Beastmaster King

Based on pre-evolution species ranks, these two had the highest odds. Even the Eagle Federation's President Oub's familiar was only an Intermediate Overlord. Meanwhile, Lu Ran's catastrophe sprite and Almi's Golden King Elephant were both Superior Overlords.

Time passed slowly. One powerful Overlord after another emerged. As the last second-stage evolution secret realm before the World War, the competition was fiercer than ever. Superior Overlords appeared left and right.

In front of President Oub, a shark hovered midair, water currents swirling around it.

"Ahahahaha!" Oub burst into laughter.

[Name: Mechanical Megalodon Shark]

[Attributes: Mechanical (Metal, Space), Dragon (Water, Rock)]

[Species Rank: Superior Overlord]

[Level: 61]

[Description: Two top-tier hybrid attributes—King of the Ocean and Mechanical.]

"Fuck."

Oub's familiar left many speechless.

"Huh.This guy's got talent," Bai Lu murmured, looking intrigued.

Then there was Dr. Gu's mermaid princess. A stunning humanoid figure floated in the air, water droplets swirling around it. In the breeze, Dr. Gu and the mermaid princess looked like peerless beauties.

[Name: Mermaid Queen]

[Attributes: Dragon (Water, Spirit)]

[Species Rank: Superior Overlord]

[Level: 61]

[Description: Perfect fusion of dragon and human bloodlines. It's the strongest lineage below Legendary.]

This mermaid was the daughter of an ancient Overlord from the Merfolk Kingdom. It was originally intended as a political marriage partner for Lu Ran. After he declined, it formed a contract with Dr. Gu, symbolizing the friendship between Xia and the Merfolk Kingdom.

As the descendant of a Superior Overlord, this mermaid, blessed by Limitless City, now rivaled—or even surpassed—its father's potential.

"This is insane!" Someone couldn't help but yell.

However, the show wasn't over. Almi's evolution was complete. It was a humanoid figure with three heads and six arms, its body and heads black with white mental patterns. The surrounding light was shattered.

[Name: Platinum Demon Elephant]

[Attributes: Spirit, Dark, Metal]

[Species Rank: Superior Overlord]

While others celebrated their Superior Overlord evolutions, Almi—whose familiar had been a Superior Overlord pre-evolution—was less thrilled.

"Damn it!"

Reporters and other evolvers turned to look.

"It's still a Superior Overlord!"

"It feels way stronger, but it didn't reach quasi-Legendary?"

"I guess quasi-Legendary is really tough to reach. Even Stellar Moon's Legendary beastmasters don't seem to have any."

As they debated, Almi quickly glanced at Lu Ran. There, Lu Ran's catastrophe sprite was also undergoing a transformation within the evolution light.

"Huh?What's going on?" Almi was stunned.

Lu Ran's familiar was shifting into a beast form. Others had noticed too. If they recalled correctly, during its first evolution, this elemental lifeform had taken the form of a giant fish—the Kun—drawing from Divine Beast Intent.

Logically, with such a strong foundation, it should've maintained that path. Even if it did undergo a mechanical evolution, it should've been built upon the Kunpeng Intent. No one knew why it was changing forms now.

Gales howled, and clouds churned. Gradually, Baby Cloud's new post-evolution form took shape, and it looked eerily familiar.

First, its sheer size, which was possibly the largest in the secret realm, made its main body hard to see. Instead, nine majestic, mountain-like tails swayed through the clouds, each shimmering in different colors. It was ethereal and breathtaking.

It was a colossal cat-shaped sprite. Its white cloud-like form was now adorned with nine multicolored cloud tails.

[Species: Nine-Tailed Cloud Cat]

[Attributes: Water, Ice, Wind, Lightning, Fire, Light, Dark, Earth, Rock]

The sheer number of attributes left everyone dumbfounded.

On a cliff, Manager Ying stared at Baby Cloud's new form, momentarily stunned before breaking into a smile.

"Wait, I know where I've seen this before! The Nine-Tailed Cat! Isn't that Xia's guardian, Manager Ying? The one who sealed the black dragon!"

"Lu Ran's catastrophe sprite evolved to resemble the Nine-Tailed Cat..."

