The King of Beast Trainers
Chapter 481 - 295 - Senior Chairman’s Return_1

Chapter 481: 295 Chapter Senior Chairman’s Return_1

"Who says I should give up after five challenges?" Lu Ran frowned. "I suspect you’re using reverse psychology on me."

Manager Ying rolled her eyes: "This is a rational analysis. If you can pass all of them, I won’t stop you."

"With the Senior Chairman and Lin Nian as two of the ten winners, Xia Country has already secured a large portion of the resources. The other countries surely won’t be happy to give Xia Country more, and when it comes to arranging the First Generation as Guardians, they will definitely assign you the toughest one, maybe even the First Generation Divine Eagle."

"Though it won’t be ridiculously strong, a Pet Beast reaching Level 60 is a certainty. It may even have undergone a second stage of evolution, evolving into a member of the Overlord Clan."

"Get it?"

"They definitely won’t let us take away the resources easily. It’s like an unspoken rule."

"We’ve had our share of the meat; we must also let other countries have some soup."

"Is the rule 3V3?" Lu Ran asked.

"No, 1V1," Manager Ying replied, "but you must win five challenges in a row."

"1V1?" Lu Ran laughed.

"Does this 1V1 mean one Contract Card versus another Contract Card? What if I have three Pet Beasts on a single Contract Card, how would the league handle that?"

Manager Ying: ...?

"When the time comes, I’ll go to Infinite City to try if I can use 1V1 competitive matchmaking to summon all three at once."

"If even Infinite City recognizes that the Sword Spirit and Sword Grass are parts of Mr. Husky, and the three of them are one, the league would have to acknowledge that, right?"

"If Mr. Husky, the Sword Spirit, and Sword Grass all reach Level 40, 3 against 1, even if the opponent is a Level 60 First Generation Pet Beast, it wouldn’t be impossible to fight..."

"You see, when you think about it, isn’t passing all five challenges actually possible? What if I really did pass, would the league accept it?"

"That sort of thing..." Manager Ying smirked, "Don’t you have to think about it!"

"If you were from a small country, that would definitely be breaking the rules."

"But as long as you have a strong enough backing, it would be perfectly reasonable."

"However, everything hinges on whether Mr. Husky and the two Affiliates can beat the First Generation."

"If you win, it’s good—Xia Country will support you, but if you lose, it would be quite embarrassing."

"That’s true," Lu Ran said, stroking his chin.

"But to death, the league certainly wouldn’t expect Mr. Husky to have two Contract Affiliates," Manager Ying said. "As long as you don’t expose yourself, the league won’t have time to change the rules. You might be able to catch them by surprise."

"But all of this is predicated on your victory."

"If you could pass all five challenges..." Manager Ying smirked wickedly, "It wouldn’t be that Xia Country is breaking the unwritten rules; it would mean the rules are too fragile."

"If a First Generation Guardian can’t even beat a fourth-generation being, what can one do?"

Lu Ran pondered.

"So after all this talk, when is this league challenge happening?"

"It starts in a week and lasts for 30 days. You can attempt it at any time during these 30 days," Manager Ying answered.

"We have three challenge spots. Qin Ming has one, you have one, and the third one is still undecided," Manager Ying said.

"Oh, so there’s plenty of time," Lu Ran said. "I’m not in a rush; I’ll prepare and then decide."

After that, Lu Ran had a chat with Manager Ying.

He received the "Ever-Changing Trait Crystal" from her.

Upon obtaining the crystal, Lu Ran suddenly lost interest in chatting and hurried to fuse it with Yun Bao.

The fusion process this time also went very smoothly, and Yun Bao’s second Attribute slot finally became complete.

And, as expected, Yun Bao awakened a Racial Talent.

[Racial Talent]: Adaptability

[Effect]: If the target of the Shaping shares the same Attribute as itself, it will be able to exert more power.

