Chapter 633 - Whose General Is This? Damn!

“Let’s begin! Which of you will go first?”

In the Silver Galaxy, the exchange meeting hosted by the Cosmic-level powerhouse, the Gem Queen, commenced. Her intention for convening this exchange meeting was simple. It was to apply some pressure on Lu Ran.

She wanted to let him witness the strength of these peak Primary Divines personally trained by the Cosmic Emperors, so that he wouldn’t get too arrogant. In short, she used information as bait to have these experts serve as sparring partners for Lu Ran, helping to improve him.

After a round of training, Lu Ran would undoubtedly become stronger before the official competition. And taking a step back, if these people failed to pressure Lu Ran, and instead Lu Ran performed well, then she would also have effectively shown off in front of Cosmic-level beings like the Beast King and the World King.

The Gem Queen could sense that after she advanced to the Cosmic level, these Cosmic Emperors, especially the Cosmic Overlord, looked down on her quite a bit. It was unacceptable.

While she might not be able to defeat these Cosmic-level beings herself, if her employee defeated their carefully cultivated subordinates, that would be quite good too. It was a win-win situation.

At this moment, the voice of the former Cosmic Overlord, Sybas, suddenly echoed in Cartney’s mind. “Cartney, test him out. If you lose, don’t even bother participating in the Multiversal Beastmaster Championship. Come back and enter seclusion for a hundred million years instead.”

Although the several Cosmic Overlords hadn’t personally attended, given their strength and the recognition from the local forces of the Silver Galaxy, they could naturally cast their gaze from the far reaches of the universe and observe.

Cartney, who was personally trained by Sybas and was the second-in-command of the Sybas Legion, looked up at the Gem Queen upon hearing her boss’ command.

A long time ago, even the primordial goddess of Blue Planet was merely her colleague. Now, a cat from Blue Planet’s later generations had already stepped into the Cosmic level ahead of her. There was simply no reasoning with it.

“Gem Queen, in that case, I will challenge Lu Ran.” Cartney challenged Lu Ran before Lu Ming, Mun, and the Spider Princess could.

The Gem Queen nodded and said, “Fight here. Do as you please. I have completely isolated this space and time.”

After all, she was a Cosmic-level being. Isolating the battle of a few Primary Divines wasn’t a problem.

As she spoke, the massive palace underwent a space and time transformation. A gorgeous gemstone world, like a new universe, formed around them. Ying remained seated on her throne, watching the Primary Divines below. Then, Cartney stepped forward.

It must be Sybas’s order.

Among the present Cosmic-level forces, the Sybas Legion had the most reckless style, even more so than the barbaric Giant Beast Empire. They specialized in overpowering and sweeping through the starry skies. The representatives from the other forces understood the situation clearly.

As subordinates of the former Cosmic Overlord, if they waited for others to test Lu Ran’s strength first, it would damage Sybas’ reputation. The others tactfully stepped back. Within the gemstone space, Cartney began summoning her familiar. As a powerful force fluctuation spread, the entire gemstone space shook, making the Gem Queen narrow her eyes.

The next instant, a purple figure appeared. It was several meters tall, not particularly large compared to some cosmic monsters, but its humanoid form was still incredibly burly compared to a normal human.

“Is this my opponent?”

This bull-headed demon, with devilish horns, muscular body, a long, black-purple tail coiled around its waist, and three toes gripping the ground, grinned coldly.

“Sybas’ genetic creation, Isis the Conqueror.”

Once Cartney’s familiar was summoned, the others took a deep breath. Cartney only had one contracted life form, but none of the representatives from the other Cosmic-level forces present could deny the terror of this life form.

It was simply because Cartney, as a beastmaster trained by Sybas, had contracted a life form that was a clone of Sybas himself. It was created from his blood.

Long ago, before Sybas was defeated, he was the only powerhouse in the entire universe who had reached the second realm at the Cosmic level. He was the perfect life form with the highest innate species rank in the entire universe.

It was easy to imagine that a genetic creation cloned from his blood, even if it couldn’t inherit 100% of his power, would still be overwhelmingly powerful for other life forms.

Isis was such an existence. As a war weapon provided by Sybas to Cartney, no matter what opponent the Cosmic Overlord Legion encountered, Cartney and Isis could handle it easily without Sybas himself having to lift a finger. They were able to conquer one Primary Divine civilization after another.

“They say Sybas’s innate species is too terrifying, making reproduction difficult. Even the cloned genetic creations have many defects. The one Cartney contracted is considered the most perfect among them, but even so, it has extremely violent negative emotions.”

