Chapter 537 - The Legendary Reserve Team

Lu Ran’s familiars like Sudden Death King, Dark Crow, Baby Cloud, and #18 had yet to reach Legendary rank. Although they hadn’t broken through to Legendary, they weren’t far from it. They were just one step away.

Lu Ran’s next goal was to elevate these quasi-Legendary familiars to Legendary rank. Once that happened, his strength would undergo an earth-shattering transformation.

Before hunting the three beast gods, Divine or Mythical secret realms were obviously the best places to obtain amplification resources. After all, these realms guaranteed Legendary-grade drops along with a host of other top-tier resources.

Of course, clearing Divine or Mythical secret realms wasn’t easy. The challenging familiar needed to possess at least Low-Legendary combat strength. Only then, with the beastmaster’s augmentation, could they stand a chance against a Low-Legendary boss.

Captain Doofus and Six-Path Flower had already cleared a Mythical secret realm once, which meant they couldn’t challenge Divine secret realms. That left Dark Crow and the others, who were still at the quasi-Legendary species rank, to take on the challenge of Mythical secret realms and attempt to overcome the rank gap.

Among them, Sudden Death King had the highest chance of success. Despite being quasi-Legendary, its combined strength with its kin could reach Low Legendary. Although it had failed once before, the current Sudden Death King was nothing like its past self during the Golden Rooster God challenge.

“Instead of Stellar Moon’s Mythical secret realms, I’ll focus on Blue Planet’s Divine secret realms. Stellar Moon’s doesn’t seem to drop trait crystals... but here, there’s a chance.”

Lu Ran rubbed his chin, deciding to first find a trait crystal for Sudden Death King to fuse with at level 80.

Although he had obtained many super trait crystals during the World War, none were suitable for Sudden Death King.

This unlucky dragon...

For Captain Doofus at level 80, it could fuse it with the Super Fusion trait, allowing it to merge with countless future sword kin for even greater combat multipliers.

For Dark Crow at level 80, he could fuse it with the War Soldier trait, letting it pluck out an eyeball as a sacrificial offering to summon soldiers whenever idle. By repeating this, it could stockpile a higher-quality war army in advance, perfecting its legion tactics.

For Baby Cloud at level 80, Lu Ran planned to fuse it with the Sprite trait, granting it the newly awakened Sprite attribute. The Sprite attribute came with god-tier control over natural elemental forces, making it ideal for Baby Cloud to break through Legendary limits and fully transform into an elemental sprite.

Excluding the non-combatant worker, #18, this left Sudden Death King as the only one still missing a level-80 trait. It wasn’t like he could just give Sudden Death King traits like Mount Instinct or Surrender... Thus, a Divine secret realm was crucial.

Soon, Lu Ran locked onto one.

[Name: Moon’s Shadow Land]

[Level: 7–9]

[Difficulty: Divine]

[Secret Realm Introduction: In the Moon’s Shadow Land, there exists a beast known as the Heavenly Dog. It evolved from an ordinary dog after being struck by the energy of a meteorite fragment.

[The Heavenly Dog possesses the ability to leave the ground and travel to the stars. It feeds on the energies emitted by the sun and moon, and its strength is formidable, earning it the title of Blue Planet’s Dog God. (Heavenly Dog, Dark and Fire attribute, Low-Legendary species rank. Level matches the challenger.)]

Lu Ran chose the Heavenly Dog for one simple reason: to strengthen Sudden Death King, as it needed to focus on either Dragon or Star attributes.

The Star attribute was undoubtedly Sudden Death King’s primary development path. Among Blue Planet’s mythical creatures at Low-Legendary rank, only the Heavenly Dog had any connection to the stars.

Come to think of it, Lu Ran hadn’t yet tried sending Sudden Death King beyond Blue Planet to feast on moonstones on the lunar surface. He decided that he might as well see what goodies this Heavenly Dog realm could drop. Most importantly, the boss was a dog. Sudden Death King should be highly motivated to win, increasing the odds of success.

“First hunting target is the Heavenly Dog. I also need to pick one for Dark Crow, Baby Cloud, and #18.”

***

After spending fifteen minutes selecting suitable bosses for the three familiars, Lu Ran still chose to exit Limitless City first and enter the palace.

#18 followed closely behind, summoning the heroic spirit of Tree Monarch, Peanut. Lu Ran suddenly remembered something. Once Peanut was resurrected, he could use his super admin privilege to issue her a black contract card, making her an official Limitless City beastmaster.

With Peanut’s strength, clearing Mythical secret realms would be no problem. At that point, Peanut could become his Limitless City enforcer.

