Chapter 2734 - 2735: Netherworld Crow

Just as Feng Yuan was searching for the Netherworld Crow, the golden bird collided with layers of barriers, and blinding white light engulfed this land. If not for Veronia and Tamur joining forces to seal the area with an enhanced Mirror Space, the scene of the great sun falling to the earth would have been visible from afar.

The terrifying destructive power greatly increased the descent speed of the Dissolving Rain. The unique aspect of the Dissolving Rain is that as long as there’s enough energy to counteract, even a terrifying Shock Wave from an ultimate move can be eliminated.

In the sky, Xiao Ji folded its wings, black flames entwined around it, staying in midair like a black sun, succeeding the falling Golden Crow to illuminate the land.

It appears like the Black Sun, but Feng Yuan knows this isn’t a Black Sun series ultimate move, nor a Qi Realm Stance Defense, as transitioning to the Qi Realm Stance would at least evoke a response on Feng Yuan’s side.

The Netherworld Crow emerged from the hidden void, only this time its form had changed. Gold-tipped feathers paired with the tuft of golden hair atop its head lent the black Netherworld Crow a hint of a divine aura.

The circle of golden feathers on its chest seemed like a mysterious adornment enhancing the mysterious aura of the Netherworld Crow.

"What is Xiao Ji up to?"

Seeing the appearance of the Netherworld Crow, Feng Yuan was curious but also surprised, because at this moment, the Netherworld Crow seemed more like a mythical envoy of the gods. No, more accurately, perhaps these Netherworld Crow puppets of Xiao Ji are indeed meant for this purpose?

Though uncertain what Xiao Ji intends to do with these entities now, Feng Yuan is convinced that the Netherworld Crow envoy isn’t just for show. Perhaps when Xiao Ji enters a defensive stance, the Netherworld Crow serves as a means of attack?

No, it should be more than that.

Rubbing his chin, Feng Yuan pondered over Xiao Ji’s Netherworld Crow and its true purpose. Generally, such entities are not commonly carried by Spirit Beasts, particularly those that evolve to spawn additional subordinate entities.

If it were ordinary Spirit Beasts, it might be fine, but Xiao Ji is a Divine Beast, and these extra subordinate entities surely aren’t just simple decorations or weapons.

During Feng Yuan’s contemplation, the two Netherworld Crows paused beside Xiao Ji on left and right, golden runes revolving around Xiao Ji, while a golden eye slowly emerged in the sky.

Energy released by the golden sun’s descent continually impacted the rune chain, yet the special energy within those rune chains kept wandering and eliminating the incoming shock.

The Cotton and Xing Bo, who were previously enduring the frontal attack, had vanished, their original area reduced by the scorching of the land.

Without knowing that Veronia and Tamur were jointly protecting, Feng Yuan might have thought they were in trouble.

"Spatial Transfer? But...wasn’t that attack locked onto the target just now? Wait, could it be..."

Muttering, Feng Yuan paused, recalling something, wondering why Cotton had released a clone unnecessarily before. If that was intended to facilitate repositioning and escaping from subsequent locked attacks, it would make sense.

The reason Feng Yuan hadn’t realized this earlier was that, aside from his own unfamiliarity with such a tactic, Cotton and Xing Bo had the appearance of resolutely holding their ground, who could have predicted they planned to flee from the start.

The Flame Chasing Furry Dog seemed to have anticipated this, silently absorbing the scattered flame energy.

The impact of the great sun falling to earth was not long-lasting; it was a one-time enormous damage ultimate move, though slightly pales in comparison to Release·Annihilation Fire, yet not something ordinary offensive ultimate moves could match.

Turning to look at Xiao Ji, the Flame Chasing Furry Dog had no intention to chase Cotton and the others, considering that understanding them was enough to know even revealing their spatial transfer would not easily lead to victory.

The only one capable of breaking through with force is Xiao Ji. The Flame Chasing Furry Dog does not expect Xiao Ji to specifically target Xing Bo and the others; however, judging by Xiao Ji’s state, it is likely that the upcoming move will be a range attack, which could spell trouble for Cotton and the others.

After all, the restriction of the field is inevitable. Though Veronia and Tamur had expanded the battlefield significantly beyond regular combat areas, even at the current stage, such a large battlefield wasn’t sufficient for Cotton and the others to gain enough space for skirmishing.

Ah Mu and Hao Chun Bird wouldn’t just wait for Xiao Ji to approach. Just as Xiao Ji maintained its defense, a green light orb rose from the Forest Domain, constantly scorched and impacted by flames, forming a green full moon.

