Chapter 24: Meeting, singing and dancing in the abyss

A ball of wind intertwined with wind threads began to gradually emerge in Wendy's palm. The small spherical vortex contained a suffocatingly dense wind elemental force.

Yi Bai felt the fluctuation of the elements, glanced at Wendy's solemn gaze, and tensed his body.

In the silence, a dark light flashed through Tevarin's pupils, making it look like a legendary evil dragon at that moment. It shook off the human on its body and let out a piercing roar at Wendy.

A dark golden magic circle emerged above its head, and purple-black horns appeared out of thin air in the center of the magic circle. It seemed that Tevarin had already been integrated into the new power of the abyss.

The new elemental force belonging to the wind god helped it suppress its impulsive spirit after being corroded, but the mutual rejection and fighting between the abyss and the elements made it look even more painful, as if it was on the brink of collapse and death at any time.

It barely managed to control itself from attacking the God of Wind, but instead frantically swung its claws and wings at the remaining humans and the ground.

At the same time, surrounding the people standing on the high tower, a dark and mysterious space rift suddenly opened up in midair, and dark mist continued to emerge from the bottomless rift.

One after another, beastly hounds and pitch-black bats emerged from the mist, as if they had met dancing partners, and chased after all living things.

The incident happened unexpectedly, as if it was going to put everyone to death. Tevarin's counterattack and the tide of abyss beasts broke out at the same time, leaving no time to breathe or negotiate.

From the abyss beyond this world...

Wendy turned his head and his pupils shrank suddenly for a second.

He had no idea why these monsters had erupted here at the same time as the eroded Tevarin, but... he was ready to sacrifice himself for Mond to withstand this crisis.

Five hundred years ago, because he did not rush back to Mondstadt from Kanreya as soon as possible, he lost countless people who fought for Mondstadt... and also Tevarin who bit off the poisonous blood of the evil dragon and has been corroded ever since.

Wendy reacted very quickly and used elemental power to construct a wind barrier to block Tevarin's attack on his companions.

He then used the wind ball that had been condensed in advance to accurately smash the dark beast tide. The raging elemental force pulled countless abyss monsters, causing them to be gathered and strangled.

But the monsters kept coming, and there seemed to be no end. They rushed out from the cracks desperately, constantly consuming the power of the wind element, and the excess monsters that were not affected had already pounced on the crowd.

Yi Bai, who had been on alert for a long time, also exploded at the same time as Wendy.

The moment he saw the darkness flash in Tevarin's eyes, he knew that something unexpected had happened.

The surging water surged out from Yi Bai's fingertips and spread out on the ground. The moment it approached the monster, countless transparent bubbles emerged from the thin water surface, locking onto the extra monsters, and combined with Wendy's wind pressure, dyed the center of the vortex a raging blue.

He seized the opportunity when the Abyss Beast Tide was controlled and shouted to Kong who had already picked up the sword:

"Brother Honor Knight, Tevarin must be purified once more!"

Yi Bai split a new water slime from his body and let it jump into the air.

The slime merged back into Sora's back, and quickly grew huge feather wings, carrying Sora towards Tevarin.

Kong glanced at the still reassuringly calm water pupils, nodded, and looked towards the abyss of blood above Tevarin's head.

"Wendy!"

To condense a wind bullet that can purify poisonous blood, one needs to rely on the power of the wind god, Sora shouted.

Yi Bai continued to transmit a steady stream of water elemental power to the ground. This intensity of power had obviously surpassed that of ordinary water-attributed God's Eye owners.

He panted and looked at Wendy: "Leave these monsters to us first, Wendy, go help Twarin!"

Yi Bai didn't even call her "Brother Wendy" anymore. He arranged the division of labor among them in a tone that was as familiar as if he was talking to a friend.

Diluc and Jean have already rushed forward, and with the help of the water-attributed Imprisonment Bubble, fire suppression, and Jean's injury recovery, the attacks of the Beastiality Hounds and the Black Bats can barely be controlled.

Wendy looked at his fearless partners and Xiaobai, who had a calm and confident look, and pursed his lips. He believed in his partners and in Yibai.

Wendy, who had calmed down, realized that this wave of dark beasts seemed to be targeting someone or something present.

The other party injected Tevarin with poisonous blood that could obviously be solved at this time, but he could not stop for a moment, as if forcing him to make a choice and hand over the abyss monster to Yibai and everyone else.

And... this is the only abyss space rift that has appeared in Mond now. Although he doesn't know how many monsters will emerge from it, at least compared to five hundred years ago, the situation has made him feel much more at ease.

I believe that this time things will not become irreversible like before.

He turned back into a wind elf and flew towards Tevarin, towards Sora's side. He said he would come back to support them once they had dealt with the situation here.

…

It doesn't take long to deal with that part of the dirty blood clot. Yi Bai should only need to hold on for a short while.

