Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 977 - 978: Competition Venue

Chapter 977: Chapter 978: Competition Venue

"Weren’t we supposed to close the venue today for maintenance? Why would anyone be using it?"

A middle-aged man with an unhappy expression coldly spoke to the receptionist. The Beast Taming Arena was a public service facility in Maomu City, naturally having its own set of rules and regulations. The plan for today was to close the venue for a full inspection and maintenance, so why were people using the space?

"They have special credentials. Under our preferential treatment system, they are fully entitled to use our venue for training."

"I didn’t approve this!"

The middle-aged man said somewhat angrily. The receptionist did not bother to explain further but simply picked up the monitor, turned it towards the man, and said,

"See for yourself."

Upon seeing the string of confidential information and the automatic approval stamp in the lower right corner of the display, the middle-aged man stood there stunned. This seemed... somewhat unusual; auto-approval credentials were not absent, but they were reserved for people of outstanding merit. Those youngsters actually...

"They really let them through? What exactly is on your credentials..."

Inside the competition arena, Qi Chen had yet to recover from his surprise. Initially, upon hearing the attendant say that the venue was scheduled to be closed for maintenance, he believed that Feng Yuan’s plans had fallen through. To his surprise, after he presented his credentials, the other party looked astonished and even went out of their way to find the lady manager in charge of the venue.

In the end, they opened an arena for Feng Yuan that had been inspected and confirmed not to need repairs.

"It must be because of his great contributions. After all, he has done quite a bit for Great Xia."

Qi Xiaoshuang glanced at Feng Yuan and spoke; she naturally understood the deeds he had done. Some of it she learned through Qi Chen, some by asking Feng Yuan, and the rest from online information that allowed her to guess the general picture. Therefore, she was very clear that if not for Feng Yuan, Great Xia might already have been dragged into war very passively.

As for what he had done, it was a secret that could not be disclosed publicly. Once other nations became aware that he had roped in so many Divine Beasts for assistance, even if they could not act against him directly, they would find ways to induce conflict between him and Great Xia; after all, Great Xia with him on their side was too fearsome to contemplate.

"Anyway, you’d better be careful. If you are exposed, I’m afraid even Great Xia might not be able to protect you."

Qi Xiaoshuang looked at Feng Yuan with some worry and said. Although the Alliance probably would not permit such an incident to happen, Great Xia faced too many enemies now. Unless they were ready to unify the entire Divine Land Region, exposure might mean he would have to leave Great Xia, but in that case...

"Don’t worry, they know what’s at stake. As long as he doesn’t intervene directly in the war, they wouldn’t dare to say anything, no matter what they know."

Agunas spoke unconcernedly. In fact, the Divine Beasts knew well enough what Feng Yuan had done, but none of them went about broadcasting it to the nations they protected. Veronia stated with indifference,

"They wouldn’t dare, unless he goes too far. Otherwise, they wouldn’t risk betting on whether he’d truly start a war among Divine Beasts. If it came to that, who loses and who wins would be irrelevant."

If Feng Yuan were to take action, it wouldn’t be hard for him to conquer the entire Divine Land Region, especially with Lorraine Tower and Gitalien surely by his side, and the same for him and Agunas. On top of his own power, other Divine Beasts would find it difficult to contend with him.

Not to mention that Long Boduo also seemed to be vaguely on his side, which was even more terrifying. After all, those Ghost-type Divine Beasts didn’t belong to any region, and for the most part, they were indifferent toward human nations. As for the destruction of a region? That was not a concern for them, as long as it wasn’t the Netherworld. Whatever happened, they didn’t care.

Could it really turn into a catastrophic Divine Beast free-for-all that would devastate the Divine Land Region? Veronia pondered with an inscrutable expression. Although such a scenario seemed somewhat interesting, wouldn’t it be better to leave the Divine Land Region intact for her to rebuild Mitradite?

"All set?"

Feng Yuan summoned nine shields and looked at Qi Chen and Ah Mu. Xiao Ji spread his wings, issuing a sharp cry. The middle-aged man and the receptionist quietly walked through the side door into the spectator seats, watching Feng Yuan’s group down below with some surprise. Previously, they had only seen a glimpse of people using the space; now, upon closer observation, they realized the situation was far more exaggerated than he had thought.

