Chapter 621: Chapter 621

A day, two days, three days... They had no idea how long they had fought. Outside, as Lu Ran’s team waged war, the black mist in the universe seemed agitated for some reason and began speeding toward Blue Planet and Stellar Moon faster.

Its speed kept rising. It drew so close that Blue Planet and the Stellar Moon Federation could easily calculate its arrival with technology. In a few days, the black mist would descend upon their worlds.

The Divine Deer and other kin gazed at the pitch-black starry sky with their hearts trembling. They had guessed that the Four Supreme Divine were in trouble. They went to Blue Planet to find Lu Ran but were told by Manager Ying that Lu Ran had already gone to the final secret realm.

Manager Ying also looked at the sky and prayed for him. “That guy better be okay. Don’t actually die.”

It had wanted to go too, but worried it would drag them down, so it stayed on Blue Planet.

Manager Ying meowed. “I’m so curious. I should have tagged along to watch.”

Lu Ran’s situation was indeed dire. They had almost died several times already, escaping only due to Sudden Death King’s Invincibility trait. However, Sudden Death King’s power was nearly spent.

In the depths of Limitless City, the phantom Lu Ran looked at the challenger Lu Ran and smiled as he asked a rhetorical question. “Got anything left?”

He watched as the Torch Dragon and the Divine Tree lay broken in the rear. He watched #18’s scales shatter as it panted, with nowhere to lean. Lu Ran also looked like a spent arrow. Even the team’s only two pure damage dealers, Captain Doofus and Baby Cloud, had little to no energy left. The Genesis Dragon circled the secret realm's sky like an undying cockroach.

“Captain Doofus, what about your trump card?”

On the brink of ruin, Lu Ran felt helpless. He really had underestimated the final secret realm’s boss. Had he known this would happen, he would not have come. However, just now, he remembered Captain Doofus had been researching a trump card in secret, so he looked at Captain Doofus.

The four-headed, eight-armed werewolf Captain Doofus, carrying four kin blades and panting hard, glanced at him.

—You know I failed, and you still ask? I’ll remember this grudge.

Over their period of training, Lu Ran had already guessed what Captain Doofus’ trump card was. He had even checked with Captain Doofus, who had left him dumbfounded. However, Lu Ran knew it couldn’t possibly succeed. Yet now, that impossible trump card seemed to be their only hope in beating the Genesis Dragon’s projection. Nᴇw ɴovel chaptᴇrs are published on novel[f]ire.net

“I’ll give you a push, so let’s gamble.”

The phantom Lu Ran, who thought that the challenger Lu Ran had no options left, showed a hint of surprise. In the image, Lu Ran had actually condensed a Flame Spirit Sword, cut off the life link, dissolved the Guardian’s Contract with Six-Path Flower in full view of all his familiars, and stabbed the blade into his own heart, apparently ending his own life.

Aside from the smarter Six-Path Flower and #18, most of Lu Ran's familiars widened their eyes, not understanding what he was doing.

“So we've been forced this far, huh?” Six-Path Flower took a deep breath, knowing that Lu Ran had activated his final beastmaster combo.

[Guardian’s Contract: If the beastmaster does not die, the contracted familiars gain undying vitality and are practically immortal. If the beastmaster dies, however, their familiars erupt with tenfold combat power to crush all enemies, but bear the corresponding backlash afterward.]

[Scapegoat: Upon death, the beastmaser can sacrifice a contracted familiar to revive themself. Upon revival, depending on the sacrificed familiar’s quality, the beastmaster's attributes fall, weakening them. ]

Lu Ran’s last two beastmaster skills had never been used together. Six-Path Flower and #18, who tended to overthink, analyzed that Guardian’s Contract and Scapegoat might clip a bug in the system, but the other familiars were truly shocked.

Lu Ran had actually sacrificed his life to awaken the familiars’ final eruption.

