King of Beasts

“What the heck is this?”

The sudden update of Infinite City almost made Zhu Kaixin spit out his Sprite.

“Did I hear that right?”

“Infinite City is going to hold a world-class tournament to select the ten strongest beastmasters on Blue Star?”

“You heard right,” Lin Nian frowned beside him. “And these 10 people will represent Blue Star to go to the Star-Moon Continent and engage in a beast taming battle with the Star-Moon Continent representative team.”

“What does Infinite City mean by Star-Moon Continent?”

“Is it a projection of a certain historical stage of the Star-Moon Continent? Are they selecting a beast taming team from a specific era to compete with Blue Star’s top ten?”

Gu Qingyi, Shi Zhen, and the others all looked at each other, clearly caught off guard by this sudden update from Infinite City.

“Updated at this exact moment.”

Manager Ying, too, looked surprised and said, “Surprisingly, it’s not updating with new facilities, nor is it remodeling the real world.”

“A world battle… this is a bit shocking.”

“And the reward is partial management authority of Infinite City; this reward can be considered legendary level, can’t it?”

“Indeed, it’s extravagant,” Gu Qingyi said. “With an existence like Infinite City, if someone holds management authority, even partially, the benefits would be immense.”

“The benefits are great, but the defeat penalty is severe,” Shi Zhen pondered. “What will the Infinite City version downgrade entail? Will the Legendary Secret Realm and Evolution Secret Realm disappear? Will the divine beast leaderboard disappear? Will those cross-city teleportation gates vanish? If so, the resource output of Infinite City will be severely limited.”

“Judging by this reward, the difficulty of this world battle will not be low; there is definitely a risk of defeat.”

“No matter the era, the level of beast taming civilization on the Star-Moon Continent is not something Blue Star can compare to. Even in the most chaotic times, they had double-digit legendary beastmasters.”

“Some eras even had epic legends.”

A level 7 beastmaster is considered a legendary beastmaster.

While epic legends refer to level 8 legendary beastmasters, not confined to the present era but those whose names are recorded in history.

The group couldn’t fathom just how strong the Star-Moon Continent’s representative team mentioned by Infinite City might be.

However, the current strongest on Blue Star is just a Level 5 beastmaster with a level 60 pet beast.

Facing a Level 7 legendary beastmaster with a pet beast over level 70, there would be no chance of resistance.

If they were to go up against an epic level beastmaster, the outcome would be even more disastrous.

The beast taming levels between these two worlds are simply not in the same league.

But fortunately, the representative slots will be contested for a year. During this time, Blue Star’s beast taming power might see some improvement.

And perhaps Infinite City wouldn’t be so ruthless as to not field a few legendary beastmasters for Blue Star, would it?

“Maybe it’ll be a battle against projections of beastmasters from a certain era.”

“But there’s another possibility…”

“I suddenly have a hunch that the Star-Moon Continent might not be Blue Star’s ancient past, but a real other world. After all, besides the Star-Moon Continent, many other worlds exist,” Manager Ying said:

“Could the representative team Blue Star faces be from the ‘modern beast taming civilization’ of the Star-Moon Continent?”

“Real, current beastmasters existing somewhere right now.”

As for why the divine deer from the Star-Moon Continent could appear on Blue Star.

This is easier to explain. These other worlds might be interconnected, possibly through some kind of space channels.

Just like how the real world is connected to the real-world secret realm.

“Hmm.”

Beside them, Lu Ran was instantly drawn into the conversation. He said:

“What if other worlds truly exist? Could Infinite City be a gigantic facility encompassing multiple other worlds?”

“It’s not just Blue Star where beastmasters are chosen by Infinite City; other worlds have them too.”

“We can train in the histories of other worlds, and they can come to Blue Star’s ancient times. The crossings go both ways.”

“This… this idea is quite novel,” everyone said, turning to look at Lu Ran.

They had to admit, this speculation once again overturned all their previous theories about world history.

“By the way, not only do you get super rewards for winning the world battle, but even just making it into the top ten representatives brings special rewards,” Zhu Kaixin said. “What do you guys think the reward will be? I’d say it has to be something like an epic resource for everyone!”

“After all, that’s the value of being in the world’s top ten!”

“Why think so much?” Lin Nian shot him a glance.

“You can’t even crack the top ten in Xia Country, and you’re already fantasizing about the global top ten?”

Zhu Kaixin: ???

“Hey, give me a break! We still have a year, I can improve, alright?”

Lin Nian’s words hit Zhu Kaixin’s sore spot and served as a wake-up call for the others as well.

In Xia Country, the only person who could confidently say they might break into the global top ten was probably the former guild leader.

And maybe Lin Nian had a chance, too.

Everyone else, even Dragon Tamer Gu Qingyi, didn’t have great odds.

After analyzing for half a day, the group realized this update basically had nothing to do with them.

It was reserved for the truly top-level individuals.

“What are you thinking about now?” Zhu Kaixin noticed Lin Nian had finished speaking, and Lu Ran had also dropped his head in deep thought. “And what about that Erha of yours!”

“How on earth did a level 30 dog learn a domain? That’s just ridiculous!”

Manager Ying lifted its head. “Mind your language.”

“Also, based on my ‘PhD in Canine Studies,’ I’d say this guy is probably thinking about how to drag the First Generation off their pedestal and squeeze into the world’s top ten within a year, to represent Blue Star in a battle against the Star-Moon Continent.”

Lu Ran: ?

Lu Ran also lifted his head and looked at Manager Ying.

“Wait, how did you guess that?” Lu Ran asked, stunned. “Is my intention written all over my face?”