"Fuck, what a waste! Manager Ying's just a Superior Overlord. Why abandon Divine Beast Intent to mimic a Superior Overlord? This is a downgrade! Its species grade is still Superior Overlord!"

Everyone checked.

[Species Rank: Superior Overlord]

[Level: 60]

[Description: Master of nine elements, king of attributes.]

"Lu Ran, what were you thinking?"

"You idiots!"

Meanwhile, Manager Ying, hearing foreigners mock it, bristled with anger and itched to tear them apart.

What is wrong with evolving to resemble me? It meant Baby Cloud held me in its heart!

Manager Ying glanced at Lu Ran and noticed the faint smile on his lips.

Then, it smiled too. It understood. Baby Cloud now met the mechanical castle's evolution compatibility. This meant the evolution wasn't over yet.

"Hahahaha!This is great! It's still a Superior Overlord? Perfect."

"Quasi-Legendary is just too hard!"

As Almi, Oub, and the others laughed at Lu Ran's "downgraded" familiar, the Nine-Tailed Cloud Cat suddenly radiated evolution light again. It was a consecutive evolution! This stunned those who had lamented the cat form's inferiority to the fish form.

Bathed in blinding light, the Nine-Tailed Cloud Cat's massive form shrank rapidly to palm size, transforming into a tiny white castle floating in the sky.

Before anyone could react, the castle expanded. It was the Size Shifting trait. Simultaneously, all of the stars in the sky blazed brilliantly, nine of them aligning to cast nine colored beams that struck the growing white sphere from different angles.

Everyone's jaws dropped. Under the stellar light, a huge black castle, which was easily the size of a city, materialized and hovered beneath the cosmos.

Wrapped in white mist, the castle's sleek, metallic sheen and ancient white patterns depicting giant fish and birds painted a surreal sky and city tableau. The most terrifying thing was its life force. It was undeniable proof that this wasn't just a structure but a living being.

"You've got to be kidding me..." Oub's eyes bulged.

[Species: Nine-Tailed Cloud Cat (Temporary Mechanical Catastrophe Form)]

[Attributes: Mechanical (Water, Ice, Wind, Lightning, Fire, Light, Dark, Earth, Rock)]

[Species Rank: Quasi-Legendary]

[Level: 60]

[Description: Perfect fusion of a mechanical and elemental catastrophe. It's the most destructive species below Legendary.]

Silence. Everyone trembled, with their breaths held. Their eyes were darting wildly.

Q-Quasi-Legendary?

"Ahahahaha!"

After others had laughed, it was Lu Ran's turn.

#18's efforts hadn't been in vain. As Lu Ran admired the catastrophe castle, many Overlord familiars recoiled from its oppressive aura. Reporters gulped and scrambled to retreat.

Almi, who had planned to challenge Lu Ran again, stared at the new form and inexplicably envisioned it annihilating nations with a single strike.

Quasi-Legendary... Lu Ran has evolved a quasi-Legendary.

"Blue Planet's first quasi-Legendary familiar..." someone murmured, looking at the sky.

"Ahahaha,that's my daughter!" Manager Ying was moved.

But... why is Baby Cloud's species rank higher than mine now?

Meanwhile, Lu Ran smiled and crossed his arms, addressing the lingering reporters. "When writing your reports, feel free to mention that I don't mind if Blue Planet participants sell my info to Stellar Moon beastmasters in ascension realms.

"Go ahead. Tell Stellar Moon's beastmasters that I'll crush them all during the World War with my quasi-Legendary ace, the Mechanical-Elemental Catastrophe."

If they didn't want to lose, they better use the remaining time to devise strategies and skills to counter Baby Cloud.

"B-Big, big, BIG news!"

The reporters, too stunned to leave immediately, were ecstatic. Those who'd left early would never guess Lu Ran had just declared war on Stellar Moon.

Incredible!

As they stared at Lu Ran and the Mechanical-Elemental Catastrophe, they felt he had the right to say it. After ushering in the Overlord Era, Lu Ran now opened the quasi-Legendary Era on Blue Planet. With him and this quasi-Legendary ace, perhaps they really could sweep Stellar Moon!