Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 1978 - 1979: A Difficult Choice

The sumptuous dinner didn’t last long. After the meal, Feng Yuan was about to take Xiao Ji to check its training results when the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound came up on its own.

This dinner strengthened the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound’s resolve to stay by Feng Yuan’s side. At this moment, Veronia floated over on her Rainbow Bubbles and looked at Feng Yuan, asking,

"Have you decided which domain it should use?"

"Hmm, if it’s the fire element, it should be something like the flame domain, right?"

Scratching his head, Feng Yuan looked at the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound and said somewhat uncertainly. The Crystal Domain corresponds to the natural environment, and the most powerful fire energy seems to be the Lava Domain?

However, the Lava Domain belongs to a special domain. It doesn’t seem suitable for the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound to use because it isn’t a Spirit Beast that resides in the crater, and it doesn’t have sufficient tolerance for the high temperature of the Lava Domain.

At the same time, the Lava Domain has no additional enhancement effect on Xiao Ji. If the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound and Xiao Ji were to fight together, their domains would only be effective for themselves.

Since Xiao Ji can fly, Feng Yuan wasn’t worried that opening the Lava Domain would hurt Xiao Ji, but the Lava Domain isn’t a good choice for the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound.

The Fluffy Fire Wolfhound couldn’t understand what Feng Yuan and Veronia were saying, but it guessed that what they were talking about had to do with it. It stuck out its tongue and wanted to jump on Feng Yuan’s shoulder, making a sound as if trying to say something.

Veronia glanced at the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound and said,

"It hopes you can give it something better."

"Something better? I can’t really determine which is better, though."

Saying this, Feng Yuan became troubled. He didn’t have any Domain Crystals in hand, and the reason he had spoken like that before was completely because he could request one or two from the academy, the Special Duty Team, or even through the Divine Beasts. After all, he had just received a complete set of all-type Domain Crystals from the Divine Beasts.

Even though it was meant for human research, Feng Yuan felt it wasn’t right to ask for an entire set again.

Veronia chuckled and said,

"Why don’t you ask it then~"

The Fluffy Fire Wolfhound looked blankly at Feng Yuan and Veronia; it didn’t even understand what they were saying, so how could it answer?

Luckily, Feng Yuan explained the situation with the Crystal Domain, and with Veronia helping to translate, there was no issue in understanding, especially upon hearing that it could change the environment. The Fluffy Fire Wolfhound’s eyes lit up. It hadn’t forgotten how it had met them—if it could change the weather...

Unaware of the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound’s misunderstanding, Feng Yuan was surprised when Tamur suddenly spoke up,

"The Crystal Domain cannot directly interfere with the weather."

"Of course, it can’t interfere with the weather. Even a Lava Domain can only slowly dissolve snowfall, not directly eliminate it. Why did you suddenly say that?"

While explaining to the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound and thinking about which Domain Crystal to prepare for it, Feng Yuan instinctively responded upon hearing Tamur’s words. A moment later, he realized and looked at Tamur quizzically. Tamur circled him and pointed at the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound with its tail, saying,

"It misunderstood."

"Uh... well, the Crystal Domain changes the environment, not the weather. If you want to use the Crystal Domain to quickly counteract unfavorable weather, it won’t work."

With Tamur’s words, Feng Yuan immediately understood what was going on. Unlike Xiao Ji, the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound line had a hard time overcoming weaknesses to water.

Especially because many ultimate moves would lose power due to their fur getting soaked. So it wasn’t surprising that it thought this way, but the best solution should be to master a weather-changing ultimate move.

Speaking of which, could the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound master a weather-changing ultimate move?

Scratching his head, Feng Yuan realized that unlike the carefree Xiao Ji, the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound indeed wasn’t as easy to handle. After all, Xiao Ji, being a Divine Beast, had a much larger range of ultimate moves to learn, basically mastering all but the Divine Beast Technique, though the difficulty level varied.

But for ordinary Spirit Beasts, ultimate moves that couldn’t be mastered were generally impossible to learn through special means, unless a Divine Beast intervened, which would be very difficult.

