Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 1971 - 1972: Free-for-All

"So, are we changing directions now?"

Feng Yuan looked at Qi Chen and asked, though he didn’t really mind himself. However, this area didn’t mean much to Dou Yanlan, as most of the Spirit Beast groups with territorial awareness were quite powerful.

Obtaining recognition from them would be extremely difficult for Dou Yanlan, not to mention that it’s easy to accidentally trespass into a Spirit Beast’s territory here.

Qi Chen pondered for a moment and said

"Back the way we came? Wait! Why do I feel like there’s a dangerous entity approaching rapidly!"

His eyes narrowed, Qi Chen looked in a certain direction. Feng Yuan was startled and released his Divine Sense. In his field of vision, a giant deep blue crocodile was rushing towards their location from the direction of the stream.

"Raging Wave Crocodile? That thing doesn’t have any territorial markers."

Seeing what was coming, Feng Yuan said in surprise. The reason the Raging Wave Crocodile didn’t have territorial markers was simple: although they lived in freshwater areas as water-dwelling Spirit Beasts in earlier stages, from the Raging Wave Crocodile stage, their habitat turned into the ocean.

Thus, the Raging Wave Crocodile wouldn’t leave territorial markers to warn other lifeforms. After all, in the ocean, leaving markers is meaningless; their activity range in the sea is vast, and claiming territory is unnecessary.

However, Feng Yuan couldn’t understand how this Spirit Beast, living in the ocean, was brought by the academy here, and even set up territory.

"Raging Wave Crocodile? I remember a research paper that mentioned some Spirit Beasts show behavioral changes after leaving their regular habitat. It seems the Raging Wave Crocodile develops territorial awareness on land."

Dou Yanlan commanded Cotton to prepare for battle while speaking. The Raging Wave Crocodile was a Rare Level Spirit Beast, and there was still a rank of Elite Level between it and their Beast Tamer.

But wild Spirit Beasts generally don’t fight with all their strength, as doing so might get them into trouble. Therefore, Dou Yanlan and Qi Chen’s idea was to first block the opponent’s attack and then slowly retreat.

The main characteristic of Spirit Beasts with territorial awareness is that as long as you don’t provoke them, they won’t necessarily chase you out of their territory.

Although the Raging Wave Crocodile was a particularly unique existence, they believed this behavior should apply to it as well.

However, the situation with this Raging Wave Crocodile was completely unexpected. The giant crocodile, adorned with pale white wave patterns, roared upon appearing and emitted blue light.

Feng Yuan was taken aback and hurriedly shouted to Xiao Ji

"Xiao Ji! Quickly, take to the sky!"

Unfortunately, the Crystal Stone Domain unfolded very rapidly. The next second, the deep blue domain instantly enveloped everyone. The energy-converged seawater submerged Feng Yuan and the others instantaneously. Tamur circled around Feng Yuan and wagged its tail, activating its ultimate move for underwater breathing, thus averting the possibility of suffocation.

Glancing at the Raging Wave Crocodile that launched the Deep Sea Domain, Feng Yuan quickly looked at Xiao Ji, who was flapping its wings and seemed quite uncomfortable. Qi Chen immediately ordered Ah Mu to use the Forest Domain.

Emerald light spots gathered, and the Deep Sea Domain was shattered instantly. However, the energy-converged seawater didn’t disappear but turned into torrents that washed over the surroundings, and this change directly triggered a forest riot.

Regardless of whether the Raging Wave Crocodile intended to attack, its actions would make the nearby Spirit Beasts view the incursion of seawater into their territory as a provocation.

Roars echoed as the Rare Level Spirit Beasts emerged and lunged at the troublesome Raging Wave Crocodile within moments.

"Xiao Ji, are you okay?"

Looking at Xiao Ji’s wet feathers glaring angrily at the Raging Wave Crocodile, Feng Yuan shouted loudly, not expecting to encounter a Spirit Beast using the Deep Sea Domain here.

Ignoring other details, was it even reasonable for this thing to appear in the back mountains?

Feng Yuan couldn’t fathom what the academy was thinking, considering the entity’s power, students wouldn’t come out well against it.

