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The departure of the Abyss Apostle freed Wang Lang from the shackles of the Abyss, and the invisible black-purple tentacles that had been wrapped around him disappeared.

He shook his mane like a living wolf and said to Kong and Jiang Bai in front of him, "Lupica among humans, I'm sorry to have shown you such a posture of mine."

"What is Lupica?" Jiang Bai asked Paimon, who was standing next to him.

“It means friends and family,” Paimon explained to him in a low voice.

"Wow, this is only the first time we've met, and I'm already family!" Jiang Bai felt like he had suddenly become popular, and subconsciously straightened his back.

Looking at the now-normal and imposing Wang Lang in front of him, he felt a little itchy to touch him.

Boreas is a giant wolf, predominantly blue and white, with deep blue fur covering its body. Its tail has ethereal, icy fur that floats like silken threads, and its glowing blue eyes are pure and sacred.

It can be said to be the most divine and beautiful thing Jiang Bai has ever seen, much better than Biwalin.

He stealthily approached, wanting to stroke the wolf's fur, which looked so comforting.

"Unfamiliar Lupica, thank you for your help. But the Abyss Apostle underestimated me after all."

Boreas possessed his own pride; he was the most solitary and arrogant king wolf in the pack, and the Abyss Apostle could not easily destroy his will.

"Wang Lang does not refuse the trial. However, the sinister outsider does not abide by the rules of the trial."

Lei Ze stammered out the sentence, trying to explain why this was the case.

He was somewhat frustrated that he had failed to protect Wang Lang.

"I also couldn't notice the trap I'd set..."

Paimon kindly translated for him, "In other words, the Abyss Order first prepared for the corruption, and then used the trial to awaken the King Wolf..."

"Don't be discouraged, Razer, it's not your fault." Kong patted Razer on the shoulder to comfort him.

Razer shook his head. "My claws need to be sharper..."

"You're injured, let me bandage you up." Kong took out a bandage and cleaned Lei Ze's wound.

Jiang Bai quietly approached Wang Lang's back, but before his hand could touch him, Wang Lang's gaze fell upon him.

Its gaze held a hint of doubt, wondering what Jiang Bai intended to do.

Jiang Bai wasn't embarrassed at all. He naturally placed his hand on Wang Lang's back and patted it twice, then asked with a concerned expression:

Are you injured? Do you need treatment?

Although the wolf king in front of them was a remnant soul, it still had a physical form, and its fur was as soft as clouds.

"unnecessary."

"Okay..." Jiang Bai landed back on the ground with some regret.

Such a beautiful and cuddly wolf, I'll bring the leader here to pet it next time.

Seeing that Boreas was staring at them, Paimon took the initiative to ask a question.

"Excuse me, sir, are you familiar with the world's first tillage machine?"

"I don't care about human creations and I don't know what a tiller is. But if I had to pick a machine that left a deep impression on me, there was one."

Boreas recounted this long-ago event:

"It stumbled into my trial grounds, and I regarded it as a warrior participating in the trial. But it has no intelligence, only wants to fight, and was created from the beginning for killing."

"In the end, my attack damaged it, and it left the trial grounds before collapsing."

"Will it launch missiles? Or fireballs?" Jiang Bai asked.

If so, then it's very likely the tiller they're looking for.

It's truly fortunate that the Abyss Apostles thought of coming to Wang Lang to look for clues; if they had actually found them, things would have been very difficult.

"Yes. He can spin, jump very high, and launch fireballs. Although his strength is not comparable to that of a demon god, it is stronger than that of many who possess the Eye of God."

"That seems to be what we've been looking for."

Jiang Bai looked at Kong, and Kong nodded.

"We'll be leaving now. Although the Abyss Apostles have left, the Abyss Order's attack is not over yet, so be careful."

"Yes. You all protect yourselves too."

Back at the place where they had agreed to meet Dain, after exchanging the information they had gathered, the location of the "world's first tillage machine" was now beyond doubt.

“I remember there was a big, broken thing on the Wind Dragon Ruins.” Paimon still remembered the guardian of that great ruin.

They noticed it once when they came with Wendy to find Dvalin, and were quite startled.

"It seems that after the tractor was destroyed, it headed towards the Wind Dragon Ruins, and finally ran out of energy and stopped there. Let's hurry over there before the Abyss Apostles find it."

The Wind Dragon Ruins are located in the northern part of Wolf Territory, so it makes perfect sense that the tractor ended up there.

Chapter 424 Encountering Difficulties, Summon Xiao!

The Wind Dragon Ruins remained as quiet as ever.

Those dilapidated ruins still tell the story of this place's former glory.

Arriving at the former palace, now atop the tower, Jiang Bai looked around but didn't see the East Wind Dragon, who had made this place its lair.

"Huh, isn't Dvalin here?"

"They must have gone out." Even a dragon can't stay in its lair forever.

"What a pity, I wanted to say hello to him."

"Found it, it's here!" Paimon flew to the front of the relic guard that was much larger than a normal relic guard.

The guardian of this ruin has long since ceased its activities and will not attack them.

"Let me use my elemental vision to take a look." Kong activated his elemental vision, but the Ruin Guardian within his vision was gray and lifeless, with nothing there.

"Strange, no, has it already been taken?"

“The method was wrong.” Dain was not surprised by the result at all. “Using elemental vision on the [Tiller] is not feasible because the energy that drives it is never [elements].

