Divine Beast Creator

Chapter 1863 - 1864: Made Real

"No matter if you called it with your crow’s mouth, we really have no choice, do we?"

Veronia spread her hands in a helpless manner and looked at Feng Yuan as she spoke. Feng Yuan scratched his head, grinning silently. Well, it wasn’t entirely his fault even though he had said it carelessly before. In all likelihood, the stormcloud wasn’t directly connected to him, but he had been mumbling before, hadn’t he?

"We can only be careful. Judging by the previous changes, although there could be danger, it doesn’t seem to pose a significant threat to us."

Yang Hongzhi squinted his eyes at the pitch-black cloud layer and said. The first two spaces in front of the Ferris wheel were nothing to talk about; there was no battle at the station, and even in the field, Xiao Ji solved it in one move. Of course, maybe the difficulty of the Ferris wheel was progressive, but at least, for now, it shouldn’t be too hard.

Even in the previous Ride the Wind and Waves, there weren’t really any overly difficult parts. No choice, with two Divine Beasts in their team, normal challenges weren’t much of an obstacle for them.

"That’s true, but being careless isn’t good. I think you should know that."

Nodding, Feng Yuan said as he glanced at Yang Hongzhi. If Qi Chen had said this, he wouldn’t find it strange. After all, even if he dragged Qi Chen into all sorts of messy big affairs, the main pressure would fall on him and Agunas. Yang Hongzhi was different. Before he met Najia, he was already an outstanding student at Maomu Academy; he couldn’t possibly not understand this matter.

"Sigh, I didn’t ask you to be too relaxed. However, aside from this place, there are bound to be similar spaces waiting for us ahead. Constant tension isn’t a good thing."

Yang Hongzhi said with a face of helplessness, and Feng Yuan chuckled, saying,

"So that’s how it is, don’t worry~"

Raising the black sickle in his hand, Feng Yuan looked at the mass of black clouds and said,

"Though it’s quite a hassle, it actually isn’t a big deal for me~"

"Just be careful. Although your strength is substantial, if someone intentionally sets a trap to constantly drain your stamina, it becomes a significant threat to you as well."

Seeing Feng Yuan’s confident look, Yang Hongzhi said helplessly. He really couldn’t persuade Feng Yuan. After all, this targeting is mutual. If they don’t achieve their goal before resources run out, the winner would likely be Feng Yuan. No help for it, exhausting the enemy also requires consuming resources.

Ultimately, how to respond still depends on Feng Yuan himself. Yang Hongzhi really wasn’t sure how long Feng Yuan could sustain high-intensity combat. After all, though they were familiar with each other, opportunities to fight together weren’t abundant.

Thinking carefully, during the tour in the Omeilia Region, it seemed that Feng Yuan and Agunas could sustain high-intensity combat for a long time. Maybe he was indeed worrying too much.

Shaking his head, Yang Hongzhi stopped thinking about it. Instead of worrying about Feng Yuan, he should consider how to deal with the potential stormcloud later. He wasn’t like Feng Yuan, with a plethora of strange means to face troubles. This area prohibited flight, if he accidentally fell...

Unfortunately, the cloud steps were relatively narrow. If Xiao Hui were released, it probably wouldn’t be able to dash around wildly here.

Feng Yuan didn’t pay attention to Yang Hongzhi’s thoughts. At this point, he reached the highest point of the cloud layer with Xiao Ji. He saw a key fragment sourced from the same as the one opened from the gift box left by the clown before here.

Only this key fragment had the pattern of a Ferris wheel. The size of this key fragment was the same as the Ride the Wind and Waves key fragment, meaning Feng Yuan and the others could estimate the number of key fragments waiting for them based on these two fragments.

"Strange, why would the key fragment appear here? Did the clown get lazy? Forget it, are you all ready?"

Feng Yuan looked at the key fragment with puzzlement and shouted at Yang Hongzhi and the others, directly reaching out to pick up the key fragment. Though he guessed that picking it up would trigger a mechanism, he didn’t think waiting for everyone to truly be ready was an optimal choice.

