Compared to Xiao Ji, Feng Yuan appeared much more composed, as the pitch-black Ancient Book created a Barrier that effortlessly protected him within, even though the raging winds swept through the path to the Netherworld, they did not affect him.
The terrifying storm put imnse pressure on the Netherworld Passage, which could suppress space but had little resistance against the physical world. Seeing Xiao Ji had already broken through the range of the storm’s coverage, Feng Yuan hurried to catch up. By now, the Netherworld Passage had already collapsed, and he knew that if he didn’t hurry, Xiao Ji would start to worry.
Tamur had been pacing around Feng Yuan, and the organizers initially didn’t want this unique Spirit Beast to enter with Feng Yuan. But upon realizing it was a Divine Beast, they were left with no choice.
The Taming Beast Contract was impossible to use on Divine Beasts. As for the Divine Beast Contract? Sotis Divine Beasts accompany humans but don’t use the Divine Beast Contract. On this point, official competitions actually allow it.
No one imposes many restrictions on Divine Beasts, and as for this seemingly loophole-exploiting practice, as long as one has the ability to make the Divine Beast cooperate willingly, no one can really say anything. After all, if soone’s relationship with a Divine Beast is that good, what can others say?
Moreover, they don’t want to incur the discontent of the Divine Beast over such matters, so no one said anything about Tamur following Feng Yuan.
"Your ability is quite unique~"
Glancing at Tamur beside him, Feng Yuan smiled and said. The other party looked at Feng Yuan in confusion and replied:
"It’s just traveling within the cracks of ti and space, what’s special about it?"
"Cracks in ti and space... even Agunas would find it difficult to achieve."
Upon hearing this, Feng Yuan awkwardly smiled and replied. At this mont, ahead, Xiao Ji noticed Feng Yuan had fallen behind again and couldn’t help turning his head to call out. Watching Feng Yuan accelerate again, Tamur muttered to himself in confusion:
"A very special ability?"
After thinking for a mont, Tamur stopped dwelling on this and quickly chased after.
Even though Xiao Ji kept taking shortcuts, the team behind was relentlessly pressing closer. There was no choice; in terms of flying speed, Xiao Ji was not their match. The only consolation was that more than half of the journey had already passed, and what lay ahead were consecutive checkpoints.
Those checkpoints were gathered in a small space, and the only way to pass through quickly was to use fancy flying techniques, constantly changing the flight direction. As Xiao Ji passed through half of the checkpoints in this region, the team behind caught up too.
Compared to Xiao Ji, they passed each checkpoint faster, and their turning actions were more graceful. Feng Yuan noticed Xiao Ji was a bit anxious and had to speak up to comfort him.
Tamur, seeing Xiao Ji’s deanor, couldn’t help reminding:
"An Ultimate Move doesn’t necessarily have to target the enemy to work."
Feng Yuan looked at Tamur weirdly, not understanding what he ant. But Xiao Ji’s eyes brightened, thinking of sothing, and he rushed full speed through the next checkpoint. The designed path required a 180-degree return to pass another checkpoint, and rushing too fast and failing to turn could lead to crashing into the initial checkpoint and starting over.
Seeing Xiao Ji flying out like this, Feng Yuan facepald, a bit speechless. This guy’s thod would definitely get them caught.
However, out of Feng Yuan’s expectation, after Xiao Ji passed the checkpoint, he suddenly summoned a gust of wind to fiercely pound on himself, using the storm’s power to turn direction without losing speed, dashing to the next checkpoint.
Witnessing Xiao Ji using this trick, Feng Yuan suddenly recalled Tamur’s earlier words. Can this be understood? Xiao Ji’s combat intuition seems pretty decent.
Yet even so, the team behind was closing in steadily. Feng Yuan employed the Space Jump thod to quickly catch up with Xiao Ji, and with this last checkpoint passed, what remained was a straight path to the end, the finish line just ahead.
Xiao Ji shot towards the finish line like an arrow leaving the bowstring, while Feng Yuan leisurely followed behind, without the distance widening. At this ti, the upfront team had successfully broken through the last barrier too. It was a race of speed, where Xiao Ji held no advantage. Just when others thought Xiao Ji was about to lose narrowly, the wind roared.
