Genshin Impact, the spear remains.

"Easy, easy!"

After dealing with the remnants of the defeated army, Xiangling clapped her hands, and Guoba hopped back to everyone's side.

"You can use elemental power without the Eye of God? Ying, you're amazing!"

Although she was focused on fighting the enemy, she could still feel the momentum of the battle, after all, the Hilichurl that had been shot down had fallen to her feet.

"It's nothing, just some small tricks."

Xiangling's somewhat enthusiastic nature reminded Ying of Amber, who is also a Pyro Vision holder, a girl, and has Liyue blood. Ying felt that the two were similar in some ways.

"Hey! You cooking, what are you doing?!"

While Ying and Xiangling were exchanging pleasantries, Paimon noticed Bai Qiyun looking around. His nodding left and shaking right made her feel a little strange.

"I?"

Unexpectedly, he was involved in the girls' conversation. Distracted by Paimon, Bai Qiyun glanced around and walked over to the girls.

"Did you find anything?"

Hearing the footsteps behind her, Ying knew without a doubt that it was Bai Qiyun.

The boy wasn't surprised that she knew what he was doing. Standing in front of everyone, Bai Qiyun put her hands on her hips.

"This seems to be a ruin. The injured man from before must have escaped from here."

"But he was unconscious, how could he have gone out by himself?"

Paimon witnessed the man's actions firsthand; it's highly unlikely that he ran away on his own, given that he was in such a state that he couldn't be woken up no matter how much he was called.

She could think of this, and Bai Qiyun could naturally think of it too. That's why he had been wandering around the square for half a day, trying to find some clues.

He pointed to the cave over there, where gusts of cold wind could be heard.

"It was probably blown out from there."

"Blown...blown out?!"

Paimon's eyes widened, clearly incredulous at the guess.

But Ying and Xiangling didn't rush to refute it, because they knew that there were many absurd things in this world, such as flames that never go out, ice that never melts, and a ruin in the mountains.

If you're going to have any doubts about the current situation, you should have done so the moment you stepped into this place.

"There is an exceptionally strong ice elemental force over there. If I'm not mistaken, that cave might be the Ice Tree that person mentioned."

A biting gale swirled sand and dust at the cave entrance. Although it didn't seem that strong now, one could still imagine what had happened here through the cave entrance, which looked like it had been blasted by a bouncing bomb.

It seems that the hole was blocked by something before. Then, the surging ice elemental force condensed in the air and exploded after reaching a critical point, breaking open the blocked hole.

only...

Bai Qiyun narrowed his eyes, feeling that something was not quite right.

If the other party was chasing its prey and accidentally entered the ruins, how could it have ended up in a nearly sealed-off cave?

He thought about it for a long time but still couldn't figure it out. However, he believed that once he went inside, everything would be answered.

"It really does seem so... Ying, shall we go in?"

Looking at the dilapidated hole, Paimon felt a little scared. She floated behind Ying and hid her whole body, as if this would bring her some sense of security.

"Well, since we're already here, we can't leave empty-handed."

Glancing at the enthusiastic Xiangling, Ying had no intention of heading back home just like that.

Although she has only been here a short time, she is already a well-known adventurer. How could she possibly return empty-handed? That's not her style.

Where the firefly passed, not a single treasure remained.

This is her style.

However, when passing by Bai Qiyun, the unpredictable look on his face made Ying somewhat uneasy. Compared to her intuition, she was indeed a step behind this companion.

Be careful.

The boy's deep voice echoed in the girls' ears, unconsciously making them perk up.

Even Paimon began to patrol the surroundings like a guard dog.

Walking through the dark tunnel, the sound of their shoes hitting the stones was so clear that they could hear their own panting with every breath they took.

Holding makeshift torches, the group slowly made their way through the cave, using the torchlight to find their way while also being prepared to deal with any enemies lurking in the shadows.

The icy elemental force in the air, wrapped in a strong wind, lashed against everyone's faces, causing them to sting.

With a wave of her hand, Ying conjured a wind element shield, blocking out the surrounding wind and allowing Paimon, who was flying in the air, to breathe a sigh of relief.

However, these simple responses did not put Bai Qiyun at ease; he always felt that something was strange.

However, even with elemental vision activated, one can only see a few scattered ice elemental forces in the wind; otherwise, all that can be seen is a dark ground and stone walls, with no enemies or mechanisms in sight.

Even he himself didn't understand what was strange about it.

"Almost there!"

Suddenly, the front of the group lit up, and Xiangling waved her arms excitedly. However, for safety reasons, she did not rush out alone this time.

The concentration of ice in the air is gradually increasing, and it seems that it is indeed coming soon.

"Um?"

It seemed like something was moving. In this unusually quiet tunnel, even the slightest sound could be detected by the group.

Bai Qiyun looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the ground had cracked at the feet of the group, as if something was about to grow out.

"Be careful!"

As soon as she finished speaking, an ice-blue vine shot up from the ground and rushed straight toward Xiangling and Ying at the front of the group.

However, although it came quickly, the two, who reacted more quickly, had already noticed something was wrong and easily dodged it.

But the problem now is not dodging this attack, but how to avoid the next attack on this narrow path.

That seems impossible.

"Run forward!"

Bai Qiyun strode forward with powerful steps, the first to rush out, knowing full well that this was the only solution.

After everyone started their run, the vine lying on the ground followed suit, and not only that, many more vines exactly like it sprouted from the ground and chased after them.

"Ahhhhh!"

After narrowly avoiding the vines' strikes in the air, Paimon screamed frantically as if he had been scared out of his wits.

However, she had already gone all out, and it was impossible for her to go any faster. She could only hope that those things couldn't hit her.

The vines lashed against the stone wall, making a "snap, snap" sound, which spurred the people in front to grit their teeth and push forward even harder.

Almost there, we'll be there soon.

Bai Qiyun felt a sense of relief as he watched the exit getting closer and closer.

The next instant, as they walked further, a huge plaza inside the cave appeared before them.

"This...this is?!"