Chapter 616 - Black Mist Accelerates (Part 2)

After succeeding, Sudden Death King’s bloodline strength greatly increased. Coupled with the noble Star Dragon attribute, its bloodline strength was no inferior to the Chaos Dragon God, who was born with a silver spoon, with both parents being Superior Legendaries.

The Star Dragon Shield Spirit also reached the Superior-Legendary rank due to the bloodline feedback from Sudden Death King and #18’s mechanical modifications.

Of course, Sudden Death King, having obtained the Divine bloodline with the help of Bloodline Dominance, did not directly advance to the Primary-Divine level. It merely possessed the bloodline talent to easily step into the Primary-Divine realm.

To activate this talent, it clearly required some training. However, paired with a shield kin that had reached the Superior-Legendary rank, its defensive power was capable of withstanding the might of a Primary Divine.

And so, Sudden Death King once again became the living target for the Primary Divines. Dark Crow, Baby Cloud, Six-Path Flower, #18, without exception, all began to help Sudden Death King.

Dark Crow’s Spiritual Speech lightning focused on tempering the spirit, Baby Cloud’s multi-attribute mixed lightning focused on tempering physical resistance, Six-Path Flower’s lightning hell focused on punishing the soul, and #18’s violent electrotherapy focused on maintenance. They all served Sudden Death King to the point of life and death.

This made Sudden Death King, who had just obtained the Divine dragon bloodline, howl and roar.

Inside the training secret realm, lightning flashed. Fortunately, Lu Ran and the others were in the training secret realm. Otherwise, the intensity of Sudden Death King’s special training process would be enough to turn Blue Planet upside down.

However, Primary-Divine level lightning was just for fun. The one who truly helped it the most was still Captain Doofus. Originally, these days had been taken turns by the Primary Divines to serve Sudden Death King. But one day, a dog wearing welding goggles broke into this electric shock room.

Under the surprised gazes of the Primary Divines, it held four swords in its mouth, turned its head, and swung out several mixed sword qi.

Captain Doofus, using the fused ninth trait Skill Analysis, had deduced a sword intent specifically tailored to counter Sudden Death King’s individual bloodline. To deduce this sword technique, it had even put aside the training of its Limitless Sword Domain.

Although Captain Doofus’ current level was inferior to those Primary Divines, this single sword technique caused far more damage to Sudden Death King than those lightning attacks. Sudden Death King instantly turned into several pieces.

Even after Sudden Death King had consumed the rare stellar core and fused with the Primary-Divine bloodline, it still couldn’t defend against Captain Doofus’ sword technique.

When Captain Doofus turned and left, the shattered Sudden Death King was stunned. Not being able to defend against Primary-Divine level skills was one thing, but in the end, it couldn’t even defend against a peer who was at the same level.

As the sword and shield within Lu Ran’s team, Sudden Death King instantly became vengeful.

Several days later, the hatred, the discomfort, and the need for vengeance, combined with its innate talent that could easily step into the Primary-Divine level, caused Sudden Death King’s level to increase. After falling down time and again, it stepped into the Primary-Divine realm.

“

Roar! Roar! Roar!

”

Stinking dog... Come and slash again! This time, if you can leave a single mark, I lose!

After breaking through, Sudden Death King waved its shield and sought revenge. However, Captain Doofus just curled its lip dismissively, not in the mood to argue with Sudden Death King. Besides entering the Primary-Divine level, it was secretly preparing a big trump card, something it hadn’t even told Lu Ran yet.

In short, Lu Ran didn’t know whether Sudden Death King was the lifeform in this universe that advanced to the Primary-Divine level in the most petty manner. But it was highly likely the one in Blue Planet and Stellar Moon that advanced in the most miserable way.

Upon advancing to the Primary-Divine level, Sudden Death King also obtained a talent it had long dreamed of.

