King Ember's Journey to Tevat

Chapter 739: Replica of Burning Tree
"Oh!"

"Hey, hey, hey..., what's going on? Why is the sky so gloomy?"

"I don't know? Do you smell it? It seems like there is a burning smell?"

……

The sky over the continent suddenly turned gloomy. The thick dark clouds brought not only darkness but also light.

However, the light was bright red, and the dark clouds in the sky were surrounded by a circle of smoldering sparks, which looked like burning charcoal.

In the mountains of Liyue, the man in the long robe stopped walking. He raised his palm, and a tiny spark slowly fell into his hand.

"Wait... this sign..."

Zhongli Wei Han’s eyes widened instantly. He jumped from the mountain path and rushed to the top of the mountain, looking at Xumi in the east of Liyue in the distance.

As expected, the originally vibrant Xumi rainforest has been covered in a layer of dark red.

Flames spread through the rainforest, but they were only smoldering like the dark clouds high in the sky.

"The surface of the earth veins is burning. What happened to the World Tree?" Zhongli held his chin with his eyes wandering, and then a loud explosion sounded on the top of the mountain.

High in the sky above the broken mountain top, you can vaguely see a jade dragon soaring in the dark clouds.

"Wait... Let me ask where Brother Yu Jin is first."

Zhongli suddenly reacted as the dark clouds were swelling. He turned around and in the blink of an eye he arrived at the chaotic streets of Liyue below.

The stream of light arrived in an instant. Even if someone saw it, they would only think it was silent thunder or blurred vision and would never imagine that there was a jade dragon in the stream of light.

"Don't panic! Don't panic! Leave the street in an orderly manner!"

"It's just a large-scale disturbance of the earth veins! Liyue's warlocks have already activated the alchemy formation in the city, everyone, don't panic!"

"Remember, don't leave the city before the dark clouds dissipate! I emphasize again, don't leave the city!"

The shouts of the Qianyan Army echoed in the streets. Zhongli, who was walking among them, nodded and shook his head when he heard it.

Nodding means praising Liyue’s response measures, while shaking the head means worrying about the future.

The World Tree is burning. This is an event that will destroy the world... at least it will destroy the world built by Sky Island.

Although the world built by Sky Island is not beautiful, it is not the time to destroy it. This crisis came too hastily and too suddenly.

As he thought about this, Zhongli's brows never relaxed. Unconsciously, he had already arrived at the Adventurer's Association.

Catherine was packing her things there, getting ready to go home from get off work.

"Toward the stars and the abyss."

"Mr. Zhongli? Are you here to issue a commission?" Seeing someone coming, Catherine calmly stopped what she was doing and smiled at Zhongli.

But at this moment, Zhongli didn't have the time to be polite. He said, "Catherine, can you contact Brother Yu Jin and ask him to go to Xumi and tell him that it was me who called him. It's urgent!"

"Understood! Mr. Zhongli, please wait a moment!" Catherine nodded immediately upon seeing this. After that, she lowered her eyes slightly and began to contact Catherine of Xumi.

After a period of anxious waiting, Zhongli saw Catherine raise her head with a strange look on her face.

"How is it? Any news about him?"

"Yes, there is. And I just saw Mr. Ember from Xumi."

"He was running and he was mumbling something like 'get out of the way, get out of the way, put out the fire, put out the fire'."

When Zhongli heard this, the tension on his face instantly relaxed.

"Shh!"

He took out a fan from somewhere, and with a push of his finger, a landscape painting appeared on the fan.

"It's good to put out the fire, it's good to put out the fire..."

Zhongli kept repeating the words he had just said and walked on the deserted street, fanning himself.

That leisurely look was exactly the same as usual.

……

"Fire, fire, get out of the way, the fire extinguishers are coming!" Countless people on the streets of Xumi heard this sentence, but no one knew who said it - because the speed of the embers was so fast that other people could not see his movements at all.

How anxious was he? Just look at the God of Righteousness squatting at the gate of Xumi City, with smoke coming out of his legs. He was moving so fast that the God of Righteousness could hardly bear it.

A strong wind blew up from the ruined Jiaolingyuan, and then a series of "bang bang bang" sounds of things falling to the ground were heard from the Jingshan Palace deeper inside.

"Uh... I feel dizzy..." "Where... is this..."

"Jing...Jingshan Palace!"

The Great Ci Tree King was the first to react. She rubbed her eyes and exclaimed in disbelief.

Just now they were diverting water to create an oasis in the depths of the desert, so how come they suddenly returned to Jingshan Palace?

"Are you still surprised? If you continue to be surprised, the World Tree will be gone!!!" Yu Jin slapped Nashida, the Great Compassion Tree King, and Villette on the top of their heads, and the three of them woke up instantly.

"Why did I come here?"

"Because you are a water dragon, it might be useful next."

Yu Jin explained to Nanavilet that if Apep wasn't so big, he would even want to stuff Apep in as well.

After saying that, he put his hands on Nashida's shoulders and said, "Hurry up, the World Tree is on fire! Let us in!"

"understand!"

Nashida also knew that the situation was urgent, so she nodded quickly, with panic visible on her face.

The Great Compassion Tree King was also nervous, but when she saw Nashida's expression, she took a deep breath and said:

"Don't be so nervous. Look, it's only up to your ankles. The fire is still small."

As she spoke, she lifted up her small feet, which were abnormally red and had blisters in some places.

After hearing what the Great Mercy Tree King said, Nashida looked at her feet belatedly. The damage she suffered was more serious than that of the Great Mercy Tree King, and some of her skin had even been burned and peeled off.

But in the tension of the burning World Tree, she completely ignored the changes in herself.

"I...I understand! Everyone get ready!".

Holding the Heart of God tightly in his hand, a emerald green light immediately enveloped everyone.

The light has a special connection with the World Tree. It does not need to flow through the earth veins to reach the World Tree across an extremely long distance.

The light dissipated, and then a pungent smell rushed into everyone's nostrils.

"Nashida and I will control the World Tree to shrink its roots. Villette, you try to put out the burning flames with water."

"As for the embers..." The Great Compassion Tree King closed his eyes, then pointed to a corner below the World Tree and said:
"Yu Jin, go down there, the source of the fire is there, take it out!"

"learn!"

"understand!"

Both Villette and Yu Jin nodded. With a "plop" sound, Yu Jin jumped under the World Tree.

"Wow!"

Seeing that Yu Jin had started to act, Villette was not to be outdone. He thrust his staff downwards and raised his other hand at the same time.

The aqua blue ripples on his body sparkled, but unfortunately, deep underground, there was no water to respond to the Dragon King's call.

But Villette did not count on this. He raised his palm and pressed down, and the aqua blue light was magnified countless times and cast towards the burning fire in the distance.

"Wow!"

Endless waterfalls poured down from the sky, soaking the roots of the burning world tree.

"laugh--"

Countless white mists rose up, like the flow of information from below.

"Not enough! More!"

Both the Great Tree King and Nashida felt the coolness on their ankles, but this was far from enough, the heat of the flames still existed.

"Right on my mind!"

Navilette held the scepter in both hands, raised it, and then smashed it down heavily.

"O Tide, I have returned!"

"Boom!!!"

The white mist ocean turned into a real ocean at this moment, and the azure blue rose up, completely covering the roots of the World Tree.

(End of this chapter)