He Huan Hua…
Lu Ran was furious.
He couldn’t understand how his experience in the last breakthrough secret realm was linked to He Huan Hua!
Why was such a thing given as a reward?
“Do you think this is still just a coincidence?”
Manager Ying cast a deep gaze at Lu Ran.
Blood drop stone, mutated tear, He Huan Hua… Can you even look forward to your next reward?
“I’m innocent,” Lu Ran said. “I was actually expecting a powerful combat pet… or maybe an amazing support item…”
“Infinite City doesn’t play fair, does it?”
“No…”“In theory, this He Huan Hua should be much rarer than what you mentioned.”
Manager Ying chimed in, “Breeding high-species pet beasts is always a challenge, and with He Huan Hua, it should ease the burden significantly.”
“If cultivated well, it might even become a national treasure.”
“For example, your dark crow legion, high-potential and high-talent crows are always in the minority.”
“But with this He Huan Hua, you won’t have to search the world for elite crows to breed. You can just pair up the existing elite crows to breed, and the bloodline will only get stronger.”
Lu Ran twitched his lips and said, “Seems like there’s some truth to that.”
“Doesn’t sound like a bad deal, huh?”
“It’s suitable for careful breeding; it’s just not suited for you to do it yourself,” Manager Ying shrugged.
“Alright then,” Lu Ran pouted. So, to find a pet beast that can fuse with the lucky clover trait, I still have to keep looking.
After chatting with Manager Ying, Lu Ran started to reply to Fang Lan: [Just asking if you’re impressed or not.]
Fang Lan: [?]
“What kind of response is that?” Manager Ying said, exasperated.
Lu Ran chuckled and said, “This is called ending the topic.”
…
Within a day, Lu Ran dominated the Alliance Tournament and also easily cleared a Legendary Secret Realm, making the global scene restless today.
Later on, both Youxiong Guild Leader and Dean Qin also did well in their challenges.
Perhaps it wasn’t ideal to repeatedly target Xia Country, as tough gatekeepers were all encountered by Lu Ran.
The gatekeepers that Youxiong Guild Leader and Dean Qin encountered were average in difficulty.
As a result, Youxiong Guild Leader also dominated up to stage 4 but unfortunately lost at stage 5.
Dean Qin was quite impressive. As the strongest second-generation from Xia Country, the first generation he matched up with, much like Hapi, hadn’t mastered a domain. Therefore, facing Dean Qin, who had mastered a domain, they were ultimately defeated. ŔÃ₦ɵВЕṨ
In the end, two individuals from Xia Country dominated the challenge tournament.
This had the high-level members of Xia Country grinning widely. However, Dean Qin and Youxiong Guild Leader weren’t particularly pleased when they learned that Lu Ran had gone back not to rest but to casually clear a Legendary Secret Realm. It made them feel quite envious.
“Guild Leader, according to our agreement, the feather of Kunpeng is now mine, right?”
Before returning to the country, Lu Ran had a video call with the former guild leader, smiling cheekily.
“Haha,” the old man, who indeed had a playful spirit, replied, “It’s yours.”
“With the Legendary Secret Realm cleared, when are you planning to enter the level 3 breakthrough secret realm?”
Lu Ran thought for a moment and said, “In a couple of days, perhaps. We’ve been preparing for the challenge tournament for a long time, and the pet beasts are quite exhausted. I’ll let them rest for two days before moving on.”
“Good,” the former guild leader replied. “Balancing work and rest is crucial.”
“If there’s nothing else, you should return to Xia Country as soon as possible. You encountered so many troublesome gatekeepers probably because Parry from the Eagle Federation is targeting you.”
“However, since losing one of their strongest second-generation members, he won’t have an easy time ahead.”
“To avoid him getting desperate, it’s safer to be back home.”
“I’m not afraid,” Lu Ran laughed. “If he dares to come, I’ll make sure he doesn’t return.”