Isn’t that 10,000 times more useful than the Flood Dragon Squad? Legendary and Epic resources would rain down endlessly. So this is the correct way to use the resurrection privilege.

The moment this thought struck him, Lu Ran hurriedly left Limitless City again, intending to resurrect Sister Peanut first.

After being summoned by #18, Peanut’s heroic spirit pursed her lips, clearly unhappy about Lu Ran entering the ascension realm and taking her historical projection as a disciple.

“I never thought I’d get a chance to be fully resurrected one day.”

“I told you so. Cooperating with me is definitely the right choice!” Lu Ran grinned.

Tree Monarch Peanut’s heroic spirit scoffed internally. Lu Ran’s initial promise had only been to let her return to battle in peak heroic spirit form to fight against the Chaos Dragon God faction. This resurrection privilege was purely an unexpected bonus.

“Whatever. Let’s just get started!” Peanut stopped dwelling on it.

Being resurrected was a good thing. The heroic spirit form had zero growth potential; it was downright boring.

At the same time, Lu Ran nodded and activated the privilege he’d obtained from the previous ascension realm using his identity card.

[Would you like to use the resurrection privilege?]

“Yes.”

[Please select a historical projection encountered in a mission realm to resurrect.]

“Mythical plantmaster, Peanut!”

As soon as Lu Ran spoke, Limitless City’s power influenced reality. Green lightning flickered before his eyes, and a peanut-like seed rapidly took human form, soon outlining a graceful figure.

However, Tree Monarch Peanut’s heroic spirit suddenly realized something and immediately conjured a vine to blindfold Lu Ran, preventing him from seeing the newly resurrected Mythical Peanut, who hadn’t been provided with clothes by Limitless City.

Tree Monarch Peanut’s heroic spirit fumed, thinking Limitless City was brain-dead. But as the Mythical Peanut fully materialized, exuding life energy once more, the heroic spirit took a deep breath, knowing it was time to make a choice.

She gave #18 one last glance, earning a reluctant look in return, before merging completely into the newly resurrected Mythical Peanut to share memories and abilities. As Lu Ran removed the blindfold, he saw the complex expression on Mythical Peanut’s face.

After absorbing the memories of Tree Monarch Peanut’s heroic spirit, the newly resurrected Peanut, Lu Ran’s disciple, wore a look of disbelief.

Limitless City, historical projections, participants, heroic spirits... Everything shattered her worldview.

So, Lu Ran isn’t a time traveler... and I was just a historical projection created by a supreme entity...?

“You...” Lu Ran began slowly.

But as a Mythical figure, coupled with the heroic spirit’s memories, Peanut adjusted to reality fairly quickly. After a moment of silence, she said, “I need time to process this. Call me when it’s time to fight the three beast gods. At that time, I also plan to meet the Flower God. Also, from now on, you’re not allowed to call me ’disciple.’”

Lu Ran pondered briefly. “Then what should I call you?”

“Tree Monarch,” Peanut replied.

Anything is better than “disciple” or “Peanut.”

“Fine. By the way, are your familiars still there?” Lu Ran asked, unsure if resurrecting a beastmaster would also bring back their familiars.

However, just as he expected, once contracted, familiars became one with their beastmaster. When Tree Monarch nodded, Lu Ran relaxed. While it wouldn’t be hard for a Mythical plantmaster to quickly assemble a Legendary team, their original lineup was still the most ideal.

“Wait a moment.”

[Ordinary Privilege 2: Granted the authority to issue initial black contract cards, allowing non-beastmaster humans on Blue Planet to enter Limitless City.]

This was the ordinary privilege Fang Lan and the others had. But as a super admin privilege holder, Lu Ran’s influence extended not only to Blue Planet humans but also to Stellar Moon individuals like Peanut.

His privilege was universal across both Blue Planet and Stellar Moon’s Limitless Cities. He materialized an initial contract card and tossed it to Peanut. Peanut caught the black card, stunned.

A voice from Limitless City echoed in her ears.

[Detected that you possess beastmaster qualifications...]

Peanut was taken aback.

[Contract Card has been materialized...]

[Beginner Mission: Please use the contract card to capture an animal as your familiar and become a beastmaster!]

Tip 1: ...

“Once you complete the beginner mission, you’ll be transported to the Beginner Trial Secret Realm, receive an ID card, and officially become a Limitless City beastmaster. It’s a bit of overkill for the lives in the beginner trials, but oh well.”

Peanut held the black card with great interest. “Limitless City... I will definitely figure out what Limitless City really is.”

