231: Chapter 231 Seeking the Core_1 231: Chapter 231 Seeking the Core_1 “Be careful!”

By this time, Captain Yang and Elder Li had released all of their Spirit Beasts.

Seeing that almost all of Elder Li’s Spirit Beasts were water-types, Feng Yuan curiously said

“Won’t monotype Spirit Beasts be at a disadvantage sometimes?”

Elder Li, who was observing their surroundings, replied without turning his head,

“Ah Lan and the others have enough means to cope.”

After glancing at Agunas, Feng Yuan took out the Dark Ancient Book and tossed it to Agunas, saying,

“It’s your turn to go on stage this time.”

Catching the Dark Ancient Book Feng Yuan nonchalantly threw, Agunas nodded, tucked away his own book, opened the Dark Ancient Book, and brushed his hand over it from time to time, his mouth open as if he was chanting something.

After glancing at Feng Yuan, Captain Yang lowered his voice and said,

“Be careful yourself, we might not be able to look after you.”

“Don’t worry～”

“Where could the core of E Hua Temple be…”

After instructing his Spirit Beasts to be on guard, Elder Li looked at the enigmatic building before him and murmured.

Captain Yang thought for a moment and said,

“According to Liang Ziqing’s description, the core of E Hua Temple used to be underground.

Let’s check there first.”

“I’ll go ahead, you pay attention to protecting him.”

Elder Li glanced at Captain Yang and, without further ado, led the way with his Spirit Beasts.

Shrunken in size, Ah Lan perched on Elder Li’s shoulder, keeping a vigilant watch around him, obviously holding something in his mouth.

“Haha～ New power～”

Just entering E Hua Temple, a youth suddenly charged out from the side.

His face twisted fiercely, and strange growths spread over his arms.

Feng Yuan cast a glance and then turned away, saying,

“It seems that E Hua Temple also drew inspiration from Divine Descent Technique back in the day.

At least they were much better than these aberrations we see now.”

“Agunas!”

Feng Yuan was about to say something after seeing Ah Lan take down the opponent with a single hit, but suddenly noticed that the youth’s body dissipated into points of light.

As they floated towards Ah Lan, Feng Yuan hurriedly shouted.

With a wave of the pen in hand, golden characters burst forth from the Dark Ancient Book, encircling Ah Lan and blocking those light points.

Observing the light points struggling against the golden characters, Feng Yuan said with a grim look,

“This is Rule Level power, Agunas, check the rules here.”

Elder Li and Captain Yang looked towards Feng Yuan with puzzled expressions.

Agunas cast an inquiring glance at Feng Yuan, sensing the power poured into him by Agunas.

Feng Yuan took the Dark Ancient Book from Agunas’s hands, and while keeping an eye on the light points outside the golden characters, he opened it and began murmuring something with one hand under the book and the other on its surface.

Xiao Ji, placed on the ground, kept a vigilant watch over their surroundings.

After a while, a black light burst from the Ancient Book, swiftly devouring the light points before landing on the ground and morphing into the silhouette of the person from before.

Seeing the person’s panicked state as he examined his now semi-transparent self, Feng Yuan sighed and said,

“Stay in the recording for now.

If you can’t be restored, then you’ll just have to reincarnate.”

Ignoring the other’s pleading gestures, Feng Yuan whispered again.

The text on the Ancient Book slowly emitted a ghostly glow, strands of dark red characters rose around Feng Yuan.

He kept observing the rising characters, closed the Ancient Book after a while, handed it to Agunas, and looking at the two, said,

“The rules here are even more peculiar than last time; anyone defeated here is considered dead.”

“How are we going to…”

With a very troubled expression, Captain Yang knew from those he had recruited that E Hua Temple had already appeared.

Although people had only agreed to enter today, some must have come in earlier, and there were not a few who had agreed to enter today.

Looking at Feng Yuan, Captain Yang hesitated before asking,

“Do you have any way to stop this?”

“It’s difficult.

This is Rule Level power; even the special moves of Divine Beasts might not work.

Maybe Nagna could interfere with this rule here by using the Life Authority…”

“Dammit!”

