The King of Beast Trainers

169  Chapter 111: Dragon Valley_1

"How can it be this ugly."

When the Flame Spirit formed inside him, Lu Ran saw that it had the image of a stick figure, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

Even if your Flame Spirit isn't some Sacred Beast resembling a vermillion bird, a one-to-one replica of your host would have been better, wouldn't it? What's with this abstract stick figure form?

But never mind... Feeling the extraordinary strength brought by the stick figure Flame Spirit, Lu Ran couldn't help but raise his hand.

The next moment, flames suddenly enveloped his palm. Although the flame was right on his hand, Lu Ran didn't feel much heat.

Because of the Flame Spirit, his resistance to fire had significantly increased, and he felt a greater affinity for flames. It was hard for his own flames to harm him.

"Now I can both chill and heat things up," Lu Ran muttered to himself.

It seems I might be what others call an "Iceberg Cold Man" and "Super Warm Guy."

To better experiment with the Flame Spirit, Lu Ran took out his Wind Cutting Sword, intending to apply the flame to the sword. However, he found out he didn't know how to use the technique of wrapping external energy around it.

Right now, he was just like a newborn Fire Attribute Pet Beast, having to start from scratch with skills like Energy Release and external energy wrapping.

Beast Training Techniques also needed to be slowly developed... Seeing this, Lu Ran had no choice but to summon Mr. Husky. He wasn't planning to use Super Beast Mimicry to learn from it right now, but instead to try out another way of playing.

"Woof!"

In the room, a white light flashed, and Mr. Husky was summoned. There weren't many changes in its size after its breakthrough in growth level, but its fur was more flowing and it became more sensitive to the Power of Wind.

"Huh?" Mr. Husky looked at Lu Ran with bright, intelligent eyes. The next moment, Lu Ran pointed his palm towards it, and the stick figure spiritual body flew directly out of his body towards Mr. Husky.

"Woof!" Mr. Husky was startled when the stick figure entered its body, and its gaze began to cloud over.

As the saying goes, the lower the temperature, the higher the intelligence; so perhaps, the higher the temperature, the lower the intelligence might become... A flicker of flame passed through Mr. Husky's cloudy eyes; flames also began to shimmer beneath its long fluffy fur. Under Lu Ran's command, it opened its mouth!

Whoosh!

Flames spread to its teeth!

Flame Fang!

"Woof!" Mr. Husky opened its mouth wide, sticking out its tongue, seemingly quite interested in its new ability.

"Not bad, this way, you can take care of chopping vegetables and cooking by yourself in the future," Lu Ran said, pleased, because after applying the Flame Spirit to Mr. Husky, the flame it released consumed its own physical strength, not the Beast Trainer's.

This Beast Training Technique mainly allows a Beast Trainer to strengthen their Pet Beast with zero consumption, unlike the Fusion Technique, where both the Beast Trainer and the Pet Beast must continuously consume stamina to maintain the form.

"Huh??" Hearing that Lu Ran had mentioned this ability was meant for it to personally cook, Mr. Husky's expression stiffened.

Take it away! Take it away fast!

Lu Ran didn't care about Mr. Husky's thoughts and continued to give it the Icy Sky Great Sword to hold in its mouth...

After some experimentation, Lu Ran found that the Blizzard Sword Intent and the Flame Spirit didn't match at all. At best, they could be alternately used in a hot-and-cold manner, turning into a Sword Intent that could potentially cause colds.

However, it was quite compatible with Mr. Husky's inherent Wind Attribute abilities. Even without trying it in this inn, Lu Ran knew the principle of "Fire Borrowing Wind's Momentum." Many Beast Trainers on Blue Star who chose a Secondary Attribute would make such combinations.

Like Fire + Wind, Thunder + Water, Earth + Rock... These combinations all have high compatibility.

There are also some brilliant minds that choose Fire + Water, Ice + Fire, and their outcomes aren't usually that great.

"Indeed, the current Flame Spirit must only be in its most basic state. Emperor Yan Sizhen had already run countless developments on this basis," Lu Ran thought, recalling how he bought two biographies about Emperor Yan Sizhen from a bookstore on the street corner on the way back.

