Chapter 249 - Captain Doofus: Captain Lu, Am I Cool?

Two days later, as the entire Emerald Mountain suddenly turned into a snow-covered area, a Treasure-grade Divine Sword was born.

Lu Ran held the large sword entwined with ice and snow while breathing heavily. It wasn’t due to excitement or agitation, but purely because he was exhausted.

To forge this sword, he hadn’t slept for a full day and night, carefully fusing a thousand teeth using the Flame Spirit.

“It’s quite cool.” Lu Ran looked at his masterpiece and smiled.

[Name: Winter Fang]

[Grade: Treasure]

[Introduction: Forged from a thousand high-quality beast teeth, it contains the power to amplify ice and wind. The wielder can control this sword to split it into a thousand tooth fragments for attack. Each tooth has the power to become the core of a blizzard.]

Originally, due to the difficulty of forging, the weapon’s appearance was quite irregular—simply resembling a thick iron slab.

However, upon completion, the winter color of the blade, combined with its rugged greatsword appearance, unexpectedly gave it a bold and wild look. In addition, the tooth marks on the blade emitted a fierce light that blinded anyone who looked at it. Lu Ran was very satisfied.

Boom!

Lu Ran held the Winter Fang and swung it with his Blizzard Sword Intent. Instantly, a raging blizzard swept up towards the sky.

In the next moment, the weather changed dramatically. The entire stratosphere spun around like a snow vortex, as if a catastrophic disaster was about to descend at any moment.

On Emerald Mountain, a group of beasts shivered in fear. Dark Crow flew in the sky and explained the situation to them.

“Look! You’ve been too lazy, so the king has unleashed His wrath. Hurry up and go train!”

At Lu Ran’s home, Manager Ying grabbed the Weather Spirit baby, who was trying to run outside, with its cat paw.

“Where are you going?”

It hugged the cotton candy-like cloud and stopped it.

“

Li... li...

(Snow, snow...)”

“He’s just forging a weapon. You don’t need to go see!”

***

“Captain Doofus!”

Lu Ran summoned Captain Doofus from his contract card. Captain Doofus was slacking off; in fact, it had been the most diligent in training among the familiars these past few days.

Training the Meteor Intent was mentally exhausting, so Sudden Death King had decided to take a break.

Dark Crow was busy managing Green Sea, investigating the Merfolk Kingdom, and preparing to expand their territory.

Only Captain Doofus had been training relentlessly. But the husky wasn’t a machine, so exhaustion was inevitable. After collapsing during training, Lu Ran had put Captain Doofus back into the contract card to rest.

From the fact that it had slept for a full day, it was clear that it had been overworked.

“

Woof.

”

Upon waking up and sensing the cold environment, Captain Doofus was momentarily stunned. Its icy blue pupils then focused on the Winter Fang in Lu Ran’s hand.

Familiar. Too familiar.

It stuck out its tongue, panting. The bones that had fallen from its body were like its own child—how could it not feel familiar!

“

Awoo!

”

Seeing the new weapon Lu Ran had forged, Captain Doofus immediately ran forward, leaped up, and bit down on Winter Fang, pulling it from the ground where Lu Ran had just planted it before Captain Doofus ran up.

In the next moment, it jumped into the white snow. The power of wind and snow then enveloped Captain Doofus.

Boom!

The wind and snow power in the snow clouds suddenly descended violently. It transformed into an endless blizzard, forming a snow vortex that hovered around Captain Doofus, making it look like a Snow Emperor.

Its fur fluttered, and Captain Doofus’ gaze became sharp. With a shake of its head, a shocking sword intent burst forth.

[Name: Gale Sword Dog]

[Species Rank: Superior Champion (Superior King)]

This sword provided Captain Doofus with a greater boost than the swordgrass. The swordgrass had only elevated Captain Doofus to Intermediate King, but this sword directly pushed it up a whole rank.

This was normal as Captain Doofus was inherently a Wind-attribute familiar and excelled in Blizzard Sword Intent. Although the Grass-attribute power of the Treasure-grade swordgrass could also enhance it, it was far from Captain Doofus’ limit.

But while the Winter Fang was a perfect fit, but it wasn’t enough.

“Next, we need to cultivate a weapon spirit for Winter Fang. We also need to develop consciousness for the swordgrass. This is to make them your family.”

