Free Web NovelChapter 2478: Chapter 2479: Stalemate
Qi Chen and his team are currently at home because the plan for a strong attack on the Imperial Timeline was announced long ago, so Feng Yuan, who never bothers to follow the news, is unaware of this. For that reason, Qi Chen and his team didn’t go out for training today nor did they schedule any collaborative combat training.
Maomu City, or rather all cities, have heightened their defensive preparations today to prevent the Empire from employing a strategy of surrounding Wei to rescue Zhao, thereby dragging down the frontline.
Logically speaking, the other side should not suddenly make a call unless the Imperial People have some means to bypass the outer defenses and head straight into areas populated by ordinary people.
"Feng Yuan, were you watching the news just now?!"
Qi Chen’s anxious voice echoed from the other end of the phone, and Feng Yuan furrowed his brows, responding puzzledly:
"Yes, but it’s likely due to the space blockage from the Time Storm; it seems the connection was lost. While the emergence of the Twisted Beymod Phantom is a bit unusual, Agunas and the others should be able to handle it."
"Twisted Beimode?"
"No, I didn’t mean that. I meant the complete loss of contact over there, could something go wrong? I mean ordinary soldiers."
Perhaps due to urgency, Qi Chen’s words were a bit scattered, and it took Feng Yuan a few seconds to understand what Qi Chen was asking. Thinking it over, Feng Yuan casually placed his left hand on Xiao Ji’s head and said:
"Obviously not, although there’s a possibility of accidental harm, there aren’t just Agunas and one Divine Beast over there. If it’s merely an Anti-Divine Beast Rune, it might not break through the protection from the collective Divine Beasts. Moreover, such weapons aren’t infinitely usable—besides issues like recharging, would you use them to sweep away irrelevant people?"
The phone line remained silent for a while, and suddenly Dou Yanlan’s voice came through:
"You’re right, I also considered this possibility earlier, but the thought process of the people from The Imperial Timeline is somewhat different from ours, so..."
"I don’t quite understand those people over there; if you ask me about this, I honestly can’t answer."
Feng Yuan answered truthfully; if this were to continue being speculated, it would never end. Glancing at the TV, Feng Yuan said:
"Did you call me just to ask about this?"
"Yeah... we wanted to know, the frontline right now, is it stable? After all, this operation..."
Qi Chen’s hesitant voice came through, and Feng Yuan rolled his eyes and replied in a somewhat annoyed tone:
"Relax, there are so many Divine Beasts piled up in that place, enough for a decisive battle, impossible to lose, or rather, the battle situation is unwinnable."
Inside the Time Storm, a time tempest more chaotic than when Maomu City was attacked unfolded before Agunas and others. Due to The Imperial Timeline not being the main one, the distorted time even started causing damage to space.
"Ah, that’s precisely why we can’t casually utilize its power; it would be nice if our world could be like yours someday."
A man in a white robe who unleashed the Anti-Divine Beast Rune: Twisted Beimode reflected as he stared at Agunas. Holding the Anti-Divine Beast Rune, he pointed at Agunas and shouted loudly:
"Now, it’s time to clear the obstacles!"
Behind him, the Twisted Bemod Phantom gradually solidified, surrounded by nine Bemod Runes rotating around it. If Feng Yuan were here, he would instantly understand the nature of this situation.
Clearly, the Imperial People were performing a trick by stacking multiple of the same type of Anti-Divine Beast Runes together.
The Anti-Divine Beast Rune itself allows for stacking, but its potency isn’t simply calculated by addition or multiplication; instead, it summons and enhances the corresponding Anti-Divine Beast Phantom based on the number of Runes.
Nine is the stacking limit for the Anti-Divine Beast Runes, but even then, it only barely holds its own against Agunas.
Nevertheless, besides Agunas, there are several other Divine Beasts present, so even with multiple Anti-Divine Beast Runes stacked, the actual pressure isn’t particularly high.
"Is this the true power of the Anti-Divine Beast Rune? Humph!"
