Chapter 640 — The Behemoth and Little Purple

"By the way, it commands a supreme purification law of consummate mastery, the Essence Fluctuation. Later on, we can have it try to see if it can purify the misfortune clinging to you, though I doubt the odds are high." — Shi Li.

Having served so long in the Cosmos Overlord Legion, Bulu had surely encountered supergod-level purifiers stronger than Susu. The misfortune upon it was likely not so simple.

"All right, next is Rin—the mechanical lifeform before your eyes."

"And also the one who, back then, resolved the Starry Sky Storm—Jiaqi."

Rin was even younger, created by Shi Shuo. Upon witnessing Rin's astonishing fortune, Bulu was dumbstruck.

Beyond that, Rin not only defied the heavens in fortune, but its strength was terrifying as well.

It had barely broken through to Era God when it could directly contend with the Transcendence-3 mechanical supergod Buvala.

"It's precisely because of her that I'm not afraid of your misfortune. She is my goddess of fortune," said Shi Yan.

"What kind of joke is this—is everyone in your team a monster?" Bulu could not help saying. After reading the profiles, it found that Shi Jin truly had not been boasting.

Even setting aside the beastmaster's amplification, these three pets were extraordinarily strong, their power in no way inferior to its own—and across the entire Slumbering Ground, that put them at the very pinnacle.

And yet all these pets were gathered in the hands of a single beastmaster, which left Bulu somewhat unable to believe it.

It had assumed that Shi Ying, an Era God, would at most be on the level of the Blood Origin God...

"Aren't you yourself a monster whose power is absurdly off the charts?" said Shi Li. "Well? With companions like these, you can rest easy, can't you? The calamity you drag along—since it can't affect you, it stands to reason it can't affect them either."

Bulu was struck speechless for a moment, but in the blink of an eye it grew all the more excited. Perhaps this "monster base camp" really could accommodate a "monster" like itself.

"I want to keep watching," it said.

"Good," Shi Jin said gleefully. "Here—next one. When I first met it, it was just a green wooly worm a few months old..."

"Now, it is the Four Symbols Azure Dragon Sacred Beast, the most perfect evolution stage in the entire cosmos."

Bulu: ??

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Elsewhere, after Shi Jin contracted Bulu, Little Purple hurried to find Rin's main body and begged it to think of a way to help.

As everyone knew, within Shi Jin's team, any pet joining the second squad first had to pay respects to a big brother.

When Little Ji joined, it paid respects to Big Sister Rin; when Duck-Duck joined, it paid respects to Big Sister Susu; when the turtle and Little Bing of the Dragon Palace joined, they paid respects to Dragon God Chongchong; and when the munchkin cat joined, it paid respects to the entire team at once.

Little Purple had originally meant to take the newly joined Cosmos Behemoth as its underling—but this Cosmos Behemoth seemed a bit too strong. Unless it expended world power at any cost to summon projections of Eleven and the others to fight on its behalf, it definitely could not win.

Strength like that was not enough to command absolute status.

"Hmm..." said Rin. "But from what I can see so far, there's a good chance this Cosmos Behemoth will become Shi Jin's dedicated support—leaving nothing for you."

Little Purple: QAQ Huh?

"Still, you needn't worry. Don't forget—you are of the Star Clan, the most special race in the cosmos, the only race with no bottleneck between god level and supergod level."

"Not long ago, the master and I worked out a growth system that can grant you combat power surpassing the other side."

"Mew!" Little Purple was all ears.

"Go beg Teacher Ying. If she's willing to sign a contract with you, then there's no problem."

From Blue Star, Little Purple had learned the Star Covenant, which allowed it to contract with any lifeform and then summon projections of their power to become its guardians.

There was no limit on the level of the contract target—even a supergod could be contracted, though it could not command the target's full power.

"As a member of the Praying Star Clan, Teacher Ying commands the power of the Wishing Star. If you can become her student, you will be able, to some extent, to borrow her power to make wishes for yourself."

"You are a star lifeform; you can break through to supergod without the Source of Transcendence. In theory, yours is the race best suited to reaching supergod-level combat power through external aid. By combining Teacher Ying's Wishing Star power with Can Bao's power of Time Accretion, you can briefly break through your bottleneck and wield the combat power of a high-tier planet—and with that, few in the team would be your match."

"No matter how you look at it, Teacher Ying is the strongest of the Praying Star Clan, a Transcendence-3 existence. As long as you have her help, defeating the Cosmos Behemoth will be easy."

Hearing Rin's analysis, Little Purple felt it made perfect sense and immediately ran off to cling to Teacher Ying's leg.

"Little Jiaqi, what brings you here?" Seeing Little Purple come running to her with those pleading eyes, as if it had a favor to ask, the Gemstone Cat smiled lazily.

"So that's how it is. You want to sign a contract with me and make me your guardian?"

"I have to say, you really do have an eye for talent." The Gemstone Cat sighed with feeling. Once upon a time, at the Ancient Capital University, she had been like a guardian deity in the eyes of every student—but after meeting Shijin, this entire Jiaqi team had started treating her like dead weight. Absolutely outrageous.

Still, thank goodness this little seaweed rice ball knew who the real pillar of support was, and who could truly make it stronger.

"All right, from today on, you're my student. Your old lady here is going to teach you how to get strong."

"But I have one condition. In the next intra-team tournament, you have to place in the top three for me and prove yourself!" The Gemstone Cat was brimming with excitement.

"Meow, meow!! (Greetings, Teacher!)" Little Purple was overjoyed.

The Gemstone Cat sighed. Sure enough, internal competition was the number one driving force behind Shijin's team getting stronger. The moment the cosmos behemoth arrived, this little star had gotten anxious—and its rate of improvement from here on out... would probably be outrageous.