Among the group, Lu Ming, under the World King, took a deep breath. Even with the World King’s help, teaming up with two other colleagues, he still had little confidence in facing Isis.

Can this guy named Lu Ran... Handle it?

Mun from the Giant Beast Empire and the Spider Princess from the Karnid Hive shared the same doubt. It was mainly because Lu Ran wasn’t any known Primary-Divine powerhouse they were familiar with. Coupled with the Gem Queen’s somewhat unreliable demeanor and Cartney’s renowned reputation, they simply couldn't believe he could do anything.

However, Lu Ran himself seemed quite relaxed.

Lu Ran stepped down from beside the throne. “If its physical body is strong, then...”

Just as he was about to summon the suddenly nervous Sudden Death King, the Gem Queen, looking intrigued, spoke up. “You have a familiar that cultivates pollution power, right? Let it out to fight. Are you scared?”

“

Oh...

No problem.”

Upon hearing this, Lu Ran nonchalantly changed his summoning target and called out Dark Crow, not planning to summon multiple familiars simultaneously. It wasn’t necessary. Everyone’s familiars were at the peak Primary-Divine level, so the gap shouldn’t be too big.

In terms of skill proficiency, with countless cycles of reincarnation, Dark Crow and the others wouldn’t be weak, as they were maxed out. In terms of basics, with the perfect Seed of Transformation provided by the Limitless City’s will, they could only be stronger.

And, if factoring in the beastmaster’s bonuses, Lu Ran was certain that as long as he didn’t face a Cosmic-level opponent, he was guaranteed to win.

The status of Keeper of the Universe, brought by contracting a universe, directly elevated his life dimension to an extremely high level. The bonuses from his beastmaster skills couldn’t simply be viewed at the ordinary Primary-Divine level. Even without using cosmic power, he possessed strength that could crush Primary Divines.

Lu Ran raised his hand, and a summoning array appeared.

“

Caw, caw, caw, caw...

”

Simultaneously, an unbridled, eerie laughter accompanied it. As the laughter spread, the dark golden Spiritual Speech power, formed from the fusion of Evil God power and Dark Crow’s talent, permeated the area.

The sound, capable of causing tremors deep within the soul and polluting the mind, made everyone present change their expressions.

At this moment, even the World King, Beast King, Karnid Queen, and Sybas watching from behind the scenes raised their eyebrows in surprise. “A polluted species?”

From the direction of the Cosmic Sea, the World King was surprised.

This employee of the Gem Queen actually contracted a polluted species?

Cartney also narrowed her eyes. “Peak... Primary Divine.”

It was no wonder the Gem Queen was so confident. It could be said that the familiar Lu Ran summoned was very surprising. With the intelligence blocked by the Gem Queen, these Cosmic-level forces were learning for the first time that such a terrifying, polluted Primary Divine had emerged.

“Interesting.” Cartney smiled slightly.

Her long tenure as a secretary had made her forget the taste of battle. The Gem Queen’s subordinate indeed seemed like a worthy opponent, likely enough to let Isis enjoy itself.

The next moment, the Gem Queen, Teacher Ying, also looked on with anticipation.

“Who will win?”

One was Sybas’s creation, and the other was a polluted species recognized by that duck.

As the battle commenced, the overlord clone laughed maniacally, the surrounding space and time vibrating. Its figure vanished from its original position in an instant.

As terrifying shockwaves spread, it clearly bypassed Dark Crow, throwing a punch directly at Lu Ran’s head. The burst of pure physical power was extremely fast, and it was seemingly capable of traversing time with its physical speed. However...

“How dare you!” A voice rang out, causing the overlord clone’s expression to change.

Logically, with the overlord clone’s terrifying speed, where space and time were distorted, and its attack speed surpassing everything, including light, sound simply couldn’t catch up. But this voice finished speaking clearly during the opponent’s attack process, falling into everyone’s ears.

“Cow, your opponent... is me!”

As the voice fully fell, space and time transformed. Everything became like flowers in a mirror or the moon’s reflection in water. The overlord clone’s attack target changed to Dark Crow, while Lu Ran appeared further away. This one sentence seemed to twist reality, changing everything.

Moreover, it wasn’t just that the attack target in front of the overlord clone had become Dark Crow; its fist, capable of shattering a star domain, simply couldn’t land on Dark Crow. It was as if an infinite distance separated the two.

“

ROAR!

”

This scene made the overlord clone even more furious.

It roared and continued to burst forth, trying to strike further away.

“This polluted crow’s mastery of space and time power is absurdly high.”

Ordinary peak Primary-Divine space and time control would be shattered by the overlord clone’s punch. However, Dark Crow’s space and time prowess, which held the overlord clone at an infinite distance, surprised not only Cartney but even the Cosmic Thrones watching from behind the scenes. Such space and time attainment meant that the crow was already half a step into the Cosmic level.

