Chapter 87: Wind Disappears, Snow Scatters, Frost Vanishes

On the peak of Dragonspine Snow Mountain.

At this moment, the Cryo Crystalfly had already transformed into its lord form, which was a gigantic Cryo Crystalfly.

Below it lay a pile of ley line branches, and the Cryo Crystalfly was constantly covered by them.

It had been several days since Kaeya's last drink, and everything had gone according to plan without any surprises.

Originally, Xianyu had planned to advance only when Dvalin attacked Mondstadt, but since the opponent hadn't shown up, Xianyu decided not to wait any longer.

As the ley line branches continued to wither, the power of the Cryo Crystalfly also slowly advanced.

Until a certain moment, it stopped absorbing the power of the ley line branches.

"Finally, finally reached the peak. Whether it succeeds or not, it depends on fate!"

Xianyu couldn't guarantee with absolute certainty that this evolution would be successful because he had never heard of an elemental lord being able to advance autonomously.

But at this moment, after much preparation, the chances of success were high. Given the Cryo Crystalfly's uniqueness and its experiences along the way, if it failed now, Xianyu's hope for its advancement would be completely extinguished.

"Let's begin..."

He took out the "Divine Crystal" prepared in his space and threw it towards the creature hovering in the air.

The Cryo Crystalfly sensed the allure emanating from the crystal and directly absorbed it into its body.

As soon as the crystal entered its body, the Cryo Crystalfly began to undergo changes.

Its elemental body gradually expanded and stretched, and the surrounding wind and snow gathered towards it on a large scale.

And it grew increasingly intense!

As time passed, the elemental fluctuations became more turbulent and restless.

This change had already begun to be noticed by the creatures inside Dragonspine Snow Mountain. Even the snow and ice on the ground began defying gravity and floating upwards.

Snow and ice gathered, elemental turbulence.

The sky was enveloped by the swirling frost and snow, while the form of the Cryo Crystalfly gradually transformed into another type of creature.

This commotion surpassed the impact of Xianyu's sword attack from before.

That attack was only local, but now, it was spreading to cover the entire snow mountain.

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Beneath the Wolvendom.

A slumbering wolf soul woke up, casting its gaze towards the snow-covered area, emitting a deep voice.

"Who is it? And this power isn't of the Anemo element."

Similarly, a poet drinking under a large tree also looked in that direction, initially preparing to stand up, but then stopped.

"I didn't expect that, at this time, there would still be creatures attempting to ascend to godhood. It's just a pity that the chances of reaching that level are too slim..."

"And besides, becoming a God isn't that easy."

Venti sighed and picked up the wine in his hand to drink again.

The commotion caused by the Cryo Crystalfly naturally couldn't escape the notice of Venti, the Archon, and King Wolf Andrius.

However, they didn't go over. One was a Lazy Drunken, the other a wisp of remnant soul, both having their own reasons not to go or unable to go.

As for Xianyu, although he was prepared for this kind of change and knew that the disturbance this time would be significant, he didn't expect the influence of the elemental disturbance to be so vast!

Fortunately, he knew that Mondstadt's "God of Freedom" was unlikely to come over, so he went ahead with the plan.

Even if Barbatos were to come, he would most likely only watch from the sidelines rather than intervene.

The only uncertain factor now was "Dvalin", but unfortunately, it was also in a bad state and resisting the erosion of Dvalin's "Corrupted Blood", so it wouldn't come.

Considering all the uncertain factors, this was Xianyu's style of action.

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Today, the snow mountain seemed to be different.

The creatures that usually roamed around aimlessly all turned their eyes to the mountain peak.

Even those who were adventuring in the snow mountain felt some unusual changes.

The most obvious change was in temperature. Even though they were wearing many layers of clothing before, they still felt cold, but now that feeling suddenly alleviated a lot.

Next, it was the turn of the animals. Each of them seemed to be enchanted, standing still and staring blankly at one direction.