The Talent was easy to understand. Now the Weather Spirit possessed Water, Thunder, and Ice Attributes. If it were to Shape itself into a Grass Attribute Divine Deer, Yun Bao would not be able to achieve a perfect transformation, and its power would be significantly less than that of a true Divine Deer.

But if it transformed into a Water Attribute Divine Dragon, the transformation would be comparatively far more powerful.

"Remember to notify me when the Senior Chairman returns," Lu Ran bid Manager Ying goodbye and continued his time in the Necromancer Secret Realm.

The now battle-ready Yun Bao had two out of the three powerful forms it was particularly adept at transforming into in the team.

Whether it was the Ice Cloud Sword Dog or the Thunder Cloud Dragon King, both were exceedingly strong.

Necromancer Secret Realm.

Lu Ran watched Yun Bao, transformed into the Ice Cloud Sword Dog, holding a sword of ice and slashing out chilling Blizzard Sword Energy, mowing down the undead.

He also witnessed it as the Thunder Cloud Dragon King, unleashing terrifying Thunder and Lightning, a bolt of thunder obliterating a swath of enemies.

But, it wasn’t particularly godlike; solely relying on the All-Round Trait wasn’t enough to put Yun Bao on the same aberrant level as Mr. Husky.

At this point, it could only be considered to be at the normal Monarch Pet Beast level.

This might be an issue of ability development; Mr. Husky’s strongest Sword Intent, the King of Sudden Death’s strongest defense—these were talents Yun Bao had not inherited.

Of course, it was also possible that Mr. Husky’s cultivation direction was too unusual, and the King of Sudden Death’s physical prowess was not suitable for a variable creature like Yun Bao, so it failed to transform to the essence.

Seeing this, Lu Ran thought it was still best to wait for the Senior Chairman’s Roc Feather to see if it could help lift Yun Bao’s abilities; it needed more suitable transformation targets!

......

Breakthrough Secret Realm.

History projection of the Star-Moon Continent.

A tall, erect old man with long beard and eyebrows, wearing a straw hat and grey cloth clothes, was riding a qilin at a leisurely pace, emerging from the ruins.

"Sigh."

"Why provoke an old man like me."

While he was feeling emotional, many of the Beast Trainers surrounding the peak were swallowing hard.

"What’s the background of this old man..."

"An entire legendary force... he said it would be wiped out, and it was!"

"I heard it’s because that Wind Thunder Mountain was bullying others with its power, trying to snatch the old man’s treasure. Who knew they’d mess with someone so ruthless..."

"Why have we never heard of this person before?"

"You’d be strange if you had heard of him." The Xia Country Beast Training Alliance Senior Chairman said as he counted the spoils of war and began a countdown.

When the time was up, to the astonishment of many onlookers, the figure of the old man gradually blurred, and the surrounding space shattered!

Meanwhile, in Blue Star, Infinite City.

The old man’s figure slowly materialized in his private room; he exited the Infinite City in a dazed state and entered a room full of spiritual energy, mountains, and waters.

"Xiao Lin," the old man called out with a voice that had strong penetrating power. After a while, the sound of footsteps came from outside the door, and a girl wearing glasses holding a notebook entered after knocking.

She looked at the old man with surprise, exclaiming, "Chairman, you’ve passed through the Level 5 Breakthrough Secret Realm."

"Yes." The old man nodded and shook his head, saying, "Sigh, starting from the Level 3 Breakthrough Secret Realm, it’s been more difficult each time."

"The Level 4 Breakthrough Secret Realm has caused the fall of so many First Generation Beast Trainers, and this Level 5... probably another batch of the First Generation will be lost."

"After my return, next up should be that little girl Lin Nian’s turn to enter the Secret Realm. Given her personality, she’ll probably encounter a lot of danger."

The Beginner Breakthrough Secret Realm, Level 1, and Level 2 seemed pretty easy to the old man, with low danger; not to mention achieving high scores, just passing through was fairly simple.

