Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 330: The Hidden _1

Chapter 330: Chapter 330: The Hidden _1

"What’s wrong?"

Hua Yiyou trusted Feng Yuan somewhat because of the Ming Dream Stone, but a nearby Hunter expressed dissatisfaction,

"Why can you get close and we cannot?"

"If you want to lose your mind, you can try."

Feng Yuan glanced at the Hunter with annoyance and said, while Hua Yiyou stretched out his hand to stop the Hunter and looked at Feng Yuan,

"Then what exactly is that?"

"I’m not sure, but that substance will contaminate any life that comes into contact with it."

"The contaminated life will lose their sanity and violently attack everything around them."

As he spoke, Feng Yuan looked at the deep purple substance,

"Moreover, the contaminated life will continuously burn their life essence to enhance their strength."

"Beast tide!"

Hua Yiyou instantly realized, and Feng Yuan nodded,

"I guess this thing is probably the main culprit behind the beast tide."

"This..."

"Are you changing history?"

The apparition of Agunas looked at Feng Yuan with concern. A beast tide was no small matter; if Feng Yuan changed this part of history, the price to pay would not be small.

"I shouldn’t have; I don’t believe that the person behind the scenes would only send a small squad, but I need to set up a Barrier first, otherwise I really might alter history."

As he spoke, Feng Yuan casually threw out a lump of dark flame. The flame landed on the deep purple substance, burning silently and slowly spreading outward. Hua Yiyou looked at Feng Yuan with concern,

"Can you deal with that thing?"

"Aren’t I handling it now? Let’s go, I need to set up a Barrier for your village, or else I truly won’t be able to help you against those enemies."

Seeing Feng Yuan walk towards the village without hesitation, Hua Yiyou hesitated for a moment before turning to the Hunter at his side,

"Let the others know not to approach this mess."

"Understood!"

"What’s your plan?"

The apparition of Agunas looked at Feng Yuan, not quite understanding what Barrier Feng Yuan had in mind.

"You’ll see in a moment."

With a mysterious smile, Feng Yuan walked up to the Ming Dream Stone, took out the Dark Ancient Book, and started flipping through it with one hand, chanting something continuously. Circle after circle of Rune Circles emanated from the Dark Ancient Book and expanded to envelope the entire village, slowly rotating. The others noticed Feng Yuan’s actions, but due to his earlier salvation of the village, no one stepped forward to stop him.

As the Rune Circles increased, a pale, almost transparent, spherical Barrier abruptly emerged, covering the entire village. Hua Yiyou, who was outside the village directing the Hunters to set up a warning, noticed the village disappearing all of a sudden. He walked over quickly. Where the village had been, there was now a large meadow. Hua Yiyou walked back and forth several times within the meadow but could not find any trace of the village.

While Hua Yiyou was utterly confused, a token apparition suddenly appeared above his head. The next moment, he found himself in the middle of the village, with Feng Yuan standing by the Ming Dream Stone with Xiao Ji, smiling at him.

"How’s that? The Barrier’s not bad, eh?"

"Did you do this? If it’s truly undetectable, of course, that’s excellent, but how does it recognize who can enter and exit?"

"Of course, through the Ming Dream Stone. Disguises don’t work too well in the face of precognition. The tokens for entry and exit are directly attached to your souls by the Ming Dream Stone. While there is a slim chance they could be forged, it’s extremely low, virtually negligible."

"I believe they wouldn’t go through such lengths for this."

Hearing Feng Yuan’s explanation, Hua Yiyou said with a smile,

"That’s pretty good then. Nothing is absolute in this world; to have achieved this is already very good. If it were to be breached, it would simply be fate..."

"I wonder if that guy has woken up yet. I want to know exactly what that substance is."

"He’s unlikely to wake up so soon, considering the arrows were poisoned. Although we’ve managed to detoxify him, but..."

"I see..."

Feng Yuan thought for a moment and said,

"Then I’ll take Xiao Ji for a walk around the area. Call me immediately if anything unexpected happens."

Watching Feng Yuan leave the village with Xiao Ji, Hua Yiyou thought for a moment, then called a Hunter over,

"You go stand guard at the sentry point. If anything unusual happens at my hut, call him right away and inform the others to take cover."

