Chapter 293: Destroyed Eye

The Divine Cherry Purification procedure remains very simple.

After breaking the seal, eliminate the pollution spawned by the Abyss power, then have Luo De personally clean up the miasma tumors clinging to several Thunder Cherry roots, and that will suffice.

Yet it is just this simple procedure.

Yae Miko also dare not approach lightly.

In some respects, the Abyss pollution's effect on the human body is in no way inferior to the Archon's resentment, a mental contamination worthy of being called a bone-deep poison.

Inazuma's Gui Qian Dai serves as a warning from the past.

That Ghost King, who could simultaneously control twelve swords, was so powerful that even Abyss monsters trembled before him, yet he ultimately fell to the Abyss's erosion, becoming a monster whose mind was filled only with slaughter, and was finally beheaded by his own son, a lamentable fate.

Moreover, it is not only Gui Qian Dai.

When Inazuma once faced the black disaster, the formerly prosperous Inazuma yokai clan also narrowly avoided extermination; whether powerful great yokai or frail little yokai, all shed their blood and lives under the Abyss's attack.

Although the young Yae Miko back then was merely a little yokai who liked to perch on others' shoulders, she also personally witnessed the havoc the Abyss wrought on Inazuma, and even personally buried many of her friends from that time.

Now, seeing the rampant Abyss pollution again.

Even though she is no longer what she once was, she still cannot help but dread the power of these pollutions immensely.

Just as she said when she was at the Narukami Grand Shrine before.

The current Thunder Movie cannot be done without her.

She cannot allow herself any mishap; even a slight risk is absolutely not to be taken.

Thus Yae Miko watched the whole process, seeing Luo De follow the Divine Cherry Purification steps to devour that massive lump of Abyss pollution completely, without waste.

Although Luo De was already known to have the ability to ignore Abyss pollution, seeing him directly devour it in person still left Yae Miko and Hua Sanli staring at each other in disbelief.

And the two's final comment on it was:

It was Hua Sanli's sigh: "Ah, if Inazuma back then had someone like this, perhaps not so many would have died?"

Amid their silence,

Luo De walked out from the tree roots with his right hand over his stomach, his face somewhat grim, occasionally making a retching motion.

His appearance.

Naturally, this drew Hua Sanli's concern.

"How are you?"

"Is it hard to bear such Abyss erosion?"

Compared to the calm Yae Miko, Hua Sanli still cared more about whether Luo De could persevere to the completion of the Grand Divine Cherry Purification.

If not,

Yae Miko also said she had backups ready.

Moreover, relatively speaking,

Hua Sanli originally leaned toward switching persons.

Luo De, this ferocious one who devours the Abyss raw, is simply too fierce; his fierceness caused the fear she had suppressed to resurface once again.

However, what greeted Hua Sanli was,

but Luo De's painful expression and his reply: "I'm overstuffed."

"Eat, I'm overstuffed."

Now it was Hua Sanli's turn to be astonished.

"It's fine."

"I'll rest a moment, digest it, and I'll be fine."

Luo De didn't sit down, but began walking around the roots of the Divine Cherry Tree, complaining as he went: "You've accumulated five hundred years of Abyss pollution; swallowing it all in one gulp is really too much for a person."

"Who made you swallow it all in one go?!"

Hua Sanli only dared to say that in her heart.

Indeed, that is indeed the fact.

According to the Divine Cherry Purification steps, this final step should have been to sort out the Abyss pollution accumulated in the tree roots, then purify it, and that would be done.

Nobody said the officiant should swallow all that Abyss pollution!

However, Yae Miko's focus, standing aside, was not quite the same as Hua Sanli's.

Watching Luo De's aura steadily rise, she furtively frowned.

"This little guy's aura is getting stronger and stronger."

"Just like the information sent by the Foolish Crowd."

"He indeed has the ability to transmute Abyss power into his own."

"A rather peculiar ability."

After gazing for a good while,

Yae Miko's brows quietly relaxed, and the corners of her mouth curled up with a faint smile, unknown what she thought of.