This peculiar scene made them feel a bit uneasy.

Soon after, they packed up their belongings and headed out of the snow mountain.

They were just ordinary adventurers, not those with the eyes of gods. Any slightly intelligent person would know that such a change could signal something significant.

Except for those who weren't afraid of death.

"What's this?"

"I need to inform His Highness as soon as possible! This matter is too important!"

"If we can capture the source of this impact, then our plan will surely make progress!"

Although Xianyu knew that Abyss Mages were present in the snow mountain, he couldn't possibly find them all. He had checked the Starsnatch Cliff before, but apart from the hilichurls, he hadn't seen their presence.

He didn't bother afterward.

Because time was running out, and they weren't Abyss Heralds who could use teleportation portals. Since they couldn't come quickly, there was no need to worry too much.

Both ordinary people and Abyss Mages noticed the anomaly. Naturally, the Fatui who had been stationed there couldn't overlook it either. They immediately had the message spread out and sent to their lord.

"ROOOOOOAAAAAAAARRRRRRR!"

While the information was still being transmitted, a dragon's roar suddenly echoed in the air.

In an instant, a gigantic dragon formed of ice and snow appeared in the sky, shocking many people.

But the next moment, they were all stunned.

Because the ice and snow dragon exploded!

Yes, it exploded suddenly, without any warning.

Seeing this, many people couldn't snap out of it, filled with various emotions and indescribable feelings.

Even those who were considering relaying the mutation here to their respective forces were mesmerized by this scene.

When they thought that the dragon had "died," they failed to notice that the chill in the snow mountain hadn't returned to its previous state.

"Has it failed again? Hundreds of years have passed, but in the end, no 'being' has been able to reach that level..."

The sigh echoed in the Wolvendom, but unfortunately, no one could hear it. After saying that, Andrius closed his eyes again.

And Barbatos' hand holding the wine just paused slightly, then shook his head without saying a word.

But was it really a failure?

Of course not. At least in Xianyu's eyes, the Cryo Crystalfly's advancement this time should have been successful.

This could be seen from its appearance.

Now it couldn't be called the Cryo Crystalfly anymore; it should be called the "Cryo Dragon."

It's just that the size didn't match.

The current "Cryo Crystalfly" was smaller than the original Elemental Lord, about the same size as a slime.

"I didn't expect that the 'Frost Spike' would have such an accident. If I hadn't timely detonated the Cryo Crystalfly's own power, it might have really dissipated due to failure."

Yes, the explosion just now was caused by Xianyu himself. If he hadn't done so, this operation would have been a complete failure.

As Xianyu was still thinking about what had just happened, a series of intermittent voices appeared in his mind.

"Master... master..."

The voice couldn't be distinguished between male and female, which was normal. Elemental creatures didn't have genders. Even Barbatos, the God of Wind, has been the subject of debate regarding His gender up to now.

As the voice sounded, Xianyu wasn't very surprised. The Cryo Crystalfly had a bit of intelligence before, and now that it had reached this stage, it wasn't surprising that it had some consciousness.

"How do you feel now? Have you reached the level of the God?"

The small "Cryo Crystalfly" couldn't understand what its master was saying.

It didn't know what an God was, so it naturally couldn't answer.

"Umm... I don't know... How should I put it, it's better for Master to feel it yourself."

After saying that, it automatically transformed into an armor shape and wrapped around Xianyu's body.

Floating in the air, eyes closed.

Xianyu silently experienced the power of the "Cryo Crystalfly."

Then he reached out his hand and grasped into the void, but no power fluctuations were seen.

Looking at the area where there was no sound of wind and where the falling snow and frost disappeared, he let out a sigh.

"The wind stops... the snow scatters... the frost... vanishes."

"This kind of power seems to involve the 'rules,' but it's too weak!"

Indeed, it was too weak, not even comparable to the will projection of the Winterwrath Archfiend back then.

"But, at this stage, there are some things that can be done."