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If Abess was trying to silence them, the plan was doomed from the start, because at least two other groups knew of Abess's existence—Sugar had led the survivors of the treasure-hunting group back to the adventurer camp to report the news from the very beginning; in addition, there was the scarred Fool Vagin and his soldiers, who had also seen Abess and had a grudge against him.

Abe wanted to keep the whole thing completely under wraps. Killing just the five of them wouldn't be enough; he needed to silence at least the dozen or so others as well.

If Abeso wants to reincarnate and continue living under Abedo's identity, how can he explain the existence of the missing Abeso? Putting aside others, Yura will definitely investigate Abeso to the end.

Moreover, if one person wants to completely impersonate another, simply having the same appearance is not enough to fool everyone.

Take alchemy, for example. Simply studying Abedo's alchemy notes probably wouldn't make Abedo a master alchemist like Abedo. There are really no shortcuts when it comes to science.

The renowned Master Abedo receives scholars from all over the world for visits and exchanges. His knowledge, which earns the admiration of experts from various countries, cannot be contained in just a few notebooks. At the same time, he also needs to guide two disciples. If he shows any weakness in teaching, he may not be able to pass the test of Sugar and Timaus.

Moreover, Abedo had quite a few interactions with other people in Mondstadt, and some people who knew Abedo would notice his unusual behavior.

They had only spent two days with Abedo and they were already able to discover many unusual things. How could someone as shrewd as Kaia, a witch like Lisa, and that Alice... possibly hide it from those people's eyes?

Or perhaps... although Abe is smart, he is not smart enough to consider all these things. Is there a lot of flaw in his actions caused by impulsiveness?

Just as Han Fulai's own plans are always prone to various unexpected events, it is normal for Abe's plans to also have various loopholes.

Of course, the most crucial point is—is the Abedo who is now acting with them a fake?

What if it's just a misunderstanding?

Whether Abe was following them to eliminate them or trying to replace Abedo, the prerequisite was that Abedo was dead, or at least imprisoned and unable to appear.

Just like Han Fulai had the Emperor protecting him in Liyue, Abedo had the Wind God Barbatos protecting him in Mondstadt... Could Young Master Abedo really kill Abedo so easily?

But a new question arises: if Aberdo wasn't dead, why did he hide?

While Han Fulai remained silent in thought, Yura and the others also remained silent.

Admittedly, they weren't close to Aberdo. Amber and Yura were just colleagues with Aberdo in the past, and Bennett had only met Aberdo yesterday. But the thought that they might never see their colleagues and friends again, whom they had just met this morning, left them with a bitter taste in their mouths.

Han Fulai clapped his hands and said, "The most important issue right now is to figure out whether Abedo is real or fake. I guess Miss Yura has probably come up with a solution?"

Yura nodded.

She had been thinking about how to verify whether this Abedo was real or fake throughout the journey, and now she had made up her mind.

“Considering that the other party may have the ability to completely ‘mimic’ Abedo, and may have obtained Abedo’s personal belongings, I think that verification methods such as birthmarks, swords, or alchemy may all fail… However, when a person is in danger, they often reveal their true nature,” Yura said.

Chapter 139 Please Help Me Test My Sword

Yura's method is actually quite simple: attack Abedo and force him to retaliate.

Just like Han Fulai, who hid his abilities before, his first reaction to an attack was to activate the "Jade Shield"; Yura usually didn't want to mention the Lawrence family, but when she was desperate, she would still use the "Ice Seal" passed down by the Lawrence family... When people are trying to survive, they often go all out and can't care about being reserved or pretending.

Just as Yura had said to Amber before—

"People are always afraid of the cold and avoid danger, but they don't realize that the ice is just the surface. What is hidden under the ice needs to be discovered with a discerning eye."

She wanted to leave Abedo with no way out, forcing him to expose "what was hidden beneath the ice".

When Aberdo returned, he noticed that something was off.

The group of people who were chatting and laughing when he left now looked rather serious.

Although it might be an illusion, the way the four people were standing seemed to subtly form a circle around him, making him feel a little uncomfortable.

“What happened?” Abedo asked.

The person who answered him was Han Fulai: "Professor Abedo, Miss Yura just said that she has something she would like to ask you for help with."

Abedo frowned slightly and turned to Yura, "What is it?"

"Um, I'd like to ask you for help..."

As Yura spoke, she approached Abedo.

"...testing the sword."

As Yura uttered the word, a greatsword of a deep blue color appeared in her hand.

In the next instant, the blade of the greatsword was covered with a layer of frost, and a shimmering "Ice Seal" appeared on the hilt.

Yura's eyes were as cold as her sword, and the murderous aura she exuded made even the onlookers, including Han Fulai, feel their scalps tingle.