“Hopefully...” Lu Ran prayed.

If you can figure it out, that’d be great. It saves me the trouble.

***

When Lu Ran returned, a figure slowly materialized in Condor Hero’s exclusive room within Limitless City. Having completed the Final Resurrection Trial Mission and returned once more to Limitless City, Condor Hero wore an expression of exhilaration.

“

Woohoo!

I’m back! This time, I will definitely reach the pinnacle of the beastmaster world! First things first, I’ll add Junior Brother Lu Ran as a friend.”

He entered the ID Lu Ran had given him and sent a friend request, though there was no immediate response. Condor Hero wasn’t worried. Inside the ascension realm, he’d also reminded Lu Ran not to tell Master Jiang Dou about his resurrection, as he wanted to give his master a surprise.

Soon after, Condor Hero, Jiang Man, left Limitless City, riding his familiar to Golden Hill and landed outside the Rainbow Dojo. However, upon arrival, Condor Hero’s face darkened because he saw numerous dogs holding swords in their mouths loitering outside the dojo. There were even cats with swords.

Something’s wrong. Is this really the Rainbow Dojo?

With heavy steps, he entered the dojo, only to find an old man already waiting for him at the entrance, visibly moved.

“Master...” Condor Hero froze.

Master Jiang Dou shifted from emotional to calm, smiling. “You’re back. It’s good to have you back. It’s good.”

“Master, have you been waiting here all this time? Did Junior Brother Lu Ran tell you?”

“No. Manager Ying contacted me not long ago, asking if I wanted to buy important intel about you.”

Condor Hero was surprised.

Manager Ying? Who’s that? What a dog!

The surprise he’d wanted to create was completely ruined. He was starting to feel like he didn’t understand the beastmaster era he’d returned to at all.

***

At the same time, in Stellar Moon World. Following Lu Ran’s instructions, the Divine Deer carried the World Fruit back to Stellar Moon, intending to deliver it to the Divine Tree.

Across the vast Stellar Moon World, while the Divine Deer was busy, a lone figure trudged through the endless desert under the scorching sun.

Stellar Moon’s strongest necromancer and Legendary mechanic, Death Gun, abandoned by the Underworld God and interrogated by Flare Source Conglomerate and Federation higher-ups, had fled to this desolate land, unwilling to face reality.

Death Gun didn’t even dare go online, afraid the entire internet would be discussing how he’d aided the enemy. The problem was, even if he hadn’t helped, Lu Ran’s strength alone would’ve been enough to crush Stellar Moon.

“‘If you can’t find the Death Scorpion’s remains, don’t bother being my messenger anymore.’ Death Scorpion, Death Scorpion... where the hell am I supposed to find one?” Death Gun muttered, tears streaming as he scanned the desert with a detector.

He’d never even heard of a Death Scorpion. Death Gun suspected the Underworld God had made it up just to force him out gracefully.

Just as Death Gun was diligently searching for the Death Scorpion’s remains, an intense chill suddenly permeated the scorching desert. Death Gun lifted his sunglasses and looked up to see Ice Emperor descending before him on the Frost God Bird.

“What do you want?” Death Gun asked bluntly.

The sand froze instantly where Ice Emperor landed.

Standing on top of the ice, Ice Emperor stared at Death Gun and said, “I’ve been looking for you for so long. I finally found you. Underworld God’s messenger, Death Gun. You know Lu Ran, no, Pedestrian A, right?”

“No,” Death Gun replied firmly.

The Ice Emperor snapped. “Bullshit! The entire Stellar Moon knows you know Lu Ran! Flare Source threw you under the bus to cover their own asses!”

Death Gun said, “Then get to the point. Let me guess: you’re here because you want me to help you contact Lu Ran, right? You want to resurrect your sister. Right now, Lu Ran, with his Hall of Heroic Spirits and unknown Limitless City privileges, is your only hope.”

The Ice Emperor fell silent for a moment before saying, “You understand, then. So I’m asking you to help me get in touch with Lu Ran. If you can connect me to him, I owe you a favor.”

Death Gun shook his head. “Not to be rude, but you and Lu Ran were enemies before. Why would he help you?”

The Ice Emperor said, “That’s none of your concern. I’ve prepared something. He’ll agree.”

Death Gun sighed. “Fine, fine. Since we were teammates in Stellar Moon, I’ll help you once, but on one condition.”

“What condition?”

“Help me find the Death Scorpion’s remains in this desert, and I’ll help you find Pedestrian A.” Death Gun looked up at the sky.

It was getting hotter, and he couldn’t take it anymore.