"Clap, clap, clap!"
After a familiar sound, there was a rapid flapping, sounding like a bird beating its wings.
But this Domain was deep underground, where would there be any birds?
Everyone looked up, only to see a glimmer of light appear in the previously dark Sky. Above the light, a circular shadow was vaguely visible.
As the light descended further, everyone saw the source of the light—Chongyun, with fire above his head.
Besides Chongyun, there was also Xingqiu and Ember, who was holding a Plaustrite in one hand and a Wind Slime in the other.
The flapping sounds were from the Wind Slime above Ember's head, beating its two small wings.
"Xingqiu, Chongyun, go! Deal with that blonde!"
"Wait, it's too high!"
"Senior, please don't joke. The two of us going down would be more like suicide."
No matter how Xingqiu and Chongyun fussed in the air, they couldn't stop Ember's big kick. With a powerful kick, Xingqiu and Chongyun, who were clinging to him, fell from the Sky.
"Watch my light-body skill!"
"Watch my Lightness Art!"
"Bang!"
Xingqiu and Chongyun fell from the Sky first, but it was Ember, clutching the Plaustrite, who landed first.
"Looks like you two are quite capable, huh?" Ember looked at Xingqiu and Chongyun, who were slowly descending from the Sky, and smacked his lips.
He should have just kicked them both down from the entrance directly, saving him the trouble of finding a Wind Slime.
"Senior, don't overthink it. Our methods only work at low altitudes. Any higher, and we're no different from ordinary people."
Chongyun stepped on the floating clouds beneath his feet as he landed on the ground.
"Yes, a little higher and it wouldn't work," Xingqiu also landed safely with steady steps.
"Got it, got it. Give this to your aunt." Ember handed the Plaustrite in his hand to Chongyun, but after the latter took it, he immediately flew up.
"Chongyun, you're a bit too thin." Ember snatched the Plaustrite back and walked towards Shenhe, who was meditating on the ground not far away.
"It's clearly Senior, you're too heavy, alright." Chongyun looked at the Plaustrite in the Sky, which was several times the size of a person, and couldn't help but complain.
A Plaustrite of this size could be considered the second largest Plaustrite Chongyun had ever seen. With its levitating power, Chongyun had no doubt it could lift a rock of its own size into the air.
You ask which was the first? That would, of course, be the Plaustrite beneath the Jade Chamber! If this Plaustrite was only the size of a few people, then the Jade Chamber's Plaustrite was the size of several houses.
"You sound like you're saying your aunt is very heavy." Ember stuffed the golden rope tied to the Plaustrite into Shenhe's hand, pointing at the seated Shenhe as he spoke.
Feeling the upward force from her hand and hearing someone discussing her, she opened her eyes.
"I'm not, I didn't, Senior, don't talk nonsense!" Chongyun immediately waved his hand, vehemently denying it.
Although Shenhe's eyes showed no change, thinking of his aunt's terrifying strength, Chongyun felt it was better to clarify the misunderstanding first.
Watching the nonchalant and bickering group, Aether's expression couldn't help but become complicated.
After a long time, a faint smile finally appeared on his lips.
"Dain, your new friends are very good. It seems you've started to move on from the past."
"Friends? I don't admit it."
"No way, that heartless? Could it be that Dain, you've forgotten our experience of going to the outhouse together?" Ember, at some point, had draped himself over Dain's shoulder, speaking with a shocked tone.
"Get away from me!"
Ember's single sentence broke Dain. Dain's face, half-covered by his mask, twitched, and he immediately pushed Ember away.
"When did your relationship become so solid?" Paimon flew around Ember and Dain.
She remembered that her and Lumine's separation from Dain hadn't been that long, right? How did Ember and Dain's relationship develop to the point where they could squat together so quickly?
However, Paimon had a second thought: with Ember's personality, it was entirely possible.
"Haha, it seems Dain, your condition has improved a lot. If you hadn't dragged Lumine into this, that would be even better!"
Aether chuckled softly when he heard Ember's words, then his tone suddenly turned icy.
At the same time, his weapon began to be covered in a strange, dark purple aura, just like the power of the inverted statue.
"Dragged in?! If it weren't for Dain, I wouldn't even know where you died! The first time we meet, are these irrelevant things what you want to say to me?"
Lumine's eyes widened, and she walked forward excitedly, wanting to confront her long-unseen brother.
She had too many questions she wanted to ask Aether.
"Wait, he's tainted by evil being. He might not be your brother anymore." Shenhe stopped the impulsive Lumine.
In her perception, Aether was more like a monster than the Abyss Herald behind him!
"..."
Seeing Lumine's questioning expression, Aether fell silent. He only vaguely replied, "Lumine, the fact that I am your brother will never change."
"Listen to my advice, don't get entangled with Dain. He is my [enemy]."
"Then stop saying things I don't understand. Come back, okay, brother?" Lumine shook her head, extending her hand hopefully, wishing Aether would return then and there.
"No, this is something I must say, Lumine. Don't stop me with Dain, don't stop the [Abyss]."
Aether stretched his hand backward, and a massive Abyss Passage appeared behind him.
"Lumine, I have reached the end of my journey. You should also be like me, and in your own eyes, leave your own crystallization."
Aether solemnly cautioned Lumine while retreating towards the Abyss Passage behind him.
His purpose for this trip was to clarify these things with Lumine; saving the Abyss Herald was secondary.
Now that his goal was achieved, he naturally wanted to leave.
"Hmph! Trying to escape?"
"Chongyun, a high flash!"
"Xingqiu… Xingqiu, be careful, don't let your eyes get blinded."
"Ah! My eyes!"
Randomly stuffing something he had cooked previously into Chongyun's mouth, the latter immediately erupted with a bright flash that was many times stronger than when he subdued the evil being before!
However, it was regrettable that the first victim seemed to be Xingqiu, who was closest to Chongyun.
But none of that mattered anymore. Endless light Bloomed in the small Domain. Besides a vast expanse of white, nothing else could be seen.
Even the Abyss Passage, which was like interwoven starlight in the night Sky, was completely swallowed by this surging white light.
"Taste my Personality Correction Punch!"
In the midst of the white light, only Ember could still move. He swiftly dashed in front of Aether and delivered a Personality Correction Iron Fist.
Aether, with his eyes tightly shut, suddenly felt a chilling sensation rise from the tip of his spine, reaching directly to his glabella.
Without time to think much, Aether quickly raised his weapon and blocked diagonally in front of him, covering the blade with a thick, forbidden power.
Any normal person, feeling the twisted, insane forbidden power on Aether's weapon, would surely keep their distance.
But Ember was not a normal person. His iron fist showed no restraint, directly hammering onto the blade Aether used to block.
"Clang—"
A harsh metallic scraping sound echoed in the light, but the light was so intense that even the sparks generated by the collision were swallowed by it.
"Ugh—"
Aether, with his eyes tightly shut, suddenly felt a mountain-like force coming from his arms holding the weapon.
His steps uncontrollably retreated. With each step backward, Aether could feel the dissipated force shattering the ground beneath his feet.
Despite this, the force Aether dissipated still couldn't keep up with the force coming from Ember's iron fist.
In his step-by-step retreat, Aether's arms began to twist. Even though he was trying with almost all his might to keep Ember's fist away from him, the blade beneath the iron fist was getting closer and closer to his body.
"Click!"
The force Aether could withstand reached its limit, followed by a long-unfelt sharp pain and powerlessness appearing in his arm—he had fractured it.
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