The King of Beast Trainers
Chapter 976 - 481: Goodbye, Liu Hua_3

Chapter 976: Chapter 481: Goodbye, Liu Hua_3

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed since Lu Ran and the others arrived at the Secret Realm.

During this period, Lu Ran’s breakthrough attempt naturally ended in failure; he never actually created any cultivation method.

But that was not a big deal. More than ten days passed, and even with the Candle Dragon youth’s strange cries, he still hadn’t figured out the origin of the Nine-Colored Meteorite. However, he did sense the wonder of this object.

"I have a guess."

"But this guess is too incredible to conceive."

Finally, the Candle Dragon found Lu Ran and the others and voiced his speculation, "I suspect that this meteorite fragment is a resource created by an extremely powerful being, imitating the Star Core of Blue Star. It doesn’t seem like a natural resource; it’s more like it was artificially made."

"Hmm?" Upon arrival, the Candle Dragon shared the findings, but suddenly realized that Lu Ran and the others, who should have been studying the Star Core, had vanished right before his eyes.

As if they had taken the Star Core and run away.

The Candle Dragon subconsciously thought that Lu Ran and his companions had returned to their original timeline.

He didn’t mind if Lu Ran and others went back, but... the Star Core must stay behind!

The Candle Dragon’s face turned cold, intent on wresting the Core of Blue Star from Lu Ran and the others’ grasp.

"World, flow backward."

As the Candle Dragon’s voice fell, its Candle Dragon eyes shone brightly, and the whole of Blue Star seemed to be enveloped within its domain. Time began to reverse within the Blue Star domain, as if the entire timeline of Blue Star was being rewound.

This was the Candle Dragon’s ultimate move, consuming a terrifying amount of energy with each use.

However, even as time reversed, the figures of Lu Ran and the others failed to reappear.

"Space-Time, give chase."

When reversing time proved insufficient, the Candle Dragon chose to tear open a space-time tunnel to pursue Lu Ran and his companions through time. It had never attempted such a feat before, but this time, it made an exception...

Yet quickly, it felt that a terrifying force from a higher dimension was interfering with its action, existing.

The surrounding space-time, like mirages and reflections on water, shattered. The Candle Dragon stood still, expression dazed, and finally realized something.

"I am not... real..."

"Who could recreate me in the form of a historical projection... could it be the Creation Dragon from the cosmic level that he mentioned..."

"Ah, so that’s it. Their goal wasn’t to invite me but to... simulate anew and create a new Core of Blue Star! A switch from illusion to reality!"

Alas, by the time the Candle Dragon realized everything, it was already too late.

The world shattered!

...

Meanwhile, in Passerby A’s private room.

Having acquired the Core of Blue Star and the Candle Dragon Statue, Lu Ran felt quite satisfied upon his return.

"The Candle Dragon should have realized by now that it, along with the world it’s in, is an illusion," he mused.

"Now it should give up hope."

"When I have the chance, I’ll have No. 18 summon the Candle Dragon’s Heroic Spirit and have a heart-to-heart talk with it."

"It’s better to cling to a wretched life than to face a good death."

"Heh..." Liu Hua, emerging from the Contract Space, advised, "I suggest you wait until No. 18 grows stronger before trying."

"With that little one’s Semi-Legendary level, even if it manages to summon the Heroic Spirit of the Candle Dragon, I’m afraid the Candle Dragon’s power will be enough to break free from its control."

Lu Ran smiled slightly, "Alright, alright, No. 18 is indeed too weak right now, so my next Secret Realm will be before the Machinery Main God was created in the Republic era, directly allowing No. 18 to snatch the Machinery Main God’s opportunity and replace the Machinery Main God!"

"You’re playing too high stakes," complained Liu Hua, puffing up her cheeks.

One is Yun Bao, and the other No. 18.

Liu Hua had spent thousands of years ducking and dodging under the oppression of the Beast Gods, honing her skills and contending with the lineage of the Beast Gods, yet she never managed to attain the Main God herself.

The paths of these two youngsters towards Main Godhood made Liu Hua envious to the point of tears.

"Relax, relax," Lu Ran laughed, pulling out the Core of Blue Star, "After studying it for over half a month, I’ve almost figured out how to fuse this thing with the Jade Seal."

"Let’s go, we’ve got serious business to handle."

Returning from the Secret Realm of the Ancient Blue Star, Lu Ran continued his research with Liu Hua on the fusion of the Blue Star Core and the Jade Seal, as these two items could accelerate Liu Hua’s path to becoming a Main God.

Moreover, Lu Ran also tried to select new Attributes for Liu Hua whenever possible.

You see, Liu Hua had only fused with six Attributes so far, and she was already Level 100; she could fuse with four more.

