Chapter 479 - A Trash Messenger, Just Get Rid of Him (Part 1)

Squirrel God mentioned two of the Four Fiends: the mythical Nine-Tailed Fox, Zhu Yan, and the top-tier divine beast, the Torch Dragon.

Given that Squirrel God singled them out, these fiends were likely at least Legendary. Among them, the Four Fiends might be slightly weaker, so reaching Low Legendary would already be a stretch for them. However, Lu Ran estimated that something like the Torch Dragon had to be at least Primary Divine. It probably wasn’t any weaker than the Chaos Dragon God.

Limitless City had really gone all out this time. The depths of Blue Planet’s secrets ran deeper than imagined. As Squirrel God said, the Torch Dragon was too powerful to fight. This time, Limitless City had no death-immunity mechanism, and Lu Ran wasn’t keen on throwing his life away either.

After a moment of contemplation, he said, “Let’s start with the weakest one first. Squirrel God, roughly how much of their power can you seal?”

Squirrel God said, “If you’re thinking about the weaker ones, they would be the Taotie, Qiongqi, and the nine-tailed fox! These three, by Stellar Moon’s standards, are equivalent to Low Legendary. Also, due to Blue Planet’s weaker world rules, they might even be slightly inferior to ordinary Low Legendary beings. I can probably seal their levels to around 50.”

“That white ape is a bit stronger—roughly equivalent to Intermediate Legendary. It’ll be harder to seal. As for that dragon, I can’t quite gauge it, but it’s definitely no less than Superior Legendary. Just passing through its territory, we felt immense pressure.

“Most importantly, it didn’t even pay us any attention, so let’s not provoke it. Otherwise, we might fail to restore the timekeeper and end up perishing on this alien planet.

“Anyway, let’s deal with those troublemakers first and see if they can contribute anything useful.”

Squirrel God rubbed its paws together, clearly having held a grudge against these fiends for a while.

The path to Legendary was also the path of the hunter. If a carnivorous non-Legendary creature consumed Legendary flesh, its chances of ascending to Legendary would greatly increase. Right now, if they wanted to help Manager Ying restore its Legendary combat power, their only hope was to extract core Legendary resources from other Legendary beasts.

A level 100 Low Legendary would be sealed down to level 50? Damn. Then what is there to fear?

Lu Ran was confident even in a 1v1, let alone a group fight.

Lu Ran said, “Let’s start with the nine-tailed fox. Timekeeper, what do you think?”

Manager Ying didn’t hold back either. “That one it is, but is safety guaranteed? Colleagues, don’t let my messenger die. He’s quite useful.”

Upon seeing the timekeeper’s trust in Lu Ran, Squirrel God scrutinized him and said, “From what I can observe, his level is roughly equivalent to a level 5 beastmaster. I sense that he is quite strong, and as a divine messenger, he must have extraordinary abilities. However, the Nine-Tailed Fox is a level 100 Low Legendary after all.

“Normally, with my sealing power and the Divine Deer’s assistance, even a dog could defeat a level 100 Low Legendary, but this guy’s level really does seem a bit low...”

This is absurd. A divine messenger should at least be an Epic-Legendary beastmaster to make sense. Level 5?

Squirrel God asked, “What rank are your contracted familiars? If none are even quasi-Legendary, then...”

“Some are quasi-Legendary, and I even have some Low Legendaries.” Lu Ran’s lips twitched.

What did it mean by ‘even a dog could win’?

The Divine Deer and Squirrel God exchanged glances as they were surprised.

Low Legendary? Even that Mythical plantmaster who shone brightly during the Millennium War only had one Legendary as her ace. However, Lu Ran, who is only level 5, already has a Low-Legendary familiar? The timekeeper’s choice is truly the most mysterious of all the kin.

Squirrel God and the Divine Deer nodded. In that case, it was enough. They would assist the timekeeper and its messenger in this hunt. The only question was whether the resources harvested from Blue Planet’s divine beasts could really help the timekeeper.

Squirrel God gritted its teeth. “I’ll go all out. I’ll suppress the enemy’s power as much as possible.”

***

The nine-tailed fox that Squirrel God mentioned was the leader of its kind. It was the Nine-Tailed Fox God. The Nine-Tailed Fox clan was a tribe of over a thousand nine-tailed foxes.

Originally, the Nine-Tailed Fox God had no habit of eating humans. However, as the human population on Blue Planet exploded, accidental consumption became inevitable.

After some the clan accidentally tasted this new species and found it delicious, they presented humans as tribute to the Nine-Tailed Fox God. Gradually, the habit of eating humans spread among the foxes.

From the Divine Deer and Squirrel God’s observations, the Nine-Tailed Fox clan frequently descended the mountain to raid human tribes, capturing large numbers of humans to eat, even breeding them like livestock.

From their perspective, this wasn’t inherently wrong. Humans hunted other beasts, so being hunted in turn was part of nature’s balance. As long as it didn’t cross a line, threatening the extinction of Stellar Moon’s embers, and the birth and death of humans remained stable, they could accept it. That was the law of nature.

However, since their colleague needed the Nine-Tailed Fox God to restore its power, they had no choice but to reluctantly take action.

As Squirrel God hummed a tune, it used its spatial teleportation ability to bring Lu Ran and the others to their destination.

Although the foxes hadn’t crossed the line, that didn’t mean Squirrel God wasn’t annoyed. After all, spreading the embers was their mission, and to some extent, the Nine-Tailed Fox God’s actions were hindering progress.

