Elder Li squinted at Najia, who had landed on the platform. He could feel that with Najia’s singing, the aura of the Spirit Beasts around Feng Yuan surged immensely. Yuan Jianhua directed his Spirit Beast to attack Feng Yuan and shouted,
"You see, he’s dead set on confronting us! Take him down first!"
Seeing that Yuan Jianhua’s attacks were all aimed at Feng Yuan, Agunas waved the pen in his hand, and several barriers erected beside Feng Yuan. Elder Li sighed and commanded his own Spirit Beast to assist Yuan Jianhua in attacking Feng Yuan’s Spirit Beasts. Seeing Feng Yuan constantly on the defense, Yuan Jianhua laughed loudly,
"Feeling overpowered now? That’s the problem with folks from little places, they just don’t have enough experience, even daring to make a move against Elder Li."
Watching Yuan Jianhua’s smug look, Feng Yuan coldly snorted at everything happening before him and held back Xiao Ji and Dreaming Dragon Baby, who were about to make a move,
"Yeah, people from little places just don’t have enough experience, do they?"
Before Feng Yuan could finish his sentence, a giant white wolf’s claw slashed out from the void, sending the opponent’s charging Spirit Beast flying. Seeing the White Wolf Deity emerge from the spatial rift, the opponents cried out in shock,
"What! You think just because you have Divine Beasts you can escape? Elder Li! Get in there, quickly!"
Elder Li gave Yuan Jianhua a resentful glance as he directed the Ice Crystal Giant Bird to face off against the White Wolf Deity. At that moment, with a distortion of space, Lorraine Tower fluttered its wings and emerged from the void, and a silver-white Oriental dragon meandered out from the spatial rift. Dreaming Dragon Baby lifted its head and waved its paw at the dragon.
"Lorraine Tower... Gitalien... are you two getting involved too?"
Seeing the arrival of the two new Divine Beasts, Elder Li instantly felt troubled. Yuan Jianhua stopped shouting and stared intently at Feng Yuan, while Yu Xian’er vigilantly watched the suddenly appearing Divine Beasts, understanding that if those creatures unleashed their fury, it had no chance to protect Maomu City from their assault.
"Feng Yuan! Stand down!"
Witnessing the standoff, Captain Chen couldn’t help but yell. Feng Yuan fixed his gaze on Yuan Jianhua and asked,
"Still want to fight?"
"You! You’re blatantly defying the government by relying on the Divine Beasts!"
"I never once refused Elder Li’s request. It’s you who seems to want to do something nefarious."
Feng Yuan calmly retorted to Yuan Jianhua, while Lorraine Tower and Gitalien appeared ready to strike at any moment, and the White Wolf Deity stood beside Feng Yuan, looking scornfully at Yuan Jianhua.
Elder Li said to Yuan Jianhua. After glancing at Elder Li, Yuan Jianhua bitterly looked at Lorraine Tower and Gitalien and turned to leave. Elder Li, watching Yuan Jianhua depart, glared at Feng Yuan with dissatisfaction,
"Are you satisfied now?"
"Don’t tell me you can’t see his intentions. Owning the Sacred Beast Ice Profound Bird, I don’t think you’re a fool."
"You’ve caused trouble again."
"Yo, even the Cat God is here!"
Drudgeon, who had appeared from the Magic Circle, gave Feng Yuan an exasperated glance and flicked his tail. Elder Li stared at Drudgeon with an unpleasant expression,
"Are you here to help him too?"
"I’m just here to mediate. Continuing this conflict isn’t good for anyone."
Elder Li looked at Feng Yuan and said,
"Who exactly is he, and why are you all protecting him?"
"That’s none of your business, but to avoid such incidents in the future, it would be better to have a match."
Drudgeon, tail flicking with some resignation, looked at Feng Yuan. Xiao Ji jumped down from Feng Yuan’s head, seemingly eager to join the battle. Feng Yuan smiled, patted Xiao Ji, and said,
The White Wolf Deity howled, and Xiao Ji transformed into the Black Giant Bird midair. Elder Li’s mouth curved slightly,
"Having a match with multiple Divine Beasts does sound like a good experience."