If these four Attributes were chosen well, plus the fusion with the Core of Blue Star, she might indeed ascend to the Main God Level in a very short time.

However, even with Liu Hua being a goddess of fortune, finding top-grade, quality-improving, well-fitting Attributes for a hexagonal well-balanced warrior like Liu Hua was still incredibly difficult.

"If all else fails, I’ll just do the same as that turtle," Liu Hua finally said, "Just fuse with regular Attributes; Life Enhancement, a permanent increase of 50% to the Vitality cap, Space Affinity, doubling my affinity with spatial attributes, Time Affinity, doubling my affinity with the Time Attribute, and Death Resistance, enhancing the strength of my Soul Power and Power of Death Talent."

"This way, although I won’t gain any new abilities, it will still be a relatively balanced improvement to my Life and Death Space-Time powers."

"You want to be a Creation Flower too, huh."

Lu Ran thought for half a day, "That’s not a bad idea, since you’ve got enough to study with the Samsara System anyway. Besides, your Space-Time Talent, Vitality cap, and Soul Talent are already top-notch, and these kinds of permanent, proportional enhancements will have an incredibly terrifying effect on you, and it might not even be worse than learning some new special powers."

"That settles it, the other matter is key now," Liu Hua said, "Fusing the Jade Seal with the Star Core won’t require much more help from you; this final step, I have to rely on myself."

"Fuse my will within the Jade Seal with the Star Core!"

"However, I estimate this step will take at least a few months, or even several years."

"I’m likely to spend a long time secluded in Blue Star, refining the Jade Seal and Star Core, as well as expanding the Domain of Blue Star."

"You’ll be okay on your own, right?" Liu Hua looked at Lu Ran.

Liu Hua didn’t know when she started worrying about Lu Ran acting alone.

"What are you talking about, just concentrate on your breakthrough," said Lu Ran, "With you remaining on Blue Star, I’ll continue taking Mr. Husky and others to the Breakthrough Secret Realms to scavenge resources. With Dark Crow, Yun Bao, and the others around, plus a revival mechanism, there’s no problem."

After a while, both parties’ research on the Star Core reached a bottleneck, and Liu Hua herself might need to give it a try.

"Okay," Liu Hua said, "So let’s part ways for a while. With any luck, you guys might only have to go through the Breakthrough Secret Realm once before I can achieve successful evolution."

From Legendary Level to Main God Level, Lu Ran also knew he couldn’t help Liu Hua much, since he was only a Level 8 Beast Trainer himself; at most, he could refine the Jade Seal with the craftsmanship of the Dream God, and with resources like the Core of Blue Star plus Liu Hua’s own qualifications, whether or not she could evolve to Main God Level was entirely up to her Talent.

After Liu Hua decided to seclude herself for a breakthrough, Lu Ran let her be and awaited the blossoming of her Main God flower.

Lu Ran’s next stop was to go to the Mechanical Era to enhance No. 18, as he hadn’t planned to go to the chaotic era where the Mechanical Main God was already born. Even without Liu Hua, his own combat power being weaker wasn’t a big deal; without the Main Gods emerging, Lu Ran would still be the strongest.

However, before heading to the Mechanical Era, Lu Ran had one more thing to do.

"Now that the Curse has been unexpectedly removed by the Candle Dragon, it’s time to resurrect the necro master."

He found No. 18, the only member of the main team who had not yet reached Legendary Level, holding a cloth and dreamily wiping the Candle Dragon Statue, not even wanting to work anymore.

"Handsome, so handsome," she gleamed, looking at the red Divine Dragon before her.

"When will I be able to summon the Candle Dragon Heroic Spirit to work for me? Its Time Acceleration probably beats Manager Ying, right?"

"Before the master came back, how did I not draw a vat of Candle Dragon’s blood?"

"Oh dear."

"No. 18!" Lu Ran called out, awakening the entranced No. 18, who quickly turned around and said, "Master, what can I do for you? I’ve already finished my work for today."

"I’m not here to check on your work results."

"Help me materialize the Undead Sect Leader’s Heroic Spirit shortly, will you?"

"Are we going to revive the old man?" No. 18 said, "Sure, no problem, leave it to me. The Power of Faith lingering on his belongings isn’t very strong, but we can just use more of Manager Ying’s blood!"

"Mm," Lu Ran nodded, and then took out a Necromancy Saint Robe.

"I’ve got to remember this time. When materializing a Heroic Spirit, the clothes come with it, but resurrections don’t resurrect clothes, so to prevent the master from being indecent, I’ve got to prepare the robe."

No. 18 gave a doubtful look.

Lu Ran laughed, "The main reason is I don’t want to see an unclothed old man. Now, if it were resurrecting Ji Yuan after a gender switch, I would be a bit more interested."