As he read on, he indeed noticed something. Some biographical contents recorded that Emperor Yan Sizhen could control flames of different colors, and each type of flame seemed to have different effects.

This made Lu Ran quickly think of how Thunder Attribute Pet Beasts could absorb traits like Gold Lightning and Red Lightning to vary their thunder energy. Could it be that Beast Trainers who mastered the Flame Spirit could use a similar method to vary the Flame Spirit, allowing its ordinary flame energy to mutate into special flame energy?

This seemed to be a pathway to developing the Flame Spirit.

Thump! Thump!

In the room, Lu Ran read his book in peace, while Mr. Husky curiously played with the Flame Spirit.

11:03

Just then, there was a knock on the door. It turned out to be Snake Skin and others who had learned that Lu Ran and Bai Ling had passed the assessment and came to offer their congratulations.

Lu Ran accepted their congratulations, but afterwards, they were probably going to part ways for good, and if there was another chance to meet, it would be in Infinite City.

Two days later, Lu Ran received a notice from the Tsunami Association: a Feathered Dragon over Level 30 with Dragon's Bloodline had landed in Tsunami City.

This Pet Beast, specially bred by the tribe guarding Dragon Valley, was coming over because Lu Ran had passed the review and was about to go to Dragon Valley for a period of secluded repairs. During this time, the Feathered Dragon would escort him throughout the journey.

In other words, Lu Ran was going to ride it there.

These two days, in fact, Lu Ran had not been idle. After passing the assessment, every day there were visitors who learned that such a culinary genius had emerged in Tsunami Province. How could the local magnates not seek to befriend him? Naturally, they also brought gifts.

Lu Ran also understood their intentions. If this were the real world, Lu Ran would feel embarrassed to accept everything, as his good family conditions meant he never had to worry about food and drink, and he had developed a habit of not liking to owe favors. But in this projection world, there was no reason not to take what was freely offered. In just the past two days, collecting gifts alone had made Lu Ran's hands go numb.

"Eagle bro, let's go."

Outside of Tsunami City, sitting atop a majestic Red Feathered Eagle, Lu Ran spoke, ready to set off for Dragon Valley. Accompanied by a tweet, the Eagle stirred up a wild wind and soared into the sky. Luckily, Lu Ran had experience riding the Wind Feather Husky; otherwise, getting used to a flying Pet Beast wouldn't have been so easy.

"Tsunami Province, see you later." Lying on the back of the Eagle, looking at the blue sky and white clouds, Lu Ran yawned.

He would remember this place as his first Breakthrough Secret Realm.

...

Star-Moon Continent, Beast Training Empire, Flame Dragon Holy Realm.

To commemorate the great achievements of Emperor Yan Sizhen as well as to house the few surviving war Pet Beasts of Emperor Yan Sizhen, a territory within the Empire was specially designated for these National Guardian Beasts.

The Flame Dragon Holy Realm represented one of Yan Sizhen's signature war Pet Beasts, the territory of a Flame Dragon King.

And this Flame Dragon King customarily resided in slumber within a valley in the domain, hence this valley came to be known as Dragon Valley.

The Santo Tribe, who once specialized in caring for and breeding Yan Sizhen's Pet Beast army, continued in their old profession, serving the Flame Dragon King. Although the Flame Dragon King hadn't shown itself for a long time, they remained stationed in the Flame Dragon Holy Realm.

Nowadays, the Flame Dragon Holy Realm was considered one of the more prominent domains, its comprehensive strength unfathomably more powerful than smaller provinces like Tsunami Province. On this day, numerous Eagles were continuously returning to the Flame Dragon Holy Realm from all directions.

The special level Hunter assessments of several provinces had ended, and those who chose to come to Dragon Valley for further training were not limited to Lu Ran alone.

As the Eagle landed, Lu Ran was dropped off at the foot of a mountain. At that moment, a man dressed in ethnic minority clothing emerged. He whistled to recall the Eagle and then turned his attention to Lu Ran.

