Free Web NovelChapter 2475: Chapter 2476: The Gap
Besides Feng Yuan and Dou Yanlan’s teams, other squads, even with active commanders, struggled against the Imperial people deploying the Anti-Divine Beast Runes. Seeing the sinister runes wreaking havoc everywhere, Qi Chen slightly frowned while the officer next to him smirked proudly.
"How about it, this is their true strength."
"Indeed, Tim also has the Anti-Divine Beast Runes; no, to be precise, it should be those few nations..."
With his right hand gently supporting his chin, Qi Chen did not notice the officer’s smug demeanor but instead was murmuring to himself. The officer was taken aback; the Anti-Divine Beast Runes were an unexpected discovery for them, or rather, they never thought the Data Domain could simulate such a thing.
However, this thing proved to have astonishing power in their attempts. If not carefully monitored, it could directly wipe out teams like the unfortunately ill-fated one.
He never thought that the envoy from the War Timeline would know about this Empire Timeline’s weapon of mass destruction.
"Hopefully, it won’t affect the cooperation between our two countries."
Looking at the team thrown into chaos by the Anti-Divine Beast Runes, Qi Chen spoke in a low voice. He wasn’t sure if these people would have special thoughts toward East Continent Great Xia because of this, but upon seeing these runes, Qi Chen understood some things.
Even though Feng Yuan deliberately marked many opponents for them, the strength of their Beastmasters was evident, and coupled with attacks not being concentrated, several Anti-Divine Beast Runes were activated.
Thunderous power rampaged wildly; Feng Yuan didn’t expect this wave of Imperial people to carry element-like Anti-Divine Beast Runes. While their rank naturally isn’t comparable to time and space, their destructive capabilities aren’t weak at all.
Being a force equal to Divine Beasts, even elite Beastmasters must be cautious, let alone weaker ordinary Beastmasters.
The attrition in battle made their combat increasingly difficult. Feng Yuan hesitated but didn’t reveal any other power. Though Xiao Ji could counter the Anti-Divine Beast Runes, it wasn’t necessary because he was just here to experience and never intended to truly join the Guard Squad.
If his power reversed the outcome, it would instead cause Maomu City to make misjudgments.
Thinking this way, Feng Yuan just did his best to arrange things. Unfortunately, due to insufficient understanding of the Anti-Divine Beast Runes, the originally planned joint final battle by multiple teams was already beaten into disarray by the opponent before the decisive battle occurred.
Sent back to the simulation battlefield’s resting area, Feng Yuan glanced at the unhappy Xiao Ji and amusingly patted its head, saying,
"Alright, don’t be mad, at least this is their limit, isn’t it?"
Unconvinced, Xiao Ji looked away, not wanting to pay attention to him. Clearly, if let loose, there was still a chance of victory, but Feng Yuan forcibly stopped it.
No choice; letting Xiao Ji unleash Crimson Judgement would not only make the outcome uncertain, but ensuring the safety of this Data Space would be difficult. After all, Divine Beast Techniques, especially those tearing through space, have extremely powerful rule-breaking effects on the environment within the Data Domain.
Not to mention Feng Yuan didn’t want to mislead others with Xiao Ji at this time.
Unlike Feng Yuan, Qi Chen was bewildered; he never thought the Anti-Divine Beast Runens could be so terrifying, or rather, this time, the true power of the Anti-Divine Beast Runes was displayed before him.
When faced with life and time before, the forces of Feng Yuan, a group of Divine Beasts, and Legendary Level Beastmasters naturally couldn’t adequately unleash their potential. Yet this time, without strong figures in the array, the Anti-Divine Beast Runes showed their terrifying suppressive strength, startling Qi Chen to realize he actually didn’t have any advantage facing the Imperial people.
Dou Yanlan wasn’t too concerned, or rather, upon seeing the emergence of the Anti-Divine Beast Runes, she already understood this round would be impossible to win.
Because since Feng Yuan and Agunas valued the Anti-Divine Beast Runes so highly, it couldn’t be simple. The reason they seemed weak before was entirely due to having Divine Beasts on the scene.
With strong figures absent, as expected, their way to deal with the Anti-Divine Beast Runes required sacrificing their lives. Thinking about how the Imperial people hold many of these, Dou Yanlan couldn’t help but sigh.
