The King of Beast Trainers
Chapter 489 - 303: Behind the Scenes, It’s Definitely a Scheme_1

Chapter 489: Chapter 303: Behind the Scenes, It’s Definitely a Scheme_1

About the matter of Lu Ran’s Twin Ravens, the League had already held internal discussions quite some time ago.

Such a special Pet Beast, if not the only one in the world, should at least be unique in this challenge competition.

Without even thinking about it, such a special form of Pet Beast would definitely have rule controversies.

Xia Country and the pro-Xia factions naturally wouldn’t allow the organizers to add special rules to ban the Twin Ravens from participating together.

At this time, it all depended on how the other factions viewed this Pet Beast form.

In fact, at this stage, since Lu Ran was deeply bound with the necro system, many countries that originally were indifferent to Xia Country wouldn’t stand against the Twin Ravens over such a trivial matter.

Letting Lu Ran’s Twin Ravens compete didn’t really harm them much, so why make an enemy of Xia Country for this?

Moreover, from the perspective of countries that were at odds with Xia Country, a Level 40 Overlord was just that, even if they let Lu Ran use it, it wouldn’t have much of an impact on the competition.

Lu Ran, a Fourth Generation Beast Trainer participating in a competition mainly for Second Generations, was already at a disadvantage; if they targeted him under these circumstances, it would look somewhat unsightly.

The most important thing was...

"If they restrict his Pet Beast and Xia Country changes its contestant, it would be pointless for this Lu Ran to give up the challenge competition," Chairman Pali of the Divine Eagle Alliance said as he swirled his wine glass in League City, glancing at the League announcement with a faint smile.

If the Divine Eagle Federation targeted Lu Ran over such a small matter, it would appear as though the Divine Eagle Alliance was afraid of Lu Ran.

On the contrary, if they let Lu Ran fight without any restrictions, and then, during the challenge competition, made him suffer a bitter defeat, that would be interesting.

He made a call across the ocean; at the other end, after picking up, Chairman Pali said:

"Dr. Haidun, would you like to come to League City? It’s Xia Country’s turn to challenge next and I’ve arranged a splendid show. It’s going to be entertaining and will leave that Lu Ran, the guy who sabotaged the dinosaur project, with a face covered in ash!"

A moment of silence followed, then a voice came through.

"Chairman Pali, forget it, we’re at a critical moment with the Ancient Marine Organism Revival Technique; I can’t leave..."

Dr. Haidun no longer had the drive he once had; first, the Tyrant Dragon Team was relentlessly hacked by a Husky, then the Dragon King of the Shield-Wing crushed an ancient dragon, and with the subsequent miracles created by Lu Ran, Dr. Haidun had already developed a psychological shadow over Lu Ran.

Regarding the dinosaur revival project, Chairman Pali had been the major investor. Though the project could not be declared a failure, its impact was far less than expected, all due to Lu Ran’s meteoric rise. Dr. Haidun had resigned himself to fate, but it seemed that Chairman Pali had not swallowed this setback since he had truly invested money, and the project also involved his chairmanship’s votes, unlike Dr. Haidun who solely contributed his technology.

"What a boring guy," Chairman Pali sneered.

"Mainly... never mind, I’ve changed my mind!" Dr. Haidun wanted to say that he felt crushing Lu Ran with a Second Generation Guardian would have been pointless anyway since Lu Ran was just a Fourth Generation.

It would be a sense of achievement for them if the Tyrant Dragon Team, which they trained and were also Fourth Generation, crushed Lu Ran!

However, unfortunately, that goal was a bit difficult unless the Divine Eagle made a significant technological breakthrough.

Such as in the field of Mechanical Pets.

But then Dr. Haidun thought it over; their research still depended on these guys for funding, so he chose to comply with Chairman Pali’s wishes and come over to take a look.

"Then I might as well witness Professor Lu looking defeated and dejected," Dr. Haidun said, considering it a form of release...

