Divine Beast Creator

The sudden half-time break sparked a flurry of discussions among the spectators. Besides speculating on how the rules might change, most were still talking about the terrifying power of the Crystal Domain.

After all, the information they previously understood came more from official announcements. Regarding actual combat, most of the time, they casually found places to test, which didn’t yield very accurate results. Especially this counterattack, even the Beastmasters from Cha Mu Town didn’t expect the attack to become so terrifying.

Usually, they wouldn’t test this method because no one would act as an opponent. Even if it were a Data Domain, it would just be a simple simulation without involving this kind of special occasion.

As a result, no one could have imagined that the counterattack, initially thought to be barely stoppable, would wield such terrifying power.

Although no one knew how the rules would change next, everyone was sure that they would definitely not directly forbid the use of the Crystal Domain, because it was simply neither realistic nor appropriate.

"That was really harsh, but I think they’ll probably just limit the effect of Domain Awakening or something like that since a mere Crystal Domain doesn’t cause such terrifying destruction," Feng Yuan speculated, stroking his chin. Compared to the Earthshake caused by the awakening of Crystal Domains elsewhere, what happened here seemed less significant.

After all, that Earthshake caused serious destruction over a vast area. In such cases, their priority, I suppose, would still be to prevent the battles from causing major damage to the surrounding environment.

As for the battlefield?

That place gets rebuilt every time, so it really doesn’t matter what happens to it.

It’s just like the battlefield at Xu Family Town, where plants are re-planted every year. Otherwise, the battleground would be as barren as the wastelands by the road.

"Direct prohibition is unlikely since Domain Awakening is very important to some Spirit Beasts. Moreover, their tactical strategies might rely considerably on Domain Awakening or Domain Battlefields," Dou Yanlan said after thinking about it. Changing the rules isn’t something that can be done arbitrarily; it is a means used to handle disputes over territorial ownership, and after changes, neither side should clearly object.

If, as Feng Yuan suggests, there are limitations on Domain Awakening or even a ban, the representatives who have specifically studied new strategies for this might not agree.

"Hmm, they might restrict the number of times or the power, like not allowing the use of Ultimate Moves above Legendary Level power," Feng Yuan said, stroking his chin. He also didn’t know how the rules would change, as it involved many considerations, and any restrictions would need to avoid targeting a specific faction.

"I wonder if today’s battle will be canceled outright. Speaking of it, the earlier terrifying effect of the counterattack must be related to the ceremony," Feng Yuan said, recalling the sudden appearance of Yognot’s phantom. He was puzzled before, wondering if the counterattack in the Tea Wood Town Area was a bit excessive. After thinking it over, he realized they might have had special ceremonial bonuses, and with multiple layers of reinforcement, such power wasn’t surprising.

"It probably is, but this shouldn’t be something that would be banned," Dou Yanlan said, pinching her chin in thought. She realized that compared to regular beastmaster tournaments, these interest-driven skirmishes were much more complex and troublesome than she had imagined, especially since maintaining fairness was particularly challenging.

Of course, in the beastmaster tournaments, allowing Divine Beasts to intervene already means giving up. Once a Divine Beast steps in, no matter what kind of competition it is, it would turn into a Divine Beast war. Beastmaster teams without Divine Beasts can’t win.

"I didn’t expect the impact of the Crystal Domain to be so large. We still have to try to ensemble the right teams," Wu Dingwu couldn’t help remarking. He didn’t expect the thing that seemed to restrict team attribute combinations could provide such great assistance. Compared to enhancement, restricting team attributes isn’t an unacceptable thing.

Moreover, transformation of attributes can provide team-wide boosts indirectly.

"There’s no need to force it if it’s just for the sake of the beastmaster competition. The Crystal Domain’s effect isn’t that significant, and as for no-rule battles, using Spirit Beasts is sufficient," Feng Yuan said with a smile. Though the Crystal Domain provides strong team enhancement effects, Feng Yuan believes there’s no need to force a Crystal Domain team since the beastmaster training cycle is long, while the Spirit Beast Contract seems more suitable to him.

Of course, if the team naturally suits the Crystal Domain, like Qi Chen’s, forming a team capable of utilizing the Crystal Domain would be beneficial.

While Feng Yuan and the others were chatting, the resource battle finally announced its restart, albeit with new rules compared to before.

For example, Domain Awakening now cannot simultaneously affect more than five Spirit Beasts and Beastmasters, not prohibiting enhancement per se, but disallowing more than five Spirit Beasts attacking with Domain Awakening effects simultaneously.

This isn’t mainly targeting the issues encountered in Xu Family Town battlefield but rather the problem caused by Earthshake.

After urgent assessment, if more than five use moves like Earthshake, it leads to rule-breaking scenarios causing significant environmental damage.

With five Spirit Beasts attacking simultaneously, even encountering strengthened counterattacks wouldn’t result in unprecedentedly powerful attacks like at Xu Family Town battlefield.

No choice, though the resource battle allows for deaths, it certainly doesn’t permit rampant slaughter; otherwise, there’d be no need for resource battles, they might as well revert to original bloody wars.

The new array of rules essentially invalidated many pre-planned tactics for teams, yet no one raised any objections regarding this.

As the officials initially intended, only by witnessing it personally can one truly grasp the dangers of the Crystal Domain.

This time, the team from Cha Mu Town in the Xu Family Town battlefield also faced significant restrictions. They initially prepared many counteractive strategies, but these got restricted completely this time.

While there’s no ban on such actions, the special rule this time sets a firm limit on the counterattack’s power, requiring it to stay below Legendary Level.

But if an opponent with Sacred Beast Level power appears in the battlefield, this limit can be loosened appropriately to the Sacred Beast Level.

The power during their earlier counterattack was estimated to be at Sacred Beast Level approaching Divine Beast Level, based on calculations.

However, if you were to ask Feng Yuan, he would have given a precise and somewhat outrageous answer.

Divine Beast Level, and not just the weaker kind of Divine Beast Level.

For this reason, Agunas didn’t choose to directly erase the attack to protect those people but rather temporarily removed them from time.

There’s no way; even Agunas couldn’t guarantee absolute negation of that attack.

With various rule constraints, the power the Crystal Domain can wield is strictly limited, but for the battling Beastmasters, it isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

Looking at the teams reentering the battlefield, Feng Yuan rubbed his chin and said,

"I wonder who will win this time. With these restrictions, both sides are affected to varying degrees. I guess it comes down to who is less limited."

"If nothing unexpected happens, it should still be Cha Mu Town. Their unique Crystal Domain, coupled with ceremonies, gives them a fairly clear advantage," Dou Yanlan contemplated and said, as Wu Dingwu watched the teams aligning on the battlefield and said,

"Not necessarily, right? The Crystal Domain and the Beastmaster attributes in Cha Mu Town Area are primarily fire-based. If they create a Deep Sea Domain with Crystal Domain Awakening, wouldn’t that significantly weaken their strength?"

"How’s that possible? Not to mention, Guanshan is inland as well; they don’t have Deep Sea Spirit Beasts, so where would they get a Deep Sea Domain from?"

Rolling his eyes, Feng Yuan said irritably, though usually, attributes alone are considered in Crystal Domains, not just any Water Attribute Spirit Beast can open a Deep Sea Domain.

Joking aside, unless it impacts the environment, a regular Water Attribute Domain is sufficient. In the deep ocean domains like the one Feng Yuan and the others encountered previously, freshwater fish may not fare any better than land creatures.

Scratching his head, Wu Dingwu awkwardly chuckled, 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

"Seems like it~"