King of Beasts.

Chapter 119 A Strong Enemy Appears
Infinite City No. 3, Beast Taming Square.

After leaving the King of Sudden Death in the secret training realm, Lu Ran went out.

Before going out, he glanced at his cleaned backpack again.

Crystal Coin Balance: 20.8 million

Equipment: God Deer Pendant (Epic), Soul-Transforming Pot (Rare), Ice Sky Greatsword (Rare)
Resources: 27 packs of combined dog food (rare), 39 frozen dragon fish (high-grade), special crystal (natural control), beast control skill card (fusion, death resurrection)
It can be said that it is quite concise.

Among these, crystal coins are newly earned by breaking through secret realms and the Divine Pet List, which is a timely relief.

The only weapons and props left were the Divine Deer Pendant and the Ice Sky Greatsword. As for the Wind-Cutting Sword and the Crossbow, they were all scrapped when Lu Ran was practicing energy entanglement.

As for other resources, although Lu Ran got a lot when breaking through the secret realm, his main idea was "The empire makes money, the empire spends it, and I want to take everything home."

All of them were exchanged for Qingling Fruits to develop the Flame Spirit and learn the Flame Dragon Cooking Skills. Otherwise, without the resources, Lu Ran might not be able to get started so quickly.

So now Lu Ran only has these things on him, including the heirloom, Mr. Ha's weapon, Mr. Ha and the King of Sudden Death's rations, and the special crystal and beast taming skills he just obtained.

The freshman competition is approaching, and Lu Ran still has 20 crystal coins remaining, so he plans to make some plans.

Now, the rules of the competition have also been released.

Only participating students are allowed to wear weapons and armor of "high quality" at best, and beastmasters and pets can only carry one each.

As expected, the organizers restricted the use of weapons and equipment. Mr. Ha's Ice Sky Greatsword could no longer be used, so Lu Ran could only buy a few new swords temporarily.

In addition, you also need to purchase some resources to help Mr. Ha level up and upgrade his rations.

In fact, Mr. Ha’s rare dog food is not bad now. If it were before, it could only be regarded as ordinary food of rare quality. The wind-type animal meat, poultry meat, vegetables and fruits in it were relatively cheap.

But now that Lu Ran has the Soul-Transforming Pot and the Blizzard Cooking Skill to process food, the quality of the dog food has improved significantly. This is the benefit of knowing cooking skills!
As for the Sudden Death King, it is already level 20. Lu Ran plans to continue feeding it with grilled dragon fish and does not plan to continue investing in it for the time being.

After the quality of the dragon fish is improved by the Soul-Transforming Pot and processed by the Flame Dragon Chef, its quality is not necessarily worse than that of rare dragon resources, and it is sufficient for now.

Finally, Lu Ran bought 7000 sky tree fruits at the price of 20 crystal coins each, spending 14 crystal coins.

The Sky Tree Fruit is a resource that can only be found on Sky Island. There are very few of them, and there are also wind-type beasts from the King Race guarding the area, so the fruit is not easy to obtain.

Its main effect is to increase and enhance the energy of wind-type pets, and increase the wind-type pets' control over the wind system. Although the effect is relatively simple, due to the good increase, it can be regarded as an excellent resource for upgrading the level of wind-type pets.

The reason why the unit price is so cheap is that the sky tree fruits that are currently available are all unripe. After all, the ripe fruits will be eaten by the guardian beasts the next moment, and the unripe fruits are not as good.

Therefore, after obtaining it, the general beastmaster has to use a powerful grass-type pet to mature it a second time, which is another expense.

But for Lu Ran, there is no need to find a grass-type pet to ripen the fruits. He can do it himself through the Soul Transformation Pot, so this expense is saved.

Lu Ran bought this for an obvious purpose. He planned to use it to level up Ha Zong, allowing it to reach level 20 as soon as possible and integrate the nature control trait. By then, Ha Zong will be able to control the wind element in nature to a certain extent. With the wind control bonus from the sky tree fruit, it should be able to quickly adapt to the new trait and thus possess powerful combat power.

"Next, let's go buy some weapons." Lu Ran walked through the Beast Taming Square with a clear goal in mind, but at this moment, a voice attracted Lu Ran's attention and made him stop.

[Regional announcement: Divine Pet Ranking and Leader Race Ranking updated. ]

[Entered the list of divine pets, species, the two-headed hellhound. ]

[Attributes: Dark, Fire]

[Racial level: High Commander]

[Growth Level: Level 20]

[Beast Tamer: Dog King]

[Reason for inclusion: Evolved from the two-headed dog, a natural leader race, initially dual-system, fused with the traits of 'Nether Flame' and 'Eyes of Fear', in the Abyss Difficulty · Level 20 Secret Realm · Corpse Beast Cave, severely damaged the high-level leader race · Level · Corpse Ape Leader with one strike.]

