"Whoosh—"
The Sky of the Dark Sea was always colorful. A bright azure stream of light passed through the vibrant patches of light, creating no ripples, as if the light was also part of the light patches.
"Did you see it?" Yu Jin stood on Dvalin's head, rubbing his eyes as he asked.
The light pollution in this Dark Sea was too severe; in just a moment, Yu Jin felt his eyes ache.
If it were anyone else, they might have been blinded.
Dvalin also rubbed his tearing eyes with his dragon claws, saying grumpily, "You didn't even see it, how could I?"
"That's true, but now I think I see it." Yu Jin nodded, then he gazed into the distance. At the edge of his vision, a piece of land appeared that should not exist in the Dark Sea.
It was a fiery red and barren land, resting motionlessly in the Dark Sea.
"I feel it too." Dvalin exhaled a swirl of seven-colored air, which was the wild elemental power that had surged into his body.
There was so much of it that Dvalin felt bloated.
Dvalin expelled the elemental power escaping from his body and took another deep breath.
This time, what entered Dvalin's body was no longer chaotic elemental currents like unbridled wild horses, but extremely hot, pure air.
At most, the Pyro element was somewhat abundant.
It seemed that a distant kin had forcibly "suppressed" the chaotic elemental power, forming a small, normal piece of land in the Dark Sea.
Although by Teyvat's standards, the environment of this land was still very harsh.
As Dvalin approached, the fiery red land in the distance gradually became clearer.
Rolling lava, dark earth, and trees growing like charred wood, winding across it.
This land was filled with heat everywhere, and the pungent, sulfur-like smell lingered in the air, truly resembling a land of death.
Although this land seemed unsuitable for life, many creatures were still active on it.
Hopping Slimes, countless fiery red Vishaps of various forms… they added a touch of life to this land of only red and black.
"Kutri, where did you run off to?" Yu Jin looked at the Vishaps frantically fleeing in the lava below, feeling nothing but disdain.
These Vishaps were truly judging a gentleman by their own petty standards. Was he, Yu Jin, the kind of person who peeks at others bathing?
Speaking of which, Vishaps were truly peculiar creatures. The body structure of a Pyro Vishap was actually different from a Geovishap. What an eye-opener.
"Right below you~" A half-dead rumble sounded from below, as if someone had been woken up.
"Below…" Yu Jin looked down, a guess forming in his mind.
So, Yu Jin took a great leap, almost causing Dvalin's head to get a stiff neck, and soared into the Sky.
In the higher Sky, Yu Jin's vision was even wider. Now, he saw the "continent" coiling in the sea like a giant dragon.
"How did you get so big?" Yu Jin landed back on Dvalin's head, directly ignoring Dvalin's eye-roll below, and exclaimed in shock.
Do dragons just change size anywhere?
"Click!"
The dark earth below cracked open, revealing a terrifying large eye. However, the eye's gaze was still sleepy.
Along the edges of the crack, large gouts of magma spewed out. Yu Jin highly suspected it was Kutri's eye boogers.
"Making a fuss, I can get even bigger!" Kutri's slightly smug voice came from beneath the sea; it seemed his mouth was still submerged.
"Did you get so big to make room for your dragon children and grandchildren?" Yu Jin looked at Kutri at this moment and felt it was highly probable.
At this moment, besides his voice being the same as when they first met, Kutri was not just different, he was completely unrecognizable.
The flames that originally billowed outside his body had retracted inwards, and the eternally Burning fiery scales had extinguished, becoming continental plates.
In this form, Yu Jin felt Kutri should be called a Geovishap.
"Otherwise? Am I full and bored?" Kutri's exposed eye slightly closed, and the lava at the corner of his eye spewed more fiercely, as if he had yawned.
"Now Teyvat is the domain of humans, and I am a surviving dragon. If I don't find a place for them, who will?"
Kutri spoke in a very calm tone, as if he was talking about something completely unrelated.
"So your method is to turn yourself into land?" Yu Jin looked at Kutri, who only opened his eyes and remained motionless, feeling that this was too uncomfortable.
Being submerged in water, unable to move, was torture, absolute torture! The same torture as three dogs on one elevator platform!
"Hmm, it's shameful to say, I, this dragon, am a good fighter. But for sheltering my dependents, this is the only method I could think of." Kutri sighed. He thought of a fellow—Apep.
He didn't know if that old woman was dead or not. If she wasn't, he could stuff all his dependents into her body.
But as soon as he thought about his current state, Kutri sighed again. If he, who was so powerful, had become like this, there was even less to say for Apep, who was more of a support.
[Sigh~, when should I inquire where the trees grow densest in Teyvat, and go burn some incense.] Kutri thought to himself with sorrow.
Of the original Seven Dragons, he was probably the only one left.
"You're so miserable." Yu Jin listened to Kutri's words and inexplicably felt this guy was a bit pitiful.
"Actually, it's not bad." Kutri chuckled a few times, and the earth below shook as if an earthquake had occurred.
"I sleep for decades or even centuries, which is enough for them to multiply for several generations."
"Moreover, ever since I was trapped by things from outside the world, I haven't had a good night's sleep for a long time. Taking this opportunity, I can catch up."
"So, I had just closed my eyes, and you came back. What's up?" Kutri changed the subject, his large eye looking at Dvalin beneath Yu Jin, asking.
It seemed he had already guessed something.
"Let me introduce you to a good friend, Dvalin. Wind Dragon, should be the second generation." Yu Jin pointed to Dvalin, introducing him enthusiastically.
"Haha, I can tell." Kutri chuckled a few more times, then he teased, "Little fellow, you are much weaker than your predecessor; you need to work hard."
"I… I know." Dvalin looked at the giant eye below, feeling nothing but nervousness and awe.
He originally thought Azhdaha's strength was already terrifying, but he didn't expect Kutri to be even more terrifying than Azhdaha?
Although Kutri's aura was much weaker than Azhdaha's now due to his severe injuries, the sense of superiority deeply imprinted in his bloodline was much stronger than Azhdaha's!
"A dragon born under the new order…" Kutri's eyeballs rolled, as if trying to see through Dvalin.
"Tell me, what is the order of the world now?"
"Order? The current continent of Teyvat is governed by the The Seven Archons…" Dvalin pondered for a moment, then slowly spoke of the current order.
"The Seven Archons…, Seven Dragon Sovereigns…" Kutri muttered a few words softly, then said mockingly, "Will the new order also have the shadow of the old order?"
But very quickly, Kutri stopped thinking about these things. He looked at Dvalin's body, which was a flowing mass of wind.
Above the azure breeze, a higher level of power lingered. It was the aura belonging to the Wind Dragon, but at this moment, it was intertwined with Dvalin's exterior.
The authority of Anemo had not disappeared from Dvalin, nor had it been reclaimed by Dvalin, but rather… a form of blessing entwined around him.
"Rumble…"
Mountains cracked, lava flowed into the sea. Amidst countless Vaporizing water vapors, a colossal, Sky-obscuring figure completely enveloped Dvalin.
"Little fellow, can you tell me your position in the new order?"
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