The King of Beast Trainers
Chapter 452 - 275 Threat from Dragon Palace_1

Chapter 452: Chapter 275 Threat from Dragon Palace_1

"Lu."

In Infinite City’s third arena.

After completing a battle, Lu Ran found this new mode quite delightful.

For most Beast Trainers who believed they had strength, this place could be considered a dreamland.

Just as Lu Ran was about to try another experiment and let King of Sudden Death take the stage to check the experience gain, a hand landed on Lu Ran’s shoulder.

"What’s up."

Lu Ran turned his head slightly and whispered, who else could be looking for him if not Doctor Gu.

"Don’t challenge anymore," said Gu Qingyi.

Lu Ran looked at Doctor Gu, wearing a fox mask in surprise, "What’s going on."

"I don’t know, but Manager Ying told us to hurry outside."

Gu Qingyi shook her head, she had just matched a 1v1 battle herself, and effortlessly instant-killed her opponent. Although her Pet Beast hadn’t levelled up, it indeed had increased her growth a lot.

If you don’t get defeated and keep winning, this place is truly a leveling holy ground.

However, she felt that this might only be for the near future. In a couple of months, it’s estimated that the Peak Arena won’t have many ordinary Beast Trainers left, only a batch of powerful Beast Trainers would remain.

By then, winning streaks would be as hard as reaching the heavens.

In the end, only a few peerless figures of the same level could slowly rise to the top.

"What’s this guy doing." Lu Ran scratched his head.

...

If Manager Ying called them out, naturally they had to go and see.

At this moment, as soon as Lu Ran and Gu Qingyi stepped out of Infinite City, they saw Manager Ying on the sofa with several tablets laid out, her cat paws swiping quickly, flipping through the screens.

"Ying?" Gu Qingyi, after coming out, turned to Manager Ying, who had messaged her to come outside for a moment.

"Not long after you guys left, I just received an intelligence report," Manager Ying said without lifting her head, continuing to receive information.

"Is it some special Legendary Secret Realm that has appeared?" Lu Ran popped open a bottle of drink, gulping it down as he needed to replenish his energy after swinging his sword twice—it was exhausting.

"No!"

Manager Ying sighed, "Xiao Qingyi, you’re in trouble."

Gu Qingyi’s expression didn’t change much as she waited for Manager Ying to continue. As one of Xia Country’s few First Generations, she had developed good mental resilience.

"Just now, Lu Ran’s Dark Crow discovered the ’Xuan Turtle’ at the Dragon Palace, so I activated the intelligence network to investigate further into the Dragon Palace."

"And then, I discovered something quite alarming."

"Do you guys know why the Dragon Palace has started warring against the Fishman Empire?" Manager Ying asked.

"Fighting over resources, territorial disputes?" Lu Ran spoke without thinking.

Information on a nation is limited, and there’s not much known about the deep sea.

Although the deep sea is equally daunting, the current situation there is a war between warlords, which doesn’t influence the land too much.

Thus, the intelligence networks of most countries are more focused on investigating the land’s Evil Beast forces.

If one were to speak of the reasons for a conflict between deep sea forces, resource contention is the first thing that comes to Lu Ran’s mind.

"Yes," Manager Ying nodded and said, "However, according to my intelligence network, the resources they are fighting over this time are somewhat different."

"In ancient times, there was an invincible Sea Blue Dragon, known as coming closest to the Legendary Dragon Clan.

It lived very long, belonging to one of the mightiest overlords in the deep sea.

Regrettably, as the Spiritual Energy faded, old age turned into a burden for the Dragon King.

In the end, as its lifespan came to a close, its life was exhausted, and its body naturally disintegrated along with the vanishing Spiritual Energy.

However, a Dragon Pearl from its body was preserved.

Legends say this miraculous Dragon Pearl contained unbelievable power, a treasure of the Dragon Clan that could help them touch upon the Semi-Legendary Species."

"At the time, this Dragon Pearl faced countless bouts of contention from the deep sea forces."

"But the end result was not that any side won it. Instead, the Dragon Pearl was accidentally shattered into four fragments, scattering across the ocean."

"As the Spiritual Energy completely vanished, the battle for the Dragon Pearl could not continue for long."

"Until the present day, when Spiritual Energy revived."

"The Fishman King of the Fishman Empire is suspected to have obtained a fragment of the Dragon Pearl."

"And the Dragon King of the Dragon Palace is also suspected to have at least one fragment of the Dragon Pearl."

"The reason for the dispute between the two parties is that the Dragon King of Dragon Palace wants to take the resource from the Fishman King’s hands, to gather the pieces and see if the true epic Dragon Pearl can be restored."

Lu Ran nodded after listening, so that was it—as always, it was about resources, just that these were epic resources passed down from ancient times.

"That’s not right." Lu Ran paused, "Manager Ying, what does that have to do with Doctor Gu?"

"Hmm???"

Lu Ran suddenly looked at Gu Qingyi, seeing her expression growing increasingly serious.

Manager Ying said, "Didn’t Xiao Qingyi tell you? She has a piece of the Dragon Pearl Fragment as well. She was the first to breed a Dragon Attribute Beast, thanks to that fragment."