Because as he stepped onto the pitch-black cloud layer, he sensed that the dark cloud was awakening. If it took too long and something changed, it would be a huge problem.

With the key fragment in hand, the gusts of wind began to pick up, and Feng Yuan and the others understood it was time to run.

"Run!"

The dark cloud layer began to change. The originally stretched-out black cloud layer began to rebound, resembling a large pancake. Its elastic appearance made Feng Yuan tempted to poke it a few times, but this was just a whim. After all, the stormcloud had awakened, and lightning flashing within the cloud was likely to give a tingling sensation to anyone who touched it.

With the appearance of the stormcloud, the wind raged through the Cloud Paradise. The cloud steps shook in the wind as if they might be blown away at any moment. Xiao Ji clung tightly to Feng Yuan’s head, hesitating whether to revert to its original form. Unlike the ascent, going down wouldn’t be too troublesome, even in eagle form.

Since flight was prohibited, it didn’t mean jumping, hovering, or gliding was out. Thus, after a moment’s hesitation, Xiao Ji leaped from Feng Yuan’s head, reverting to its original form and glaring angrily at the oncoming stormcloud.

At this point, the stormcloud had awakened. The massive cloud slowly rotated around its central core, with lightning dancing within. Even though it didn’t roar, there was an indescribable sense of oppression.

The stormcloud gradually pressed in the direction where the group was located. The cloud steps barely touched the stormcloud before being torn apart by the rotating wind initiated from the cloud, with the jumping lightning completely destroying the pieces of the cloud beyond recognition. Though Feng Yuan hadn’t tried using an ultimate move to block its advance, judging by the situation, it seemed regular ultimate moves wouldn’t fare well against the stormcloud.

"Try using a Death Series ultimate move to see if it can be stopped."

Intentionally falling behind, Feng Yuan said to Xiao Ji. The stormcloud might not be fast, but unlike their winding descent along the steps, it descended directly, nearly matching their speed. If they didn’t let Xiao Ji attempt to hinder its movements, Feng Yuan worried they’d soon be overtaken.

Just then, a black-and-gray tornado rose from below, catastrophically destroying many cloud steps and layers, immediately blocking several descending paths.

"Are we gambling on luck?"

Though the sudden tornado only destroyed part of the cloud, how could Feng Yuan not predict it would continue to appear? In the end, there might only be one path available, and if they chose the wrong route and got stuck, the stormcloud might catch up.

"Looks like we need to boost our luck~"

Veronia said with a strange smile. Xiao Ji launched a Death Storm against the stormcloud, but sadly, the stormcloud remained unaffected. Though the Death Storm wasn’t devoured by the stormcloud, its violent surrounding airflow easily blocked the Death Storm.

"Boosting luck..."

Najia on Yang Hongzhi’s shoulder was a bit tense because it noticed the staircase Yang Hongzhi was about to take was destroyed by the tornado. Luckily, they were a few steps late; otherwise, retreating from there would have wasted significant time.

"Actually, aside from luck, there’s another way~"

With a strange smile, Veronia said and jumped toward the edge of the cloud layer. Surprised, Najia shouted loudly, but at that moment, a large number of crystal vines grew crazily from below, forming a massive flower in mid-air to firmly support Veronia.

"Even if flight is forbidden, that doesn’t mean we don’t have other ways to get down~"

Turning around, Veronia beckoned to Yang Hongzhi and the others, saying, they couldn’t act recklessly going up due to uncertain triggers, but now they were escaping, restraint wasn’t necessary.

As long as it didn’t disrupt spatial stability, they didn’t care what method they used to escape.

Veronia’s Crystal Vines bought the group significant time. After all, the stormcloud’s downward speed wasn’t that fast. Its speed itself allowed them enough time to flee, not to mention that the vines descended quickly, faster than them running.

The wind raged through the Cloud Paradise, the Ferris wheel’s cabins lighting up green again. Due to the chase by the stormcloud, the group quickly rushed toward the cabins to take refuge from the stormcloud.