Luo De did not notice her change in expression.

Now his entire mind is focused on transmuting Abyss power into elemental energy.

Actually, this Divine Cherry Purification still has some aspects beyond his expectations.

Originally in Luo De's plan,

there was the idea of, while performing the Divine Cherry Purification, swallowing some Abyss power to strengthen himself.

He hasn't encountered this kind of absorbable Abyss power for a very long time.

The pills he made earlier in the Stratified Rock Great Abyss have long been eaten up.

This also left his elemental energy in a stagnant state for a long time.

Now I finally got an opportunity; I definitely need to replenish myself well.

But he didn't expect that.

His appetite has now become surprisingly large.

Back when he was in Sumeru.

Luo De mainly consumed the abyssal power in the Dead Domain.

Later, when he was in Liyue.

In the Stratified Rock Abyss, Luo De gathered some abyssal power and also handcrafted some small snacks packed with power.

According to Luo De's own estimate.

Given his appetite and conversion ability, the abyssal power gathered by the Narukami Island Grand Purification, he would likely waste a lot, possibly even half of it.

No matter how you say it.

This is the abyssal pollution accumulated over five hundred years on Narukami Island; in terms of reserves, it cannot compare to the abyssal pollution that has solidified into ore in the Dead Domain and the Stratified Rock Abyss.

Moreover, when he personally saw that miasma tumor,

Luo De also confirmed his prediction was correct.

Here, the abyssal pollution is indeed abundantly stocked.

Then the problem arose.

Originally expecting to eat at most half, Luo De, while eating, suddenly realized he might be able to consume all of this abyssal power.

As the consumption progress increased,

this feeling became ever clearer.

Until the end.

Although it was a bit strained, Luo De still succeeded in completely devouring that miasma tumor, storing all its abyssal power in his belly.

He felt only strained.

Not even the backlash from excess abyssal power that occurred earlier appeared.

Combining what Nadixa said earlier,

Luo De's limit for consuming abyssal power lies in his physical strength.

The stronger his body, the more abyssal power he can withstand, thereby gaining greater elemental energy; stronger elemental energy gives him a stronger physique, allowing him to withstand even more abyssal power. This is the recursive strengthening Nadixa mentioned.

But later, Luo De found it hard to locate that much abyssal power, and he gradually forgot about it.

Now he finally recalled it.

At the same time, he also confirmed something.

That, unknowingly, his body had strengthened to a state he himself couldn't comprehend.

"Could my current physical strength have reached the level of an Archon?"

After a brief pondering, Luo De gave a negative answer.

However, his denial was not that his body had reached Archon-level strength.

But he felt his physique might need to be even more formidable.

"Archons also come in ranks."

"Not all Archons are Hecatia, nor are all Archons Morax."

Luo De stroked his chin, roughly forming a decision: "Without considering authority, without considering elemental power, just talking about physical strength, he might be comparable to an Archon like Orobasi."

Orobasi is not a top-tier Archon.

Nor is he a weak Archon.

He makes a good benchmark.

Thinking of this,

Luo De raised his hand, lightly clenched, and a droplet of water condensed out of thin air.

After obtaining Orobasi's authority from Yae Miko,

he gained the ability to manipulate the water element.

Then he spread his palm, and the remaining six colored elemental energies floated up, each condensing into a sphere, rotating and dancing around his palm.

Unknowingly,

Whether with the aid of a Vision, elemental authority, or other means,

Luo De has already gathered the rights to use all seven elemental energies.

Among them, the rock and water elements were obtained via elemental authority.

After all, a Vision is a fragment of elemental authority; directly using elemental authority in place of a Vision is not just theory—it's entirely feasible.

However, Archons in the past seemed rarely to split their authority and give it to subordinates.

Or perhaps.

"Huh?"

While he was thinking, Luo De frowned, and a familiar throbbing came again.

This time,

the light was no longer just one.

but two came together.

In the golden and azure light, Yae Miko and Huasanli, who had originally been focusing elsewhere, all turned their heads.

