King of Beasts

“Hmm?!”

In Passerby A’s exclusive room.

Lu Ran glanced at the two enhancement cards in his backpack, his expression subtly shifting.

A tool that can enhance the resource level?

Isn’t that effect somewhat similar to the Spirit Transformation Pot!

However, the Spirit Transformation Pot can only enhance flesh or plant-based ingredients.

And at most, it can only enhance them to rare quality.

But these enhancement cards, they are not limited by type, and their enhancement level cap is exquisite!

At first glance, Lu Ran didn’t think much of it, but upon further reflection, his expression began to change.

The rewards from the Overlord Divine Beast Leaderboard, are they this incredible?!

These enhancement cards are simply divine.

Infinite City knows beastmasters too well, knows exactly what top-level beastmasters are lacking.

Do people like Lu Ran, Gu Qingyi, and Manager Ying, who are at the forefront of the era, lack exquisite resources?

The answer is no.

What they lack are exquisite resources that are suitable for them.

Exquisite resources are common, but fitting exquisite resources are exceedingly rare!

Therefore, among top-level beastmasters, bartering is very popular.

But even so, due to the limited amount of exquisite resources, over 90% of people still find it hard to find resources that suit them.

For example, exquisite-level light and dark resources are so rare that there aren’t many circulating worldwide.

In contrast, water and rock resources at the exquisite level are definitely more abundant than light and dark resources at the same level.

Now, if a beastmaster possesses enhancement cards, then the situation in the resource market will undergo a significant change.

Although there aren’t many exquisite-level light and dark resources, there are comparatively more rare-level light and dark resources.

If needed, beastmasters can first use enhancement cards to level up rare resources, then use them on their pet beasts!

This would greatly alleviate the resource shortages faced by top-level beastmasters.

There might be too few types of exquisite resources, but that doesn’t mean there’s a shortage of advanced or rare quality resources.

Like Lu Ran, upon seeing these two enhancement cards, his first thought was that General Ha is going to be lucky!!!

General Ha was eager to learn about domains, wasn’t it?

To assist it, Lu Ran had purchased numerous lucid fruits to temporarily boost its Comprehension.

But honestly, the impact of lucid fruits on General Ha’s enhancement had become pitifully small.

The effect was minimal, almost zero help in understanding domains.

Therefore, Lu Ran also requested Manager Ying’s help in finding exquisite-level resources that could increase learning abilities and Comprehension. However, such items are not easily found, and there had been no news so far.

But now, the situation was different. With the enhancement card, Lu Ran could upgrade the lucid fruit from rare quality to exquisite level, turning it into an exquisite resource for increasing Comprehension, and then use it on General Ha.

“This is good.”

“With a vast inventory of low-level materials, it’s like giving beastmasters the opportunity to choose their own exquisite resources.”

Lu Ran was excited and very satisfied with the rewards from the Overlord Divine Beast Leaderboard.

…

“Enhancement card?”

“After the contract card, identity card, and upgrade card, another new type of card has appeared…”

Upon receiving the intelligence from Lu Ran, Manager Ying showed a surprised expression.

It immediately understood the value of the enhancement card.

If it wasn’t mistaken, once this intelligence was leaked, the beastmasters’ pursuit of overlord pet beasts and the Overlord Divine Beast Leaderboard would reach an even more frenzied level.

“Anyway, General Ha’s evolution resources are no longer a concern now.”

Inside the cat-eared maid café, Lu Ran smiled.

General Ha, this fool, had actually been smart this time.

Premature evolution, ranking on the board with Sudden Death King and Dark Crow, it had indeed become a mere worker.

The leaderboard’s rewards had unexpectedly benefited General Ha.

“Before a great battle, there’s always a supply; both the Legendary Secret Realm and the Evolution Secret Realm, and now the rewards from the updated Overlord Divine Beast Leaderboard are quite good. I have a bad premonition.”

