The King of Beast Trainers
Chapter 502 - 313: A New Breakthrough Secret Realm!_1

Chapter 502: Chapter 313: A New Breakthrough Secret Realm!_1

Chinese Scholar Tree...

Lu Ran was furious.

He couldn’t understand how his previous Breakthrough Secret Realm experience had anything to do with the Chinese Scholar Tree!

Why on earth would he be rewarded with such a thing?

"Do you still think this is a coincidence?"

Manager Ying gazed at Lu Ran with a deep look in her eyes.

Blood Crystals, Tears of Mutation, Chinese Scholar Tree... Can you even handle your next reward?

"I’m totally innocent," Lu Ran said. "I was actually expecting some powerful combat pet... or a superb helper..."

"Infinite City is inhumane."

"No..."

"Theoretically speaking, this Chinese Scholar Tree should be much rarer than those things you mentioned."

Manager Ying explained from the side: "Breeding high-race pet beasts has always been a challenge. With the Chinese Scholar Tree, this should alleviate much of the burden."

"With proper cultivation, it might even become a national treasure."

"Take your Dark Crow Legion for instance. The crows with high potential and talent are destined to be a minority."

"But with this Chinese Scholar Tree, you don’t have to travel the world to find elite crows for breeding. Just let your current elite crows breed and the bloodline will only get stronger..."

Lu Ran’s mouth twitched as he said, "It seems there is some truth to that."

"So talking about it this way, isn’t it a good deal after all?"

"It’s fit for careful cultivation, just not by you," Manager Ying shrugged.

"Fine," Lu Ran pouted. So to find a pet beast that can integrate the Clover Trait, he still had to keep looking.

After his chat with Manager Ying, Lu Ran began to reply to Fang Lan: [Just ask if you’re impressed or not.]

Fang Lan: [?]

"What is this thing you´ve got now?" Manager Ying said with a headache.

Lu Ran hummed a laugh and said, "This is called ending the conversation."

...

In one day, Lu Ran randomly killed his way through the League games and casually cleared a Legendary Secret Realm, meaning the world was bound to be tumultuous today.

Subsequently, President Youxiong and Dean Qin also did well in their challenge matches.

Perhaps continuous targeting of Xia Country wasn’t a good thing, as all the tough Guardians seemed to have ended up facing Lu Ran.

The Guardians that President Youxiong and Dean Qin faced were all of average level.

Thus, President Youxiong also rampaged all the way to the fourth barrier only to be regrettably defeated at the fifth.

Dean Qin, however, performed admirably. Truly the strongest of Xia Country’s Second Generation, he was matched with a First Generation like Ha Pi, who had not mastered their Domain. Therefore, facing Dean Qin, who had mastered his Domain, the Guardian was ultimately defeated.

In the end, two people from Xia Country dominated the challenge matches.

The upper echelons of Xia Country were grinning ear to ear, but Dean Qin and President Youxiong, knowing that Lu Ran hadn’t returned to recover from injuries but instead casually cleared a Legendary Secret Realm, weren’t too happy. They just had the twitching feeling of being vexed by comparisons with others.

"Mr. Chairman, according to our agreement, the Roc Feather is a gift to me, isn’t it?"

Before returning to his country, Lu Ran grinned during a video call with the Senior Chairman.

"Haha," the old man was also up for a good time, saying, "It’s yours."

"You’ve also cleared the Legendary Secret Realm; when do you plan to enter the Level 3 Breakthrough Secret Realm?"

After thinking it over, Lu Ran said, "In a couple of days. After preparing so long for the challenge matches, my pet beasts are quite tired. I’ll let them rest for a couple of days before we attempt the breakthrough."

"Good," the Senior Chairman said. "It’s very important to balance work and rest."

"If there’s nothing else, come back to Xia Country as soon as possible. The reason you’ve encountered so many difficult Guardians is probably because the Divine Eagle Federation’s Pari targeted you."

"However, since they lost one of their strongest Second Generation because of him, he won’t have an easy time in the days to come."

"To avoid him making a desperate move, it’s safer back home."

