Chapter 538 - Limitless City Paranormal Incident

On the Stellar Moon side, the three beast gods were searching for Lu Ran, and the Ice Emperor was also looking for him. However, Death Gun estimated that Lu Ran wouldn’t pay attention to anyone right now. He was definitely being dragged by the kin to explore Limitless City.

However, no matter what, the core area of the Death Desert was extremely hot. Even as a Legendary beastmaster, Death Gun found it difficult to explore. Now that he had an ice-block tool, he planned to make use of it first.

Aside from the threat of the three beast gods, Stellar Moon was also facing a disaster in the form of monster sieges. From time to time, secret realm bosses would materialize, and in the blink of an eye, buildings would collapse under their destruction. This made it impossible for the federation to focus 100% of its efforts on dealing with the three beast gods.

Similarly, on Blue Planet, after Lu Ran entered the ascension realm, secret realm bosses began descending into reality one after another.

Apart from Xia, other countries were suffering immensely. Of course, Xia wasn’t having an easy time either, but the relative stability was due to the fact that all the powerful imperial creatures had been recruited to work. Green Sea was primarily guarded by Lu Ran’s close associates.

“Damn you all!”

Mystic Turtle, who had finally returned to Green Sea to retire peacefully after Lu Ran became the strongest beastmaster across both worlds, was forced back into action by the bosses materialized by Limitless City.

These monsters didn’t care who ruled Green Sea. Their only goal was destruction. In this situation, the old turtle had no choice but to endure the hardship, cooperating with the other beast generals and reluctantly getting involved in the conflict. Staring at the level 20 Diamond Dragon King that Captain Doofus had once defeated, the old turtle fell into deep thought.

All of this was witnessed by Manager Ying. It knew very well that the global catastrophe might actually be a good thing for Lu Ran’s Beastmaster Empire.

During Lu Ran’s absence, Manager Ying took charge of the empire’s Construction Division, overseeing large-scale projects and building countless shelters within the empire. It extended invitations to elite humans from over a hundred countries worldwide to join the Beastmaster Empire, promising the most perfect security.

Under Manager Ying’s management, the Beastmaster Empire had now gained recognition as a legitimate nation by the International Alliance. Other nations didn’t dare to refuse recognition, and the empire’s immigration slots had become incredibly valuable. It was worth its weight in gold.

After resurrecting Peanut, Lu Ran felt like he had forgotten something. Only then did he remember that he hadn’t seen the cat since his return.

He arrived at Manager Ying’s office and saw its hardworking clone. “You’ve done well. I wonder when Six Flowers will be able to advance to the Primary-Divine level.”

Back then, the Divine Tree had ascended from Superior Legendary to Primary Divine by connecting itself to the Stellar Moon World. Now, for Six-Path Flower to ascend to Primary Divine, the simplest path was to use its Six-Path Reincarnation Domain, combined with the Dominion trait, to turn the entire Blue Planet into its Divine Reincarnation Kingdom.

It would bring all life on Blue Planet into its reincarnation system, making itself the object of faith for countless beings. The next step for Six-Path Flower was to cultivate the fusion of the Dominion trait and the Reincarnation Domain until the domain’s range covered the entire Blue Planet.

Additionally, there was another process, which was sending more and more beings into reincarnation and weaving their final destiny in the next life to assist and follow the Six-Path Reincarnation God. This way, Six-Path Flower’s influence would grow larger and larger, and its followers would generate endless pure faith energy for it, allowing it to ascend to Primary Divine.

However, the path to Primary Divine was bound to be long. No one knew how much time it would take. Lu Ran looked at Manager Ying, who was ignoring him, and was about to say something else when it suddenly spoke.

𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

“

Ah,

I’m so tired. I’ve been working for a month. Surely no one would be cruel enough to exploit me again.”

Lu Ran slammed the table. “I haven’t even said anything yet!”

Manager Ying replied, “You wouldn’t come to me for no reason. I’ve been deliberately avoiding you! You’ve broken through to Legendary, and your familiars have surpassed the level 70 bottleneck. If you want them to reach level 80, the fastest way is for me to accelerate their growth with Time-attribute powers. You’re definitely here to exploit me again! I’m smart, you know!”

Lu Ran was speechless because Manager Ying was right.

“Then I’ll leave it to you.”

Aside from Six-Path Flower, who had jumped directly from level 70 to level 80 after fusing with the Divine Tree’s blessing, Captain Doofus and the others were still hovering around level 70.

At this stage, without top-tier resources, the only way to increase their level was to endure the grind. However, with the help of the Time God, grinding time had become the simplest method.

