Chapter 522 - I, Lu Ran, the Beastmaster King! (Part 2)

It wasn’t just the ordinary beastmasters; even the Stellar Moon Leader felt his composure cracking. Bai Lu and the others on the contestant seats also trembled. They hadn’t expected Lu Ran to nearly suffocate Stellar Moon without even summoning Six-Path Flower. Lu Ran’s monstrous familiars were truly endless.

The Leader knew he had lost. Even with the determination to kill Pedestrian A, he had still failed.

The Mechanical Leader looked at Lu Ran and spoke solemnly. “Finish me. Pedestrian A, we’ve all underestimated you, but don’t celebrate too soon. There are two in Stellar Moon stronger than me.”

Lu Ran wasn’t in a hurry to end the battle. Instead, he wore a regretful expression.

“

Oh?

What if I told you that my Star Vortex Dragon isn’t even the strongest among my contracted familiars? There are still two stronger than it. Aren’t you curious about how it blocked such a terrifying weapon? Nothing is impossible. You people have no idea what it’s been through.

“It fought the other two familiars a total of 62 times, losing all 62, each ending with it on the brink of death. That was its training before the World War. And thus, it forged the pinnacle of defense.”

Lu Ran’s words sent the crowd into an uproar.

“No way!”

Countless eyes widened.

Two familiars stronger than this dragon? You’ve got to be joking. This has to be a lie.

Everyone wore expressions of disbelief.

On the stage, Sudden Death King roared, raising the Star Dragon Shield Spirit high.

Old man, you talk too much! Now my beastmaster has spilled all my secrets.

Lu Ran lowered his arm, and Sudden Death King flapped its starry wings, charging forward with the shield in hand. It smashed the shield into the mecha’s abdomen, sending the massive machine flying amidst a burst of red lightning.

The Mechanical Leader vomited blood, his mind still echoing Lu Ran’s words.

[Battle Concluded.]

[Winner: Pedestrian A.]

[Combat Score: SS] [Scoring Reason 1: Defeated an Epic-Legendary beastmaster two levels higher.]

[Scoring Reason 2: Used one familiar to defeat three.]

[Scoring Reason 3: The Star Vortex Dragon fused with the bloodline of the Primary Divine Chaos Dragon God, granting Divine-level regeneration. Its healing outpaced the enemy’s damage.]

[Scoring Reason 4: The familiar originated as a non-supernatural, ordinary wild animal. Through continuous evolution, it broke species limits, awakened the Star attribute, became the perfect cosmic lifeform, mastered Planet Intent, and honed absolute defense. With its kin, its defense rivals even Low-Legendary defensive types.]

The battle is over!

Sudden Death King wiped its sweat with the shield, panting as it flew back.

[You have received the Super Trait Crystal: Light of Annihilation (Familiars fused with this crystal can convert their Light-attribute powers into the Light of Annihilation, which carries the intent of destruction and is capable of annihilating targets at their fundamental level.)]

[The next round of bracket begins in 5 minutes.]

Sudden Death King returned, and Lu Ran recalled it to let it rest. Blocking such an attack had drained its stamina. Maintaining Planet Intent for ten minutes while enduring the Leader’s ultimate move had been a last resort.

Although Sudden Death King had defended successfully, the attack was terrifying. Sudden Death King had been pinned in place for ten minutes, unable to move.

Lu Ran had considered summoning a second familiar, like Captain Doofus, to slash through the Light of Annihilation, but Sudden Death King had insisted it could handle it. It was mainly because it refused to be the only one of Lu Ran’s familiars unable to defeat three opponents alone. Losing in internal sparring was one thing, but it couldn’t afford to slack in the “baby cup” of the World War.

With Limitless City’s evaluation concluded, silence fell once more. As expected, Lu Ran’s Dragon King also had the Chaos Dragon God bloodline.

Didn’t this guy fear the Chaos Dragon God awakening and coming for him?

However, what truly horrified everyone now were Lu Ran’s earlier words. They refused to believe it.

This monstrous dragon, with its quasi-Legendary kin, the Chaos Dragon God bloodline, and awakened unique attribute, was only the third strongest in his team? No way! This has to be a lie!

