The King of Beast Trainers
Chapter 744 - 413: The Hall of Heroic Spirits, The Rise of No. 18!_4

Chapter 744: Chapter 413: The Hall of Heroic Spirits, The Rise of No. 18!_4

She really had nothing to sacrifice. Maybe she could try burning a couple of central processing units? But she felt that, even with the Flame of Life, she couldn’t be saved.

No. 18 finished speaking, and Lu Ran looked at Manager Ying with a smile, as if to say, "Accept your fate."

The shrewd No. 18 wouldn’t drink your poisonous chicken soup that harms others, missing the chance to improve.

Manager Ying: ???

Damn it, this is just a nefarious Beast Trainer and a bunch of dumb Pet Beasts who have been PUA’d successfully.

A few days later!

Lu Ran used the Nine-Tailed Fox Soul to cook up a Soul Cuisine, rapidly reconstructing a Soul Avatar.

Otherwise, to re-cultivate a strong enough Soul Avatar, it would take a month of Soul Reinforcement to complete the task.

Mainly because foxes are also canines, and devouring the souls of canines was a huge help for Lu Ran to condense his Hound Spirit Clone.

Lu Ran felt that this time, the strength of the Soul Avatar was even more exaggerated than last time. Maybe it could allow Mr. Husky to maintain his status in the Middle Legend level for a longer duration.

"The time is almost up, let’s go find Pine God and the others to hunt the next target," Lu Ran’s eyes twinkled.

Outside.

The Divine Deer and Pine God were decisively awakened by Lu Ran, and they too knew Lu Ran and his team were in a hurry.

According to Manager Ying’s and Lu Ran’s explanation, "The Time Tunnel can’t be left unguarded for long; we must quickly return to our posts. Who knows if there will be a second transmigrator trying to pass through the Time Tunnel."

Under this rationale, even if the Divine Deer and Pine God weren’t in good condition, they had no choice but to follow him.

"The Nine-Tailed Fox has been dealt with. Next, shall we hunt ’Taotie’ or ’Qiong Qi’?" Pine God inquired.

"Taotie, Water Attribute, unifies with the Dark Attribute. This guy specializes in devouring, even capable of consuming enemy attacks, and his digestive ability is also extremely terrifying, able to ingest countless skills without affecting himself. He is rampantly gluttonous all year round."

"Qiong Qi, Fire Attribute, unifies with the Necro System. An extremely fierce beast, feeding on the energy of malice and restrained by the energy of goodness, it loathes Extraordinary Beings with good energy and favors Evil Beasts, promoting evil and punishing good."

"I suggest that we start with Qiong Qi. The God of the Six-Path Reincarnation Flower commands both good and evil forces; you could say that it is Qiong Qi’s grandmother. I just need to assist slightly from the side, and Sister Hua, with her skills enhanced by good energy, will be able to kill it instantly!!"

Knowing that Lu Ran had contracted with the Six Paths Flower, Pine God felt much more at ease. With the Six Paths Flower as their ace in the hole, it was impossible to fail hunting a Lower Legend, even if the Six Paths Flower hadn’t regained its strength yet.

Moreover, they had the advantage of Attribute Counter!

"Let me think," Lu Ran pondered, then said to the Divine Deer and Pine God, "Let’s hunt that white-haired, red-footed great ape first!!"

"I like to call it... Zhu Yan!"

"What?" After Lu Ran spoke, Pine God was taken aback and asked, "You mean take it down?"

"That guy is pretty strong."

Even with its power as a Lower Legend sealed, it still had the strength to act.

But if sealing a Middle Legend’s power, not only would the sealing power be significantly reduced, but it might hardly be able to move itself afterward.

"Let’s take it down first," Lu Ran said. "I have a feeling that it’s the best choice to start with it."

"A feeling?" Pine God blinked in surprise. If anyone else mentioned having a feeling, it would find it laughable, but coming from a Time Envoy, there might actually be something to it.

Pine God looked at Manager Ying.

Manager Ying also nodded and said, "Though I don’t know why, I also feel it’s safer to hunt Zhu Yan first."

The Divine Deer pondered, not understanding why both Lu Ran and Manager Ying said the same thing.

In fact, the reason Manager Ying and Lu Ran said this was because of the Breakthrough Secret Realm’s breakthrough task!

