The King of Beast Trainers
Chapter 974 - 481: Goodbye, Liu Hua

Chapter 974: Chapter 481: Goodbye, Liu Hua

Liu Hua had been quietly watching Lu Ran bamboozle the Candle Dragon, but in the end, she herself was metaphorically struck by an arrow in the knee.

Ouch!

She admitted that in a moment of hot-headedness, she had believed Lu Ran’s fanciful words and made a pact with him, a mere fourth-level Beast Trainer, despite her hundred-level Semi-Legend strength. It was preposterous, but for the Candle Dragon to actually say it out loud was somewhat impolite.

You’re making me look quite foolish!

Liu Hua clenched her fists slightly, breaking free from the Candle Dragon’s seal.

"I have never regretted making a pact with Lu Ran. He is the most outstanding and the most potential human I have ever met. Perhaps his current strength isn’t a match for you, but give him a few years, and he will stand at the pinnacle of the cosmos."

For the sake of her own dignity, Liu Hua said this against her better judgment.

Beside her, Lu Ran’s face showed emotion, touched that Liu Hua thought so highly of him.

"Is that so..."

"However, I will not be going with you," said the Candle Dragon. "Thank you for the information. From now on, I will use my own methods to change the future of this space-time."

"Even if it leads to death, I have no regrets."

"Running away is not in my nature."

"Moreover, I advise you not to toy with time travel. It will surely bring you misfortune."

The Candle Dragon shook its head, and as it spoke, Lu Ran was released. At the same time, a red light shone from the Candle Dragon’s eyes onto Lu Ran, dissolving the curse left on him by the Evil God.

Lu Ran, who had been transformed into the appearance of a seven or eight-year-old boy, finally returned to his handsome young adult self, in his early twenties.

After the curse was lifted, Lu Ran moved his body around, uncertain whether the Candle Dragon was easy or difficult to talk to.

"I understand," Lu Ran said regretfully.

Unable to gain the Candle Dragon’s companionship, Lu Ran could not insist. He grasped the Candle Dragon’s intentions of wanting "to start changing from now." Since the future was known, it was necessary to find the most appropriate solutions, not to simply accompany Lu Ran into the future and abandon this time-space.

[King of Exotic Beasts, worthy of praise, but unfortunately, this is not some ’past time-space,’ but a false world, doomed and unable to be saved or continued. No matter how hard you try, choosing the wrong direction is futile.] Liu Hua also perceived the Candle Dragon’s thoughts.

She thought the Candle Dragon was impressive, possessing the mentality of a true strong being, but there were things that simply couldn’t be changed.

Inside the Breakthrough Secret Realm, it was not permitted to reveal anything related to Infinite City, so Lu Ran and the others couldn’t clarify things.

Seeing the Candle Dragon’s determination, Lu Ran simply changed strategies.

"I respect your choice, Great Dragon God Candle Dragon."

"However, since you, Great Dragon God Candle Dragon, cannot personally accompany me into the future, could you then lend me a portion of your strength?"

"In exchange, we will help you find the cause of the fragmentation of Blue Star’s Star Core in this timeline, effectively lending a hand to Great Dragon God Candle Dragon."

The Candle Dragon looked at Lu Ran and spoke: "How do you plan to borrow my strength?"

Lu Ran looked towards the Candle Dragon Statue that was outside: "I was wondering if you could bestow the statue upon me."

Liu Hua, standing by, once again understood Lu Ran’s intention.

Having followed Lu Ran for so long, she knew him all too well.

Since it was impossible to persuade the current Candle Dragon, it was better to take a step back.

To take the Candle Dragon Statue with them meant that, once they returned, No. 18 could use the statue to summon the Candle Dragon’s Heroic Spirit.

Then, by promising "the right of revival," it was obvious the success rate of convincing the Heroic Spirit of the Candle Dragon would be higher than communicating directly with the living Candle Dragon now.

Moreover, directly reviving the Main God Candle Dragon, if it should regret after resurrection, Lu Ran would effectively be reviving an uncontrollable mighty creature.

But if he first wielded the Power of Heroic Spirits to control the Candle Dragon and built rapport with it, then attempted resurrection after Liu Hua’s Six Paths Flower had reached Main God Level, they would be on more equal footing for an exchange.

So, the most urgent task wasn’t to persuade the Candle Dragon but to obtain the Star Core!

Evidently, Lu Ran had no intention of wasting too much time on persuading the Candle Dragon, planning to consider it a success if he could obtain the statue.

"Very well." The Candle Dragon nodded its head; to it, a statue was a minor concession for which it could find no reason to refuse.

"In exchange, you will clearly tell me everything about the future," the Candle Dragon outlined its condition.

"Agreed!"

Quickly, Lu Ran and the Candle Dragon reached a consensus.

The Candle Dragon agreed to lend a part of its strength to aid the future space-time;

While Lu Ran was to inform the Candle Dragon of everything he knew, assisting the Candle Dragon in saving the present time-space.

"The future..."

"Is quite insoluble," Lu Ran sighed.

A black mist had already engulfed nearly all civilizations in the universe.

The universe only had the small, pure land where the Blue Star World and the Star-Moon World of the Star-Moon Continent remained.

Even the strongest creatures of the Cosmic Level, above the Super Divine Level, could only choose to flee in the face of this disaster.

"A black mist devouring civilizations..."

Even as a Main God Level being, the Candle Dragon felt a sense of insignificance.

After all, in the description given by Lu Ran, the Creation Dragon was several times stronger than the Main God Level, and the Super Divine Level seemed like ants before the Cosmic Level.

However, upon understanding the terror of the disaster, the Candle Dragon still did not intend to change its mind.

Since there was no immediate solution for the black mist, the Candle Dragon’s only choice was to settle for less and accompany Lu Ran in search of the Core of Blue Star, addressing the future dangers of Blue Star first.

"Great Dragon God Candle Dragon, you said earlier that Jianmu is a special Teleportation Array that seems to connect to the realms beyond the stars?"

"Yes," the Candle Dragon affirmed, guiding Lu Ran and the others through the Wild Wind to the ruins where Jianmu resided.

"When I first saw Jianmu, I wondered why it withered. Now, I think I understand."

"It’s possible that it withered because the realms beyond the stars, which it connects to, have already been devoured by the black mist you mentioned."