Chapter 573: Chapter 573

Squirrel God gulped, ran out, saw the sealed Space Demon God, and gradually raised the corners of its mouth, becoming cocky.

It put its hands on its hips, floated over, kicked the ice block, and said, “Still want to seal me? Pffttt. Lu Ran, you’re amazing! The Stone of the Other Shore is amazing! Now, even if the Evil God comes out, you should be able to handle it easily, right?”

Squirrel God felt an immense sense of security.

Lu Ran nodded. “As long as it’s not Primary Divine level, it shouldn’t be a big problem, but curse power is more eerie. Also, this Space Demon God isn’t very smart. The Evil God is probably much harder to deal with.”

“Right. What do we do with this guy then? We can’t let it escape again. Just now, it didn’t take us seriously. If it escapes again, with its spatial advantage, we’ll never catch it again in this lifetime.’

Six-Path Flower, sitting on the Asura, said, “Leave it to me. After Lu Ran’s soul clones wear down its soul power, I will seal its soul in my Hell. As for its physical body, I’ll control it as one of my Beast Path puppets. I’ve never controlled a Superior Legendary puppet before, and a spatial one at that.”

Squirrel God looked at the great Six-Path Flower, saying, “Make sure to seal it well! Don’t let its body and soul reunite! This guy holds grudges!”

Meanwhile, Baby Cloud, beside them, looked around and sighed. It thought it could have a big fight, but ended up just getting an assist. In the real world, there was simply no room to stretch out.

Baby Cloud now felt like one skill could destroy the Stellar Moon Federation. Unfortunately, no one allowed it to unleash its full power in the real world. Since things had come to this, Baby Cloud could only look forward to the next secret realm, as it could wreak havoc freely inside.

Baby Cloud flew to Lu Ran’s side.

—Lu, Lu... before the next secret realm ends, can you let me blow up the ascension realm?

Lu Ran showed a smile. “Sure. Before the next ascension realm ends, let’s destroy a world to replenish some evil power.”

The Valley of Life, one of the Divine Deer’s abandoned lairs, had now become the Legendaries' gathering headquarters.

Besides the Divine Turtle on maternity leave, Squirrel God, who was dragged away by Lu Ran to work, and Manager Ying, who was on Blue Planet, the remaining kin were all gathered here. Besides the kin, there were also seven mysterious Legendary creatures, shrunk to sizes of several meters that were clearly powerful.

Among the Low Legendaries, there was the Imperial Crown Goose of the Water attribute, the Leaf God Bear of the Grass attribute, the Sun Goddess Butterfly of the Light attribute, the Cloud Sea Sacred Bird of the Wind attribute, and the Thousand-Foot Void Centipede of the Space attribute.

The two Intermediate Legendaries were the God of the Dark Night of the Dark attribute and the Burial Master of the Earth attribute.

These seven Legendary creatures all had intricate connections with the kin. For example, the Imperial Crown Goose wasn’t originally a Legendary lifeform. It was just the king of the ice penguin tribe.

During a disaster originating from beyond the sky, its entire tribe was saved by the Divine Turtle, hence their connection. However, the Divine Turtle didn’t actively intend to save the ice penguin tribe. It was purely because the external disaster would have affected Stellar Moon’s ecology.

The other Legendary creatures, with deeper or shallower friendships, were also old acquaintances of the kin. However, even with the grace of saving their tribe, proud Legendaries like the Imperial Crown Goose wouldn’t submit to Lu Ran’s command just because of a word from the kin.

A dark brown giant snake was growing impatient.

It turned towards the Underworld God, saying, “Coming here is giving you face, but isn't this so-called divine human messenger taking us too lightly?”

The Underworld God glanced at Burial Master and said, “Perhaps he encountered some situation. Just wait. If you’re unconvinced, you can fight him later.”

Burial Master fell silent. “Forget it.”

The Legendary lives present waited for a while longer. Finally, familiar spatial fluctuations appeared before them. Squirrel God had brought Lu Ran over.

