Chapter 571 - The Second Superior Legendary (Part 2)

As a fissure appeared in the seal, the Ice Goddess slowly opened her eyes, sensing the seal’s loosening. However, this discovery did not cause the Ice Goddess to show any extra emotion. She knew that as long as the Four Divine Dragons were still around, even if they broke free, it would be meaningless.

If the Four Supreme Divine Dragons wished, they could reseal them with a single thought. Although she had endured countless divine punishments within the sealed space and was weak to this day, the Ice Goddess still didn’t understand one thing. Why didn’t the Four Divine Dragons simply destroy them instead of sealing them away like prisoners?

“Ice Goddess.”

As a voice came from outside the loosened spatial seal, the Ice Goddess felt a strange emotion. Accompanied by a light, she saw a human with a powerful aura appear within the sealed space.

Crack, crack, crack...

The seal... is open?

The Ice Goddess slowly floated up. Having been sealed for so long, the terrifying power she still possessed was not something ordinary Legendaries could compare to, but it was still vastly different from her peak state.

After seeing her, Lu Ran knew he could annihilate her with negligible effort. However, Lu Ran didn’t even want to use that negligible effort.

He spoke, “I am the Divine Dragon’s messenger. By the order of the Four Supreme Divine Dragons, I have come to see you. Your period of atonement has ended. Now, before you lie two paths.

“One would be execution, no longer enduring the suffering of imprisonment, and receiving complete liberation. The second path would be acknowledging the difficulty of your cultivation. After voluntarily offering up all your power, you will be sent for reincarnation.”

Lu Ran addressed the Ice Goddess. “Your nine colleagues have already chosen to voluntarily offer up all their power for reincarnation. Now only you remain. Make your choice!”

The Divine Dragon’s messenger...

The Ice Goddess looked at the human before her in surprise, then at the artifact in his hand, brimming with death divine power. Its energy fluctuations were almost identical to those of the Death Dragon. She was somewhat shocked.

To think that after all these years, the Four Supreme Divine Dragons still remember us.

“Choice? Why not simply destroy us?” The Ice Goddess asked.

“Make your choice.” Lu Ran’s expression was calm.

As the Divine Dragon’s messenger, there was no need to explain too much to the elemental gods. He'd let them figure it out themselves.

The Ice Goddess continued, “The meaning of ’voluntarily offering up all power’ is to transfer the power to another elemental lifeform, correct?”

“Yes.”

“Then I understand.” The Ice Goddess slowly closed her eyes.

During her imprisonment, she had also done much thinking. There were legends that the entire Stellar Moon World was created by the Four Divine Dragons. Combining this with the elemental gods’ divine nation system, the Ice Goddess had an epiphany.

Why didn’t the Four Divine Dragons kill them but seal them instead? It was because the level of this world, to some extent, determined the power of the Four Divine Dragons. Just like them, the elemental gods, ruling over an empty divine nation would undoubtedly yield weaker divine power than ruling over a prosperous one.

Similarly, if the two Primary Divines and eight Superior Legendaries died, it would certainly affect the Stellar Moon World’s power level ceiling, thereby weakening the Four Divine Dragons themselves.

Now, the Four Divine Dragons were finally going to execute them, indicating that the outside world must have developed to a point where their absence wouldn’t cause too much impact. Perhaps Legendaries were commonplace out there now.

As for why they were given the choice to offer their power for reincarnation, it was because no one would mind having too much power. Power transfer between elemental lifeforms was easiest. Having them offer their power to cultivate new elemental rulers could minimize the loss to the world’s level.

“Can memories be retained upon reincarnation?” The Ice Goddess asked.

“No.” Lu Ran said nonchalantly.

However, the more he acted this way, the more the Ice Goddess believed in his identity. After speaking, Six-Paths Flower’s figure slowly materialized beside Lu Ran. It held a Reincarnation Mark in its hands.

Lu Ran said, “Make your decision. After reincarnation, you may perhaps reach the peak again, achieve new breakthroughs, and recover your memories. But death... offers nothing.”

The Ice Goddess fell silent for a long time, then nodded, ultimately choosing to enter the cycle of reincarnation. A moment later, Lu Ran left the sealed world. Outside, Squirrel God, who had been peeking, was completely dumbfounded.

’What, what, what, what? How come there wasn’t even a fight? The Ice Goddess sacrificed herself willingly!”

Lu Ran said, “This world isn’t just about fighting and killing. I told you not to worry so much. But this also has to do with the Ice Goddess’s personality. If it were the hot-tempered Fire God or Lightning God, the situation would be different.”

“No? Did the four Divine Dragons really say to send them for reincarnation? Is the God of Six Paths really going to send them into reincarnation?”

Lu Ran looked at Squirrel God and said, “That part I made up myself. Baby Cloud definitely needs to eat them whole to get the full nourishment. But if I didn’t say that, we’d definitely have to fight. I had to give them some hope.”

Lu Ran, you truly are a great villain.

Squirrel God was stunned, but it liked it. Long live peace. Squirrel God raised its arms high in celebration.

Lu Ran started to ponder. Although he didn’t know why the Four Supreme Divine Dragons hadn’t killed these elemental gods, it wasn’t a big problem.

Even though he was now forging orders and planning to eliminate the elemental gods one by one, if the Four Supreme Divine Dragons needed them in the future, he could use Limitless City’s authority to resurrect them all within a year. So, better to fill his own stomach first and deal with the consequences later. Go big or go home.

