Chapter 238 - Dark Crow’s Transformation

A Fruit of Enlightenment! Finally, a resource for improving spiritual power!

Although its main function was to improve analytical ability, which was irrelevant to curses, it was still useful.

It would help Dark Crow lay the foundation for its future as a legionnaire. Strong analytical abilities were important to being a good commander. It would be embarrassing if a commander couldn’t count the number of soldiers in battle.

Lu Ran was no longer worried once he saw the resources everyone took out. In fact, he now had high expectations toward Dark Crow’s evolution.

After he added everything up, it wasn’t as good as what he prepared for Sudden Death King, but Lu Ran believed that it was still adequate.

As for what Dark Crow could achieve, it was now up to its own fortunes.

"Thank you everyone! Since things turned out like this, I will take Dark Crow to the evolution realm in three days!" Lu Ran said.

Lu Ran didn’t mind owing a small favor to these first-generation beastmasters.

"I'll see if I can find any suitable resources in the next few days.," Zhu Kaixin was a bit embarrassed to be empty-handed.

"That’s not necessary. Just these items are enough for Dark Crow to absorb for the next three days. Too many resources of varying types will be too much for a level 30 familiar to handle."

"Oh, you’re right." Zhu Kaixin shook his head helplessly.

In that case, he would go and see if there were any evolutionary resources suitable for Lu Ran's dog. He couldn’t be the only one to not contribute.

"Then it's a date. Three days later, in the Arctic Ocean Public Secret Realm, We will meet Lu Ran in three days in the Arctic Ocean public realm and guard him in the evolution realm!" Gu Qingyi declared as she clasped her hands together.

"No problem." Everyone naturally agreed, and were actually quite eager to go.

To see someone evolve an Undead familiar in front of a large audience...

It would be an event that shakes the entire world .

"Hmm..." Lin Nian’s eyes flashed with a red light as she restlessly tapped her fingers. She couldn’t wait for someone to stir up trouble so she could kill them all.

***

After receiving everyone’s investment, Lu Ran’s objective for the next two days was to help Dark Crow improve as much as possible.

"The reason why I can’t learn Soul Fire for so long is that I still lack adequate control over soul power."

Lu Ran believed that once Dark Crow evolved, he could just use Super Beast Mimicry on the soon-to-be Undead Dark Crow, and his soul power would definitely reach the threshold.

Lu Ran summoned Dark Crow once he entered the training secret realm.

"Caw! What a beautiful day!” Dark Crow cried as it soared through the air.

"I'm going to start you on some special training. I'll be taking you to evolve in 3 days."

"Ah?"

Dark Crow almost fell out of the air. "Aren’t we rushing things a bit, my king."

"Things are a little different now." Lu Ran took out the Mandragora Flower, Agate of Devouring, and Fruit of Enlightenment and laid them out.

"I gathered these three Rare resources for you. What do you think? Are they enough to help you lay a solid foundation?"

"Th-th-three?" Dark Crow originally wanted to talk Lu Ran down, but its eyes widened when it saw the three resources laid out before it.

"My king! Where did you get these?’

"Are you the one impatient now?" Lu Ran asked with a smile.

Dark Crow quickly flew over.

"Hurry, hurry, I want to evolve! I want to become stronger! I can't wait to evolve into an Overlord crow!" Dark Crow was extremely excited.

My king truly cares about me!

Evolving to become stronger was an inherent desire of living things, especially for an ambitious fella like Dark Crow. This evolution meant that he was one step closer to its ultimate goal.

"Come on, even Captain Doofus doesn't get this treatment."

Lu Ran began to explain the uses of these three resources to Dark Crow.

"You have to eat these resources in advance. Unlike when Sudden Death King evolved, you have too many evolutionary resources, and it will be too late to eat them in the evolution realm.

"This Mandragora Flower is a bit dangerous, and it is not suitable to eat at the last minute. You should eat the Agate of Devouring first, then the Fruit of Enlightenment, and save the Mandragora Flower for last.

"I will add some Rare Mountain Spring Water to the leftover Soul Bone Soup and you can drink your fill. You can even eat the bones if you can.

"In short, your mission for these three days is to rely on the effect of the Aggate of Devouring to stuff your face as much as you can. Do you understand?"

"Yessir." Dark Crow saluted with its wing.

Its only regret was that its mouth wasn’t as big as Captain Doofus or Sudden Death King. That way, it could eat much faster.

Well, although its mouth couldn’t eat that fast, at least it was able to say nice things.

"Hehe. You are so kind, oh great king! I will do as you command."

Dark Crow went on to spout a bunch of flattering bullshit, but Lu Ran remained unmoved.

***

Two days later, Lu Ran returned to Green Sea City.

Because of the Agate of Devouring, Dark Crow's digestion and absorption ability had reached a very terrifying level.

Normally, when it ate something, it would only be able to absorb about 50% of the nutrients right away. The remaining 50% would be slowly absorbed over the next two or three days.

Now, it was able to absorb 100% of the nutrients right away.

With its terrifying digestive ability, Dark Crow perfectly integrated the effects of the Enlightenment Fruit.