"Hmm, the effect of the Crystal Domain is to change the environment. Even the Lava Domain, which should be the effect of a magma region, significantly reduces the duration of weather ultimate moves like rain if the water attribute is abundant, but doesn’t instantly eliminate weather."

"I think you could learn ultimate moves like clearing the sky."

Scratching his head, Feng Yuan said to the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound, looking conflicted. He wasn’t sure if the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound could master the clear sky ultimate move, but at least it seemed more reliable than using the Lava Domain to clear the weather.

Tilting its head towards Feng Yuan, the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound happily howled, and Tamur circled Feng Yuan, saying,

"The Fluffy Fire Wolfhound line cannot master clearing the sky."

Feeling happy, it suddenly heard these words, and the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound instantly deflated. Scratching his head, Feng Yuan awkwardly said,

"Well, let’s see at the time. Forcing mastery of ultimate moves isn’t entirely impossible, but with the Crystal Domain, the weather issue can be considered appropriately. Hmm, we’ll rule out the Lava Domain first."

Saying this, Feng Yuan explained the shortcomings of the Lava Domain to the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound. In fact, Feng Yuan himself didn’t really care about the synergy between the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound and Xiao Ji—after all, opening the Lava Domain would restrict the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound’s actions.

Especially since when encountering that high-temperature magma, even the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound would get hurt.

Moreover, if there were a fire-element internal war, the Lava Domain might advantage the enemy, as many of the fire element could withstand lava environments, so the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound getting hurt doesn’t mean other Spirit Beasts would too.

In comparison, Feng Yuan thought a domain like the desert seemed better. Although it doesn’t directly increase the power of fire-element ultimate moves, the desert can suppress water-elemental power, indirectly strengthening the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound.

The Scorching Ground Domain Crystal was discovered by investigators from Maomu City in the Cha Mu Town area where Yognot is located. So far, no other area has found this special Domain Crystal.

Even the group of Divine Beasts hadn’t found it before. Though its effect is similar to the Lava Domain, the Scorching Ground lacks the lethal lava damage. Instead, it suppresses weather completely, except for weather that enhances fire-element, like clearer skies.

Even storms and gales that the Lava Domain wouldn’t interfere with would be subdued, reducing their duration and power. However, due to its dominant exclusiveness, it causes all ultimate moves other than fire-element to decrease in power.

While the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound primarily uses flame as its main attack method, its attack methods aren’t that singular, as it can also bite and the like, which are not weak. So Feng Yuan wasn’t entirely sure if he should prepare a Scorching Ground Domain Crystal for the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound.

In his view, the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound’s attack capability was already sufficient, and unless it was an internal war, the Crystal Domain was mainly used to cancel out the opponent’s Crystal Domain.

After all, a special water environment domain like the Deep Sea Domain was quite oppressive to the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound.

Listening to Feng Yuan’s explanation, the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound appeared a bit dazed. Unlike Xiao Ji, who only pursues power, it was, after all, a Wild Spirit Beast. Simply pursuing power, a lone Spirit Beast could hardly survive. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

Unless they start with Legendary-level strength, they’d eventually encounter rank suppression.

They aren’t Xiao Ji, who, despite low strength, is a Divine Beast and can rely on the special powers and techniques of Divine Beasts to battle across ranks.

While the Scorching Ground does seem quite good, it seems to differ from the Barren Rock Domain. Mainly because the mass of rubble created after opening the Barren Rock Domain serves as good cover for the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound.

Apart from that, the Forest Domain also seems effective for the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound. Though it wouldn’t enhance the power of fire-element ultimate moves, the slow healing and recovery effects for animal-attribute Spirit Beasts that come with the Forest Domain could make up for the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound’s lack of recovery means.

After all, Feng Yuan’s team currently lacks support and healing-related Spirit Beasts. While Xiao Ji could learn healing ultimate moves, its attribute leans towards the Death Series, and such healing moves aren’t very effective on regular life forms. Moreover, Xiao Ji might not want to act as a support helper.

So, in his dilemma, the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound lay down on the ground, unsure of which Crystal Domain to choose.