King of Beasts

Gu Qingyi was surprised by Lu Ran’s efficiency. He had just returned, and the fourth pet beast was already contracted.

Actually, Lu Ran himself didn’t have much choice; there were too many pet beasts in the house.

Contracting with the weather elf had been a decided matter for a long time.

By now, he wouldn’t go back on his word. Not to mention how attached the weather elf was, elemental creatures were still quite rare on the blue star.

In fact, they were not just rare for the blue star, but even for the Star Moon Federation, they were considered very rare.

The Elemental Age, Age of Beast Taming, Plant Age, Machine Age…

The current orthodox Star Moon Federation on the Star-Moon Continent still retains legacies of Beast Taming, Plant Taming, and Machine Masters, but there’s no Element Master legacy.

Elemental lifeforms have not been born since before the Age of Beast Taming began.

Now, the only way to acquire an elemental pet beast might be through the rewards from Infinite City.

“Excluding rule lifeforms like the Four Great Creator Divine Dragons.”

“The first legendary lives were innate divine spirits born from the natural source, all elemental lifeforms. Theoretically, the legendary evolution of elemental lifeforms started so early, their level should be much higher than that of animals or plants.”

“It’s strange how this species, which should have been the strongest, vanished in the river of history,” Lu Ran shrugged.

Could it be that in the more distant past, divine spirits of the elemental species and legendary lives of animal species had clashed?

Elemental species were indeed strong.

Take general ha, for instance, who fused with nature control and awakened a talent in gale swordsmanship.

This talent actually somewhat limited General Ha’s performance.

To perfectly utilize this talent, its sword techniques must be trained in the direction of “wind.”

For instance, using ice sword techniques requires employing the Blizzard Sword Intent.

For grass sword techniques, countless blades of sword qi must create a sword leaf storm.

Even in the future, if it awakens to Space elemental, General Ha’s strongest sword technique would still have to be related to wind.

Such as the space-element Blade Space Storm.

Only in this way can the Gale Swordsmanship talent be activated to maximize the power of its sword techniques.

Simultaneously, by learning and using such sword techniques, General Ha would find them more intuitive.

While focusing on wind-style sword techniques isn’t necessarily a waste of talent, in comparison, it is far less suited to natural control than the weather elf.

The weather elf had just awakened the “Shapeshift at Will” talent. With each new ‘natural’ attribute it gains, it can acquire a corresponding special cloud form according to the type, allowing it to better control the related natural weather!

This talent has immensely amplified the potential of the weather elf.

Initially, when the weather elf was newly born, Lu Ran was conflicted about whether to train it intensively in one or two specific weather directions or allow it to develop multiple weather forms for a more diverse approach. Now it seemed there’s no need to worry.

The Shapeshift at Will talent clearly indicated that Lu Ran should awaken more attributes in the cloud baby, developing a variety of weather forms.

Then, combined with the Weather Blessing talent, it could support more pet beasts.

…

After emerging from the secret realm, Lu Ran, riding on the cloud baby, set off towards the coastal waters.

During this time, the citizens of Green Sea City witnessed an astonishing spectacle.

The clouds on the horizon turned a deep red, akin to a fiery cloud, as if a volcanic crater were erupting below, dazzling to the eye.

Beastmasters walking their pets on the streets all stopped in their tracks to admire the breathtaking scene in the sky, taking out their phones to capture photos.

“Fiery cloud!?”

“How did a fiery cloud suddenly appear? But it’s so beautiful.”

When these stunning photos were posted online, some netizens remarked:

“Still taking pictures? Run! It’s only noon, and fiery clouds usually appear at sunrise or sunset. I think it’s most likely the awakening of an ancient creature causing this phenomenon.”

Nowadays, with ancient creatures awakening worldwide, some people’s alertness levels have skyrocketed, becoming suspicious at the slightest movement.

With such a reminder, an anomaly was indeed noticed in Green Sea City. As the fiery cloud appeared, the temperature around rose by several degrees, the city became extraordinarily hot, and the sun even more scorching.

Fiery cloud has always been just a term, but who would have thought that this time it would truly seem like a fire, slightly defying scientific explanation.

Fortunately, just two minutes later, the Green Sea City officials issued a notification, stating that it was merely caused by a powerful beastmaster passing through with a pet beast, hence the phenomenon.

“What kind of pet beast could it be…”

Without the announcement, it was fine, but once it was announced, it sparked even more intense discussion and speculation among the beastmasters of Green Sea City. A pet beast capable of causing such a widespread atmospheric change in Green Sea City must at least be level 50 or above!

The one causing all this was none other than Lu Ran and his companions.

After contracting with the cloud baby, Lu Ran suddenly remembered an idea he had once had.

Using the Flame Sprite to enhance the weather elf!

The Flame Sprite’s beast taming skill can imbue the contracted pet beast with the fire attribute. Lu Ran had previously used this to reduce General Ha’s intelligence, ignite the sudden death king, and imbue the dark crow with the soul fire effect. Now, having contracted with the weather elf, Lu Ran quickly tried it out.

