Chapter 2666 - 2667: Individual Roles

"Can this really be done?"

Feng Yuan was somewhat bewildered as he looked at the overlapping of two Crystal Domains. He truly didn’t expect the power of the Qi Realm to contain a certain level of rule-breaking. Why was he so sure? The non-overlapping nature of Crystal Domains is one of its foundational rules, something he couldn’t possibly be unaware of.

However, the scene unfolding before him clearly violated this foundational rule. Apart from rule breaking, Feng Yuan couldn’t think of any other possibilities. It couldn’t be a spatial overlay, could it? But he didn’t sense any presence of spatial layering either.

Xiao Ji curiously observed the overlapping Crystal Domains. At this moment, the Crystalline Saintess Statue was performing a new Ultimate Move. One by one, crystal statues emerged, and after revealing themselves for a few seconds, began to slowly move about, patrolling within this sacred Crystal Domain.

"What is this stance of yours?"

Staring at the Crystalline Saintess Statue, Feng Yuan asked curiously, as he couldn’t help it. Although the opponent’s Ultimate Move wasn’t fully displayed yet, it appeared to be centered around the Crystal Domain, which was quite peculiar.

Thinking about how it could stack onto another Crystal Domain, Feng Yuan felt it wasn’t a significant issue. After all, there weren’t many Ultimate Moves in the Shattered Realm, and executing them wasn’t that easy either.

Based on the current Ultimate Moves that Veronia showcased, Feng Yuan could determine that these moves were strengthening and modifying the Crystal Domain, without maintaining it. Or rather, as long as the Crystal Domain existed, the changes created by those Ultimate Moves would persist. The downside was that if the Crystal Domain was shattered, the Ultimate Move would need to be applied again.

The benefit, though, was that maintenance wasn’t required, allowing for easier execution of other maneuvers.

Indeed, Feng Yuan could sense that those crystal statues didn’t consume any of Veronia’s energy but instead relied on gathering energy from the natural environment through the Crystal Domain for upkeep.

While this also meant that the enhancement of the Crystal Domain had a limit, it was a range-based Ultimate Move that didn’t require personal maintenance. At least in Feng Yuan’s view, this method was quite good.

"Using special Crystal Domain as the core strategy, but there’s also the ability to not rely on the Crystal Domain."

Combining her hands, a golden spherical barrier instantly unfolded. The Crystalline Saintess Statue looked at Feng Yuan and said, although the primary strategy centered on the special Crystal Domain, it didn’t mean that it couldn’t function without it.

Even without peak power, it wasn’t considered weak. In particular, the defensive capabilities wouldn’t be significantly weakened; perhaps only the offensive capabilities would be somewhat compromised.

Veronia could accept this, after all, it was a defensive stance, indicating that offensive abilities weren’t of utmost importance.

"Is Xiao Ji’s stance like this too?"

Thinking about Veronia’s demonstration of these new stance-related Ultimate Moves, Feng Yuan turned to Xiao Ji in his arms. Xiao Ji looked up at Feng Yuan and shook its head as if denying Feng Yuan’s guess.

"Probably not. I can sense that my stance depends on my identity. Other Spirit Beasts might not sustain the energy expenditure that comes with this combat style."

Transforming back into her original stance, Veronia floated to Feng Yuan’s side and said, though Xiao Ji was also a Divine Beast, its current strength wasn’t enough. Naturally, it couldn’t be compared to Veronia, as the energy expenditure of executing an Ultimate Move was unavoidable, despite not needing maintenance.

If encountering a battle in a circulating Shattered Realm, Xiao Ji’s energy recovery speed wouldn’t keep up with the consumption, considering that every shatter required reapplying the Ultimate Move to the Crystal Domain.

For a non-Divine Beast, sustaining this expenditure was nearly impossible, and even a Divine Beast with insufficient strength would also face issues.

Xiao Ji jumped down from Feng Yuan’s arms and waved its wings towards Feng Yuan, chirping. Veronia chuckled and translated,

"It says it wants to show you the new abilities it’s gained."

Seeing this, Feng Yuan laughed and said,

"Alright then, let you give it a try. By the way, are you fine with it?"

He looked at the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound beside him, asking, since the Qi Realm Stance change was undergone by all Beast Tamer creatures together. Xiao Ji surely had no problem, but he wasn’t sure about the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound.

The Fluffy Fire Wolfhound wagged its tail and barked energetically to indicate that it was fine, upon which Feng Yuan also stopped hesitating.