But starting with the Level 3 Breakthrough Secret Realm, it’s as if Infinite City intentionally started to weed out the elite, each level more perilous than the last.

Many capable Beast Trainers have fallen in the process.

To ensure that Xia Country always had top combat strength, the Senior Chairman and Lin Nian, among others, agreed that their batch of First Generation would enter one by one.

After him, it would be someone else’s turn.

The Secretary Xiao Lin was surprised and said, "Chairman, was the Breakthrough Secret Realm very dangerous this time?"

"Hm." The old man stroked his beard, saying, "During the breakthrough mission, it’s inevitable to provoke a legendary force and face their all-out ambush. Even if someone passes the task, it’s very hard for a normal Beast Trainer to survive the full 30 days and exit successfully."

"You’ve worked hard." The girl with glasses took a deep breath and said, "Chairman, you didn’t get hurt, did you?"

"It was close, I couldn’t restrain myself in the end... I ended up attacking the main base of that force. Thankfully that Legendary Beast Trainer was a pushover, nearing his end, otherwise I would have been in real danger, ahaha, I can’t be so irrational next time."

"You should do some psychological preparation for Lin Nian later, tell her to be more careful when she enters the Breakthrough Secret Realm."

Secretary: ???

Secretary: ???

This is a case of the blind leading the blind!

She slightly opened her mouth, about to ask something more, but the Senior Chairman waved his hand and said, "What’s happened during this month I was away, nothing serious, I hope?"

"There have been some..." The Chairman’s Secretary quickly told him the important events that occurred these days, especially the Black Dragon incident.

Hearing this, the Senior Chairman’s expression shifted slightly, saying, "So many things have happened."

"A Level 70 ancient Black Dragon, huh..."

"They did well to hold on; otherwise, it would have been troublesome."

"Manager Ying says that Black Dragon needs to be dealt with within a year," the Chairman’s Secretary said.

"That’s a minor issue," the Senior Chairman said. "You said that cat, and Lu Ran, almost drained the national treasury of both advanced and basic resources?"

After a moment of silence, the Secretary said, "Pretty much, they used a lot. It was the decision of the twelve executives, and although there were others in the governing management who disagreed, their voices were suppressed."

"Haha." The Senior Chairman laughed, "Well, as long as the issue was resolved successfully, no one can gossip. They do have guts. Also, I didn’t expect that cat to be so capable; as for the boy Lu Ran having this potential, it doesn’t surprise me."

"At that time, I thought the cat was going to take the resources and run away..." said the Chairman’s Secretary.

"Then it would have been finished unless it fled to the Star-Moon Federation. Otherwise, I would have turned it into cathead biscuits," the Senior Chairman said.

"By the way, Chairman, Manager Ying contacted me saying that Lu Ran would like to meet you if you are around."

"Lu Ran?" the Senior Chairman said, "Where is he now?"

"He should be in Reaper Island."

"Reaper Island, huh... That’s too far. Arrange it for me, we’ll meet in Infinite City..."

That same afternoon.

"Lu Ran, Lu Ran, Lu Ran, Lu Ran————"

Lu Ran emerged once more from the Necromancer Secret Realm; despite nurturing the Artifact Spirit for days on end with no response, the abundance of resources still didn’t hinder his team’s strength enhancement.

Zhu Kaixin came running breathlessly, indicating to Lu Ran not to proceed with another Secret Realm challenge: "The Senior Chairman has come out."

"Prepare yourself, enter Infinite City, he wants to see you," said Zhu Kaixin.

"Yes, Manager Ying mentioned it; just go to the corresponding public Infinite City’s Neko Maid Cafe," Zhu Kaixin added.

Lu Ran was surprised, "The Senior Chairman is into that?"

Pig God: ?

"What are you talking about? It’s definitely because it’s convenient for discussing matters there!" Pig God berated Lu Ran, implying that the Senior Chairman of his age surely wouldn’t be interested in Cat Ear Maids.