The bottom of the Molan Giant Pit is desolate. Without those abruptly towering gigantic rocks, Feng Yuan might have doubted if those records were just illusions. Unfortunately, these unnatural gigantic rocks and the very quiet Little Ice Cream resting on his shoulder all prove that this place is far from simple.
"Plants can’t grow? No mineral veins, which means no Earth Vein Energy gathering, but even so, it shows some characteristics of energy overabundance?"
"No, if it’s truly energy overabundance, special plants should have emerged."
Observing the desert-like surface, Feng Yuan said in puzzlement. This Molan Giant Pit doesn’t seem normal. Barren lands generally have two situations: one is that Natural Energy is overly abundant, making normal plants unable to adapt to such environments. Simultaneously, that abundant energy cannot support the growth of any type of plant.
This isn’t a simple matter. Even Death Series power and Ghost Power have corresponding plants. This means that such Special Energy must be Alien Energy beyond conventional energy types to create this scene.
Of course, besides this possibility, there’s another one, which is a dead land, places with little or no Natural Energy, naturally having no plant growth because such places are fundamentally unsuitable for any life to survive.
However, the Molan Giant Pit doesn’t appear to belong to that situation. At least, Feng Yuan could casually draw on Xiao Ji’s energy to form a small shield. Normally, whether a Beastmaster borrows the power of a beast or a beast uses an ultimate move, they use a small amount of their own energy to drive Natural Energy to form the ultimate move.
This means that in a dead land, unless all energy is supplied by oneself, the power and effect of an ultimate move will be greatly weakened. Furthermore, due to this characteristic, Spirit Beast Ultimate Skills exist that quickly exhaust Natural Energy to create a unique damage-reducing environment.
"Abundant Earth Energy, mixed with wood, earth, water, life, and... death, but such a fertile land has turned into this appearance."
Agunas murmured, holding an Energy Sphere in its paw. As a Divine Beast, analyzing the surrounding Environmental Energy is no difficult task, yet the situation here is somewhat unexpected.
Purely from the perspective of energy types, this place should be a fertile land where plants grow wildly, and beasts gather. However, the reality is quite the opposite; it is obviously a dead land here, which doesn’t match the Environmental Energy at all.
"Tsk, this place seems a bit troublesome."
Scratching his head, Feng Yuan started to have second thoughts. He would be interested in some less troublesome investigations, but the more he looked at the Molan Giant Pit, the more troublesome it appeared. At least, just the distortion of energy characteristics targeting Meteorite Spirit Beasts is enough to prove that this place is no simple matter.
Feng Yuan didn’t want to investigate and find that this thing became as tricky as the Qi Realm. Although he could push it onto the Divine Beasts to solve it, however...
Leaving things half done feels a bit uncomfortable, especially when there’s something obviously hiding secrets. If not figured out, Feng Yuan wouldn’t be able to sleep at night.
"Maybe, however... a bit strange."
Veronia waved her hand, summoning the Crystal Shine Dragon. Feng Yuan didn’t understand what she intended to do. Agunas initially also didn’t know what Veronia wanted since there were no signs of life here. Why summon the Crystal Shine Dragon?
However, it quickly noticed something was wrong. The movements of the moving Crystal Shine Dragon became slow in its eyes, not due to visual problems, but because the Crystal Shine Dragon was indeed affected by some unknown force, causing its movements to slow.
But... it’s just an ultimate move.
Agunas made a sweep with its little claw, and in front of Feng Yuan appeared a slender little translucent dragon as brilliant as the Star River, wandering around doing various actions. Startled for a moment, Feng Yuan looked at the Crystal Shine Dragon and then at this little translucent roaming dragon, exclaiming in surprise,
"Does this place have special suppressive power against Crystal Shine type ultimate moves?"
Previously, without comparison, Feng Yuan, unfamiliar with the Crystal Shine Dragon, hadn’t noticed anything amiss, but with this roaming dragon for comparison, Feng Yuan immediately realized that the Crystal Shine Dragon was clearly suppressed by some unknown force.