Everyone else: “…”

Honestly, even Zhu Kaixin, Shi Zhen, Gu Qingyi, and the rest felt it was incredibly difficult for them to break into the world’s top ten.

And here was Lu Ran from the Fourth Generation, actually contemplating getting into the Blue Star representative team???

Indeed.

Lu Ran’s pet beasts all had very high species levels.

However, their growth levels were still too low.

Once the first-generation fully undergo their second-stage evolution, Lu Ran’s species advantage won’t be significant anymore.

With only a year left, Lu Ran’s pet beasts probably won’t be able to achieve second-stage evolution.

So it won’t be easy to get into the world representative team as a member of the Fourth Generation.

“One must always have dreams…”

Lu Ran cleared his throat and said, “The reason my Erha can comprehend a domain is quite simple.”

“It’s because of the Overlord Divine Beast Leaderboard rewards.”

“The rewards from the Overlord Divine Beast Leaderboard are enhancement cards, which can upgrade rare resources to exquisite-level. To help Erha learn a domain, I enhanced two rare resources to exquisite-level to boost its Comprehension.”

“You really dare to gamble,” Shi Zhen noted. He realized Lu Ran was truly willing to invest heavily in his pet beasts.

However, the real credit for Erha’s quick mastery of the domain should go to the Winter Sword Spirit. If it weren’t for its possession state, significantly enhancing Erha’s understanding of the Space domain, the two exquisite resources alone might not have been enough!

After explaining, Lu Ran fell into deep thought again.

Honestly, he might not be unable to contend with the First Generation.

After all, General Ha’s potential is at the pseudo-legendary level.

So what if the first-generation beastmasters also enter the Overlord Era?

He and General Ha have already taken a step into the Legendary Era.

And this is just with the divine deer antler.

If, during this period, Lu Ran could find a resource representing destruction that exceeds the quality of the divine deer antler, then under General Ha’s Transform All into Swords, their power would become even more terrifying.

Lu Ran was genuinely interested in this update, not for the top ten rewards, not for the battles, not for understanding other worlds, but for the management authority of Infinite City!

This Infinite City, no matter how you look at it, is a cosmic-level treasure of creation. If he could obtain partial control of such a cosmic treasure, just thinking about it made him ecstatic. Finishing this mission would allow him to relax for good.

…

Infinite City’s third update!

Ten minutes ago, the outside world was still discussing the Evolution Secret Realm and Lu Ran.

But in an instant, with the changes in Infinite City, new news content dominated the headlines.

Compared to such a major event as Infinite City updating again, the matter of the Evolution Secret Realm seemed less significant.

On the international beast taming forum:

[“Whoa, World Battle? Selecting the top ten beast tamers from Blue Star to represent Blue Star in battle? So exciting!”]

[“Finally, a large-scale beast taming tournament that covers the whole world. Now we can truly find out who the strongest beast tamer in the world is.”]

[“This isn’t fair, this gives too much advantage to the First and Second Generations, leaving no room for the Fourth Generation.”]

[“No room for the Fourth Generation? The first three generations of beast tamers have paved so many paths and summarized so much experience, making it easier for you, and you’re still not satisfied?”]

[“Have you ever played a game? Such events are likely to be held repeatedly. One generation may shine now, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be opportunities for the Fourth Generation in the future.”]

Online, the topic of the World Battle caused an uproar.

People speculated whether the Blue Star representatives would face projections or some other form of the Star-Moon Continent team.

At this moment, Lu Ran, who had been overshadowed by the third update of Infinite City, had already returned to the Green Sea.

He lay leisurely on the sofa, also browsing through various forums and news related to the “World Battle.”

“One year…”

“I’m currently at level 2. Completing the level 2 breakthrough secret realm will take about a month.”

“Once I become a level 3 beast tamer, the level cap for my pet beasts will be 40.”

“Although leveling up from 30 to 40 is quite slow, if I’m willing to infuse exquisite resources, it can be done fairly quickly.”

“The 30 to 40 stage isn’t as difficult for fast leveling with exquisite resources as the 50-plus level range.”

“So if I push hard, becoming a level 4 beast tamer in a short amount of time should be feasible.”

“But to catch up to the First Generation’s level progress within a year will indeed be challenging. By then, most of the First Generation will likely be level 6 beast tamers.”

“I’ll probably be at most level 5 by that time.”

Lu Ran let out a sigh. After calculating for a long time, he realized that catching up to the First Generation in terms of level would be incredibly difficult.

If he wanted to defeat the First Generation and secure one of those ten spots to become one of Blue Star’s top ten, he would likely have to rely on special training methods to enable his pet beasts to fight beyond their levels.

In any case, if he wanted to obtain partial management authority of Infinite City, he had to prioritize leveling up.

Especially with the level 2 breakthrough secret realm, he needed to enter it as soon as possible and make the most of his time.

But doing so would be hard on his pet beasts again.

Lu Ran sighed, went into the courtyard, and summoned all his pet beasts-General Ha, Sudden Death King, and Dark Crow. Each of them looked more domineering and fierce than the last. Without waiting for Lu Ran to speak, Dark Crow immediately asked, “Big King, are we having an internal showdown?”

Lu Ran glanced at it and said, “No rush. First, let me tell you something. I’m actually someone who dislikes internal competition and prefers a leisurely life. However, to live a leisurely life, you need to have extremely strong power. Only then can you sustain a life of ease.”

“Right now, we have a rare opportunity. In a year, there’s an important tournament. As long as you can defeat the opponents, we will receive an incredible reward that will secure our future.”

“So, how about you undergo one more year of intense training? Rest a little less. If we win the tournament in a year and obtain the management authority of Infinite City, we’ll finally be free! Good days will be ahead!”