Chapter 617: Chapter 617
[Species: Law of Surrender (Turtle)]
[Species Rank: Primary Divine]
[New Species Talent: Victory (Able to interfere with an enemy’s will through the power of law, forcing them to surrender and granting itself victory.)]
After Lu Ran became the Stellar Moon King, Mystic Turtle successfully advanced to the Primary-Divine level after digesting the Law of Surrender for some time.
Afterward, Lu Ran entrusted it with the Instant Amnesia trait. This trait prevented it from learning new abilities but maximized the efficiency of strengthening its existing ones. Mystic Turtle had always belonged to the group that lazed around, and Lu Ran promised this would be its final battle. By giving it this trait, it could shine with its brightest value in this last fight.
Although Lu Ran had claimed the crown of Stellar Moon, he did not linger long. He preserved the Stellar Moon Federation’s autonomy, allowed the Legendary divine beasts to continue their own affairs, and then returned to Blue Planet, quietly awaiting the breakthrough of his last familiar.
Mystic Turtle’s ascension to Primary Divine undoubtedly accelerated the black mist’s speed. At this point, the black mist’s existence had already entered the observation range of Blue Planet.
Astronauts from Xia, Eagle Federation, and Snow Federation had discovered that stars once observable suddenly disappeared in an instant, as if swallowed by the dark void of space.
These stars lay in the path of the black mist’s expansion. Since they held little nutritional value, even Sudden Death King did not want to consume them. With no signs of life upon them, Lu Ran and his companions paid little mind to their fate.
However, though meaningless to Lu Ran, such anomalies caused alarm within the allied space stations. Faced with these eerie phenomena, it was impossible for the nations not to worry.
Once the intelligence returned from the station, the Beastmaster Alliance gave it high importance. Every nation first contacted Xia as it was the only country on Blue Planet capable of venturing deep into the stars.
In the public eye, Lu Ran was the man who commanded Primary Divine-level familiars. He was already seen as nearly omnipotent. Perhaps he alone knew the cause of these anomalies. Indeed, the nations guessed correctly, as Lu Ran did know. However, he did not share his thoughts.
When Gu Qingyi came to him, Lu Ran replied casually, “Whatever. If I feel like telling them, I’ll tell them. If not, I’ll ignore them. Or maybe I’ll see how sincere they are first.” Check latest chapters at novel✦fire.net
When President Gu visited, Lu Ran brewed her a cup of Mind Cleansing Tea and said as he sat down, “Making it public won’t solve anything. It’ll only throw the world into further chaos.
“On the contrary, if it remains hidden, and if the disaster truly proves unsolvable, death will come in an instant. There won’t be prolonged suffering or living in constant fear. That’s actually a blessing. And if it is solved, then it’ll be as though the disaster never existed.”
Manager Ying had already shared the secret of the missing Four Supreme Divine Dragons with Gu Qingyi. Now she, too, knew.
Gu Qingyi sighed. “So the arrangements you asked me to make before... they were to avoid the black mist. That means our only hope now is clearing the final secret realm of Limitless City.”
Lu Ran nodded. “For now, I can’t think of a second solution. And even clearing Limitless City’s final secret realm to obtain higher authority is still just a guess as to whether we can deal with the black mist. We can only trust that Daddy Limitless City is all-powerful...”
“You—” Dr. Gu was about to ask whether Lu Ran’s real parents had sent news, when Manager Ying suddenly teleported inside.
Upon seeing the two of them leisurely sipping tea, it shouted. “You two, stop drinking already! Cosmic anomaly!”
Lu Ran turned to it. “Hm? The black mist has sped up again? Impossible. According to #18’s clone, it should take at least a thousand more years to reach Blue Planet.”
Manager Ying’s tail lashed. “I don’t know if it’s because of the black mist’s expansion, but many celestial bodies in nearby star systems are showing anomalies. They’re moving at high speeds toward the galactic center as if fleeing the black mist! They’re moving in the cosmos! And worse, many of their paths risk intruding into the solar system.”
Lu Ran thought it was nothing serious and chuckled. “Just treat them as meteors. Destroy them all.”
Manager Ying nodded in satisfaction at his acceptance. “Then it’s up to you.”
“Who wants to take it?” Lu Ran didn’t solve problems himself; he just issued missions.
Through telepathy, he summoned all his contracted familiars. To shatter the wandering stars before they reached the solar system and threatened Blue Planet, Sudden Death King was about to volunteer, but Captain Doofus leapt forward first.
It stepped from a spatial ripple, swaying slightly as its thick, snowy fur glistened softly and lustrously. Its sword power was completely restrained, leaving no hint that it was a Divine Sword Dog. Captain Doofus’ deep blue, intelligent eyes glanced first at Dr. Gu, then at Lu Ran, while ignoring the cat.
“You’ve got a game plan?” Lu Ran asked.
Captain Doofus gave a slight nod. Although its ultimate deduction skill was not yet perfected, the technique to help it ascend to Primary Divine was almost complete.
“Then it’s yours,” Lu Ran said casually.
“Wait... you’re letting the husky destroy stars?” Gu Qingyi finally realized.
Who would have imagined that the stray dog Lu Ran once picked up is now capable of annihilating celestial bodies?
These days, Captain Doofus had been attempting within the Limitless Sword Domain to use its power to visualize Divine-grade objects as swords. Unfortunately, it was far too difficult, and it had not succeeded even after a long time.
However, Captain Doofus did not force it. While its Primary-Divine siblings were busy cultivating their kin, it took another path, using its ninth trait to deduce a new skill.