Upon seeing this, the phantom Lu Ran shook his head. “It’s pointless. Even with the power boost from Guardian’s Contract, with your current foundations, you can’t beat the Genesis Dragon... Right now, the Genesis Dragon still has over 30% stamina left, while your team has almost none.”

That was the truth. After Lu Ran sacrificed himself, each of his familiar felt a deeper power well up. Sudden Death King, Baby Cloud, and Dark Crow showed savage faces, but compared with the Genesis Dragon’s power, their strength was still trivial.

“Guardian’s Contract hinges on the beastmaster being really dead; the familiars must truly believe it. Only then can their emotions break the limit and draw out terrifying power. However, you trained Scapegoat and left yourself a way back. Even if you hid this combo on purpose, your familiars aren’t fools.

“As soon as they realize you aren’t dead, they won't strengthen by much. Of course, that is, unless you truly dare to sacrifice yourself,” the phantom Lu Ran said, tapping the image.

Lu Ran's familiars raged for a moment, but then realized he was not actually dead and could revive. They unconsciously relaxed, and their power-ups dropped sharply.

However, little to the phantom's knowledge, there was still one familiar that had already fused with the Limitless Sword Domain and had dragged its intelligence to the floor. Captain Doofus, who even looked at Sudden Death King, Dark Crow, and Six-Path Flower as if they were swords, was unaffected. It only saw that its sword-turned-master, Lu Ran, had snapped.

Captain Doofus went feral. Its eyes were bloodshot as it stared at the broken Lu Ran. This husky was truly retarded.

With Captain Doofus’ howl, its figure blurred as terrifying white shockwaves roared around it. Its teammates stared as the Limitless Sword Domain boomed outward. Even as Captain Doofus’ body shattered under the surging power and approached collapse, its power increased.

Skill Deduction: Limitless Sword (Using the Limitless Sword Domain, the user regards the entirety of Limitless City as a single sword.)

Progress: 98%... 99%... 100%!

In that instant, brilliant sword light filled the final secret realm. Captain Doofus started to look like the master of the cosmos. Endless power shattered every skill shackle and restored it to its normal husky state.

It shook its head, clamped the Limitless Sword in its jaws, and cleaved it down. Space and time seemed to freeze as countless shining white seams opened on the Genesis Dragon’s body. They were nearly irreparable wounds. Immediately, its massive body exploded into countless fragments.

Then, the final secret realm fell silent.

The phantom Lu Ran paused. He felt part of his permissions being plundered away, but did not interfere. Seeing that this dog had truly drawn on Limitless City’s power, he looked a little incredulous.

After a moment, he chuckled and shook his head. “Heh... hehe.”

At the same time, Lu Ran, after sacrificing the Scapegoat soul clone stored in his beastmaster space, revived weakly on top of Sudden Death King’s back.

Captain Doofus, who had just furiously dismembered the Genesis Dragon and whose body was on the verge of coming apart, saw Lu Ran reappear. Its eyes cleared and grew sharp again, and its face went blank.

—Old man, weren’t you dead?

After Lu Ran revived, he panted heavily and stared with lingering fear at the Genesis Dragon. He drew in deep breaths. Six-Path Flower and the others immediately used their last reserves to heal Captain Doofus and keep its over-taxed dog life going.

Lu Ran looked deeply at Captain Doofus and smiled, but...

“Is it dead? I don’t know what happened, but is it dead? Did we clear it?” Lu Ran stared at the Genesis Dragon’s corpse nervously.

He feared that the phantom would restore it again, mainly because he still hadn’t heard any clear notification.

Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap...

There was no system chime, but applause reached Lu Ran’s ears, so he turned his head. As everyone looked over, the phantom Lu Ran, who had been controlling the final secret realm from behind, stepped out of the mysterious space and smiled at the real Lu Ran.

Upon seeing this phantom, Lu Ran fell silent.

“The will of Limitless City. Sorry for taking your future face, but I have no form and needed an image,” the will of Limitless City said with a smile.