Too bad that its level was limited by Lu Ran. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be just level 30. The Enlightenment Fruit was a type of amplifying resource. Once Lu Ran’s rank went up, Sudden Death King and Dark Crow would be close to level 40.

The Enlightenment Fruit’s effect on Dark Crow was also very drastic. Originally, Dark Crow was only able to fuse Spirit and Dark energy to utilize curses, but now even a simple spiritual attack was terrifying.

Its Spirit energy could be applied through telekinesis, which was strong enough to tear up the ground and blast a path through a forest.

However, Dark Crow didn’t like this attack as it consumed too much spiritual energy. It still preferred curses to defeat enemies in a more elegant fashion.

The increase of spiritual power made Dark Crow more prepared to safely consume the Mandragora Flower.

In just one day, not only did Dark Crow consume the dangerous Mandragora Flower, it even drained the pot of soul bone soup without leaving behind a single bone.

Having improved its Spirit, Dark, and soul powers, Dark Crow wasn’t any weaker than Sudden Death King when it was entering the evolution realm.

Except for its physical body which wasn’t one of its strong points, Dark Crow had fully tapped into its potential in all relevant aspects.

Caw, caw, caw!

Dark Crow laughed wildly in its contract card once it had awakened.

"My Lord, I have learned a new skill!"

Lu Ran was lying on the sofa when Dark Crow woke up and came out of the contract card to tell Lu Ran the good news.

"Oh yeah, I already saw it earlier."

Lu Ran continued to scroll through the forums.

[The second evolution realm is about to open, and many of the Golden Generations are preparing for it!]

[Can any other fourth-generation beastmasters recreate the legend of producing an Overlord familiar?]

Unlike the last time, many fourth-generation beastmasters were joining in, and most of them were members of the Golden Generation that have cleared Legendary realms.

Other than Princess of Light’s group that was unlucky enough to run into Lu Ran, most of the others have successfully ascended past level 2 and cultivated their familiars up to level 30.

They had purposefully avoided the first evolution realm, and hoped to fully showcase their skills in the second evolution realm.

Lu Ran evolved an Overlord dragon in the first evolution realm, so there was just as much excitement for the second one.

Compared to these headlines, Lu Ran would rather read headlines about himself.

[Rumors say that Lu Ran only evolved one familiar in the last evolution realm. Will he come to this evolution realm to evolve the other two? If he does, what rank could they achieve?]

These were all hot topics.

A netizen from the Eagle Federation commented: [There is no doubt that his identity as the Dragon Chef and his experience of clearing the Dragon Legendary secret realm gave him a huge boost in raising Dragon familiars. The Shieldwing Dragon King will for sure be his iconic ace familiar.

[The other two familiars won’t be so lucky. Lu Ran chose a legion-type level 2 Legendary secret realm. Although he got some precious rewards, they clearly aren’t suitable for either of his remaining familiars. So even if Lu Ran comes to the second evolution realm, he won’t be able to replicate his previous achievement. I think it will be a Superior-King ranked at best.]

An Indonesian netizen replied: [Still, That Gale Sword Dog is super strong. It could have crushed the Tyrannosaurus Rex a long time ago, but I still can't imagine how it can evolve into an Overlord and surpass the Shieldwing Dragon King. In the future, it might not even be the Primal Rock Dragon’s equal once it evolves. I’m not too optimistic.

[As for his third familiar, according to the information publicized by Xia, it appears to be a Dark crow? I’ve never seen it in action. Why doesn't Lu Ran just specialize in the Dragon attribute? He’s already the Dragon Chef.]

Makes sense, but too bad I’m not just the Dragon Chef, I’m also the Soul Chef.

Lu Ran mused.

"My king..." Dark Crow looked at Lu Ran eagerly.

"I saw it earlier already.”

Lu Ran scratched his head.

[Skill: Dark Void Curse]

[Attribute: Dark, Spirit]

[Type: Curse]

[Description: The curse that casts the victim into a dark void, depriving them of all senses.]

This was the new skill Dark Crow awakened while it was sleeping since it ate the Mandragora Flower. It could be considered a support skill.

Like the Pig Transformation Curse, it relied on Dark Crow's Dark Curse species talent.

"Its very powerful!" Lu Ran praised.

"I have a bold idea, my king." The Dark Crow whispered to Lu Ran.

"I have eaten up most of the resources, but I feel that I can still eat more.”

"I don’t have anything else to feed you."

"Actually, my king, the straw on that Soul Scarecrow you gave me previously smells pretty good. Can I eat it?"

Huh? You want to eat a piece of equipment? Although... The straw does seem edible.

"It's a pity that the Queen Ant’s egg was already given away, or I could’ve had a chance to try insect eggs." Dark Crow lamented.

“...”

"Have you gone crazy for food? Why don't you dig out your Evil God's Eye to eat? I can heal it back with the Divine Deer Pendant," Lu Ran countered.

After a brief pause, Dark Crow broke out of its stupor.

"Is that possible? Let’s do it, my king! It sounds like it will be a very frightening and unique evolutionary path."

Holy shit, are you serious? That is too cruel.