“

Woof, woof, woof!

”

As Lu Ran muttered, Captain Doofus barked, asking for the name of the sword.

𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

“The End of Teeth... no, Winter Fang,” Lu Ran said.

Captain Doofus bared its teeth. It then asked Lu Ran to give it the swordgrass and Void-Slashing Sword.

“What are you doing?” Lu Ran asked as he tossed the swordgrass and Void-Slashing Sword to Captain Doofus.

“

Woof!

”

Captain Doofus was full of energy.

What else? Practicing Sword Domain!

With the new weapon, it felt closer to mastering the Sword Domain. Holding this powerful greatsword in its mouth, it felt its mind clear up.

However, looking at the two swords at its feet, Captain Doofus, with the sword in its mouth, fell into deep thought. It paced back and forth, its mouth and tail busy.

“

Haha.

” Lu Ran laughed and said, “Before, you had one in your mouth and one wrapped around your tail. Now, with three swords, you’re out of options, huh? Use Sword Control; let the two swords float.”

It didn’t matter how it was done, as the Sword Sovereign effect could only trigger once, based on the highest quality weapon carried.

It was precisely because of Captain Doofus’ physical limitations that Lu Ran had developed its Sword Control ability, allowing it to wield multiple swords simultaneously.

Although it couldn’t benefit from the Sword Sovereign boost, it could at least gain the Weapon Control enhancement. However, after Lu Ran finished speaking, Captain Doofus paused for a moment, then showed a look of disdain.

That isn’t cool enough!

With that, Captain Doofus, to Lu Ran’s slight surprise, threw the Winter Fang in its mouth into the air.

Then, it howled at the sky.

“

Awoo~!

”

Its entire body erupted with wind power as violent white currents stirred the heavens and earth, whipping up more snow and ice.

This wind power surged upwards, much like how Sudden Death King, in its lizard form, had once shaped itself into a Lightning Dragon form. Captain Doofus seemed to want to envelop itself in a massive energy phantom. It seemed that, at some point, Captain Doofus had learned this technique.

The wind power continuously shaped and outlined the energy.

In an instant, Captain Doofus had shaped its energy into a werewolf phantom, a combination of Lu Ran and Captain Doofus—both cool and goofy.

“

Awoo!

”

In the next moment, the werewolf phantom spreaded its arms, holding the swordgrass and Void-Slashing Sword in each hand, while Winter Fang, caught in the raging wind, flew back into the werewolf phantom’s mouth.

Captain Doofus, in a Three-Blade Style - Werewolf Form, had arrived! Inside the phantom, Captain Doofus’ true body looked at Lu Ran with a wise expression.

“

Woof!

(Captain Lu, isn’t this cool?!)”

Lu Ran was flabbergasted.

Three-Blade Style, huh?

Lu Ran felt a toothache.

So, Sudden Death King stopped using energy phantoms, and you inherited it, huh?

Indeed, with Captain Doofus’ comprehension talent, it could easily replicate the energy techniques of other familiars. Combined with Weapon Control, the Three-Blade Style wouldn’t hinder its performance.

***

The fierce white werewolf phantom wielded three weapons and was swinging its arms and head wildly. The blizzard ahead was like a phantom sword dance, ravaging the trees in front.

It gave off a strange mix of goofiness and coolness. Perhaps it was because the werewolf was modeled after a Husky. Seeing that Captain Doofus could entertain itself, Lu Ran shook his head helplessly.

“Typical of you. Keep practicing.”

By now, Captain Doofus had already eaten the Dimensional Rift Root that Pig God had sent. It had gained some spatial affinity.

Combined with its advanced Energy Compression skills and top-tier comprehension of the Sword Soul, Lu Ran felt that even if Captain Doofus couldn’t comprehend a domain now, it would be close after fusing with the Absolute Comprehension Trait.

Lu Ran started to ponder, in terms of Captain Doofus’ evolution foundation.

Body, mind, and soul. Physically, its teeth, claws, and bones had undergone multiple enhancements.

Through constant energy compression training, Captain Doofus’ body had been tempered no less than Sudden Death King’s. With the maintenance of the Divine Deer Pendant, it had long reached its limit.

Before Sudden Death King’s evolution, its scales couldn’t perfectly defend against Captain Doofus’ teeth and claws. And now, they had been imbued with spatial properties, making them flawless.

