Chapter 392 - God’s Plan

Facing Dr. Gu’s doubtful speculation, Lu Ran laughed. “Think bigger. You’re way off. Forget it, I won’t explain it to you yet. I’m currently heading back to Xia from the Amazon. That damned black dragon. Leaving it alive for too long is too risky. It’s better to deal with it as soon as possible.”

“Alright, fine...” Gu Qingyi’s voice came through intermittently on the other end.

What kind of scheme is Lu Ran brewing this time?

Gu Qingyi couldn’t understand.

After hanging up, Lu Ran chuckled again, recalling the words the Divine Deer had said before it left.

Congratulations... I can sense the immense power within its body. From now on, my assistance to you will be limited. The path ahead is yours to walk.

After Six-Path Flower evolved, it reached the Low Legendary species. The Divine Deer was also a Low Legendary, so the only difference between them now was their level. Six-Path Flower was currently level 51, while the Divine Deer was definitely above level 100. It would take god knows how long to catch up.

At the moment, Six-Path Flower was still exploring its newfound power.

Lu Ran couldn’t resist calling out to it, “Six Flower, you can handle a level 70 Superior-Overlord Dragon, right?”

Inside the ruin space, Six-Path Flower nodded calmly. “Of course. Although I’m not a combat-type Legendary species, dealing with an Overlord is still a trivial matter.”

Six-Path Flower’s Legendary talent, Six-Paths Reincarnation, was clearly a growth-type species talent rooted in a faith-based system. With the mark of reincarnation from Six-Path Flower, followers could attain a form of alternate immortality.

This would allow Six-Path Flower to maximize the quantity and quality of its followers, and its strength would grow in tandem with their numbers. Because it wasn’t not a combat-type species talent, Six-Path Flower’s combat prowess wasn’t top-tier among Legendaries. However, its growth potential far surpassed that of ordinary combat-type Legendary species.

Moreover, this talent bore a striking resemblance to the Reincarnation beastmaster skill Lu Ran had acquired. With this, even before reaching Legendary themselves, Lu Ran and his team would have access to an immortality loophole.

For example, if Sudden Death King died unexpectedly while tanking damage, Six-Path Flower could easily send it off for reincarnation. Of course, the Limit Breaker talent Six-Path Flower had obtained was also incredibly overpowered in its own way.

Lu Ran’s current contract limit for familiars was capped at level 50. Yet, Six-Path Flower had broken the rules set by Limitless City and reached level 51. Although it was just a one-level difference now, it was likely the first familiar to outright ignore Limitless City’s restrictions. From this perspective, its potential was extraordinary. Who knew how high this talent could eventually take it?

Six-Path Flower added after some thought, “However, the reason I’ve been able to fight above my level, both before and now, relies entirely on the power of good and evil. After the expenditure in the rainforest and dealing with that black dragon you mentioned, my reserves of good and evil energy will probably hit rock bottom. You’re responsible for fixing this. Got it?”

“I understand...” Lu Ran nodded in agreement.

Six-Path Flower’s level was still too low. Even with its high species rank and combat skills, fighting 20 levels above it would normally be impossible.

Whether it was Six-Path Flower one-shotting the Divine Wood Snake back then, annihilating the Evil God creatures in the Endless Sea, or suppressing the beasts in the rainforest earlier, it had relied on a unique technique called Alignment Amplification.

Six-Path Flower could use its accumulated good and evil energy to amplify the effects of its combat skills. The more energy it expended, the greater the amplification.

But unlike elemental energy, good and evil energy couldn’t be generated out of thin air by Six-Path Flower. To maintain its ability to fight above its level, it needed to replenish this energy from external sources.

If Six-Path Flower already had followers everywhere and its reincarnation system was fully operational, it could continuously harvest good and evil energy from them to strengthen itself. But right now, the only way for it to quickly accumulate more good and evil energy was for either it or Lu Ran to perform good or evil deeds.

Once its good and evil energy was exhausted and it had to rely solely on elemental energy for combat, its fighting power would drop drastically.

“Eliminating the black dragon for good would definitely count as a major good deed, but it’s not enough. Until Six-Path Flower’s reincarnation system is up and running, I will have to do more good deeds as its beastmaster to provide it with a steady stream of good and evil energy.

“Though, doing evil deeds is a bit risky. If I die unexpectedly someday and need Six-Path Flower’s reincarnation to revive me, I’d rather not end up in the Beast Path. Even if I can’t make it to the Celestial Path, I should at least return to the Mortal Path...” Lu Ran muttered to himself.

***

Xia.

Due to Lu Ran’s cryptic behavior, Gu Qingyi had traveled from Mystic City to Green Sea and was waiting for him at his home.

When she saw Lu Ran and Manager Ying appear together, she adjusted her glasses and said, “Explain. What’s really going on? From what I gathered earlier, you were supposed to be in the Stellar Moon World looking for the Divine Deer. And now you’re back on Blue Planet. That means that the commotion in the Amazon must have been caused by you and the Divine Deer, right? Is my deduction wrong?”

Manager Ying looked at Gu Qingyi with a doting expression. “

Kekeke.

Silly girl, Lu Ran told you to think bigger. How come you’re still stuck on this theory after all this time?”

Gu Qingyi pursed her lips and stared at Lu Ran, who was smirking.

What else could it be?

“The commotion earlier wasn’t caused by the Divine Deer. It was triggered by another quasi-Legendary plant lifeform evolving into a Legendary species. You’ve seen the news, right?

“Due to the anomaly, the Amazon has given birth to many plant-type Transcendent lifeforms, making it a hot spot for nations. It’s the first region on Blue Planet to spawn Transcendent plant life. These plant lifeforms emerged because a new plant god was born...”

