Chapter 569 - Subduing a Law-Bound Divine Familiar! (Part 2)

Mystic Turtle was baffled.

—Great King, I admit I was just talking nonsense after waking up. Please just treat me as an old fart and throw me down from here, okay?

Mystic Turtle took a step back.

Lu Ran said, “Too late! This is really the final battle. Once we finish this fight, we will be completely liberated.”

Mystic Turtle showed a smile uglier than crying.

—What battle could I possibly help with?

“Limitless City has a final secret realm. The boss is the Four Supreme Divine Dragons who created Stellar Moon World. We analyzed it, and you might become a key force in this battle.”

—I must still be dreaming. The Four Supreme Divine Dragons? I can’t even beat that black dragon king!

Mystic Turtle couldn’t hold back anymore, feeling the world had gone mad.

Sending an old turtle from Qingwu Lake to challenge the Four Supreme Divine Dragons? Is this a joke?

“You’re surrendering without even trying?” Lu Ran asked.

—I really can’t do it. My king, find someone else. I surrender. I’m just a useless old bone!

“Just as we thought. It’s decided then. To be honest, I obtained a trait crystal in Limitless City that allows evolution into a surrender law-bound lifeform. It requires a top-tier familiar that treats surrendering as its normal state of mind to perfectly control. Among the familiars I’m familiar with, only you have this mentality! Surrendering is good!”

Mystic Turtle froze on the cloud. What kind of brain-dead trait was this? It refused to accept this.

—My king, actually, I was just being humble earlier. What Four Supreme Divine Dragons? They’re nothing. If it’s for you, my king, I would rather die than surrender.

Mystic Turtle tested the waters.

“Since you have this mindset, then I definitely can’t let you go back. Not everyone has the will to remain fearless, facing the Four Supreme Divine Dragons.”

Mystic Turtle wanted to jump back down but was pulled back by Baby Cloud.

“Hey, why are you running? It’s not like I’m really asking you to fight desperately. Just stay by my side from now on. You don’t need to do anything. When facing a strong enemy, just say ‘I surrender’ to it. Captain Doofus and the others will handle the rest.

“Anyway, this is a good thing. A life that has fused with the Surrender trait, when facing any threat in the future, just needs to say ‘I surrender,’ and the world’s will will sweep the threat away for you. No one can force you to do anything. If you miss this opportunity, it’s gone.”

Held by a cloud rope, Mystic Turtle looked completely weathered, knowing it was time to make a comeback. It wasn’t that it was tempted, but it knew it couldn’t escape Lu Ran.

Damn it, since when does being lazy and slacking off become an opportunity?

***

After coercing Mystic Turtle, Lu Ran sat down with it for a detailed discussion.

“Do you know the Divine Turtle?” Lu Ran asked.

—Yes. It’s one of the three kin under the Life Dragon, the God of Oceanic Life. I heard General Dark Crow mention it.

“Good that you know. Your foundation is a bit weak now. Improving it through various resources would be troublesome. Look at Captain Doofus and the others. Their growth speed simply can’t compare to Six-Path Flower, Baby Cloud, or even #18.

“First, we need to solve your low foundation problem. I have a shortcut. In a few days, Six-Path Flower will first send you for reincarnation, letting you be reborn as an offspring of the Divine Turtle. It’s older than you by ten thousand times, so it’s not taking advantage of you.”

—The Divine Turtle... is female?

Mystic Turtle was stunned.

“No, male. But as a Legendary lifeform and a god of life, asexual reproduction is basic. With Six-Path Flower’s help, it can give birth to you alone. Don’t worry. At that time, you’ll retain your memories and gain a stronger species rank. I estimate that you should reach quasi-Legendary. Then, paired with various trait evolutions, becoming a Legendary law-bound lifeform is guaranteed.”

Mystic Turtle’s face fell.

Why does this supposedly good news not bring me even a shred of happiness?

After dealing with Mystic Turtle, Lu Ran brought it to Stellar Moon and found the Divine Turtle, who was recruiting troops in the ocean. After hearing that Lu Ran wanted to borrow its body to lay an egg, the Divine Turtle was also extremely unwilling, its old face angry.

The Divine Turtle looked at Lu Ran and couldn’t help but say, “Are you serious?”

“I don’t want to either, but this is to strengthen our own power and help the Four Supreme Divine Dragons. Senior Divine Turtle, there’s really no other way. Just consider it as adopting a godson. I want to cultivate it towards the Primary Divine level. Don’t you want a Primary Divine-level godson?

“Although it could be reincarnated into other species, reincarnation between similar species allows for inheriting a higher proportion of talent and potential. After careful consideration, you are the most suitable.”

The Divine Turtle really wanted to say, “Don’t use the Four Supreme Divine Dragons to pressure me! No matter what, even if helping the Four Supreme Divine Dragons, it shouldn’t have come to this point where it needed to have a child!”

