Beastmaster King

"You should go now that you're fine. Since the Divine Deer asked you to find the inheritance of the Divine Phoenix, you should go let her know that you completed the mission. It should be moved to see the Flame of Life again," the Divine Turtle said.

"Thank you, Lord Divine Turtle!" Lu Ran thanked the turtle again.

He was very grateful for its assistance in absorbing the Flame of Life. Thanks to it, his Flame Spirit had undergone a qualitative change. Lu Ran felt that he could now forge Epic-grade items.

"No need to thank me. Be on your way. I'm going back to sleep."

"Wait, sir. I have one more thing!" Lu Ran was a bit embarrassed to ask the Divine Turtle for help twice in a row, but he didn't have a choice.

"What do you want now? You are the messenger of the Divine Deer! Why do you keep bothering me?" the Divine Turtle asked in annoyance.

"It has to do with what you said last time. You mentioned that Sudden Death King was destined to have a hard time ascending to the Quasi-Legendary rank because its bloodline is too weak, and that Superior Overlord is its limit. I got the Legendary dragon blood that you told me to find. Can you help me purify it?"

"What the hell?" The Divine Turtle was stunned.

"Ascension realms only last for one month, and you have to complete an ascension mission while you're there. How did you find the Flame of Life and still have time to get the dragon blood? You're just a level 5. How did you do it?"

Over the past month, the turtle had gathered quite a bit of information about Limitless City, which made it even more confused by Lu Ran.

Ahem.

"I got lucky."

The Divine Turtle remained silent.

"Okay, I will do it since I already promised you. Give me the blood and I will purify it so that it's suitable as an evolution resource. It won't retain any of its previous owner's power, and will only be able to enhance the user's bloodline."

"Okay, the blood is sealed in this stone."

"It's sealed? What kind of blood did you find?"

"It's blood of the Chaos Dragon God supposedly shed during its battle with the Divine Tree. Although it appeared ordinary, it's still of the Legendary grade. You shouldn't have any problems purifying it."

...?

"You bastard!"

The Divine Turtle's eyes shot open as its entire body shook. It was almost as if it took a step back and was trying to shake Lu Ran off its back.

"Where did you find blood from the Chaos Dragon God? I... Shit!"

Lu Ran played innocent.

"It just kind of fell into my lap... Senior, can you purify it?"

The Divine Turtle was speechless. It really wanted to slap itself in the mouth.

Why did I offer to help him? I told him to find blood from a Legendary dragon, which should be Epic at best. You instead decided to bring blood from a dragongod?

It gave Lu Ran an infuriated look.

This idiot really thinks highly of me.

The Divine Turtle had some serious regret at the moment. It shouldn't have helped Lu Ran absorb the Flame of Life. This kid was better off paralyzed.

"Senior Divine Turtle? With your ability, it should be fine, right? It's just a drop of ordinary blood from the Chaos Dragon God."

Divine Turtle: ?

Sudden Death King gave the turtle an expectant look.

Roar! Grandpa turtle, can you do it? Can you?

"I... This is blood from the Chaos Dragon God. It's not a question of whether I can purify it or not. Rather, do you think your familiar can absorb it?"

"It'll be level 60, so it will be a little risky. But I think it'll be fine. It can absorb it at a later time. It doesn't necessarily have to be used during the next evolution."

"..."

You are really stubborn.

"Let me put it this way. The only way to do this safely is to not only purify the blood but also dilute it. It won't be as effective, but with some help from Limitless City, you should have enough to attempt ascending your dragon to the Legendary rank. Safety should be the top priority."

It will also be much safer for me to purify if it's diluted,the turtle thought to itself.

"Ok, I will listen to your suggestion."

"I will need some time. Leave the blood to me, and come back in two months. During this time, you have to find a way to improve your dragon's willpower. Even if it is diluted down as much as possible, this blood still isn't something a normal creature could handle."

Sudden Death King: ?

Will I be in danger?

Seeing the grim look on the Divine Turtle's face, it had a vague premonition that it could suddenly die during the absorption process.

***

After handing over the Chaos Dragon God's blood, Lu Ran finally left Turtle Island feeling rejuvenated. He took out his phone to see if he made the local news. There must have been a trialist from the Stellar Moon Federation in the ascension realm with him because the news that he invented an elemental life creation device was trending across the nation.

"Damn, I'm only second?"

To his disappointment, Lu Ran wasn't thetoptrending search. After browsing several websites, he saw that although his feat was widely discussed, something grabbed more headlines than he did. Someone named Xiao Lin occupied the top trending search by winning first place in the Divine Throne Cup again.