[Ranking, rose to tenth on the list of commanding divine pets! ]

As soon as this announcement was made, all the Beast Tamers passing by in the Beast Taming Square immediately cast their eyes in the opposite direction.

There were exclamations and sounds of shock everywhere.

"Oh my god, what's going on?"

"Level 1 secret realm?"

The change of the leader race list is not a big deal, but if the pet on the list is on the list because of its outstanding performance in the first-level secret realm, then it is a big deal!!!

This is because only a first-level beastmaster can enter the first-level secret realm.

There is actually a first-level beastmaster who has made it onto the list of commanding divine pets?

Seeing this update, even Lu Ran couldn't help but stop and stare at the list on the stone tablet.

"Manager Ying, it seems that you can't wait for me to bring down the third generation beastmaster. A fourth generation beastmaster has already taken a step ahead and made it onto the list of commanding divine pets."

Lu Ran was also surprised. Where did this guy come from and why was he so powerful? The Divine Pet List was ranked according to comprehensive potential, so the new pet of the fourth-generation leader race with low combat power and high potential also had a chance.

But it's just a chance. The nine divine pets on this Dog King are basically above level 30, and have three fused traits. It's incredible that they can match the potential of these pets with three fused traits just by fusing two traits.

Lu Ran looked at the introduction of the two-headed hellhound. Wow, it was an evolution of the two-headed dog, a natural leader... What kind of race was it? An experimental species? Or a mutant creature produced after the resurrection of spiritual energy?
But no matter what, this tough guy with the ID Dog King is too strong and he immediately became the focus of discussion in the Beast Taming Square.

"Why have I never heard of this person before? Is he also a fourth-generation beastmaster? It seems that many fourth-generation beastmasters have broken through to level one."

"It could be a third-generation beastmaster, right? A third-generation beastmaster who is not in the first echelon, or one who is still at the first echelon."

"How could it be the third generation? Most of the third generation you mentioned are life-oriented beastmasters. They don't have much combat talent at all. There is no hope of making the list based on combat performance."

"I heard from a big shot before that the 70 people on the Extraordinary Divine Pet List do not represent the highest level of the fourth-generation beastmasters. For the truly strong fourth-generation beastmasters, the first pet they contracted might be the leader of a race, and it would not even be on the Extraordinary List. So, could this Dog King be such a person?"

"I've also seen similar statements on the forum. Damn, I thought Passerby's sword-holding dog was powerful enough, but here comes a hellhound. Is it a fantasy race? The race level is a whole level higher than Passerby's sword-holding dog!!"

Some people compare the Dog King with the passerby who is now ranked first on the Extraordinary List. Although this two-headed dog is ranked tenth on the Commander List, any discerning person can see which one has more value.

Lu Ran naturally wouldn't care about this comparison. When Mr. Ha also combined the two characteristics, he felt that if this hellhound could do it, Mr. Ha could definitely do it too.

It’s just that Lu Ran felt emotional. It was just like what Dr. Gu said, one should not be arrogant. There were indeed many powerful people hidden in the fourth generation.

Especially after a large number of second-generation Royales broke through to level one, the forces behind them must have prepared high-quality new level 20 pets and suitable trait crystals for them, just like Lu Ran prepared the King of Sudden Death and its corresponding resources in advance.

“Tsk, is he worthy of competing with Passerby A?” At this moment, Lu Ran keenly heard a murmur. He turned his eyes and saw a familiar figure not far in front of him, also looking at the list.

He originally thought it would be one of his fanboys, but...

"Ah? Pluto?" Lu Ran walked forward with a look of surprise on his face. He called out from behind, patted his shoulder and said, "You know him? Besides, you think highly of me..."

"Fuck!" Lu Ran suddenly appeared behind the young man, startling him. He turned around quickly, looking surprised. "Oh my god, why are you here too?" Pluto's face turned red. He thought that what he just muttered would not be heard by passerby A, as he just said it casually.

"Haha." Lu Ran smiled, "I'm asking you a question."

"I know him, he's from the circus." Pluto said.

"The Circus... one of the four major guilds in Infinite City No. 3?"

"Yeah." Pluto curled his lips and said, "The director of the circus is his brother."

"Doesn't that mean his status is similar to yours?" Lu Ran was surprised. "How come he is doing so well? How come you are so..."

Pluto: ???

"He's just lucky!" Pluto said, "My second pet is also being nurtured soon, and it's not necessarily worse than this one."

"In addition, with the new characteristics and my new beast control skills, the strength of my Lightning Sculpture will also undergo a qualitative change!"

Lu Ran looked at the Extraordinary Divine Pets List and found that Pluto's name was no longer in the second place. It was probably because his Lightning Eagle had evolved to the level of a leader of the race...

