Free Web NovelChapter 2447: Chapter 2448: Rune
Knowing about the existence of Twisted Beimode, Veronia’s brows furrowed. Although it does not have the same sense of responsibility as Agunas, safeguarding the world’s safety is its duty. Regardless, the emergence of such a dangerous entity is not good news.
However, it soon thought of something and looked towards Feng Yuan with a sense of doubt. Veronia asked,
"Does Agunas know about this news?"
"Probably not aware. Although the Forbidden Codex is a type of record tome, it does not belong to the category of record tomes."
"Indeed..."
Upon hearing Feng Yuan’s words, Veronia suddenly understood. It had just been contemplating the fact that Agunas is the Divine Beast who manages the record tomes, yet Twisted Beimode, according to Feng Yuan, had never existed.
Normally, since it never existed, there should not be any associated legends or records. But the Forbidden Codex contains relevant notes, which inevitably makes it suspect that the Forbidden Codex may differ from the record tomes it recognizes.
It sounds complicated, but essentially, Agunas can only retrieve tomes recorded by the life within the world, while the Forbidden Codex is not recorded by these entities. It is more like a repository of world information similar to Yin World—a type of repository of world-stored materials.
Titled as a tome, yet it is a special existence not truly a tome.
This means that Agunas and others cannot possibly understand the information on Twisted Beimode, given that perhaps only Feng Yuan has seen the details of the counterpart.
"Your authority is insufficient. Unless specifically requested, you cannot view things like the Forbidden Codex. But it’s odd; the reason this thing has so many restrictions is mainly because the contents inside are supposed to be evolution directions that temporarily or never appear."
As he spoke, Feng Yuan rubbed his chin in some confusion. The reason Anti-Divine Beasts were abandoned is very straightforward: according to the world’s rules, where there is positive, there must be negative, even if temporarily unmet due to various reasons, it still has a deadline. Failing to meet it after the deadline will result in a disaster.
At first, the evolution direction of Divine Beasts was towards absolute order, and accordingly, there needed to be Anti-Divine Beasts to maintain balance. But the consequence of this was frequent Divine Beast wars.
Looking at the war timeline, it’s evident: even without Divine Beasts, a world with frequent wars would not fare better; let alone the catastrophic Divine Beast wars.
Hence, the evolution direction of splitting Divine Beasts was abandoned, leading to the current form. Although the present Divine Beasts remain biased towards order, due to the influence of Divine Pact Makers, they aren’t absolute.
Not dividing absolute good and evil but allowing gods to have personal intents also achieves balance. Even though occasional crises might appear due to this, it doesn’t immediately lead to wars like the split gods used to.
What Feng Yuan doesn’t understand is this point: without split gods, at the very least, absolute order represented by Divine Beasts doesn’t exist. Isn’t it asking for trouble to create an absolutely chaotic Anti-Divine Beast?
After all, disorder without order to balance is another type of imbalance.
"Perhaps it’s not Twisted Beimode, but merely the evolution of its power?"
Upon considering a certain possibility, Veronia spoke. It’s hard to believe that such a forbidden existence suddenly appears, but using Twisted Beimode as a template to evolve into a special tool isn’t impossible.
Divine Beasts themselves are inherently unique existences. Even now, the godly beasts that embody both good and evil continue to generate numerous special items. Therefore, Veronia suspects this entity is likely just derived from Twisted Beimode under special conditions, not directly created by it.
Considering the world’s means, Veronia finds it hard not to suspect this thing is merely a repurposed tool, after all, to the world, as long as it’s beneficial, some discarded items aren’t impossible to reclaim.
If it weren’t the case, there wouldn’t exist the Forbidden Codex mentioned by Feng Yuan.
"It’s not impossible indeed."
Upon rubbing his chin, Feng Yuan realizes Veronia’s guess is quite plausible. Twisted Beimode isn’t trifling; once it appears, it inevitably leads to widespread Divine Beasts war.
Indeed, a war among Divine Beasts, because Twisted Beimode embodies time rules. If it truly battles, the Time River definitely won’t be preserved. Under such circumstances, humans can hardly intervene, and must leave it to the Divine Beasts to handle.