Compared to Lu Ran’s happiness, Manager Ying was pouting, somewhat pessimistic. Seeing it like this, Lu Ran asked with concern, “Don’t scare me.”

Manager Ying, possessing Time abilities and having previously demonstrated foresight, Lu Ran took its words very seriously.

“Just focus on getting stronger quickly, continue to expand your advantage,” Manager Ying advised before starting to shoo away the customer.

“Okay.” Lu Ran finished his orange juice, set down the glass, patted his backside, and without lingering, informed Manager Ying of the Overlord Leaderboard’s settlement rewards, then immediately planned to return to the training secret realm to enhance some resources and reward General Ha.

The training secret realm was activated.

Lu Ran appeared on a grassy field.

He took out a contract card and summoned General Ha, who had just gone through a “great battle.”

“Whoo~~”

After appearing, General Ha shook its head and yawned. Taking advantage of the yawn, Lu Ran quickly pulled out a Divine Deer Antler and stuffed it into its mouth.

“Whoo-whoo?” Holding the Divine Deer Antler in its mouth, General Ha looked confused.

“Actually, the Divine Deer Antler is also a kind of sword,” Lu Ran explained.

General Ha widened its eyes: Are you kidding me?

Seeing the dumbfounded look in General Ha’s eyes, Lu Ran angrily said, “You can mistake a bear for a dragon, why can’t an antler be a sword? It’s not a bad deal.”

“If this is a sword, then you have an epic sword. Even without evolving, the Sudden Death King and the Dark Crow would be no match for your random slashes!”

After Lu Ran finished speaking, a sharp expression crossed General Ha’s face.

Indeed.

But as it looked at the Divine Deer Antler, its brain seemed to shrink. Even a grass or a stick would look more like a sword than this.

It just couldn’t do it.

Although it had forcefully applied the Dragon Slayer’s artistic conception to that panda, General Ha could feel that compared to slaying a True Dragon, the power of sword intent was significantly weakened.

The reason it could do this was also because General Ha didn’t recognize that creature.

So, it was quite convincing to itself.

But with the Divine Deer Antler, General Ha was too familiar with it. Even though it was rather silly, it was hard to deceive itself again.

“It’s okay, take your time.”

“Actually, the ‘I think power’ is essentially a form of the power of idealism.”

“Your mind is not strong enough yet.” Lu Ran patted General Ha’s head and unintentionally infused it with a Flame Sprite.

Huff huff huff~~

The next moment, General Ha’s eyes began to turn fiery red, with reddish tints appearing at the tips of its black and white fur. An extremely high temperature started to invade General Ha’s brain, clouding its vision with a fiery ferocity.

Sensing this state, Lu Ran asked again, “Does this look like a sword to you now?”

He waved the Divine Deer Antler in front of General Ha, whose eyes, blurred and clouded, began to reveal a ghostly image of the antler. Under Lu Ran’s persistent teasing and waving, General Ha barked softly.

Somewhat like it.

Hearing this, Lu Ran was delighted and shoved the Divine Deer Antler into General Ha’s mouth, but seeing that General Ha’s level did not change for a long time, Lu Ran sighed and pulled it back out.

Never mind.

Developing the Power of Idealism is a technical job, not to be rushed.

“Rumble rumble!” Lu Ran withdrew the Flame Sprite, and General Ha’s gaze gradually cleared. At that moment, Lu Ran took out a Lucid Fruit.

“You should learn the Sword Domain instead.”

“Bark!”

Seeing the Lucid Fruit, General Ha was about to stick out its tongue to eat it, but Lu Ran pushed its face away and took out an Enhancement Card.

“Don’t rush, let me give it a BUFF first,” Lu Ran chuckled.

Then, under General Ha’s incredulous gaze, Lu Ran slapped the Enhancement Card onto the Lucid Fruit.

Immediately after, the Enhancement Card disappeared, merging into the fruit. The Lucid Fruit burst into a golden-blue light, its allure more tempting than ever, causing General Ha’s nose to tremble wildly.

[Enhancement successful.]