Where did this guy come from?

What these Cosmic Emperors didn’t know was that due to Lu Ran's Cosmic Will Keeper status and the cosmic space and time will, the easiest attribute for Lu Ran’s familiars to advance to the Cosmic level was space and time power.

Their space and time talent had been boosted to the extreme. It was comparable to cosmic species, so their mastery was naturally extraordinary.

“Great, great, great!” The Gem Queen’s eyes lit up.

However, Cartney was no easy match. In the pure clash between familiars, Dark Crow hadn’t fallen behind. But in beastmaster battles, the beastmaster’s role could sometimes reverse the situation, helping the familiar defeat stronger opponents, especially since the overlord clone couldn’t be said to be at a disadvantage yet.

Fighting purely with the physical body consumed very little energy. In comparison, using space and time power was the most costly. Both sides were just starting.

“Transcend.”

As a perfect Transcendent Sun emerged behind Cartney, the overlord clone’s power was amplified to the limit.

Its aura climbed steadily, the surrounding space and time vibrating even more, and it began to shed space and time fragments. The distance between it and Dark Crow shortened further, as if traversing dimensions, bringing it right before Dark Crow.

Just as it seemed the overlord clone was about to break through the infinite Spiritual Speech restriction and punch Dark Crow into pulp, Lu Ran also made his move.

He slightly raised his hand, palm facing up, as his index finger traced a sword scar. A drop of black blood flowed from the center of Lu Ran’s finger. As this drop of blood appeared, multiple sun-like phenomena also rose behind him. The thing was... they were all black suns.

Each scorching sun was filled with infinite malevolence, as if countless hungry ghost souls were roaring inside, trying to break free from their cages.

As the phenomenon appeared, Mun from the Giant Beast Empire was very shocked. “The fuck? What’s going on!”

In that instant, an infinite amount of negative emotional power actually flowed from Lu Ran’s body. The intensity of the malevolence’s infectivity was no less than that of Dark Crow. However, upon careful thought, everyone could actually understand. If the beastmaster wasn’t somewhat capable, he definitely wouldn’t be able to control a polluted species.

“Boss, you probably don’t mind our attributes, right? Attributes are just tools. Actually, I have a good side too. It’s just that the amplification effect on it isn’t good for him.” Lu Ran flicked the black blood, the corner of his mouth slightly upturned, making the Gem Queen’s eyes twitch.

Indeed, someone who could contract a polluted species was definitely not a good person.

She was just about to say that she did indeed mind, and that she didn’t like this kind of power. However, the next moment, that drop of black blood, filled with evil soul energy, flew out and merged into Dark Crow’s pupils.

Dark Crow closed its eyes, then opened them. In that instant, the overlord clone’s fist had already descended, truly mere fractions away from Dark Crow. Dark Crow’s feathers were already ruffled by the fist wind, its form beginning to blur.

However, its voice sounded again. Using the Keeper’s evil spirit blood paired with the eyeball as a sacrifice, Dark Crow issued a command.

“Explode.”

The dark red pupils directly exploded within Dark Crow’s eye sockets. And following that, something incredibly shocking happened. Under the overlord clone’s extremely incredulous gaze, the energy within its body instantly swelled, and countless black cracks appeared on its body.

Boom!

Purple blood mist filled the sky as countless purple blood droplets and minced flesh fell, landing on the eyeless Dark Crow.

“

Hehehe,

you were very strong, but were still a bit lacking,” it said unceremoniously.

As this scene unfolded, Sybas’ secretary, Cartney, also suddenly turned pale, spat out blood, and took a step back, the phenomena behind her vanishing completely.

The other Primary-Divine representatives all changed their expressions simultaneously. Even the Cosmic-level beings were stunned.

The Gem Queen’s train of thought couldn’t even continue.

He won... just like that? What a joke!

She looked at the combination of Lu Ran and Dark Crow in astonishment.

The most shocked was undoubtedly Sybas, who had trained Cartney. “That’s impossible!”

He even stood up in his distant Overlord Territory, his bull-like eyes wide open, unable to believe that the beastmaster he trained could be instantly killed facing a mere Primary-Divine level opponent.

Whose general is this?

The most outrageous thing was the feeling of unrest in his blood. Due to the weak bloodline connection, the opponent’s attack had even affected him. Although faint, it was not right. This human beastmaster was very, very strange.

“This guy absolutely cannot be

just

a subordinate of that cat. He must be hiding a big secret. Probably only by fighting him personally can we find out what's going on.”