Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 1968 - 1969: Formidable Talent
Without waiting for Feng Yuan’s command, Xiao Ji directly flapped his wings and let out a long cry as he activated the Underworld Domain in the air. As the Underworld Domain was launched, the surrounding environment began to change, with strange semi-transparent plants wantonly swaying within the range covered by the Underworld Domain.
Feng Yuan sighed but said nothing to Xiao Ji, glancing at Ah Mu in a defensive stance, Feng Yuan shouted to Xiao Ji
"Xiao Ji! Song of the Netherworld!"
Although Xiao Ji, who was preparing to win with a single strike using the Netherworld Fireball, didn’t understand why Feng Yuan would give such an order, he nonetheless began to sing according to Feng Yuan’s request. A powerful Power of the Netherworld descended. Even though Xiao Ji’s own strength was already at the peak of the current stage, with the start of the Underworld Domain, that force still kept elevating Xiao Ji’s various abilities.
"Have we been discovered?"
Looking towards Feng Yuan, Qi Chen glanced at Xiao Ji singing in the sky and, without hesitation, said to Ah Mu
"Forest Domain, Miracle Burst!"
Originally, Qi Chen planned that when Xiao Ji attacked, Ah Mu would use the Forest Domain to cover Xiao Ji’s Underworld Domain. This is not just about snatching the domain as an afterthought, but also because Qi Chen is very clear that Xiao Ji wouldn’t directly attack Ah Mu with a dive.
And energy ultimate moves can be influenced by changes in the domain, altering their power, or even, if timed correctly, weakening the effect of the opponent’s energy attack ultimate move.
However, Feng Yuan had already realized this issue, so he instructed Xiao Ji to sing the Song of the Netherworld, which itself is impacted by the environment, and in the Underworld Domain, it comes with an additional enhancement effect that exceeds the current rank power limit.
But the reason Feng Yuan had Xiao Ji use the Song of the Netherworld is that this ultimate move summons the power from the Netherworld without directly consuming the Death Series energy from the environment.
This prevented Xiao Ji from falling into the awkward situation where the power of the Death Series ultimate move is halved after the domain ends.
Of course, on Ah Mu’s side, Qi Chen’s plan was to use the Forest Domain for natural defense during Xiao Ji’s attack and finally break the Forest Domain with Miracle Burst.
Because Qi Chen also knew that if too many corresponding attribute ultimate moves were used in the Crystal Domain, it would be difficult after the domain ended.
Ah Mu happened to be the type specializing in defense and endurance battles. If the ultimate move’s power was weakened by 50%, Ah Mu might not be able to do any damage.
The students on the side couldn’t understand why Feng Yuan and the others were doing this, especially Feng Yuan’s commands after Xiao Ji activated the Underworld Domain, which left them puzzled. In their view, once the domain was activated, shouldn’t it conclude the battle with a decisive move?
The teacher leading the team saw that only a few such as Dou Yanlan looked thoughtful and shook his head helplessly, deciding to explain in depth once the battle was over.
Receiving Qi Chen’s orders, Ah Mu didn’t hesitate to launch the Forest Domain. The verdant energy forest descends and banishes those strange, twisted plants from the world. As the Underworld Domain was dispelled, Feng Yuan immediately shouted
"Xiao Ji! Ascend!"
Though initially unaware of Ah Mu’s trap, Xiao Ji now understood why Feng Yuan had instructed him as such.
Without hesitation, he interrupted the Song of the Netherworld and quickly ascended. Because the singing wasn’t completed, it only slightly enhanced Xiao Ji’s overall attributes.
Neither Qi Chen nor Feng Yuan paid much attention to this. If Qi Chen hadn’t interrupted, completing the Song of the Netherworld would ensure that even with the advantage of the Forest Domain, Ah Mu couldn’t endure Xiao Ji’s three consecutive Netherfire Bullets.
The Song of the Netherworld is a special strengthening ultimate move, requiring a long guiding time before completing the chant, and 75% of the effect is only added after the chant is completed. Yet, this restriction allows direct elevation of Xiao Ji’s attributes threefold in the Underworld Domain state.
In such a situation, even without the Underworld Domain’s enhancement, Xiao Ji would still become a formidable artillery platform easily defeating enemies of the same rank.
Green seeds quickly followed Xiao Ji as he ascended into the sky, instantly exploding, and the green light droplets fell like spring rain, slowly restoring the consumed natural energy.
With the Miracle Burst activated, the Forest Domain shattered in the aftermath of the explosion’s shock wave, leaving the teacher stunned, shocked as she glanced at Qi Chen, muttering
"An ultimate move from the Shattered Realm? Truly worthy of being his friend."