But the abyss monsters clearly would not allow any further delay, and their attacks became increasingly fierce.

Under the protection of Yibai Paoying, the two have done their best to block all attacks, but Qin's healing speed can no longer keep up with the erosion of the overflowing abyss power, and she and Diluc are becoming increasingly weak.

Her wind elemental power was almost exhausted, but even without the wind to heal, her sword still carried tiny dandelions and slashed at the monster again and again with determination.

Diluk wiped the blood from his face. His pupils were deep as he looked at the endless black beast tide, as if he had returned to that hopeless rainy night:

"Not enough power..."

But he had to move forward. Something seemed to be burning in Diluk's eyes. The fire on his sword lit up again, sweeping across the hounds, overdrawing himself bit by bit, lighting up the darkness.

Yi Bai's eyes looked heavy. He activated the rules and used the extra water mist to purify the curse on the two people after being eroded by the abyss. He also put up a water wall to isolate the monsters that were struggling to get out, but Qin and Diluc were no longer able to be distracted to deal with them.

Tevarin's poisonous blood had been dealt with, and it carried the Wind God and the Sky and swooped down towards the tower.

The pressure here was getting more and more terrifying. The people behind the scenes seemed to sense the precarious situation and tore the space rift twice as wide, dumping the abyss monsters on the ground like worthless war weapons.

Monsters like black mud trampled on the platform, starting with Yi Bai, and were about to swallow up the three fragile people.

"Yi Bai!" Kong's voice trembled, and he flapped his wings and rushed towards the platform.

The ends of Wendy's hair were already flashing green, and she was about to flash long distance in the next second.

At this moment, time seems to be infinitely stretched and slowed down.

Yi Bai turned his head gently and looked at the two people in the air who were looking anxious, and Paimon who was hiding behind Kong and poked his head out from the hiding space, frightened and stiff.

Yi Bai smiled slightly, as if he had already seen the result he wanted. His white hair was wet with moisture, but still fluttering violently in the wind. The wet forehead brought the coldness into his body, making that young body even more fragile and looking weak and vulnerable.

His face was covered with blue crystals that were left by the monster's scratches.

Just like the first time we met on the beach.

But the smile in his eyes seemed to contain countless memories, becoming real, well-behaved and pure.

At that moment, as all the water on the ground began to surge and become restless, Yi Bai turned into a blue spot of light and merged into the water.

The water flows seemed to become part of the slime, possessing vitality and consciousness, constantly expanding and spreading.

They covered all the abyss monsters, cut off the space for Jean and Diluc to rest, and finally entangled all the space rifts that were originally impossible to touch.

The huge and crystal slime glowed with a light blue glow, like an elusive higher-level force, sweeping up everything it wrapped up, and at a certain moment, it suddenly and completely disappeared from the spot.

Flowing threads of wind appeared, Wendy flashed over from a distance, and Kong also flapped his wings and slowly landed on the ground, but the entire platform had become empty and silent.

The only two people left were Jean and Diluc, who had collapsed to the ground almost exhausted but were still well protected.

Before he could even open his mouth, the platform had completely collapsed and shattered.

Tevarin flew in from a distance, caught the fallen people, and spread his wings to fly high in the sky towards Mondstadt.

…

On the back of the Wind Dragon.

Kong felt his whole body stiffen. He spoke hesitantly, "Yi Bai..."

Paimon's brain seemed to be overwhelmed by a series of events. He shook his head vigorously and then insisted on asking Wendy:

"Xiao Yibai ended up being...he...he..."

Wendy's green eyes also showed some confusion. He hesitated and slowly spoke:

"They should have gone to another dimension together, an independent dimension created by Yi Bai..."

Paimon asked anxiously, "Does that mean Yi Bai is okay...?"

Wendy lowered her eyes:

"...With Yi Bai's ability, I think...it might not be difficult for him to ensure his own safety."

Hearing this, Diluk's tightly closed eyes slightly opened. He looked at the collapsed battlefield and was silent for two seconds. Then he had to close his eyes again because he was too tired.

This is not entirely to comfort everyone... Wendy thought that with the boy's status and strength, even if he has not fully grown up, he can at least save his life among those abyss monsters.

Just like the elemental dragons can be resurrected on their corpses, since Yi Bai's status is higher than his, he should also have his own unique methods.

This is also the reason why Wendy dared to temporarily hand over the Abyss to Yi Bai.

According to his original judgment, Yibai could at least hold off those monsters until he could deal with Tevarin.

But... why did he choose to roll up those monsters and leave here in the end...

How much of his strength was consumed...

Who opened the space rift, allowing the abyss monsters to choose to target them at this time...

If so... then what is the purpose...

Wendy frowned, his voice still carrying a hint of uncertainty, and he added in a low voice:

"But Xiaobai must have paid a heavy price for this."

"Maybe... we won't be able to see him again for a long, long time."