Divine Beast Creator

The Fantasy Stance is completely different from the regular Qi Realm Stance, and the side effects are quite absurd. Feng Yuan suspects that switching to someone else might directly drive them crazy. Of course, most people probably haven’t even thought about the existence of a Fantasy Stance.

"Speaking of which, what exactly is the deal with the Fantasy Stance? We need to know, aside from its special powers, even for us Divine Beasts, the upper limit for power enhancement is only at the Legendary Level."

Even if Veronia didn’t plan to delve deeply into research, her curiosity wasn’t affected. Or rather, anyone would be curious as to what that Fantasy Stance is up to, defying logic to cause an illogical surge in power.

The reason why the maximum potential for power increase for them as Divine Beasts is only at the Legendary Level is not only because the limit of the forces they can mobilize is at the Legendary Level. It is also because, starting from the Legendary Level, each phase of strength is vastly different. They can only enhance power but can’t simultaneously elevate the energy-bearing capacity to the corresponding level.

Powers beyond the Legendary Level are too massive for them. Forcing them in only turns into an explosive, but the Shallow-Dwelling Octopus was different this time.

"It seems to be related to Prayer Power, or perhaps, it’s the rule of ’want with thought, get with deed,’ common in the Illusionary Domain, playing tricks. If you really want to study it, it’s not impossible."

Feng Yuan muttered as he glanced at the not-yet-recovered Shallow-Dwelling Octopus and then glanced at Feng Yuan. Veronia said irritably,

"You better not mess with it anymore."

"That wouldn’t be the case. If I really want to examine it, there’s still a way. I’ll give it a try..."

Throwing out the Ancient Black Book, Feng Yuan held the Ancient Lantern in his left hand and the Black Scythe in his right while chanting softly. The light around them gradually dimmed. Veronia looked at Feng Yuan in surprise, sensing the surrounding time falling into chaos. The originally orderly flow of time formed a continuously expanding vortex. Was he trying to use the power of time to recreate the previous scene?

As the time sequence was destroyed, past, present, and future became completely confused. Unsurprisingly, although the Shallow-Dwelling Octopus was just lying there, the enormous Shallow-Dwelling Octopus·Deep Sea Demon Shadow appeared without any reason.

At that moment, Feng Yuan’s Black Scythe suddenly spun, freezing the time in this area. Under the influence of the book and lantern, the rules were forcibly manifested. Although Veronia wasn’t sure if Feng Yuan’s antics might cause trouble, the revealed rules quickly caught her attention.

She couldn’t help but notice that these rules were entirely different from conventional world rules, or rather, they didn’t resemble the Main World’s rules.

"The entire body is composed of Life Telekinesis, and these powers stem from thoughts traveling through the world, or rather, something similar to belief-based power. But as long as the thought exists? In that case, those beings described in folk legends might touch God Beast-Level power."

Because the rules were forcibly manifested, Feng Yuan could easily see what had happened at that time, or rather, he didn’t expect things to be so simple.

The Fantasy Stance does not change by individual will, or rather, its power entirely stems from belief-like forces. No complete faith is necessary. As long as the corresponding symbol is recognized, a small amount of thought will be generated even if one doesn’t believe.

The Shallow-Dwelling Octopus was previously targeted by Feng Yuan for its classic representation as a deep-sea monster. Of course, such symbols are not chosen at random and require similar traits to exist. The closer they are, the more power can be invoked.

Because that image is classic enough, the Fantasy Stance power of the Shallow-Dwelling Octopus is also strong enough. But because of this, the Shallow-Dwelling Octopus couldn’t withstand the Psychic Shock and instantly lost control.

Of course, knowing the source of the power, Feng Yuan is not optimistic about the Fantasy Stance. That power is inherently terrifying due to the amassed thoughts of countless lives.

Even Spirit Beasts at the Sacred Beast Level likely cannot withstand such intense spiritual attacks, suggesting that the Fantasy Stance is utterly useless. No Spirit Beast can handle it unless willing to risk death to forcefully create a Possessed Spirit Beast.

