That day, Lu Ran and Shi Zhen said goodbye to Ghost Mother and headed back to Blue Star.
Lu Ran rode a cloud, while Shi Zhen summoned a giant Rhinoceros Beetle and climbed aboard.
As they flew side by side toward Pretend-Sleep Forest, where the Cross-World Teleportation Array stood, Shi Zhen couldn't help asking, "Lu Ran, did you get another big haul of resources in this Breakthrough Secret Realm?"
"Leveling from 50 to 60 is ridiculously hard. Plenty of First Generation tamers have been stuck for a year without maxing out. How did Dark Crow reach level 60 as soon as you broke through?"
"Don't tell me Ghost Mother helped you through levels 50 to 60 too."
"No, I couldn't trouble Ghost Mother with something so trivial." Lu Ran smiled. "The Breakthrough Secret Realm I entered this time was in the Mechanical Era. It wasn't the Mechanical Era at its peak, but I still got plenty of good stuff."
"I used an Epic-level resource to raise Dark Crow's level."
"Damn, the Mechanical Era?!" Shi Zhen was startled.
"Hmm, although I suppose the Mechanical Era isn't anything special anymore." On second thought, Shi Zhen realized that since Blue Star was connected to the Star-Moon Federation, Xia Country could easily steal some Mechanical System knowledge from them.
In short, it wouldn't be long before the Divine Eagle Federation's mechanical monopoly was broken.
"You're not planning to enter another Breakthrough Secret Realm anytime soon, are you?" Shi Zhen asked.
"No." Sitting cross-legged on Cloudy, Lu Ran said, "Leveling too fast has its downsides. The pet beasts have no time to digest their accumulated gains. Levels alone aren't enough without powerful skills."
"I plan to take my time gathering materials and traits for their second-stage evolutions. Once they've all evolved a second time, I'll