“What?” Gu Qingyi’s eyes widened.

Not the revival or descent of a Legendary creature, but rather a new Legendary was born? What...? This is even rarer than the revival of a Legendary creature!

“You mentioned earlier that this Legendary could help deal with the black dragon. Are you two very familiar with this new Legendary?” Gu Qingyi urged.

Manager Ying said nonchalantly, “Familiar? More than that. That’s Lu Ran’s fifth familiar. Little Qingyi, you’d better work hard. This guy has already reached this point. You need to catch up.”

Gu Qingyi’s mind went blank.

Lu Ran’s... fifth familiar...? A new Legendary... belongs to Lu Ran...? What?

Manager Ying’s words echoed in Gu Qingyi’s ears. At first, she couldn’t process them, but a moment later, her mouth fell open as she stared at Lu Ran’s calm smile. “Six Flower, come out and meet someone. This is Dr. Gu Qingyi. She helped me and Captain Doofus a lot back in the day. She’s a very important friend of mine.”

Six-Paths Flower was visibly displeased at being dragged out like this.

It glanced at Gu Qingyi and remarked, “Why are all the women around you so pretty? Wasn’t there one in the photo in your room too...? Wait, why does this one look so dumb?”

“Legendary...”

Gu Qingyi also possessed an Intermediate Eye of Detection. She could see Six-Path Flower’s information, although it was mostly just question marks.

[Species: ?]

[Attribute: ?]

[Species Rank: ?]

[Level: ?]

Clearly, since Six-Path Flower’s species had surpassed the detection range of the Intermediate Eye of Detection, Gu Qingyi could only infer that its species rank

had

to be above quasi-Legendary.

Lu Ran... raised a Legendary familiar? What on earth happened to Lu Ran while I was in the ascension realm? I must be dreaming!

While Six-Path Flower was sizing up Gu Qingyi, she suddenly collapsed.

“

Ah!

Why did she faint?”

Both Lu Ran and Manager Ying were startled.

“Holy shit. That’s a bit much.”

Lu Ran also cursed under his breath and quickly took Dr. Gu from Six-Path Flower’s grasp. “Six Flower, look what you did. You scared her. Couldn’t you have been more polite?”

Lu Ran looked at Dr. Gu’s flushed, unconscious face and felt a headache coming on.

Is the presence of a Legendary really so overwhelming that it can knock out a level 6 beastmaster?

Manager Ying defended Six-Path Flower. “This might actually be your fault. This is a Legendary we’re talking about. Even in the Stellar Moon World, they’re supreme beings. You, a level 4 beastmaster, pulling off something this huge...

“It’s a good thing the outside world doesn’t know. Otherwise, half of the beastmasters who hold grudges against you would drop dead from heart attacks. Just think about how you’re going to explain this to the old president. He’s getting on in years—he might not survive the shock.”

Lu Ran was speechless.

“

Hmph.

Mortals. Call me when it’s time to deal with that black dragon.”

Six-Path Flower vanished on the spot.

***

A short while later, Gu Qingyi woke up on Lu Ran’s bed. The first thing she did was pat her own face. She then saw Lu Ran and Manager Ying sitting in chairs by the bed, staring at her.

“Was... Was it all real?”

Lu Ran shrugged. “Obviously. Dr. Gu, calm down.”

“Why aren’t you used to this yet?” Manager Ying smirked.

Gu Qingyi retorted, “I... I knew Lu Ran caused a huge stir in his last ascension realm. There were rumors online that he became Emperor Yun’s disciple and wiped out several beast empires or something. I thought that was already crazy, but I’d accepted those claims. But where did this Legendary come from?

“Those absurd online rumors are nothing compared to reality! Reality is even crazier! I wasn’t mentally prepared at all!”

Lu Ran chuckled. “Dr. Gu, don’t be envious. You’ll have your chance too.”

“Huh?” Gu Qingyi froze.

Lu Ran continued, “Actually, you were partly right earlier. Although the commotion wasn’t caused by the Divine Deer, it did come to Blue Planet and was present in the Amazon Rainforest. The Divine Deer even blessed Six-Path Flower’s evolution.

“The effects of its blessing far surpass those of the Evolution secret realm. In other words, becoming a divine messenger significantly increases your chances of getting a Legendary familiar. Coincidentally, during our trip to the Stellar Moon Federation, we encountered another Legendary lifeform looking for a messenger.

“It asked me to collect 100,000 human blood samples so it could select a suitable candidate. The next time I go to Stellar Moon, I plan to deliver the samples. If you’re interested, you can give me a blood sample too. Who knows? You might be chosen by the Abyss God and become a divine messenger.”

Gu Qingyi was stunned. “Really? You met another Legendary being?”

Lu Ran said, “Why would I lie? Manager Ying can vouch for me.”

For a moment, Gu Qingyi’s mind wandered, but she quickly deflated. “Forget it. The odds are one in 100,000. There’s no way I’d be that lucky. But if there’s a chance, I’d love to visit the Stellar Moon Federation you mentioned.

“Enough about that. What I want to know is—even if it’s a Legendary, its level should still be restricted by your level, right? I mean, the black dragon’s level is so high. Can Six-Path Flower really instantly kill it?”

Lu Ran nodded. “Yes, it can. The cost will be high, but it shouldn’t be a problem. Let’s deal with the black dragon as soon as possible. You’ve been waiting for its dragon pearl for a long time, right?”

“

Mhm...

”

“Then, let’s begin the plan.” Lu Ran’s lips curled into a faint smile.

Once the black dragon is dead, the Flood Dragon Squad can also benefit. Consider it a thank-you for the trait they provided.