"I’m not afraid," Lu Ran said with a smile. "If he dares come, I’ll make sure it’s a one-way trip for him."

The Senior Chairman laughed, "Of course, I know you’re not scared, but it’s better to avoid unnecessary troubles. This Pari can be handled by me; you don’t need to worry about it."

"Although he’s not the strongest in the Divine Eagle, he is still a frontline First Generation and holds a high position. He must have epic-level items on him, so you shouldn’t underestimate him."

Epic-level items!

Upon hearing this, Lu Ran was even more excited about the thought of Pari coming after him.

As if sensing Lu Ran’s thoughts, the Senior Chairman shook his head: "Ah, young people."

"Haha, I’m heading back to my country now."

Following the Senior Chairman’s advice, Lu Ran did not linger long in League City.

Upon his return, Lu Ran first went to see the so-called Chinese Scholar Tree, then he shook his head and started preparing for the Level 3 Breakthrough Secret Realm.

As for the Chinese Scholar Tree, he left it for Professor Ye, the botanist, to care for its growth...

This Breakthrough Secret Realm was actually quite important to Lu Ran.

It wasn’t that he’d instantly have a powerful new contracted pet beast at Level 4; rather, Lu Ran had an Inheritance Crystal with the Time Acceleration technique in his pocket.

A Beast Training Technique associated with time!

If he learned it, then Lu Ran could further narrow the gap between himself and the First Generation at the top tier.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

In those three days, Lu Ran dealt with some miscellaneous matters, such as trading useless resources with Manager Ying and cooking a bunch of Dragon Cuisine and Soul Cuisine to leave behind.

As for the pet beasts, Lu Ran simply let them relax.

Afterwards, Lu Ran also finished his preparations, his pet beasts had their break, and he was ready for everything. He then informed his acquaintances that he was about to enter the Breakthrough Secret Realm.

Reading Lu Ran’s message, Gu Qingyi, Manager Ying, Fang Lan, and others had mixed feelings and continued with their own work.

Of course, there was also a cat grumbling: "The first time it was Dragon Intent, the second time the Necromancer Holy Son, the third time the Tree King Legacy..."

"I refuse to believe that you can get any more twisted this time."

Room exclusive to Passerby A, Number Three Infinite City.

This was Lu Ran’s fourth time entering the Breakthrough Secret Realm, and he was now well-acquainted with the procedure.

Approaching the Secret Realm pillar, he activated the interface and opened the Secret Realm.

[Name: Breakthrough Secret Realm]

[Secret Realm Level: Three]

[Difficulty: Unknown]

[Challenge Crystal Coins: 0]

[Introduction: You will enter an unknown world and undergo a breakthrough trial.]

"Come on, either Mechanical Era or Plant Era, please," Lu Ran took a deep breath and prayed.

As for the Breakthrough Secret Realm, there were just four eras: Elemental, Animal, Plant, and Mechanical.

Although the Elemental Era was the oldest, Lu Ran had no need for it at the moment.

It was the same for the Animal Era of the Star-Moon Continent.

But the Mechanical Era was different. Up to now, no one had passed the Mechanical Era.

If he could enter it, Lu Ran felt he could gain many benefits.

As for the Divine Tree Continent, although Lu Ran had been there once, it would be okay to go again. It was the perfect opportunity for him to find a plant suitable for the Clover Trait.

[Matching a suitable Breakthrough Secret Realm for you...]

[Matching Secret Realm...]

[Please wait...]

[Estimated waiting time 600s...]

"The waiting time is rather long this time."

Noticing the full ten minutes of matching time, Lu Ran decided to meditate right there and wait.

After ten minutes... Actually, it was less than ten minutes, the match was complete.

[Match successful.]

[Secret Realm Type: Multi-player, Cross-world (You have been matched with a Beast Trainer from another world’s Infinite City).]

[Teleportation countdown 10...9...8...]

"Cross-world again?" Following Infinite City’s response, Lu Ran slightly closed his eyes and let the Infinite City teleport him without paying much attention.

Cross-world then.

Hum!

