Chapter 294

The Vision is an external magic organ.

This is basic common knowledge in Teyvat.

And the amount of elemental energy stored in Luo De's Vision is terrifying, already enough to match an Archon's level even in normal state.

Now six Visions have shattered in succession.

The six elemental energies released from them, in their violent reaction, are in no way inferior to an Archon's full-power strike.

After briefly recovering from surprise, Yae Miko immediately had a purple bell-shaped magical tool float in her hand and began rapidly chanting the Bai Chen clan's incantation, combining her strong elemental energy as a follower of the Electro Archon; with lightning speed she laid down seven or eight layers of protective barriers, three layers inside and three layers outside, in this underground space, and since this sealed space already retained residual Electro Archon power, the barriers resonated with hers, forming a strong defense that, after the rampaging elemental energy broke through five layers, finally suppressed the elemental energy storm released when Luo De shattered his Vision—comparable to an Archon's strike—and thus saved Indigo Field Village from being blown up by a single blow.

Hah—

She lightly wiped the sweat from her forehead, and Yae Miko muttered, "What a troublesome little guy."

She then turned her gaze again to Luo De, who sat motionless like a stone statue.

Shattering a Vision—

Let alone seeing it, Yae Miko hasn't even heard of such a thing.

Huasanli, who inherited the memories of the Fox Abstinence Palace, is the same.

The only thing they have ever seen.

Is when someone's Vision went out due to losing their desire.

Like Luo De directly crushing his Vision with his bare hands—this is truly the first time I've witnessed such a thing.

Yae Miko brushed aside her earlier surprise, adjusted her expression, stepped forward, crouched curiously in front of Luo De, and asked, "How did you do that?"

I just gave it a normal squeeze.

Luo De naturally wouldn't reveal the truth, brushing it off with a random excuse.

Knowing he wouldn't tell the truth, Yae Miko didn't press further and asked another question: "After your Vision shattered, can you still use elemental energy?"

Hmm.

Luo De raised his hand.

In an instant, the seven elemental energies condensed into spheres again, beginning to rotate around his hand.

Compared to when he was previously using elemental energy.

Now, as he gathers elemental energy again.

In speed, purity, and power, it is clearly stronger than when he had a Vision.

His bodily sensation also feels much lighter than before.

Just as Apep once told Luo De.

The Heavenly Principle wouldn't idly bind Luo De just to prevent descenders from appearing, but under the pressure of the Vision system, his upper limit is basically locked as well.

But now.

Luo De successfully broke free from the Vision system with his own strength, completely shedding its constraints on him, gaining an unprecedented sense of ease.

This is reflected not only in his body but also in the efficiency and capacity for converting and absorbing abyssal power.

Before shattering his Vision.

Luo De was in the initial stage of converting abyssal power, and his feelings of fullness and fatigue were still fairly strong.

After shattering his Vision.

Not only did his body feel much lighter, but the abyssal power he had previously swallowed was instantly digested to about seventy‑percent.

However, this time.

The elemental energy that should have been produced from converting these abyssal forces did not reappear; it seems that, lacking the Vision as a fulcrum, the energy they generated was entirely used to strengthen his body.

Let's not talk about other miscellaneous things.

The sudden increase in his physical strength is something Luo De can feel.

It seems there might be some other changes as well.

Luo De faintly sensed that after shattering his Vision he seemed different somewhere, but he couldn't put his finger on it; even when he gathered all seven elemental energies at once, he couldn't tell exactly where the difference lay.

Just like that.

Luo De maintained his contemplative pose for a long time; only after confirming he really couldn't find any difference did he reluctantly give up the thought and instead say to Yae Miko and Huasanli, "Let's go, to the second tree root."

Huh?

So fast?

Hearing this, Yae Miko, who also had her contemplative pose, asked doubtfully.

Luo De previously said digesting those abyssal forces would at least take several hours.

But this time he's used less than an hour at most.

On this matter.

Luo De has no need to lie to them.

Sharp-witted Yae Miko immediately connected Luo De's changes to his shattered Vision.