The former guild leader laughed, “I know you’re not afraid, but it’s better to avoid unnecessary trouble. Leave Parry to me; don’t worry about it.”
“Even though he’s not the strongest in Eagle Federation, he’s still a frontline first-generation member and holds a high position. He must possess epic items, so don’t underestimate him.”
Epic items!
Upon hearing this, Lu Ran almost hoped Parry would come over.
Sensing Lu Ran’s thoughts, the former guild leader shook his head, “Ah, youth.”
“Haha, I’ll head back home.”
Following the former guild leader’s advice, Lu Ran didn’t stay long in Alliance City.
Upon returning to Xia Country, he first checked on the so-called He Huan Hua and, after shaking his head, began preparing for the level 3 breakthrough secret realm.
As for He Huan Hua, it was best to leave it under the care of Professor Ye, the botanist, for now to oversee its growth…
This breakthrough secret realm was actually quite significant for Lu Ran.
It’s not about reaching level 4 and immediately getting a powerful new pet beast contract, but rather that Lu Ran had a legacy crystal with a time acceleration skill in his pocket.
A time-type beast taming skill!
If he could learn this, Lu Ran could further close the gap between himself and the first echelon First Generation members.
In the blink of an eye, three days passed.
During these three days, Lu Ran dealt with some mundane tasks, like handing over unused resources to Manager Ying for trading, and he also cooked up a batch of Dragon Cuisine and soul food to leave behind.
As for several pet beasts, Lu Ran simply let them relax.
Afterward, with his tasks and the pet beasts’ vacations both completed, Lu Ran prepared everything and informed his acquaintances that he was about to enter the breakthrough secret realm.
Upon seeing Lu Ran’s message, Gu Qingyi, Manager Ying, Fang Lan, and others each had different feelings but continued with their own tasks.
Of course, Manager Ying was muttering, “The first time was the artistic conception of the dragon, the second was the necromancy Holy Son, the third was the Tree King legacy…”
“I don’t believe you can encounter something even more outrageous this time.”
In infinite city no.3, in Passerby A’s private room.
This was Lu Ran’s fourth entry into a breakthrough secret realm, and by now, he was quite familiar with the process.
He approached the pillar platform, activated the interface, and opened the secret realm.
[Name: Breakthrough Secret Realm]
[Secret Realm Level: Level 3]
[Difficulty: Unknown]
[Challenge Crystal Coins: 0]
[Introduction: You will enter an unknown world and undergo a breakthrough trial.]
“Please, give me a Machine Age or Plant Age, I’m begging you,” Lu Ran took a deep breath and prayed.
The breakthrough secret realm consists of four eras: Elemental Age, Animal Age, Plant Age, and Machine Age.
Among them, although the Elemental Age is the most ancient, Lu Ran currently had no particular need for it.
The Animal Age’s Star-Moon Continent was the same.
The Machine Age, however, was different; so far, no one has cleared the Machine Age.
If he could enter it, Lu Ran felt there would be numerous benefits to gain.
As for the Divine Tree Continent, although Lu Ran had already been there once, he wouldn’t mind going again. It would be a perfect chance for him to search for plants suitable for the lucky clover trait.
[Currently matching a suitable breakthrough secret realm for you…]
[Secret realm matching in progress…]
[Please wait…]
[Estimated wait time: 600s…]
“This time, the wait is quite long.”
Seeing the full 10-minute matching time, Lu Ran decided to meditate on the spot while waiting.
After less than 10 minutes, the matching was completed.
[Matching successful.]
[Secret realm type: Multiplayer Secret Realm, Cross-World Secret Realm (You have been matched with a beastmaster from another world’s infinite city).]
[Teleport Countdown: 10…9…8…]
“A Cross-World Secret Realm again, huh?” Lu Ran murmured, closing his eyes slightly and allowing infinite city to handle the teleport without much thought.
If it’s a Cross-World Secret Realm, then so be it.
Buzz!