“Since it’s like this, we can only avoid confrontation.

Beyond this, did you discover anything else?”

Elder Li asked Feng Yuan, by now he no longer regarded Feng Yuan as just a lucky high school student.

Just from Feng Yuan’s actions a moment ago, it was clear that he was no ordinary person.

“Apart from not being allowed to defeat anyone, there are other issues with the rules.

As Liang Ziqing said, this place allows entrance but not exit.

Besides the Divine Beasts that control spatial authority, other Divine Beasts probably can’t escape from here.”

“Of course, forcefully breaking through isn’t impossible, but Agunas currently isn’t strong enough for that.”

“What about the core, then?”

“I don’t know; I just looked at the rules of this space, and the core isn’t mentioned in them.”

Looking at Feng Yuan, Elder Li said cautiously,

“Then do you think there is a core in this space?”

Hearing Elder Li’s question, Feng Yuan thought for a moment and replied,

“There should be one.

After all, I can hardly believe that something like these rule-changing events could occur without something akin to a core sustaining it.”

“Also, if the opponent loses the ability to resist, it will be considered as being defeated, so…”

Hearing Feng Yuan’s words, Elder Li and Captain Yang’s expressions turned grim.

Elder Li let out a sigh and had his Spirit Beast encircle everyone while setting up a sea-blue Barrier.

Agunas waved the Dark Ancient Book, and the soul was collected into the book.

Following the two, they moved forward under the protection of the sea-blue Barrier.

Time and again, people would suddenly rush out trying to attack the trio within the Barrier, and upon failing, they would leave without looking back.

Captain Yang sighed and said,

“Can’t we do anything?”

“Yes, if those light spots invade, maybe you too will lose your sanity and become like those lunatics.”

“Damn!”

Seeing Xiao Ji in his arms eager to join the fray, Feng Yuan rubbed Xiao Ji’s head and said softly,

“Calm down, this Rule-Level power affects you too, so don’t think about being reckless all the time.”

The three of them continued on their way, and after turning a corner and entering a hall, Feng Yuan sighed and said,

“We’re back where we started; seems like the core isn’t downstairs.”

“Damn it!”

Captain Yang punched the wall beside him in anger.

Elder Li sighed and said,

“Forget it, don’t dwell on it.

Since they chose to do this, encountering such consequences is not surprising.

Wasn’t there a young girl who went to question Wei Wenyan a few days ago?”

“Uh…

What happened to her?”

“Do you know her?”

Elder Li looked at Feng Yuan with suspicion.

Scratching his head, Feng Yuan smiled and replied,

“She’s the class president of our class.”

“Nothing happened to her; she just gathered a bunch of people to argue with researchers represented by Wei Wenyan about the evolutionary issues of the Silver Moon Spirit Fox.”

“That’s all?”

“What else did you expect?

Is your class somehow predisposed to attracting trouble?”

Elder Li made an offhand comment, and Feng Yuan tensed, saying with some hesitation,

“I hope not…”

Reflecting on the events of the past two or three months, Feng Yuan felt a bit guilty.

Elder Li looked at Feng Yuan with a bit of annoyance and said,

“You weren’t involved with all the major incidents that happened in Maomu City during this time, were you?”

“Well…

probably…”

Seeing Feng Yuan’s guilty look, Elder Li felt strangely reassured and patted Feng Yuan on the shoulder, saying,

“Don’t worry too much about it.

Wu Feng has also been busy dealing with various matters recently, and compared to us in Great Xia…

it’s the Omeilia Region that’s really in trouble…”

Seeing Feng Yuan look at him with confusion, Elder Li shook his head and continued,

“You don’t need to know about this.

Just understand that the Omeilia Region has been quite chaotic recently, and there’s no need to go there unless necessary.”

“Tsk, it’s not like I was going to ask the Cat God or something.

If it came to that, I would still have Lorraine Tower as a source of information.”

Remembering Feng Yuan’s special relationship with the Divine Beasts, Elder Li shook his head.

At that moment, Captain Yang seemed to have discovered something and said,

“I think I know where the core is, follow me!”