Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 141 Mysterious Helper_1

"But can companion creatures also be lost?"

Feng Yuan looked somewhat puzzled at the colorful little mushrooms on top of Big Mushroom’s head and then glanced at the pouch hanging around Big Cat’s neck. Big Cat shook its head at Feng Yuan. After thinking for a moment and shaking its head again, it ignored him. After a while, seeing that the battle was still deadlocked, Feng Yuan looked at Teacher Yan and said

"We should fall back and let the White Wolf Deity join the battle, right?"

"But..."

"There shouldn’t be any major problems in the short term as long as the Rune Stone Barrier is up."

"Otherwise, we have no idea how long it’ll go on for."

Feng Yuan looked speechless at the Fire Vermilion Bird, who was going back and forth with the Flame Serpent. After considering for a while, Teacher Yan asked Big Black to activate the Rune Stone Barrier. Once everyone took cover inside Big Black’s Rune Stone Barrier, the White Wolf Deity glanced back, cast a small Rune Stone Barrier on Qi Xiaoshuang and the young girl, withdrew the larger Rune Stone Barrier, and returned to its original size before charging out.

No sooner had it charged toward the Flame Serpent than the White Wolf Deity immediately spat out the icy beam it had been holding in its mouth. A cyan blue column of light burst forth from the mouth of the White Wolf Deity and shot straight at the Flame Serpent. The Flame Serpent barely avoided the cyan blue pillar of light. Watching the pillar of light grazing the Flame Serpent and leaving thick ice on its body, Captain Yang looked at the White Wolf Deity in amazement as the Fire Vermilion Bird flapped its wings and ascended into the sky to clear the battlefield.

All around the White Wolf Deity, multicolored clock phantoms emerged. Qi Chen elbowed Feng Yuan with some puzzlement and said

"What’s it doing now?"

"Are you talking about the White Wolf Deity?"

"Who else?"

"It’s locking on—the time lock move. Unless the opponent has resistance to the Time Series, the White Wolf Deity’s next move will definitely hit."

"No way?"

Qi Chen said in surprise. At that moment, the White Wolf Deity moved, not even aiming, and simply used its icy breath. A wave of Extreme Cold Energy poured forth. In the eyes of everyone present, the Flame Serpent seemed to intentionally move closer and collided with the Extreme Cold Energy. Qi Chen yelled out in shock,

"You’ve got to be kidding!"

"What’s so strange about that? The signature support move of the Time Series, time lock, has just that effect. Probably the only thing that can compare to it is the Mystic Series’ Eclipse, which is truly underhanded. Once used, you can hit the target no matter which way you strike."

"Uh..."

Hearing Feng Yuan’s words, Qi Chen was left somewhat speechless. The Flame Serpent gradually became overwhelmed under the White Wolf Deity’s assault, taking a direct hit from the icy breath due to a small slip-up and charging toward Feng Yuan and the others. Feng Yuan, speechless, hoisted his greatsword and swung it forward. The Flame Serpent crashed viciously against the Crystal Barrier that Feng Yuan had just summoned, and after another collision that shattered the Crystal Barrier, it slammed into the Rune Stone Barrier set up by Big Black.

"Is this the alien echelon’s invasion?"

As soon as the Flame Serpent hit it, the Rune Stone Barrier set up by Big Black shattered instantly. Except for Qi Xiaoshuang and the young girl protected by the White Wolf Deity’s small Rune Stone Barrier, everyone, including Qi Chen, felt a bizarre force trying to invade their bodies, only temporarily blocked by the Spirit Beast energy inside them.

Najia jumped down from Yang Hongzhi’s shoulder as if ready to do something. Feng Yuan was about to act with his greatsword when the White Wolf Deity rushed over. Taking advantage of the Flame Serpent’s disorientation from the consecutive barrier collisions, the White Wolf Deity’s claws plunged deeply into the serpent’s vitals. With an aerial flip, it flung the Flame Serpent away from the group. Feng Yuan took the chance to set up another Crystal Barrier. After a moment, Big Black reestablished the Rune Stone Barrier, and Teacher Yan looked at Feng Yuan with an indescribable expression.

After a while, the White Wolf Deity stood with its claws on the now-motionless Flame Serpent and howled long and loud. Captain Yang walked over with a serious expression, staring at Big Mushroom and said,

"We have done what you asked of us. Now it’s your turn to lead us to the entity that can uncover the source of the great drought."

