Beastmaster King-Chapter 342 - A New Ascension Realm!

Silk Tree Albizia...

Lu Ran was furious. He couldn’t figure out how his experience in the last ascension realm had anything to do with the Silk Tree Albizia.

“Tell me, is this still a coincidence?” Manager Ying looked at Lu Ran.

Blood Drop Stone, Mutant’s Tear, Silk Tree Albizia... What kind of reward would you get next?

“I don’t know... I was really hoping for a powerful battle familiar or a super support...” Lu Ran said.

“Limitless City is just inhuman. No, actually... The Silk Tree Albizia is probably much rarer than what you mentioned. Breeding high-ranking familiars has always been a challenge. With the Silk Tree Albizia, the burden should be significantly reduced.

“If you nurture it well, it’s possible for it to become a national treasure. Take your Dark Crow Legion, for example. High-potential, high-talent crows are bound to be rare. But with the Silk Tree Albizia, you won’t have to scour the world for elite crows to train. Just pair up your existing elite crows and let them breed... Their bloodline will only grow stronger,” Manager Ying added.

Lu Ran’s lips twitched. “That... does make sense.”

“So, it’s not a bad deal, huh? It’s suitable for careful nurturing.” Manager Ying shrugged.

“Fine.” Lu Ran pouted.

So, if I want to find a familiar that can fuse with the Lucky Grass trait, I’ll need to keep searching.

After chatting with Manager Ying, Lu Ran started replying to Fang Lan.

Lu Ran: Just tell me, is it cool or not?

Fang Lan: ?

“What kind of reply is that?” Manager Ying rubbed its temples.

Lu Ran chuckled. “This is called ending the conversation.”

***

Within a single day, Lu Ran dominated the Alliance Tournament and casually cleared a Legendary secret realm, ensuring that the world would not remain calm.

Later, Youxiong and Dean Qin also achieved decent results in their challenges. Perhaps it was because continuously targeting Xia was unwise, all the formidable gatekeepers had been thrown at Lu Ran.

Youxiong and Dean Qin faced gatekeepers of average strength. As a result, Youxiong easily crushed his way to the fourth gate but narrowly lost at the fifth.

However, Dean Qin performed exceptionally well, true to his title as Xia’s strongest second-generation beastmaster. The first-generation opponent he matched with hadn’t mastered a domain, so when faced with Dean Qin’s domain, the opponent ultimately fell.

In the end, two people from Xia dominated the tournament. This left the higher-ups of Xia grinning from ear to ear. However, when Youxiong and Dean Qin learned that Lu Ran hadn’t returned to rest but had instead gone to clear a Legendary secret realm, the two of them weren’t exactly thrilled. They could only twitch their lips at the thought of how some people were just born to outshine others.

Before returning to the country, Lu Ran grinned during a video call with the old president. “President, according to our agreement, the Kunpeng Feather is mine now, right?”

The old man was a good sport. “Hahaha. It’s yours. Now that you’ve cleared the Legendary secret realm, when do you plan to enter the level 3 ascension realm?”

Lu Ran thought for a moment before saying, “In a couple of days. After preparing for the tournament for so long, my familiars are exhausted. I’ll let them rest for two days before attempting the ascension realm.”

“Good. Balancing work and rest is important. If there’s nothing else, return to Xia as soon as possible. The fact that you encountered so many troublesome gatekeepers this time is likely because Pari from the Eagle Federation was targeting you.

“But since this cost the Eagle Federation one of their strongest second-generation talents, Pari’s days won’t be easy from now on. To avoid him resorting to desperate measures, it’s safer to return home.”

“I’m not scared. If he dares to come, I’ll make sure he never leaves.” Lu Ran smiled.

The old president laughed. “Of course. I know you’re not scared, but it’s better to avoid trouble. Leave Pari to me. You don’t need to worry about him.

“Although he’s not the strongest in the Eagle Federation, he’s still a top-tier member of the first generation and holds a high position. He undoubtedly possesses Epic items. Don’t underestimate him.”

Epic items?

Knowing this, Lu Ran almost wished Pari would come after him.

As if reading his thoughts, the old president shook his head. “Ah, youngsters these days.”

“Haha, I’ll head back now.”

Following the old president’s advice, Lu Ran didn’t linger in Alliance City. After returning to Xia, he first took a look at the Silk Tree Albizia, shook his head, and began preparing for the level 3 ascension realm. As for the Silk Tree Albizia, he left it in the care of Professor Ye for now...

This ascension realm was actually quite important for Lu Ran. It wasn’t because reaching level 4 would immediately grant him a powerful new familiar to contract, but because he had a Time-Acceleration Legacy Crystal in his pocket.

If he could master this Time-attribute beastmaster skill, Lu Ran could further close the gap between himself and the top first-generation beastmasters.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye. During these three days, Lu Ran handled some small tasks, such as handing over unused resources to Manager Ying for trading and cooking a batch of Dragon Cuisine and Soul Cuisine to stock up on. As for his familiars, Lu Ran simply let them relax.

After finishing his preparations and informing his acquaintances that he was entering the ascension realm, Lu Ran received mixed reactions from Gu Qingyi, Manager Ying, Fang Lan, and others, who then went back to their own business.