[Name]: Lucid Fruit (Enhanced)

[Level]: Exquisite

[Introduction]: Can significantly enhance the consumer’s learning and comprehension abilities within a day, and permanently slightly increase the user’s learning comprehension.

“A permanent increase?”

Seeing this, Lu Ran was slightly taken aback. Good, this way, even if General Ha doesn’t comprehend the domain this time, it seems he won’t lose too much.

“Bark?” General Ha stared at the Lucid Fruit, looking at Lu Ran.

Lu Ran nodded, and General Ha immediately excitedly ate the Lucid Fruit.

Gulp.

It swallowed it in one go.

Afterward, General Ha hurriedly began to ask Lu Ran for a sword.

Without another word, Lu Ran threw Sword Grass, the Sky-Cleaving Sword, and Winter’s Fang to it.

“We’re just waiting for General Ha to awaken its Space abilities at level 40.” Frequently used as a sword sheath, Lu Ran was also getting tired of it.

The strength of the Space species lies in its various flashy effects.

Among them, some powerful Space pet beasts can even shape their own space backpacks to carry around.

For instance, Manager Ying has her own small independent space backpack.

Once General Ha masters the Space abilities and slightly develops the corresponding skills, it won’t always need Lu Ran to carry its sword for it; it can carry and use it anytime on its own.

After getting the sword and consuming a lucid fruit, General Ha immediately ran off to learn.

Lu Ran, initially wanting to slack off a bit, thought about how hard it was to get the exquisite lucid fruit and gritted his teeth, stretching out his hand and waving towards General Ha.

Soul enhancement!

Once again, using beast taming skills, he temporarily helped General Ha boost his Comprehension.

At this moment, with soul enhancement upon him and the lucid fruit in his belly, General Ha, with the sword in his mouth, looked around as if he saw a whole new different world.

“Woof-“

With a low growl, a ripple of wind rapidly spread from his body–

Domain unfolded.

Boom.

In an instant, at a speed invisible to the naked eye, General Ha was within a wind barrier, yet, with the sky-cleaving sword in its mouth and looking around confusedly, it saw but couldn’t resonate the domain with the void, and couldn’t help but bare its teeth.

Again-

Time slowly passed.

Half a day later.

General Ha was panting heavily, still unable to grasp the domain, always feeling like something was missing, and by then, Lu Ran also wasn’t feeling too well, he glanced at the time, feeling they couldn’t keep training like this.

Soul enhancement makes one feel faint!

“Let’s go challenge the trial secret realm of the Youxiong Clan first,” Lu Ran called a halt to General Ha.

“Roar!!”

“Caw.”

Also summoned by Lu Ran, the warming-up Sudden Death King and Dark Crow also stopped. Seeing General Ha’s frustrated demeanor, as good companions, they began to offer suggestions.

“Big King, maybe the enhanced version of the lucid fruit isn’t working that well, I have a suggestion.”

The Dark Crow flapped its wings and said, “General Ha could certainly learn from me. We could perform a brain swap surgery-take its brain out, enhance it with an Enhancement Card, and then reinstall it with the power of the Deer God. General Ha’s learning abilities would definitely become perfect-“

“Roar!! (You really are a genius!)” The Sudden Death King looked at the Dark Crow as if it were a demon. Indeed, this creature was wicked, but still, it had his support!

“Bark bark-!” Nearby, General Ha’s eyes widened, filled with the desire to kill the Dark Crow.

Is this something a Crow would say?

Also, the Sudden Death King deserved a beating.

They were mocking it because it hadn’t evolved and couldn’t beat anyone yet.

Snap.

General Ha glared fiercely, harboring a grudge…

Clang clang clang.

Its teeth, holding the Sky-Cleaving Sword, shook continuously. It could no longer restrain its desire to chop down the Dark Crow and the Sudden Death King. It could not bear this grudge any longer; it had to settle it now.

“Bark! (I’ll chop you down!)”

The domain, unfold!!!