The King of Beast Trainers
Chapter 472 - 288 The Old Turtle Being Gaslighted_2

Chapter 472: Chapter 288 The Old Turtle Being Gaslighted_2

In exploring the sea, Lu Ran had no intention of teaming up with the association; instead, he planned to go solo by utilizing the Dark Crow’s special traits.

Although the Xuan Turtle was weak, those vassal sea beasts weren’t strong either. As long as Lu Ran invested a bit, he would soon have the strength to wrestle with them. Moreover, the Dark Crow could summon "Evil Spirit Descends" at any time, aiding the Xuan Turtle in sweeping away strong enemies. Even if it cost some eyeballs, it was a bearable loss.

Before long, the Xuan Turtle would make a great name for itself in the deep sea, gathering a large number of followers. By then, with the Water Dragon Team that Lu Ran had cultivated in Green Sea City entering the ocean, he would soon have a certain say in the depths as well.

At that time, the Dark Crow could then wage war on a broader scale, helping him to scavenge resources.

"Old Turtle, this is for your good. The world is so chaotic; with crises of cities and countries being wiped out, how can you possibly lie back in ease?" Lu Ran shook his head, "Listen to me, there’s no mistake about it. First possess invincible power, then retire peacefully. That’s the righteous path."

After establishing contact with the Dark Crow and Xuan Turtle, Lu Ran opened his phone and saw that following the Black Dragon incident, Pluto, Master Lin, Master Jiang Dou, they had all sent messages one after another.

[You’re strong.]

[6, huh.]

[You little stinker... Impressive!]

Lu Ran smiled faintly, briefly replied to most of the messages, then opened a particularly important one.

Lu Bing: [Village Chief, strong strong strong strong strong, love it, love it, it’s a pity I didn’t get to see the Divine Deer appear! By the way, I have to report something to you, the Water Dragon Team now preliminarily has the qualifications to challenge the Legendary Secret Realm in a group of four. For their first choice of Level 1 Legendary Secret Realm type, they plan to seek your opinion and ask if there’s any special type of trait or skill that you urgently need.]

"It’s starting..."

Seeing the message from Lu Bing, Lu Ran took a deep breath. The Water Dragon Team he had invested vast resources in was finally planning to try their hand at challenging the Legendary Secret Realm.

The Water Dragon Team was also on the right track, knowing that their current strength was all thanks to Lu Ran’s investment. So, for their first Legendary Secret Realm, they thought about what resources Lu Ran needed.

For example, if Lu Ran needed Fire Attributes.

Then, they would challenge a Fire Legendary Secret Realm.

In doing so, there was a very high chance that they would obtain the resources Lu Ran needed.

What he needed himself was secondary.

"What a pity," Lu Ran said with a look of regret as he read the message.

In these last few days, he had conducted an experiment to see if non-Contract Card affiliated beings like the Sword Spirit or Sword Grass could fuse attributes.

And the result was a failure.

It seemed that only the main Pet Beasts contracted by Contract Cards could undergo fusion.

This directly caused Lu Ran great regret, for if the Sword Spirit and Sword Grass could also fuse attributes to evolve, then he had the confidence to cultivate Mr. Husky’s affiliations to the Overlord Clan.

By then, Mr. Husky’s power would be even more terrifying.

However, Lu Ran wasn’t greedy. He was already very satisfied that the Sword Spirit and Sword Grass could enter a single Contract Card with Mr. Husky.

Moreover, although they couldn’t evolve using the benefits from Infinite City, that didn’t mean they had no other ways to evolve.

Yu Rui of the Star-Moon Federation’s Beast Trainers once said that someone in the Star-Moon Federation evolved Sword Grass to the Overlord Clan. That person didn’t rely on the power of Infinite City but purely on his own evolution manual.

Like most of Blue Star’s wildlife, without the benefits of Infinite City, they could still evolve with special evolutionary resources.

Therefore, both Sword Spirit and Sword Grass would still have a chance to step into the Overlord tier; it would just be a bit more troublesome.

