Free Web NovelChapter 2446: Chapter 2447: Terrifying Traces
The Imperial Timeline definitely isn’t going for an all-out attack, their true intentions are yet unclear, and they’ll have to handle it themselves. As for this Time Storm...
Zhanzheng Qichen quickly deliberated, the surrounding scenery rapidly receding. Soon, he reached the border region, where Tamur had already driven away the ancient soldiers.
Looking at the void beyond the barrier, Zhanzheng Qichen didn’t act immediately. Unlike Feng Yuan, he lacked the ability to move freely in the void, even relying on the power of the Beast Tamer was barely sufficient.
"Tamur, I need your help."
Although Tamur was not visible, Zhanzheng Qichen still called out loudly, believing that as a Divine Beast, Tamur would hear his call.
As expected, Tamur quickly appeared before him, studying Zhanzheng Qichen, and gently swaying, said,
"You’re planning to take the risk alone?"
"As I thought, I couldn’t hide it from you. I need you to give me the ability to move freely within the Time Storm. I believe you can do it."
Locking eyes with Tamur calmly, Zhanzheng Qichen said, Tamur, with a complex expression, said,
"Why go to such lengths? Clearly, this matter doesn’t concern you significantly."
"Perhaps, it’s because I don’t wish to see past events repeated, even if it’s in another timeframe’s version of me."
Turning his head away, Zhanzheng Qichen replied with a faint smile. He could never forget that day, but he was helpless. Changing history was beyond him; he had no Spirit Beast of the Time Series by his side, or rather, only a Divine Beast could truly change the history of death.
But on their timeline, there were no signs of a Divine Beast.
Even though all of this had nothing to do with him, he hoped that at least this timeline’s version of himself wouldn’t be so sorrowful...
"I understand."
Gently swaying, Tamur suddenly circled Zhanzheng Qichen, a surge of Time Power enveloping him. Gently closing his eyes to sense it, a Western dragon-shaped luminescent dragon emerged beneath Zhanzheng Qichen, carrying him to float in the air.
"Thank you."
Opening his eyes, Zhanzheng Qichen said to Tamur, controlling the luminescent dragon to fly into the void. Watching Zhanzheng Qichen’s disappearing figure, Tamur remained silent for a long time before suddenly saying,
"Why do you refuse to ask him if he can change history? For you, history that cannot be dictated may not necessarily be a form of compensation."
Veronia’s Crystal Luminace Stone had a considerable impact on the stability of the Time Storm, but due to its unique nature, unless the order of the time rules was completely disrupted, the Time Storm wouldn’t disappear just because of stability issues.
Because of this, the void became turbulent. Watching the Time Blades forming around, Veronia furrowed her brow and said,
"If this continues, there could be great trouble."
"Hidden well, but even violent time will render hiding measures futile, over there."
Smiling, Feng Yuan’s Rune Chain rotated rapidly behind him, calming the violent Time Storm beside them, a force of undeniable power suppressed the chaotic Time Power.
With this suppressive force, Feng Yuan wasn’t worried about the worsening environment within the Time Storm.
As for the area where Qi Chen’s father was? Feng Yuan wasn’t concerned about that, the void inside the Time Storm wouldn’t be affected by changes in stability to the extent of being swept into the storm.
"I wonder if Little Crocodile will come to help, but it seems they intend a feint to the east while attacking the west."
Veronia reminded Feng Yuan, even if it seemed the other side had already guessed the truth, smiling, Feng Yuan said,
"Probably so, the Time Storm is certainly a big affair, but its threat level isn’t particularly high, let alone if they truly intended to use the Time Storm for something, our actions would definitely provoke a response."
For those unaware, the dense Time Storm might seem a terrifying threat, but for those knowledgeable, it isn’t considered that dangerous.
Just like Qi Chen’s father and the others, they only needed to fend off attacking enemies, the likelihood of issues arising in the short term wasn’t high, especially since the attacking enemies weren’t particularly powerful.
