I, from the Celestial Empire, have parachuted into Teyvat.

Suddenly, several bulges appeared on the outer shell of the Formless Ice, facing the direction of the group.

Ivan, who saw this from a distance, shouted, "Get down! It's going to attack!"

Ivan's voice was torn apart by the strong wind, but it still managed to reach the ears of the team members. The gunfire immediately stopped, and everyone immediately fell to the ground in the snow.

The next second, countless icicles as thick as telephone poles shot out rapidly from the bulge, heading straight towards the team.

Fortunately, the team members were alerted by Ivan and lay down in time, and the ice spikes swept past their heads.

At this moment, with the attack of the Ice of No Form, its outer shell visibly shrank considerably, at least two or three meters in size.

However, this is far from enough for the Ice Hypostasis's current massive size of tens of meters.

Ivan raised an eyebrow: "No, we need to increase the number of targets that draw fire."

"I'll do it!"

Qin drew the West Wind Sword from her waist and charged into the battlefield.

"If this thing could be made into a specimen at a high price, it would be a nice decorative piece for the Qunyu Pavilion."

Ningguang chuckled softly, and a large amount of golden light of rock elemental power burst forth from her body. Then, dozens or even hundreds of rock-shaped stardust of different colors condensed behind her. The next second, these stardust shot out towards the Ice Hypostasis like cannonballs.

Abedor charged toward the Ice Hypostasis without a word, and Keqing and the others followed closely behind.

Ivan did not stop the others; he silently summoned the Heart of the Rock God.

Since its use in the culinary competition, the power of the Rock God's Heart has recovered somewhat, and it can protect everyone in time should anything happen.

With the addition of Qin and others, the attack on the Ice Impermanence immediately multiplied several times. Xiang Feng also directed the members of the second and third teams to roam around the Ice Impermanence, constantly attacking and harassing it.

Rock artifacts, bullets, wind elemental forces, lightning elemental forces—all sorts of attacks rained down on the outer shell of the Ice Hypostasis, creating a colorful spectacle like fireworks.

Suddenly, the outer shell of the Ice Elemental began to writhe violently, and then countless ice spikes suddenly sprang out from its surface, making the Ice Elemental resemble a hedgehog ball.

The next second, the outer shell of the Ice Phenomenon suddenly underwent another violent deformation. The countless ice spikes on its surface abruptly changed position, moving up or down. In the blink of an eye, the Ice Phenomenon transformed into a giant wheel covered in spikes, which then pressed down on the nearest Jean.

Oops!

Qin instinctively tried to dodge, but found it was too late. Just as the huge spiked ice wheel was about to crush Qin's face, an energy shield with ancient patterns suddenly enveloped her. The giant wheel crushed Qin's face, but it did not even shatter the shield. It only rubbed off a series of crystal blue fragments.

Taking advantage of this opening, Ningguang and Abedo summoned two rock-elemental artifacts, each over ten meters tall, which descended from the sky and firmly clamped down on the massive wheel-like body of the Ice Hypostasis.

Qin seized the opportunity to quickly roll to the side and use her wind elemental power to push herself to a safe distance.

After landing, Jean looked in Ivan's direction and nodded to him.

Ivan nodded in response, then the light from the Heart of the Rock God in his hand faded, and he shouted towards Xiang Feng in the distance, "Xiang Feng! The core has been revealed!"

Everyone looked up and, sure enough, saw a crystal-blue, prismatic crystal floating in the center of the giant ice wheel, reflecting a faint light.

"Aim at the target! Open fire!"

In an instant, countless bullets shot toward the core crystal of the Ice of No Form.

"Rocket!"

Xiang Feng turned around and shouted, and immediately a soldier threw a single-soldier rocket launcher to him.

Due to its limited weight capacity, this was the most powerful portable weapon the soldiers could carry up the mountain.

The next second, Xiang Feng aimed at the core crystal and pressed the launch button on the rocket launcher. As the rocket left a long trail of smoke, a fireball exploded on the summit of the snow-capped mountain with a loud bang.

Then everything returned to calm...

Chapter 351 Unveiling the World

The agitation gradually subsided.

The battle is over.

However, Ivan remained tense, straining his ears to carefully discern the sounds around him. Only after confirming that there were no other disturbances and everything was completely safe did he finally breathe a sigh of relief.

With the Ice Hypostasis defeated, the blizzard also stopped.

In the distance, Xiang Feng ran over carrying a single-soldier rocket launcher, looking somewhat excited.

"Commander Yi! Commander Yi! We've taken down that monster!"

Ivan frowned and said speechlessly, "Who told you to use the rocket launcher?"

Xiang Feng was taken aback.

"Forehead......"

"We're on a snow-capped mountaintop. What if such a commotion triggers an avalanche?"

Xiang Feng scratched his head and smiled sheepishly.

Ivan sighed, "Luckily, what I was worried about didn't happen. Let it go this time, but next time I'll think things through before I act."

"Hey."

After seeing Xiang Feng off, Ivan headed towards the scene of the previous battle.

Just like the mutated Deceptive Flower monster before, the body of this Ice of No Form did not dissipate. Its remains were scattered around the excavation pit, and the core crystal lay to the side, now slightly charred and dull.

It seems that Xiang Feng's rocket really did explode quite powerfully.

