"Uh... what’s going on?"
Little Husky was awakened by a refreshing cold breeze and opened its eyes to look around, dazed. It saw a sky-blue spherical barrier enveloping the area in front of it. The gloomy wind howled through the barrier, which seemed unable to completely block the chilling wind.
"Drudgeon, what strange things have you taught Xiao Ji..."
Feng Yuan didn’t need to ask to know that this eerie wind was created by none other than Xiao Ji. No other Spirit Beast could produce this kind of Wind of Death that carried the authority of Divine Beasts. Drudgeon glanced at Little Husky and said irritably,
"I didn’t teach it this; it comprehended this on its own."
"Uh... yeah, that seems right..."
Quickly reviewing all the known Death-series ultimate techniques in his mind, Feng Yuan found none that matched the scene before him. Realizing it was something Xiao Ji had comprehended on its own, Little Husky said, somewhat astonished,
"Xiao Ji is actually that incredible?"
"Weren’t you the one who granted it the authority of a Divine Beast because of its high comprehension abilities?"
Drudgeon looked at Feng Yuan rather puzzled, shrinking its neck guiltily, and Little Husky whispered,
Glancing at Little Husky, Agunas swished its tail and said nothing more. It naturally knew why Feng Yuan had granted it the authority of a Divine Beast.
"It can’t be blocked?"
Watching the gloomy wind penetrate the barrier, Feng Yuan asked Agunas. He could naturally recognize that the barrier was set up by Agunas. Shaking its head, Agunas said,
"No, it won’t hold. That wind carries a strong force of death-series erosion. If it weren’t for my barrier being of a higher attribute, it would’ve already collapsed."
Agunas said with some headache. Although it now possessed the strength of a Divine Beast in theory, it should be able to ignore Xiao Ji’s death-series gale, but the reality was not so simple.
The force of the gloomy wind enhanced by the power of a Death-series Divine Beast was incomparable to any ordinary Death-series ultimate techniques. Although it was not very strong, it still gave it a feeling similar to facing Lorraine Tower.
"Really, that exaggerated? But that makes sense..."
Recalling the particularities of that attribute, Little Husky wagged its tail and shouted loudly at Xiao Ji in the center. After a while, the gloomy wind gradually subsided, and the barrier was withdrawn by Agunas. Feng Yuan looked at the puzzled Xiao Ji and said,
"That move of yours has too large an area of effect. Practice it next time when no one is around; otherwise, it would be bad if you accidentally injured someone."
"By the way, congratulations on comprehending your own new ultimate technique~"
Little Husky raised its left paw, its dog face wearing a happy smile as it spoke, and Xiao Ji chirped joyfully in response. Those students had already moved away when Xiao Ji began practicing this technique.
They could all feel something was off about the leaking gloomy wind. Although they were curious about whose Beast Tamer the eagle was, the time before the academy’s exam was precious. They didn’t want to waste it in the hospital, so they had all promptly distanced themselves at the first leak of the gloomy wind.
By this time, some clever students had already guessed the identity of the eagle. After all, who else could be favored by Drudgeon and wield the power of the Death series if not that guy’s Beast Tamer?
As for the appearance? It just so happened that it was time for everyone’s Beast Tamer to undergo their first evolution. It wasn’t odd for his Eggshell Chicken to evolve into the form of an eagle, right?
"I thought you would comprehend a fire-type ultimate technique. I never expected it to be the Wind of the Dead Realm."
Little Husky lay on Big Cat’s head and spoke to Xiao Ji, with the proud eagle face wearing an unmistakable look of triumph. Wind of the Dead Realm was the name Feng Yuan had come up with for Xiao Ji’s new ultimate technique.
Although the specifics of this ultimate technique were still unclear, such as its limits, the Wind of the Dead Realm, containing the authority of a Divine Beast, could arguably be called an exclusive ultimate technique for Divine Beasts.
Initially, Drudgeon only taught Xiao Ji some special ultimate techniques, but later it shifted to teaching Xiao Ji the principles behind ultimate techniques. It believed that with Xiao Ji’s intelligence, it didn’t necessarily need to be taught those rarer ultimate techniques.
The ultimate techniques it comprehended on its own might not be weaker than others.