With 10s passed, in the darkness, the introduction to the Secret Realm gradually emerged. Lu Ran listened carefully; phantom words also appeared before his eyes.

[Destination: Star-Moon Continent (Emperor City)]

Lu Ran: ?

Damn it, how come after all this spinning around, it’s back to the Star-Moon Era again?

[Era Introduction: In the year 996 of the Beast Training Era, the Beast Training Empire faced a siege from the Four Great Beast Empires. The national teacher, Feng Qianli, developed a special contract method in which defeating and causing an Evil Beast to lose consciousness allowed for a forced contract. This would erase its memory and turn it into a pet obedient to commands. Regardless of the Pet Beast’s Race and Level, it was difficult for them to resist.

Contracting Advanced Pet Beasts directly significantly reduced the risks.

To combat the Beast Empires, this contract method was quickly popularized nationwide.

Directly subduing powerful Evil Beasts and then brainwashing them for capture and contract quickly became the mainstream method of Beast Training at the time; very few Beast Trainers raised Pet Beasts from their young state anymore.

After a period, the strength of the Beast Training Empire greatly increased, poised to counter-attack the Four Great Beast Empires.

In this era, capturing top-grade Pet Beasts became the mainstream, and every Beast Trainer took pride in capturing powerful Pet Beasts, venturing into various perilous places to find top-grade ones.

Potential exploration, talent investigation, and battle capture became the primary skills of this era’s Beast Trainers.]

[Breakthrough Task: In this Secret Realm, capture a Pet Beast whose talent and potential surpass others!]

[Tip ①: Trialists are granted a Temporary Contract Space, which can be used to capture Pet Beasts.]

[Tip ②: If the captured Pet Beast is among the top two in talent and potential, advance to Level Four Beast Trainer.]

[Tip ③: The Breakthrough Task’s score is positively correlated with the captured Pet Beast’s talent and potential.]

[Tip ④: If the passing score reaches S or above, the captured Pet Beast will be converted into an extra reward in the form of an egg.]

[Tip ⑤: This Secret Realm is a projection of a historical era...]

[Tips...]

The constantly refreshing tips plunged Lu Ran into contemplation.

A Breakthrough Task centered around battle capture of Pet Beasts, huh.

Indeed, battle capture of Pet Beasts is one of the mainstream methods of contracting Pet Beasts by the Beast Trainers of Star-Moon Continent.

Not every Beast Trainer likes to start from zero in nurturing a Pet Beast. Capturing a Pet Beast of a high Race and Level directly is also an option, as it saves a lot of the Trainer’s resources for nurturing.

In fact, Blue Star is also showing a trend towards this approach. For instance, with the alliance between Xia Country and the Fishman Empire, many Advanced Beast Trainers contracted high-level Sea Beasts from the Fishman Empire using Black Card.

As for Lu Ran himself, he had never actually done such a thing. Whether it was Mr. Husky, King of Sudden Death, Dark Crow, or Yun Bao, he had nurtured them all from scratch. And the only chance to contract a fully grown Pet Beast like the Mermaid Princess, Lu Ran had given it away to Doctor Gu.

"So the Breakthrough Task is about who captures the most impressive Pet Beast..." Lu Ran mused, and also, the captured Pet Beast would be rewarded in the form of an egg... which means there’s a chance to take it out, albeit as a reborn entity.

Lu Ran’s brain quickly stormed ideas.

"Infinite City is compensating me, darn it. This task would’ve been great if it was in the Plant Era or Mechanical Era."

"But here, me, being a descendant of Emperor Yan Sizhen from the Second Generation who fell into obscurity among the common people, it wouldn’t be too much to attempt to contact those High-Level Overlord Empire Guardian Beasts after showing my potential, right?"

"Although it’s unlikely they would agree to my contract, I have a Blood Crystal. It wouldn’t be too much to ask them for a young to raise, would it?"

"Who needs battle capture for this."

"No, wait. As the Divine Deer Emissary, should I be satisfied with just a High-Level Overlord juvenile...?" Lu Ran stroked his chin, I mean, is there a chance to find a young Divine Beast of a Semi-Legendary Species, knock it unconscious and capture it?