As one of the three strongest Legendary beastmasters in the Stellar Moon Federation, he was one of the closest to obtaining the rank Epic-Legendary. He announced yesterday that he would challenge the level 7 ascension realm, hoping to rank up. If he succeeded, then he would be the first Epic-Legendary beastmaster of this era. All sorts of comments were floating around the internet.

└Judging from Xiao Lin's strength, he shouldn't have any problems passing the ascension realm!

└Blue Planet doesn't have a single Legendary beastmaster right now, while we are about to have an Epic-Legendary one. How can they compete with us in the World War?

└The level limit for a level 6 beastmaster's familiar is 70, but Epic-Legendary beastmasters can have familiars up to level 90. There is still plenty of time before the World War. I don't know if the Divine Throne can get a familiar to level 90 that fast, but the Federation will definitely dedicate all of its resources to winning the World War.

└Blue Planet is divided into too many countries and political powers. It can never concentrate its resources like we can.

└I just saw the news. That Pedestrian A invented some elemental life creation device in his last ascension realm. That's flat out crazy! He is level 5 now, right? We're lucky he's only a fourth-generation beastmaster. If he were a first-generation beastmaster, we would be in serious trouble.

└I saw that too! He even dared to claim that he would open a new era. I heard that someone ripped off Death Gun's invention, but still lost. How did he end up winning?

Somewhere in the Federation, Bai Lu down-troddenly looked at the news. As one of the few insiders, she knew that Lu Ran was a rookie mechanic. The only exposure he had to the Mechanical attribute was through the research robot Death Gun gave him. She believed that the robot was instrumental to his success in the Mechanical Era.

Damn it. I can't let Death Gun know that he aided an enemy.

***

"Master, where are we going next?"

After so much painstaking research in the ascension realm, Lu Ran gave #18 some time off as promised. He summoned it to let it enjoy some time outside and relax.

"The next stop is the God of the Abyss. We need to ask it to aid in Dark Crow evolution."

After Lu Ran reached level 5, his familiars could level up again. Captain Doofus and Sudden Death King were level 51, Dark Crow was level 52, Baby Cloud was level 51, Six Flower was level 54, and finally, #18 was level 55. #18 was born not too long ago, but somehow ended up with the highest level.

However, although it had the highest level, it was a research-oriented robot, so its combat power was the worst. The most it could do was develop some guns and missiles, but it couldn't compare to combat-oriented Mechanical creatures.

Now that they could all reach level 60, they were eligible for their second-stage evolution. Dark Crow had already awakened the Spirit attribute and integrated the Eye of the Evil God, Undead Clone, Legion Domination, and Foresight traits. It only needed to reach level 60 and integrate the Leaf of Time to awaken the Time attribute and undergo its second evolution. Lu Ran planned on asking the God of the Abyss to help it integrate its attributes.

Dark Crow was only level 52 at the moment, but that wasn't a major issue. Lu Ran had already prepared the resources to help it quickly hit level 60. In addition to the Flame of Life, the blood of the Chaos Dragon God, the Primordial Womb Sea Water, and the Flower God's Nectar, Lu Ran also obtained seven other Epic resources from the Divine Research Institute.

These seven resources were all blood of divine beasts of various attributes, namely Wind, Rock, Spirit, Grass, Water, Fire, and Metal. He didn't have a lot of each, but their quality was undeniable. If the blood of a Spirit Divine beast was used to create Epic-grade blood cuisine and was combined with Time Acceleration to speed up digestion, Dark Crow could level up easily.

Between levels 50 and 60, Epic cuisine was definitely the fastest way to level up. Especially now that his Flame Spirit merged with the Flame of Life, cooking high-quality Epic dishes should be a piece of cake.

The remaining blood could also be used to make blood tofu, but Dark Crow already had an easy opportunity right in its face. With the God of the Abyss blessing its evolution, it was the first in line to level up. Lu Ran felt that if everything went well, he should have no problems reaching level 6 before the World War. Experiencing another ascension realm definitely wouldn't hurt.

Soon, Lu Ran arrived at the Endless Sea with the Abyssal Shell in hand, but he didn't head straight for the Ghost Mother. Instead, he made a pitstop on a random island to practice making blood tofu. It was pointless to find the Ghost Mother before Dark Crow reached level 60.

"I wonder what attributes Dark Crow will have after it evolves? Will it only be Dark? Spirit? Undead? Or maybe it'll turn out like the Evil God and get a rare attribute like Curse..."