This stone passage, seemingly like an ancient ruin, isn’t particularly long. After all, the unique energy reaction area, though large, is only about the size of a district in Maomu City.
"Strange, these patterns and decorations look like funeral styles. Could this be some special tomb?"
Walking in the passage, looking at the highly abstract murals and the meaningless decorations on both sides, Feng Yuan said with a face of confusion. It’s a bit too weird here, Veronia thought for a moment and said,
"Maybe it’s a unique preference of some small civilization. All kinds of strange hobbies have appeared throughout history."
"Hmm, is that really the case?"
Feng Yuan stroked his chin, always feeling that Veronia was saying it out of laziness to think further. However, there was no clue, and Feng Yuan couldn’t quite understand why he felt this way. Perhaps it was really just a coincidence?
Just as he was pondering, the group reached the end of the passage. In a spherical giant space, there were numerous spiraling rock rings continually rotating and orbiting. The layered rock rings completely obscured the center. Feng Yuan hesitated for a moment and said,
"Xiao Ji and I will go over, Tamur, could you please take care of the Big Cat and others, Flame Chasing Furry Dog, you stay here as well."
The entire massive structure composed of rock rings was creating a floating hollow sphere in the air. Those who couldn’t fly were unable to get close to where the core was located, and with those rock rings themselves rotating irregularly, those with slightly poorer flight ability could easily be hit by the rotating rock rings.
"We’re going too. This thing is really special. It should be scattered, yet at the core the energy intensity is equal."
Veronia said. Feng Yuan knew she would want to follow, otherwise he wouldn’t let Tamur help. As for Agunas? Of course, it would follow, because unless it was very special, ultimately humans would have to come and clean up, and Agunas contacting humans was much more convenient than Feng Yuan doing it himself.
The Big Cats had no objections, as the front was certainly not suitable for them to continue following, not to mention that except for the Big Cat, they didn’t have flight capability. Plus, the imposing presence and position felt like the setup for a boss battle.
Tamur didn’t refuse. It had curiosity but not much, or rather, Tamur’s emotions toward the entire world were quite indifferent, as if all changes were unrelated to it. If Veronia and others didn’t often pull it to join their playfulness, it would probably be closer to an absolute rational state.
"Let’s go!"
Feng Yuan lightly tapped Xiao Ji, signaling it could go. Unlike Flame Chasing Furry Dog, Xiao Ji wasn’t particularly proficient in this kind of indirect speed race, especially in swiftly dodging obstacles over short distances, but Xiao Ji had its own methods.
Black flames formed a structure similar to the giant stone sphere in front, and Xiao Ji charged recklessly towards the core area, the stone rings along the way crashed into the flame rings, instantly breaking apart into fragments.
Listening to the occasional explosion in the surroundings, Feng Yuan was somewhat speechless. He had thought Xiao Ji would be able to maneuver agilely like the Flame Chasing Furry Dog to avoid all obstacles, but instead, it broke through forcefully.
Veronia and Agunas didn’t act as violently as Xiao Ji. Veronia’s figure flickered; once a stone ring approached to hit it, Veronia would become a phantom, and the stone ring passed by as if sweeping through an illusion, without any hindrance, and once the ring was past, Veronia’s figure would become solid again.
Agunas, on the other hand, had an unpredictable speed; when a stone ring swept by, it appeared to teleport forward to avoid the ring.
Tamur felt the constant release of time and space power, gently swaying its body. The Big Cat summoned a projection of the Data Domain to entertain Pomiti, while Little Ice Cream perhaps gathered courage due to Tamur’s presence and joined in the play.
The recklessly rushing Xiao Ji quickly reached the endpoint, where there was only a piece of floating land, barren with no sign of life.
No, that’s not quite right. At least on this floating land, there was a spirit beast looking at the newcomers in surprise.
"This is...How is this possible?"
Feng Yuan didn’t expect to see a spirit beast at this core place. It wasn’t about discrimination; this place was special, yet at its core, there was only an ordinary and common spirit beast. Isn’t this a bit too strange?
