Chapter 226: Unexpected Fifth Divine Eye

Luo De's arrival shattered the fervent, busy atmosphere of the Abyss Heralds.

They saw a stranger.

Their reaction was to uniformly mobilize elemental energy, readying themselves to slay Luo De here for no reason.

Faced with this sudden change.

Luo De, unwilling to be outdone, unleashed Hermanubis's divine technique, and grabbed Zhongli's Gnosis in his hand, ready at any moment to use the Gnosis to contact Zhongli and summon the most powerful of the Seven Archons to protect himself.

The appearance of the Gnosis.

Although Luo De couldn't use it, it also caused the Abyss Order's rising killing intent to abruptly halt.

A mortal who possesses a Gnosis.

This is not something the Abyss Order can casually meddle with.

"I know you."

The calm boy standing in the midst of the Abyss Heralds spoke: "Back in Mondstadt, you ruined our plans."

"That's right, it was me."

Luo De narrowed his eyes and admitted it directly.

This boy's identity is easy to recognize.

Abyss Prince, Ying's older brother, Kong.

The one who led the corruption of Stormterror in Mondstadt back then was him.

There were witnesses present.

Luo De had no need to deny this.

At the same time he understood why Hafdan had sought his help.

The device that Kong had the Abyss Order set up here is an amplification device, used to cleanse the curse on the Hilichurls gathered here.

This is an attempt whose success rate rounds down to zero.

Hafdan, who has coexisted with the curse for hundreds of years, knows they cannot succeed; if they use this device, the result can only be the death of all Hilichurls in these ruins.

Hafdan is a loyal knight.

When Khaenri'ah suffered its great calamity, his order was to protect Khaenri'ah's citizens, even if those citizens had become ferocious monsters under the curse; he and his Black Snake Knights still persisted in carrying out their duty.

He could not stand by and watch the citizens he had guarded for hundreds of years die pointlessly.

Even if the one acting is a Khaenri'ah native.

That's still not allowed!

As a Khaenri'ah court knight.

The Abyss Order will not move against him.

But they cannot allow Hafdan to sabotage their plans.

So after discovering Luo De,

he, still retaining his sanity, chose to ask Luo De for help in stopping the Abyss Order's actions.

But this was a headache for the clueless Luo De.

He truly never expected to run into Kong here.

These Abyss Heralds are nothing to fear.

Luo De, wielding Archon power, could easily deal with them.

The problem lies with this Kong.

In Luo De's view, this guy is at least no weaker than a true god.

This is also why, upon meeting him, Luo De immediately took out the Gnosis, preparing—no, he had already sent a distress signal to Zhongli.

Quite obvious.

Kong also noticed this.

He raised his hand and said, "Enough, all of you retreat."

"Your Highness!"

Hearing that, the formerly murderous Abyss Heralds immediately shouted, "Please let us kill this damned human for you!"

Luo De is not Kong's blood relative.

Ying destroyed the Abyss Order's plans, so the Abyss Order dare not retaliate.

But Luo De is different.

After the Mondstadt plan failed last time, these Abyss Order members have been itching to kill him.

This moment is just right.

The Abyss Order has heavy forces in the underground mining area, and with Kong, the Abyss Heralds are fully confident they can give Luo De a harsh lesson before Zhongli arrives.

"Can't you hear my words?"

"All of you, retreat!"

Kong's voice was cold and indifferent, devoid of emotion, as he turned to Luo De and said in an unquestionable tone, "I have something to say with this human."

"Yes, Your Highness."

The Abyss Heralds fell silent; each had a Abyss portal appear behind them, made no extra movement, not even glancing at Luo De again, and left at top speed.

After they left.

Kong, who was a head shorter than Luo De, walked over slowly, ignoring Hafdan still standing behind Luo De, and said as he went, "Join us, how about it?"

.?

Luo De frowned: "You guys, one by one, all thinking of recruiting me?"

"To be precise, I want to cooperate with you."

In the midst of speaking, Kong had already walked to a point five meters in front of Luo De.

The feeling he gave Luo De.

Just like an ordinary person, there was no discernible fluctuation of elemental energy or Abyssal power.

This feeling was very bad.

For now.

Anyone capable of making Luo De feel this way.

Either they are truly ordinary people, or their power far exceeds his perception, like the gods he knows.

This also indirectly indicates.

Luo De now is absolutely no match for Kong.

This discovery made Luo De unable to help but grow tense, and a faint glow of elemental energy appeared on his body.

Don't be tense.

I mean you no harm.

Kong lightly shook his head, his expression solemn, and said: "You are a variable, worth cooperating with."

A variable?

Luo De pointed at his own head and said, "You mean this?"

Not just anyone can be called a variable.

Kong didn't elaborate much, continuing: "You serve the Dendro Archon, so you know that the fate of Teyvat's people is fixed from birth; no matter how many twists and turns arise, only the course can be altered, not the result; only a variable can turn an already set fate."

Variable.

This was the first time Luo De had heard that word from anyone else.

However, there is some truth to that.

What Kong said, he actually knows some of it.

The fate of Teyvat's people is fixed, cannot be changed or defied, only accepted.

Only one who is equivalent to a world's Descender can qualify to become a variable capable of changing everything.

And the Descenders still active on Tiwatedalu now.

At most, that's Ying and Luo De.

As for that other Descender, the Heavenly Principles, it's still unclear whether they are dead or alive.

But unlike the unfettered Ying.

Luo De now wears shackles, and is even actively seeking a new set.

With such thoughts, how could he possibly agree to Kong's request for cooperation?

Thus he kept shaking his head, saying, "Sorry, I'm not ready to cooperate with anyone right now."

As he said that,

Luo De had braced himself for Kong to attack and seize him.

Yet the rejected Kong still did not move to attack.

He also did not continue to lock eyes with Luo De, but glanced aside and said, "It's truly a pity, but I still hope you will give this careful thought; if the chance arises, we will meet again, and by then I hope you will change your mind."

Having said that,

He then, like the other Abyssal Emissaries, stepped into the portal behind him.

Before departing,

Kong also left a few words: "Since you don't wish to harm them, then this operation counts as our failure; these devices are yours to dispose of."

And just as Kong vanished,

Luo De, whose expression remained tense, didn't know why, but a thought suddenly arose: "If I had a few more Visions, would I not feel so powerless when facing him as I do now?"

No sooner had that thought arisen,

Luo De's hand burst forth with a dazzling bolt of lightning.

The lightning flashed and faded just as quickly.

After it faded,

A purple Vision lay plainly in Luo De's palm.

At the same time,

This rare sight was also witnessed by a azure stream of light that had rushed from outside The Chasm.

He was a short, blue-haired youth wielding a jade-green spear, dressed in white shorts, with an immortal beast pattern on his right arm and a ferocious nuo mask at his waist.

Upon seeing each other,

His gaze lingered only briefly on that Electro Vision before shifting to Luo De's face, and he calmly said, "Three-Eyed Five Manifestations Adeptus Xiao, acting on the Geo Archon's orders, I have come to assist."

(End of chapter)