Jiang Xiaofeng waved to Ying.
Have the siblings met?
Kong frowned.
You're still alive!
Jiang Xiaofeng picked at his ear.
He hadn't expected Kong to recognize him at a glance.
"If you ask that, and I don't tell you I've come back from Hell, I feel like you'll be embarrassed..."
Dainsleif Reb frowned.
"Is it that guy?"
Ying and Paimon were still in the dark, unable to recognize who the stylishly armored person in front of them was.
"Who is this guy? Why does he look so familiar...?"
Paimon unconsciously stroked his chin, lost in thought.
Ying frowned as she looked at Jiang Xiaofeng, then suddenly said, " The Beheaded?"
null. "..."
Dainsleif: "..."
Jiang Xiaofeng's smile froze on his face.
Jiang Xiaofeng slowly turned his head to look at Ying.
"Ying, don't worry, once we leave this secret realm, you're bound to get a beating..."
fluorescent. "..."
She just instinctively called him "The Beheaded," not because she recognized the stranger as Jiang Xiaofeng... It seems he hadn't told anyone else that name?
"I was wrong..."
Ying honestly admitted her mistake.
Kong frowned.
How did you become like this?
Jiang Xiaofeng looked up into the air, raised his hands, and examined his own body.
"This is my original body."
"You could say I've become a normal person again."
Jiang Xiaofeng lowered his hands.
"While I should thank you for destroying my system... you were there to kill me, weren't you...?"
As he spoke, Jiang Xiaofeng took out the Cursed Sword.
"We still need to settle things..."
Jiang Xiaofeng immediately raised his hand and stopped time.
The entire secret realm fell silent.
Jiang Xiaofeng slowly walked behind Kong.
"So what if you're powerful in the Abyss? Can you defy time?"
As he spoke, Jiang Xiaofeng waved his hand.
Time began to flow in the secret realm...
"Um?"
Jiang Xiaofeng's slash missed its mark.
Where are they?
Jiang Xiaofeng instinctively swung his sword around and slashed directly at the waist of the newly appeared Abyss Herald.
The Abyss Herald clutched his kidneys. "..."
Jiang Xiaofeng: "... Where is your prince?"
The Abyss Herald, enduring the pain, cried out, "Your scheme will not succeed!"
Jiang Xiaofeng grabbed the head of the Abyss Herald.
"I'll ask you one more time, where did Kong go?"
"If you don't tell me, I'll twist your head off."
"There are others who can find him."
The Abyss Herald paused for a moment, then suddenly summoned a spatial portal that swallowed him and Jiang Xiaofeng inside!
" Jiang Xiaofeng!"
Ying was startled and ran over to check what was going on.
Dainsleif grabbed Ying's arm. "I'll go check it out."
Then, Dainsleif rushed into the portal.
Ying had gone along with them, but the door wouldn't let her in...
Ying could only watch as the portal in front of her slowly disappeared...
On the other side, Jiang Xiaofeng and the Abyss Herald.
Once Jiang Xiaofeng reached the Abyss, he began to fall uncontrollably downwards.
The Abyss Herald clutched his waist, still shaken.
"Fortunately, the Abyss can't accept this guy, otherwise I wouldn't have escaped this fate..."
Why did you send me back to the Abyss?
A sinister voice suddenly rang out.
The Abyss Herald turned and bowed to the void. "Your Highness, I had no other choice at the time."
"His power may be related to the God of Time Istaroth..."
Kong stood silently behind the Abyss Herald.
The power of the God of Time?
He sighed.
Even the Demon God of Time cannot resist the power of time, let alone the Abyss, which has only a superficial understanding of this power...
However, although Jiang Xiaofeng can manipulate time, Kong is certain that this power does not come from Istaroth.
"Let's go, Dainsleif has come in too."
"Great, we absolutely must keep that guy here this time!"
"The Abyss Herald said excitedly."
Silence reigned.
Just then...
A short sword with eyes appeared out of thin air and pierced the Abyss Herald right through the heart!
Kong stared wide-eyed, incredulous.
When did it appear?
Kong immediately drew his longsword, ready for battle, but apart from the Abyss Herald that were constantly turning into specks of light and disappearing, there was nothing else...
Now, let's talk about Jiang Xiaofeng.
