After reporting his plans and leaving Fang Lan a message, Lu Ran packed up and set off for the Undead Secret Realm on Cloudy without waiting for Fang Lan to leave the Arena.
One battle probably would not satisfy Fang Lan. Never mind Level 2 Beast Tamers-even Level Three Beast Tamers who encountered her now would probably get more than they bargained for. Under these circumstances, Fang Lan would surely fight to her heart's content before coming out.
While Lu Ran was heading for the Undead Secret Realm...
Deep Sea, Dragon Palace.
Amid the fighting in the Dragon Palace, Black Tortoise, though weak, had already assembled a force of Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals.
Lu Ran probably had never imagined that the scene Manager Ying had predicted of Black Tortoise leading Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals into battle was not actually Black Tortoise fighting for Dragon Palace City... but for him.
At the same time.
Antarctica, International Alliance headquarters.
Manager Ying was sitting on a tall stool at a table. Across from it, a middle-aged man in knight's attire looked irritated.
"What do you mean by this, cat?"
"What could I mean... Your Excellency the Knight King, I just saw the news that your country's Princess of Light had been poisoned by Xia Country's Five Poisons Cult Saintess, so I came to ask if you needed an antidote."
"I could try contacting that Five Poisons Cult Saintess...
"If I remember correctly, you were the teacher who taught the Princess of Light the basics of beast taming."
"No need to trouble yourself," the Knight King said calmly. "A priest has already detoxified the Princess."
Looking at the cat, the Knight King felt its sympathy was as false as a cat mourning a mouse.
It felt as though it had come to