[Skill Name: Blue Planet Sword Qi]
[Effect: Standing upon Blue Planet, the user can attune to heaven and earth, draw upon the power of Blue Planet, and unleash a supreme sword qi of the world.]
For Captain Doofus, deducing this skill was not overly hard. Blue Planet itself was formed from nature, and it possessed the Nature Manipulation trait. Moreover, the current master of Blue Planet was Six-Path Flower, its king was Lu Ran, and even the world’s will itself favored Lu Ran.
It planned to first master Blue Planet Sword Qi, then attempt to wield the imperial seal, which contained Blue Planet’s stellar core, as if it were a sword. This way, the chance of success would greatly increase. Having just completed the deduction of Blue Planet Sword Qi, it clearly wanted to test it.
At the Beastmaster Empire’s martial arena, Captain Doofus swaggered forward until it reached a battle platform. There, it picked up the imperial seal it always carried in its mouth. This artifact was neither kept by Six-Path Flower nor by Lu Ran, but instead was slobbered on daily by a dog. Manager Ying felt this was a waste bordering on blasphemy.
It wanted to complain. What do you people think the empire is? To Lu Ran and Six-Path Flower, the Beastmaster Empire seemed no more than a toy they casually set aside.
Lu Ran and Dr. Gu followed behind. Soon, Captain Doofus lifted its head to gaze at the stars, eyes flashing with sharp brilliance. It did not possess Dark Crow’s ability to pierce deep space with its gaze, nor Sudden Death King’s body that was capable of absorbing stellar power from the depths of the cosmos.
As a plain swordsdog, even though it had reached Superior Legendary, its view of the starry sky was no different from ordinary lifeforms. It was unreachable and infinite.
Among Lu Ran’s first three familiars, only Captain Doofus had never received any external bloodline transformation. It had climbed step by step, relying solely on its sword dao talent, its comprehension, and Lu Ran’s cultivation.
This was also why its breakthrough was the slowest. Its bloodline was, in fact, the most ordinary among all of Lu Ran’s familiars. However, when Captain Doofus now bit down on the imperial seal and stared firmly into the starry sky, even though Gu Qingyi didn’t fully understand, she sensed a boundless, indescribable aura radiating from it. It was something that seemed to surpass everything.
A dazzling sword intent erupted from Captain Doofus. It was as vast as the world and radiant as the stars. It was a completely different extreme from the Star Splitting Sword Intent inherited from the Void Grass, yet still contained its domineering will.
Captain Doofus’ control was precise. Although the sword intent was terrifying, it confined it to the space around it, etching countless sword marks into the ground without spreading farther. However, at that moment, every sword on Blue Planet experienced unprecedented resonance.
In Golden Hill, at the Rainbow Dojo, countless disciples practicing basic sword techniques suddenly felt their wooden swords tremble violently as if responding to a call. Many dropped them in fright.
On the walls, the treasured blades hanging in racks also shook as if encountering the god of swords. This shocking scene drew out Master Jiang Dou and his senior disciple Jiang Man, who looked toward the distant horizon.
“Could this disturbance be caused by Lu Ran’s side?”
In Xia, ancient swords displayed in museums suddenly awakened, radiating divine phenomena. Not only in Xia, but overseas too. Other countries witnessed the same phenomenon. All sword-shaped objects quivered in unison.
The cause was Captain Doofus, though it itself knew nothing of it. It was merely sword resonance.
At the same time, the Eye of Detection belonging to Lu Ran and Gu Qingyi flickered wildly, revealing shocking changes in Captain Doofus’ stats.
[Species: Divine Sword Dog (King of Stars Mode)]
[Species Rank: Superior Legendary (Primary Divine)]
Faint starlight swirled around it.
Upon seeing this, Lu Ran’s mouth curved into a grin. You brat... You finally did it.
Although it was only a temporary Primary Divine combat strength achieved with talent and an artifact, it was still a rare achievement.
The imperial seal in Captain Doofus’ jaws suddenly transformed, emanating a sheath of Blue Planet Sword Qi. The seal became a sword hilt, and from it extended a brilliant azure star sword under its control.
At that instant, the entire Blue Planet seemed to merge with its eyes. Its pupils became as deep as the planet itself, granting it sight of the vast cosmos beyond.
Captain Doofus stared at the sky.
Half a day later, a cackling laugh sounded as Dark Crow landed on its head. “Still can’t lock onto them? Let me be your eyes, then.”
Captain Doofus curled its lip in disdain.
The intel Manager Ying brought about the stellar movements had indeed originated from the space station. Since Blue Planet could observe stars being swallowed, it could naturally track their positions as well.
Soon, astronauts from every nation aboard Blue Planet’s orbital stations witnessed an even more shocking sight. After seeing countless stars mysteriously vanish, and others shifting from their original orbits toward Blue Planet, suddenly, from within Blue Planet itself, endless streams of sword qi burst into the heavens.
These sword qi beams streaked across the cosmos. They were dazzling and magnificent. The phenomenon lasted for a long time, like a flowing river of stars. Their targets were those wandering celestial bodies.
No one knew how long it took, but across the universe, those sword qi beams met their targets precisely. Stars that had deviated from their paths were split cleanly in half, then slowly crumbled into stardust, scattered across the void.
By then, the nations had also received reports of the global sword resonance. Their reverence for one particular direction deepened.
From this moment, every core member of Lu Ran’s team had attained Divine-level combat power.