Chapter 1575: Chapter 1576: Breaking Through the Barrier

Agunas glanced at Feng Yuan and said speechlessly

“Didn’t you already crack it?”

“Cracked it?”

Scratching his head, Feng Yuan looked at everyone in confusion. Veronia nodded and said

“At least the anomaly in space hasn’t reset, so why don’t we move forward and see what happens?”

Although Feng Yuan felt it shouldn’t be that simple, since both Veronia and Agunas said so, he wondered if it really was that straightforward.

Riding the White Wolf Deity at the front, Feng Yuan noticed the scenery ahead starting to shift. Scratching his head, he looked back in surprise, not expecting that just returning to the starting point once would solve the spatial loop. How is this thing determined?

Passing through the crystal corridor, they could already see a vast complex of buildings in the distance. Constructed of crystals, the buildings shimmered with an eerie light in the starry sky. With Feng Yuan’s abilities, he could see similar corridor exits far off in other directions, and he also glimpsed the figure of Ernis.

Even it got caught up in this? Feng Yuan thought with some surprise, as he hadn’t asked Agunas which areas had been drawn in, so he didn’t know which Divine Beasts were here.

“Strange, this place…”

Seeing only a single glowing crystal ahead with the path ending there, Feng Yuan scratched his head and thought of something, saying

“Could it be that we have to wait for everyone to arrive here?”

“Maybe, but I wonder how the others are progressing.”

Flipping his tail around, Agunas said. Big Cat growled as if saying something, and Veronia looked at Big Cat and said

“Big Cat says there’s something going on in the area we came from.”

“Is that… we can’t go back now?”

Narrowing his eyes, Feng Yuan naturally knew what the disturbance Big Cat mentioned was. Although the corridors constantly twisted, changing paths, he could still clearly discern that the initial platform had completely vanished. However, they were prepared, carrying all their supplies, so they weren’t worried about a cutoff retreat.

“Well, given that, let’s… rest right here～”

As Feng Yuan said this, he patted the black ancient book in his hand, and a portable campfire for camping fell out of the book. Huo Feng and Liao Yu twitched at the corners of their eyes; how did this guy manage to bring that thing in here?

“Are you planning to have a barbecue here or something?”

Agunas looked at Feng Yuan speechlessly and said; this guy was being a bit too absurd. As Feng Yuan set the pot and asked Big Cat for ingredients, he casually said

“Let’s make something to eat first. We might need to keep fighting later on. Besides, they won’t all arrive that quickly.”

Unfortunately, just as Feng Yuan was halfway through cooking, the crystal exploded with a boom, and an energy track extended forward, while the corridor behind had completely collapsed, leaving only the platform beneath their feet. At this moment, a cannon extended from each of the four corners of the platform, leaving everyone dumbfounded.

“What’s this… supposed to do?”

Huo Feng curiously observed the cannon, and Liao Yu looked around and said

“Could it be that we have to keep defending this platform? But what’s with those cannons…”

“There are two possibilities: one is that it provides an attack capability for those lacking offensive power, and the other is that the enemies can’t be defeated by conventional means.”

Looking at the food cooking in his pot, Feng Yuan spoke. Xiao Ji flapped its wings and let out a cry. At this moment, the ground shook, and the platform began to move along the energy track, with flying crystal gargoyles approaching from all sides, obviously intending to attack them.

“A third possibility, it’s not for dealing with enemies but for destroying obstacles. Control the cannons properly and clear all the obstacles along the track!”

As Veronia said this, she maneuvered a cannon to aim between the crystal gargoyles, firing and shattering a huge crystal wall on the opposite side. Although no one knew what would happen if they crashed into that crystal wall, it definitely wouldn’t be anything good.

“You there…”

Amidst the busy combat, Agunas noticed Feng Yuan was still cooking and said speechlessly. Stirring with a ladle, Feng Yuan sniffed the soup and said

“Not ready yet. Sorry for the trouble, everyone～ Also, Xiao Ji, go help clear out those crystal gargoyles.”