Lu Ran, clad in a black robe, appeared here. The gazes of several Legendary creatures instantly fell upon Lu Ran, who also cast an appraising look at each Legendary.

“My apologies, I encountered an enemy on the way. Dealing with it took some time,” Lu Ran said.

Squirrel God wiped its sweat. “Right. That Space Demon God I sealed suddenly attacked. It scared me to death. Luckily, God Lu was awesome. We easily dealt with the Space Demon God.”

Lu Ran and Squirrel God’s call and response stunned not only the seven Legendaries but also the kin like the Divine Deer.

The Void God was surprised. “The Space Demon God appeared? When? How was there no movement? You’ve already dealt with it?”

Lu Ran nodded. “Since we were afraid of it affecting the Stellar Moon barrier, we suppressed it as quickly as possible.”

As Lu Ran spoke, he waved his hand and took out the Space Demon God’s body, with its soul extracted. Its eyes were closed, but its chaotic, dark golden fur intertwined to emit a demon god aura. The Space Demon God, even in this puppet state, still exuded a powerful and terrifying energy fluctuation.

Seeing the soulless Space Demon God before them, even the two Intermediate Legendaries had their eyes widen in shock.

Being able to eliminate a Superior Legendary silently meant that even if Lu Ran’s combat power wasn’t at the Primary Divine level, it was definitely at the top tier below Primary Divine.

Lu Ran casually put it away again. “Anyway, allow me to introduce myself. I’m Lu Ran, or Pedestrian A. I presume you all knew of me before, due to my battle with the three beast gods.

“However, at that time, my identity was only superficial. I have another identity, which is the Divine Dragon’s messenger, a special messenger entrusted with an important mission by the Four Divine Dragons. The reason I asked the kin to call you here is that I want to create a super-powerful artifact and need your power.

“You probably know of the Wishful-Dream God. It once supported a human empire, creating a growth artifact, the imperial seal, to ensure the nation’s long-term prosperity. And I plan to upgrade a Divine-grade imperial seal based on this. So I need an extremely powerful force as a foundation—the more Legendaries, the better.

“If we join your force, do we have to obey all your orders?”

It was the Cloud Sea Sacred Bird who asked this question. For beings of this level, freedom was very important. While not necessarily seeking to laze around like Mystic Turtle, not every Legendary liked being controlled or ordered around.

The Cloud Sea Sacred Bird, in particular, was used to being casual and free, and didn’t like being a lackey for others, like the three beast gods.

Lu Ran shook his head. “No. You just need to swear an oath to the imperial seal. I always give sufficient freedom to capable and competent generals. However, compared to that, I prefer you to bind your fate to the empire’s national fortune, constantly striving to expand the empire. If it’s the latter, you will also enjoy better treatment.”

The several Legendaries didn’t quite believe him. Basically, he still wanted to make them work and order them around. Seeing the Legendaries had no reaction, Lu Ran smiled slightly and summoned Baby Cloud.

The terrifying aura emanating from the multi-elemental Superior Legendary instantly swept through the valley like a disaster, making the several Legendaries change expression, thinking Lu Ran wanted to force them by force.

However, Lu Ran simply began introductions. “This guy, born less than two years ago, is now already a Superior Legendary. Moreover, its combat strength foundation ranks among the top, even among Superior Legendaries. Perhaps it can reach Primary Divine before turning two. A two-year-old Primary Divine, have any of you seen that before?”

Lu Ran smiled, looking at the various Legendaries. Even the kin like the Divine Deer twitched upon hearing this.

Damn, when did this cloud become Superior Legendary?

Beside them, Squirrel God rubbed its nose. It had a tiny bit of credit. Since Baby Cloud slacked throughout the three beast gods' battle, the several Legendaries didn’t have much information on Baby Cloud. Now, seeing Lu Ran actually had another Superior Legendary, they were stunned.

However, they weren’t too surprised that Lu Ran, who could crush the Space Demon God, could summon another Superior Legendary.

But... This damn thing is two years old?

Baby Cloud turned its head.

