Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 1977 - 1978: A Short Break

After wandering around the vicinity, Feng Yuan encountered many classmates. Based on their information, Feng Yuan’s group began to understand the current situation in the back mountain.

Areas like the underground passage they visited earlier were now closed. The students’ activity range was largely restricted to the surface, which Feng Yuan understood. With so many students, opening up those simulated relic areas could greatly increase the chance of incidents.

On the surface, the distribution of Spirit Beasts on different peaks had been adjusted. The place where Feng Yuan and the others were was precisely the area with the weakest Spirit Beasts. As they expanded outward from there, the strength of Spirit Beasts they encountered would gradually increase, though not in a smooth curve.

There might suddenly be a situation where they encounter a marauding Legendary Spirit Beast in some area, but Feng Yuan didn’t worry too much about that.

Because this practical content was relatively simple, which was to live in the back mountain for a week, there weren’t many additional points to earn. At least for now, Feng Yuan didn’t know of any way to gain extra points.

Of course, with Feng Yuan’s understanding of the school, there would definitely be some advanced challenge content later. Otherwise, everyone just staying in a safe place having a picnic wouldn’t hold much practical meaning.

After all, apart from this group of freshmen, the old students already had complete Spirit Beast teams. To stay in one place for a week would be no pressure for them.

If it were really like that, it wouldn’t be of any practical significance to them. Of course, those entering Maomu Academy wouldn’t just get by for seven days doing nothing. But compared to the challenges set by the academy, all they could do was seek and challenge Spirit Beasts nearby.

However, besides the area where they were, the distribution of Spirit Beast strength in other areas wasn’t particularly even, which wasn’t surprising. If it wasn’t for Qi Chen and the group’s lack of strength, the academy wouldn’t have set aside a special area for freshmen.

The other areas maximized the simulation of wild Spirit Beast distribution. Though most of the time, the strength of Spirit Beast groups in one area was roughly the same, there were still quite a few strong Spirit Beasts present.

They were the rulers of that area, and the Spirit Beasts in that area dared not provoke them. Of course, this didn’t mean they didn’t contribute anything to that area.

The rulers of the area generally guarded the Spirit Beast groups of that area from the threats of strong outside forces, although this didn’t include territory battles from equally strong groups.

In other words, their existence prevented Spirit Beast groups in that area from encountering cross-rank suppression in territorial contests.

The back mountain was now simulating this situation, so almost every peak had several Legendary or even Mythical Grade Spirit Beasts stationed. Apart from those Spirit Beasts acting as regional rulers, the other Spirit Beasts’ strength was notably lower.

This made it quite tough for students stuck in the intermediate strength stage. Ordinary Spirit Beast groups couldn’t effectively hone them, whereas they stood no chance against the regional rulers.

After all, not to mention the high strength of the opponents, the academy also equipped them with Domain Crystals, which made fighting them even harder due to Domain Crystal augmentation.

Apart from Yang Hongzhi, other students found it very difficult to defeat those regional rulers unless they were already proficient in using Crystal Domains; otherwise, they were at a disadvantage in Domain Crystal contests.

Yang Hongzhi, due to Najia’s influence, could forcibly ignore the advantages brought by Crystal Domains with the help of Divine Beasts, and since Najia’s abilities leaned towards support, he could battle more decently.

For someone like Feng Yuan, apart from stepping in himself, he could only rely on help from Veronia and others, and using Divine Beasts felt weird even if victorious.

Moreover, it didn’t have much training effect. Generally, when a Divine Beast took action, it would directly crush all opposition, leaving no chance for other Spirit Beasts to enhance their combat skills.

Back at the camp, after introducing the newly joined Fluffy Fire Wolfhound to Big Cat and others, Feng Yuan started preparing food for dinner.

Xiao Ji called over Tamur to help with training, aiming to resolve its aversion to water early. As for training the equally water-averse Fluffy Fire Wolfhound?

