Divine Beast Creator

Chapter 1663 - 1664: Speculation

Looking at the gathering of small mineral creatures at the entrance of the Secret Realm Gate, everyone was getting a headache. Although those small mineral creatures and their evolved forms didn’t seem to have any intention of rushing through the portal, having so many of them crouching at the entrance was enough to make even the Defense Corps feel uneasy.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that they appear to be significantly weaker than Spirit Beasts of the same level; these are Spirit Beasts and their power can rival that of weapons. Even though everyone assembled their own beasts and Spirit Beasts for assistance, facing such a large number of small mineral creatures still made them a bit panicked.

Fortunately, it wasn’t long before the Jingming Divine Monkey arrived. Seeing this White Ape Divine Beast, akin to a martial arts master, the soldiers couldn’t help but get excited. They hadn’t expected Yufeng City to actually have a Divine Beast stationed there, given that cities like neighboring Maomu City, which are fortunate enough to have a Divine Beast residing there, are extremely rare.

Most cities don’t have a resident Divine Beast and in the face of disasters, they can only rely on themselves. If they encounter problems they can’t solve on their own, they have to hold on and wait for rescue. However, a city with a Divine Beast presence is different; there’s a feeling of having a backup and they don’t need to resort to extreme measures for self-rescue during emergencies.

The gaze of the Jingming Divine Monkey fell on the group of small mineral creatures. At this moment, it realized that these small mineral creatures had extremely unique divine protection. Even it wouldn’t easily attack them, not that it intended to do anything. It just couldn’t understand what He ultimately wanted to do.

"I didn’t expect that the Secret Realm still maintains the cycle of day and night."

Back at the camp, Feng Yuan put down Xiao Ji, who he was holding, and exclaimed in surprise. It wasn’t just Feng Yuan who found it strange; even those unaware of the Secret Realm’s intricacies thought it was odd. Secret Realms aren’t unprecedented, but most of them have fixed environments. There are only occasional instances where they sync with the time of the real world, and that’s only because they have direct connections with the outside world.

However, a Secret Realm as vast as this, with a cycle of day and night, doesn’t seem common, especially after someone checked the time on their phone.

"The sun sets completely at 11:37 PM? This doesn’t align with the real world, and even in the Audric region, there isn’t daylight this long."

Dou Yanlan peered at the starry sky emerging with the night and said, this Secret Realm is indeed different from others. The cycle of day and night appears to be completely independent of the real world.

"Still maintaining its original timeframe? What does He intend to do?"

Agunas looked at the starry sky with an inexplicable expression and muttered to himself while Veronia, glancing at Big Cat preparing dinner, said

"No matter what He’s doing, we can’t stop it, can we?"

Just then, Agunas and the others received a unique message. They exchanged a look, and Agunas said

"He..."

"Hehe, how interesting, such a unique clan. It seems He’s asking us to help protect them again."

While looking for Feng Yuan’s location, Veronia absentmindedly remarked that all the Divine Beasts had just received a message stating that this World Fragment would automatically disintegrate in a week. Agunas and the others, knowing about the small mineral creatures in the outer world, could easily guess what He intended to do.

Putting aside much else, seeing Kong Qing, they couldn’t help but realize that the disintegrated Secret Realm was entirely prepared for the small mineral creatures. As for now? Perhaps it was just to give Feng Yuan some face, because besides Chongshan Town, there are many places with small mineral creature clans, and the number in Chongshan Town isn’t particularly large compared to all clans.

After receiving Agunas’s information, Feng Yuan stroked his chin, frowning slightly. He didn’t think His goal was to let the small mineral creatures and the Secret Realm combine and evolve, as this inherently limited evolution method doesn’t practically exist outside of special evolutions triggered by human creations.

Leaving aside other matters, the space held by Spirit Beasts like the Homeward Snake would automatically collapse upon their death. By this logic, if the small mineral creature clan truly took the evolution path of merging with the Secret Realm Space, aside from what would happen to newborns, even the current batch would cease to exist if many reached the end of their lifespan.

