanxia nodded, holding his head - Yuanzuo was still knocking its head while speaking.

"Well... I think if Yuanyou opens a shield, and then we push Yuanyou, can we cross the sea?" Yuanshang touched his chin and suggested to the ice mage Yuanyou who was thinking about something next to him.

Yuan You is an ice abyss mage. As long as he activates the elemental shield, even the escaped elemental force can form a thick layer of ice on the water surface.

By then they will take turns pushing Yuan You on the sea, and crossing the sea will be just around the corner!

"Of course, Yuanshang, your brain is half as good as mine." Yuanxia nodded and exclaimed.

"People who read books are different." Yuan Zuo also agreed.

When will it take a look at the Abyss Codex in Yuan Shang's hand? Maybe it will evolve into an apostle too?

"Dang Dang Dang!"

There were three crisp sounds, and this time the three people on Yuanshang were hit on the head by Yuan You.

"Is there a possibility that Yuanshang can open the passage to the abyss?" Yuan You said speechlessly, looking at his three companions who were covering their heads.

Could these three guys really have survived without it?

Yuan You was also deeply confused.

Chapter 278 Exploration

2023-11-07

"Om-"

On the steep hillside, two space cracks suddenly appeared, and then two hideous and twisted inhuman creatures walked out of them.

"Where is this?"

Shuangluo looked around and saw nothing but gray-green rocks covered with snow. But why did the snow look a little yellow?

"You...look there."

Frostfall heard the voice of his companion beside him. He looked in the direction of the rapids and saw the golden sky.

The tops of the long and winding peaks were no longer sharp and pale, and a huge tree grew from the mountainside.

The giant tree radiates a brilliant golden light, its trunk, as strong as a peak, reaches straight to the sky, and its spreading crown almost covers the entire sky.

The light golden color on the snow is probably caused by the debris that spilled from the treetops.

"The previous... was it the root of this big tree?" Frostfall stared at the golden tree in the distance and felt his throat a little dry for the first time.

When did this tree grow?

"I'm afraid so." Jiliu's light blue eyes hidden under the helmet trembled slightly, and the shock in his heart was no less than that of Frostfall next to him.

Frostfall and Rapids stayed where they were, looking at the ground beneath their feet warily, fearing that a huge vine would suddenly spring out from under the ground.

However, it was obvious that the two of them were overthinking it. The golden tree didn't notice them at all, or rather, it noticed them but didn't take it to heart.

"Huh - let's go and take a closer look." Frostfall breathed a sigh of relief. Although he didn't know why, it was naturally best that the golden tree didn't target them.

"Yeah." Jiliu nodded, then took the lead and walked towards the top of the mountain.

Although the snow-capped mountains in front of us looked covered with thick snow, the temperature was not as cold as expected.

Frostfall and Rapids leaped towards the top of the mountain, observing this unfamiliar snowy mountain.

But soon, they stopped.