Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 587 - 588 Melee_1

Chapter 587: Chapter 588 Melee_1

"Fall back!"

Devil Feng Yuan stood in front of Xiao Ji, watching the giant turtle warily. The turtle’s shell alone was about three meters tall. Although it couldn’t compare with the more than ten meters tall Devil Feng Yuan, it was considered quite large among most Spirit Beasts. Behind its dark shell was a mini mountain with a ring of clouds around it.

The Energy Storage Magic Stones surrounding the turtle were accumulating power. Devil Feng Yuan charged forward, continuously swiping his claws to shatter the magic stones that were shooting towards him. The giant turtle stamped its foot and let out a high-pitched howl, from which a yellowish-brown ring of light spread outwards, casting everything within it in a pale yellow glow.

"Don’t come over!"

Sensing that Xiao Ji wanted to help, Feng Yuan quickly stopped him. He could naturally recognize what kind of Spirit Beast the giant turtle was. Although Xiao Ji could also be considered a Divine Beast, the Xiao Ji from Coming of the Future was not yet a complete Legendary Spirit Beast. Even with the power of a Divine Beast, unless Xiao Ji mastered the use of the authority, it would be unlikely to be a match for a Legendary Spirit Beast.

Xiao Ji squawked discontentedly, seemingly upset with Feng Yuan for stopping it. With a swipe of its claw, it tore through the barrier. Just as Devil Feng Yuan was preparing to attack the giant turtle, it let out a fierce roar. Numerous sharp stone pillars erupted from the ground. Seeing this, Xiao Ji furiously breathed out fire towards the giant turtle, but the flames were blocked by the barrier before they could even get close.

The giant turtle seemed to be getting annoyed with Xiao Ji’s harassment. It stamped its claw, and several stone spears flew towards Xiao Ji. At that moment, Feng Yuan had just dodged past the stone pillars and was still some distance away from Xiao Ji, nowhere near enough to assist. Seeing Xiao Ji stricken down by the stone spears, Feng Yuan swung his claw fiercely, and dark claw marks flew towards the giant turtle. He rushed to Xiao Ji’s side and, seeing that Xiao Ji seemed to be mostly unharmed, Feng Yuan let out a relieved sigh and said helplessly,

"You little rascal, you really are... that guy is not someone you can handle right now."

Xiao Ji struggled to its feet, angrily chirping as if to say it was not weak. Seeing Xiao Ji stubbornly wanting to join the fight, even though he was inclined to refuse, Feng Yuan thought doing so might upset Xiao Ji, so he let it join the battle.

"How did you guys get here?!"

Wei Dingwu was surprised to see Liu Wenli and the others appear. He slashed at the enemies to drive them back and urgently said,

"You all must hurry back to Nanyu City! It’s not safe here!"

After repelling the sneak-attacking Spirit Cat, Liu Wenli calmly said,

"Are you so stubborn?"

"What do you mean stubborn?"

"The evacuation of Nanyu Kingdom won’t work without you?!"

Hearing Liu Wenli’s words, Wei Dingwu said a bit angrily,

"If everyone thought the same, who would cover the retreat! The Wei Family has Dingfang; that’s enough!"

"You!"

"Just go!"

"Ah~ It seems I’ve come at a bad time~"

Hearing that familiar voice, everyone turned their heads to see. It was indeed the middle-aged man they had encountered before, still appearing lazy as ever. But from his damaged armor and the liquid dripping from his halberd, one could guess that he too had just come through a fierce battle.

"Uncle?! You’re here too?"

Wei Dingwu exclaimed in surprise, knocking down a Spirit Cat that tried to sneak attack. The middle-aged man smiled and said,

"Although I didn’t want to come, when I thought about it, there seemed to be nowhere else to go."

While he spoke, his halberd lashed out, cutting through all the vines attacking him. Behind him, the White Ape cut down the nearby trees, revealing a huge turtle with bushes growing on its shell. Clutching his long spear tightly, Mo Li said,

"Now is not the time to chat."

"I wonder how that guy is doing."

Yao Yin threw out talismans while trying to peer through the thick foliage to see how Feng Yuan was doing on the other side, knowing that his transformed, towering figure should be visible unless it was too far away.

"Be careful!"

Using the Iron Ruler in his hand to deflect the ice ball, Hua Yiyou watched his surroundings vigilantly. Mo Ling gripped her long spear, slightly nervous, as it was her first time participating in such a massive battle.

