"Indeed, that’s true, but how can you be certain I’ll definitely be able to shift their positions? You must know the spatial pressure here is getting stronger."
Gitalien looked curiously towards Agunas, effortlessly dismantling several Crystal Creatures as he glanced over at Agunas, who said with irritation,
"It’s not him; it couldn’t weaken your spatial authority to such an extent, not to mention even he couldn’t do that in ordinary environments."
"That’s not necessarily true; don’t forget his true strength."
"Setting aside the Liberation Power,"
Agunas replied with a hint of dissatisfaction, turning away. At that moment, the world began to burgeon with an abundance of Crystal Vines, intertwining around the islands, gradually linking them together.
Little Husky exclaimed in awe while perched on Xiao Ji’s back. By now, Qi Chen and the others had already mounted the Cang Ming Dragon’s back, as the Crystal Vines covered the place where everyone had just stood. The wantonly growing vines started to spread towards the sky, and as Agunas flicked his tail, he remarked,
"It seems our opponent is getting serious."
"That’s better; I don’t want to painstakingly decode traps to find it."
The Crystal Vines slowly overwhelmed all the islands, the glowing rivers obscured by them, slowly replaced by the huge Crystal Pillars that bridged the gaps between the islands. As the Cang Ming Dragon navigated the gaps between these pillars, its wings would inadvertently collide with the massive structures.
Feng Yuan noticed a twisting spatial vortex forming overhead and quickly patted Xiao Ji to keep pace with the Cang Ming Dragon. Although the Cang Ming Dragon cleared the path, Xiao Ji still had to carefully dodge the enormous Crystal Pillars broken by its passage—mere obstructions for the Cang Ming Dragon, but serious barriers for Xiao Ji.
Xiao Ji let out a piercing cry, as a black fiery Barrier enveloped it. The Crystal Pillars that brushed past the Barrier instantly turned to ash in the terrible black flame; despite understanding the great energy consumption for Xiao Ji, Feng Yuan held his silence.
At the twisted spatial vortex, a Spirit Beast with the appearance of a doll in white western dress stood, with a dazzling crystal die floating above its small hand. The creature stared, expressionless, at the Cang Ming Dragon breaking through the Crystal Vine’s blockade, speaking a language incomprehensible to all.
Gitalien asked, somewhat puzzled. Although the language of Spirit Beasts wasn’t entirely uniform, it was usually possible to make oneself understood; however, this odd Spirit Beast was different. It was impossible to understand, let alone comprehend, its language.
"Scoundrel, what is your purpose here, and who is the mastermind behind you?"
Agunas asked calmly. Gitalien, taken aback, looked over at the floating Agunas and asked,
"Can you understand?"
"The official language of the Mythical Era’s Mitradite, too proud to use the language of the Divine Beasts."
Agunas said with a frown, fixing his gaze on the doll-like Spirit Beast as Gitalien sighed,
"You truly are... killing time with pointless things..."
He was somewhat familiar with the so-called official language of the Mythical Era. The languages of different nations were completely disparate; unlike now, at least there was a common language through the Alliance and the Divine Beast Hall, which allowed attempts at communication even in other regions. The Mythical Era...
Not understanding the language of another’s kingdom is no different from being mute and deaf when you enter their domain, especially since there were so many kingdoms in the Mythical Era. It didn’t quite understand what that creature, who had even abandoned the common language of the Divine Beasts, was actually thinking.
"Don’t overthink it. Back then, there was no such thing as a common language for Divine Beasts or a network for Divine Beast intelligence."
Agunas glanced at Gitalien, not needing to ask to guess what it might be thinking. Looking at the mysterious Spirit Beast, Agunas spoke in a language others couldn’t understand. As they communicated, Gitalien noticed that the mysterious Spirit Beast seemed impatient, and finally, seemingly a bit angry, it waved its little hand and a wisp of smoke enveloped it.
"You all stand back, I’ll handle this."