[Species Talent: Invincible (Can enter a state of similar level defensive invincibility. In the Invincible state, unless the opponent’s attack level is a full rank higher than the user's, any attack will be ineffective. Even attacks from one level higher can mostly be blocked. Maintaining the Invincible state consumes a large amount of stamina.)]

The birth of this talent indicated that unless the opponent had reached the cosmic level, the same as the Four Divine Dragons, then as long as Sudden Death King entered the Invincible state, whether it was Captain Doofus, Dark Crow, Baby Cloud, or Six-Path Flower, any attack would become ineffective.

Upon testing it, this absurd defensive talent proved to be truly absurd. Captain Doofus and the others used Sudden Death King as a target again for attacks, but didn’t leave a single trace on it.

This finally made Sudden Death King, who had been taking a beating for a while, grin. Of course, the good times didn’t last long.

Sudden Death King’s problem was that Invincible's time was too short. This led to Six-Path Flower and the others changing their tactics to quickly tiring out Sudden Death King, leaving it breathless and exhausted. It was unable to maintain the Invincible state.

If they were to challenge the final secret realm, they would definitely need Sudden Death King to properly improve its talent proficiency. These issues would probably be resolved once the entire team advanced to the Primary-Divine level, Six-Path Flower activated its Infinite Reincarnation talent, and everyone underwent infinite reincarnation together to grind skill proficiency.

Lu Ran, as the beastmaster, observed their growth throughout. “Speaking of which, we still haven’t found a suitable tenth trait for Sudden Death King. In that case, let's give it the Mount Instinct trait.”

Lu Ran ultimately took out the Mount Instinct trait and gave it to Sudden Death King as a Primary Divine gift. This was a trait he had obtained from Stellar Moon during the World War. The effect was that when being ridden, it would feel exceptionally excited, enhancing all attributes.

Although Sudden Death King wasn’t a particularly fast familiar, it was now the safest one. And it wasn’t without merit. At least in space, its flight speed was faster than Baby Cloud’s. Given its size and Star Dragon attribute, it probably even surpassed the cosmic battleship in flight speed through space.

Lu Ran planned to ride Sudden Death King to command the battle during the final secret realm. Its invincible shield would make him feel at ease.

“

Roar, roar!

”

Damn it, going around in circles, this trait actually ended up with me? Which dragon could have predicted that? I’m getting depressed. Do I have to let my own kin ride me when Lu Ran’s not?

Lu Ran was very happy to see another familiar reach the Primary-Divine level. By now, only Captain Doofus hadn’t advanced to the Primary-Divine level yet.

But whether it was because Sudden Death King had advanced to the Primary-Divine level or not, the clones observing the black mist on the front lines discovered that the black mist’s expansion speed had increased again!

Lu Ran looked up at the starry sky and said, “I guess it’s happening. The Four Divine Dragons once said that the more prosperous a world’s civilization, and the more powerful individuals it has, the faster the black mist’s devouring speed becomes. That’s why they limited the growth ceiling of this starry sky.

“Sudden Death King, Dark Crow, Baby Cloud, Six-Path Flower, #18... although they haven’t broken through the growth limit set by the Four Divine Dragons, because the number of Primary-Divine level lifeforms keeps increasing, it's ultimately affecting the black mist speed to some extent.

“In other words, if Captain Doofus also breaks through to the Primary-Divine level, then the black mist’s expansion speed will become even faster.

Tsk,

what a pain. But as long as we don’t break the rules set by the Divine Dragons, it should be fine.”

Lu Ran finally confirmed the reason for the black mist's intensification. However, Captain Doofus still needed to break through. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have the confidence to challenge the final secret realm.

Captain Doofus was the main carry. Relying solely on Baby Cloud, the damage output definitely wouldn’t be enough for the Four Divine Dragons.

Lu Ran could only burn incense and pray every day that the Four Divine Dragons would hold on, and definitely not get killed by the black mist before he challenged the final secret realm and unlocked Limitless City’s secrets.