"Impressive, has he already mastered the ultimate move of the Shattered Domain?"
Compared to that teacher, Feng Yuan was rather amazed as he hadn’t expected Qi Chen’s Ah Mu had already mastered the ultimate move of the Shattered Crystal Domain.
Although Ah Mu’s Miracle Burst destroyed only the Forest Domain at present, Feng Yuan couldn’t be certain whether Miracle Burst could target other types of domains.
However, even with an ultimate move capable of closing domains, so what? Although both sides had opened a Crystal Domain once just now, due to the choice of ultimate moves, they hadn’t caused much collateral effect, meaning they could reinitiate the Crystal Domain at any time.
In the high sky, Xiao Ji couldn’t continue receiving Feng Yuan’s orders, but since neither Qi Chen nor Feng Yuan planned to directly target the Beastmaster, this fact didn’t really affect Xiao Ji much.
Watching the barren land below return to normal, Xiao Ji hesitated for a moment and didn’t use an offensive ultimate move, instead diving down covered in ghostly blue flames.
Touching his chin, Feng Yuan said, somewhat amazed
"Xiao Ji...has awakened?"
Although he couldn’t recognize what ultimate move Xiao Ji was using, Qi Chen knew that it couldn’t be allowed to be fully executed. He looked at Ah Mu and said
"Ah Mu! Blessing Rain!"
On the crown of the trees, numerous pure white flowers bloomed instantly. Ah Mu softly and gently sang, guiding the arrival of natural power. Feng Yuan looked strangely at Qi Chen and said
"Truly a gifted combat intuition, he managed to catch that."
He wouldn’t believe Qi Chen knew what Xiao Ji was doing and thus gave such an order; in fact, this was Xiao Ji’s ultimate move transformation, albeit incomplete, but Feng Yuan knew Xiao Ji was inspired by the recent Miracle Burst to make the change.
Not going beyond Feng Yuan’s expectation, Xiao Ji swooped down but didn’t collide directly with Ah Mu; instead, he drew a graceful arc at low altitude and ascended again.
And the Nether Flame surrounding Xiao Ji didn’t ascend with him but instead exploded violently, transforming into spreading wildfire that slowly burned across this temporary battle field.
If it weren’t for the Blessing Rain, Xiao Ji’s maneuver would have significantly elevated the concentration of Death Series and Ghost Series energy, and after this, opening the Underworld Domain would have made Xiao Ji’s attack almost as strong as triple reinforcement.
However, because of Ah Mu’s Blessing Rain, the land was rich with Life Force at this time, which directly led to Xiao Ji’s enhancement taking a hit.
"Ascend, Underworld Domain, and then directly Netherworld Hurricane."
Sighing, Feng Yuan knew it couldn’t be postponed any longer. Qi Chen’s combat intuition made successful reinforcement and interference maneuvers not feasible for Xiao Ji.
After all, Xiao Ji’s main battle style is a strong strike, not a raid; he’s inadequate in mastering control ultimate moves. If it were Cotton instead, Feng Yuan believed Qi Chen wouldn’t dare play a war of attrition, as Ah Mu simply couldn’t endure it.
Seeing Xiao Ji rise into the sky again, Qi Chen understood that Feng Yuan intended to determine victory or defeat. Exchanging a glance with Ah Mu, Qi Chen smiled slightly and said
"Good luck!"
"Forest Domain! Nature’s Shelter!"
"Is it to decide the winner?"
Upon hearing Qi Chen shout out the order, Feng Yuan understood his opponent’s intention. Looking at the Underworld Domain initiated in the sky, Feng Yuan smiled slightly; in the end, who would win?
The teacher was astonished, looking at the Underworld Domain unfolding in the sky; she hadn’t expected such a situation. Due to the Beastmaster match prohibiting passive fighting styles, these teachers in the Crystal Domain tests didn’t consider opening domains at a distance.
Of course, this was also related to their numerous beasts; if both Feng Yuan and Qi Chen had a second beast, such a scenario of opening a domain at a distance to decide the winner might not occur.
In the sky, under the enhancement of the Underworld Domain, Xiao Ji quickly flapped his wings, and a pitch-black storm blew downwards. Qi Chen narrowed his eyes and shouted loudly
"Ah Mu, now! Nature’s Revenge!"
With a forceful clap on the ground, verdant power under Ah Mu’s control surged like spears straight to the sky. The verdant energy spears collided with the black storm blowing over the ground, instantly causing a fierce explosion.
The terrifying energy explosion even forced the teachers to have their beasts set up a barrier to prevent the watching students from being accidentally injured.
In the dust and smoke, everyone was eager to see who would ultimately claim victory.