"What? So, Xiao Yi, you..."

"I’ll be careful."

Seeing the hunter looking at him a bit worried, Hua Yiyou replied with a smile.

"This thing is so stubborn... just as the records suggest, there is no exaggeration."

Staring at the burnt ground where a deep purple color began to emerge, Feng Yuan said coldly, while Xiao Ji, somewhat puzzled, looked at the scorched earth and emitted a long cry, preparing to take flight and use its ultimate move to eradicate the deep purple substance.

"No need."

Feng Yuan reached out to pat Xiao Ji, stopping it, and pulled out the Dark Ancient Book in front of him to flip through. As the characters in the book began to emit a dark gold glow, Feng Yuan suddenly wiped his hand over the Dark Ancient Book, and a pitch-black shadow spread from beneath his feet towards the deep purple substance.

As the pitch-black shadow reached where the deep purple substance was, the substance that had been enveloped by the shadow disappeared as if evaporating into thin air.

"Yin World substitution? Is that thing so dangerous?"

"Not dangerous, but quite tedious. Ordinary ultimate moves, even Xiao Ji’s Fire of Death, can’t erase it. I didn’t expect them to concoct such an annoying thing. No wonder He prioritized setting this time node."

Feng Yuan said with a slightly headache, and as Xiao Ji saw his discomfort, it leaned over and rubbed its head against Feng Yuan’s arm. Gazing at Xiao Ji, Feng Yuan said,

"Forget it, I can’t do anything about them in the short term, they are too deeply involved with history."

"Hmm..."

"You’re finally awake?"

"You guys..."

The young soldier slowly opened his eyes and sat up from the bed, clutching his head. At that moment, Feng Yuan pointed his Greatsword at him and said,

"It might be a bit insensitive, but I would like to know who is behind you."

Slowly turning his head and seeing that he was in a simple little cabin, the soldier looked at Feng Yuan and said with a bitter smile,

"I was just enlisted when the captain brought me here, I really have no idea who’s above him."

"What about this thing?"

Feng Yuan asked as he held a spherical object in his right hand. Glancing at the sphere in Feng Yuan’s hand, the young soldier shook his head and said,

"I don’t know, that thing was only issued to each of us just before we left."

"What happened to the village where you found me! Did anyone escape?"

"What, you want to eradicate every last one?"

"No! Can you please tell them to leave Great Li at once! The farther from Great Li, the better!"

The young soldier became a bit anxious, trying to get up, but feeling dizzy the moment he made any significant movement. Seeing the young soldier trying to force himself up, Feng Yuan used the blade of his Greatsword to push him back onto the bed, saying,

"Who would listen to your vague warnings? After all, they are people of Great Li, who knows what might happen if they stray too far from it."

"For reasons unknown, Great Li wants to completely destroy that village; the order I received was not to spare a single survivor, and if anyone found out..."

"If your squad was completely wiped out, you wouldn’t have to face any danger, right?"

After a glance at Feng Yuan, the young soldier said without hesitation,

"No, if they fail to carry out the orders, another squad will come the next day. If the task remains unfulfilled, all members of our squad will be listed on the kill-on-sight registry."

"Why go to such lengths? Is a small village worth this?"

Feng Yuan asked with a curious look, signaling to Hua Yiyou beside him. As the young soldier tried to get up again, only to be pushed back down by Feng Yuan’s Greatsword, he said helplessly,

"I’m not sure, but can I pass on a message for them?"

"No. After all, you’re our prisoner; we can’t just let you be the messenger."

Feng Yuan looked at the young soldier with a mischievous grin, and taking Feng Yuan’s words seriously, the soldier hesitated for a long time before saying,

"Take me to them, let me talk to them for a bit, and then you can do with me as you please!"

"Why are you so insistent? You don’t even know them, do you?"

"I... I just hope that at least I can save a few people—that alone would make it worth it..."

"I’m just kidding. He seems to be telling the truth, so there seems to be no problem."

After saying that, Feng Yuan gave Hua Yiyou a glance before turning and walking out of the room.