Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 1107 - 1108: Allied Forces

Guo Huai cautiously experimented, and as a result, he found that no matter how these black branches grew, and whichever way they walked, gravity always pointed towards the backside of whatever surface they were on.

"It’s really magical."

Following Feng Yuan walking on these black branches, Guo Huai exclaimed in surprise, while Gitalien and the others circled around, occasionally destroying the huge black spheres that could be seen nearby. However, as everyone advanced, those black spheres began to appear more frequently. While Gitalien and the others were destroying the nearby black spheres, Feng Yuan seemed to sense something, his brow furrowing slightly as he gently patted Xiao Ji and said,

"Go and catch that for me."

Xiao Ji looked at Feng Yuan with confusion, not understanding what he meant. With a gentle wave of his hand, a black light sphere appeared, and as Xiao Ji followed the black light sphere away, Lorna, who was sitting atop Feng Yuan’s head, said,

"What’s the use of bringing it here? With its strength, it’s nothing but a burden."

"Tsks, it came all the way here, could we pretend not to know? Besides, I’m even more worried about leaving it alone here."

As Feng Yuan spoke, he looked around. The buildings here were covered with black branches, and occasionally, Data Lineage Spirit Beasts would pass by. These Data Lineage Spirit Beasts didn’t pay much attention to Feng Yuan and his group; they just used their ultimate moves from time to time to bombard the black branches, but sadly, compared to their rate of destruction, the regeneration speed of the black branches was clearly faster.

Just as Feng Yuan planned to have Gitalien transfer those Data Lineage Spirit Beasts to the World’s Shadow, a Spirit Beast resembling a white fox suddenly flashed in front of him. Looking at the fox, Feng Yuan paused and asked,

"Are you... the Data Spirit Fox from the Special Duty Team?"

The other party nodded and called out. Just as Veronia, who had just returned, heard the creature’s roar, she looked around in surprise at the Data Lineage Spirit Beasts,

"It says they can hold this place for a while."

Hearing the words of the Data Spirit Fox, Feng Yuan remembered something and looked around. It was then he noticed that, aside from those black branches, there were quite a few special things nearby, whether it was the special grid lines or the sky-blue hexagonal Crystal Barriers - they all seemed to be tools designed to limit the spread of the black branches.

However, those special grid lines that could cut through the black branches were inevitably being climbed and eroded by the black branches. The hexagonal Crystal Barriers, though, seemed to hold up much longer; at least Feng Yuan hadn’t seen any hexagonal Crystal Barrier being eroded by those black branches.

Although the black branches clung onto those hexagonal Crystal Barriers, it was clear they could not penetrate them. It was just that due to the scarce number of these Crystal Barriers, they couldn’t completely stop the spread of the black branches.

"Are all those protecting here Data Lineage Spirit Beasts from the Special Duty Team?"

Thinking of something, Feng Yuan asked the Data Spirit Fox, recognizing at a glance that it was indeed the Data Spirit Fox from the Special Duty Team. He just didn’t expect that the Special Duty Team now had so many Data Lineage Spirit Beasts.

With a flick of its tail, the Data Spirit Fox said something, but Feng Yuan still couldn’t understand it. Although the Data Spirit Fox had always been with the people from the Special Duty Team, it was obviously too soon for it to learn to speak, given it was even younger than Xiao Ji. At that moment, Xiao Ji, who had just received Big Cat, seemed to sense something and swiftly flew towards Feng Yuan’s location.

"So many Data Lineage Spirit Beasts in the Special Duty Team? But it’s strange, why haven’t they entered the World’s Shadow?"

Guo Huai looked at Feng Yuan, somewhat puzzled. Hadn’t he said that all life forms were to be transferred into the World’s Shadow? Why then, were Data Lineage Spirit Beasts still here? As for the possibility of them coming here on their own like Lorna, Guo Huai didn’t believe that Feng Yuan would not have left any preventive measures. At the very least, under normal circumstances, it should be impossible to return to the real world from the World’s Shadow.