“That was fast.”

In an instant, Lu Ran and the others found themselves before a verdant mountain range. Having experienced spatial teleportation often, Lu Ran could tell they had traveled a huge distance. As expected of a Legendary spatial expert, a single teleportation took them straight to their destination.

Compared to this, Baby Cloud was just a mid-game transition. The true endgame mode of transportation had to be spatial abilities. After all, with powerful spatial abilities, even crossing between worlds was effortless. It was something Baby Cloud couldn’t achieve.

Unbeknownst to Baby Cloud, its sole purpose as the team’s transportation specialist was about to be rendered obsolete.

Inside the mountain, a fox with golden, shimmering fur and nine long tails lay asleep. However, as Lu Ran’s group arrived, the Fox God’s crimson eyes snapped open.

It let out a high-pitched cry, intending to alert its clan of intruders. However, in the next instant, the space around it twisted, plunging it into a pure white world. The Nine-Tailed Fox God sprang to its feet, fur bristling, its eyes filled with fury as it glared at the Divine Deer, Squirrel God, Lu Ran, and Manager Ying in this white world.

Squirrel God stood front and center. It was small in stature but radiated dominance.

“Welcome to my sealed world. As long as I’m here, you can fight without worry. If it breaks the seal, I’ll admit defeat.”

The Nine-Tailed Fox God’s hisses grew increasingly savage as it sensed its power rapidly draining within this space. Lu Ran noticed the fox’s power loss manifested in its level. From what might have been level 100 initially, its strength dropped by a tenth in the blink of an eye.

Lu Ran couldn’t help but admire Squirrel God’s skill. It was no wonder it could seal even a space-proficient Superior Legendary despite being only a Low Legendary itself. Squirrel God might seem like it’s no harm, but this equally max-level Low-Legendary Nine-Tailed Fox couldn’t even struggle against it.

Invisible spatial chains bound the Nine-Tailed Fox. It thrashed wildly, but its power continued to wane. The other end of the chain was held by Squirrel God.

It tugged lightly and said, “Hey hey, timekeeper, divine messenger, the rest is up to you.”

With that, it tossed the chains aside and retreated. Maintaining the sealed space to prevent battle fluctuations from attracting other Legendaries while reinforcing the chains to suppress the fox’s power left it no energy to attack. The Divine Deer also stepped back, leaving the battlefield to Lu Ran and Manager Ying.

Lu Ran and Manager Ying were taken aback.

When they said they’d only “support,” did they really mean it?

The Divine Deer and Squirrel God had no choice. The Divine Deer was severely injured. Using healing powers to assist Lu Ran was already pushing it, and even that would worsen its condition.

Squirrel God, though in better shape, couldn’t afford to expend too much energy either. Its core strength was needed to maintain the cross-world teleportation array, preventing Stellar Moon’s disasters from spreading to Blue Planet. Helping the timekeeper was important, but their own missions couldn’t be compromised either.

Yet, in the next moment, Manager Ying also retreated.

“It’s all yours, messenger!”

In the blink of an eye, the three kin left the battlefield to Lu Ran, who was a mere level 5 beastmaster.

Meanwhile, under the spatial chains’ suppression, the Nine-Tailed Fox God’s psychic energy erupted, but it still couldn’t break free. Its level had already dropped to around 50.

At this point, the chains’ control over the fox had weakened significantly. Although it couldn’t unleash much power, it regained mobility.

“

ROAR!

”

Even with a decrease in strength, its rage drove it to lash out with its nine tails, its massive body lunging forward to crush these intruders.

“Will he be okay? Timekeeper, aren’t you going to help?” Squirrel God couldn’t help but ask.

Squirrel God and the Divine Deer had assumed that Lu Ran and the timekeeper would fight together. Even if the timekeeper was reborn and weak now, it should still have extraordinary methods like borrowing power from the future using Time abilities. Time was supreme, and space was king. Time-based powers were the most unfathomable.

Stellar Moon had many unique and composite attributes, but even rare attributes that used time were nothing compared to true masters of the pure Time attribute. If one mastered the Time attribute to its peak, they could disregard all other powers. However, Manager Ying seemed content to leave everything to its messenger.

Manager Ying turned back confidently, eyes gleaming with assurance. “Don’t worry! This is the messenger I trained! With your support, even a leashed dog could win, let alone my messenger.”

As it spoke, the Divine Deer’s projection felt an inexplicable sense of deja vu.

“Are you

sure

there’s no problem?” The Divine Deer watched Lu Ran closely, ready to heal or intervene at any moment.

Yet the next second, Lu Ran proved himself. A black figure flashed before him as the Nine-Tailed Fox’s psychic-wrapped tails lashed out, only to be repelled by a massive sword arc.

In an instant, the psychic layers around the nine tails shattered, and bright red blood sprayed from the wounds. Although the attack didn’t sever the tails, it was a critical hit. It forced the fox to recoil in agony, its tails twitching as it let out a shrill cry.

This scene stunned Squirrel God and the Divine Deer. Even with its energy sealed, the fox’s physical durability shouldn’t have changed. How could it be so easily wounded?

Soon, they saw the beast Lu Ran had summoned. It was a wolf-like dog gripping a sword-shaped leaf in its jaws. The blade radiated intense sword intent and dripped with the fox’s blood. This was the creature that had repelled the Nine-Tailed Fox’s tails. It was the Low-Legendary sword-wielding dog.