After all, Xiao Ji had attempted to unfold the Underworld Domain to eliminate the Deep Sea Domain back then, but it couldn’t concentrate due to the sudden flooding and thus failed to release the Underworld Domain successfully.

Holding back the vengeful Xiao Ji, Feng Yuan knew that confronting the wild Spirit Beasts would only complicate matters further. Witnessing the "wild" Spirit Beasts casually unfolding Crystal Stone Domains, Feng Yuan doubted what the academy’s true intentions were.

Leaving aside other things, the Deep Sea Domain of the Raging Wave Crocodile was certainly not something it could acquire on its own. Crystal Stone Domains hadn’t been around for long, and the production site of Deep Sea Domain Crystals was in the depths of the ocean, not like how Spatial Domain Crystals could appear in unusual locations anywhere.

Feng Yuan couldn’t imagine how the Raging Wave Crocodile acquired the Deep Sea Domain Crystal if not intentionally equipped by the academy.

Besides the Raging Wave Crocodile, the desolate domain also obviously couldn’t be unrelated to the academy.

Looking at the chaotic Spirit Beast group, Feng Yuan thought of something and said

"Hmm, I recall we haven’t taken a course on this, right? From the looks of it, perhaps..."

Looking at this group of Spirit Beasts fighting with Crystal Stone Domains, Feng Yuan had a peculiar feeling that the academy was raising the difficulty for the next generation to pass.

Upon hearing Feng Yuan’s comment, Qi Chen and the others realized it too. Dou Yanlan furrowed her brows and said

"This should be second year content, but we’ve been faced with the requirement to deal with Crystal Stone Domains?"

"Perhaps, though it’s not a big issue for us right now."

Glancing at Xiao Ji, still angrily staring at the Raging Wave Crocodile, Feng Yuan helplessly used Xiao Ji’s wind power to blow away the droplets clinging to its feathers.

Though not truly drenched, Xiao Ji recalled its inability to unfold its Crystal Stone Domain and still felt quite upset.

It couldn’t help but silently wish it had worked harder before; Feng Yuan had reminded it of these things in the past.

Feng Yuan didn’t expect Xiao Ji to think this way, merely assuming it was upset due to getting wet.

Gently patting Xiao Ji’s head, Feng Yuan said

"We should take this opportunity to sneak away."

With the wild Spirit Beasts clashing, Feng Yuan figured it’d be wise to leave before confronting several Rare Level Spirit Beasts.

That’s no joke; even with Xiao Ji’s Crystal Stone Domain, defeating them wouldn’t be easy.

Although unwilling, Xiao Ji couldn’t force itself to fight the wild Spirit Beasts as it wasn’t their match.

This was why Feng Yuan refrained from letting Xiao Ji take immediate vengeance. Merging into the chaos could lead to unforeseen consequences.

With Xiao Ji and Ah Mu’s strength, they couldn’t withstand that many wild Spirit Beasts. Simply put, the difference in power was evident.

Unless Xiao Ji used its Divine Beast Technique, but if that’s the case, why not have Tamur or Veronia assist in suppressing the wild Spirit Beasts?

This time, Feng Yuan simply had Tamur release its Divine Beast Pressure to prevent unintended trespassing into wild Spirit Beasts’ territories. Yet, this startled the teachers secretly protecting the students nearby.

Tamur’s Divine Beast Pressure was quite unique; it represented an era’s aura, making regular Spirit Beasts unable to discern its nature, sensing only a tremendously terrifying threat.

Indeed, the teacher who checked the situation revealed what occurred, not commenting on Feng Yuan’s actions. Despite the academy’s inappropriate practice of providing Domain Crystals, it raised significant concern.

The grade director who arranged this task intended to remind second-year students not to underestimate the combat value of Crystal Stone Domains. However, they suspected it was the director’s whimsical idea aiming to cause trouble.

Finally, a teacher escorted Feng Yuan and the others out of the area crawling with wild Spirit Beasts’ territories. Remaining there was pointless, lest Feng Yuan had the wild Spirit Beasts panic from fright.