The green full moon filled with natural aura seemed like a merciful saint softly easing the pain of all life indiscriminately around it.

But this is just an appearance. Neither Xiao Ji nor the Flame Chasing Furry Dog accepted the healing effect.

Just joking, the Jade Illusion Moon is a renowned ultimate move, so much so that the Flame Chasing Furry Dog discreetly released flames targeting the nearby green full moon.

Once you accept that treatment, it becomes parasitic, causing temporary paralysis or even puppetry, depending on the difference in power between both parties, with stronger control imposed when there’s a larger power disparity.

Though the Flame Chasing Furry Dog won’t suffer significant control effects, it will still cause interruptions.

Flames surrounded the Flame Chasing Furry Dog, firmly isolating sight and perception, knowing from the Qi Realm Timeline experience that simply transmitting visual effects could introduce various dangerous effects.

Therefore, the safest course of action is not only refusing the healing effect but also banishing it to a safe distance, away from one’s presence regardless of strength or appearance.

However, Cotton and Xing Bo took advantage of this moment to suddenly launch an attack on the Flame Chasing Furry Dog.

The Flame Chasing Furry Dog, though possessing strong attack power, had lesser growth in defense and stamina, thus falling prey to a sneak attack would not lead to defeat but rather into a disadvantageous position.

As Cotton and Xing Bo executed the ambush, the Netherworld Crow moved, issuing calls like divine envoys proclaiming a decree, dark clouds swirling above the battlefield, with Thunder flashing among them. As the golden rune chain charged into the clouds, the Thunder was tinged with a golden hue.

In the next instant, Thunder roared down like an overturned sea of thunder, frantically destroying any enemy it touched.

"Is this...implementing equal retribution post counteract? Truly a unique method." Veronia commented with wonder at the falling Thunder, clearly able to discern what Xiao Ji was maneuvering, suggesting those two Netherworld Crows could act as divine envoys, and perhaps...the attribute seemed different?

At least, judging from Xiao Ji’s inherent attribute, such an open and boundless thunderous bombardment wouldn’t be feasible.

Though Xiao Ji is a Divine Beast, it belongs to the Death Series, meaning normally it would conjure black or dark-attribute Lightning, yet the grand and holy momentum within this Thunder cannot be emitted by Xiao Ji’s attributes.

This implies that the Netherworld Crow’s attributes might differ from Xiao Ji.

Rather than the Netherworld Crow having a Thunder attribute, Veronia surmised the Netherworld Crow could adjust its attributes based on Xiao Ji’s needs and perform Classical Divine Beast Skill ultimate moves.

Indeed, this Thunder resembles a Classical Divine Beast Skill existence, which isn’t surprising since Legendary Spirit Beasts can produce similar spectacles, yet not as casually as Xiao Ji, let alone the Thunder’s accompanying additional destructive effects, far surpassing common Thunder Attribute ultimate moves.

Of course, unlike Crimson Judgement, now Xiao Ji performs Divine Beast Techniques with enough control force, otherwise, this move would spell catastrophe even for the Flame Chasing Furry Dog.

The Thunder released by Xiao Ji doesn’t last particularly long. After all, this is merely a Classical Divine Beast Skill, weaker both in strength and duration compared to Divine Beast Techniques.

However, as the sea of Thunder rained down, the Forest Domain was entirely shattered, the Wood Sprite derived from Forest Domain·Mirage wholly annihilated within the Thunder Sea, with Ah Mu and Hao Chun Bird standing amidst a solidified forest, encircled by green crystal-formed spherical barriers.

Seeing the adverse situation, Ah Mu and Hao Chun Bird promptly dissolved the Domain Battlefield and proceeded with Domain Awakening on the Forest Domain.

Though not achieving the terrifying enhancement seen with weaker powers, under the awakened Forest Domain’s augmentation, Ah Mu managed to resist the attack using the Crystal Barrier.

Cotton hid within Xing Bo’s Holy Land, which birthed white Flames; the Holy Land stood as Xing Bo’s extreme Defense Technique.

Not invincible but near invincible effects.

However, despite this, after the Thunder Sea’s bombardment, Xing Bo was inevitably scorched with a few char marks.

It can’t be helped, as the shelter of the Holy Land diminishes the within-range damage by an exaggerated ratio of a hundred to one, allocating it to Xing Bo personally.

Even weakened a hundredfold, the Thunder bombardment from this region still inflicted considerable damage on Xing Bo.