Fortunately, this is the Ice Impermanence, whose weakness is fatal once exposed. If it were something else, without long-range fire support, the weapons brought up the mountain might have resulted in a protracted and fierce battle.

"Ivan."

Hearing someone call his name, Ivan turned around and met Qin's clear eyes.

"Thank you for saving me just now..."

Ivan smiled gently.

There's no need for thanks between us.

Qin blushed and wanted to say something more, but Xu Donghai, Ningguang and others arrived at this moment. Seeing this, Qin had no choice but to swallow her words for the time being.

Looking at the mess, Xu Donghai couldn't help but sigh, "This is probably the biggest monster I've encountered since I came to Teyvat, besides the Daedric King."

Ningguang was also still shaken: "The world is full of wonders. I never thought that even the most basic elemental power would mutate into a monster after reaching a certain level. Is this thing also an abyss monster? Why did it appear here out of nowhere?"

Ivan pondered for a moment, then looked up and said, “Everyone, there have been too many strange things happening in the snow mountain recently. I can’t guarantee that what I say is correct, but I have a feeling that the appearance of this Ice of No Form and the mutated Deceptive Flower monster before are probably related to the spatial force that teleported the missing rescue team and adventurers out of the snow mountain.”

Xu Donghai frowned and said, "Xiao Yi, are you saying that this Formless Ice was teleported here?"

Ivan nodded: "Very likely."

Just then, Elder Li's heartbroken voice came from the other side of the excavation pit.

"What a tragedy, sigh..."

Ivan and the others exchanged glances and walked towards Li Wenliang.

"Elder Li, what's wrong?"

Li Wenliang looked at the collapsed underground palace with a face full of sorrow, and pointed to the ruins with a trembling hand, saying: "What a tragedy, this beautiful ancient site has collapsed like this... It has immense research value!"

Seeing Elder Li's heartbroken expression, Ivan could only comfort him, "Elder Li, this was destroyed by that monster. There was no time to spare, so there was nothing we could do. Fortunately, there weren't any important documents or records in the underground palace, only the stone tablets in the main hall. Moreover, the contents of those stone tablets have already been rubbed and photographed, so the situation isn't too bad..."

Li Wenliang sighed and nodded, saying, "I understand, I understand... but I still... sigh..."

Ivan and the others exchanged glances, unsure of what to say. It was Qin who changed the subject, saying, "Mr. Li, have you made any progress regarding the ancient Kanrija script on the stone tablet?"

Upon hearing the inscription on the stone tablet, Li Wenliang, who had initially been somewhat sorrowful, immediately changed his expression, which gradually became serious.

"With Abedo's help, I've almost finished translating the above content, but..."

Ivan asked疑惑地问道：“Just what?”

Li Wenliang pushed up his reading glasses.

"But you'd better be prepared, the contents recorded on this stone tablet will probably exceed all of your imagination and expectations."

Everyone was taken aback when they heard Li Wenliang's words.

"The inscription on this stone tablet is too long to discuss here. Please come back to the camp with me."

As Li Wenliang spoke, he took a step forward and walked towards his tent.

Ivan and the others exchanged glances and hurriedly followed.

Upon entering Li Wenliang's tent, Ivan was startled.

The camp was littered with discarded scraps of paper and scattered documents, indicating that Li Wenliang had been quite overwhelmed with work translating the inscription on the stone tablet all day.

In the very center of the tent was a whiteboard covered with densely written information in black marker. Upon closer inspection, Ivan could barely make out some of the ancient Kanriyan script. In the most prominent position on the whiteboard, a giant tree drawn in simple strokes immediately caught Ivan's attention.

Just as Ivan was observing the strangely shaped giant tree on the whiteboard, Li Wenliang walked over from behind with several documents in his hands.

"These are the translated contents of those stone tablets. I printed out a few copies, and you can take a look for yourselves."

Ivan took the document from Li Wenliang, but instead of flipping through it, he pointed to the giant tree on the whiteboard and asked, "Mr. Li, what is this tree?"

"Oh, that's my drawing. It's not very good; it's just a rough sketch based on the original description."

Ivan frowned: "The original text?"

Li Wenliang nodded: "That's what's recorded on the stone tablet. The ancient Kanreia people called this giant tree the World Tree."

Upon hearing the words "World Tree," Ivan paused slightly, and some memories began to surface in his mind.

"The World Tree..." Jean asked doubtfully, "Is this the sacred tree of the ancient Kanreia people?"

No, that's not true.

Ivan shook his head: "The World Tree is not the sacred tree of the Kanreia; it is Teyvat."

"what?"

When Ivan said this, all three people present, except for Li Wenliang, were stunned.

Jean frowned and asked, "The World Tree is Teyvat? What does that mean?"

Ivan pondered for a moment and said, "So, Teyvat is actually a manifestation of the World Tree. Teyvat is just another form of the World Tree's existence."

Upon hearing this conclusion, the group no longer had time to ponder why Ivan knew these things, because they were utterly shocked.

At this moment, Li Wenliang nodded and said, "Commander Yi is right. The ancient Kanreia people discovered the essence of this world in ancient times, and it was this discovery that led to a series of tragedies. Do you remember what I just said? The contents recorded on the stone tablet may exceed your imagination and expectations?"

At this point, Li Wenliang pushed up his reading glasses again, and his voice became deep when he spoke again.