Judging by their age, they should only have one Beast Tamer each, but one of them was accompanied by several Spirit Beasts of uncertain origin. In particular, the crocodile-like High Priest Beast floating in the air and the queenly Spirit Beast sitting on Rainbow Bubbles holding a green lizard—it felt to him as though he was facing a deity.

Could this be a Divine Beast? If so, he must be that legendary figure, I never expected to encounter him here in person," the middle-aged man thought with an inexplicable expression. Although Feng Yuan’s legendary deeds were somewhat unclear to everyone, it was well-known that he was one of the rare individuals favored by Divine Beasts. Many powerful Divine Beasts were willing to befriend and protect him.

The young administrator didn’t think as much as the middle-aged man, after all, she didn’t have the privilege to access such information. She was just surprised that Feng Yuan actually had so many Spirit Beasts following him, which was an exaggerated existence even among the scions of great families.

"Alright!"

Upon receiving the signal from Ah Mu, Qi Chen focused his gaze intently on Feng Yuan. He was well aware that his main opponent was Feng Yuan and not Xiao Ji, and that the opponent would definitely not allow him to hide behind Ah Mu and watch the battle unfold.

"Then... begin!"

He tossed the dagger in his hand, catching it the moment he finished saying the word "begin." The next second, Feng Yuan dissolved into black smoke and vanished. Seeing this, Qi Chen was naturally cautious and waved his hand to make four special emerald steles float in the air, circulating around him.

Ah Mu slammed his hands fiercely onto the ground, and the transformed Seistal Steles burst forth from the earth. These steles emitted a dazzling green light, while Xiao Ji chirped, triggering a ghostly blue Flame Storm.

The Flame Storm ravaged the entire arena, and aside from the areas inside the steles where their power greatly reduced non-Wood Power, weakening those flames, all other areas were engulfed in the ghostly blue fire.

"I didn’t expect him to be able to hide even in such a situation."

Agunas spoke with some surprise, noting that Feng Yuan hadn’t used his own powers, only borrowing Xiao Ji’s power, yet he managed to evade Xiao Ji’s Flame Storm that swept across the entire field. This was truly astonishing, and Veronia looked at Xiao Ji, saying,

"This guy is just going to give him a headache. If we don’t teach it properly, it might think that this way of acting is correct."

Feng Yuan was clearly using an invisibility-based ultimate move to prepare for a surprise attack, while Xiao Ji was using an area-covering ultimate move, which was completely self-defeating. Only someone as capable as Feng Yuan could avoid being revealed by Xiao Ji’s flames.

"He can still hide in this environment?"

Qi Chen’s gaze continuously swept around. Since the moment Feng Yuan became invisible, he had been vigilant. When he saw Xiao Ji release the Flame Storm, he was somewhat puzzled; wouldn’t this directly reveal him? However, he soon discovered that the opponent was even more formidable than he thought. Outside of the stele area, the Flame Storm ravaged wildly, leaving no space for hiding. Inside the stele area, the constantly flowing power was also a powerful anti-invisibility tactic.

Ordinary people would easily have their invisibility disrupted by the constantly flowing Wood Power, but so far, Qi Chen had not caught a single slip from him.

"Well, how about this!"

Qi Chen certainly wasn’t going to sit idly by—a green light orb quickly gathered above him and exploded, sending out a refreshing shockwave in all directions.

"Not bad~"

With a distorted figure, Feng Yuan appeared out of nowhere behind Qi Chen’s back, smiling as he faced away from Qi Chen. Turning his head to glance at Qi Chen, Feng Yuan snapped his fingers and said,

"Too bad, you realized it too late."

A series of black daggers quickly appeared, stabbing towards Qi Chen from all around. Agunas spoke with some surprise,

"How did he do that?"

It could sense that those daggers seemed to have already existed there, as if they were thrown by him in different directions towards Qi Chen while time was stopped, with the daggers held in place by the Time Stop. And that snap of his fingers was what canceled the Time Stop.

But Xiao Ji doesn’t have a Time Attribute! Did he use some other power? But that’s impossible, he had already said beforehand that he would only use Xiao Ji’s power. Meanwhile, Veronia seemed to understand something, saying,

"So that’s how it is."