"You're from Tsunami Province, aren't you? For the next month, you'll train in culinary art on the periphery of Dragon Valley. After a month, I'll arrange for you to leave, whether it's back to Tsunami Province or to Emperor City, you can choose any location within the Empire."

"Proceed from here and you'll reach the outermost part of Dragon Valley. The closer you get to Dragon Valley, the stronger the Dragon Might will be. There are no Evil Beasts here, so you don't have to worry about safety. If you go back from here, you'll find a town where you can solve any shopping needs you have."

"Thank you." Having said that, the man left with the Eagle, leaving a baffled Lu Ran behind.

So cold… Never mind, it doesn't matter. The main thing is, one month, oh one month, not to mention a whole month, I can't even stay for half a month; I'vegot to make the most of my time.

In Lu Ran's Spatial Equipment, he had already prepared everything needed for daily living, so there was no need to resupply from the town mentioned by the stranger. Thinking it over, Lu Ran summoned Mr. Husky, pointed forward, and decided to approach Dragon Valley right away with him to personally experience the Dragon Might.

"Mr. Husky, don't get scared and pee yourself once we're over there."

Lu Ran advised Mr. Husky.

A domestic dog getting scared into peeing by a Siberian Tiger was common enough, let alone an aura from dragons, those creatures of fantasy.

"Woof!" Mr. Husky cast a disdainful glance at Lu Ran, as if to say who was looking down on whom!

It was more worried that Lu Ran would be the one to pee himself!

As a Pet Beast, Mr. Husky felt it couldn't afford to lose that kind of face.

Neither of them believed they could be scared enough by a mere Dragon Might to pee themselves, so they competed with each other as they moved forward,

Because the Flame Dragon King was so powerful, and as a member of the High-Level Overlord Clan with a Growth Level exceeding 80, even from a great distance from Dragon Valley, its formidable Dragon Might could be felt.

Walking along the mountain trail, Lu Ran and Mr. Husky had just arrived at the very edge of Dragon Valley, with dozens of kilometers still ahead of them to the center, when they already felt a scorching aura, making it difficult for them to proceed.

"Hu——" Lu Ran was sweating profusely, his heart racing.

"Woof!!" Mr. Husky too looked serious, wanting to continue on, but as a Ferocious Beast, it felt the horror of the aura more acutely than Lu Ran. Its limbs felt as though they were bound, becoming extremely heavy, making it tough to move forward.

"Let's stop here for now." Seeing that the Dragon Might had already set in, Lu Ran took out a tent, planning to get used to it first on this day.

This Dragon's Breath felt similar to the Ferocious Beast Sword Momentum. Perhaps, he could transform this "Ferocious Beast" into a "Dragon" based on the Ferocious Beast Sword Momentum.

"For the first two days, let's focus on getting used to the Dragon Might," Lu Ran said to Mr. Husky.

"Woof!!" Mr. Husky nodded vigorously, taking a serious stance and shedding its earlier complacency. Its body trembled as it gazed into the distance.

If the pressure from a Vampire was a 10, then the pressure from this Flame Dragon King's aura was a staggering 100,000.

Mr. Husky couldn't imagine a lifeform could exist with such strength. Its eyes were filled with fighting spirit as it held the Icy Sky Great Sword in its mouth, following Lu Ran's instructions, stepping forward bit by bit to adapt to and resist the Dragon Might.

Whoosh!

The Blizzard Sword Intent erupted from Mr. Husky, clashing with the fiery Dragon Might to create a red and blue pressure wave that caused the surrounding air to buzz loudly.

It decided, facing such a powerful creature as a dragon, it was going to master a move called "Slaying Dragons."

And Lu Ran himself was also fully utilizing the Flame Spirit to endow himself with fire resistance, coping with the Flame Dragon King's might.

At the same time, he didn't forget to say, "First, train in Dragon's Cooking Intent. Once we've raised the King of Sudden Death into a dragon, you'll have plenty of opportunities to train in Slaying Dragons." n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om