Free Web NovelChapter 2469: Chapter 2470: A Worrying Speculation
Feng Yuan’s words shocked everyone, for nobody anticipated such a dangerous thing could exist; even a weakened version is terrifying.
"Sometimes, I really wish I didn’t know so much."
Shaking her head, Veronia seemed quite troubled. Since she now knew about it, she couldn’t avoid thinking about it. However, the Apocalypse Palom Rune is not something she can resolve. An entity that can reset the world is likely of the same tier as Shi and the others.
Long Boduo nodded in agreement, saying,
"Indeed, knowing about this will surely make it hard to sleep peacefully again."
"Actually, it shouldn’t be that severe. Apocalypse Palom and related things shouldn’t appear so easily, but..."
Gently pinching his chin, Feng Yuan thought of some possibility and spoke reluctantly. Although he did not elaborate, everyone present understood: even in normal circumstances, Apocalypse Palom’s rune might not be usable, but during a crisis of their extinction, it is highly likely to be employable.
At worst, that thing could serve as a trump card pulling others down together in mutual destruction.
"Little Crocodile might choose to focus on the Time River."
Veronia thought of something and said, currently Agunas is busy assisting with the rescue and reconstruction work in Baiman City, unaware of their casual talk. But once it knows this, it might be even more agitated than them.
No choice; the destructive force of those in the Imperial Timeline is continually exceeding their expectations, especially with Apocalypse Palom’s rune. Veronia never expected such a terrifying entity among the Anti-Divine Beast runes.
As for whether Feng Yuan was lying, Veronia doesn’t think it’s necessary. Although there isn’t an existing Divine Beast counterpart for Apocalypse Palom among the Divine Beasts, this matter can’t be ruled out. Shi and Xilnaes’ situation is something it’s aware of, not to mention Anti-Divine Beasts were abandoned developmental possibilities.
"Probably not. A desperate cornered animal attack is troublesome, but if Agunas and others take action, I feel they could directly target a certain rune on a time level for erasure."
After pondering for a moment, Feng Yuan voiced his thoughts. Though he isn’t Agunas and didn’t know how it thinks, he can still speculate on some things. In comparison to the possibility brought by eradicating time streams, he feels they are more likely to work together to erase any Anti-Divine Beast Rune as a countermeasure.
After all, the Apocalypse Palom rune cannot be directly created; it requires the combination of all Anti-Divine Beast runes to come together.
Destruction of any one rune would render the presence of the Apocalypse Palom rune impossible.
"That seems likely."
With Feng Yuan’s suggestion, Veronia also feels it should be like this. At least compared to directly destroying a time stream, this approach appears simpler.
"Can we still allow the war to proceed freely? It feels increasingly dangerous."
Sighing, Veronia spoke softly; each move by the Imperial Timeline surprises them, especially since two Anti-Divine Beast runes have already appeared.
Although the opponent possessing the Apocalypse Palom rune is merely a possibility for now, given the current situation, it’s hard to say what the actual situation truly is.
"Even if you want to be fully involved, this war is likely to progress along its normal path. After all, haven’t they managed to restore balance?"
Scratching his chin, Feng Yuan said, Anti-Divine Beast runes are too special, special enough to allow the Imperial Timeline to challenge the Divine Beasts to some extent. What mystifies Feng Yuan is why the Imperial Timeline possesses such chaotic items.
Inexplicably, Feng Yuan thought of another timeline, the War Timeline. Would there be similar things there? If so, it might be quite a trouble.
It seems necessary to inquire Qi Chen of the War Timeline for clarity.
Deciding silently, Feng Yuan didn’t mention this matter aloud, as the current issues are already enough to cause headaches without unnecessarily adding to them.
"Originally, we thought we had absolute advantage in this war, but it turns out we celebrated too early."
Yang Hongzhi looked with a bitter smile at Najia on his shoulder; he hadn’t anticipated that, as the Imperial Timeline gradually revealed its methods, even with Divine Beasts backing them, their chances of victory kept diminishing.
"Although unexpected, it’s normal. If they lack confidence, they wouldn’t dare initiate a conflict lightly. I think just runes alone aren’t enough for them to support such actions, at least they don’t have that much confidence."
Najia pondered and shared his thoughts. Those people have ways to target the Divine Beasts; that’s something expected long ago. Without such capabilities, they couldn’t have acted.
Since they acted, it implies they have means to counter the Divine Beasts’ retaliation. Though at first, they didn’t know the Divine Beasts’ powers, with their multiple probes, it would be impossible to remain ignorant.
However, aside from the Anti-Divine Beast runes, Najia couldn’t fathom what other means they might be hiding, considering the numerous possibilities.
Agunas had barely completed the reconstruction tasks in Baiman City when he heard Feng Yuan’s astonishing conjecture. Unlike Veronia and the others, Agunas can consult the taboo records, hence he clearly knows how terrifying Apocalypse Palom is. Even as mere written documentation, it’s something no single Divine Beast can confront.
Of course, corresponding to this is Apocalypse Palom’s extremely stringent debut conditions. Unlike regular Divine Beasts, Apocalypse Palom only emerges with the collective presence of all Anti-Divine Beasts.
Once any Anti-Divine Beast withdraws from the formation, Apocalypse Palom disappears. This characteristic should extend to the runes, meaning if they can make one type of rune completely vanish, the opponents wouldn’t be able to summon the Apocalypse Palom rune nor synthetically prepare in advance.
To achieve this, cooperation with other Time Divine Beasts is necessary, and they must seize an opportunity to accomplish it swiftly before the opponent can react. Otherwise, if they manage to synthesize the Apocalypse Palom rune, it would spell great trouble.
Although Veronia and they didn’t mention this resolution approach to Agunas, Agunas first thought of this solution based on his habits.
"Little Crocodile, what are you thinking about? I feel like you might be planning something very dangerous."
At this moment, Veronia floated over on Rainbow Bubbles, interrupting Agunas’ thoughts. Glancing at Veronia, Agunas said,
"What are you worrying about?"
"Hmm, I’m worried you might do something foolish. Oh well, I’ll leave the matter here for now, Feng Yuan and the others plan to return to Maomu City; could you help contact there to open a portal?"
"Are you staying behind?"
Suspiciously scrutinizing Veronia, Agunas spoke. Looking up at the sky, Veronia displayed a helpless expression,"
"He asked for my help; can’t really say no."
"Wait, did something happen again in Maomu City?"
In an instant, Agunas guessed something and warily stared at Veronia, who revealed a peculiar smile and said,
"Your intuitions are quite sharp, you know. Well, actually, they suspect the War Timeline has a trump card not inferior to the Anti-Divine Beast runes; you should understand that different time streams should be roughly equal in power."
Upon hearing this, Agunas felt a surge of chill; he overlooked the threat of the War Timeline. Although the opponent hasn’t yet attacked the Main World, this doesn’t mean they have no such intentions.
And unlike the constantly playing cards Imperial Timeline, their understanding of the War Timeline is very shallow. There’s no choice; the Imperial Timeline keeps drawing their attention, leaving them little energy to focus on the War Timeline.
If the opponent made a post unexpectedly, it would be disastrous because as Veronia said, normally it isn’t possible for any particular time stream to be significantly stronger. The power among different time streams should be balanced.
Meaning, the War Timeline might also have a terrifying trump card, and they are clueless about what that trump card is.