Next, Squirrel God took Lu Ran to different sealing locations. The states of the elemental gods were mostly similar to the Ice Goddess’, extremely weak.

Only the Fire God did not choose to willingly sacrifice his power for reincarnation. He vented the rage accumulated over several eras, only to be instantly suppressed by Captain Doofus and Six-Path Flower.

Without his divine nation, without his authority, and without his full strength, the Fire God, at best possessing the combat power of an Intermediate Legendary, stood no chance of victory against a group attack.

Although their power had waned, the quality of the elemental cores of the eight elemental gods was undoubtedly still extremely high. They were absolutely top-tier among Legendary resources.

As Baby Cloud absorbed them one after another, together with Hel’s elemental blood, its power grew rapidly through constant devouring, despite having only recently broken through to Intermediate Legendary.

***

One month later, Baby Cloud’s species rank reached Superior Legendary, becoming the second Superior Legendary within Lu Ran’s team after Six-Path Flower. Its growth speed left Six-Path Flower speechless for a long time.

“Awesome, awesome, awesome.”

Squirrel God had witnessed almost the entire process. It was also very happy during this time. In the process of continuously dismantling the Supreme Divine Dragons’ seals, its sealing experience greatly increased. However, compared to Baby Cloud’s growth, its own progress was much slower, as it still needed to comprehend everything. Baby Cloud reaching Superior Legendary also gave Lu Ran’s control over elemental power. This was especially true for Fire, giving his mastery of the Flame Spirit a qualitative leap. It made Lu Ran consider re-tempering the imperial seal.

“Next should be the Light and Dark Primary Divines, right?”

Squirrel God wasn’t satisfied yet and wanted to see if Baby Cloud could reach Primary Divine in one go after devouring the Light and Dark Primary Divines.

Lu Ran waved his hand. “Hold on. The gap between Primary Divine and Superior Legendary is enormous. With our current lineup, going to deceive the Primary Divines would be foolish. If those two don’t fall for it and resist like the Fire God did, we might fail. Even weakened, Primary Divines are not something Legendary level can compare to.”

“

Ah...

Then we don’t devour them?”

Lu Ran shook his head. “Of course, we'll devour them! But the prerequisite is that we have at least one Primary Divine combat power on our side for support. Let’s wait until Six-Path Flower breaks through to Primary Divine first.”

“That works too.” Squirrel God thought being more stable was better.

After the two finished discussing, Dark Crow appeared. Acting as the communication device between Lu Ran and the various kin, Dark Crow’s appearance this time surely brought important intel.

Dark Crow spoke, “My king, the latest news is that the various kin have found seven Legendary gods with species ranks between Low Legendary and Intermediate Legendary!”

“Seven,

huh.

” Squirrel God nodded upon hearing this, considering it a pretty good number.

“That great war during the Mechanical Era caused even more casualties among Legendary lifeforms than the Beast-Plant War. Finding seven Legendary lifeforms on good terms is probably the limit!”

While running around with Lu Ran, Squirrel God had also written letters of recommendation, asking Void God to find its old friends on its behalf, but it seemed most were dead. Exactly how many had died, however, Squirrel God couldn’t be sure, as with the kin's strength back then, they couldn’t access the core secrets of that Primary Divine rebellion.

Dark Crow continued, “However, information about the Divine Dragons involves the highest secrecy. The kin cannot reveal the Divine Dragons’ whereabouts. Only saying that you are the Divine Dragon’s messenger doesn't make these Legendary gods want to submit to us. Perhaps you need to make a personal appearance to intimidate the assembled gods.”

Lu Ran said, “Is that so? It’s within expectations. After all, the Four Divine Dragons have been missing for so long, and kin have died off. The fact that these Legendary lifeforms approached by the kin are willing to give face and learn more is already a decent result.

“Plus, we are currently in a hostile relationship with the Chaos Dragon God. Making them willingly submit is quite difficult. In that case, let’s go meet them. Right, Baby Cloud?”

As Lu Ran finished speaking, turbulent clouds surged around them. Feeling incredibly powerful, Baby Cloud nodded. Squirrel God also giggled foolishly.

Hehe, Baby Cloud’s current strength owes at least 30% to my efforts.

Seeing another Superior Legendary on Lu Ran’s side would probably make those Legendaries much more convinced.

“Baby Cloud, go back and rest.”

Now that Baby Cloud was a valuable Superior Legendary combatant, Lu Ran wouldn’t use it as transportation anymore, so Squirrel God would do. Having served as transportation all along, Squirrel God didn’t mind making one last trip.

In an instant, they headed towards the meeting point with the several major kin, intending to meet the recruited Legendaries. However, fortune is unpredictable.

Just as Squirrel God was teleporting, a terrifying spatial fluctuation suddenly isolated heaven and earth. Accompanied by rampant dark golden energy, Squirrel God, who was in the midst of transporting Lu Ran, instantly turned pale.

“

HAHAHAHAHA,

God of Sealing! I’ve finally found you!”

A shuddering demonic god’s aura surged. Lu Ran and the others were trapped in some alternate space. Then, following spatial ripples, a terrifying phantom image of a demonic god materialized.

Squirrel God was shocked. “The Demonic Space God! It’s over, it’s come for revenge after all! Lu Ran, save me!”

The figure of the Demonic Space God gradually solidified. “Today, even if the Four Supreme Divine Dragons came, they wouldn’t be able to save you! Actually, I won’t kill you. Instead, I’m going to seal you for millions of years, without food and without drinks!”