With a cold snort, Agunas pulled out an ancient book and flung it while waving its Little Claw, unleashing the power of the Time River to forcefully create a projection of the Time River. Behind Agunas, an ancient scripture slowly emerged along with the historical tales written within.
"Even the rules of time itself, I believe, isn’t an invincible existence!"
Clenching its claw slightly, Agunas spoke with icy determination. At that moment, recorded history turned from illusion to reality despite being a Divine Beast Technique with the Time Attribute, aggressively encroaching upon space. This was a unique Divine Beast Technique belonging to Agunas, recounting written history.
It inherently lacks direct destructive power, or rather, this Ultimate Move is essentially a summons of recorded history. Unlike projecting a particular moment of attack to borrow the offensive projection aimed at an enemy, the recounting of history merely manifests all written history.
Yet, this is Agunas’s great technique, and it naturally isn’t that simple. The recounted history itself carries no power, yet the manifested history continually encroaches upon real space. Moreover, due to the temporary immortality granted by recounting the history, the manifested history cannot be thoroughly destroyed.
Without adequate countermeasures, recounting history will directly overwhelm the space.
All Divine Beasts watched Agunas’s wrath with trepidation. Despite only understanding this Ultimate Move, witnessing it firsthand revealed just how formidable Agunas’s strength is. Even as they established strong barriers, they barely sustained themselves.
The Twisted Bemod Phantom seemed enraged, roaring as its form changed to become a giant purple Big Cat. The purple Big Cat emitted an ear-splitting roar, immediately and indiscriminately erasing the immortal historical manifestations from time.
"Indeed, targeting time directly?"
Agunas wasn’t surprised by this; if it were easy to handle, Feng Yuan wouldn’t have been so cautious, and it wouldn’t be referred to as the Anti-Divine Beast.
Bestowing the immortal attribute to the manifested history comes from the special ability of time rules, yet facing the same tier of time erasure, the immortality attribute naturally loses effect.
"Time erasure? Troublesome indeed."
Not only Agunas but other Divine Beasts also realized the opponent’s tactics, and precisely for this reason, they found it challenging. Time and space erasure are particularly peculiar methods.
Directly acting from the time aspect; naturally impossible for a Divine Beast to completely withstand, but extremely effective against their Ultimate Moves since they lack time-space resistance.
This single tactic is enough to eliminate nearly all their attack methods, but considering the objective of this operation, they must find a way to counter the opponent’s time erasure.
Agunas also knows how troublesome time erasure is, yet continues to release recounting history because time erasure can’t cover a large scale.
If recounting history isn’t maintained, the opponent will soon be able to extend time erasure to the soldiers, which is more advantageous than any attack Ultimate Move because they have no way to counter it.
Nevertheless, this one-on-one battle isn’t feasible, and as Agunas swayed its tail, it rapidly contemplated a breakthrough strategy. It couldn’t act directly, and besides it, there were no other Time Divine Beasts present. How to act to break through the opponent’s time erasure defense and eliminate them?
Wait, maybe this could work...
Suddenly recalling something, Agunas glanced at the continually manifested and destroyed historical fragments around it and resolved to inform other Divine Beasts through the temporary Divine Beast Intelligence Network to prepare for action.
Given it can’t break through head-on, why not play a little trick!
Gazing at the white-robed man wielding the Anti-Divine Beast Rune, Agunas sneered and wagged its tail. It didn’t believe the opponent had the capability to resist this tactic!
After the Divine Beasts communicated with each other, although they felt Agunas’s strategy was somewhat risky, they had no other option but to proceed with it.
The soldiers sensed something amiss, but at that moment, they couldn’t do anything. Even Legendary Level Beastmasters could only temporarily regroup their troops.
It’s impossible to deal with the Anti-Divine Beast Runes, especially ones stacked to the maximum; such a thing has already breached the Divine Beast’s Domain.
The war correspondent was instead excited about witnessing such events. He always had reservations about those who stayed behind to watch from the sidelines, but there was nothing he could do back then. Now, this footage is enough to drive those individuals crazy.
Entering the Divine Beast Domain with these Runes, such power would excite any nation, and this terrifying force would surely draw all factions into the war.