Xiao Ji didn’t do that because it knew the situation of the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound differed from its own. Before it evolved, its feathers would stick to its body when wet, and the soft wolf fur of the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound had the same nature, making it significantly harder to overcome this weakness.

If not for Xiao Ji’s evolved feathers being water-resistant, Feng Yuan wouldn’t have suggested it tackle this weakness, given the immense difficulty involved.

However, the newly joined Fluffy Fire Wolfhound in Feng Yuan’s small team began circling the camp after lying around for a while.

Veronia was scrolling through her phone, Big Cat was muttering with Kong Qing about something, and Little Ice Cream interjected occasionally. Kong Qing occasionally used its tail to pull back the absent-minded Pomiti to prevent it from getting lost.

Only the newly joined Fluffy Fire Wolfhound wandered around like an outsider, ears drooping, and its wagging tail slowing down. Feng Yuan, preparing dinner, noticed the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound’s peculiar demeanor and motioned it over, saying,

"Fluffy Fire Wolfhound, if you’re free, come over and help out a bit."

Upon hearing Feng Yuan’s call, the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound’s eyes lit up, its droopy ears perked up instantly, and it looked at Feng Yuan with its tongue out, expectantly. Feng Yuan smiled and said,

"How about coming over to help prepare dinner? You’re in charge of the flames~"

Though Big Cat and others could help with dinner, compared to the fire-attribute Fluffy Fire Wolfhound, Big Cat and the others needed to rely on tools or couldn’t perfectly control the flames.

But for the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound, this wasn’t a problem. Though they were strong attackers, their kind innately had a decent control over Fire Attribute Energy, and Feng Yuan wasn’t worried about them miscontrolling the flames and burning the food.

Qi Chen, seeing the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound temporarily being used as a campfire, chuckled,

"Feng Yuan, that guy, is still the same, always likes to delegate to Spirit Beasts."

Dou Yanlan glanced at Qi Chen and said,

"Didn’t you notice anything?"

"I know, just a sentiment, Yanlan, have you... decided on your second Beast Tamer yet?"

Qi Chen said, slightly worriedly, to Dou Yanlan while tearing the bread in his hand for Hao Chun Bird. Of the three, only Dou Yanlan hadn’t decided on a second Beast Tamer.

Even Feng Yuan, who wasn’t particularly concerned, had chosen the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound. Though the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound didn’t seem ready to carry Feng Yuan running, it could adjust its size through body transformation for a temporary mount capability.

Normally, body transformation is for downsizing to enter city environments with size restrictions, but it doesn’t mean it can only shrink.

In other words, the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound was indeed a perfect fit for Feng Yuan.

After a moment of silence, Dou Yanlan shook her head and said,

"I haven’t decided yet. After all, the second Beast Tamer has a significant impact on our strength. The Hao Chun Bird fits well with your Ah Mu, but for Feng Yuan, that consideration isn’t necessary."

Feng Yuan’s strength made it unnecessary for him to worry if a second Beast Tamer could cover the team’s weak points; he only needed to consider compatibility. She, on the other hand, couldn’t do that.

After all, she and Qi Chen didn’t have the strength to be reckless.

Cotton jumped in front of Dou Yanlan, meowed softly, and gently wagged its tail. Dou Yanlan stroked Cotton’s head and quietly said,

"I’ll keep looking, and if I can’t find a fit, I’ll reconsider."

Strictly speaking, there wasn’t a rush to decide on their second Beast Tamer. Qi Chen was just a bit anxious since he and Feng Yuan had both chosen theirs.

Scratching his head, Qi Chen chuckled and said,

"Seems so. Hey, Yanlan, how about we check out the other areas tomorrow? Maybe there’s a suitable Spirit Beast for you in the back mountain?"

"Better ask him first," Dou Yanlan said with a smile, given that moving around the back mountain without Feng Yuan’s help could be a bit risky, as they certainly couldn’t handle those strong Spirit Beasts mastering the Crystal Domains.