Two years old is not young anymore.

Lu Ran smiled. “You can investigate. Why can it have its current strength with such a short cultivation time? It’s because I have resources. Unlimited resources.

“Since you all cultivated to Legendary, you must have pursuits. You have the ability, I have resources. I won’t exploit your labor for free. With your talent and potential, as long as resources keep up, you all have a hope of reaching Superior Legendary.

“For example, the God of Six Paths saw this in me, which is why it chose to sign a contract with me, becoming the nation-guarding divine flower of my country. Could it be that the God of Six Paths’ insight is inferior to yours?

“Now, not only has it taken a step it didn’t in its previous life, unifying the Reincarnation attribute with my resources, but its salary treatment is also extremely high now.”

As he spoke, Lu Ran took out a grass elemental god’s elemental core. “For example, this is its monthly salary.”

The Leaf God Bear’s eyes widened upon seeing this elemental core, attracted by the high-quality Grass-attribute power. Not only it, but the Divine Deer’s eyes also went straight for it. However, hearing Lu Ran say it was for Six-Path Flower, its heart shattered again.

“And I have too many resources .”

Lu Ran held an ice elemental god’s elemental core in each hand, making the Imperial Crown Goose’s eyes green with envy, too. As a Low-Legendary lifeform, obtaining resources dropped by a Low Legendary was incredibly difficult, let alone ones dropped by Intermediate Legendaries.

“What are the conditions for obtaining this?” The Leaf God Bear asked after a moment of silence.

Lu Ran smiled and said, “It’s definitely easier than hunting a god yourself.”

The seven Legendaries looked at each other. Lu Ran could easily suppress the Space Demon God. Even having the ability to suppress and force them, he was still willing to offer resources in exchange for labor. The Legendaries began to ponder, thinking that joining Lu Ran’s force might be acceptable.

The only dilemma was that the Chaos Dragon God had also invited them when they achieved Legendary, as they were all beast gods. However, for various reasons, they had refused Chaos Dragon God’s invitation.

Now, Lu Ran was on bad terms with Chaos Dragon God. If they stood on Lu Ran’s side, the plant faction, they would inevitably offend Chaos Dragon God. This also needed to consider this.

Frankly, they didn’t quite believe the Four Divine Dragons were still around, but at least Lu Ran also had the Divine Tree behind him. The power difference between the two sides shouldn’t be too great. Plus, Lu Ran’s strength was unfathomable, and now even the Divine Dragons’ kin were taking his side. The seven Legendaries weighed the pros and cons.

Finally, the free-spirited Cloud Sea Sacred Bird was the first to blush and declare, “My king, I also want to be Superior Legendary.”

All of the Legendaries were taken aback.

In the end, the seven Legendaries couldn’t escape the coercion and temptation and chose to join the Beastmaster Empire. The task Lu Ran gave them was simple. It was to expand their own territories as much as possible, subdue Transcendent creatures, and lay the foundation for Lu Ran’s eventual takeover of Stellar Moon.

The work content was really simple, which put the various Legendaries at ease. After seeing this, the Divine Deer and Squirrel God sighed inwardly. Lu Ran’s resources weren’t that easy to obtain. They hoped these Legendaries wouldn’t regret it later.

Before expanding the territory, there was one more Legendary life Lu Ran wanted to invite. This guy was the creator of the imperial seal. Getting its opinion might help Lu Ran upgrade the imperial seal to Mythical grade.

The Temple of the Dream God was the current habitat of the Wishful-Dream God. Suddenly, crack after crack appeared within the temple, startling the Dream God.

Lu Ran stepped out first from the spatial crack, causing the Wishful-Dream God’s pupils to constrict. Then, Six-Path Flower, Baby Cloud, Captain Doofus, Sudden Death King, Dark Crow, the Space Demon God puppet, the seven Legendaries, and the several kin all filed out from the spatial cracks one after another.

Over a dozen Legendary-level beings made the Wishful-Dream God’s breath almost freeze.

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It lay down and went back to sleep.