Manager Ying shook its head frantically. “I refuse, I refuse! Do something humane! I’ve been really busy this month helping you and Six Flowers build the empire, monitoring global developments, and gathering information on the resurrected dead for you...”

“So, my parents...”

“Although I’ve detected many resurrected souls, there’s still no news about your parents.”

Lu Ran’s heart ached slightly. “I see. Then keep investigating. I won’t exploit you for now. The level 70 to 80 phase can be handled by me. Besides, I just resurrected Peanut. She also has the Time attribute. She can help later...

“So I won’t trouble you with this, but when #18 replicates resources later, you’ll have to provide more blood. After all, the time accelerator’s design requires the blood of Time-attribute creatures as fuel...”

Manager Ying’s face darkened.

Get lost!

***

After visiting Manager Ying, Lu Ran returned to his exclusive room in Limitless City with satisfaction and entered the Heavenly Dog secret realm.

[Would you like to enter the Moon’s Shadow Land?]

“Yes.”

[Please select...]

“2, Star Vortex Dragon.”

[Selection complete. Teleporting...]

Soon, Lu Ran arrived in a valley resembling the surface of the moon. It was so dark that if not for the moon visible in the sky, Lu Ran would have thought he had actually landed on the moon.

Sudden Death King cautiously followed Lu Ran, holding the comical shield and looking around. After being beaten up by the Golden Rooster God last time, it didn’t dare to be careless. If it got beaten up by the Heavenly Dog this time, it would truly be worse than a chicken or a dog. It was a title Sudden Death King definitely didn’t want.

Sudden Death King roared, but after a long while, there was no sign of the Heavenly Dog.

“

Roar!

”

Where’s the dog? Where’s the dog?

The next moment, the comical shield tilted its head slightly. A red dot descended from the sky, growing larger and larger like a red meteor, clearly aiming for a dramatic entrance.

Sudden Death King also looked up, completely unimpressed by such flashy theatrics. Red lightning surged around its body as it charged into the sky, swinging the comical shield like a bat and sending the Heavenly Dog flying back into the air.

Flames erupted as an enormous red dog hovered angrily in the sky, glaring at Sudden Death King, who had unfurled its starry wings to stay airborne. The Heavenly Dog let out a thunderous roar.

[Species: Heavenly Dog]

[Attribute: Dark, Fire]

[Species Rank: Low Legendary]

[Level: 71]

“

Awooooo!

”

At first, Lu Ran had been thinking that the Heavenly Dog’s two attributes didn’t seem unified, and its species as a dog wasn’t particularly formidable, so it should be an easy fight. However, as the Heavenly Dog roared furiously, Sudden Death King and Lu Ran were instantly pulled into a domain.

The domain expanded rapidly, and the surroundings transformed in the blink of an eye. Darkness descended, and suddenly, Lu Ran and Sudden Death King found themselves standing on the moon’s surface.

In this domain, Sudden Death King and Lu Ran felt that the gravity was far too weak. The rules of gravity in the domain had been completely altered, making normal movement extremely difficult for them.

Sudden Death King did have gravity-related abilities, but its mastery was completely suppressed by the Heavenly Dog, rendering it useless.

Domain skills were once considered top-tier techniques on Blue Planet, reserved for the strongest, as they involved the Space attributes and a familiar’s core skills. However, at the Legendary stage, they weren’t an overwhelming trump card anymore.

At this level, it was almost impossible for a familiar not to be proficient in spatial powers. In most cases, opponents could resist the domain for a while, waiting for the user to exhaust themselves by maintaining such a high-cost skill. Of course, if there was a significant power gap, domains were still effective, but with such a gap, any skill would work.

“Damn it.”

Right now, Sudden Death King’s spatial prowess was far inferior to the Heavenly Dog’s. It seemed the Heavenly Dog had indeed unified its attributes. Otherwise, its domain suppression wouldn’t be this strong. Sudden Death King tried multiple times to counter the domain with its own, but each attempt failed.

Meanwhile, the red Heavenly Dog floating in the sky spewed a dark-red pillar of flames, sweeping it toward Sudden Death King and Lu Ran like a whip.

Affected and suppressed by the domain, Sudden Death King and Lu Ran struggled to move and couldn’t dodge the attack. However, it didn’t matter because Sudden Death King’s Defensive Halo had long been activated, covering Lu Ran as well.

The two allowed the Heavenly Dog’s flames to engulf them. Although the lunar surface was scorched black and covered in dark fire, Sudden Death King and Lu Ran remained unharmed inside the flames.

