Beastmaster King

Chapter 280 - The Preliminaries Begin

Chapter 280 - The Preliminaries Begin“Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit, holy shit.”

Soon, Lu Ran and Shi Ze left the Death Forest. Once outside, Shi Ze looked visibly shaken.

“Brother Lu, City Lord Ye actually wants to take you as a disciple? You’re basically about to ascend to heaven!”

“Hm?” Lu Ran looked at him in confusion.

“Ahem, I almost forgot your background. You’re this calm? Don’t tell me... your parents are Legendary-rank powerhouses too?” Shi Ze’s lips twitched.

A child of legends!No, even children of Legendary-rank figures couldn’t compare to Lu Ran. After all, this guy seemed to have had direct contact with Legendary-rank beings.

The more Shi Ze thought about it, the more plausible it seemed.

“Don’t go spreading what I said to City Lord Ye just now. I don’t want people to know I’ve encountered Legendary-rank beings. I only told you because I trust you, Brother Shi.” Lu Ran patted Shi Ze on the shoulder.

“Don’t worry! I won’t even tell my own father! I’ll keep it sealed in my stomach. Otherwise, I’ll be damned! But speaking of which, City Lord Ye wasn’t wrong. With your background, not just any plantmaster would dare to take you as a disciple. That would basically be stealing from the Beastmaster Lodge...” Shi Ze mused.

“Since City Lord Ye doesn’t mind and even wants you to keep your beastmaster identity while learning, it might be because she also transitioned from beastmastery to plantmastery. She wasn’t originally a plantmaster either.

“Do you remember what I told you before? There were rumors that City Lord Ye wanted to take in a disciple to inherit her clan’s beastmaster skills. Maybe she’s interested in your beastmaster talent, and the plantmaster knowledge is just a bonus.”

“It doesn’t matter. As long as I can learn advanced plantmaster knowledge, that’s enough for me. By the way, does City Lord Ye have any long-time rivals? She mentioned inviting a friend’s disciple to participate, but this doesn’t sound like a friend at all... She clearly wants me to eliminate that person’s disciple, right?” Lu Ran asked.

Shi Ze was momentarily stunned.

“I have no idea... But it makes sense. For City Lord Ye to reach her level of strength, she must have had a few formidable opponents along the way. However, a level 3 plantmaster with an Overlord plant familiar is going to be a tough fight. There are six days left, Brother Lu. Can you break through to level 3?”

“No way!” Lu Ran replied without hesitation.

That was the downside of being a beastmaster in Limitless City. Advancing was not up to the beastmaster alone. Limitless City imposed level restrictions, forcing beastmasters to complete specific ascension missions to reach the next level.

But honestly, ignoring the benefits while only pointing out the flaws was just being unreasonable. Although their growth level was restricted, Limitless City provided an alternative path—familiar evolution.

On the Stellar Moon Continent and the Divine Tree Continent, there was no such thing as phase 1 and phase 2 evolution at level 30 and level 60. Evolution methods for familiars were secrets that ordinary people had no access to. But beastmasters from Limitless City were different.

As their familiars fused with traits, Limitless City granted them evolution opportunities. Even the weakest beastmaster could have a moment where their familiar defied fate through evolution.

“So what’s the plan?”

Shi Ze was concerned for Lu Ran. He sincerely hoped Lu Ran would become City Lord Ye’s disciple. After all, Lu Ran had a good relationship with the Shi Clan. If he became the city lord’s disciple, the Shi Clan would benefit greatly.

“Even if I can’t break through, I still need to make preparations. I should put my familiar through intense training this week. Don’t forget, its abilities are somewhat effective against plant life, so there’s no need to worry too much.”

Lu Ran spoke calmly. Besides, he didn’t just have Captain Doofus. He still had Sudden Death King. Honestly, if he wasn’t worried about committing too much slaughter and leaving a bad impression on City Lord Ye, he would have just let Sudden Death King fly up high and drop down in Lightning-Flame Dragon mode. The entire Death Forest would become a crater. Not a single participant would escape, and not a single vicious plant would survive.

***

Because of Lu Ran, Death Forest was quickly cleared. Some participants who had come early to familiarize themselves with the preliminary trial area didn’t dare complain after hearing it was an order from the city lord herself.

“Sister Yang, can you find out what happened today?” Liu Man, a plantmaster from Stellar Moon University, asked a local of Tree World City.

Just like Lu Ran, the three beastmasters from another world—Yu Rui, Liu Man, and Jiang Ming—had been quickly recognized as extraordinary by the locals. They were invited by different clans. Since Yu Rui and Liu Man were plantmasters, they naturally sought out plantmaster clans.

Jiang Ming, on the other hand, was a beastmaster nurturing a dragon. However, considering the ascension realm this time was unusual, he didn’t dare separate from them. He abandoned the invitation from beastmaster clans and clung to Yu Rui instead.

“I’ll try to find out. Today’s events were indeed strange,” said a tall woman in a floral dress, deep in thought.

From Liu Man and the others’ perspective, this ascension realm was truly bizarre. It was impossible to grasp what was really going on.

***

Lu Ran returned to the Shi Clan again. This time, he requested a training ground from them and began training with Captain Doofus. He also instructed them not to disturb him. Shi Ze wanted to help, but considering that the Shi Clan’s capabilities weren’t on the same level as the Beastmaster Lodge, he refrained from making a fool of himself.

However, Lu Ran understood the importance of maintaining relationships. He didn’t want to completely exclude the Shi Clan, so he asked Shi Ze to gather a few vicious plants for Dark Crow to study.

And so, Captain Doofus trained in the vicious plant territory, Sudden Death King tried to adapt to the Lightning-Flame form, and Dark Crow started re

“An Overlord? This guy... he’s definitely not ordinary.”

“What? He has an Overlord too?” Beside him, Liu Man and Jiang Ming were equally stunned.

It is already shocking enough that the NPC girl has an Overlord plant. But now, you’re telling me that this alternate-world beastmaster also has one? Is Lu Ran just as special as Yu Rui? Or, are beastmasters from the alternate world all equipped with Overlords?