Precisely because this matter is troublesome, the split Divine Beasts were abandoned. However, if this entity was born due to other factors, what exactly did they grasp?
Gazing at the runes, Feng Yuan ponders for a while before shaking his head and saying,
"Forget it, let’s resolve the Anomaly Point first. If it’s Twisted Beimode’s runes, it’s not that troublesome. Just dealing with it through combat suffices."
Unlike regular Twisted Anomalies, Twisted Beimode’s runes have a far stronger effect, and even if they’re dead objects, they trigger automatic counterattacks upon attack.
Being embodiments of time rules, even a trivial amount of power is sufficient to cause time chaos, without needing excessive distortion to trigger a time storm.
Yet, precisely because of this, Feng Yuan finds it less troublesome. As long as Twisted Beimode doesn’t surface, they simply need to destroy the runes to restore everything, without needing ways to correct errors.
"They must be exhausted."
Veronia waved her tiny hand, directing a Crystal Luminance Stone Torrent towards the rune, while Xiao Ji discontentedly screeched and unfurled its wings to initiate Crimson Judgement. However, it was surprised to find Crimson Judgement, usually ready for use, completely ineffective in this context.
"That’s alright; this place is extremely close to the rune. Under Twisted Beimode’s power seal, tearing space techniques are totally invalid. Xiao Ji can’t use Crimson Judgement to assist right now."
Although Feng Yuan didn’t pay attention to Xiao Ji, he still knows Xiao Ji’s strongest attack technique currently is likely Crimson Judgement.
Yet, as the dark side of the split gods, Twisted Beimode’s power exceeds that of present Divine Beasts significantly. From Feng Yuan’s perspective, the opponent is close to Shi and Xilnais. Hence, not Xiao Ji, even Gitalien wouldn’t be able to perform spatial movement here.
Moreover, this entity heavily restrains Gitalien, given many space ultimate techniques involve tearing space.
"Crimson Judgement can’t be used? Seems quite a tough enemy indeed."
Surprised, Veronia glanced at Feng Yuan, not expecting such a situation. However, for it, this doesn’t have much impact; the only sequestered technique is likely its attack leveraging the World of Mirrors.
Nonetheless, it wouldn’t attempt such a feat, since Twisted Beimode’s runes are too unique; it dares not risk using the World of Mirrors.
Once the Crystal Luminance Stone approaches the rune, it prompts intense rune counterattacks. The terrifying time-twisting force instantly disperses, reigniting the previously calming internal storm.
"Indeed, quite troublesome."
Observing the regressing Crystal Luminance Stone Torrent, Veronia’s expression turns surprised. Rather than simply too strong, it’s more accurate to say it’s peculiarly strange. Conventional time ultimate techniques can’t reverse Crystal Luminance Stone Torrent. In a sense, these rune powers have exceptional essence.
Yet, another concern is, this counterattack has minimal deterrent force, although not zero, since the internal time storm intensifies again. Ordinary people might find themselves in chaos.
Nevertheless, in Veronia’s view, the counterattack’s strength seems off.
As the Crystal Luminance Stone Torrent falls into time repetition unable to approach the rune, seeing this, Veronia furrows her brow and summons the Crystal Luminance Stone Torrent again with a wave of her hand.
Yet for unknown reasons, this time the Crystal Luminance Stone Torrent instantly vanished upon emerging.
"Similar to the Crystal Domain effect? The same person can only have one ultimate move active concurrently? Tsk, this must require a swarm tactic."
Feng Yuan realizes what’s happening, the power of time erases Veronia’s second Crystal Luminance Stone Torrent. Seeing Veronia stubbornly switches to other ultimate moves meeting the same fate, Feng Yuan sighs and beckons Xiao Ji and Fluffy Fire Wolfhound to act.
However, even then, their ultimate moves also sink into repetitious time loops.
"This is nearly invincible defense indeed."
Startled, Veronia gazes at the runes, not anticipating this entity to be so troublesome.