"Dare to sneak attack?! I have to admire your courage!"

Yao Yin said viciously, just now the ice ball seemed to her like a slap in the face. She tossed the talisman in her hand, drew her long sword, pointed its tip in the direction from which the ice ball had come, and a succession of sword shadows, following her movements, kept appearing and whistling through the air toward that direction.

The sound of falling trees kept coming, and Yao Yin, in her rage, had no mood to avoid the trees. Looking at the straight path cut through by Yao Yin’s sword, Hua Yiyou said helplessly,

"This commotion is too big, if it attracts more enemies..."

"Bastard! You’re courting death!"

An angry roar came from the sky, Mo Li and the others could tell it was Feng Yuan’s voice. The middle-aged man said curiously,

"Who has riled him up? He sounds quite angry～"

However, before they could speculate further, Xiao Ji’s distressing cry resounded, the earth trembled even more violently, a stroke of lightning tore through the sky, and blood-red fissures gradually spread across the horizon.

"This... can’t be his doing, right..."

Guo Huai muttered speechlessly, that terrifying pressure wasn’t something ordinary people could muster. Looking up, Guo Huai sought guidance from the system,

(What is that?)

『Ding~ Unable to match valid data.』

"Who exactly is it..."

Wei Dingwu and others in the midst of battle felt increasingly anxious. The pressure from the sky grew stronger, as if some horrific entity was awakening. Guo Huai couldn’t help but tell everyone,

"I’m going to find Feng Yuan!"

Hua Yiyou grabbed Guo Huai and said,

"It’s best not to run around, the enemies targeting us are not few."

Although not infused with the power of Spirit Beasts, the blessings received from Mingmeng Stone enabled Hua Yiyou to barely sense several presences around them, no weaker than Liu Wenli and the others. If classified by strength, they were at least Legendary Level. Although everyone was on the defensive and those enemies did not dare to attack openly and only aimed for sneak attacks, if Guo Huai were to be alone, Hua Yiyou had no doubt they would abandon attacking the rest and target Guo Huai.

"Damn it, what on earth is that guy up to!"

Guo Huai spoke discontentedly; even though they couldn’t see the enemy, Guo Huai could still sense the malice around them. The number of Legendary-level presences was about the same as theirs, but their actual strength should be a bit lower; otherwise, they wouldn’t be hiding and launching sneak attacks.

In the sky, the scarlet fissures turned the starry sky into a piece looking like a mirror on the verge of shattering. The horrific pressure directly caused everyone engaged in battle to pause, fearing this might be the enemy’s fatal move.

A crisp shattering noise came from the sky, and a fireball emerged slowly from the blood-red gap, descending towards the earth. With the appearance of the first fireball, the shattering sounds continued, each one bringing another fireball with it.

"Quick, dodge the fireballs!"

Feng Yuan’s voice rang in everyone’s ears, and looking at the dreadful fireballs, Guo Huai trembled and said,

"What on earth has he done again..."

"Don’t know, but I do know if we don’t run now, it’s going to be dangerous."

Seeing a fireball heading towards them from above, Liu Wenli spoke calmly, Amon raised a Psychic Shield around Liu Wenli as they ran to the side, and apart from Yao Yin and her group, the Spirit Beasts of others set up their own shields or barriers. Yao Yin drew two fingers across the sword blade, and five different colored long swords circled around her and the others. After glancing at Hua Yiyou, Yao Yin took Mo Ling by the hand and said,

"Let’s go!"

The anticipated sneak attacks didn’t occur, and those enemies, too, were scared of the fireballs raining down from the sky and didn’t seize the opportunity to ambush everyone as they moved.

The earth trembled, fireballs bombarded the Nanyu Forest, creating circular pits from which black gas slowly seeped out. As they ran, Guo Huai saw a startling blood-red warning sign suddenly appear ahead. He rushed forward, pulling Liu Wenli, who was at the front, and said in a low voice,

"Don’t go over there!"

Seeing Guo Huai’s unusual action, everyone stopped running. Guo Huai made a gesture to be silent, watchfully eyeing the glaring blood-red warning, relieved to realize that the enemy seemed to have not noticed them, they cautiously backed away.

Liu Wenli looked at Guo Huai somewhat confused, not quite understanding what had happened. Guo Huai pointed at the yellow-brown halo at Liu Wenli’s feet and signaled for everyone to retreat.