"Two reasons; one is that this place is disrupted by an unknown force, causing many things to fail. The main reason is that, when we transferred lives, we were moving the lives from the real world. Those from special Domains like the Data Domain are not included."

"Even the Spirit Beasts from the Netherworld have not been transferred to the World’s Shadow."

Feng Yuan shook his head and added, "As for why? Because its main target is reality, and other domains are not like the Data Domain, they lack the safeguarding Divine Beasts. It would not be an easy task for those things to wreak havoc in those areas. However, this thing gives me a feeling that it seems somewhat like... that thing?"

"Would it be unsafe to leave them here?"

Guo Huai looked at the Data Spirit Fox in front of him with some concern and asked. If it were Gitalien and the others, he wouldn’t worry; if even Divine Beasts couldn’t stop them, there would be nothing to withdraw. But Data-based Spirit Beasts are different; due to their short existence, they generally don’t possess high strength. If they really stayed here, they might be affected by those black branches.

At least, he had already noticed that those black branches had the capability to contaminate data, and even though Data-based Spirit Beasts are Spirit Beasts, their data characteristics make them vulnerable to the pollution from the black branches.

"It might not be safe, but it could also be fine, as long as we distract and disrupt it from below, it won’t be too dangerous for them."

After some thought, Feng Yuan spoke. Actually, if things really were as he suspected, an accident, if it happened, could still be remedied. Xiao Ji rushed over with a hostile look towards the Data Spirit Fox and, with a somewhat amused soft scolding of Xiao Ji, Feng Yuan said,

"If there’s any danger, you better run away first, keeping your own safety as the top priority. If anything happens to you, they will be heartbroken."

Although it hasn’t been long, Feng Yuan was certain that the members of the Special Duty Team had already treated these Data Lineage Spirit Beasts as their own comrades in arms. If anything happened to them here, they would definitely be heartbroken. The Data Spirit Fox’s ears twitched as it nodded, and a hexagonal Crystal Barrier in the shape of a sphere opened up beside it. Seeing this scene, Feng Yuan thoughtfully said,

"I see, in a sense, you are actually restraining these things. Is it just because the opponent is too strong that you can’t hold on? But it’s okay, we’ll be able to resolve this situation soon."

After speaking with the Data Spirit Fox for a while, Feng Yuan continued to move downwards with Guo Huai. As they proceeded deeper, the light around them gradually dimmed, and fewer things could be seen. The massive trunks composed of thick black branches became denser and denser. Guo Huai turned his head to look behind and, finding that the battlefield of the Data Spirit Fox and its peers was no longer visible, asked Feng Yuan,

"That thing, it’s not an entity from within the Data Domain, right?"

"It’s hard to say. If something like Ideglasius were contaminated, then it’s possible such a situation could arise."

After contemplating, Feng Yuan shook his head and said, not daring to confirm the actual situation before seeing the real thing. Guo Huai, somewhat surprised, said,

"There’s such a thing in the Data Domain?"

"It’s just a metaphor. At least for now, no creatures with management permissions have appeared. But, don’t these branches look like the corrupted roots of the World’s Shadow?"

Feng Yuan said with a mischievous grin, and Veronia, who had returned to Feng Yuan’s side to walk with him, asked with some confusion,

"What is that? A tree?"

"The World Tree, you know. There are quite a few similar legends, right?"

"Yes, but I didn’t know there were actual beings like it."

Veronia said absent-mindedly, scanning her surroundings. As they went deeper, the black branches gave her a very uncomfortable feeling, as if they harbored some kind of danger. But she is a Divine Beast; how could those things pose a threat to her?

"The Data Domain is the most likely place where that thing could emerge, given that administrators don’t have an actual form. But then again, it’s not entirely certain — if future administrators choose other forms, it wouldn’t be unusual."

"I didn’t expect they would set up this."

Seeing the faint blue light ahead, Feng Yuan said with some surprise. Although it was far away, Feng Yuan could discern that it was a large hexagonal Crystal Barrier covering the entire area. However, behind the Barrier all was pitch-black, whether cloaked by those branches or simply because it was too far to see clearly.