Mentally, its various sword intent were the best manifestation of its achievements.

As for its soul, thanks to Lu Ran’s Soul Enhancement talent and the resources from the Undead Cult, it had been refined to perfection, just like Sudden Death King’s.

Lu Ran’s Soul Enhancement talent had a natural advantage in nurturing familiar souls. For Sudden Death King, it made its soul closer to that of a dragon. For Captain Doofus, it made its soul like a sword spirit. For Dark Crow, it gave its soul perfect adaptability, allowing it to stay out of its body for long periods.

This might also be one of the reasons Dark Crow developed the Twin Curse talent.

In any case, Captain Doofus’ evolution conditions weren’t bad, but Captain Doofus clearly wasn’t satisfied yet. The three familiars were all trying to outdo each other.

Unlike Sudden Death King and Dark Crow, who relied on resources for evolution, Captain Doofus wanted to build a stronger foundation before evolving.

The first evolution was the culmination of all the power a familiar had accumulated from levels 1 to 30, so naturally, various energy techniques and skill foundations were included.

If it could comprehend a powerful skill like a domain, combined with strong resources, Captain Doofus felt it could become even stronger.

***

Half a day later.

“Stop training.”

While Captain Doofus continued to practice the Sword Domain, Lu Ran suddenly spoke up, holding a phone.

The dashing and cool werewolf phantom turned its head to look at Lu Ran, who said, “I’ll take you to a secret realm to train.”

“

Woof?

”

Captain Doofus dispersed the phantom, and the swords fell to the ground. It looked puzzled.

Secret realm? Aside from Legendary Secret Realms, fighting the bosses in other secret realms was like fighting babies, right? But the Legendary Secret Realm had already been cleared, hadn’t it?

“It’s a Real Secret Realm.” Lu Ran smiled.

Just now, the Youxiong Clan had contacted him, saying that their trial secret realm had reopened and asked if he was interested in challenging it.

Of course, Lu Ran was interested. The Other Shore’s island, according to the latest intelligence, had been completely taken over by Xia.

During this time, the existence of the Other Shore’s Island, along with the collapse of the Other Shore, had been exposed to the International Alliance.

Now, Xia and the International Alliance were debating on who owns the Undead Secret Realm on that island.

But without a doubt, Xia would ultimately win, as the technique Lu Ran created was enough to strangle other countries. Without Lu Ran’s technique, how could they expect to use the Undead Resurrection skill cards?

Currently, Lu Ran was waiting for the situation to stabilize before challenging the Undead Secret Realm. Before that, if he could first experience the Youxiong Clan’s trial secret realm, he would gain lots of helpful insight.

“

Wuu~!”

Captain Doofus’ eyes lit up. Although it didn’t know what a Real Secret Realm was, if there was a fight, Captain Doofus wouldn’t miss it.

***

The King of Green Sea was about to set out, and as the king’s top henchman, Dark Crow was the first to receive the news.

In the past, its biggest headache was not being able to both follow its king and manage Green Sea at the same time. But now, with the Undead Clone trait, this problem was solved.

Due to the Twin Curse, it had two bodies, and its traits were shared with both of them. In other words, whether it was the Curse Crow or the Death Crow, both could create an Undead Clone.

Four crows gathered in the sky over Green Sea, with the two main bodies flying towards Lu Ran, while the two Undead Clones stayed behind to continue managing Green Sea.

Although the Undead Clones weren’t as strong as the main bodies, they were still formidable. If any frogmen-like creatures came again, they wouldn’t escape Dark Crow’s claws.

The nanny cat who was still taking care of the Weather Spirit, watched Dark Crow, who had mastered clones to such an extent, and fell into deep thought.

“I feel like this guy will surpass me in clone mastery sooner or later. A young crow replacing the old cat...”

“

Li...

”

Manager Ying looked at the Weather Spirit that had come over.

“

Li...

(Is being able to clone very impressive?)” it asked.

With that, it split from one cloud into dozens, filling the ceiling.

“

Li...

(A young cloud replacing the old cat...)”

Manager Ying was baffled.

“You’re an elemental being; why are you competing in this too?”

Something’s wrong, something’s wrong. Even though I’ve been taking care of this cloud baby, why is its personality drifting further from mine and becoming more like Lu Ran’s? Both are so annoying!