And then he discovered…

[Name]: Weather Elf (Sunlit Form)

[Attributes]: Fire (Water, Ice, Thunder)

[Species Level]: Middle Sovereign

[Growth Level]: Level 21

[Species Talent]: Weather Blessing, Shapeshift at Will

[Skills]: Rainmaking, Snowfall, Thunder, Sunlit Form (can harness the power of the sun to control sunlight temperature).

In addition to its original three attribute forms and weather skills, the weather elf surprisingly awakened a new form due to the possession of the Flame Sprite.

Without a doubt, this was the result of a fascinating chemical reaction between the newly awakened “Shapeshift at Will” species talent and the Flame Sprite’s beast taming skill, as manifested in the fiery cloud form.

As for why the weather elf, with such a low level, could influence phenomena over most of Green Sea City, it was purely because the Flame Sprite enhanced its power. The weather elf might still be weak, but that doesn’t mean Lu Ran is.

“This Flame Sprite skill is amazing, Yan Sizhen the emperor is truly a genius.”

Only now did Lu Ran realize the wisdom of Emperor Yan Sizhen. On the Divine Tree Continent, most skills can’t be used across different species.

For example, the City Lord Master’s family legacy, Seal Transformation, can only be used on animal pet beasts.

But the Flame Sprite could be used not only on animals, necromancies, and humans, but even on elemental creatures.

This alone shows how remarkable the talent of Emperor Yan Sizhen is.

However, if there is a drawback to the Flame Sprite skill, it is that it can only be used on one’s own contracted pet beasts and not on other people or any random creatures. Otherwise, it would be even more functional. Yet, this is also a common characteristic of most beast taming skills.

“Alright, let’s play next time.”

After arriving at the coastal waters with the cloud baby, Lu Ran withdrew the Flame Sprite from it, and it immediately reverted to its pure white form.

“Pitter-patter…”

The weather elf was puzzled about what Lu Ran was planning. Lu Ran tapped his head, feeling that the cloud baby’s intelligence wasn’t very high, possibly on par with General Ha.

If it were the dark crow, it probably would have already figured out Lu Ran’s intention from the previous phone call.

“You dummy, didn’t you hear me on the phone saying we’re going on a deep sea adventure?” Lu Ran said helplessly.

“Come on, teach me how to swim.”

The weather elf pouted.

Of course, Lu Ran wasn’t asking the weather elf to teach him real “swimming.”

Back in the day, Lu Ran had actually learned swimming and diving with his dad in Hawaii, so he had some basic skills.

However, facing a deep sea adventure was a whole different ball game, and his basic skills wouldn’t cut it. In fact, even international athletes would have trouble.

He needed to grasp some supernatural ability.

Lu Ran had casually mentioned to Dr. Gu about a “suitable water trait,” but finding such a thing wasn’t easy. However, not finding a trait didn’t mean Lu Ran couldn’t access water-based supernatural power.

Let’s not forget, he had super beast mimicry.

The cloud baby, as a water-elemental lifeform, could naturally move perfectly in the water.

So, as long as Lu Ran followed it, with it moving underwater, Lu Ran could follow and move underwater as well.

Before long, through super beast mimicry, similar to how he acquired the dark crow’s reconnaissance technique, he could learn the cloud baby’s ability to survive underwater.

With that, Lu Ran would have the basic confidence needed to venture into the deep sea with Dr. Gu.

Lu Ran took out a swimsuit from his storage space, asked the cloud baby to provide some cover, changed into it, and then performed a graceful dive into the ocean, motioning for the cloud baby to join him.

“Caw caw…”

As Lu Ran was learning underwater survival, the legion of dark crows flew densely out of the secret realm. The lead dark crow looked toward the ocean with a serious expression.

Black Turtle General.

Your undercover mission is about to end soon!

Now that it had reached level 40 and controlled such a vast legion, the dark crow believed it wouldn’t be long before it discovered the black turtle’s location.

…

Coastal waters.

Lu Ran moved skillfully through the seawater, while nearby, General Ha paddled effortlessly with a doggy paddle.

Only the sudden death king seemed unaccustomed to swimming with its large body, flailing about like a giant oaf drowning.

Lu Ran recalled that it used to have no issues. Why is it acting so foolish now? Even if it awakened the rock trait, which is countered by water, it shouldn’t be unable to swim, considering it can take water-based ultimate moves without trouble.

“Practice.”

“Oh, and don’t get startled and discharge electricity,” Lu Ran instructed the sudden death king.

“Roar!!!” The sudden death king grumbled, suggesting maybe it should just jump into the sea?

“Are you trying to trigger a tsunami and flood Green Sea City?” Lu Ran glared; the sudden death king’s “meteor tactic” would definitely cause a sea quake if it slammed down…

“Woof.” General Ha gave the sudden death king a disdainful look, then froze the sea surface and stood on it, leaving only the weather elf and the corpse dog to continue exploring the deeper sea region.

Having been together for a month, these two baby pet beasts seemed to be constantly competing with one another at everything. General Ha quickly noticed this and threw a challenging glance at Lu Ran.

“Woof woof woof.”

Boss Lu turned around: ?

The dog was suggesting a competition to see whose pet beast would become stronger.

“You planning a rebellion?”