Big Mushroom nodded contentedly and walked cheerfully in front, leading the way. The White Wolf Deity, which had transformed back into the form of a White Dog, followed beside Qi Xiaoshuang and reestablished the large Rune Stone Barrier. Noticing that Big Mushroom didn’t even glance at the Flame Serpent’s body, Feng Yuan, remembering something and feeling rather helpless, said,

"It seems that Big Mushroom’s goal was never the Flame Serpent but that companion creature."

"Had you not spoken, I would have forgotten about you!"

Upon hearing Feng Yuan’s words, Captain Yang not far ahead turned around somewhat angrily and lashed out. After berating Feng Yuan until he hung his head, Captain Yang looked at Big Mushroom ahead with a hint of helplessness. They followed Big Mushroom for a while, and as rain started to drizzle again, Feng Yuan voiced his doubts,

"Are we lost? This isn’t right, is it?"

Big Mushroom turned around, looked at Feng Yuan, shook its head, and continued on the path. The look in Captain Yang’s eyes became increasingly displeased as they followed Big Mushroom. As the rain grew heavier and the forest became denser, Feng Yuan scratched his head, confused. Wu Feng voiced his doubts,

"The moisture in the air here seems to be returning to normal, doesn’t it?"

As the Vermilion Bird transformed into the shape of a small bird and perched on Wu Feng’s head, Feng Yuan sheathed his greatsword and picked up Xiao Ji, summoning a stream of water to rinse off Xiao Ji’s paws and said,

"I’ll hold you, otherwise you’ll get yourself dirty again."

"Ji~"

Xiao Ji shook the water droplets off its paws and nuzzled in Feng Yuan’s arms, while the Dreaming Dragon Baby crawled onto Feng Yuan’s shoulder and used its tail to tease Xiao Ji. Feng Yuan swatted away the Dreaming Dragon Baby’s tail and said,

"Stop fooling around! Keep it up, and you can float there on your own."

"Ao~"

The Dreaming Dragon Baby looked pitifully at Feng Yuan and, upon realizing Feng Yuan was unmoved, coiled itself up somewhat boredly. Meanwhile, a young girl suddenly noticed something, showed a pilgrimage-like reverence, pressed her hands together, and walked while whispering something under her breath. Since Feng Yuan had sheathed his greatsword, the Communication with All Beings had dissipated, and Yang Hongzhi and the others could not understand what the girl was saying.

"Are we getting further and further away from the source?"

Seeing the pouring rain, Feng Yuan said somewhat helplessly. Just then, as Captain Yang’s gaze turned somewhat dangerous, a small wooden hut appeared before everyone. Upon seeing the hut, especially its strange shape and mysterious runes carved into it, Feng Yuan’s expression turned somewhat eerie.

"Could it really be it?"

Big Mushroom walked up to the wooden door of the hut, reached out to knock, and after a while, the door slowly opened. A brown furry ball hopped out of the hut with some confusion – Feng Yuan couldn’t help but remark, somewhat speechlessly,

"Of course, it’s you, Drudgeon."

Drudgeon looked puzzledly at the people behind Big Mushroom. Big Mushroom gestured to convey something to Drudgeon, and after a while, Drudgeon made a welcoming gesture and hopped back into the hut. When he saw that everyone was still standing there, Big Mushroom, with one foot already inside the hut, turned and waved at Feng Yuan.

Following into the wooden hut and observing the array of items inside, Qi Chen expressed his surprise,

"Is this where Drudgeon lives with someone else?"

"That shouldn’t be the case. During this period, a Divine Pact Maker and his Divine Beasts are inseparable. If Drudgeon had a Divine Pact Maker, he or she would have appeared by now."

"But this hut..."

"What’s so strange about Drudgeon creating an environment similar to human habitation? After all, he’s the Spirit Beast that governs lost knowledge. Isn’t it normal for him to have all sorts of odd things?"

"Don’t talk about me like that in front of my face."

Drudgeon’s somewhat speechless voice echoed in Feng Yuan’s ear. Qi Chen patted Feng Yuan on the back and said,

"That’s what you get for talking nonsense, you got caught."

"Tsk, what does it matter if he heard? Wait! You’re not the Drudgeon of this period!"

"Of course, when you suddenly ran off to the Land of Time Tranquility, I had to see what you were up to."

"Eh! It’s the Drudgeon from our time?"

After a while, Qi Chen reacted with surprise, pointing at Drudgeon, and Feng Yuan nodded and said,

"It appears so."

"But isn’t Drudgeon from the Mystic Series? How come he knows space-time moves?"

"Lost magic, after all – governing lost knowledge, it’s quite normal for him to know a bit of lost time magic,"

Feng Yuan said as if it was a matter of course, but Qi Chen still felt something was off.