Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 1140 - 1141: Restrictions

"Can’t we just ask directly?"

Veronia tilted her head, looking at Feng Yuan with some confusion. After all this guessing, she thought it might be better to just ask the other party what exactly was going on. Although Liao Yu felt that what Veronia said seemed quite right, something seemed off. It was Qi Chen who was somewhat surprised, looking at Veronia and then at Feng Yuan, saying

"That giant tree, does it have its own consciousness...?"

"No, strictly speaking, that thing can’t be considered a living being. Although it can possess a certain degree of intelligence, it’s not capable of thinking, similar to the bosses in those high-fidelity video games."

Shaking his head, Feng Yuan explained. The Data Domain, not being related to the concept of souls, could not possibly grant real consciousness to an object. That’s the domain of the soul, and the Data Domain doesn’t have that ability. As for whether this leads to the weakening of the giant tree’s combat abilities? freewёbnoνel.com

While there is an impact, it’s not severe. After all, the giant tree, relying on the vast data of the Data Domain, already possesses countermeasures against nearly all types of attacks and combat strategies. Whether it has its own consciousness is not particularly important.

"You’d best not try to provoke it. That thing is very rigid. Normally, your provocation won’t affect it at all. And if you really manage to make it attack you, you won’t be able to stop it quickly."

Seeing Delong Tower itching to try, Feng Yuan couldn’t help but warn him. Even he didn’t want to provoke that thing because without self-awareness, the giant tree operates strictly according to preset rules. Although Divine Beasts themselves have a certain level of immunity to destruction, it also means that once they become hostile, it’s very difficult to disengage from that state.

"We could just destroy it first."

Delong Tower said indifferently, not caring in the least about the potential impact the destruction of the giant tree might have on the area.

Glancing at Delong Tower, Feng Yuan rolled his eyes and said,

"Aren’t you afraid of its punishment? This thing is here for a special purpose, and besides, you can’t necessarily handle it without giving your all."

"Don’t forget where we are. The core information of the Data Domain has all your combat strategies. Do you think an opponent that understands almost all of your combat strategies and has corresponding countermeasures is easy to deal with?"

"In consideration of your face, I’ll let it off for today."

Turning his head, Delong Tower stubbornly said. The reason why Feng Yuan mentioned "almost all" strategies was that the Data Domain only records information that has already happened or appeared. If Delong Tower comes up with a new unique combat strategy, or if that unique strategy hasn’t appeared before, then there won’t be matching data in the Data Domain, so naturally no countermeasure data either.

"It’s really quite far..."

Having passed the area where the giant tree was located, they had only completed half of their journey. The location of the giant tree was precisely at the midpoint, which is why Feng Yuan could determine that the area where the giant tree was located had a special purpose.

"Why do we have to follow the designated route?"

With a layer of water-blue light lingering around his fist, Delong Tower spoke in confusion. In his eyes, those shrubbery walls didn’t seem very strong and could be easily broken. They had been walking for such a long time that a lot of it was wasted on detours. Without a map, they would probably struggle just to find their way.

"You can try it, but if you break that wall, it will definitely trigger a retaliation mechanism. As for what it will be, I don’t know, but please stay away from us before you tear down the wall."

Looking at Delong Tower speechlessly, Feng Yuan said annoyedly while distancing himself a bit from Delong Tower. Liao Yu looked somewhat embarrassedly towards Delong Tower and said,

"Maybe we shouldn’t do that? If something troublesome appears, it wouldn’t be appropriate."

"Tch, don’t you always dislike doing things by the book?"

Dispersing the glow from its fist, Delong Tower curled its lips in dissatisfaction, saying, "When Feng Yuan stirs up trouble, he totally doesn’t care what might happen, and now he’s saying this."

"I just don’t want to make trouble for myself. Even if something unexpected happens, I have ways to forcibly dismantle those things, and I can even deal with that giant tree guardian. At most, I would completely destroy this area."

Without looking at Delong Tower, Feng Yuan spoke casually while looking ahead. Agunas glanced at Delong Tower with some dissatisfaction. Veronia hummed a tune while holding her western-style umbrella, frequently scanning her surroundings. Little Ice Cream jumped off Feng Yuan’s shoulder and ran over to Kong Qing to say something. Before Delong Tower could retort, Feng Yuan continued,

"But if I really do destroy this area, I’d have to spend effort restoring it later. This would be an even greater waste of time, and it’s also pointless."