With the 10 seconds over, in the midst of darkness, the secret realm introduction slowly appeared, and Lu Ran listened attentively as phantom text appeared before his eyes.
[Target Location: Star-Moon Continent (Imperial City)]
Lu Ran: ?
Oh great, how did I end up circling back to the Star-Moon Era?
[Era Introduction: Year 996 of the Beast Taming Era, the Beast Taming Empire is under siege by the four ferocious beast empires. The national advisor, “Feng Qianli,” developed a special contract method. By defeating ferocious beasts and rendering them unconscious, a forced contract can be made to wipe their memories, turning them into pet beasts that only follow commands. Regardless of the species or level of the pet beast, resistance is futile.
The risk of directly contracting advanced pet beasts is significantly reduced.
To resist the ferocious beast empires, this contract law spread rapidly nationwide.
Directly overwhelming powerful ferocious beasts, then brainwashing and capturing them for contracts, quickly became the mainstream beast taming method at this time. Rarely did beastmasters cultivate pet beasts from their infant stages anymore.
After some time, the Beast Taming Empire’s power increased significantly, with the potential to counterattack the four ferocious beast empires.
In this era, capturing top-notch pet beasts became a prevailing trend. Every beastmaster took pride in capturing powerful pet beasts, venturing into danger zones to seek out the finest ones.
Investigation of potential, talent assessment, combat capture-these became the essential skills for beastmasters of this era.]
[Breakthrough Task: Capture a pet beast with talent potential exceeding others in this secret realm!]
[Prompt ①: The challenger will receive a temporary contract space, which can be used for capturing pet beasts.]
[Prompt ②: Capturing a pet beast with talent potential in the top two will promote you to level 4 beastmaster.]
[Prompt ③: The breakthrough task rating is positively correlated with the captured pet beast’s talent potential.]
[Prompt ④: Achieving a completion rating of S or above will result in the captured pet beast being converted into an egg as an additional reward.]
[Prompt ⑤: This secret realm is a historical projection…]
[Prompt…]
The continuous stream of prompts made Lu Ran ponder deeply.
A breakthrough task focused on battling to capture pet beasts, huh.
Indeed, combat capturing of pet beasts is one of the mainstream methods for beastmasters to contract pet beasts on the Star-Moon Continent.
Not every beastmaster prefers to start from scratch in raising a pet beast. Directly capturing a pet beast with a high species and level is a valid option that can save significant nurturing resources for beastmasters.
In fact, even on Blue Star now, there’s a tendency to move in this direction. For instance, the alliance between Xia Country and the Fishman Empire has led many advanced beastmasters to use black cards to contract high-level sea beasts from the Fishman Empire.
As for Lu Ran, he personally hasn’t done this before. Whether it’s General Ha, the Sudden Death King, the dark crow, or Cloud Baby, he’s cultivated each from scratch. The only opportunity he had to contract a matured pet beast like the Mermaid Princess, he gave it up to Dr. Gu.
“The breakthrough task is to see who captures the most powerful pet beast…” Lu Ran mused. Moreover, the captured pet beast will be converted into an egg as an additional reward… which means there’s a chance to take it out with him, even though it would be a reincarnated form.
Lu Ran quickly brainstormed.
“Infinite city is compensating me, huh? Damn, it would’ve been perfect if this task was set in the Plant Age or Machine Age.”
“But here, as the descendant of the Second Generation Emperor Yan Sizhen, who was exiled among the people, it’s not excessive for me to show my potential and get in touch with the imperial guardian beasts of those upper overlord species, right?”
“Although I can’t contract them, I do have a blood drop stone. It wouldn’t be too much to have them give birth to an offspring for me to nurture.”
“What need is there for combat to capture, really?”
“Wait, as the divine deer’s envoy, is a mere upper overlord offspring really enough to satisfy me?” Lu Ran pondered, rubbing his chin. I mean, is there an opportunity to find a Pseudo-legendary species divine beast’s offspring, knock it out, and capture it?
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