Chapter 518: Chapter 518

"When it comes to the Undead attribute, you wouldn’t be able to surpass me for another million years," Death Gun declared.

No one expected Death Gun to fight like his life was on the line. It almost looked like he sacrificed his lifespan to push his power past its limits. As he completed his transformation, his final familiar began to emerge from within the coffin, giving off a powerful pressure. Dark clouds gathered in the sky as if something ominous was about to be born into the world.

The Underworld Coffin exploded into countless pieces under the shocked gazes of the audience. It turned out that the coffin was meant as a sacrifice. A humanoid dragon skeleton landed heavily on the ground, cloaked in a black smog. Two wisps of ghostly flames filled its eye sockets that lacked any sign of consciousness.

The Eye of Detection didn’t reveal any information about it. It didn’t quite look like an actual familiar. Although the audience couldn’t glean any details about it, they could still feel how terrifyingly powerful it was. It even contained a hint of divine air about it.

In spite of his decrepit appearance, Death Gun was still able to sound quite tough.

"Earlier, you talked about the God of War. Well, this creature before you is the skeleton of Igor, the Dragon of Destruction! It followed the Chaos Dragon God alongside the God of War. I dug up its remains and used a special technique to turn it into a puppet. If you hope to defeat the God of War, then you’ll have to beat Igor first. Think of it as a practice run."

The revelation was quite astonishing. No one expected that Death Gun would actually dig up the grave of a divine beast and create a puppet out of it. He even went as far as robbing the grave of one of Chaos Dragon God’s subordinates. Was he not afraid of getting hunted down for revenge?

"What a genius!" the old president uttered in admiration.

The Stellar Moon audience’s hearts began to flutter again.

That is the skeleton of a divine beast?

This is what a necromancer should be!

They could resist letting hope reignite within themselves. Death Gun wasn’t sure if he had enough to win, but the dragon was infinitely close to a level 70 Low Legendary. No matter what he did, Lu Ran wouldn’t be able to beat him with just a single familiar.

He needed to force Lu Ran to finally show his hand and go all out. Just as Death Gun was about to attack, he saw a strange expression on Lu Ran and #18’s faces.

"Why bother?" Lu Ran's expression bordered on pity.

A complex machine appeared and rapidly assembled itself behind #18. A moment later, a black, traditional Chinese-styled palace materialized over the machine. Everyone was expecting the Bai Ze, but the spirit that appeared took everyone by surprise. It was a woman with long white and light-green hair. She wore a flowing brocade dress with a gold trim. The dress was embroidered with plants, which made her look like an enchanting dryad.

“The Dragon of Destruction? Didn’t I kill you already?" The woman was puzzled by the opponent before her. Her words shocked the audience.

"I see. You have been revived by a necromancer of a later generation. What a shame. It looks like your necromancer kind of sucks because he wasn’t even able to restore a tenth of your power."

This is the World War that Lu Ran and #18 talked about. How anticlimactic. The team training was more challenging than this.

“Huh? Who is that woman?”

The crowd still couldn’t figure out the woman’s identity. Death Gun was just as confused.

That’s his Undead familiar?

What happened next was even more surprising. With a wave of her hand, ten summoning diagrams appeared around the woman.

Familiars appeared one after another. Although they weren’t in their peak condition, the 1v3 suddenly became a 10v1.

The previously unconscious Dragon of Destruction suddenly awakened something from deep within its soul and began to roar wildly. No one could tell what the woman did to elicit such a reaction. Cracks started to spread across the skeleton that carried the hopes of the Stellar Moon audience.

At the sound of the woman’s voice, all ten familiars unleashed a blinding light that was permeated with Time energy. The light shattered the Dragon of Destruction’s skeleton. Death Gun’s eyes widened in disbelief as he vomited blood from the backlash.

"Im-impossible," Death Gun stuttered before something finally occurred to him.

Offstage, Sprite Queen was equally astonished.

“Could that woman be...?"

Under countless incredulous gazes, Lu Ran achieved another flawless victory.

[Winner: Pedestrian A]

[Scoring Reason 1: Pedestrian A defeated the messenger of the Intermediate-Legendary Underworld God!]

[Scoring Reason 2: Pedestrian A achieved victory in a 1v3 situation.]

