Divine Beast Creator

Chapter 1590 - 1591: Choice

The enormous crystal dragon appeared again. This time, Feng Yuan didn’t control the cannons to launch an attack; he transformed into the image of a Little Husky and had Xiao Ji carry him into the sky. Xiao Ji bypassed the massive crystal blocks surrounding the crystal dragon, which were defending it from cannon fire, carrying the Little Husky rapidly toward the crystal dragon.

Watching the reflective plating coating below as it shattered, the Little Husky looked grave. In that instant when the reflective plating coated shattered, the Little Husky leaped down and reverted to his original form. Thirteen stone slabs appeared behind Feng Yuan, and holding the sickle, he fiercely slashed at the crystal dragon. Even though the opponent could withstand so many attacks from the Divine Beasts without dying, it was ultimately cut in two in this attack.

The crystal dragon wailed as it crashed to the ground, but shortly thereafter, the severed rear half of the crystal dragon sprouted another dragon head. Witnessing this, everyone was stunned. Feng Yuan spread his pitch-black wings, floating in the air, and exclaimed at the scene in shock.

"Is this thing a worm? It can actually do that?"

"I don’t know if it’s a worm, but this thing is really hard to handle!"

Seeing the crystal dragon trying to open a portal and leave again, Agunas attempted to prevent it once more. This time, Feng Yuan absolutely would not allow it to escape again. Joking aside, two crystal dragons, even if their size were halved, would still cause immense trouble for the other teams.

The ancient hall emerged with Feng Yuan’s swing of the sickle, just as Agunas utilized the Golden Tome Page to unleash an ultimate move. The ancient hall was shrouded by the projection of history, and under Agunas’s control, terrifying time powers poured out incessantly bombarding the crystal dragon.

Though the two crystal dragons attempted to rebuild the reflective plating, it was futile as Feng Yuan had summoned the ancient hall. That ancient hall, even when veiled by the projection of history, still firmly controlled this space. The crystal dragon howled in its efforts to break free from the grasp of the ancient hall but utterly failed.

"Smash it over there!"

Pointing toward the core fortress of Xuanching Heavenly Kingdom, Feng Yuan instructed Agunas. Although the latter had no idea what Feng Yuan intended, taking advantage of the crystal dragon’s incapacitated state, Agunas gathered the Divine Beasts together and used their strongest attack to blast the crystal dragon toward the core fortress of Xuanching Heavenly Kingdom.

Struck by a powerful ultimate move, the crystal dragon was uncontrollably pushed toward the core fortress of Xuanching Heavenly Kingdom. Along the way, the crystal dragon continued to howl, but no matter how it struggled, it could not escape its fate of colliding with the fortress.

A crisp sound of shattering glass was heard as the phantom fragments of the fortress crumbled. A massive egg-shaped object began to pulse like a heart, and in no time, the immense egg-shaped object surged with many flesh tendrils grasping the crystal dragon, dragging it inward, until the crystal dragon vanished entirely into the egg-shaped object.

"That thing... looks really dangerous."

Qi Chen remarked in surprise upon seeing the sudden change, and Dou Yanlan nodded, saying

"It’s very likely a trap. I see now. No wonder they blasted the crystal dragon toward the fortress. If we had destroyed the crystal dragon prematurely, we might not have uncovered that false phantom at all. Truly, a nasty game."

Though unsure who issued the order, Dou Yanlan could still guess the crystal dragon’s purpose. No wonder the thing kept harassing them like a cheat code, it turned out to be the key to unlocking the next stage.

With the crystal dragon’s disappearance, the attack team’s speed returned to normal. However, this time everyone became more cautious. Even though the colossal egg-shaped object had shown itself, no one dared guarantee there wouldn’t be other hidden ambushes ahead.

Advancing cautiously, they noticed something unusual about the ground. The Divine Beasts moved everyone back and carefully used ultimate moves to bombard the ground. The burst of blood-soaked tendrils rising from the ground along with crystal fragments did not surprise them too much.