“You don’t believe me?” Lu Ran’s lips curled into a smirk.

Stellar Moon’s ninth bracket, the Divine Throne, hailed as Stellar Moon’s strongest beastmaster, finally stepped onto the stage, eager for his turn.

“Kid, the joke ends here.”

A cigarette dangled from his lips, his appearance that of a rugged, middle-aged man.

With a few minutes left before the battle, Lu Ran studied the burly man and said, “What, you don’t believe me? Then, since the battle hasn’t started yet, let me give you a preview of my next familiar.”

The Divine Throne’s expression shifted. “You think this will scare me off? Kid, do you know why Limitless City ranked me above the Sprite Queen and the leader?”

Without waiting for Lu Ran to reveal his next familiar, the Divine Throne preemptively summoned his three familiars. An overwhelming aura erupted from the three summoning arrays. Unlike the previous contestants, the Divine Throne was a pure beastmaster. His three familiars involved no plants, elementals, mechanical familiars, or undead.

The first one was a golden Tyrant Bear dozens of meters tall, crackling with dark golden lightning.

[Species: Tyrant Bear]

[Attribute: Lightning]

[Species Rank: Quasi-Legendary]

[Level: 90]

From the first familiar’s appearance, it was clear why Limitless City ranked the Divine Throne above the Mechanical Leader. Although the Sprite Queen, Divine Throne, and the leader had all reached Epic-Legendary around the same time, the Sprite Queen and leader’s familiars were only slightly above level 80, with no time to level further.

However, the Divine Throne, through some miracle, had pushed his familiars to the peak of Epic-Legendary growth in an incredibly short time. Compared to the Sprite Queen and Leader, the Divine Throne was a fully realized Epic-Legendary powerhouse.

There was a 20-level gap over Lu Ran’s familiars. This level advantage brought a traditional sense of pressure that unique attributes and technological weapons couldn’t match. It was a more direct disparity.

Aside from the Tyrant Bear, the Divine Throne’s other two familiars were also shockingly quasi-Legendary, both at level 90. One was a towering serpent, hundreds of meters tall like a skyscraper.

[Species: Sandstorm Sovereign]

[Attribute: Earth]

[Species Rank: Quasi-Legendary]

[Level: 90]

The other was a griffin with wings that blotted out the sky, its body a fusion of a lion’s physique and an eagle’s head and wings.

[Species: Heteromorphic Lion King]

[Attribute: Wind]

[Species Rank: Quasi-Legendary]

[Level: 90]

This was the most straightforward familiar setup in the World War so far, yet no one doubted the Divine Throne’s strength. He had perfected the traditional path, maximizing the advantages of an Epic-Legendary beastmaster.

Level 90 was a terrifying number that seemed insurmountable for level 70 familiars. Even Dark Crow had to first use its special talent to raise its attributes to level 80 before contending with its opponents. And now, here was a beastmaster with three level 90 quasi-Legendary familiars.

No one knew how or when the Divine Throne had acquired such power. Perhaps the reason he hadn’t conquered a Mythical secret realm was because his familiars’ high levels made the bosses even harder.

In the Blue Planet contestant seats

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“Manager Ying mentioned that as the World War approached, Stellar Moon actively sought out gods, hoping to form alliances for divine assistance. Could the Divine Throne have also become a messenger of some god?” Gu Qingyi mused.

Among the Blue Planet audience, many were stunned by the display of three level 90 quasi-Legendaries. Due to world or universal rules, a lifeform’s level could only reach a maximum of 100. Beyond that, further strength could only be achieved by improving species rank.

Level 90 was already close to the cap. Even among historical Epic-Legendary powerhouses, few had pushed their familiars to level 90.

“If I’m not mistaken, your Star Vortex Dragon only seems lightly injured, but it’s also expended much energy in defense. Can it still fight? Since you claim to have stronger familiars, summon them. I’ll wait for your 1v3.”

The Divine Throne flicked away his cigarette and stood with his hands in his pockets, surrounded by his familiars as he calmly looked at Lu Ran.

𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

“As you wish.” Lu Ran shrugged.