With His ability, it’s naturally impossible to create such an insignificant Spirit Beast clan. Since it’s not this, the other possibility is that He wants to use the disintegrated Secret Realm Space to do something else.

After all, while taking a stroll with Lanadi in the afternoon, he found that this place was too vast for a Secret Realm. Whether it was a Secret Realm or not, they occupied space layers outside of the real world, and even if this was a World Fragment, it couldn’t escape this limitation.

Such a massive space appearing in Chongshan Town would consume a large amount of space layer resources. Feng Yuan had previously discussed with Kong Qing that if it weren’t for its Authority, getting close to this region would have been impossible since the World Fragment was so large. Though fragmented, this World Fragment was a single entity.

It couldn’t use arrangement and reorganization, like Kong Qing’s small spaces, to maximize the use of vacant space layers. Feng Yuan had suspected at the time that He might try to break this World Fragment, which now seems to be the case.

However, what the counterpart intends to do, Feng Yuan isn’t sure. At least he can be certain that it should be related to the small mineral creatures’ special evolution form, but beyond that, he can’t guess.

Learning that this Secret Realm only has a week’s duration left, Qi Chen and the others were taken aback. Upon further reflection, it seemed to have no impact on them.

The academy had scheduled only a three-day duration, which meant no extended involvement, except for Feng Yuan. The one potentially most affected is Yufeng Academy since they are the direct beneficiaries of this Secret Realm.

Of course, there’s nothing anyone can do. Didn’t even Agunas and the others find themselves at a loss?

Upon learning of this crucial information, the entire Secret Realm exploration plan changed. Instead of the original slow and deliberate exploration, it became slightly more aggressive as no one knew what changes might occur in the fractured Secret Realm. Surprisingly, at this point, the Jingming Divine Monkey sought out Feng Yuan.

"What’s your estimation of this Secret Realm’s future?"

"Likely to be dismantled, and with the presence of those small mineral creatures, some changes might occur."

As Feng Yuan ate, he nonchalantly said, prompting Jingming Divine Monkey to pause, and then asked in surprise

"You think the environment won’t be completely destroyed?"

"If destruction was intended, He wouldn’t need to go through all this trouble, and don’t you think it’s a coincidence? The Audric region fragment appears near your long-term residence in Yufeng City."

"Isn’t that because of you?"

Jingming Divine Monkey secretly glanced around, ensuring no one else noticed, and whispered, Feng Yuan chuckled and said,

"How could it be? If that were the case, it should’ve appeared near Maomu City. The fact that He placed it here means the thing can’t be separated from Martial Dao. As for why not the Audric region, I don’t know. Maybe that place was unsuitable, or perhaps having me here to watch over it helps, or possibly it’s due to other circumstances."

"A Martial Dao Secret Realm? But Martial Dao can’t flourish..."

"But Martial Dao Spirit Beasts can. Actually, don’t Combat Series Spirit Beasts effectively embody Martial Dao? It’s just that now they mostly adhere to their racial habits."

Feng Yuan smiled and explained. Naturally, there can be no Martial Dao Spirit Beasts, since there is already a Combat Series attribute. As for changes, there indeed are some, because currently, the overall strength of Combat Series Spirit Beasts can’t be considered very strong, given that other attributes’ ultimate moves are not weak.

"Could it be that this Secret Realm aims to use the small mineral creatures for something, like peculiar evolution?"

"Are you suggesting a special evolution process similar to Explosive Nightingale’s war-triggered evolution?"

Jingming Divine Monkey instantly reacted, asking in shock. Nodding, Feng Yuan said,

"It’s possible, and it’s likely not reliant on the Secret Realm but something else. However, I’m not sure what exactly it is. We can’t assume it’s Shengling Tree combined with small mineral creatures producing a new evolution form, can we? That would be too bizarre."

As he finished, Feng Yuan couldn’t help but laugh, finding it absurd since small mineral creatures are mineral-based Spirit Beasts, incompatible with Shengling Tree.