"Really filled with malice, even this spot has traps."

As Agunas and the others managed the flesh tendrils, Feng Yuan scoffed dismissively, while Dou Yanlan, with a somewhat sullen expression, said

"If these things are so dangerous, what can we do by nearing them?"

"Using Divine Beast attacks to destroy them? Or perhaps something else... when you think of crystals, what comes to mind?"

His eyes turning, Feng Yuan, seemingly pondering, said, leaving Dou Yanlan with a possible glimmer of understanding, as Tan Xueluo mused

"Jewelry? No, that has nothing to do with our current situation. What could it be? Reflection? Using crystals to reflect those strange attacks?"

"Probably not, as we can’t exploit the crystals here. But what do you actually mean?"

Wu Dingwu spoke while looking at Feng Yuan, perplexed at what Feng Yuan meant. Shrugging, Feng Yuan said helplessly,

"What I mean is..."

"A mirror image? You mean, beneath the ground, there might be a mirror image? This giant egg-shaped object doesn’t need our attack; our target is actually the real fortress mirrored underground?"

Dou Yanlan questioned Feng Yuan, nodding as Feng looked at the exposed hole left by the vanquished flesh tendrils.

"If not for this, I wouldn’t know why the thing caused such a strange feature like the earth trap. Don’t forget how Xuanching Heavenly Kingdom looked from the outside."

Recalling Xuanching Heavenly Kingdom’s exterior appearance beforehand, they realized there should indeed be massive buildings underground. However, considering the soldiers, Tan Xueluo couldn’t help but ask,

"The fact that the soldiers aren’t charging towards the ground hole, does it signify something?"

"Does that huge egg-shaped object remind you of anything?"

Glancing at Tan Xueluo, Feng Yuan didn’t immediately explain. Qi Chen, thinking of something, exclaimed in surprise,

"Those bizarre devouring amalgamations?!"

In the past, he wouldn’t have thought of such a thing. However, after acting with Feng Yuan for so long, he’d encountered plenty of those disgusting oddities. Upon reflection, though the egg-shaped object hadn’t changed after devouring the crystal dragon, the insides might have already been altering.

"Yes, I think we should go down early. Although eliminating the soldiers might weaken the egg-shaped object’s strength, I can’t guarantee that without soldiers, it wouldn’t turn against us directly."

Nodding, Feng Yuan spoke with frustration, noticing every option in Xuanching Heavenly Kingdom seemed double-edged; every seemingly good choice was destined to bring severe problems.

"Indeed, but should we inform the other teams?"

Dou Yanlan spoke, glancing at Feng Yuan, who then looked towards Agunas’s direction and said,

"We’ll just have to trouble Agunas to take a trip. I believe this place won’t have invisible barriers in the way. So, are we willing to gamble?"

"If you guessed wrong, doing this could cause big problems, but it’s best to consult their opinions first."

Shaking her head, Dou Yanlan said. Though suspecting this likely be true, nobody dared to gamble, as the various weird traps along the way had already made everyone very uneasy. One wrong move would bring massive trouble.

"Fine, let’s consult with Agunas and the others."

Sighing, Feng Yuan stopped the preparing-to-switch Agunas and shared his speculation. The other party remained silent for a moment, not immediately making a decision, but having other teams join the discussion as well. After some time, they ultimately decided to test things first, as the place where the flesh tendrils appeared happened to be underground.

No one knew what awaited below; if there truly was something unusual, those venturing down might be in grave danger.

"I want to try something."

Veronia, having thought of something, informed Agunas and then broke away from the team, rushing towards the egg-shaped object. At a distance from it, Veronia launched attacks, her ultimate moves repeatedly striking the surface of the egg-shaped object, only to disappear as though absorbed like a stone dropped into the sea.

"Whether physical or energy bodies, both can be devoured? This thing undoubtedly has an issue, is there really another castle below?"

Despite the egg-shaped object not counterattacking, Veronia repositioned herself, observing the surface below. However, the crystal surface reflected strange light, obscuring any view into the interior.