Glancing at Feng Yuan, Xiao Ji turned, flapped its wings fiercely, and a black Death Storm hurled towards the crystal gargoyles. As Feng Yuan suspected, those crystal gargoyles themselves weren’t very powerful, and even Xiao Ji’s attack could shatter them.

“No need for strong ultimate moves; aim for maximum area damage!”

Dou Yanlan, of course, noticed this situation. Although it’s partly because Xiao Ji’s attacks are innately powerful, Ah Mu’s attacks also have a one-hit-kill effect on the crystal gargoyles.

Except for Cotton, everyone’s Beast Tamers have area-damage attacks. Those hordes of attacking crystal gargoyles failed to pose any threat, but the crystal walls, due to their reflective, refractive, and sometimes deliberately hidden properties, often revealed themselves only when it was almost too late to avoid collision.

This issue became even more pronounced as the platform entered the crystal architectural complex floating at the periphery of the Xuanching Heavenly Kingdom. The scattered buildings floating around already obscured vision, and the glowing energy tracks wove through them vertically and horizontally. The crystal walls themselves, being similar in material to the buildings, made it difficult to discern their locations clearly.

“Watch out!”

Just as Feng Yuan was extinguishing the fire, he noticed the sneaky giant serpent. He threw his black sickle, which whirled through the air, splitting the crystal serpent apart. The crystal fragments scattered in the wind, looking incredibly beautiful, yet everyone felt a chill down their spines.

Even Agunas hadn’t noticed the crystal serpent’s presence until then, a thing that seemed to appear out of thin air.

“Emerging from the walls? What a strange creature. Wait, what is that?”

At this moment, the wall around them suddenly cleared, and a massive crystal serpent was coiled atop a nearby tower. Feng Yuan turned to see the track behind switching directions, seemingly realizing something, and said

“So it’s a BOSS battle? Tch, it really feels more and more like a game.”

As Feng Yuan summoned his longbow to attack the crystal serpent, he quickly realized that his attacks had no effect whatsoever on it.

“Does it require cannons?”

Veronia, puzzled, grabbed the cannon from Tan Xueluo and fired at the crystal serpent, only to find, to her surprise, a blue barrier appeared, blocking the cannon’s attack.

“What on earth are we supposed to do?”

Paused for a moment, Veronia looked towards Feng Yuan. At this point, Dou Yanlan said

“Clear the obstacles first!”

The platform had once again entered the architectural complex, with crystal serpents and crystal gargoyles appearing continuously around. Feng Yuan ignored them, instead pouring some food into a bowl. Agunas glanced at Feng Yuan speechlessly and said

“What are you doing?”

“Eating, of course. Took so much effort to make, can’t let it go to waste. Try hitting that red crystal floating over there and see what happens.”

While eating, Feng Yuan pointed to a red crystal floating not far away, hidden by crystal gargoyles and hard to spot. Veronia unleashed an ultimate move to clear the crystal gargoyles and directed Qi Chen to aim.

When the red crystal was shattered by the cannon fire, the barrier surrounding the giant crystal serpent trembled. Feng Yuan said speechlessly

“So that’s it? Smash the outer barriers first and then attack? Tch, this game is really no fun.”

“If that’s what you truly think, then you are quite mistaken.”

“Tch! If you’re so brave, come out! See if I won’t beat the crap out of you!”

Pouting disdainfully, Feng Yuan said. However, that strange voice did not reappear, leaving it unclear whether it feared Feng Yuan or for some other reason. Agunas flicked its tail and said

“According to what he said, could there be something special?”

“I don’t know. Let me try again!”

Veronia squinted, transforming into the form of the Crystal Giant God. Yet, even when floating in the air, Veronia found herself still locked to the platform, moving with it constantly. She ignored the surrounding crystal creatures and unleashed a charged ultimate move at the barrier, but aside from trembling, the barrier showed no other changes.

“Can’t break it with brute force; wait… Veronia, you just left the platform without being affected by no-fly restrictions?”

As Feng Yuan spoke, he looked at Veronia. Although she had only transformed into the Crystal Giant God form, her enormous size was undoubtedly not something the current platform could accommodate. Had she just ignored the no-fly restrictions?