However, that’s assuming no one interferes, Feng Yuan himself could concoct many combined assault strategies using the Time Storm, such as dispatching teams for harassment, occasionally instigating high-intensity battles, greatly increasing the pressure. Once the other side couldn’t hold, even if ancient soldiers weren’t individually strong, they’d pose a lethal threat.
Not to mention, other things could be mixed in amidst it, the Time Storm’s uniqueness destined it to be filled with any added content as long as it didn’t damage the order of time, which couldn’t eliminate the Time Storm by force.
The fact that they hadn’t added anything to the Time Storm indicated that their attention wasn’t here, but Feng Yuan wasn’t clear on what exactly they intended, though this might just be another probing attack.
"There shouldn’t be a problem on Qi Chen’s side, with Tamur there, the Anomaly Point might be hard to find, but it’s not impossible."
On the way to the Anomaly Point, Feng Yuan muttered, as they stirred the Time Storm internally, the entire void seemed constantly swept by a terrifying hurricane. Yet because of this, Feng Yuan and the others only needed to follow the direction of the wind to find the Anomaly Point.
"That is..."
Seeing the colorful wooden sculpture ahead, Feng Yuan paused. Though he guessed the Anomaly Point wouldn’t form naturally, this object...
"What a strange thing."
Examining the wooden sculpture, Veronia said, the entire sculpture seemed like a hollow ancient Rune, but this ancient Rune was exceedingly complex, atop it were numerous smaller runes appearing to break free from it.
"An unmet erroneous Divine Beast, Twisted Beimode."
Whispering to himself, Feng Yuan began questioning the recorded situation, Veronia, puzzled, looked towards Feng Yuan and said,
"Divine Beast?!"
The branches of time couldn’t foster Divine Beasts, wasn’t that already confirmed? Why would something associated with a Divine Beast emerge? Veronia doubted this object was of this world.
"Not a Divine Beast, an unmet erroneous Divine Beast recorded in Forbidden Codex volume 337, intended to be an Anti-Divine Beast, but eventually, the world didn’t choose to create the reverse of Divine Beasts, so it wasn’t born."
Rubbing his chin, staring at the constantly releasing power Bei mode Rune, Feng Yuan didn’t understand why this object appeared here. If it wasn’t for him having stumbled upon it, he wouldn’t know the significance behind this thing.
As for coincidence?
This Feng Yuan was sure was impossible, the records in Forbidden Codex never appeared in the world, but the related data already had. The Divine Beasts’ uniqueness meant they couldn’t become products of other possibilities.
Like Agunas and others, any directly associated Runes must derive from them and can’t arise from other entities.
"The reverse of a Divine Beast? If Divine Beasts protect the world, then the reverse of Divine Beasts, wouldn’t that..."
Thinking of a possibility, Veronia looked at Feng Yuan, surprised, nodding, Feng Yuan smiled wryly and said,
"Just as you thought, Anti-Divine Beasts focus on destruction, while they wouldn’t destroy the world, their existence’s purpose is to reset the world."
"However, to the world itself, such entities aren’t required, so ultimately, they weren’t born. Now this object’s appearance... Ugh! It’s somewhat troublesome."
Watching the Rune, Feng Yuan felt troubled, if it truly was Twisted Beimode’s doing, then the timeline war was bound to escalate to a war among Divine Beasts.
Moreover, according to Forbidden Codex, Twisted Beimode represented time rules itself.
Right, unlike regular Divine Beasts handling branched time rules, Twisted Beimode directly represented the time rules themselves. Therefore, a single Time Divine Beast wouldn’t necessarily be an opponent, likely standing no chance against it either.
Even assembling all Time Divine Beasts wouldn’t suffice, as they hadn’t mastered the entire Authority of Time and still significantly lag behind Twisted Beimode directly embodying time rules.
Fortunately, due to representing rules directly, all erroneous Divine Beasts lack the conditions and ability to enhance their powers, though defeating Twisted Beimode, Feng Yuan estimated that they might need to gather about a third of the Divine Beasts to properly achieve this goal.
Winning was one thing, but ensuring the world wasn’t shattered in the process was another, precisely because of this issue, Forbidden Codex explicitly recorded that no erroneous Divine Beasts ever came into existence.