A completely uncontrolled Possessed Spirit Beast is not a good thing, especially if it is as powerful as the Shallow-Dwelling Octopus; even more powerful entities are even more problematic. Unless a Divine Beast intervenes, it would require a siege by Beast Tamers at the Sacred Beast Level to take it down.

Because while observing the rules, Feng Yuan noticed an anomaly. In other words, the unique trait of the Fantasy Stance is that as long as the thought persists, its power will not be exhausted.

Near-infinite energy from a Sacred Beast-Level existence has considerable destructive capability.

"They shouldn’t encounter this thing for now, but maybe I should warn them. Otherwise, accidentally triggering it would be troublesome."

After observing the rules, Feng Yuan muttered one last thing while lifting the sickle in his hand, causing time to regain order. After a while, the time vortex dissipated, and everything around them returned to normal.

Just as Feng Yuan was about to take the Shallow-Dwelling Octopus back, Meng Binglan, who had been standing outside, spoke up.

"Aren’t you going to explain what you just did?"

"Eh? How come you’re here? Didn’t you say you were busy with research?"

Surprised, Feng Yuan looked at Meng Binglan, not understanding why she was there. He scanned the laboratory and Meng Binglan sighed and said,

"I didn’t want to come over, but do you realize what you just did? Such a powerful time turmoil; did you think I could just sit still?"

She had been researching time-related topics, or more precisely, it was one of her primary focuses. Therefore, she immediately knew what had occurred here.

Even though she believed in Feng Yuan, she couldn’t be sure that he wouldn’t create something uncontrollable.

Feng Yuan paused to think of Meng Binglan’s research and smiled before explaining the Fantasy Stance affair. This information needed her to warn others. As for anyone who ventured into peril despite knowing? That was beyond his control; he had done what he could. If someone deliberately sought trouble, he couldn’t stop them, right?

"Fantasy Stance... Who knew that thing harbors such danger? Tsk, thanks to you, otherwise, if they accidentally experimented with it one day, it would have been troublesome."

Although she hadn’t witnessed the Fantasy Stance of the Shallow-Dwelling Octopus firsthand, she could easily imagine how much trouble the Octopus under such rules would bring.

Most other research stations don’t have Divine Beasts guarding them. Accidental creation of a Fantasy Stance would undoubtedly result in a major incident.

"It appears the Qi Realm Stance is even more dangerous than imagined. Well, just warn them about it. Do you need more research?"

"What?"

Feng Yuan felt odd hearing Meng Binglan’s seemingly dismissive words. She rolled her eyes and said,

"I believe it’s better to seal this thing tightly. If someone tries to mess around, it might dismantle my research station. Once you’re done here, I’ll lock it in the extremely-dangerous containment area."

Even though Meng Binglan mainly researched mechanical devices, special areas used for storing dangerous items were still present here.

Aside from the Qi Realm Stele, many other items pose a significant risk, which cannot simply be left lying around.

"Hmm, indeed, I should go now. In the short term, I probably won’t be researching this thing again."

Scratching his head, Feng Yuan said awkwardly. Had Veronia not been present, today’s experiment would surely have demolished the research station.

After encountering such an accident, Feng Yuan dared not continue researching the Qi Realm Stance. It wasn’t about being unable to manage it, just that it was too dangerous. To continue, it had to be done in deserted places; at least within this research station, he wouldn’t dare mess around.

"As you wish, although today you almost took apart my station, honestly, without today’s trial, might have faced a major crisis someday."

Meng Binglan perhaps guesses Feng Yuan’s thoughts and speaks up, and she’s not exaggerating. Most research stations likely wouldn’t have a Divine Beast. If Feng Yuan hadn’t first explored this, revealing the Fantasy Stance would inevitably shock the entire Great Xia.

The significant casualty numbers from experimental accidents would have been terrifying.

No choice, research stations, not only lacking Divine Beasts, typically see Beastmasters’ power levels not reaching much. Normally, people wouldn’t have the capability to simultaneously focus on research while elevating their Beastmaster power significantly.