Chapter 499 - Everyone has a Promising Future (Part 2)
While Lu Ran and Six-Path Flower were experimenting, a lot was happening in the King's Domain. Four of the five non-Xia kings had been dethroned, but they didn’t just take it lying down. Since they couldn’t beat the ancient beastmasters, they targeted the weaker Xia beastmasters.
Lu Ran and the old president were obviously too powerful for them to challenge. Shi Zhen's Sex Change Curse was too traumatizing, so no one dared to challenge him either. This made Lin Nian and Gu Qingyi the only remaining candidates.
While the two ladies could hold their own, they couldn’t defend their seats forever. Gu Qingyi was eventually defeated by the guy from the Snow Federation, while Lin Nian lost to Almi.
The Snow Federation King was the best Time beastmaster on Blue Planet, excluding Lu Ran. Gu Qingyi’s Dragon familiar had a slight edge against Time familiars of the same rank, but Ice was a natural weakness for the Dragon attribute.
Lin Nian actually started off fairly evenly matched against Almi, but ultimately lost because she didn’t have a chance to properly raise the new plant familiar she got from the Amazon. Almi, on the other hand, got a lot stronger after he evolved his Golden Elephant King again following his defeat against Lu Ran. Although the elephant didn’t reach Quasi-Legendary, it integrated a total of seven traits, putting Almi a cut above his peers.
Sigh.
When he took a break and checked the Ten Kings roster, Lu Ran saw that Oub, Jakov, and Almi were still wasting space on the list and felt somewhat frustrated. Those three were really something. Dr. Gu and Lin Nian were good, but they didn’t have the chance to become messengers of Legendary creatures like the old president and Shi Zhen. With that being said, they were still at the forefront of Blue Planet beastmasters.
Since the Ten Kings were about to be finalized, Lu Ran decided to give the two of them a hand. Once Fang Lan was back, they could hog the last three spots. The only pity was Zhu Kaixin. Pig God did his best, but Lu Ran still wasn’t confident that he could beat Fang Lan, who was about to be named as the Squirrel God’s messenger.
"R.I.P. Pig God. Maybe you’ll have a shot if you work harder in the future."
After watching replays of Gu Qingyi and Lin Nian’s battles, Lu Ran saw that there wasn’t that much of a gap between them and their opponents. Even without his help, they would have eventually caught up on their own with the Imperial Seal’s buff, but Lu Ran still planned to send some resources to help them out.
For Dr. Gu, Lu Ran still had some Chaos Dragon God blood, but he didn’t dare to give it to her without getting it purified by the Divine Turtle first. He originally wanted to give it to Little Circle since Sudden Death King no longer needed it. Sudden Death King would be more suited towards the Star attributes, anyhow.
"Sudden Death King has shed a lot of blood during training, which I have painstakingly collected. I was thinking about using it as fuel for #18, but now it looks like it will end up in a medicinal bath for Dr. Gu’s familiar. Sudden Death King’s blood won’t be as effective as the Chaos Dragon God’s, but at least it’s guaranteed to be safe," Lu Ran muttered to himself while sitting on the throne.