...

Meanwhile, after arriving in League City, Lu Ran also had some downtime.

With just one day left, he didn’t plan to have his Pet Beasts train anymore. It’s better to relax before the competition.

"The cooldown for a phase in the Evolutionary Secret Realm is almost over."

"Once I come out of the Breakthrough Secret Realm at Level 3, I’ll evolve Yun Bao in the Evolutionary Secret Realm and then go to the Star-Moon Federation to take a look."

The Ancient Altar that the Senior Chairman discovered over so many days of exploration had been confirmed to be a Cross-border Teleportation Array left behind by the Space-Time Dragon Affiliation.

However, it seemed teleportation required space resources as a sacrifice, and the consumption was not trivial; Xia Country had not yet started experimenting.

After Xia Country’s research, they planned to let Manager Ying’s clone take the risk to be the first to try it. If there was no danger, they would then send Lu Ran and Manager Ying’s true form together to search for the Divine Deer, with safety being the priority.

Not because they were afraid of danger in the Star-Moon Federation.

But because they were worried that the Teleportation Array was too old and might be dangerous during the teleportation run.

If something went wrong, only a clone of Manager Ying would be lost, a small sacrifice...

In the blink of an eye, the first day of the challenge match had arrived.

On this day, the "randomly matched" schedule for the next day’s challenge was also made available.

"Damn, damn, damn..."

"What the heck?"

Dean Qin and President Youxiong noticed their Guardians’ information and were fairly composed.

Although those people were somewhat renowned internationally, they were not considered too outrageously talented, so there was a chance they could attempt the fourth level after putting in some effort.

It wasn’t that Dean Qin and President Youxiong felt inferior to the fourth-level Guardians; it’s just that the challenge competition required continuous progression without rest, which meant they would be worn down across three rounds before facing the fourth-level Guardian.

By then, they certainly would not be in their best condition.

Of course, this was the rule for everyone, so it was not a big deal.

But when these two second-generation Beast Trainers from Xia Country saw Lu Ran’s Guardian lineup, they were completely dumbfounded.

Not only was Lu Ran the first to challenge tomorrow, but the members guarding were incredibly powerful!

The first Guardian, from the third generation and a level four Beast Trainer, heralded from the Gallic country of Leon, was certainly among the elite. He, along with three teammates, had completed a third-level Legendary Secret Realm, ranking him amongst the top few in Gallic country’s third generation Beast Trainers.

You should know, with the League challenge having gone on for so long, only four times had the first Guardian randomly been a third generation Beast Trainer with legendary potential—because legendary potential Beast Trainers from all generations were still quite rare.

Yet, against such small odds, Lu Ran had encountered one.

And that wasn’t all.

The second Guardian, from the second generation and a level four Beast Trainer, was Chris from Maple Leaf Nation. He was also a hardcore member of a team that had cleared a Legendary Secret Realm. Unlike other second generations, he never entered the Breakthrough Secret Realm to break through, since he had spent too much time in the Legendary Secret Realm.

The third Guardian, also a second generation level four Beast Trainer, hailed from the island nation of Neon, Gao Muxiu. This was yet another second-generation powerhouse who had mastered a level four Legendary Secret Realm. Unlike Leon and Chris who cleared as a team of four, Gao accomplished this feat with a team of three, making him an extremely strong second-generation in Neon Country.

Lu Ran, somehow, had sequentially matched with three Guardians with legendary potential.

This kind of garbage matching system would make anyone’s head hurt, not just a fourth-generation like Lu Ran, even some second-generations from small countries would probably be annoyed.

However, that was not the most despairing part; the fourth Guardian was.

The fourth Guardian, a second generation level five Beast Trainer, came from the Divine Eagle Federation’s Jack Mist. If the previous three were merely famous in their own countries, then this man was a household name worldwide.

