Chapter 2665 - 2666: A New Stance

Endless white light enveloped, Feng Yuan felt no presence of gravity. This was a twisted space, and Feng Yuan naturally knew where he was. He hadn’t moved from his original spot, merely overlapped with a spiritual domain.

The Seven Emotions and Six Desires hid in this endless white light, attempting to stir the intruder’s emotions, but for Feng Yuan, this move was meaningless. If he didn’t want it, any means targeting the soul would be ineffective.

Sensing that Xiao Ji and the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound were also drawn into this special spiritual domain, Feng Yuan sighed. This challenge posed no difficulty for him, but it might not be the same for Xiao Ji and the others.

However, Feng Yuan couldn’t help them, or rather, he couldn’t interfere. Otherwise, Xiao Ji and the others wouldn’t be able to share the new Qi Realm Stance. Although Feng Yuan didn’t know what the new Qi Realm Stance was.

But an intuition told him that as long as he lasted here for a while, he would obtain the new Qi Realm Stance.

In this spiritual domain where even time seemed to lose its meaning, Feng Yuan quietly observed the changes in Xiao Ji and the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound. Compared to the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound, Xiao Ji’s performance was slightly worse, perhaps because Feng Yuan was not nearby, causing Xiao Ji’s emotions to fluctuate violently.

The Fluffy Fire Wolfhound, although realizing the challenge, still found it difficult to control its thoughts. In other words, wanting to remain calm in such an environment wasn’t something just anyone could achieve.

Neither Xiao Ji nor the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound could possess such a mental state, which Feng Yuan had expected; otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so attentive to the situation of these two little guys.

However, better than the previous concern was that this spiritual domain merely amplified emotions without any presence of spiritual contamination. After hesitating for a while, Feng Yuan decided not to do anything.

Although doing so would plunge Xiao Ji and the others into rapid emotional changes, isn’t this also a way to temper their mental state, especially for Xiao Ji?

When Feng Yuan was by its side, it feared nothing, as if having innate spiritual resistance, yet when Feng Yuan was absent, it was the complete opposite, at least the mental state level of the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound wasn’t as volatile as Xiao Ji’s.

Veronia didn’t know what was happening within the ball of light. It approached the pond and watched the reflection of images on the water’s surface, reaching out with a small hand.

As the white light gradually dispersed, Xiao Ji, unsettled and nervous, didn’t immediately leap towards Feng Yuan. Though not knowing what kind of mirage it encountered, Feng Yuan sensed it wasn’t something good.

It took a while for Xiao Ji to slowly make its way to Feng Yuan’s side, cautiously nuzzling him with its head. The Fluffy Fire Wolfhound, however, didn’t show much change. While its spirit was exhausted, it didn’t display signs of emotional instability.

Rubbing the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound’s head, Feng Yuan chuckled and said,

"How’s it going? Not thinking of this stuff anymore, right?"

Glancing at Feng Yuan, the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound swung its tail with a snort, turning away. Although the Qi Realm Stance of the Beast Tamer required the Beastmaster to initiate, they weren’t incapable of shifting Qi Realm Stances themselves. It was just that doing so would lose the coordinated effect.

The new Qi Realm Stance was defensive. Whether it was Xiao Ji or the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound, it was their first time experiencing the capabilities of a defensive type Spirit Beast. Amidst this novelty, the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound realized the benefits of multiple Qi Realm Stances.

Although it couldn’t alter Qi Realm Stance types anytime, anywhere, if it could access all forms, it would significantly boost its combat power since, under normal circumstances, an all-around Spirit Beast could only master diverse ultimate moves.

The hallmark of an all-around yet not specialized beast characterized this type of Spirit Beast, but the Qi Realm Stance was different unless multiple methods were deployed simultaneously. The benefit brought by the Qi Realm Stance was full specialization in versatility.

Feng Yuan was unaware of the thoughts of the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound, mistaking its actions for a rebellious phase. Cradling Xiao Ji and smoothing its feathers, Feng Yuan glanced at the small ball of light.

Though the ball of light obscured everything within, Feng Yuan still guessed it should be Veronia. However, its challenge had yet to conclude.

After a while, the white light dissipated, Veronia appeared calm. Feng Yuan wasn’t surprised by this; the Qi Realm challenge was not difficult for Veronia. The only trouble was likely the memories evoked by emotions.