This also increased her interest in Luo De once again.

Her interest now exceeds that for the clearly designated descender, Ying, who possesses special power.

On the way to the second Thunder Cherry Seal, her mouth opened like a valve, asking nonstop—from Luo De's background and origins all the way to what he was doing last night.

Some of the topics she asked about were extremely obscure.

Even someone as careful as Luo De, if he lets his guard down even slightly, will fall into the verbal trap she dug.

Luo De, somewhat annoyed, simply stopped speaking; except for necessary matters, he hardly spoke at all, having bored Yae Miko, who pouted her lips and no longer tried to pry open Luo De's mouth.

Anyway, she already knows most of what she wanted to know.

After saying, "Little guy, once you fulfill our contract, I'll give you a big surprise," Yae Miko also stopped speaking and devoted her energy to the second seal.

Compared to the tree roots beneath Konoda Village.

The tree roots here, located in the wasteland sea of the outer islands of Narukami Island, have noticeably larger miasma tumors, and the abyssal power that seeps out, along with the abyssal monsters born from it, are also more numerous and stronger.

And it was precisely at this moment.

Luo De finally discovered where the difference lay after the shattered eye he had previously noticed.

I don't know if this should be counted as a sudden impulse.

In any case.

Upon contacting the abyssal power within this seal, Luo De had a thought: he could control the abyssal power here.

And when he tried it,

he discovered that

his feeling was not mistaken.

the abyssal power here can indeed be controlled by him.

"This is—?"

Watching the abyssal monster, which Luo De controlled as docilely as a kitten, Yae Miko could no longer stay calm.

Compared to operations like consuming abyssal power or shattering a Vision,

For a mortal body to directly manipulate abyssal power really overturns Yae Miko's worldview.

Just like the saying Huasanli muttered to himself: "If only there had been someone like Luo De who could ignore the Abyss back then."

At this very moment.

Unable to sit still any longer, Yae Miko actually had this thought cross her mind: "If Inazuma had someone like Luo De back then, would the lord of the Fox Shrine Palace and the others not have died?"

Not to mention Yae Miko.

Luo De felt his heart churning like a stormy sea.

As the person involved,

His intuitive feeling was far clearer than Yae Miko's.

Controlling abyssal power is actually quite simple.

It's not much different from manipulating elemental energy.

This feeling,

"Just like—" "Am I resonating with the power of the Abyss?"

Luo De rubbed his nose.

That is, the Abyss doesn't have anything like a Vision; otherwise, he estimated he would surely have obtained a special Vision capable of manipulating abyssal power by now. "Is this a trait of the Descender?"

Luo De remembered this very clearly.

One major trait of the Descender is the ability to wield all powers compatible with Teyvat.

This isn't just about elemental energy; abyssal power is included as well.

Just as Ying can ignore the Abyss's corruption and Kong directly became a prince of the Abyss.

But before that,

Luo De ignored the abyssal power's corrosion, relying solely on the special body granted by spiritual light; even if he overloaded, the corrosion would not be any less.

Now.

"There will be no more corrosion."

Luo De reached out, letting the abyssal power within the miasma tumor pour into his body.

Just like the operation of containing abyssal power when he was in Kon Village.

But this time, Luo De not only felt no sense of fullness, nor did he experience any backlash from absorbing too much abyssal power.

These various circumstances are completely different from before.

All of this indicates that Luo De, having shattered his Vision and freed himself from Teyvat's power system, is gradually demonstrating the qualities of a Descender.

"But he still couldn't get too carried away."

Although his body seemed to have broken free from the constraints of spiritual light and his Vision, Luo De had not forgotten another very important matter.

The leaf of the World Tree.

He could shatter his Vision and display the true form of a Descendant, all thanks to this thing's isolation of memory.

Although he could fully control this leaf,

but there is one indisputable fact.

That World Tree leaf theoretically still belongs to Teyvat.

That is to say,

If that is correct,

Luo De's body has now shed the label Teyvat placed on him, but his spirit still cannot shake off Teyvat's mark.