Then they witnessed this unbelievable scene.

They saw a rock-element Vision and a water-element Vision condense out of thin air, then silently land in Luo De's hand; at the same time, they saw the other four Visions on Luo De's body resonating with them, the six elemental colors forming a ring resembling a rainbow, surrounding Luo De, even his face covered by those six hues, making his expression unreadable.

If it weren't for a shattered grass-element Vision.

Luo De is the first human in history to have gathered all Visions.

But the sight of those six Visions gathered on one person left even Yae Miko, who is usually unflappable, gaping in disbelief as she stared at Luo De.

Apep once said.

Luo De is a very special Descender.

He has a Descender's soul, a native Teyvat body, and has not yet left his name on the World Tree.

Luo De previously speculated that he obtained his Vision because the Heavenly Principles feared the appearance of a Descendant, thus using the Vision to impose shackles, so that his power would always be subject to the Vision system.

But Apep denied that claim at the time.

According to her.

The Heavenly Principles wouldn't care whether Luo De could grow into a true Descendant; it's highly likely that he obtained so many Visions because his identity is too special, causing some unknown bug in the Vision system.

Moreover, that so-called shackle.

In fact, it is simply the constraints rooted in the Vision system; before Luo De breaks these constraints, he will always be suppressed within the Vision system due to possessing a Vision, making it difficult to reach the theoretical limit of a Descendant rivaling a world.

The thread that Apep snapped.

Not only is it a manifestation of Luo De's connection to the Dendro Archon's throne, but it also embodies the Vision system's suppression of his application of Dendro elemental power; through Apep's action, Luo De successfully freed himself from the Vision's constraints, achieving the ability to manipulate elemental energy without a Vision, and even after losing his Vision, his application of Dendro elemental power became markedly stronger and more adept.

"Just what bug is it stuck on?"

Playing with the six Visions in his hand, Luo De ignored the astonished glances from Yae Miko and Huasanli, pondered for a moment, then picked up the Vision of Ice Elemental Power he had first obtained and gave it a light squeeze.

Back in Liyue.

Luo De had once tried to destroy the Vision.

But each of his attempts back then failed.

The Vision system created by the Heavenly Principles is not only a willpower system unique to humanity, but it also imbues the Visions with extreme indestructibility.

Even an Archon, such as Zhongli, cannot destroy a Vision.

Yet this impulsive attempt of Luo De's, without even exerting much force, yielded an unexpected result.

Pop—

With a faint cracking sound echoing in the sealed space.

Yae Miko's face suddenly changed.

As a fox tribe member, her hearing is naturally far beyond that of ordinary people.

She clearly heard.

Luo De squeezed the Vision in his hand, creating a crack.

And the crack continued to expand.

In just a few breaths.

The crack soon covered the entire Vision, and with a sharper popping sound, Luo De easily crushed it.

Just as when the Dendro Vision shattered and its elemental energy scattered everywhere.

The Ice Elemental Power originally stored in this Ice Vision also began to spread wildly outward.

But just as this spread began, Luo De called it to a halt.

To be precise.

It was brought under Luo De's control.

"As expected."

Luo De clenched his fist.

Just as he had guessed.

With the power of a Teyvat native, it's impossible to destroy a Vision created by the Heavenly Principles.

If it were a Descendant's will, fully renouncing his gains in Teyvat, destroying a Vision would not be so difficult.

As for how to renounce his Teyvat identity and truly return to his Descendant nature.

That is the effect of that World Tree leaf.

After Huasanli.

Luo De then created a new document under his name, imprinting all his memories related to Teyvat within it, and before crushing the Vision he split his memories into two parts so as to manipulate his body without any Teyvat memories, thereby achieving that effect of easily destroying the Vision.

And after crushing his Ice Vision.

Luo De did not stop his actions; in front of Yae Miko and Huasanli, he crushed the remaining five Visions one by one, and after years of mingling in Teyvat, he finally succeeded in extracting himself from the Vision system.

(End of chapter)