This was especially since both of them had extremely high fire resistance. While the flames had some effect on their bodies, Lu Ran’s Legendary Flame of Life healed them instantly.

“I think I can tell how this fight will go.” Lu Ran muttered as he bathed in the black flames.

Next, Lu Ran simply flew onto Sudden Death King’s back. It was clear that in this domain, Sudden Death King’s mobility would never match the Heavenly Dog’s, meaning it likely wouldn’t land a single hit. In that case, there was no point wasting energy on counterattacks. It might as well accumulate some injuries to fuel dominance.

For an entire day, the Heavenly Dog continued its assault, yet Sudden Death King and Lu Ran still didn’t suffer any serious damage.

During this time, the Heavenly Dog even crashed a fabricated sun into the moon within the domain, devouring the moon entirely and trapping Lu Ran and Sudden Death King in the sun’s core. However, even that couldn’t burn them to death.

Only when the Heavenly Dog was completely exhausted did Sudden Death King finally dust itself off, converting its accumulated injuries into destructive power. With a single shield bash, it sent the panting Heavenly Dog crashing into the ground.

“

ROAR!

”

A black shadow flashed as the massive shield descended from the sky, slamming the Heavenly Dog into the earth. The ground split open, cracks spreading like spiderwebs as the surrounding mountains collapsed one after another.

“Weak. So weak.”

Lu Ran, who had spent the entire time riding Sudden Death King to train his mount skills, couldn’t help but sigh.

“

Roar!

”

I know, right?

.

Compared to Captain Doofus and Six-Path Flower at the same level, the Heavenly Dog was nothing.

Lu Ran pointed at the comical shield. “I was talking about you guys. If it were Captain Doofus or Six-Path Flower, they would’ve shattered the domain instantly. There would have been no need to grind it down by tanking hits until the enemy ran out of stamina.”

Sudden Death King and the comical shield were speechless.

Aren’t we just specializing in different areas? If Captain Doofus or Six Flowers stood there taking hits for so long, they would’ve been knocked out long ago.

[Congratulations on completing the secret realm mission.]

[You have received an Epic enhancement card: Can enhance equipment or resources below Epic grade to Epic grade with 100% success rate)]

[You have received an Epic-grade resource: Lunar Core (The highest-quality moonstone collected by the Heavenly Dog, containing the core power of the lunar star. Rock-attribute creatures that consume it will gain enhanced resistance to all attribute-based attacks).]

[You have received a trait crystal: Sun-Moon Fusion (Allows the fusion of two mutually repelling attributes into a brand-new, powerful force).]

[You have received a beastmaster skill: Cosmic Being (When a beastmaster who has learned this skill leaves the planet and enters outer space, they will gain boosts to vitality, stamina, mental power, and soul power, as well as a significant enhancement to the effects of other beastmaster skills).]

[You have received a Legendary evolution resource: Alien Star (An extraterrestrial meteorite that triggers the evolution of ordinary dog creatures into Heavenly Dogs. After absorbing its energy, a familiar’s physique will change, allowing it to absorb the power of any star within one light-year to strengthen itself. The closer the star, the better the absorption effect and speed).]

Hearing the notifications, Lu Ran looked up at the starry sky in the secret realm with slight surprise.

***

At the same time.

[Congratulations to level 7 beastmaster, Pedestrian A, and his contracted familiar, Star Vortex Dragon, for clearing the Divine secret realm, Moon’s Shadow Land, unveiling a fragment of myth.]

[Congratulations...]

Most people on Blue Planet still didn’t know what a Divine secret realm was. However, upon hearing this broadcast and seeing that Lu Ran had already advanced to Legendary, the beastmasters of Blue Planet could only respond with endless silence.

“This freak... We can’t even see his back anymore...”

In the exclusive room of ID Tree Monarch, Peanut, who had just cleared the Beginner Trial Secret Realm with an SSS score, also heard the broadcast about Lu Ran. However, her mind wasn’t on the Divine secret realm at all. Instead, she stared at a unique secret realm on her system platform, lost in confusion.

[Name: Final Secret Realm]

[Level: 9]

[Difficulty: Unknown]

[Description: The Final Secret Realm contains the secrets of Limitless City. Please accumulate sufficient strength before challenging. Failure means permanent death.]

[Tip: You have already challenged this secret realm. Since you failed, you cannot challenge it again.]

Peanut was taken aback.

When... did I ever challenge the Final Secret Realm?

The sheer weight of this information left Peanut frozen in place.