It’s just that the effect wasn’t significant, so Feng Yuan hadn’t seen it. Of course, this also relates to Veronia’s strength. If it could greatly affect Veronia’s ultimate move, it would be impossible for this place to show no trace at all.
What exactly is going on here, one that restrains Meteorite Spirit Beasts and suppresses Crystal Shine type ultimate moves? No, it shouldn’t be targeting Crystal Shine, because that thing is unique to the Mythical Era.
Touching his chin, Feng Yuan couldn’t figure out what was going on here. There’s no shortage of strange occurrences.
"Strange, where exactly are those mineral pathways?"
Looking around, Feng Yuan asked in confusion. According to records, there should be many mineral pathways excavated by crystal creations here. Yet, they were now walking along the edge of the Molan Giant Pit but hadn’t seen even a single mineral pathway entrance.
"The distribution of mineral pathways is concentrated in the middle section, with only a few entrances at the bottom. Moreover, the pathways at the bottom are interconnected, forming an internal network. The nearest entrance should be over there."
Agunas pointed with its little claw. Most of the details were oral recounts from it, naturally leaving many details unsaid. Feng Yuan didn’t mind this; soon, they reached the mineral pathway entrance.
The entrance of this pathway is reinforced with special rocks, and looking inside, you can see many special rocks forming columns and beams interlocked supporting the pathway.
However, what’s strange to Feng Yuan is that this mineral pathway isn’t spacious. At least, considering the size of the Flame Chasing Furry Dog, it merely fits through. This narrow pathway seems inconsistent with its status as a main pathway.
What exactly were those crystal creations doing? Or rather, what was the purpose of those things digging mineral pathways here?
Gazing at the pathway entrance before him, Feng Yuan couldn’t help but be puzzled. These things gave him a strange feeling, as if they lacked any specific purpose, even... a bit of an ambiguous illusion.
"Whether in terms of approximate structure or other aspects, it resembles a mineral pathway, but... the size is off."
Agunas scrutinized this mineral pathway in confusion, no wonder it had a question mark in the records. This thing, where everything’s right except the size, truly makes it difficult to determine if it’s a mineral pathway.
What exactly were those crystal creations up to, why did they come up with such strange things?
Unlike the perplexed Agunas, Feng Yuan wasn’t aware of the many question marks in the records. He just felt the thing was off, not doubting the correctness of the records.
After all, no one can dictate that modern standards must be adhered to by ancient times, and many things weren’t available in ancient times. Just like this mineral pathway structure, it isn’t an ancient design but something only studied in modern times.
This design can maximize the strength of the pathway while effectively saving materials and reducing the demand for support materials.
If it existed in ancient times, it would surely have been passed on, at least with related records. However, the fact is there isn’t any.
Yet, this thing is a modern creation. Its standards may not completely match modern ones, and Feng Yuan hadn’t looked up records, assuming it was a special private standard.
This thing itself isn’t strictly regulated. The reason people use the common standard is that it has been researched by experts and is considered relatively good and stable.
If someone insists on making changes, it isn’t impossible; a specialized version might suit oneself more, but the process isn’t that easy, and there could be unknown risks. Consequently, people are accustomed to using the more secure common standard instead of making their own modifications.
Therefore, Feng Yuan doesn’t pay too much attention to this place. On the contrary, Agunas looked upset seeing a pathway slightly deviating from the standard.
"Let’s go inside and take a look, Little Ice Cream, don’t wander too far."
Summoning nine small shields, Feng Yuan signaled Xiao Ji to walk ahead and instructed Little Ice Cream, curled up on his shoulder. Seeing its frightened appearance, Feng Yuan found it both amusing and exasperating.
Why did this place have to become a nemesis of Meteorite Spirit Beasts? This isn’t a meteorite crater, or if it were a meteorite crater, then where’s the meteorite? Moreover, generally speaking, Spirit Beasts don’t attempt to eat sentient creatures, nor do they hunt like that.
Let alone targeting Meteorite Spirit Beasts, what’s so appealing to hunt there?

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