In merely a moment, Veronia fully recovered and glanced at Feng Yuan, stating,

"Qi Realm Stance Defense, it seems useless to me."

Without asking, Veronia could confirm that Feng Yuan also obtained the defensive stance, as the conspicuous tricks of the Qi Realm made it clear that she didn’t believe the second Qi Realm Stance would appear randomly.

Indeed, after communicating briefly, Feng Yuan turned to look around and said,

"Next, we should find a way out; I wonder if there’s a quick exit back to the starting point."

Even if there’s a segment of the road that’s an infinite loop, walking back would be quite a waste of time. Feng Yuan didn’t want to linger in this place.

Veronia chuckled and said,

"If there were, it would’ve shown up already."

"Why not directly break the space and leave?"

"Forget it; if we pierce through the Qi Realm space, who knows what might happen? If an outrageous change occurs, wouldn’t we be courting trouble instead?"

Rolling his eyes, Feng Yuan replied irritably. Directly puncturing space indeed seemed convenient, but the Qi Realm differed from ordinary domains; its variability was excessive, and with each change trending for the worse, Feng Yuan dared not gamble that piercing space wouldn’t cause a major disturbance.

If it truly proves impossible, returning the original way would at least be safe.

As Feng Yuan prepared to retrace his steps, the pond suddenly glowed. The light was not blinding. After the gentle clarity dissipated, the spring within the pond vanished completely, leaving only a pit with stone steps.

"Mm-hmm, it should be an exit."

Though not certain, Veronia didn’t think this place could lead to a new endpoint, because based on previous changes of the Qi Realm, the next Qi Realm Stance definitely wouldn’t be in the Qi Realm Maze.

The stone stair passage resembled tourist spots in limestone caves, a path winding downward, with artificially carved stone walls on both sides being uneven and close to the viewer.

This oppressive passage wasn’t long, as blinding white light emerged from the front. Slowly adapting, Feng Yuan saw the barren land, even though a section of the stone stairs still hovered in the air. Feng Yuan knew he was truly out.

"This Qi Realm Maze was indeed, dangerous."

Descending the stone steps, he turned back to gaze at the elusive Qi Realm Maze, unable to help but marvel. While the Qi Realm Maze didn’t demand much in terms of strength, the mental constraints were highly demanding.

Without an adequate mental state, Feng Yuan believed that those venturing into the Qi Realm Maze recklessly might lose their minds during the challenge.

"Indeed, when do you plan to hand over this data to them?"

Nodding, Veronia looked at Feng Yuan. The Qi Realm Maze differed from the Qi Realm Stele; it truly needed restrictions on its user, or accidents were bound to happen.

As for Qi Chen and the others? Veronia didn’t think they currently possessed that level of mental state regarding the Qi Realm Stance’s effects. While Veronia could say the cost was significant, the effect itself was excellent.

Veronia closed her eyes, surrounded by the power of the Qi Realm. In the next moment, her doll-like appearance transformed. Unlike the Crystal Queen, Veronia now resembled a Crystalline Saintess Statue, with several crystalline tablets floating alongside.

Her deep blue crystalline body, seeming extremely rigid, flowed softly with elasticity like a living being.

Gradually opening her eyes, beneath the Crystalline Saintess Statue, a domain scattering crystal fragments swiftly unfolded.

This was a unique ability of Veronia when in the Crystalline Saintess Statue stance, allowing her to automatically expand a sacred Crystal Stone domain and maintain it around her.

The sacred Crystal Stone domain wasn’t exclusive to Veronia, but in this stance, she had many ultimate moves that complimented the Crystal Stone domain.

The effect of this Crystal Stone domain was relatively straightforward. Initially, within its realm, it automatically cleanses all negative states at intervals, but in the Crystalline Saintess Statue stance, Veronia had many methods to add extra effects to this Crystal Stone domain.

It could be said that this stance entirely revolved around deploying means with this Crystal Stone domain.

If it were just so, that would be fine. Veronia discovered that the automatically expanded Crystal Stone domain possessed a special exception characteristic, or in other terms, under the rules of overlapping realms, this Crystal Stone domain wasn’t affected.

Meaning that the automatically expanded Crystal Stone domain could overlay other Crystal Stone domains directly without triggering a coverage effect. Apart from the Shattering Formation, other methods rarely affected this Crystal Stone domain.