Of course, one cat muttered under its breath, “First it was Dragon Intent, and then the Holy Undead Son, and then the Tree Monarch’s Legacy... I refuse to believe you can top that this time.”

***

Limitless City #3, Pedestrian A’s exclusive room.

This was Lu Ran’s fourth time entering an ascension realm, and he was already familiar with the process. Approaching the secret realm system, he activated the interface and selected the secret realm.

[Name: Ascension Realm]

[Grade: Level 3]

[Difficulty: Unknown]

[Entry Fee: 0]

[Introduction: You will enter an unknown world to complete your ascension mission.]

“Give me the Mechanical Era or the Plant Era, please.” Lu Ran took a deep breath and prayed.

Ascension realms only had four eras, which were the Elemental, Animal, Plant, and Mechanical eras. Among them, the Elemental Era, though the oldest, held little appeal to Lu Ran at the moment. The same went for the Stellar Moon Continent of the Animal Era.

However, the Mechanical Era was different. So far, no one had cleared the Mechanical Era. If he could enter it, Lu Ran felt the benefits would be great.

As for Divine Tree Continent, even though he’d already been there once, going again wouldn’t hurt. It would give him a chance to find a plant suitable for the Lucky Grass trait.

[Searching for a suitable ascension realm...]

[Matching...]

[Please wait...]

[Estimated wait time: 600s...]

“This time it’s taking a while.”

Seeing the full 10-minute matching time, Lu Ran simply meditated while waiting. Less than ten minutes later, the matching was complete.

[Match found.]

[Realm Type: Multiplayer, Cross-World (You have been matched with beastmasters from another world’s limitless city).]

[Teleportation countdown: 10...9...8...]

“Cross-world again?”

Ten seconds passed. In the darkness, the secret realm introduction slowly appeared, with phantom text materializing before Lu Ran’s eyes.

[Destination: Stellar Moon Continent (Imperial Beast City)]

Damn it, why am I back in the Stellar Moon Era again...?

[Era Introduction: Year 996 of the Beastmaster Calendar. The Beastmaster Empire was besieged by four vicious beast empires. Imperial Advisor Feng Qianli developed a unique contract method. By defeating a beast and rendering it unconscious, a forced contract could erase its memories, turning it into an obedient familiar. Regardless of the familiar’s species or rank, resistance was nearly impossible.

The risks of directly contracting high-level beasts were drastically reduced. To combat the beast empires, this contract method was quickly popularized nationwide. Defeating powerful beasts, brainwashing them, and capturing them for contracts instantly became the mainstream beastmaster method. Only a few beastmasters now raised familiars from infancy.

Over time, the Beastmaster Empire’s strength grew exponentially, reaching a point where it could counterattack the four beast empires. In this era, capturing elite beasts has become the prevailing trend. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel-com

Every beastmaster takes pride in capturing powerful beasts and venturing into dangerous territories in search of the best. Potential detection, talent detection, and combat capture became the fundamental skills of this era’s beastmasters.]

[Ascension Mission: In this secret realm, capture a beast whose talent and potential surpass all others.]

[Tip 1: Participants are granted temporary contract spaces for capturing beasts.]

[Tip 2: Capture a familiar ranked in the top two in talent and potential to advance to level 4 beastmaster.]

[Tip 3: Mission score is positively correlated with the captured beast’s talent and potential.]

[Tip 4: Achieving an S-rank score or higher will transform the captured beast into an egg as an additional reward.]

[Tip 5: This secret realm is a historical projection...]

[Tip...]

The prompts kept refreshing, leaving Lu Ran deep in thought.

An ascension mission centered around combat capture, huh?

Capturing beasts through combat was indeed one of the mainstream methods for beastmasters in the Stellar Moon Continent to contract familiars. Not every beastmaster enjoyed raising familiars from scratch. Directly capturing a high-ranking, high-level beast was also a viable option, saving the beastmaster a lot of training resources.

In fact, Blue Planet was trending in this direction as well. For example, after Xia allied with the Merfolk Kingdom, many high-level beastmasters used black cards to contract the empire’s high-level sea beasts.

As for Lu Ran, he hadn’t done this yet. Whether it was Captain Doofus, Sudden Death King, Dark Crow, or Baby Cloud, he’d raised them all from scratch. The only opportunity he had was to contract a mature familiar like the Mermaid Princess, which he’d given to Dr. Gu.

“The mission is about capturing the most powerful beast, huh?” Lu Ran mused.

And the captured beast would be transformed into an egg as an additional reward, meaning there was a chance to take it out of the secret realm, albeit in a reincarnated form.

Lu Ran’s mind raced.

“Limitless City is compensating me. Damn it, this mission would’ve been perfect for the Plant or Mechanical Era. But I guess, as a second-generation descendant of Emperor Yan Sizhen, it wouldn’t be too much to interact with the empire’s Superior Overlord guardian beasts after demonstrating my potential, right?

“Even if I can’t contract them directly, I have a Blood Drop Stone. Asking them to produce an offspring for me to raise wouldn’t be too much, would it? That wouldn’t even require combat capture.

“Wait. As the Divine Deer’s messenger, would a Superior-Overlord offspring even satisfy me...? Let’s be real. Is there a chance I could find a quasi-Legendary divine beast offspring, knock it out, and capture it?” Lu Ran stroked his chin.

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