As soon as Jiang Xiaofeng realized he was falling, he voluntarily ignited the flame of the Beheaded.
However, this could not completely prevent the Abyss from encroaching upon his physical body.
The Cursed Sword rushed back, did its best to absorb the power of the Abyss around Jiang Xiaofeng, but a considerable amount of the Abyss's power still ended up on Jiang Xiaofeng's body.
Must the perfect body I went to so much trouble to acquire only decay once more?
Jiang Xiaofeng didn't want to go back to the days when the Beheaded constantly stole other bodies from him; such a life was hopeless.
Why does the Abyss so reject my physical body?
Jiang Xiaofeng suddenly remembered the system.
Then, Jiang Xiaofeng took out one of the items from the system's last reward.
Void Heart.
The source of power from the " Vessel " world of Hollow Knight.
I don't know what the connection is between this Abyss and that Abyss, but since they are both products of the Abyss, I should at least give it a try!
Jiang Xiaofeng looked at the Philosopher's Stone that was almost embedded in his flesh, hardened his heart, and pressed the Void Heart onto the Philosopher's Stone!
"Null--"
Jiang Xiaofeng's continuously falling body suddenly stopped.
Then, white light slowly emanated from the eyes of the Void Heart...
Seeing the changes in the Void Heart, Jiang Xiaofeng felt reassured and immediately rekindled the flames of the Beheaded.
"Huff huff..."
This time, the flames were no longer passively resisted, but actively ignited the power of the Abyss!
The power of the Abyss was continuously burned by the flames, slowly gathering at Jiang Xiaofeng's chest and further penetrating into the Void Heart.
Jiang Xiaofeng adjusted his body and increased the speed at which the flames burned.
The surrounding Abyss Power was almost completely burned away, and even became thinner.
Jiang Xiaofeng closed his eyes and felt the power of the Abyss.
It felt cool and refreshing, the Abyss power circulating within my body felt very comfortable.
Jiang Xiaofeng carefully released the Abyss power he had absorbed into his body, beginning to assimilate the surrounding Abyss Power.
The crimson and purple royal armor was also stained by this Abyss Power, slowly turning black and white...
Only the Philosopher's Stone on his chest stubbornly resisted the corruption of the Abyss Power, enveloping and protecting the Void Heart that Jiang Xiaofeng had placed on his chest.
The Void Heart releases the power to embrace the Abyss, while the Philosopher's Stone resists the excessive erosion of Jiang Xiaofeng by the Abyss Power.
The Abyss Power might have driven Teyvat creatures mad after being absorbed into it transformed into pure Abyss energy after circulating within Jiang Xiaofeng's body—so pure that it had no possibility of developing sentience...
Jiang Xiaofeng's armor was eventually completely tainted and corroded by the Abyss Power.
The black and white royal armor on Jiang Xiaofeng's body slowly disappeared, revealing his agile but somewhat pale body.
As expected of the King "proficient in all martial arts," his physique is absolutely on par with the adult males of Teyvat.
Even more robust.
Jiang Xiaofeng slowly opened his eyes.
It's not that the power has been completely absorbed.
Instead, he sensed that his armor had been destroyed by the Abyss Power.
So he's not wearing anything right now.
He didn't reject the feeling; on the contrary, it felt like swimming in the deep sea.
Jiang Xiaofeng suddenly increased the conversion of the Abyss's power.
Because Jiang Xiaofeng had already sensed that the will of the Abyss was beginning to reject him.
You don't belong here, leave!
Jiang Xiaofeng decisively ignored the voice and desperately absorbed the Abyss Power.
"Almost there, almost there. I just need to strengthen the shell of the Hypostasis..."
"..."
Just as Jiang Xiaofeng was left with only his ice and wind-type shells and had not yet used the Abyss Power to strengthen them, he was kicked out.
A Starry Sky Gate suddenly appeared in front of Jiang Xiaofeng, identical to the gate summoned by the Abyss Herald.
"Roll!"
Jiang Xiaofeng flew straight out of the Abyss.
Meanwhile, Jiang Xiaofeng was wearing a black royal armor.
Just as Jiang Xiaofeng was kicked out of the Abyss...
On Celestia, someone's eyelids twitched slightly.
Then, he slowly opened his eyes...