Extremely cold air, accompanied by swift sword dance, descended upon Abedo.

No one would doubt the killing intent behind Yura's sword strike. If the strike landed, the extent of the injury would be irrelevant; the question is whether Abedo could be left with a whole body.

Abedo looked stunned, but it was too late to ask Yura why she attacked him.

In that life-or-death moment, Abedo crossed his arms in front of him to block Yura's greatsword—his hands actually turned into two thick ice pillars!

The Frost-Covered Greatsword was only momentarily blocked before Abedo's arms were severed in two.

Two icicles fell to the ground and shattered into dust.

By sacrificing his hands to catch his breath, Aberdo used the momentum to leap into the air.

Two new ice pillars grew from where his severed arms had been, strangely taking the shape of hands. At the same time, a huge magic circle appeared in the air, its shape being a "hexagonal crystal" pattern representing the ice element.

The next second, countless ice spikes appeared from the hexagonal crystal array and fell from the sky like hail.

The saturation bombing covered everyone on the ground, leaving no blind spots for anyone to hide in.

The icicles crashed down, their whistling sound cutting through the air endlessly, seemingly without end.

Yura used her greatsword as a shield to block some of the attacks, but Amber and Bennett had no way to withstand such area-of-effect attacks. If they couldn't dodge them completely, they would likely be seriously injured.

However, Han Fulai is still among them.

"As solid as a rock!"

Han Fulai clasped his hands together, and a golden shield immediately enveloped the four of them.

The collision between the ice spikes and the jade shield was like an egg hitting a high wall, shattering into pieces, the sound of the collision like large and small pearls, a cacophony of noise.

As the icy spring cooled and the strings snapped, Yura, sword in hand, charged straight at Abedo, who had just landed.

No, he shouldn't be called Abedo anymore.

Everyone knows that Abedo doesn't have the Eye of the Ice, and it can't regenerate like a tree after its branches are cut off.

Perhaps we should call him "Abe-shao" now.

With Amber's Zephyr bow in hand, two arrows imbued with the power of fire were launched simultaneously with Yura's figure, one after the other, aimed directly at Aber's brow—it was Amber's signature move, "Two Arrows in One Go"!

Meanwhile, her fellow disciple Yura, without any communication, telepathically blocked Abe's dodge path with her sword, forcing him to choose between being hit by an arrow or a sword.

Abe chose the side with the greatsword.

Amber's arrows were of unknown power, but he had already experienced Yola's sword.

This time, he didn't try to block Yura's greatsword with his body. While dodging Amber's arrow, he drew a purplish-black straight sword.

The Corruption Sword clashed with the Pine Greatsword. The Pine Greatsword could cut through the blade of the Fool's Thunder Hammer, but it could not cut through this strange straight sword. Yura's attack was blocked by Abe.

Seemingly unwilling to contend with Yura, Abe twisted the Corruption Sword, and the eye-shaped ornament on the hilt glowed slightly, emitting a purplish-black magical mist, which was the Corruption Poison of the Demon Dragon Dulin.

Even with the protection of the Jade Shield, Yura dared not easily come into contact with the poisonous fog and immediately separated from Abe. At the same time, Abe waved his hand and pulled up an ice wall.

Just then, a voice rang out, "I'll protect everyone!" and Bennett joined the battle.

Bennett leaped high into the air, slamming his iron-black longsword into the ground, instantly creating a circular fire field with a "thumbs up" symbol, which rapidly melted Abe's ice wall.

Furthermore, this circular area can also grant fire elemental enchantments to teammates within it, increasing the power of their weapons.

Although the Bennett Adventure Team currently consists of only Captain Bennett, this circular area has completely revealed how much Bennett longs for a team adventure.

This battle gave him the feeling of being part of an adventure team again.

Mondstadt's six-star Vulcan drew his one-handed sword and pointed it very stylishly at Abess in front of him.

Just then, his ever-present and strange misfortune struck again: a small pair of scissors fell from the hilt of Bennett's sword and pierced his toe.

The iron-black longsword in his hand is called the "Traveler's Sword," a weapon commonly used by novice adventurers in Mondstadt.

The sword itself is made of tough, high-quality steel, making it both sharp and easy to use. It is also very inexpensive and has multiple functions, making it a highly recommended "travel companion" for adventurers—hence the name "sword".

However, its multi-functional advantage is also its disadvantage.

In pursuit of functionality, in addition to its combat uses, this sword also has miniature fruit knives, scissors, tinder, and other small items commonly used during travel stuffed into its hollowed-out hilt.

Therefore, embarrassing things like Bennett's sometimes happen during battles.

Everyone knows how painful it is to bump your toe. Bennett yelled "Ouch!" and squatted down, his cool demeanor lasting less than three seconds...