He was the only one, other than Lu Ran, who had singularly passed a Legendary Secret Realm, acclaimed to be the strongest second generation.

Even the ten great Beast Trainers from the First Generation had not passed the Legendary Secret Realm due to their Pet Beasts not yet having undergone the second stage of evolution.

But this guy had done it, albeit at the cost of sacrificing four Pet Beasts. What followed made it clear to people that this did not affect his strength at all; on the contrary, it seemed to enhance it.

Even relying on just one Pet Beast, he had passed a level four Breakthrough Secret Realm.

Moreover, his king Beast demonstrated Fusion Traits of a lower Overlord Clan at level 50, an exceptional potential.

Clearly, when the resources of a single-pass Legendary Secret Realm were all concentrated on one king Beast, it brought a significant boost.

And in the League challenges... Jack’s few Beasts were not a disadvantage, because now as a Guardian, all he needed was to face challengers one-on-one, which didn’t affect his performance.

So, with the fourth Guardian being Jack, the situation was as bad as it could possibly be.

"Conspiracy!!!"

"Definitely a conspiracy!!"

As a high-ranking official of the school, Dean Qin was supposed to maintain a good demeanor, but after seeing Lu Ran’s Guardian lineup, he couldn’t help but curse on behalf of Lu Ran.

"Fuck." President Youxiong also felt disgusted; this was just nonsense.

Wasn’t this an obvious targeting of Lu Ran? Why go so far against a fourth-generation?

Four Guardians in a row who’d passed a Legendary Secret Realm???

However, the fifth Guardian seemed fairly normal.

Perhaps thinking Lu Ran couldn’t possibly get through the first four, the fifth Guardian’s placement was devoid of conspiracies.

A fifth-gen level one from Egypt Nation, with neither a past Legendary Secret Realm completion nor any mastery over a Domain, only the highlight of having cultivated a new Overlord Pet Beast—and its Growth Level was not necessarily high... perhaps not even as strong or threatening as Jack.

It was the only somewhat reasonable one among the five Guardians. But can a normal person even reach the fifth level?

"Lu Ran, you must protest, there’s definitely a conspiracy here," Dean Qin contacted Lu Ran, suggesting he find Councillor Zheng.

Lu Ran replied, "Councillor Zheng is already protesting, but the matchmaking was indeed randomized under the supervision of the Oversight Committee, which includes members from Xia Country, thus it’s hard to find any loopholes with this kind of well-concealed conspiracy."

"From the standpoint of the competition, after so many days of matching, it’s quite normal to have an unlucky one, right?"

Dean Qin angrily exclaimed, "Fuck the shamelessness."

When Lu Ran’s Guardian list was released, the world was in an uproar.

Everyone was utterly baffled by the list.

[Oh my God, doesn’t it feel like this Guardian lineup is targeting this Lu Ran?]

[Should be just bad luck, right? If they wanted to target him, why not ban the Twin Ravens outright and directly reduce his Overlord combat power?]

[Could it be they want to play both the role of a bitch and a saint?] A netizen from Xia Country vented indignantly.

[It’s just bad luck, Lu Ran is really unlucky! But it doesn’t make much difference, a fourth-generation couldn’t have broken that far anyway, so losing like this won’t be losing face.]

[The Guardian matching is supervised, and Xia Country surely has its supervision, so how could there be any conspiracy... stop bickering...]

Although everyone in Xia Country felt there was a conspiracy, the various world forum messages mainly led with the notion that it was purely Lu Ran’s bad luck, and Xia Country’s netizens couldn’t reverse the tide of public opinion.

"What to do." Even Manager Ying inquired about Lu Ran’s opinion.

"It doesn’t matter, no need to protest anymore. Let the higher-ups in our country rest assured; defeating the Guardians under these conditions would just make us seem stronger, right?" Lu Ran still sat calmly on the sofa, sipping his juice, replenishing sugar, leaving his cat astonished. This kid genuinely had confidence.