Dain stretched out her hand, and a faint blue light appeared in it.

Jiang Bai sensed that the energy used by Dain was completely different from that used by the Abyss Apostle. First, there was a difference in color, and second, the aura was different.

This may be the biggest difference between him, a descendant of Kanria, and the Abyss Order.

Before long, a huge core slowly emerged.

"What is this?" Paimon's eyes widened.

"This is the key that the Abyss Apostles have been searching for: the eyes of the world's first tillage machine. All the remaining guardians of the ruins today are replicas of this machine. As the prototype, its combat power was uncontrollable."

"So, its core is different from other relic guardians?" Jiang Bai asked curiously.

"No, the cores used by all the tillers are pretty much the same. The core is both the energy source and their control panel. It's just that the first tiller, as a prototype, had a more primitive energy source."

"initial?"

“That’s right.” Dain didn’t intend to say much more.

"What should we do with this core? Destroy it?"

"Destruction can only destroy the outer shell, not the [spark] inside."

Paimon suggested, "How about we find a secluded place to hide it, or put it with the church?"

Dain simply put the core away.

“The hidden places will be discovered, and the church is not trustworthy in my eyes. I must ensure that its power is not used by others.”

Jiang Bai had no objection to Dain putting away the core.

This core issue is of great importance, and he doesn't want the Abyss Apostles to come knocking on his door demanding repayment.

Given Dain's hatred for the Abyss, it wouldn't be a problem to apply it to him.

“Let’s go back to that ruin and smash that reversed statue. With me here, they won’t have a chance to escape.”

"But I've already tried. That statue is protected by some kind of shield, and elemental attacks are completely ineffective against it..."

Jiang Bai shrugged. He had come out to ask Zhong Li how to resolve the issue with the statue, but ended up coming directly to the core of the problem.

Dain replied matter-of-factly, "[Elements] cannot resist the Abyss, so naturally they cannot have any effect on the power of the Abyss."

"I originally intended to break through that shield with brute force, but then a lot of apostles came out of the abyss passage, and that's when I encountered you..."

Jiang Bai left not because he felt he couldn't win, but because he was afraid of something unexpected happening.

The Abyss Order is too sinister. What if a portal to the Abyss sends him to some unknown place again?

He doesn't want to meet that "person who knows destiny" yet.

"No problem. With your combined strength and mine, dealing with those Abyss Apostles won't be difficult." Dain crossed his arms, quite confident in his abilities.

He was confident in himself, but Jiang Bai was not confident in him.

"No, I need to call another helper!"

Dain tilted her head slightly, looking at him expressionlessly. "If you summon the gods, then we'll have no choice but to part ways for now."

Jiang Bai rolled his eyes. "You're overthinking it. I'm not the head of the hall. I can't call on the old man."

Dain's hatred for gods is extraordinary; he doesn't even want to see them.

"Let's head to the secret realm. I'll summon Xiao once we're outside."

"It's called Xiao?" Paimon was somewhat surprised.

"What's wrong? Xiao is currently the strongest fighter in Liyue, of course we should call him!"

Moreover, Xiao only needs to shout, and he'll come running whenever you call, which is super convenient.

Dyne had no objection to shouting.

"Okay, I hope everything goes well."

Although Paimon felt that Trouble Ape was a bit of a problem, he could only nod in agreement.

There's nothing we can do; she's just a decoration, she has no fighting power.

Upon arriving at the entrance of the secret realm, Jiang Bai shouted loudly, and soon Xiao appeared in front of them.

Xiao was still dressed in a smart blue robe. His gaze swept over the group of people before finally settling on Jiang Bai, who had called out to him.

"What do you want with me?"

"Here's the thing, there's a secret realm of the Abyss Order here. The Abyss Order has hidden a corrupted, reversed Seven Gods statue inside. I'm worried that there are too many enemies to defeat, so I'd like to ask you to come with us," Jiang Bai explained simply.

"A defiled, reversed idol?" Upon hearing this, Xiao's aura instantly turned ferocious.

Seeing that he had suddenly become so frightening, Paimon quickly explained, "It's not the Emperor's, it's the statue of the Wind God!"

As soon as Xiao withdrew his aura, he knew that if the people of Liyue couldn't even protect the statue of the Emperor, he would have to give Qixing a good talking-to.

Xiao frowned slightly. "The statue of the Wind God has been stolen..."

Although he did not believe in the Wind God, the Wind God was an old friend of the Emperor and had once saved him, so he could not leave him alone.

"I will go in with you."

As they walked into the secret realm, Jiang Bai explained to Xiao.

"It wasn't stolen recently; it was lost a long time ago. We can't find the Favonius Cathedral anywhere. Who would have thought the Abyss Order moved that statue to our Liyue territory..."

Dain remained silent throughout the journey, and Xiao showed no interest in the unfamiliar mortals in the group.

"Strange, why are there so few monsters left here?" Jiang Bai wondered after defeating the few monsters guarding the road.

When they escaped, the place was teeming with monsters.

"They probably knew we'd come back, so they withdrew all the weaker monsters," Kong guessed.

Weak monsters pose no threat to them and only increase casualties.

Withdraw them and do everything in your power to stop them in the deepest part of the abyss. If those apostles of the abyss could think, they would choose this path.

“There’s an ominous aura here.” Xiao frowned slightly.

Even before he reached the deepest part, he had already sensed that eerie information.