Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 1969 - 1970: The Combat Training Begins

The dust gradually dissipated, and Xiao Ji stood on the ground embarrassedly. Although the opponent was still holding on, Feng Yuan knew that Xiao Ji had almost reached its limit.

The students looked in surprise at the towering tree. They knew Feng Yuan’s Xiao Ji was terrifyingly powerful, but they didn’t expect that even Qi Chen’s Ah Mu’s strength would also be so formidable.

With Xiao Ji as a reference, Ah Mu’s strength didn’t seem inferior to Xiao Ji, which amazed them. It was known that Xiao Ji appeared to be a special kind of Spirit Beast, as no one had seen its form before. Besides that, the Spirit Beasts around Feng Yuan were all quite unique.

But Ah Mu was just a very common Giant Tree Demon, yet it managed to defeat Xiao Ji!

Only Qi Chen, Feng Yuan, and the teacher knew what the actual situation was. Despite Ah Mu still standing as if it was the final victor, it couldn’t perform its recovery moves anymore.

This battle could be considered a draw, and simultaneously, the true power of the Crystal Domain was fully displayed in this fight.

Ah Mu and Xiao Ji, by utilizing the Crystal Domain, could unleash attacks of a higher rank. Of course, neither Ah Mu nor Xiao Ji used their full strength this time.

Otherwise, just Xiao Ji’s Crimson Judgement would be terrifying enough, not to mention that Ah Mu also had a Burst Form, but it didn’t use it this time.

"Tamur, sorry to trouble you."

Looking at Tamur, Feng Yuan scratched his head and said with a bright smile. As a Death-series Divine Beast, ordinary natural healing moves wouldn’t work on Xiao Ji, or even if they did, the effect would be extremely limited.

Tamur circled around Xiao Ji, a faint gray light flashed, and a mist containing the aura of the Netherworld slowly spread, quickly restoring Xiao Ji’s stamina.

Veronia waved a small hand, and green points of light fell from the sky on Ah Mu, allowing it to regain some ability to move and start using its recovery move to heal itself.

Looking at Feng Yuan with resentment, Xiao Ji let out a dissatisfied cry. It wasn’t dissatisfied with Feng Yuan’s command, it simply didn’t expect not to be able to defeat Ah Mu this time.

Feng Yuan chuckled as he patted Xiao Ji’s head, saying,

"Hey, isn’t a draw just fine? This means you have a friend you can spar and grow with."

Feng Yuan had anticipated the draw between Xiao Ji and Ah Mu, primarily because once Xiao Ji was restricted from using Divine Beast Techniques, its strength might not surpass Ah Mu’s, who had a trace of Nainefar’s power.

Though he hadn’t expected that the Crystal Domain would enhance the attack power so much.

Initially, Feng Yuan and his group should have immediately headed into the mountains after assembling, but due to the battle between Feng Yuan and Qi Chen, their departure was delayed. Meanwhile, considering the various circumstances revealed in their battle, the teacher did not immediately have everyone enter the mountain but announced a review of the fight.

Through the teacher’s explanations, the students came to understand why Feng Yuan and Qi Chen didn’t activate the Crystal Domain and launch their ultimate attacks right away.

Of course, the actual situation wasn’t that simple. If there were an opportunity for a one-hit kill, Feng Yuan certainly wouldn’t mind opening with the Crystal Domain. However, the opponent was Ah Mu, obviously a high-defense Spirit Beast with thick health, and activating the Crystal Domain in such a scenario would likely lead to passivity.

The confrontation between Feng Yuan and Qi Chen had many students eager for action. However, with the teacher suppressing them, they didn’t immediately take action. Honestly, their Beast Tamers weren’t yet adept at activating the Crystal Domain, and it required considerable time.

In such circumstances, Feng Yuan didn’t think activating the Crystal Domain would be a wise choice.

After some explanations, the teacher finally led everyone into the mountain. This time, all the students from the school were in the back mountain, so the Maomu Academy specifically sent many teachers to patrol the back mountain to prevent any accidents.

There was no way around it; now there were too many students in the back mountain. Even though the back mountain was entirely under Maomu Academy’s control, no one dared to guarantee there wouldn’t be any incidents.

