Free Web NovelChapter 2449: Chapter 2450: Breaking Through
Whether it was the Runes of the Twisted Beimode, or the Barrier that required more than twenty people to break, both gave Agunas a very bad feeling. They were probably trying to attract the attention of the Divine Beasts so they could do something elsewhere, but as for what exactly the enemy wanted to do, Agunas had no idea either.
This time, no matter what the other Divine Beasts were thinking, Agunas demanded that they all move. Those guys who were just there to watch the show might not fully believe Agunas’s words, but they didn’t dare oppose this large-scale operation. After all, no one could guarantee there wouldn’t be a tiny chance of disaster, and if something really happened, it would be a huge mess.
"We can’t mobilize the other Divine Beasts, but we also can’t just leave things here unresolved."
Looking toward Lorraine Tower, Agunas tried to get a feasible plan from the other side. Lorraine Tower pondered for a moment and said,
"If the enemy is feinting and this is actually their real objective, overly neglecting this place would also be dangerous. It’s just that we have no way to gather that many people, and summoning Beastmasters from other regions is also not a good idea."
"If they take the opportunity to launch attacks elsewhere, Beastmasters are also an important defensive line."
Although the number of Divine Beasts wasn’t small, compared to the vastness of the entire world, that group of Divine Beasts simply couldn’t cover that many places. At times like this, Beastmasters became extremely important.
One Time Storm required more than twenty Legendary Level Beastmasters. It wasn’t that gathering that many people was impossible, but even if they rallied them from all over the world, it would still greatly weaken the strength of the human defensive line.
Even though Lorraine Tower understood what Maomu City meant to Feng Yuan, it still couldn’t make a risky decision because of that. Agunas flicked its tail and said,
"There’s another way. A power similar to that of the White Wolf Deity is also possessed by some of the Divine Beasts. As long as we arrange it properly, we can minimize the impact."
"The White Wolf Deity? You mean temporarily boosting strength?"
Lorraine Tower froze for a moment, then quickly realized what Agunas was talking about. There weren’t many such methods, but there were indeed some Divine Beasts that could temporarily raise strength. Whether it would work, though, it really wasn’t sure, because such methods weren’t exactly flexible.
"Prepare along those lines first. Since Veronia hasn’t sought help from the outside world, it’s highly likely they’re using this method."
Staring at Lorraine Tower, Agunas spoke. Although Veronia hadn’t explained things too clearly, it had still managed to analyze the method Feng Yuan had adopted. After all, when it came to this kind of rule restriction, aside from Feng Yuan being able to break it by brute force, everyone else had no way around it and could only act according to the rules.
With Agunas’s understanding of Feng Yuan, unless absolutely necessary, that guy would never risk brute-forcing his way through.
"We wait for the outcome then?"
Looking at the surrounding Time Storm spheres, Lorraine Tower had no other choice. At the very least, Agunas’s proposal had some degree of feasibility.
Compared to Maomu City, safety on the scale of the Main World was obviously more important. Even if this decision might bring losses to Maomu City, it still didn’t think it was wrong.
"Preparations are done then, time to make a move."
After gathering everyone again, Veronia glanced at the others and made the first move. A Crystal Luminance Stone Torrent roared out, and the others likewise ordered their own Beasts to unleash their Ultimate Moves. Qi Chen’s father and the others might not really believe they could smash that weird-looking thing, but they also knew that in the face of rule restrictions, this was the only way.
Feng Yuan didn’t act openly. Where no one could notice, he quietly intervened in the outcome. Qi Chen’s father and the others’ strength might not be enough to threaten the Runes, but Feng Yuan didn’t need them to.
He couldn’t directly destroy the rule restriction, but he could nudge the result a little. That’s right—although in theory, when more than twenty people attacked, the excess attacks would be randomly chosen to pass through the restricted zone, that didn’t mean Feng Yuan couldn’t specify which attacks would pass.
The others could be ignored; there weren’t many attacks that could actually affect the Runes. But Veronia’s attack was influenced by Feng Yuan.
As long as there were "slots" that could pass through the restricted zone, Veronia’s Ultimate Move would definitely make it through—unless from the very start there was no such possibility at all.
He had no choice. Feng Yuan could indeed temporarily boost everyone’s strength, but if he did that, there’d be no way to explain how he’d pulled it off. You had to know that even among Divine Beasts, there weren’t many that mastered a method to temporarily raise a group’s strength up to Legendary or even Legendary Level.
