Chapter 157

Seeing Andrius controlled by the Abyss to attack him, Venti could actually have dodged; after all, he was in his prime now!

But he did not dodge. As someone who had fought Andrius before, how could he not know that if he did, this energy would explode on the scene.

At that point, the surrounding environment would be altered by Andrius, and all he could do was neutralize this energy.

As Venti gently plucked the strings, countless breezes emanated from around him, meeting Andrius's energy ball. The terrifying energy exploded instantly, but strangely, the Cryo and Anemo elements vanished into nothingness under Venti's breeze.

"It seems I haven't regressed over these years," Venti chuckled. He continuously plucked the strings, and countless winds, under Venti's control, attacked Andrius.

Andrius was not to be outdone, producing a large amount of icy wind through loud roars to block Venti's attacks.

The war between two Archon-level powerhouses instantly attracted the attention of countless people.

The Abyss Mage who had been following Aether the whole time was completely stunned.

Was this the strength of the Seven Archons?

Why did they feel that Barbatos was showing such ease when facing Andrius?

Could it be that Barbatos had already been crowned?

Thinking of this, the Abyss Mage became increasingly excited. Abyssal contamination was irresistible; on the Teyvat continent, other than the Prince and his blood relative, no one could resist the contamination of the Abyss.

This meant that this Anemo Archon, Barbatos, would eventually become one of them.

And a crowned Barbatos would also have benefits for them; it would deepen the degree of Abyssal contamination in this world.

For example, he needed to make Barbatos consume more divine power!

Immediately, the Abyss Mage did not notify Aether, directly urging the Golden Wolflord to launch an attack on Barbatos. At the same time, the surrounding devices continuously extracted the power of the ley lines, opening the Abyssal space channel, and a large number of Rifthounds came to this world under the Abyss Mage's summoning.

From time to time, one or two Golden Wolflords would even crawl out of the space channel.

Seeing this scene, Venti's eyelids twitched. Sure enough, these guys from the Abyss Order were crazy. To make him fall into the Abyss, were they just throwing caution to the wind?

However, he was not polite either. While dodging the Golden Wolflord's attacks, he continuously plucked the strings, and a large amount of breeze swept over the Rifthounds below, turning them into dust.

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The battle on Venti's side was heating up, and Mu Yang also encountered an unexpected obstacle.

Mu Yang hadn't expected Aether to take the initiative to find him at this time. Logically speaking, Aether should be hiding from Lumine during this period.

Was he here for him?

"Aether, you really are here," Lumine said, her heart filled with excitement upon seeing Aether's arrival.

This was the brother she had been dreaming of.

Even though she knew he was very likely in the Abyss, Lumine became increasingly worried about him.

Perhaps he could eat well and live well, while she was sleeping in the open, but Lumine believed that Aether would never watch her suffer.

He just had his own plans.

Now that she had finally seen Aether, she could persuade him to stop that ridiculous plan.

"Sorry, Lumine, I'm not here for you," Aether looked at Lumine with a slightly apologetic expression, then turned his gaze to Mu Yang and said, "We meet again. I didn't expect you to also come from outside this world like us."

"Aether, what do you mean?" Lumine's pretty face collapsed instantly. He wasn't here for her.

It looked like he was here for Mu Yang. Could this brother even be saved?

Am I still not your most beloved sister?

"Lumine, you have a journey that has just begun that you need to witness, and I will be waiting for you at the end of the journey," Aether looked at Lumine without much explanation, instead turning his gaze back to Mu Yang: "You are very special, actually starting to integrate into this world, beginning to merge your own power with Teyvat's power system.

This is very similar to the path I once walked and the path Lumine is walking now.

But you must know, even if you start to integrate into this world, this world may not necessarily welcome you.

When you start to pose a threat to this world, the Heavenly Principles will take action to erase you."

"Aren't you still alive?" Mu Yang's mouth twitched. Good grief, I'm going to erase myself?

He pointed to Lumine beside him and said, "She is also still alive, only having her power sealed, sealed for five hundred years."

"Uh..." Mu Yang's words left Aether speechless for a moment.

Was this a question of being sealed or not?

He was telling him that the Heavenly Principles did not welcome outsiders like them.

They, as Descenders, should unite to be able to leave this world.