Ah Mu enviously followed Qi Chen, looking at Xiao Ji. The other’s ability to comprehend made it quite envious, and it too hoped to one day comprehend its own ultimate technique.
Little Green Snake followed behind Big Cat, stealing glances at Xiao Ji. It envied Xiao Ji’s evolved form. Noticing Little Green Snake’s thoughts, Agunas opened its mouth as if to offer consolation, but ultimately remained silent.
"Weird, you didn’t go and do anything last night, so why do you look so sleepy?"
Qi Chen looked at Little Husky lying on Big Cat’s head with some puzzlement. The dog had been acting as if it hadn’t slept enough before, and now it was still the same after school in the afternoon.
Yawning, Little Husky said tiredly,
"Spring sleepiness, autumn fatigue, summer naps, and three months of winter hibernation; it’s the time of spring sleepiness now..."
"It must be that there’s nothing interesting to attract him; otherwise, I believe even if he stayed up all night, he would be quite spirited."
Agunas, looking at Little Husky, calmly stated, nodding his head in agreement, Qi Chen said,
"It does seem to be the case; this guy used to stay up late playing games and never looked ."
"There’s no fun games out now..."
Big Cat made a discontented woofing sound, seemingly trying to express something. Little Husky’s paw gently patted Big Cat, smiling as it said,
"Your game is too simple for me, although it seems fun, it’s just okay. I get bored after a while."
"So what do you want to do?"
"Catch up on some sleep~"
Glancing at Feng Yuan, who had become drowsy and fallen asleep while talking, Qi Chen asked Agunas with some concern,
Agunas glanced at Feng Yuan and said irritably,
"He’s fine, the guy is faking sleep."
Xiao Ji, who was happily chirping about something, turned its head and noticed Little Husky seemed to be asleep, and, feeling somewhat dissatisfied, pecked at Little Husky’s tail. Little Husky opened its eyes and looked at Xiao Ji with annoyance, saying,
"What’s the matter with you..."
"Forget it, if you keep flying around chaotically, you’re going to get scolded by Mr. Yan again."
Little Husky, having glanced at Xiao Ji spreading its wings, said with a swish of its tail, and Dou Yanlan laughed and suggested,
"Shall we go out to eat?"
Seeing Little Husky lift its head, Qi Chen said helplessly,
"How about that regular place of yours?"
Little Husky jumped down from Big Cat and reverted to its original form. Feng Yuan, reaching out to pat Big Cat’s head, said excitedly,
"Let’s go~ Time to eat~"
"Weird, what are they doing?"
Looking at the shops cleaning their signboards, Feng Yuan asked curiously, and Qi Chen shook his head, saying,
"Not sure, perhaps it’s a post-New Year cleanup?"
"How long has New Year’s been over..."
Feng Yuan looked at the shops diligently cleaning their signs with a speechless expression, and Dou Yanlan calmly explained,
"It’s probably because of the upcoming match."
"Yeah, the match between Shangjing and us. Have you forgotten?"
"What does that have to do with those shops... Okay, I get it."
Feng Yuan said, covering his forehead in speechless realization, and Qi Chen, curious, looked at Feng Yuan and asked,
"What do you understand now?"
"It’s likely a request from the school. After all, with people from Shangjing coming over, they don’t want the shops across from the school to look all grimy, right?"
Dou Yanlan explained. Qi Chen glanced at the people carefully wiping their signs and said,
"It’s probably a waste of effort, I believe the school would not dare to hold the match within the school’s venue."
Feng Yuan said, bored, propping his head with his hands, and Qi Chen, puzzled, said,
"Gitalien is likely to fight. The venue can’t withstand the destruction of a Divine Beast’s ultimate moves."
"Just expand the space and... Okay, I forgot..."
Agunas said, smacking its own head. It had forgotten that Gitalien would also be fighting. As a space Divine Beast, its ultimate moves were all spatial in nature. The so-called space expansion was most vulnerable to spatial ultimate moves. If they were to actually use the space expansion technique, it might cause more trouble, and the expanded space would definitely be shattered by Gitalien.
"However, I remember that Maomu City doesn’t have a venue suitable for a Divine Beast to unleash its ultimate moves,"
Dou Yanlan said, sounding a bit puzzled.