Let alone ordinary Spirit Beasts, who absolutely couldn’t grasp such a technique. As for the Beasts around Feng Yuan, that went without saying—since when was there such a thing as temporarily boosting the power of a group beyond their own level, much less by that many tiers?
Unlike Qi Chen’s side, Feng Yuan’s group could make multiple attempts. After all, in theory this Rune had no self-repair ability. All Feng Yuan needed was to gather more than twenty people and get Veronia’s attack to pass.
As for the village’s defenses, Feng Yuan left them to Xiao Ji. Don’t be fooled by Xiao Ji’s seemingly weak surface strength; as a Divine Beast, even if its own power wasn’t high yet, its sustained combat capability was far beyond that of ordinary Spirit Beasts.
What’s more, Xiao Ji could activate the Underworld Domain on its own and undergo Domain Awakening. Even if it couldn’t hold most of the land, as long as they shrank the defensive line, protecting everyone else wasn’t a problem.
Doing it this way looked a bit risky, but those soldiers understood there was no better option at this point. As for having Veronia stay and guard them while they attacked?
That was even more impossible. Without Feng Yuan showing his true strength, not one of this group could inflict significant damage on the Runes.
The outcome was more or less as expected. There was no way the people Feng Yuan brought happened to be exactly twenty; instead, he’d drawn out as many hands as he could while still ensuring safety.
In the first round of focused fire, under Feng Yuan’s "cheating," Veronia’s Crystal Luminance Stone Torrent successfully passed through. The others’ Ultimate Moves struck the Runes first, but only produced brilliant Energy sparks and failed to cause much damage.
They did do some damage, but not much. It was the violent explosion from the Crystal Luminance Stone Torrent that followed which blew away almost half the Rune in an instant.
As the Rune was damaged, the Time Storm began to gradually calm. Everyone could feel the change in the surrounding environment.
"Sure enough, one round of attacks isn’t enough to finish it off. Judging from this, this thing requires about thirty people with Legendary strength to destroy in one go."
Although it hadn’t been destroyed outright, based on how it was damaged, Veronia instantly calculated the approximate number needed for a one-shot destruction.
The Crystal Luminance Stone Torrent was powerful, but it wasn’t Veronia’s full-force strike—or rather, the Torrent itself should be considered a regular Ultimate Move.
Veronia chose this Ultimate Move not just out of habit, but also because through the Crystal Luminance Stone Torrent, she could gauge the effect of conventional attacks.
No helping it—Divine Beasts’ exclusive Ultimate Moves usually carried the power of Authority, making their damage output hard to predict. The Crystal Luminance Stone Torrent was different.
It looked like an Ultimate Move, but in essence it was just like throwing bombs. The power of the Crystal Luminace Stone was fixed and unchanging; its strength was entirely determined by the quantity and quality of the stones in the Torrent.
"Thirty Legendary Beast Masters? That’s actually good news."
Hearing Veronia’s words, Feng Yuan blinked and spoke. Legendary Level Beastmasters were hard to find, but Legendary weren’t nearly as rare. After all, just looking at the main faculty of the Beast Taming Academy, the minimum entry requirement was Legendary strength.
"That’s right, and there’s one more good piece of news: we only need to do this one more time and this thing will be gone."
Veronia smiled slightly as she spoke. Looking at the damaged Runes, everyone exchanged glances and didn’t waste any time. The second round of attacks began; Feng Yuan interfered once again, and the Crystal Luminance Stone Torrent broke through the restriction one more time.
The already half-ruined Runes were once again swallowed by the Crystal Luminance Stone Torrent, and this time, they completely vanished in the explosion.
The wind gradually died down. Everything around them warped and blurred, as if they’d suddenly become severely nearsighted, but soon the scenery became clear again.
Looking up at the night sky above, Feng Yuan let out a sigh of relief and said,
"This side... is wrapped up, at least."
He didn’t know how things were going on Qi Chen’s side, but at least over here it was done. He glanced at Qi Chen’s father, thought for a moment, and still didn’t speak.
Noticing Feng Yuan’s look of wanting to speak but holding back, Qi Chen’s father said helplessly,
"I won’t act recklessly. Since Legendary Beast Masters are required, we naturally aren’t setting foot on that battlefield."
Even though the higher-ups’ order hadn’t arrived yet, he could already guess what it would be. If it were a requirement for Legendary Level strength, they might still gamble on it, but Legendary... there was really no need to take that risk.