Yura looked at the flames enveloping her "When the Pine Trees Resound" and sighed.

The "Ice Seal" effect she applied to the greatsword was replaced by Bennett's fire elemental enchantment—and since Bennett meant well, she couldn't blame him for making things worse.

Meanwhile, Abe had already rallied, raising the Corrupted Sword high, and the "hexagonal crystal" magic circle reappeared in the sky.

This time, he seems to be preparing to unleash something big.

Besides shielding his teammates, Han Fulai, who had been observing the situation, was considering making a move.

After all, the tradition of their secretary, Yuehaiting, is to observe team battles and then steal kills at the end...

Just then, a silver longsword pierced through Abe's chest from behind.

Chapter 140 The Light Sword of Condensation

Han Fulai recognized the sword that had stabbed Abe—it was the "Cinnabar Spindle".

The one holding the "Cinnabar Spindle" was, of course, Abedo.

The longsword was pulled from Abe's chest.

Although it has a human appearance, its internal structure seems to be completely different from that of humans.

No blood gushed from the chest pierced by the sword; only black energy seeped from the wound, like the residue of putrid poison.

That sword may have pierced the energy core within his body.

Abedo revealed his face from behind him, his expression blank, not even a hint of murderous intent in his eyes.

He flicked the "Cinnabar Spindle" in his hand, and the putrid poison wrapped around the sword immediately disappeared, as if he had shaken off the bloodstains left on the sword.

Abe's body slowly slumped down, but his eyes remained open until his cheeks touched the ground—the sword thrust from behind seemed to have left him "dying with his eyes open in disgrace."

"This is... he's dead?" Yura stared at the suddenly appearing Abedo.

There are still many questions, including where Abedo went before and what exactly happened... But Yura can distinguish between primary and secondary issues. Right now, the most important thing is to make sure to kill this monster impersonating Abedo.

The "Cinnabar Spindle" has the ability to counteract the poison of decay, and can completely kill the demon dragon Dulin. Of course, it can also completely kill Abe, who shares the same origin as Dulin.

Aberdo did not answer, but raised his longsword and plunged it straight down, seemingly intending to finish the job.

Just then, a towering black aura burst forth from Abe's body on the ground.

"It's not over yet, get out of the way!" Han Fulai shouted from a distance.

He wasn't sure if the Jade Shield could withstand such a large amount of poison gas.

In fact, he didn't need to remind her. Yura reacted quickly and had already pulled Bennett backward. At the same time, Abedo also jumped back several meters.

The black mist rose high like smoke, then suddenly receded, surging into Abe's corpse—or more precisely, into the decaying sword in his hand.

Everyone present once again felt the power of the Dragon King that they had experienced earlier that morning.

Although it was far less powerful than the dragon's might emanating from Dulin himself, and the range of its spread was also quite small, this time without Abedo "buffing" them, Yura and the others felt a chill from the bottom of their hearts.

This is the superior life form's suppression of mortal beings. If it were ordinary knights without the Eye of God here, they would probably be weak in the knees by now.

The only people present who seemed completely unaffected by this were probably Han Fulai and Abedo.

Han Fulai hadn't flinched when facing Oser and Ba Che at the Qunyu Pavilion—it seemed the mental pressure emanating from these magical beasts was completely ineffective against him. Similarly, Abedo, who had absorbed the essence of the dragon Dulin and was protected by the "Cinnabar Spindle," was also unafraid of the dragon's might.

"What... what is this..." Amber's voice trembled slightly, which was unusual for her.

Because the creatures appearing before them were changing into all sorts of different shapes.

One moment it's Abedor, the next a dragon, then a horned steed, then a subterranean dragon lizard, then a Hilichurl clad in frost armor, and it even transforms into a giant Spellflower...

Finally, its image froze into an ancient, ice-blue tree several meters tall, its entire crown resembling a hexagonal snowflake, radiating visible, billowing cold currents in all directions…

“A freeze tree?” Bennett asked in surprise.

He had encountered this kind of monster before during his adventures. According to information from the Adventurers' Guild, the Frozen Tree is a monster formed when frost from the earth's veins adheres to the vines of an ancient tree.

According to the theories of the Elementalist school of the Church, plants are like organs of the world, harmonizing the surging elements of the earth's veins. Taking ice as an example, the crystallization of the ice element ecosystem in the earth's veins on the surface is a product full of elemental energy, such as ice mist flowers and deceptive flowers.

Specific plants that grow in specific environments may, over time, become massive and ferocious life forms like the frozen tree, which resemble monsters.

You can call it a plant or an animal, regardless of its biological classification. What they have in common is that it is powerful and dangerous, and will indiscriminately attack any living thing around it.