Su Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, feeling that familiar, heart-pounding sensation again...
The palm of his left hand still didn’t feel any pain, but Su Yuan knew he had died once more...
So, how many times had this been today?
Would his random death-rewind ability even be enough?
Su Yuan turned to look at Aether’s defensive stance.
This time, Aether still wore a tense and anxious expression, which told Su Yuan that things were probably under control...
As everyone was discussing whether or not to trust the hints left by Aji, Aether took a deep breath and spoke loudly:
"Everyone, everything Aji wrote on the sign is true!!!"
"If we continue with everyone walking the same path, it will still be a path of death!!!"
Hearing Aether’s words, no one doubted their truth, but all of them furrowed their brows slightly...
Because if that was the case, it meant that two people might have to be sacrificed to clear the fifth chamber of the Spiral Abyss...
"Traveler, what kind of enemies will we face on the fifth floor’s path of death?" Kujou Sara asked.
"We will encounter five Consecrated Beasts, each with a different elemental power. While they won’t infinitely multiply like on the previous floor, they seem to be able to merge together into a single Fusion Consecrated Beast..."
Aether recalled the brutal scene from last time, his face solemn as he continued:
"After merging, this Fusion Consecrated Beast’s attack, speed, and defense will increase tremendously. With our current Eerie-enhanced combat power, we can’t even break its defense, let alone defeat it..."
"That’s why this path is called the path of death..."
After understanding the situation on the fifth floor’s path of death, everyone began thinking about another question...
That is, in this division into two paths, which two people should go down the dead-end path?
And how can they ensure that the path the majority takes is not the path of death, but the safe path?
In the end, after a long round of discussion, Rosaria made the final decision and spoke firmly:
"The Spiral Abyss at Musk Reef is ultimately part of Mondstadt’s territory.
If a sacrifice must be made, then it should be us Mondstadt folk who go first."
"Let Lisa and me take this one together," she said.
Lisa smiled gently, as if giving her last farewell to everyone.
"My little cuties, in the days when I’m not around, you must study hard and read plenty of books, alright...?"
And so, though everyone felt an overwhelming reluctance in their hearts, they still parted ways with Lisa and Rosaria, each group heading down a different path...
Lisa and Rosaria took the left fork, while the rest went toward the right.
At that moment, Klee’s eyes welled with tears as she said in a trembling voice,
"Big Brother Albedo fate remains unknown... and now even Master Jean and Sister Lisa are leaving me too..."
Seeing Klee so heartbroken, both Su Yuan and Aether couldn’t help but regret bringing her along to challenge the Spiral Abyss...
Such farewells between life and death—perhaps they were still too cruel for a child to endure.
But sadness was of no use here, and even crying had to be timed.
Before long, everyone passed through the right fork and arrived at the fifth floor’s battlefield.
And in the next instant—they were all stunned.
Because before their very eyes, several brightly colored Consecrated Beasts were entrenched at the center of the arena, glaring menacingly at the group that had just arrived.
"Damn it... Based on what the Traveler said earlier, could it be that we were unlucky and the main group ended up on the path of death?" Sigewinne frowned deeply as she stared at the beasts ahead.
Su Yuan’s expression grew grim as well.
Could our luck really be this bad?
If the main force had indeed taken the path of death, then he might once again have to rely on a death rewind.
But would his remaining daily rewinds really be enough?
"No matter what," Eula declared, drawing her greatsword and pointing it toward the Consecrated Beasts, "even if this is a path of death, we can’t just sit here and wait to die!"
"You invasive species from the deserts of Sumeru who’ve trespassed into Mondstadt’s lands— you’ve already violated the Knights of Favonius Foreign Species Management Ordinance..."
"This grudge—I’ll remember it!!!"
"You’re right, Miss Eula, even if this really is a path of death, we must fight to the very last moment—to grasp even the faintest chance of survival!"
Clorinde nodded in agreement with Eula’s words.
Then she stepped forward, drawing her single-handed sword and declaring loudly to the Consecrated Beasts before her:
"Come then, Consecrated Beasts! Face me in a fair and honorable duel!!!"
Seeing everyone enter battle mode, both Su Yuan and Aether realized that simply waiting for death wasn’t an option—they had to fight until the very end!
Under the group’s coordinated assault, the Consecrated Beasts were defeated relatively easily.
Yet, none of them dared to relax.
Everyone knew—the real battle was only about to begin.
Sure enough, not long after, the defeated bodies of the Consecrated Beasts began to twitch once more.
They started dragging themselves toward the center, seemingly preparing to merge together.
"Now!!!" Aether suddenly shouted.
"If we attack them before they finish fusing, maybe we can interrupt the process!!"
Everyone agreed—it made sense.
They unleashed their most powerful attacks toward the half-formed beasts before them.
But soon, despair set in.
Around the merging beasts, an invisible barrier had formed, completely blocking every attack, rendering them powerless to interfere with the fusion.
"Damn it! This is supposed to be a real battle—how can there still be an invincibility phase like in a video game?!"
Su Yuan couldn’t help but complain, watching the sliver of hope they’d seen just moments ago vanish once again.
"Su Yuan! Try using the Abyssal Power!" Aether suddenly shouted as the thought struck him.
"We’ve already tested everything—elemental power, Eerie power, even physical attacks—but none of them can penetrate that barrier!"
"But the Abyssal Power—we haven’t tried that yet!!!"
"And among all of us, you’re the only one who can use the power of the Abyss!!!"
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