Chapter 528 - Target: Legendary (Part 1)

[The World Arena will close in 10 seconds...]

After the World War concluded and Limitless City updated to a new version, this facility, the only one connecting Stellar Moon and Blue Planet, seemed to have no intention of remaining open indefinitely.

[10... 9... 8...]

As Limitless City counted down, the audiences from both worlds gradually regained their composure. Among them, the spectators from Blue Planet laughed heartily and waved cheerfully at those from Stellar Moon.

𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

“Friendship first, competition second.”

Meanwhile, the Stellar Moon audience wore dark expressions, cursing inwardly.

“By the way, why didn’t Limitless City disclose what super admin privileges Lu Ran obtained...?”

“The losers have the right to know!”

Many shouted in frustration. In the Stellar Moon contestant area, the Ice Emperor gripped his armrest and stood up, looking at the Blue Planet side. He seemed to want to say something, but no words escaped his lips. He was still fixated on Lu Ran’s heroic spirit ability.

The Ice Emperor muttered, “Since the two worlds are connected, we just need to find the connecting point. No matter the cost, we must obtain this ability. Additionally, it’s now confirmed that Lu Ran has been to Stellar Moon, meaning his mechanical angel must have come from the Flare Source Conglomerate in the Stellar Moon Federation.

“The Flare Source Conglomerate must know Lu Ran visited Stellar Moon! In a way, they’re aiding the enemy, right, Mechanical Leader?”

The Ice Emperor turned to the Mechanical Leader. Beside him, Death Gun was silent. At the same time, the Mechanical Leader, lying in a healing pod tended by medical robots, opened his eyes.

Indeed, no matter what, the connection between the two worlds couldn’t remain solely in Lu Ran’s hands. That would leave them too passive. At the very least, they needed to know who was entering Stellar Moon and when.

The next second, everyone inside the World Arena vanished, teleported back to their exclusive rooms. The World War had come to an end. Beastmasters from different worlds returned to their own with mixed emotions.

***

Cat Maid Cafe.

After being teleported back, at the old president’s summons, the Xia team quickly reconvened for a meeting. Apart from the four ancient figures, the other six members were all present.

As soon as Lin Nian sat down, she burst into laughter, clutching her stomach as she looked at the old man. “Old man, with this Global Cataclysm update, you can’t retire now, can you?”

During the spiritual energy revival phase, transcendent creatures grew from weak to strong, and major nations could still manage the situation. However, with the Global Cataclysm, where secret realm bosses launched city-wide attacks, controlling the situation would no longer be easy for any country.

Even Low-Legendary bosses could devastate a town in an instant if not dealt with immediately. The old president might not be a saint, but he was still in office. He couldn’t retire peacefully without seeing this Global Cataclysm phase through.

“All I wanted was to retire... Is it really so hard?” The old president sighed, then turned his gaze to Lu Ran.

Lu Ran said, shaking his head. “Don’t look at me. Don’t even think about passing the presidency to me. But I’ll definitely do my best to help.”

Somehow, I feel like the old president might be the human form of Mystic Turtle...

“Among your super admin privileges, is there nothing that can completely resolve the Global Cataclysm? Like redirecting the bosses meant for Xia to, say, Nippon or the Eagle Federation,” the old president asked hopefully.

Lu Ran’s lips twitched. “How could there be such an ability? Aside from deploying transcendent creatures from the Beastmaster Empire to guard Xia’s cities, all I can say is that we need to quickly develop a method to popularize the beastmaster space to the entire population, fully ushering Xia into the era of universal beastmastery.

“Limitless City’s goal... might be just that. By applying external pressure, it aims to elevate the overall strength of individual human nations. Still, it’s hard to figure out what it ultimately wants.” Lu Ran stood up, took a bottle of passionfruit juice from the fridge, and sipped as he pondered.

Fang Lan tugged at Lu Ran’s sleeve after he sat back down. “Hey, Lu Ran... The Return of the Dead event... Does that mean there’s hope for your parents to... come back?”

She hadn’t paid much attention to the Global Cataclysm, and was instead fixated on the other event. Fang Lan’s words made Shi Zhen and the others freeze. Everyone knew that Lu Ran’s parents had died in an ascension realm. If this Return of the Dead event were real, then they might indeed return.

While the Global Cataclysm was serious, the Return of the Dead event likely tugged at the heartstrings of many beastmasters even more.

“

Mm...

” Lu Ran lowered his head, his eyes flickering.

He had always known that those who died in Limitless City wouldn’t perish so easily. His parents, including the Condor Hero, whom Master Jiang Dou had always missed, and even the first, second, and third generations of Lu Village, might return because of this event.

The only condition was that they had to reach the final trial in the resurrection challenge. After all, according to Limitless City’s description, not every deceased individual would make it to the final trial.

Still, no matter what, Lu Ran believed his parents could do it. Their strength was undoubtedly among the top, even within the first generation. If they had encountered danger, it was likely because they had investigated something far beyond their level in the ascension realm, like probing the Death Dragon, which led to their demise.

Now, faced with this sole chance at resurrection, even if just to see him again, Lu Ran was certain they would proceed with extreme caution. Even if they failed, Lu Ran now had a super admin privilege that could be used to resurrect others.

Admittedly, using this privilege was a bit troublesome because the target had to be in a projection form. If his parents failed the trial and perished completely, he could treat them as historical projections and resurrect them by entering an ascension realm set in Blue Planet’s past, before their deaths.