The first trait of his pet, Golden Lightning, is characterized by "rapid upgrade". Mr. Ha has just broken through to level 15, and Pluto, who is not short of resources, is estimated to have reached level 20 not long after the breakthrough, and has already integrated new traits.

"You've also reached level one." Lu Ran said, "It seems that you entered the breakthrough secret realm earlier than me."

“Of course.” Pluto adjusted his collar and said to Lu Ran calmly, “You should also participate in the Beastmaster University competition. I won’t play games like the Extraordinary Divine Pet Ranking with you. We’ll see you there then.”

With that, he turned and left, causing Lu Ran to shrug.

He was still a little afraid of this Dog King. After all, the Dark Flame and Eyes of Fear sounded very much like the characteristics of soul and mental attacks.

But Pluto, you...from the current point of view, you are a thunder player!

What Lu Ran is least afraid of is the thunder system. The thunder resistance and defense of the Sudden Death King are there. Coupled with its red lightning characteristic, it can be used for thunder and lightning body training. Isn't Pluto the new generation of sparring king?
Lu Ran continued to glance at the list.

At this time, after a month, on the entire Extraordinary Divine Pet List, except for himself who was still at the top of the list, the positions from 2 to 9 had changed greatly, and were almost all unfamiliar names. Fang Lan was also squeezed out again.

As for the list of commanding divine pets, all of them were unfamiliar names, and the one at the top of the list was a female beastmaster.

[Race: Light and Dark Butterfly]

[Attributes: Light, Dark]

[Racial level: High Commander]

[Growth Level: Level 33]

[Beast Tamer: Little Fairy]

This pet has gone through a period of evolution. It was born with the light attribute, and later awakened the dark attribute.

Logically speaking, with such powerful attributes as light and darkness, after a period of evolution, they would eventually become the king race.

Most perfect evolutions can allow pets to reach the king race.

But they are still leading the race at a high level, which means... their evolution has probably failed. It is not easy to breed pets with opposing attributes.

However, it can be seen that the beastmaster Little Fairy has invested a lot of effort in the Light and Dark Butterfly.

Although it failed in its evolution and cannot compete with the king race, the foundation of the Light and Dark Butterfly is still there. At least now it firmly occupies the first place in the leadership list. With the accumulation of resources every month, this Light and Dark Butterfly may be able to change its fate in the second stage of evolution.

The evolutionary route of awakening new attributes and integrating traits is a unique feature of Infinite City. Beastmasters can only grope forward, and it is inevitable to fall into traps.

Lu Ran glanced at the King List again… and was surprised to find that finally a first-generation boss had challenged the secret realm.

On the list of divine pets of the king race in Infinite City No. 3, there are actually three positions, all of which are the names of the first generation!

One person occupies three positions!
"Dr. Gu..." This person was Gu Qingyi.

The pet that topped the list of the King’s Divine Pets in Infinite City No. 3 was also hers.

[Race: Blue Dragon of the Sea]

[Attribute: Dragon]

[Racial level: High King]

[Growth Level: Level 58]

[Beast Tamer: Gu Qingyi]

Dragon type...

Dr. Gu’s Blue Dragon of the Sea has only one attribute, dragon.

However, this does not mean that her Canghai Qinglong only controls one attribute of power.

The reason why dragons are so strong is because they have a composite attribute. All previous attributes will be integrated into special dragon energy. In addition to their strong physique, they can also control the power of hurricanes, fire, lightning, the ocean, etc. Every dragon life must be proficient in 2 or more powers.

Eastern dragons usually make good use of the power of the sea, hurricanes, and thunder, while Western dragons usually make good use of the power of hurricanes, fire, and ice...

“I can’t watch it.” Lu Ran shook his head. He felt that it would take a long time to catch up with the first generation.

However, no matter whether they are number one on the commander list or number one on the king list, they will be defeated sooner or later, and Dr. Gu will not be spared, Lu Ran muttered in his heart, his ambition is huge.

House of Forge, Lu Ran came out of the Beast Taming Square and came here.

"Oh oh oh? What a rare guest!" Master Lin, who was reading a novel, exclaimed in surprise when he saw Stranger A coming.

"Come out of the secret realm?"

"Well, Master Lin, long time no see. Please help me forge two swords. They must be limited to high-level quality."

"It must have both conduction and amplification effects, with the core being wind and ice."

"The other one is similar, but the core must be wind and fire."

"Forget it, let's just have four, two of each, as backup." Lu Ran said.

As for the King of Sudden Death, we will not prepare any equipment for it. High-quality equipment will not improve it much and is far less than its own defense. It will only affect its performance. After all, it has no special talents and has not practiced specifically.

“You are trying to gather Frostmourne and Firejoy together!” Master Lin was amused, guessing that Lu Ran was planning to prepare for the freshman competition.

(End of this chapter)