Chapter 446 - Hehe, Bai Lu! Hehehehe! (Part 3)
After several days of reconnaissance, Dark Crow had identified four quasi-Legendary creatures on Blue Planet. Quasi-Legendaries were rare. One was the ancient Divine Bull, that was already dealt with. The other two lurked in the deep sea. They were a colossal octopus and a mysterious pearl clam.
This was completely unexpected. Dark Crow had assumed the quasi-Legendary ocean Overlords surviving from ancient times would be dragonkin like the black dragon of Dragon Palace City or a shark-man like the king of the Merfolk Kingdom; or maybe even whales or long-lived turtles.
However, the two strongest quasi-Legendary sea creatures awakening now were neither. Instead, they were an octopus and a pearl clam. It found this amusing. As it observed these two quasi-Legendaries, they also noticed Dark Crow. Though, Dark Crow hadn’t extended invitations to them yet.
The last quasi-Legendary was in Xia. It was the deceitful fox that had invited Lin Yin to become its messenger.
“There are only four? That’s fewer than I expected.”
After emerging triumphantly from the Undead Secret Realm, Dark Crow immediately reported its findings to Lu Ran on Other Shore Island.
“According to President Zhao’s archaeological research, the stronger the creature, the harder it is to survive from ancient times through hibernation unless they possess unique species traits or extraordinary treasures.
“For instance, that bull confessed under Six-Path Flower’s hellish interrogation that it had consumed a Legendary mystical stone in ancient times which allowed it to survive until now.
“Without such advantages, Superior Overlords are likely the luckiest survivors. Those with lower species ranks lack sufficient control over their bodies to hibernate through the ages, while those with higher ranks require too much energy to sustain prolonged dormancy.
“President Zhao believes that most of the powerful ancient creatures likely left Blue Planet during the spiritual energy revival phase, evolving into cosmic lifeforms.
“This is because even if Blue Planet’s spiritual energy faded, other celestial bodies like the sun would still provide abundant energy. This is why traces of Transcendent creatures were previously detected in the Lunar Palace by various nations,” Dark Crow explained.
President Zhao, or rather Zhao Huanshi, was the head of the Archaeology Division in the empire’s six paths and eight departments, and was also known as the old president.