In any case, without the shortcut of acquiring a new Attribute through evolution, Lu Ran couldn’t let the Water Dragon Team help the Sword Spirit and the Sword Grass to brush for Attributes.

As such, the choices available for the Water Dragon Team had significantly decreased.

"Mr. Husky is level 40, with a fusion of Space Attributes, check, Dark Crow has already reached level 40, no need for now, check, so the only ones in need are the King of Sudden Death and Yun Bao."

"Let’s make arrangements for the King of Sudden Death first."

Lu Ran messaged Lu Bing:

[Look for a Secret Realm Boss that specializes in defensive assistance.]

Lu Bing: [Defensive assistance? Got it!]

Naturally, Lu Bing knew what defensive assistance meant; support-type Pet Beasts were quite in demand during team selections in the Secret Realm.

A single skill buff could greatly increase teammates’ attack power, defensive power, and speed—all the work of support-type Pet Beasts.

Lu Ran still planned to continue with his previous idea, allowing the King of Sudden Death to acquire a supportive Talent at level 40, thereby not only enhancing its own defensive power but also potentially boosting the defensive power of the entire team.

That would save it from complaining every day about being the only one to take damage...

After finishing communication with Lu Bing, Lu Ran then called Professor Ye.

This Professor Ye was the Beast Training University teacher who had given Lu Ran the Sword Grass, and it was she who had modified the Reality Secret Realm in Green Sea City.

Next, Lu Ran intended to transplant all the Ferocious Plants obtained from the Breakthrough Secret Realm to the Green Sea and might need her help in doing so.

Transplanting the Forest of Death to the Relic Space was worry-free due to the perfect environment of the Relic Space; there was no need to worry about killing the plants, but transplanting to the Green Sea might require expert guidance.

And the reason not to just leave them in the Relic Space was that the fluctuations from Mr. Husky and others training in the Relic Space were growing larger, and sooner or later, that would kill the plants.

In truth, using the Relic Space as a portable environment for carrying Pet Beasts and Pet Beast legions was much more cost-effective than cultivating Ferocious Plants.

After having this botanist lend a hand, Lu Ran happily connected a call to Fang Lan.

"Lan, do me a favor!" Lu Ran said as soon as the call connected.

"Tsk tsk tsk, what’s going on with you."

"What do you mean, what’s going on?" Lu Ran feigned ignorance.

"Never mind, don’t ask, what help do you need?" Fang Lan pouted. The Dark Crow’s actions had led the people of Xia Country to regard it as their Guardian God, and Lu Ran was even more celebrated at the Grand Temple. Sighing, Fang Lan reflected on her own Brushthrough Secret Realm experience, where she was lucky to encounter an Alien World Beast Trainer and poisoned them one by one, attaining an SS rating. She thought she was quite impressive, but to her surprise, after just one Secret Realm, Lu Ran had become the Guardian God of Xia Country.

"It’s your old specialty, research on the Poisonous Attribute," Lu Ran said with a smile. "You are at the university right now, aren’t you? Go find Professor Ye and you’ll understand once you return to Green Sea with her."

"Huh?"

"What ’huh’? There’s a surprise waiting for you!"

It must be said that in the process of cultivating the Dark Crow Legion, Lu Ran encountered a significant issue: Mental and Dark Attributes could not both become standard for the ordinary Crow, and other Attributes had little to no synergy with the Power of Curse.

After numerous experiments, Lu Ran discovered that a portion of the Poisonous Attribute Crows actually had quite a good compatibility with the Power of Curse, allowing them to provide the Dark Crow with more potent cursed energy.

Therefore, Lu Ran decided to have the Dark Crow Legion specialize in the Poisonous Attribute. This Attribute was relatively less costly and yet very powerful; however, he knew next to nothing about the Poisonous Attribute, so he planned to have Fang Lan oversee the cultivation of the Ferocious Plants from the Forest of Death while also helping him research Poisonous Attribute power suitable for the Crow Race.

This would also be perfect to avoid her feeling awkward about accepting such a grand gift, in case she was so moved that she offered herself in earnest.