Indeed, simply holding a defensive posture is infeasible. Without many powerful Beastmasters guarding each city, they must take the initiative and compel the others to employ Anti-Divine Beast Runes to confront them, only then can they avoid many cities falling victim.
However, the biggest problem lies in if the other side chooses to ignore this, applying a home-swapping tactic this strategy might be just impossible to execute.
In an instant, Dou Yanlan realized the difficulty; or rather, every strategy has its countermeasure. Whether such measures can be countered depends only on the trade-offs taken; at least Dou Yanlan was confident that if the other adopts a home-swapping approach, Great Xia would be compelled to fall back.
Unless...
Thinking of Feng Yuan, Dou Yanlan’s eyes flickered, quickly shaking her head in denial. Feng Yuan was strong, but he likely couldn’t protect the entire Great Xia.
The bugle interrupted Dou Yanlan’s thoughts; the second round of battle commenced once again after everyone had rested. Unlike before, this time the commanders immediately stepped aside or allowed Beastmasters who demonstrated command capabilities in the previous round to assist in directing combat operations.
Only Feng Yuan was unhappy about this, merely having Xiao Ji assist with marking, not intending to overly participate in command.
Just as they confidently intended to redeem their previous embarrassment, the new Anti-Divine Beast Runes directly stunned most people; they didn’t expect the enemy would change.
Feng Yuan wasn’t surprised at all. Though called practice, the main goal was to boost combat experience, avoiding being caught unprepared when truly facing the Imperial people.
Therefore, the enemy certainly wouldn’t rigidly adopt the same template; constant changes effectively ensure they don’t attempt shortcuts.
Just, Feng Yuan felt incorporating Anti-Divine Beast Runes was rather unfit, because no matter how treated, these Beastmasters struggled to have any possibility of defeating the Anti-Divine Beast Runes.
No choice; the limit of strength was there, fewer would be manageable, but with an influx of dozens of Anti-Divine Beast Runes and without Legendary Level Beastmasters leading, Feng Yuan truly wasn’t optimistic about them.
The facts also didn’t surprise Feng Yuan, this training continued till evening. Until it concluded, they hadn’t won even once. As thanks to everyone, Maomu City specifically held a feast at the Department Store.
Though ideally, the banquet would be held at Data Square, given that place directly connects to the Data City, holding a banquet there now would purely be trouble-seeking; the existence of an event would unavoidably create vulnerabilities in defenses.
This is precisely why they switched to the Department Store, hosting a dinner primarily consisting of self-service dining.
"The offerings are pretty nice, with such delicacies, it’s not a loss."
Constantly loading various foods onto the plate, Feng Yuan joked carefreely, while Qi Chen and Dou Yanlan were in low spirits since they realized no matter how hard they tried, overcoming the Anti-Divine Beast Runes was impossible.
"Why, lighten up, that thing originally wasn’t something you should handle; Maomu City here is clearly trying to warn you to heighten vigilance, though it seems a bit over-effective."
Turning to Qi Chen and them, Feng Yuan couldn’t resist commenting; he could deduce Maomu City entered so many Anti-Divine Beast Runes into the AI’s purpose, though he didn’t feel those things were overly troubling.
Not saying he’s still here, even Yang Hongzhi is still guarding Maomu City with Najia, more so, the mere City of Death above completely suffices against such things. Ultimately, Anti-Divine Beast Runes aren’t Anti-Divine Beasts themselves; as long as the rank is high enough, they still can exert strong suppression.
The only hassle, presumably is the elemental rule Anti-Divine Beast, even if just elemental rules, a single Divine Beast cannot handle it.
If this thing emerges, even Maomu City having the City of Death would merely be temporarily resisting it.
"But... if war truly breaks out, wouldn’t we then need to..."
Looking at Feng Yuan, Qi Chen said dejectedly, recalling something, he hurriedly added,
"I don’t mean like that; I meant what if they lure you away and launch a massive attack on Maomu City, perhaps then we’d face such an enemy."
"Hmm, valid point, though they’ll have to simultaneously distract both me, Yang Hongzhi and potentially Drudgeon too, such difficulty isn’t trivial, is there that need?"
Rubbing his chin, Feng Yuan didn’t deny such possibilities, but still, same old talk, Maomu City isn’t valuable enough to them for such moves; it’s not a clean-up after victory, during the initial confrontation stages, Feng Yuan doesn’t see them causing a big commotion for this.