"Now I suspect that the fragment she picked up, and the object fiercely contested by the Dragon Palace and the Fishman Empire, come from the same Dragon Ball."

"The latest news is that the Fishman Empire has suffered a major defeat, and the Dragon Palace has also retreated its troops. It seems that the Dragon King of the Dragon Palace accomplished his goal and seized the Dragon Pearl Fragment from the Fishman Empire."

"These messages... are what have been conveyed from the Fishman Empire."

"If the Dragon King of the Dragon Palace intends to collect the entire Dragon Ball, I’m afraid their attention will eventually turn to land."

"And onto Xiao Qingyi’s Sea Blue Dragon."

"At this," Lu Ran appeared baffled, and Gu Qingyi, at this moment, also had no idea that the fragment she picked up had such an origin.

Manager Ying is right. When I was young and playing on the beach, I accidentally picked up a pretty stone. Because it was so beautiful, I took it home and kept it."

"At first, I didn’t pay much attention, but later, I noticed that some of my Pet Beasts were very fond of getting close to this stone, which made me realize it was extraordinary."

"It wasn’t until Infinite City first descended and I brought the stone into the Trial Secret Realm that I truly understood what it was," Gu Qingyi reflected. "It was a piece of a World’s Rare level shattered Dragon Pearl Fragment, which because it was broken, had lost all its powers and couldn’t be used directly."

"It was only later in the Breakthrough Secret Realm that I met a skillful Breeder."

"She guided me, and one of my Pet Beasts perfectly integrated the Dragon Pearl Fragment into its bloodline. She said that the beast would gradually reveal the powers of the fragment as it evolved."

"That’s why I was the first to breed a Dragon Attribute Beast," Gu Qingyi said, looking at Lu Ran and Manager Ying.

"If that fragment is indeed what the Dragon King of the Dragon Palace is searching for, then its origin is certainly remarkable, but I’ve already employed a special method to use it."

"That’s where the trouble lies," Manager Ying said. "Your Dragon Pearl Fragment has been fused with that dragon. If the Dragon King of the Dragon Palace is truly desperate for the Dragon Pearl Fragment, it might just take away your dragon to study it."

"After all... there’s another report that the Dragon Palace is currently amassing dragon-blooded creatures in the deep sea."

Manager Ying looked at Lu Ran, implying that your turtle might just be one of the unlucky ones.

"After discovering this information, for some reason, I have a bad feeling. Xiao Qingyi, you’d better be careful." It frowned deeply in thought.

Then again, even if it is as it had speculated, why was its body reacting so violently?

After all, essentially, it’s just an outsider in this ordeal.

"Mm," Gu Qingyi nodded at Manager Ying’s warning and said, "I’ll..."

Just as she was about to say she would be cautious, suddenly, her phone rang.

Gu Qingyi answered and then displayed a complex expression.

"Manager Ying, what a jinx you are."

Manager Ying: ???

"What’s the matter, Doctor Gu?" Seeing Gu Qingyi’s expression change, Lu Ran quickly asked.

"Talk about bad timing, there’s been a detection in Devil City. A dragon-shaped deep-sea Evil Beast is rapidly approaching Devil City," Gu Qingyi replied.

Lu Ran was stunned. Don’t tell me, he thought, turning sharply to look at Manager Ying. Are you possessed by a Dark Crow?

But then his expression changed suddenly too, as he realized if Manager Ying’s assessment was right, this wouldn’t be an easy matter to resolve.

...

Not long before.

Boom!

In a structure deep in the sea, a terrifying aura that stirred the ocean erupted.

Roar, roar, roar!

Surrounded by black flames that could burn in the deep sea, a Divine Dragon hundreds of meters long roared with its head thrown back. Its body was formidable, and its scales were as dark as the Abyss.

The Divine Dragon, it seemed, had just broken through and was immediately following an enticing scent as it shot straight up from the deep sea.

Boom.

The moment it broke the surface, the sky darkened with thick clouds, but instead of lightning, the dark clouds flickered with exploding black flames.

The giant eyes of the Black Dragon surveyed the ocean before turning its gaze to a piece of land, to a Human city.

"Roar——"

With another roar, it enveloped itself in flames and streaked away like a meteor. At this point, Xia Country’s Devil City, detecting the creature’s appearance, entered a first-level alert state!!

"What is this!"

In the disaster center of Devil City.

An old man in a white lab coat, looking at the terrifying Black Dragon on the screen, showed a shocked expression.

He couldn’t comprehend why such a monster would suddenly come from the deep sea, heading straight for Devil City.

The DC Beast Training Association also reacted instantaneously, with many Second and Third Generation Beast Trainers quickly assembling near the coast of Devil City.

Above the ocean, warships rapidly gathered, and in the sky, fighter jets took off swiftly.

And at this moment, Gu Qingyi, the Guardian Deity of Devil City, upon seeing the photos sent from the DC Association, clenched her fist tightly.

Just as they were discussing whether the Dragon Palace would go to great lengths for that piece of the Dragon Pearl Fragment, news of a powerful beast approaching from the sea hit Devil City without giving them any chance to prepare.

"Look, look, look!!!" Manager Ying’s gaze was frantic, and a string of curses ran through its head.

It was just a casual investigation; how could a real danger have arrived?