Divine Beast Creator

Chapter 1616 - 1617: Breakthrough

After explaining the general precautions of the ruins, Teacher Lu signaled everyone could go explore. Remembering something, Feng Yuan raised his hand and asked,

"We won’t run into people from other classes inside, right?"

"This... No."

With an awkward smile, Teacher Lu confirmed. To avoid mishaps like the one the day before, they had deliberately taken each class to separate zones this time. Whether it would work, they were unsure.

At the very least, they could ensure that students from different classes wouldn’t meet unexpectedly during lessons. They had selected seven ruins to avoid students inadvertently running into each other, though there was nothing they could do about intentionally seeking trouble.

"The Guanshi Tower ruins shouldn’t be too large, and with no other classes in sight, if we want to prevent accidental encounters, we just need to allocate the seven classes to seven different ruins to virtually eliminate the possibility of running into each other."

Dou Yanlan, pinching her chin, said. Teacher Lu nodded and replied,

"Exactly, that’s our consideration. Of course, you need to learn this content too, though it’s slightly ahead of schedule. Alright, get in quickly; there are plenty of traps inside. If you don’t hurry, you might not make it to the Guanshi Terrace before school ends."

At this point, Teacher Lu couldn’t help but urge them. It was indeed true—besides Feng Yuan, breaking the traps would take quite some time for the other students based on his understanding. Not only finding the weak points, but even destroying them wasn’t easy. It wasn’t that they demonstrated the power of combined ultimate moves that they decided to advance this learning.

"I wonder if the Guanshi Terrace actually has any use. Honestly, I’m a bit curious about that Great Stone."

With his hands folded behind his head, Feng Yuan followed the group with an air of casual exploration. He didn’t intend to make a move here. Jokingly, does he need to search for weak points when he makes a move? These traps, once the flow of energy is clear, have glaringly exposed weak points. Besides, Feng Yuan’s strength was enough to forcibly break through the traps.

Qi Chen turned to look at Feng Yuan and asked,

"Can this thing be perfectly restored?"

"Depends on the situation. Theoretically, after modern equipment scans, those ancient ruins should hold no secrets anymore. Especially common structures like the Guanshi Tower—if the technical requirements were so high, the Shengjing Dynasty wouldn’t have been able to set them up everywhere."

Feng Yuan thought for a bit and said. He indeed didn’t believe it was a high-tech difficulty ruin, but seeing Qi Chen and the others’ skeptical stares, Feng Yuan scratched his head and said,

"I’m telling the truth. You don’t think the ruin over the volcanic crater is easy to make, do you? If it wasn’t for Arnis’s help, I doubt they could’ve even set it up. Ruins related to external forces are the real hassle, but fortunately, the Guanshi Tower isn’t one of those."

"Of course, the Guanshi Tower here feels like it’s missing something. Maybe there are still some gaps?"

Feng Yuan said while inspecting the surroundings. At this time, Dou Yanlan, together with Zhang Cheng and the others in the front, was studying the barrier blocking the path. That thing was protected by a robust energy barrier; breaking through it wasn’t easy. As for digging around? The academy had cunningly placed restrictions on the wall.

Digging through? Without Legendary Level strength, you can’t even break the surface of the wall, let alone that drilling tricks against the reinforced wall are entirely ineffective. While Earth Form abilities are strong, human technology does have countermeasures; otherwise, vaults would have long been stored in the sky or something.

The academy had already limited such sneaky tricks. Even for Dou Yanlan, analyzing properly required time since, as she mentioned, she hadn’t actually studied ruins-related materials. She could only analyze based on what the teacher taught and her knowledge.

"Found it. Over here, but causing an energy backlash at least requires an Elite Level ultimate move to attack. Let’s prepare a combo ultimate move."

At this time, Dou Yanlan found the weak point of the trap and shouted loudly. It was the juncture where another energy pillar accidentally connected after a collapse. Destroying that spot would temporarily deactivate the barrier—then they just needed to move that pillar, leading to the barrier shielding the path dissolving due to the anomaly in position.

Just as the teacher mentioned, the barriers blocking the path were actually not part of the original Guanshi Tower blocking measures. They were ’accidentally’ misplaced protective wall barriers when damaged. Everyone knew that the so-called ’accident’ was something the academy deliberately did.

After finally passing through this trap, everyone continued onward. Not long after, another trap blocked their way. When Xiao Ji seemed ready to take action, Feng Yuan didn’t stop it since he only needed to watch. Dou Yanlan and the others were more than enough to deal with dismantling the traps.

Unfortunately, Xiao Ji’s attack was ineffective against these traps. Death Series ultimate moves aren’t particularly effective against lifeless objects. Of course, using a Divine Beast Technique would be a different story.

"Aren’t you going to help?"

Glancing over at Qi Chen, Feng Yuan curiously asked. The other shook his head and said,

"I can’t really help much. My battle intuition doesn’t seem to work well with these sorts of things."

"It’s hard to say. If it posed a real threat to you, it might trigger your intuition. As for this, you’ll only have that possibility once you master your talent."

Leaning against the wall, Feng Yuan said. While combo ultimate moves could enhance the move’s power, they were still an attack surpassing the current strength level, which put quite the load on the Beast Tamer. Thus, they had to adopt a rotational approach to ensure enough strength to break the weak points.

Proceeding for a long time, Feng Yuan yawned and checked the time on his phone, saying,

"It’s not far from the end of school now, but I’m really curious—why is this place a straight line? I recall the structure of the Guanshi Tower as a cyclical multi-ring setup! Each ring is a separate zone, with the Guanshi Terrace situated at the center."

"Indeed. But we haven’t seen any other branches yet. Maybe the academy modified this part, or perhaps, we’re being misled by illusions?"

With Feng Yuan’s prompting, Zhang Cheng also recalled the structural features of the Guanshi Tower. Although there were four paths from the Guanshi Terrace leading to four gates, those paths didn’t lack forks—there were turns in each ring, making a direct beeline to the central Guanshi Terrace from the gate impossible.

"The academy didn’t fully replicate the Guanshi Tower, merely creating a single passage. The Guanshi Terrace isn’t far ahead; just a few more traps to go."

With a flick of its tail, Agunas spoke up. Without its input, they might have wasted time getting lost in thought. Hearing Agunas’s words calmed everyone, who then eagerly continued dismantling traps. Knowing they were nearing the endpoint gave them a sense of urgency in clearing obstacles.

Soon, an octagonal hall appeared before everyone’s eyes. In the center of the hall, a peculiar elliptical stone floated. Other than the door behind them, the other seven doors were clearly drawn on.

"So it is an altered Guanshi Tower. In that case, maybe the original function is gone too."

Seeing this, Feng Yuan stepped forward and poked the floating elliptical stone. A strange feeling surfaced briefly before disappearing. Stunned, Feng Yuan stared curiously at the elliptical stone.

Walking from behind, Teacher Lu clapped his hands and said,

"This looks not bad. Reaching the Guanshi Terrace before school ends means you’ve met the standard. As for rewards, I think you’ve guessed it—it’s credit points..."

After a simple congratulations, Teacher Lu turned the topic to critique everyone’s actions earlier. Feng Yuan merely retreated to the side silently, believing Teacher Lu wouldn’t critique him either. Indeed, the teacher simply ignored Feng Yuan, commenting he did well and leaving it at that.

Honestly, if they thought he needed to act, that would be overkill. He was sure these traps were no match for Feng Yuan dismantling. He’d just casually strolled through, breaking mechanisms with ease to reach the Guanshi Terrace.