“Let’s hope everything goes smoothly for them,” Lu Ran said to Fang Lan.

Shi Zhen reassured, “With your parents’ abilities, it’ll be fine. You should focus on yourself for now. Leave Blue Planet’s affairs to us. With all your abilities, the Dragon God’s blood, Six-Path Flower, and everything else exposed, the Chaos Dragon God’s faction will definitely come after you. They might even cross worlds to Blue Planet to punish you. Your top priority is to deal with them.

“The Chaos Dragon God is a Primary-Divine being... Even its kin would be impossible to resist. Do you have a solution?”

“I know. Don’t worry, I won’t let the war spill into Blue Planet,” Lu Ran said.

Truthfully, Lu Ran wasn’t afraid of the Chaos Dragon God anymore. After his privileges were upgraded, teleporting in and out of Limitless City would be nearly impossible to interfere with using external spatial powers. No matter how strong the Chaos Dragon God was, it couldn’t surpass Limitless City.

The only concern was that the Chaos Dragon God might target Blue Planet and wreak havoc there. Fortunately, the Chaos Dragon God hadn’t awakened yet. Only its lackey, the God of War, was active in the outside world. As for the so-called God of War, once Lu Ran broke through to the Legendary rank, he was confident he could hold his own against it.

If he reached the Epic-Legendary rank, he wouldn’t even spare a glance for the God of War. After all, once he became an Epic-Legendary beastmaster, his familiars would be able to undergo a third evolution. This time, Lu Ran had harvested a bunch of top-tier traits, and even Six-Path Flower had suitable ones among them. It was a massive haul.

As for the Chaos Dragon God, Lu Ran didn’t forget that the Divine Tree served as a counterbalance to it. Hence, what he needed to do was ensure the Divine Tree awakened and regained its strength before the divine dragon did.

***

The meeting soon concluded, and Lu Ran returned to Blue Planet. His first order of business was to seek out the Divine Deer and report on the World War.

After the kin’s meeting, the Divine Deer, Squirrel God, and the others had stayed on Blue Planet, privately believing that Blue Planet, with Lu Ran, stood a higher chance of victory.

“

Hehe,

we won! As expected, Lu Ran won. That means my messenger, Fang Lan, also gained Limitless City’s admin privilege, right? Sister Divine Deer, your messenger is amazing.”

The Divine Deer basked in Squirrel God’s flattery while nodding approvingly at Lu Ran. As expected of Lu Ran, its messenger. Now, the Divine Deer felt its stature among the kin had risen significantly.

“Lu Ran, tell me, how did Fang Lan perform in the World War?” Squirrel God asked eagerly.

After all the training I have given Fang Lan, her performance couldn’t have been too shabby, right?

Lu Ran pondered. “

Ah...

Fang Lan? She did pretty well. She came out completely unscathed. Her enemies couldn’t even touch a single hair on her head.”

“Of course!” Squirrel God was thrilled.

After all, it had personally taught Fang Lan Space-attribute skills.

“Because Fang Lan didn’t fight at all. In her only match, she surrendered immediately.”

Squirrel God was taken aback.

“Of course, it’s not her fault. After all, I soloed the entire Stellar Moon team in the World War. The others didn’t even get a chance to perform.”

Cough, cough, cough.

The Divine Deer choked.

This kid...

“What about Bai Lu? Was Bai Lu hurt?” The Divine Deer was still concerned about her other messenger.

“Of course not. When I fought Senior Bai Lu, I carefully calculated the damage to avoid seriously injuring her.”

The Divine Deer was speechless. Both were its messengers, and one had even been personally trained by it. It couldn’t understand why the gap was so big.

“I have important matters to report. Lord Divine Deer, Lord Squirrel God, I’ve lived up to your expectations. Among the super admin privileges I obtained, a few might be exactly what we need. One of them allows me to grant one uncontracted transcendent creature per month the qualification to enter Limitless City.

“In other words, within half a year, I can ensure that Lord Divine Deer, Lord Squirrel God, and the other kin all gain access to Limitless City. You’ll be able to personally determine whether Limitless City is connected to the Four Supreme Divine Dragons by analyzing the energy composition inside.”

Lu Ran’s words delighted the Divine Deer and Squirrel God, especially the latter.

“Yay! If I stay in Stellar Moon, the Space Demon God will eventually find me. Even Blue Planet isn’t 100% safe. But if I can go to Limitless City, I’d like to see how the Space Demon God tracks me down!”

Lu Ran and the Divine Deer went silent.

Lu Ran sighed. “Lord Squirrel God, why are you so cowardly?”

Squirrel God froze, then glared at Lu Ran. “Watch your words! What do you mean by ‘cowardly’? I’ve been handling a major threat like the Space Demon God all by myself in the absence of the Space Dragon. That’s bravery!

“Besides, it hasn’t reopened any alternate dimensions or broken any laws recently. What’s wrong with avoiding it? If it dares to break the rules again, I’ll step up and punish it once more. That’s professionalism!”

“How will you step up?” Lu Ran asked.

Does this guy have another trump card?

“I’ll ask my messenger, Fang Lan, to beg her little brother to deal with the Space Demon God.”

“

Huh?

Me?”

“You said you’d help me share the burden!” Squirrel God grumbled.

The whole reason it had chosen Fang Lan as its messenger and trained her diligently was to hitch a ride on Six-Path Flower’s coattails.

“Fine, fine.” Lu Ran relented.

“Enough.” The Divine Deer shook its head helplessly.

Its messenger was truly a hot commodity.