"This power..."
Dou Yanlan pinched her chin thoughtfully. She had expected Cotton’s ultimate move enhanced by the Divine Crystal to become an attack type, but she hadn’t anticipated the unusual nature of the move’s power.
Compared to Cotton’s normal attack methods, the mutated ultimate move exceeded normal power limits; even with Mythological Moves, its power wasn’t this great.
"Can this continue?"
After pondering for a moment, Dou Yanlan decided to test it again. She suspected the ultimate move might have altered the way power is calculated.
Normally, the power of an ultimate move is determined by the Spirit Beast’s strength and its control over energy. If it’s a pure energy attack, it’s also related to the Spirit Beast’s energy level.
But no matter from which angle, the power of the ultimate move Cotton just used didn’t fit these conventional calculation methods.
Although the Divine Crystal Stone needs time to recharge after use, it doesn’t mean Spirit Beasts can’t continuously use the power of the Divine Crystal Stone. As long as there are enough Divine Crystal Stones to replace, it can be used indefinitely.
Of course, whether the Spirit Beast can handle it is another matter. Continuously using ultimate moves doesn’t just consume the Spirit Beast’s internal energy, but also significantly depletes spiritual power, especially when strong ultimate moves are used sequentially.
However, merely performing two or three consecutive ultimate moves shouldn’t cause significant problems.
Dou Yanlan didn’t let Cotton switch moves, continuing to strengthen the Gate of Netherworld with the Divine Crystal Stone, but this time, she required Cotton to use a boosting ultimate move to enhance its own abilities beforehand.
"Hmm, interesting, this Divine Crystal can partially alter the operation of rules."
Veronia spoke, glancing at Tamur, her meaning clear: Can Tamur do the same?
After all, it also possesses a Mythological Move, and there are many similarities in effects between the two.
Gently swaying its body, Tamur said:
"Mythological Moves cannot alter rules."
"That thing is very special."
Mythological Moves are unique to Divine Beasts, and it was Tamur’s first time seeing an artifact that could even surpass its own authority capabilities. If the enhancement from the Divine Crystal wasn’t lower than Mythological Moves, it might have wondered about the origins of the Divine Crystal.
It’s not out of jealousy, but matters directly related to Divine Beasts’ authority always have potential hidden risks, much like the Anti-Divine Beast Rune.
"Hmm, stacking significantly can lead to pseudo-immortality, and when used alone, can form unique ultimate moves. The Divine Crystal Stone is indeed quite special."
Feng Yuan touched his chin, secretly relieved that Veronia had temporarily taken it away, preventing it from falling into others’ hands.
"Are you sure it’s fine?"
Dou Yanlan looked at Feng Yuan with concern, questioning her understanding of why Cotton’s Gate of Netherworld was out of balance in its power after enhancement.
The enhanced Gate of Netherworld, like some special ultimate moves, had its power changed according to speed.
Dou Yanlan wasn’t entirely clear on the specific principles, just aware that some ultimate moves exist outside regular power calculation formulas, and their power doesn’t rely solely on the Spirit Beast’s strength and energy magnitude and level.
For example, this enhanced Gate of Netherworld had its power altered by Cotton’s speed attribute, supposedly due to Spirit Beasts who master such moves having special free energy capture and interference mechanisms.
The faster their speed, the more free energy they capture and interfere, reflecting on the move’s power change.
This special power calculation method is rare, and few Spirit Beasts master such ultimate moves. Dou Yanlan hadn’t expected the Divine Crystal Stone could provide Cotton a one-time experience.
Of course, it’s also because Cotton itself has exceptional speed; Dou Yanlan had always planned to develop Cotton as a support type, emphasizing speed ability because it’s connected to Cotton’s ability to promptly perform moves, intervene, and evade enemy attacks.
Cotton isn’t Xing Bo, its fragile little frame can’t withstand multiple attacks.
Compared to strength and energy magnitude, Cotton’s speed attribute is higher, so after the Divine Crystal Stone enhancement, the Gate of Netherworld doesn’t only possess offensive capability but also significantly increased power.
Thinking of something, Dou Yanlan didn’t let Cotton continue testing but instead summoned Xing Bo. Watching Xing Bo perform Mythical Moves twice, Feng Yuan realized something and said:
"This thing is indeed quite strong. It’s a pity it’s not conventional resources, destined to be rarely available to others."