Najia sang a song to open the prelude to the duel, and Gitalien swam through the air, letting out a long cry. A semi-transparent spatial barrier appeared above Maomu City, separating the battleground from Maomu City. Agunas glanced at Feng Yuan flipping through the ancient tome in front of him, and various Death Series spells appeared out of thin air.
Lorraine Tower flapped its wings and circled the arena, countless clock phantoms emerged in the air, and all the spells became erratic under the influence of the clock phantoms, speeding up and slowing down at times. Drudgeon waved its little hands, with the stele behind it radiating light, and all kinds of lost magic was cast following the waving of Drudgeon’s little hands.
"What in the world..."
Rushing back into the city and seeing the Divine Beasts in the sky occasionally attacking the Ice Profound Bird, Captain Yan sighed, somewhat dazed, while Yuan Jianhua gazed up at the night sky lit by the spells of the Divine Beasts, glaring hatefully towards the direction of the platform in the sky.
That night, all the high-ranking officials in the Divine Land Region were sleepless because of the battle, gasping for air as they looked calmly at their own Feng Yuan. Elder Li spoke,
"You’ve won, and I can represent Great Xia in not pursuing this matter, but you must leave the territory of Great Xia within three days!"
Feng Yuan sighed, stroked the head of the Black Giant Bird with some regret, as Lorraine Tower calmly said to Elder Li,
"Although the commotion he caused this time was somewhat big, it wasn’t actually him who took action. As for the damage caused, we can offer compensation."
"Isn’t this his Spirit Beast? Are you saying he intends to abandon it to shirk responsibility?"
Seeing Elder Li’s disgusted expression, Agunas put away the black ancient tome and opened the floating book beside him to start recording something anew, while Lorraine Tower somewhat helplessly said,
"Even though you’ve just been born, as a Divine Beast, you should have the ability to discern right from wrong. Don’t just do whatever he tells you."
"If you had refused, this incident wouldn’t have escalated to such an extent."
Listening to Lorraine Tower’s words, Agunas’s hand, holding the pen, stopped, and Feng Yuan spoke to Lorraine Tower with dissatisfaction,
"It’s following my commands, the fault lies with me, what do you have to say to it?"
"It could have chosen to seek our help, but it easily followed your orders. Although the fault is yours, could you use it now if it didn’t cooperate?"
Although somewhat displeased, Feng Yuan, realizing it was his own mistake, hugged Xiao Ji’s head and let Lorraine Tower lecture him, while Xiao Ji nuzzled Feng Yuan from time to time with its head. Initially listening to Lorraine Tower’s speech, Elder Li thought Lorraine Tower seemed to be covering for Feng Yuan, but as the lecture went on for hours, Elder Li couldn’t help but look at Feng Yuan with some pity.
Seeing Lorraine Tower starting the lecture, Gitalien slipped away early, and Drudgeon, being unable to leave due to having to resolve the issue at hand, could only curl up in the corner. Its triangular tipped ears drooped down, firmly pressing against its fluffy body, with its tail occasionally swishing and sneakily glancing at Lorraine Tower to see if the lecture was over.
It wasn’t until the sky was about to lighten that Lorraine Tower finally stopped its lecture. Feng Yuan, holding Xiao Ji in its original form, let out a sigh of relief upon realizing Lorraine Tower had stopped. Drudgeon, seeing Lorraine Tower seemed to have stopped lecturing, pricked its ears back up, shook them a few times, realized it didn’t hear Lorraine Tower’s voice anymore, and leaped towards Elder Li with a sense of relief.
"How about reconsidering his punishment?"
"What? Do you still want to shield him?"
"It’s not that, it’s just that after all, he didn’t cause too much damage..."
"After making such a mess, you still say it hasn’t caused too much damage?"
"Why are you protecting him?"
Seeing Drudgeon silent, Elder Li spoke with dissatisfaction, while Lorraine Tower glanced at Feng Yuan, saying,
"We will cover the compensation. Hope there won’t be a next time."
Xiao Ji lay in Feng Yuan’s arms, looking up at him with concern, and Feng Yuan petted Xiao Ji, speaking with a smile,
"Don’t worry, it’s going to be fine. At worst, we can just put the things temporarily in the Land of Time Tranquility."
Glancing at Feng Yuan, Lorraine Tower said,
"Don’t occupy the Land of Time Tranquility for too long."