Xiao Ji’s Qi Realm Stance change was significant. The originally agile eagle became more rounded, although the height didn’t change, its body expanded by more than just a circle. The Fluffy Fire Wolfhound was the same; the entire dog seemed to fatten by a large margin.

Of course, Feng Yuan could see that the so-called fatness was merely a visual illusion. In reality, it was the elongated feathers and fluffy fur creating this illusion.

"Even the defensive stance can change one’s own defensive capabilities?"

Feng Yuan touched his chin, intrigued. The changes in Xiao Ji and the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound were clear in their purpose, clearly not just a change in appearance. Between the incredibly fluffy feathers and fur were not pockets of air, but various special energies.

Those energies were inherently inert and nearly unusable. Similarly, it was exactly this trait that, when the force of an attack was transmitted to those energies, created a strong cushioning effect to neutralize the assault.

This cushioning effect was not limited to physical attacks; it could also mitigate energy attacks. In other words, both Xiao Ji and the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound possessed a special damage reduction ability.

While its significance may not be grand, in practical use, this innate damage reduction was far more useful than many Ultimate Moves.

After all, damage reduction states might be dispelled, but this kind of structural damage reduction almost had no means of removal. Even if the damage reduction wasn’t considered strong, it was still quite good.

"Innate damage reduction? Could it be..."

Unlike Feng Yuan, Veronia was taken aback upon seeing the characteristics of the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound and Xiao Ji. Having a defensive stance herself, she understood the logic behind the entire stance’s capability generation.

The defensive positioning was broad, including uses in protecting allies with Ultimate Moves, substituting oneself to endure damages for the team, and possessing strong damage resilience at the forefront.

Damage reduction was almost useless for the first use, as that type of capability wouldn’t endure vast damage. As for the second and third uses, it was uncertain.

Undeniably, the abilities of the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound and Xiao Ji were generated between these two uses.

However, Xiao Ji’s abilities still surprised Veronia.

Xiao Ji, using its ability, hung in the sky like a Black Sun, with blood-red energy links connecting and forming a blood-red Energy Barrier that protected everyone, including Feng Yuan.

In Xiao Ji’s chirping, Veronia translated, amazed,

"Its ability seems primarily focused on enduring damage on behalf of allies and launching counterattacks."

According to Xiao Ji’s details of its Ultimate Moves, many of them automatically launched counterattacks after receiving damage, including various effects like attacks, debuffs, and group recovery.

Just like its Crystal Domain, Xiao Ji’s defensive stance focused on defensive counterattacks as its core.

And similarly, Xiao Ji’s defensive counterattack was primarily state-based. Most of it didn’t require any interference and would automatically counterattack when Xiao Ji was attacked.

As for the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound’s, Veronia didn’t believe it constituted the same defensive counterattack Ultimate Move.

"There’s no way to test this, well, let’s just wait to get back to Bian Shui Fort and have them assist in testing it."

Looking at the blood-red barrier enveloping himself and the group of Spirit Beasts, Feng Yuan said helplessly, thinking that without a simulated enemy attack, it was impossible to assess the strength and effectiveness of counterattack-centric tactics.

"What about the Ultimate Move of the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound? It won’t be similar to Xiao Ji’s, will it?"

Recalling something, Feng Yuan curiously looked at the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound. Like Xiao Ji, it possessed damage reduction abilities, so there might be overlapping situations. However, with integration, Feng Yuan wasn’t exactly sure what it would turn into.

Shaking its head, the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound denied Feng Yuan’s speculation, barking as it explained its Ultimate Move to Veronia.

Unlike Xiao Ji, the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound didn’t have the ability to endure attacks for its teammates. Instead, it boasted high defense and vitality and could self-heal, with the Starfire emitted from it periodically cleansing its negative state.

This meant that the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound’s position was that of a Giant Shield in front of its allies. In addition to being a barrier for enemies, one of the Fluffy Fire Wolfhound’s main abilities was sharing its beneficial states with teammates across an area.

This sharing was conducted in the form of an aura ability, meaning that theoretically, identical beneficial states could additionally overlap.

"Is that how it’s positioned? Dou Yanlan might even envy this～"

Touching his chin, Feng Yuan murmured with an odd smile, needing someone to help test the effects upon returning. With this thought, Feng Yuan directly beckoned the Spirit Beasts to prepare to leave and return to Bian Shui Fort.

Before leaving, Veronia glanced at the Qi Realm Maze behind her and muttered softly,

"Will this thing really exist here forever?"