It wouldn’t be long before the Breakthrough task was to be settled.

Although hunting a Semi-Legend might also earn an SSS class, hunting a Lower Legend might also earn an SSS class, and hunting a Middle Legend would still be SSS class—the highest rating being SSS—it has been shown through research that the rewards of the Legendary Secret Realm are related to the BOSS, and the rewards of the Breakthrough Secret Realm are related to the trialists’ experiences within the Secret Realm!

That is to say, if Lu Ran’s final task target is Taotie, then the settlement reward would very likely be related to Taotie’s attributes, skills, and resources.

With that being the case, why wouldn’t Lu Ran hunt the stronger Zhu Yan for even better prizes?

As a Middle Legend, with the help of the Pine God and the Divine Deer, plus a collective assault, they were nearly at the limits of what Lu Ran and the others could challenge.

Take a gamble—turn a bicycle into a motorcycle.

Don’t waste time on the likes of Taotie and Qiong Qi, directly take out the final BOSS first, and use the remaining exploration time to slowly deal with these lower hurdles.

"Zhu Yan... hunting it comes with some risks,"

"But indeed, this creature is more of a headache than the other two."

"It just by leaking its strength, causes multiple times more damage to the Star-Moon species than other Evil Beasts do,"

muttered the Pine God.

"I know," nodded Lu Ran. He had come to realize that most of the ferocious beasts from Blue Star’s Ancient Times are the Exotic Beasts recorded in later editions of the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

In the Classic of Mountains and Seas, the lower-end of the power spectrum includes various man-eating Evil Beasts like the Four Fierce Beasts, Qiong Qi among them.

The mid-tier consists of Exotic Beasts that can cause supernatural phenomena just by appearing.

For example, Zhu Yan—once it appears, wars erupt across the world, and as the Pine God mentioned, just its power leaking out led to the Totem War in ancient times, feeding on "war" and causing countless deaths and injuries across the Ancient Land.

As for the top tier, Lu Ran suspected it must certainly be the likes of the Candle Dragon, the peak of Blue Star’s ancient era, with incredibly terrifying divine powers.

Candle Dragon was definitely not an entity to mess with. Even if it had unique powers, Lu Ran had no intention of confronting it; after all, life was his own. But the Middle Legend Zhu Yan mentioned by the Pine God... Lu Ran planned to give it a try.

If it was a Middle Legend and they couldn’t beat it, at the very least they could escape, right?

If the situation turned dire, Lu Ran planned to invest the Time Fruit right there and then.

"Don’t worry, we still have a trump card. What we’ve shown so far isn’t our limit," Lu Ran said to the Pine God and the others.

"What?" The Pine God was surprised. There was still a trump card?

"Yes," Lu Ran said with a slight smile. "I have a Divine Mastery Skill that can temporarily elevate a Pet Beast to the level of a Middle Legend for a short period of time."

"Besides, as a Time Envoy, I should naturally have some Time Attribute resources. I also have a Time Fruit, which can temporarily and significantly elevate a Pet Beast’s Growth Level. That should be somewhat useful."

The Divine Deer and Pine God fell silent for a moment. No wonder Lu Ran dared to propose hunting Zhu Yan. They had seen a lot over their long lives, but a Level Five Beast Trainer having such a strong foundation was impressive.

"That..." The Pine God looked toward Manager Ying, hesitating. ’Could it be that the sister who maintains time was taking advantage of her own powers, using the ability given by the Divine Dragon Lords to travel through time, to cheat for the envoy she chose? Things like acquiring an inheritance from the deceased Void Leaf or reviving the God of the Six-Path Reincarnation, it all seemed a bit abnormal.’

"Don’t look at me," Manager Ying turned her head. "I don’t remember anything."

"Then let’s give it a shot," the Divine Deer slowly spoke up. "The existence of these Fierce Gods indeed impacts the inheritance of the Star-Moon species too greatly. One loss of control, and the Star-Moon species might be destroyed. Even if we’re unable to hunt them down, weakening and sealing them for hundreds of years is also beneficial."

"Yeah," Lu Ran replied with a faint smile. Zhu Yan, the War God—if the hunt were successful, he wondered what rewards this creature would bring him. The final gains from this Breakthrough Secret Realm would depend on it.