[Scoring Reason 3: Pedestrian A’s familiar summoned the sentient spirit of the Legendary plantmaster, Peanut, from the river of time to defeat the resurrected Dragon of Destruction.]

[Scoring Reason 4: Pedestrian A’s familiar is a research-oriented mechanical lifeform produced by the Flame Source Company. It was originally not designed for combat.]

A deathly silence fell over the crowd.

From the moment Death Gun summoned the skeleton, everyone knew that he had a deep background. No ordinary beastmaster could dig up the remains of the Dragon of Destruction. Sure enough, he was also a messenger raised by a divine creature. Only, the name of his patron was far more menacing than the Divine Deer.

Normally, this would’ve been enough for him to stand out, but he still ended up getting hammered. People didn’t think less of Death Gun; rather, they reaffirmed that Lu Ran and his mechanical angel were just too absurd.

"That woman is one of the four great beastmasters of human history? Why have I never heard of the name Peanut?"

"How is that possible? He can summon the sentient soul of a human being?"

"She said that she was the one to kill the Dragon of Destruction the first time. Poor Death Gun. What did he do to deserve this? His trump card was crushed by a Legendary plantmaster."

"Causality Break... What kind of skill is that? Since she killed Igor once already, did she use the power of Time to bring the past into the present?"

"Outrageous! The two of them aren’t even on the same level. Lu Ran was telling the truth when he said that he specialized in the Undead attribute."

"Wait, the Flame Source Company? Isn’t that company in Stellar Moon? Is there another one on Blue Planet?

The Stellar Moon once again burst into an uproar. Ice Emperor stood up in astonishment.

What is that ability? If he can summon the spirit of a plantmaster, then he should also be able to summon my sister!

I have to beg... no, defeat him. This must be his ace. That way, if it’s a skill, then I should be able to obtain a copy. This way, even without any authority in Limitless City, I would still be able to bring back my sister.

Ice Emperor’s heart trembled and became even more set on defeating Lu Ran. No one present could remain calm. He could even summon other Legendary humans. How could anyone defeat him?

Fortunately, people quickly realized that this ability seemingly consumed a huge amount of energy. As soon as the announcements sounded, the spirit dissipated. #18 was bent over panting, looking pale and trying to catch its breath.

This made Stellar Moon beastmasters feel a little better. Lu Ran defeated Bai Lu and Death Gun back to back, but he wouldn’t be able to reuse either familiar. Their defeat helped take two of Lu Ran’s familiars out of play.

The ones that couldn’t accept the situation more than anyone else were the people from the Flame Source Company.

They had a feeling that the mechanical angel looked familiar, but ultimately convinced themselves that it couldn’t be one of their products. However, Limitless City now directly verified that it was one of their research bots.

They knew better than anyone else what their mechanical angels were capable of. The most pressing question was how Pedestrian A got his hands on the mechanical angel in the first place. The only one unaccounted for was the one they gave to Death Gun, and there was no way that Death Gun gave it to Lu Ran. Get full chapters from NoveI[F]ire.net

The two of them were literally from completely different worlds, and the only place they could’ve met each other was in an ascension realm. Wait, could Death Gun have given it to someone else who later got robbed by Lu Ran?

They collectively turned to look at Death Gun, only to discover that he "fainted."

Lu Ran laughed at the sight of Death Gun collapsing. This wasn’t part of any act. It was genuine laughter because Lu Ran could tell that Death Gun was faking. Death Gun wasn’t doing too great, but he was far from getting knocked unconscious. The only remaining possibility was that Death Gun was pretending to be seriously injured.

Since Limitless City revealed the fact that he aided an enemy, he wasn’t completely sure how to deal with it. Lu Ran wasn’t planning on saying anything to avoid putting Death Gun in a tough spot, but he didn’t expect Limitless City to be a snitch.

[Congratulations on receiving the super trait crystal (Death Sacrifice): Allows the user to sacrifice its life force in exchange for a proportional amount of soul power.]

Of course, only Lu Ran knew why he was really laughing. From the audience’s perspective, Lu Ran was once again mocking the opposing team.

"A pebble isn’t enough to block my path. Next."

Kong Kongyi, who was up next, had a tranquil expression.

Bai Lu and Death Gun were flabbergasted when they heard Kong Kongyi just give up.