Divine Beast Creator

Due to the limited manpower in the patrol team at the moment, a lot of time is wasted in gathering people. They have no choice but to seek help from those Beastmasters who are resting and willing to assist, while those who are most easily mobilized cannot be moved.

After all, no one can be sure that the Imperial People won’t launch a surprise attack right now. To ensure safety, the patrol teams definitely cannot stop or even reduce their patrol frequency.

"So many people, if they can all be enhanced at once, it would be quite significant."

Looking at the gathering crowd, Feng Yuan couldn’t help but mutter. He didn’t expect Dou Yanlan to bring so many people, and if all these people could be empowered at once, it would be quite valuable.

"The key lies in efficiency and difficulty. Lacking either would greatly discount the value in actual combat."

Meng Binglan was not so optimistic. While a single specialized ability is not unimportant, for such an ability to show its value in a large team, the conditions are rather demanding.

The higher the fault tolerance, the more useful it is. The more restrictive the conditions, the less valuable it is. After all, with a large number of people, many technical things become useless.

"Whatever, in any case, we aren’t the ones conducting in-depth research on this thing."

Shrugging, Feng Yuan didn’t really care. He had previously asked Meng Binglan for her opinion, and she had explicitly stated that she would definitely not conduct in-depth research on it because it was outside her field of expertise.

"What kind of enhancement? What odd thing have you come up with that requires so many people to assist in testing?"

Liao Yu leaned in curiously to ask. With so many Beastmasters gathered, the Special Duty Team had to send someone to keep an eye on them, and due to Liao Yu’s good relationship with Feng Yuan, he was sent over.

However, because he was busy coordinating earlier, Liao Yu didn’t have the chance to gather intelligence from Feng Yuan.

"You’ll know soon enough, although I feel it might not be of much use to you all."

Feng Yuan, keeping a little suspense, didn’t explain. Dou Yanlan was already about to finish preparations, and it was better for Liao Yu to see the situation for himself.

Scratching his head, Liao Yu didn’t press further. Since Feng Yuan said it wasn’t of much use to them, it was probably true, and indeed, the number of people gathered wasn’t suitable for their Special Duty Team.

After all, the Special Duty Team’s operations were based on small squads, and such large-scale operations were very rare, especially during wartime when such operations were handled by the City Defence Army. They were more dispersed, troubleshooting where needed.

"Alright, Ah Chen, I’ll need your help later."

Looking at Qi Chen, Dou Yanlan was very serious. Though Veronia could summon a large army of Crystal Corpse Beasts, if the numbers were sufficient, it could instantly maximize all states, but she didn’t want to do that.

Because it can’t always be like that, if this combination can’t be stable, it has no real combat value.

"Understood."

Nodding slightly, Qi Chen’s expression was serious and somewhat nervous. With so many people watching him, it was impossible not to be nervous, or rather, everyone was watching their performance.

According to instructions, Veronia summoned a giant Crystal Corpse Beast. Though there was only one, its strength had already reached Legendary Level. Before others could speculate on how Dou Yanlan and Qi Chen planned to tackle this formidable adversary, Ah Mu summoned several Wood Sprite clones from amidst the crowd.

Dream Shadow Cotton unceremoniously assigned different weaknesses to the Wood Sprite clones, and the Nozick Spirit Cat roared as it applied its Ultimate Move to each Wood Sprite with different weaknesses.

The Spiritual Light, which represented state augmentation, rose on every Beast Tamer’s beast. Although Meng Binglan and Feng Yuan already knew what content was to be tested, seeing this scene firsthand was still somewhat surprising.

Because the Nozick Spirit Cat’s state could really take effect on the entire large team’s Beastmasters.

Initially, this group couldn’t react, but their own beasts’ feedback left them astonished. They thought it was Qi Chen and Dou Yanlan combining forces to face this formidable opponent. To their surprise, it was actually a combination that enhanced everyone’s prowess to tackle the Legendary Level foe.

Could this be feasible? Of course, it could. Although it’s hard for an ordinary Beastmaster’s beast to leap over so many ranks to face an opponent, under the state enhancement, the gap between the sides had been narrowed. Besides, with the sheer number advantage, unless the adversary was at the Divine Beast Level, it wouldn’t be able to withstand it.