Feng Yuan shook his head slightly, feeling a bit helpless. It wasn’t because he was selfish, but casting it outside might provoke a struggle given the ideal effects of the Divine Crystal Stone.
Unlike Cotton, Xing Bo itself possesses no offensive capabilities, so almost none of its mastered ultimate moves are attack-oriented.
However, the Divine Crystal Stone gave Xing Bo’s support moves additional offensive capabilities. Along with that, the enhanced moves, beyond possessing offensive capability, followed a special power calculation method, relying on Xing Bo’s defense to determine power.
Xing Bo, being originally of high defense and health, had its Divine Stone enhanced ultimate moves directly transformed into powerful attack methods.
"Indeed, the attack type of the ultimate move is altered according to the Spirit Beast’s own traits. This thing holds significant meaning for us."
Dou Yanlan gave Feng Yuan a meaningful look, stating that none of her and Qi Chen’s trained Beast Tamers focused on offense. Although Ah Mu can temporarily take on an attack role, coupled with Hao Chun Bird, they weren’t entirely without offensive capabilities.
Nonetheless, Ah Mu’s primary role isn’t attacker; even as a temporary role, it wasn’t as fierce as a true attacker. Hao Chun Bird doesn’t need much mention, its frame is more fragile than Cotton’s.
Now with the Divine Crystal Stone, carrying a few more would allow Cotton and Xing Bo to launch unexpected strong attacks on enemies temporarily, even enabling Ah Mu and others to burst with stronger offense.
Both Hao Chun Bird and Ah Mu’s main growth attributes don’t lie in strength and energy magnitude.
Dou Yanlan wanted to take a few more to facilitate action but wasn’t sure how to ask. She and Qi Chen already owed Feng Yuan a lot of favors; it felt too embarrassing to request more from him.
"Hmm, it seems quite nice, at least more convenient than Mythological Moves."
Touching his chin, Feng Yuan spoke, asking Veronia to bring more Divine Crystal Stones to Qi Chen:
"You guys hold onto this first, return them to Veronia when you come back. Compared to Mythological Moves, this thing might be more suitable for you."
Mythological Moves have only one opportunity, consuming them requires Tamur’s replenishment. Whereas the Divine Crystal Stone, Feng Yuan noticed during testing it takes about a day to restore, meaning unless they face consecutive dangers, waiting for Divine Crystal Stones to recharge is completely feasible.
"This... Thank you, sorry, we..."
Taking the Divine Crystal Stones, Qi Chen finally reacted, apologizing with a guilty expression, and Feng Yuan chuckled:
"There’s no need to apologize for this. It’s not mine, we let Veronia store them. It’s just sitting there, now there’s a chance to use them, why not?"
Feng Yuan didn’t really regard the items as his own, for the Divine Crystal Stone held little use for him. As for Xiao Ji?
The latter was interested in the item, but with Tamur around, the Divine Crystal Stone was relatively trivial; should the need arise, Tamur could simply employ Mythological Moves.
"Continue testing; coincidentally, I want to prepare a report on the Divine Crystal Stone."
Even though currently, it’s unlikely to become widespread, Feng Yuan couldn’t be sure whether the item might suddenly proliferate, so while the time’s available, clarifying the characteristics is necessary.
Nodding, Dou Yanlan didn’t feel this was an issue, having received benefits, she naturally wanted to assist Feng Yuan as much as possible.
Thus, following this, Dou Yanlan and Qi Chen, without needing Feng Yuan’s instructions, independently tested most of the Divine Crystal Stone’s data.
"Maximum enhancement to Sacred Beast Level, although it can partially change ultimate move rules, the alterations are based on existing rules, and limit to enhancing ultimate move power. As for additional consumption, estimating thirty percent more spiritual power use from repeatedly executing strong ultimate moves..."
As Feng Yuan sorted the data into a report, he thought about it and copied several versions to hand them to Veronia:
"I’ll trouble you to keep these for now, and give one to Agunas when it returns."
"Do you really believe this thing will become widespread?"
Surprised, Veronia asked Feng Yuan, nodding, Feng Yuan responded:
"It’s quite possible, don’t forget, the form of the Domain Crystal is similar."

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