"Hmm? It’s quite interesting."
Veronia and Agunas, who arrived successively, also saw the spirit beast joyfully calling out to them. The creature itself wasn’t special, but its presence here was the greatest peculiarity.
After all, the spirit beast’s race wasn’t special, or rather, their kind shouldn’t have the ability to cause such exaggerated phenomena.
"Stone Horror Spirit? Why is it here? Or rather, why does it have such power?"
Observing the spirit beast whose exterior was identical to a normal Stone Horror Spirit, Agunas was full of disbelief. As a species of common wild spirit beasts, the Stone Horror Spirit didn’t have particularly dazzling attributes.
They have a primitive and ancient appearance, seemingly a naturally formed stone sculpture. The sculptures have several fixed forms, and Stone Horror Spirits with different appearances carry signature ultimate moves related to their respective forms.
For example, the Stone Horror Spirit before them was in the shape of a giant’s head, one of the fixed forms, with an extra ultimate move from the Psychokinesis Series.
But no matter the case, the Stone Horror Spirit isn’t a particularly strong spirit beast; it’s inherently single earth-attribute, and the psychokinesis series ultimate move is merely something it can grasp and utilize, not an intrinsic attribute.
Looking at the exaggerated special underground structure of Molan Giant Pit, if it was said to be caused by this Stone Horror Spirit, Agunas found it unbelievable.
"Something is amiss; is this Stone Horror Spirit’s strength exceeding [its] level?"
Veronia, being a Divine Beast, first noticed something unusual. Sensing the opponent’s strength wasn’t difficult, especially since this Stone Horror Spirit didn’t hide its power. Not just Veronia, even Little Ice Cream and others could easily perceive how strong the Stone Horror Spirit was.
Stone Horror Spirit is a stage of the Stone Horror Spirit Clan at the Good Level. Unless it undergoes Transcend Evolution, normally upon reaching Elite Level strength, the Stone Horror Spirit should evolve into a Stone Fear Spirit; however, the Stone Horror Spirit before them has strength at the Sacred Beast Level?!
"Sacred Beast Level? Did it consume some peculiar item?"
Feng Yuan said in surprise, looking into the naive eyes of the Stone Horror Spirit. The Stone Horror Spirit seemed unlike Veronia and others, leaning more towards being like Xiao Ji and others.
Normally, for a Stone Horror Spirit to naturally grow to this level, it shouldn’t be so naive, unless it had utilized several Ascension Stones?
However, that item only appeared recently once. This Stone Horror Spirit had likely been waiting here for a long time.
Additionally, the recently appeared Ascension Stone is exclusive to Beastmaster perks, unless it’s a wild spirit beast directly involved in major battles, otherwise it wouldn’t have access to Ascension Stone.
"Wait, this power is off; although it’s on the Stone Horror Spirit..."
At this moment, Feng Yuan sensed an anomaly. Given his strength, discovering issues in details was natural. The Stone Horror Spirit’s strength appeared not truly to be at the Sacred Beast Level, instead resembling an external force exerting influence, but...
"Hmm? Seems there’s an issue; the force is lacking control power... or..."
Floating in front of the Stone Horror Spirit, Veronia playfully interacted with it, sneaking a move when it was unguarded. Her power passed through the Stone Horror Spirit, allowing Veronia to perceive a wealth of information.
"Similar to a special form, or perhaps a Mythical Transformation? It’s the closest I could think of."
Looking at Feng Yuan, while continuously entertaining the Stone Horror Spirit, Veronia said, as Agunas flicked its tail, staring at the Stone Horror Spirit and said,
"So, is its strength a falsehood? If that’s the case..."
"Why not ask it? It probably wouldn’t deceive us."
Rolling her eyes, Veronia spoke out the simplest and most effective method before Agunas complicated the matter.
At least, she believed that the innocent-eyed Stone Horror Spirit wouldn’t lie.
"Well, it’s not impossible. Then, I’ll leave it to you."
Strangely, Feng Yuan had a feeling that this might not be a very pleasant story.

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