The Death Storm propelled Xiao Ji to fly faster towards the finish line. Despite other Beast Tars’ proficiency in speed, at this point, Xiao Ji’s speed was no slower than theirs.
With the wind, Xiao Ji reached the finish line at a slightly faster pace. Holding the exhausted Xiao Ji, Feng Yuan helplessly said:
"Why push yourself so hard."
Calling out joyously, Xiao Ji looked thrilled. This competition, it could be said, relied completely on his own strength. Moreover, it was a victory in a contest against evenly matched opponents, bringing him great joy.
Feng Yuan, however, was not particularly excited. Just for a flying competition, Xiao Ji wasn’t exceptionally adept since he wasn’t a Spirit Beast specialized in speed. But the chance of him losing?
Remains relatively low. Even if he doesn’t take first place, he should still secure a spot among the top ten, considering his opponents aren’t all that formidable either.
Despite this understanding, Feng Yuan pretended to be very glad to congratulate Xiao Ji. Whether it was due to over-excitent, Xiao Ji didn’t notice Feng Yuan’s oddity.
Since the competition was single-ga format, aning each round’s champion was the flying competition champion, with no retries or multiple matches, it wasn’t long before Feng Yuan received the gold dal engraved with his and Xiao Ji’s nas and completion ti. Hanging the dal around Xiao Ji’s neck, Feng Yuan glanced at the excited Xiao Ji, laughed, and said:
"Alright, don’t get overly excited, let’s go have a look at other things."
Even though he could challenge repeatedly, winning another round wouldn’t earn him another dal. Besides, he didn’t find it aningful.
The guide followed respectfully behind Feng Yuan without speaking, and Feng Yuan didn’t mind given the situation that obviously didn’t require her assistance. Veronia descended beside Feng Yuan and asked:
"Do you plan to keep participating in the competitions here with Xiao Ji?"
"Hmm, if suitable ones turn up, I probably will, why?"
Gave a questioning glance at Veronia, Feng Yuan didn’t quite understand what she was up to. Turning her head, Veronia said:
"Nothing, just wondering."
Having said that, Veronia ascended into the sky again, leaving Feng Yuan scratching his head and unsure of what was going on with Veronia. Tamur seed to understand sothing and said:
"For it, this place is rather dull."
"I see, but it can always explore nearby."
Scratching his hair, Feng Yuan didn’t quite understand Veronia’s situation, and Tamur didn’t offer any explanation to Feng Yuan. Xiao Ji called out and pointed his wing towards Ah Mu, who was ahead, nurturing plants. Placing a hand on Xiao Ji’s head, Feng Yuan amusingly said:
"Do you want to have a go too?"
Shaking his head decisively, Xiao Ji refused. Was he joking? It’s not like he couldn’t tell what that competition was. He going to nurture plants? That’s a joke. If it were about rapidly eliminating plants, he could manage, but this competition was not for him.
After making the rounds, Feng Yuan realized that apart from the flying competition, there seed to be nothing suitable for Xiao Ji. Yet, he was ntally prepared for this outco, considering Xiao Ji’s expertise in battle and not otherwise, while here, the focus was more on abilities beyond combat.
"The snacks here aren’t bad, hmm, if you’re tired, how about resting first?"
Eating the snacks bought from the venue, Feng Yuan casually spoke to Xiao Ji, who shook his head after glancing at him. Seeing Xiao Ji a bit downhearted, Feng Yuan curiously asked:
"What’s wrong with you?"
"It probably feels like its abilities are mostly useless, so it’s sad?"
Veronia glanced at Xiao Ji and said casually. Though the truth was uncertain, Feng Yuan paused montarily, chuckled, and patted Xiao Ji’s head, saying:
"Just for that? The competitions here aren’t focused on fighting anyway. You’re comparing your weaknesses against others’ strengths, how’s that fair?"
In dissatisfied cries towards Feng Yuan, Xiao Ji looked at Veronia. Veronia replied with a humph:
"I don’t quite agree with what you said. Even with special status, we don’t need to be perfect in everything."
"Perfect... aiming for that is still too unrealistic for you now."
Speechlessly glancing at Xiao Ji, Feng Yuan seed to understand his dilemma. Yet, despite Divine Beasts being able to accomplish many things easily, even a Good Level Divine Beast couldn’t reach that level.
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