After all, the back mountain wasn’t entirely isolated from the outside, and some parts bordered wild areas. It’s uncertain when a wild Spirit Beast might wander into the back mountain.

Students from other grades weren’t worried, but the freshmen’s capabilities were slightly insufficient, so the area around Feng Yuan and his group received extra protection.

Veronia obviously noticed this situation. Sitting on Rainbow Bubbles, it remarked with a strange smile,

"Looks like you guys are in the spotlight~"

Glancing at Veronia, Feng Yuan replied irritably,

"What do you mean by in the spotlight? They simply don’t trust your capabilities."

"Hmph~ It’s nothing to do with me. I never said I would protect others~"

Veronia wasn’t fooled, humming and wandering around on Rainbow Bubbles. Tamur quietly followed Feng Yuan, though Feng Yuan hadn’t thought of asking Tamur to help take care of others.

After all, the relationship between both sides wasn’t familiar enough, and Feng Yuan wasn’t sure if doing so would displease Tamur.

Also, Feng Yuan was merely going along with Veronia’s humor, at least Feng Yuan didn’t really believe they’d be so unlucky as to encounter an incident while wandering around the back mountain.

This practical training session was different from the simulation courses Feng Yuan and his team had joined before. Although both focused on surviving in a wilderness setting, this time, the teacher didn’t set objectives for them. The only objective was to survive in the wild for a week.

The difficulty wasn’t high. Given their skills, finding a spot and surviving for a week was no challenge. However, they needed to find food on their own, as self-catering was required.

As for students who initially brought a lot of food? They had to leave only a day’s worth of provisions at the teacher’s request. Fortunately, Feng Yuan’s group didn’t have this problem.

Not to mention, the teacher couldn’t manage Veronia and the others. Feng Yuan had stored plenty of seeds with Big Cat and Kong Qing, and Ah Mu could also inspire wild plants to grow.

"I wonder how many people will go hungry this time."

Fiddling with the bonfire at the temporary camp set up by Ah Mu, Feng Yuan said with a peculiar smile. Although they could register with the teacher to get food if they truly couldn’t find any, currently, Feng Yuan didn’t think anyone would give up so soon.

As for them?

Xiao Ji and Cotton had already gone hunting, and even Little Ice Cream had slipped away.

Dou Yanlan thought for a moment and said,

"Probably not. Everyone basically has some wilderness survival experience, and since this time we aren’t prohibited from using reasonable means, the difficulty isn’t high."

Unlike the previous simulation training, this time, other than initially restricting the amount of food they could bring in, there weren’t many requirements, not even restrictions on using Spirit Beasts.

Even for the students in the top class, whose Beast Tamers mainly focused on combat, they also had a need to venture into the wild. So, several Spirit Beasts responsible for such tasks followed them.

However, because the previous simulation training prohibited using Spirit Beast Contracts, everyone appeared awkward.

Now, without such a restriction, most people could easily survive in the wild for seven days.

Moreover, the school didn’t prohibit them from teaming up. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

"That seems true. Haha, I was hoping to make them envious."

Upon Dou Yanlan’s words, Feng Yuan realized and laughed, then sighed as Qi Chen said helplessly,

"You really are something, but are we going to spend the whole week here?"

"Of course not. I remember that many of the Spirit Beasts in the back mountain are wild ones. Hmm, that’s not quite right, but I recall we’re allowed to make Taming Beast Contracts with them. I’ll ask the teacher later. If possible, why not wander around the back mountain and see if there’s a suitable Spirit Beast?"

Feng Yuan spoke as he looked at Dou Yanlan. For himself, it didn’t matter when he got a second Beast Tamer. But it was different for Dou Yanlan. After hearing Feng Yuan’s suggestion, Qi Chen looked expectantly at Dou Yanlan, who smiled slightly and said,

"It should be possible, but the more rare Spirit Beasts might require a lot of credits."

The academy wouldn’t stop them from contracting the Taming Beasts in the back mountain, but this didn’t mean they could act carelessly. At least for those rare and uncommon Spirit Beasts, there’d certainly be additional conditions. Scratching his head, Feng Yuan said,

"Our luck probably isn’t that good. There’s no way we’ll come across a rare Spirit Beast."

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