Lu Ran hesitantly said, “Senior Divine Turtle, if you agree, I can... give you maternity leave. After this, you won’t have to do the work that Lord Divine Deer and the others are doing. Just a nap, and you’ll have made the greatest contribution to helping the Four Supreme Divine Dragons. In the end, I will definitely report your contribution.”

The Divine Turtle was speechless.

A Primary Divine godson, merit for helping the Four Dragons, and long-term maternity leave...

What kind of karma is this?

***

After some effort, Lu Ran and the others finally sent Mystic Turtle for reincarnation, designating it to the Divine Turtle. Next, they just needed to wait quietly for the Divine Turtle to nurture Mystic Turtle’s soul within its body into a new life, and then Lu Ran could contract the newly born Mystic Turtle.

“Perfect!”

If it were about investing a large amount of cultivation resources into this old general who had followed him dutifully since the early days, Lu Ran would be very willing. He just didn’t know how strong it would become after evolving into a law-bound lifeform.

While Lu Ran was looking forward to it, the sound of a baby crying reached his ears. Clearly, the Divine Turtle hadn’t given birth that quickly. At this moment, before MysticTurtle was born, a different little life had finally been born within Lu Ran’s ruin space.

Inside, Baby Cloud wiped its sweat, looking happily at the nine-element stone sword flopping and flipping around on the ground like a fish, unable to float. This stone sword had nine colors. It was very beautiful, with an extraordinary aura. It looked like it was born with Legendary potential.

[Species: Nine-Colored Stone Sword]

[Attribute: Rock (Water, Ice, Wind, Lightning, Fire, Earth, Light, Dark)]

[Species Rank: Quasi-Legendary]

[Level: 1]

Lu Ran, who had rushed over upon hearing the noise, was very satisfied after scanning the energetic stone sword with his Eye of Detection.

“Not bad.”

It seemed Baby Cloud had succeeded.

Nearby, Captain Doofus, who had been guarding the birth of its new kin, was also very satisfied.

“

Woof woof!

”

This sword looked flashy, and it liked it a lot.

Lu Ran commented. “The cry is much more normal this time, but why does a stone sword have the cry of a human baby? Baby Cloud, what did you do?”

“

Meow...

”

Baby Cloud was stunned, indicating it didn’t know.

“And why can’t an elemental lifeform fly?” Lu Ran rubbed his chin as he was deep in thought.

He finally looked at Captain Doofus and said, “Forget it. This is the one. Your new kin. I’ll help you contract it.”

A moment later, Baby Cloud was finally liberated from its work, and Captain Doofus, fresh and excited, walked away with its new kin like a puppy, planning to test the sword on Sudden Death King.

After the dog left, Lu Ran looked at Baby Cloud. “Next, I’ll take you to level up.”

At this moment, #18 was seriously collecting elemental blood, preparing for Baby Cloud’s next round of evolution.

Meanwhile, Lu Ran decided to embark on a new round of resource hunting while waiting for Mystic Turtle’s reincarnation.

“If the Supreme Divine Dragons didn’t finish off the ten elemental rulers, then I will do it.”

But before that, Lu Ran came to an isolated island, summoned Dark Crow and Baby Cloud, took out an item, and threw it to Dark Crow.

[Name: World Curse Stone (Consumable. The holder can consume the law curse power within to curse a certain lifeform. The cursed target will be rejected by the world’s will and will frequently encounter Legendary-level natural disasters.)]

“My king?” Dark Crow caught the stone, awaiting instructions.

“My next step is to hunt the ten elemental rulers. They’ve been sealed for three eras and have lost their world elemental law authority. They must be very weak now. However, after all, they were once the ten lives that controlled the world. We can’t be careless. So, before going to hunt them, we need to make some preparations.

“Next, Dark Crow, you take this Legendary curse item and curse Baby Cloud, making it frequently encounter Legendary-level elemental disasters. This way, Baby Cloud should be able to feast and quickly reach level 90. Then, I’ll use the Elemental Law trait crystal on it. Perhaps it can use this training to undergo its third-stage evolution into an Intermediate Legendary.

“At that time, its success rate in devouring the ten elemental rulers will be higher. And you, during this process, must carefully comprehend the curse power within this Legendary item to increase your curse abilities. See if you can also learn a few curses involving world’s laws.”

Lu Ran assigned tasks to the serious-looking Dark Crow and Baby Cloud. Not long after, Squirrel God, who was cautiously searching for old friends on the Stellar Moon continent, also received a notification from Dark Crow.

“My king says he forgot to mention one of the Four Supreme Divine Dragons’ commands last time. The Divine Dragons said for you to cooperate with my king in unsealing the elemental gods for Baby Cloud to devour and evolve, creating a new elemental Primary Divine to control Stellar Moon.”

Squirrel God looked at the eyeball in front of it, shocked. “Ac-actively unseal them? You’re not falsely giving orders, are you!”

“Don’t worry... King Lu Ran doesn’t have those kinds of balls,” Dark Crow said.