The King of Beast Trainers
Chapter 431 - 258 Tree King Legacy_1

Chapter 431: Chapter 258 Tree King Legacy_1

"This..."

After choosing his fourth Beast Training Technique to learn the affiliation skill, Lu Ran fell into a long contemplation.

Indeed!

It wasn’t as wonderful as he had imagined.

Lu Ran daydreamed that once he mastered the affiliation skill, he could assign three to five affiliates to each of his Pet Beasts like Mr. Husky, King of Sudden Death, and Dark Crow.

But after learning it, Lu Ran fell silent, realizing he could only assign one affiliate to one Pet Beast.

To pair more affiliates with more Pet Beasts, he’d have to develop the skill further on his own, or wait for his Beast Training Level to improve.

"It’s okay, I had already considered this outcome, I can accept it. Well, this effect is actually quite normal. If it were as I imagined, that would be too overpowered."

"No, even the current effect is quite overpowered."

An affiliate can receive one type of power-up from the main Pet Beast: a strength boost, a talent bonus, or a bloodline enhancement. When the affiliate fights alongside the main Pet Beast, it can use a "Fusion Skill" attached to the main Pet Beast!!

No wonder the Divine Beasts in the legends like to cultivate affiliates.

Just imagine, if Mr. Husky were to contract the Sword Spirit and Sword Grass as affiliates and they received his talent bonus, how terrifying would that be?

Mr. Husky’s talent is naturally the Sword Dao.

Ultimately manifesting as...

The Sword Field!

Perhaps, once they become affiliates and receive the bonus, they may also be able to use the Sword Field with ease.

And then, there’s still more.

When the affiliate and the main Pet Beast fight together, the affiliate can use a "Fusion Skill" attached to the main Pet Beast!!

That is to say, during battle, the affiliate can provide a skill BUFF to the main Pet Beast, making its skills even stronger.

Merging skills between different Pet Beasts is difficult.

However, if the two Pet Beasts have an affiliation contract, it might not be as hard.

If the Sword Spirit and Sword Grass mastering the Sword Field is not the ultimate in strength...

What if their Sword Fields could merge with Mr. Husky’s Sword Field?

Lu Ran suddenly remembered what Manager Ying mentioned before about the "Combined Strike Domain"!!

In the Star-Moon Continent, some legendary Beast Trainers not only have several Pet Beasts with Domains, but also, the Domains of different Pet Beasts can merge to form a Combined Strike Domain.

"Wait a minute."

"If in a year, I manage to develop the affiliation skill to allow a Pet Beast to contract two affiliates."

"And then, if both the Sword Spirit and Sword Grass become affiliates of Mr. Husky, with Sword Domain knowledge, and they merge with Mr. Husky’s Sword Field to form a trinity Combined Strike Domain, in a 3V3 situation, wouldn’t their power be off-the-charts, crushing everyone?"

Lu Ran took a sharp breath, suddenly having an idea of how to utilize the affiliation skill.

Mr. Husky’s advantage is his Swordsmanship Talent, so he should be paired with Sword affiliates.

The King of Sudden Death’s advantage lies in his powerful Dragon’s Bloodline race, so in the future, he should be paired with Dragon affiliates.

As for the Dark Crow... the affiliation skill seems hard to develop, so at level 40, I’ll just merge it with the Tribe Domination Attribute; affiliates aren’t necessary for it since it has many duplicates.

"So the question arises again."

"Do the Sword Spirit and Sword Grass also need to be contracted?"

If the goal is to achieve a trinity Combined Strike Domain using the affiliation skill, making the Combined Sword Domain overwhelmingly powerful against the ten First Generations, then both Sword Spirit and Sword Grass must be contracted.

Otherwise, they won’t be able to participate in the competitions.

Lu Ran doesn’t mind contracting them, but the problem remains the same—the Contract Slot is too scarce, with a queue of Pet Beasts waiting.

Weather Spirit, Sword Grass, Sword Spirit... and now with the addition of the Clover Trait, possibly needing another Plant Pet, where would that be enough?

Lu Ran stood in place with a headache, growing even more envious of the Beast Trainers from the Star-Moon Federation who rely on their own Beast Training Spaces.

Although the number of contracts in a Beast Training Space is equivalent to that of a Contract Card.

But Lu Ran knew that in the Star-Moon Continent, there is a very powerful Beast Training Technique: Strengthening Beast Dominance Space.

It could directly double the Contract Slots of a Beast Trainer of the same level.

Double Beast Training Space, combined with the affiliation skill, Lu Ran felt he could crush any opponent of the same level.

Unfortunately, at the moment he could only dream about it.

"Let’s do this, when I return, I’ll contract Yun Bao. After all, the trinity Combined Strike Domain with two affiliates is currently just an idea of mine, and I’m not even sure whether it will work."

"Contract the Weather Spirit because, at the least, its blizzard and thunderstorm conditions could work well with Mr. Husky and King of Sudden Death, without any mistakes."

"As for the Corpse Dog and the Sword Grass, which might awaken Spirit Wisdom, I’ll let them roam free for the time being. I’ll save the Contract Slot, and if they really develop the Combined Sword Domain later on, it won’t be too late to contract them then."

"Even so, if I come across any Rare Pet Beasts in the future, it feels like the contract positions will still not be enough." Lu Ran pondered.

He considered whether it was necessary to reduce the number of Pet Beasts.

Do I really need to contract another Plant Pet to merge with Lucky Grass?

If Sword Grass can awaken its Spirit Wisdom, can’t it merge with Lucky Grass for sure?

Although the Clover Trait seems like a support Attribute, can it really not be converted into an attack Attribute?

"I recall, in the fifth level of the Secret Realm, there was a Trait called Critical Strike Trait." Suddenly, Lu Ran thought of something.

"Critical Strike Trait, a Pet Beast that merges with this Trait has an extremely small chance of making a skill do several times more damage."

"Upon a critical hit, the skill’s damage would be violent."