As expected, the Legendary Level Crystal Corpse Beast was quickly defeated by the teamwork. In large team operations, one or two strong individuals can’t determine the final outcome, which is based on the premise that the disparities in power between teams aren’t outrageously vast.

Without those state enhancements, defeating a Legendary-level adversary would have been extremely difficult or near-impossible. However, under the state boosts provided by the Nozick Spirit Cat, they managed to deal with this terrifying enemy relatively easily.

Initially, everyone was somewhat incredulous, but after calming down, they realized it was inevitable. The states provided by the Nozick Spirit Cat nearly covered all the common augments used by Beast Tamers, meaning once the Nozick Spirit Cat applied its states, other beasts would find it hard to supplement states to further enhance the team’s strength.

Faced with a team whose enhancements were maxed out, a single Legendary foe could naturally not cause any ripples.

"This..."

At this moment, Liao Yu’s feelings were complex. He could clearly see the benefits of such a combination and even realized that the Star White Lion and the Nozick Spirit Cat would likely be highly sought after. However... those benefits weren’t something they could partake in.

Large teams can tolerate one or two individuals who don’t have combat power for the sake of overall support, but such wouldn’t work in small squad operations. In small squad operations, divisions of labor aren’t as detailed, and to handle unforeseen circumstances, everyone basically has to multitask. In this scenario, it’s naturally impossible for them to include these two types of beasts.

Moreover, the effect of the state enhancements fully depends on the number of people. Only when there are enough people does the augment truly stand out. With the number of a small squad, the effect could be good, but not to the extent of being groundbreaking.

"It seems to be a combination worth studying, but for now, it’s limited to these two kinds of Spirit Beasts."

Shaking his head with a smile, Feng Yuan said with a helpless expression, due to the special nature of the Qi Realm Stance, they only needed to confirm that the Qi Realm Stances of the same kind of beasts are consistent, and this combination, which holds immense value to the military, would be deemed discovered.

But this doesn’t come without issues since no one knows if the Qi Realm Stance might change after evolution. So, it might be fixed onto these two Spirit Beast forms.

As for further exploration? Feng Yuan reckoned they probably didn’t have the inclination. It was too troublesome, and they didn’t have the manpower to do it.

War was still ongoing, and this thing wouldn’t bring too many changes to the war. State augmentation isn’t invincible; there are Ultimate Moves to clear states. They couldn’t pin their hopes on this.

It’s merely adding a battle strategy. After all, if the entire group is fully enhanced, it can be terrifying; if the Imperial People don’t counter it, they could potentially be broken through swiftly.

"By comparison, Ah Mu and the others fall a bit short. The Hao Chun Bird can change its attribute, but lacks additional boosts. However, it’s surprisingly effective against unfamiliar opponents."

Rubbing his chin, Feng Yuan evaluated, stating that among the beasts of the three of them, the most astonishing effect under the Qi Realm Stance was delivered by Cotton and the others. Regarding the Hao Chun Bird and Ah Mu, they were a bit mediocre—not weak, just a bit average.

Both Xiao Ji and the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound looked similarly standard, but in essence, they were both offensive-type Spirit Beasts. After decreasing defense and unifying attributes, in actual combat, they proved stronger than the Hao Chun Bird and its kind.

After all, the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound’s Meltdown was enough to ensure its ability to violently break through unless faced with a fire-immune meat shield, where otherwise, it could conquer adversaries of the same Order.

No choice—though its self-enhancement wasn’t outstanding, its damage-dealing ability was far from low, especially when paired with a defense reduction.

Particularly Xiao Ji, whose attributes were already outstanding enough, and when they were reassigned, it resulted in a breakthrough effect. Feng Yuan could see that Xiao Ji’s offensive power had already surpassed the upper limit of its current Order in Qi Realm Stance.

This wasn’t surprising, given that Xiao Ji was a Divine Beast. Before reaching Divine Beast Level, its ability attributes were already maxed out. Under these circumstances, reallocating ability attributes to meet an offensive role was normal.

What changes would occur in the defense and support roles, Feng Yuan was a bit curious about the potential forms of Xiao Ji’s other Qi Realm Stances now.