Even because of the World Tree leaf's special nature,

In fact,

Luo De's binding to Teyvat may have become even deeper.

"Don't be careless, don't be careless."

His body continued to absorb the abyssal power from the miasma tumor, while Luo De's consciousness sank once more into the World Tree's leaf.

Here,

He could clearly see his memories engraved upon the leaf's veins.

It was a strand of pure golden veins, containing all his memories from the day he descended into Teyvat up to the present.

"Why haven't I forgotten"

The conscious form of Luo De stood before the small tree that the World Tree leaf had transformed into, seriously pondering this question.

As expected.

After removing his own memories, he should have forgotten the memories of Teyvat, until he again retrieves the memories here.

But the problem is.

He did not forget.

He had already noticed this before Shattereye.

At that time, after finishing Huasanli's blank document, he on a whim made one for himself as well, and incidentally dumped some memories he disliked into it.

Then he discovered this problem.

It appears to be memories that have been split off, but in fact they are still engraved in his mind, impossible to forget even if he wants to.

But after splitting off the memories, he nevertheless broke the bonds of the Teyvat world.

This is clearly a contradictory matter, yet it happened simultaneously.

So Luo De now can't figure it out.

Does this World Tree leaf belong to Teyvat or not? Given that his own memories are not truly split off, Luo De and this leaf have truly fused in meaning, with essentially no difference between them.

From the fact that after cutting his memories Luo De regained his identity as a Descender, this World Tree leaf is also independent of Teyvat.

Taking all these factors into account,

Luo De's personal inclination is actually that after this World Tree leaf fused with his spirit, under the influence of information from beyond the world, it has in fact ceased to belong to Teyvat, or its connection to Teyvat is not so deep.

Then a new problem arises.

How should we prove this?

Luo De quickly thought of a method.

If his speculation is correct, the World Tree leaf indeed no longer belongs to Teyvat under his influence.

Then the information about Huasanli recorded on this leaf must also no longer belong to Teyvat!

"If we can really achieve this."

"Then the fun will be great."

Thinking of this, Luo De unconsciously cast a glance at Huasanli.

And that gaze, like a scientific madman seeing an excellent test subject, also made Huasanli shudder again; if it weren't that she still needed Silver Bell Luo De to continue performing the Divine Sakura Purge, she would probably have run away by now.

Seeing Huasanli look at him again like a frightened rabbit,

Luo De withdrew his gaze, smiled and shook his head, then continued to devour the miasma tumor here, after which he proactively suggested moving on to the next seal.

Yae Miko and Huasanli naturally did not refuse his request.

Soon.

Under Luo De's efficient and forceful consumption, they didn't waste much time before arriving at the final seal located beneath Shadow-facing Mountain, namely the miasma tumor on the main root of the Divine Cherry Tree, which is the true Divine Sakura Purge.

Compared to the relaxed Luo De.

Yae Miko, who usually has victory in hand and is always smiling, now had her face full of tension.

She knew very well.

Success or failure hinges on this one move.

The Divine Sakura Purge will definitely succeed; it just depends on whether Luo De can successfully retain Huasanli's consciousness.

Don't look at Luo De's confident assurance that there's no problem.

When the final moment truly arrived.

Yae Miko still couldn't help but sweat in her palms, watching Luo De perform the Divine Sakura Purge there with a tense expression throughout.

Such emotion.

It lasted until the Divine Sakura Purge ended, when Luo De personally annihilated the huge miasma tumor that had tormented the Divine Cherry Tree for five hundred years.

Everything went as planned.

Huasanli voluntarily accepted Luo De's purification, chose to fulfill her mission, and watched her body dissipate bit by bit in Luo De's hands.

According to the original plan.

Luo De would seize Huasanli's residual consciousness when she was about to completely dissipate, and preserve it in the World Tree leaf.

However.

This is precisely that crucial step.

But an unexpected event occurred that he never anticipated.

"Cannot imprint!"

"Why is this?!"

When he discovered that he actually could not engrave information about Huasanli onto the World Tree leaf in his own consciousness, the Luo De who had remained calm all day finally changed color.

(End of chapter)