As Agunas said this, he took out a Golden Page and opened the tome in his hand, letting it float towards the front. The Cang Ming Dragon turned its body and flew straight back. Seeing the Cang Ming Dragon returning, Little Husky, which had been riding on Xiao Ji, asked loudly and confusedly,
"What’s going on? Why retreat?"
"It seems like it wants to solve the problem by itself."
Gitalien loudly explained what had just happened. There was no help for it; Xiao Ji and the Cang Ming Dragon were a bit far apart. If the voice wasn’t loud, it might not be heard by the other shouting. Little Husky knitted his brows, as he had a feeling something wasn’t quite right. Agunas was a free Divine Beast, or to be more precise, it had resided in the kingdom of Hamilon, a minor kingdom with not much territory. How could it be related to Mitradite? Could it be an enemy? Little Husky thought maliciously.
As the smoke gradually dispersed, a huge Crystal Giant appeared on the spot, its body covered with intricate patterns. The bright silver Crystal Giant looked solemn and majestic thanks to those patterns. Behind it, a massive golden halo with various colored Energy lines were quietly twinkling.
Agunas, with his eyes fixed on the Crystal Giant, spoke some words, and with a swipe of his little paw, a series of golden Energy Spears formed behind him. Little Husky, puzzled, said,
"What the hell? That’s not a Divine Beast’s Ultimate Move, right?"
As the Spears spread behind Agunas, he pointed a paw at the Crystal Giant, and like heeding a command, the Spears flew toward the Crystal Giant. The adversary seemed to have anticipated this; with a lift of its giant hand, similar Spears appeared behind the Crystal Giant. The enemy’s Spears formed much faster than Agunas’s, and despite being a few seconds late, the Spears from both sides clashed in the middle.
For a moment, the blinding light made everyone unable to see clearly what was happening. Little Husky, still puzzled, said,
"That’s clearly not a Divine Beast Technique! Or rather, doesn’t this look more like a Divine Artifact?"
Although Feng Yuan couldn’t figure out what exactly the two creatures were doing, he could confirm that it was definitely not a Divine Beast or Spirit Beast’s Ultimate Move, but rather an attack launched by a Divine Artifact unique to the Mythical Era, similar to the Nien Wheel. As for why a unique Divine Artifact would appear in duplicate?
Don’t forget, Agunas is the Divine Beast of Time. With the enhancement of the Golden Tome Page, replicating the attack of a Divine Artifact didn’t seem impossible.
"Is it that exaggerated?"
Gitalien was surprised. This was the first time it had witnessed an attack from the Mythical Era, and even it couldn’t claim to block the Spears easily, which seemed capable of locking onto time and space, making them impossible to divert through temporal or spatial forces.
Agunas revealed a sinister smile and muttered something, a dark ring of light rapidly expanding as clusters of black flowers sprouted and grew in the void. The Crystal Giant pressed its hands together, and a huge female luminescence appeared behind it, with diamond-shaped bright-yellow crystals shining in an eye-piercing brilliance emerging all around.
As the flowers and diamond-shaped crystals faced off in the void, the Crystal Giant maintained its prayer-like posture, seemingly cursing about something. Agunas was unmoved, swiping his small paw across the book once more, and dark chains pierced through the barriers of space, shuttling continuously between the void and unknown realms. Gitalien immediately felt an immense oppression upon the entire space.
The Cang Ming Dragon growled dissatisfied, blue flames spread out, encircling the dragon. As the flames appeared, the sensation of space being crushed dissipated immediately. Gitalien, astonished, looked at Agunas before them and said,
"That guy when going all out is that strong? But it makes sense, after all, it’s just like him, and it also has that thing..."
Where the flowers met the diamond-shaped crystals, cracks began to form in the space, as if it would completely shatter any moment. Agunas looked at the Crystal Giant, a triumphant expression on his face, as if he was saying something, and the adversary reluctantly nodded. The next moment, both the flowers and the diamond-shaped crystals dissipated.
Behind Agunas, a ring of pitch-black Stele slowly spun, and dark mists poured from it. Behind the Crystal Giant, a palace made of crystal shimmered with light, and warriors made of light flew out from the palace towards Agunas.