The girl transformed into Lei light, passing through the gaps between the ice and Lei colored energy balls. Then, Kuji Narukami appeared in her hand, and she struck a death line on the purple Azhdaha.
The long, narrow blade of Kuji Narukami plunged into the Bathysmal Vishap's body up to the hilt. Accompanied by a mournful roar, this Azhdaha fell to the ground, losing its life.
Then, her free left hand condensed a Lei strike spear, and she swung it back, sending the blue Azhdaha, which had leaped from the air, flying and then pinning it to the ground.
The violent electro element instantly annihilated its heart. Even with the Bathysmal Vishap's powerful vitality, it could not bear the cost of losing its heart and immediately perished.
The golden Lei strike spear slowly dissipated, and Shiki also pulled Kuji Narukami out of the Bathysmal Vishap's corpse.
These two Bathysmal Vishaps died very cleanly; the pain lasted only for the instant the blade and spear pierced their bodies, and then there was nothing. Shiki fulfilled her promise.
As someone who had died once, Shiki knew what the feeling of life slowly draining away was like, just like sinking to the bottom of a cold lake, powerless and full of fear.
bloodbranch coral... to put it simply, it was a section of hardened blood vessel above the Bathysmal Vishap's heart. It was a Crystalize formed by the Bathysmal Vishap, containing the life force transplanted from Orobas.
Two small Bathysmal Vishaps emerged from the water, their eyes filled with fear, but also concern for the two dead Azhdaha on the platform.
Shiki's expression was complex; the so-called trial, its truth was far more cruel than imagined.
The Bathysmal Vishaps inside this Mikoshi were completely tools for the production of bloodbranch coral.
After the bloodbranch coral was taken by the "brave ones," the remaining Azhdaha young would spend hundreds of years growing to adulthood, then give birth to a new batch of young.
Finally, the bloodbranch coral would be taken by new "brave ones," forming a cycle.
Seeing that the girl made no move, the two small Azhdaha leaped out of the water and used all their strength to push their parents, hoping the latter would impatiently flick them away with their tails as usual.
However, what responded to them were only two gradually cooling corpses.
The two little ones seemed to be stunned, standing motionless. Shiki, who was watching everything from the side, sighed deeply.
There was nothing more to say; this world was inherently like this: the strong survive, and whether the weak survive depends only on the choice of the strong.
But Archon loves the world, and it is precisely because of this that humanity has gradually gained dominance in this dangerous Teyvat continent.
The girl pushed the bodies of the two Bathysmal Vishaps back into the water. Let them complete this final journey together.
In the future, Watatsumi Island would no longer need bloodbranch coral to reverse the sacred land transformation.
Shiki didn't believe that in a few hundred years, she wouldn't be able to "kill" the sacred land transformation with her Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.
Riding the lift platform back to the surface, Aru looked at the items in the girl's hand and knew that she had succeeded.
Thanks to Watatsumi Omikami's secret art, his sinshadow was different from ordinary ones; even knowing the fact of his death, he would not dissipate and could remember a considerable amount of things.
Otherwise, how could he continue to conduct trials for subsequent brave ones?
The priestess named Eboshi in Serpent's Heart was the same as him, both empowered by Watatsumi Omikami's secret art to provide trials for future generations.
"It seems you have obtained the bloodbranch coral. Since that is the case, my task is complete. Remember not to speak of what happened here."
"Hmm, but I have a question: after the trial is completed, what happens to you sinshadows who are responsible for guiding?" Shiki asked.
After obtaining the bloodbranch coral, she had been thinking about one question: if these sinshadows retained their previous memories, wouldn't the plan to deceive fail?
After all, her appearance was so distinctive; a brief mention would expose everything.
"Us? Of course, we scatter the reins of resurrection back into the trial ground, then adjust the Mikoshi back to Whitenight, awaiting the arrival of the next brave one."
"In the Whitenight state, we will not only temporarily disappear, but our thoughts will also cease, until the phenomenon of Evernight appears."
"To adjust the state of the Mikoshi, you must have the core component of the reins of resurrection, the reins of resurrection."
"And if you want us to speak, you also need to use the reins of resurrection."
"As a guide, I only manifest when I sense the reins of resurrection, while ordinary sinshadows can only speak when the reins of resurrection are nearby."
Aru explained that if they maintained thought throughout the long years, they would eventually go mad.
"I see..."
Shiki looked at the reins of resurrection embedded in the lift platform. As long as she took that thing away, subsequent people would not be able to undergo the trial.
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