"Actually, I'm quite curious about one thing. Khaenri'ah shouldn't have anything to do with you. What exactly dragged you into this?

After all, you aren't completely brainless. The power of the Abyss is so terrifying; you should know the dangers of introducing this power into Teyvat," Mu Yang tilted his head and asked Aether curiously.

The other party had been eroded by the power of the Abyss, but not as deeply as he had imagined.

In this regard, Mu Yang had to sigh that Lumine and Aether's constitutions were truly special.

Their resistance to the Abyss was indeed powerful. If it were an ordinary person, having contacted the Abyss like Aether, they would have been completely eroded long ago.

"Your information might be wrong. Khaenri'ah did indeed study the Abyss, that's true, but because of its own problems, this world actually started to have ties with the Abyss a long time ago," Aether shook his head slightly upon hearing this: "Even the area around the world has already been contaminated by Abyssal power.

Five hundred years ago, the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles appeared, blocking Lumine and me from leaving, and I felt the erosion of the Abyss on her.

If my guess is correct, the Heavenly Principles is currently also suffering from the erosion of the Abyss, and she is also likely to fall into the Abyss.

Facing such a situation, Khaenri'ah's research into the power of the Abyss is understandable."

Mu Yang was silent upon hearing this. Good grief, Aether's intelligence-gathering ability was truly impressive.

He had actually discovered five hundred years ago that the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles had been contaminated by the power of the Abyss.

"Wait, you discovered this when you were blocked by the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles, right?" Mu Yang quickly found a blind spot and asked hurriedly.

"Yes, I did not participate in the Khaenri'ah war back then.

At that time, I went to Sumeru to help them deal with that disaster. Although we won, facing the Abyss, this world had no possibility of success," Aether shook his head slightly.

"But you still chose to help Sumeru at that time, right?" Mu Yang's heart stirred, and he spoke.

"After all, the reason the Abyss erupted on such a large scale was indeed related to us, and I couldn't truly sit by and do nothing," Aether recalled the past, the scenes of his travels through the seven nations of Teyvat, and thought of the group of humans he had met back then. They had been abandoned by their gods, or rather, their gods had been killed by other Archons, and they had lost the protection of their gods from then on.

Even without the protection of gods, those people still lived tenaciously.

When the Teyvat continent was occupied by the seven nations of the mortal world.

They chose to "live in obscurity" underground; they wanted to build a glory that belonged to humans, not to the gods.

After witnessing the will of these people, Aether chose to join them, and he admired their tenacious will.

In the establishment of Khaenri'ah, Aether also made great contributions.

Of course, he himself did not agree with the king at the time researching the power of the Abyss, but he didn't want to truly break ties with those like-minded people. At that time, he chose to escape, but he didn't expect that this would bring about the destruction of Khaenri'ah.

He had once thought about taking his sister and leaving, but was blocked by the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles, who even sealed his sister.

Now he chose to fight against the Heavenly Principles and send his sister away before this world was destroyed.

Seeming to worry that Mu Yang and Lumine wouldn't believe him, Aether continued to add: "The power of the Abyss has been there for a long time, but because of certain reasons, the people of this world don't know about it.

But there are many places you can look for yourself; they are all witnesses."

Mu Yang fell into deep thought upon hearing this.

Venti seemed to have said similar things to him before. The Irminsul?

He could investigate it when he had time. Even if he were the Heavenly Principles, there were still many mysteries on the Teyvat continent that needed to be explored.

"Seems very interesting. I will investigate it later," Mu Yang chuckled, then said to Kamisato Ayaka and Eula beside him: "Do whatever you want. I believe Mr. Aether won't stop you."

To this, Aether only silently glanced at Eula and Kamisato Ayaka, not caring much.

Given the situation, having these two or not made no difference. Moreover, their fundamental purpose was to contaminate the Anemo Archon, Barbatos. Since these two wanted to go over, let them go.

Seeing Aether's attitude, Kamisato Ayaka first bowed to Mu Yang, then followed Eula toward the depths of Wolvendom.

Although their safety might be an issue without Mu Yang, neither woman was weak, so naturally, they wouldn't be willing to wait there.

(Aether's experience is created by the author based on current information in the game; it may be wrong, no need to be too critical.)