"What are you doing?"

In the midst of speaking, Little Ice Cream suddenly charged at a nearby hedge and rammed into it. Before Feng Yuan could step forward to pull it out, a streak of blue lightning flashed by, and it seemed that Little Ice Cream was struck by something and knocked to the ground.

Seeing this, Xiao Ji opened its wings wide and gave a loud, long cry, stirring up a ghastly blue Flame Storm. Little Ice Cream’s recent behavior had won Xiao Ji’s approval; at least it wasn’t trying to compete with Xiao Ji for Feng Yuan’s attention. Now that Little Ice Cream was attacked, it naturally provoked Xiao Ji’s anger. It hadn’t even had a chance to bully Little Ice Cream yet, and something had dared to do it first?!

"What chaos..."

After quickly checking that Little Ice Cream wasn’t seriously hurt, Feng Yuan said, somewhat speechlessly, and tapped Little Ice Cream’s forehead with a finger. Little Ice Cream stared at Feng Yuan with a pitiful look that would suggest he was being picked on, but this tactic was useless on him. After a while, when Little Ice Cream realized that acting pitiful had no effect on Feng Yuan, it quickly moved over to Kong Qing, seemingly making a complaint.

"Alright, enough venting. Don’t activate that thing."

Feng Yuan patted the back of Xiao Ji’s head with mild exasperation. Xiao Ji was currently using the ghastly blue Flame Storm to burn the hedge, but whether it was due to the special rules of the Data Domain or the hedge itself having unique properties, Xiao Ji’s Flame Storm didn’t seem to have a significant impact.

"This thing is so sturdy?"

Qi Chen said with some surprise. Xiao Ji’s Flame Storm had been burning for a while now, but the leaves on the hedge were merely being blown about chaotically by the wind and didn’t seem much affected.

Stopping the Flame Storm, Xiao Ji turned its head and looked at Feng Yuan with dissatisfaction. It didn’t understand why Feng Yuan was so wary of that broken tree. However, upon turning around and seeing the hedge still intact without a scratch, Xiao Ji instantly became angry. Before it could take action again, Feng Yuan directly embraced it, saying,

"Don’t be impulsive, a little burn is enough. Don’t overdo it."

After struggling a bit, Xiao Ji raised its head to look at Feng Yuan with a wronged expression and cried out. Agunas looked curiously at the hedge, which aside from its leaves being blown about, showed no other anomalies, and asked,

"What’s the situation here? Why isn’t Xiao Ji’s Ultimate Move effective?"

It naturally recognized that the hedge’s defensive power wasn’t particularly high; it was simply that Xiao Ji’s Ultimate Move was ineffective. Embracing Xiao Ji, Feng Yuan said with a bit of amusement,

"Of course, you haven’t forgotten what Attribute its Flames are, right? How could objects in the Data Domain have souls?"

Although lifeless things don’t possess souls either, most of them also lack any defense, unlike this hedge, which inherently had some resistance to Ultimate Moves. Xiao Ji’s Flames were actually special Death Series Flames, and their power was fully concentrated on targeting the soul, which was why Xiao Ji’s Flame Storm couldn’t even make a dent in the hedge.

With a flick of its tail, Agunas caught on. It had forgotten about Xiao Ji’s Attribute; it seemed that, comparatively speaking, the Data Domain was somewhat restraining to Xiao Ji.

"It’s indeed because of the Attribute."

Punching a large hole, Delong Tower agreed, observing the blue Energy Net inside. It didn’t need to use any particularly destructive Ultimate Move to create such a big gap; the normal defensive power level of these vine walls was probably just around Good Level.

Xiao Ji wriggled out of Feng Yuan’s embrace, looked reluctantly at the hedge and, as if remembering something, once again flapped its wings. This time, instead of Flames, it sent out successive wind blades bombarding the hedge. Each strike managed to cut off a small branch, and in an instant, there was a flurry of leaves flying in the area where the hedge was being attacked.