Chapter 146: The Boy Who Steals the Show

"Creak, creak."

Lu Ran stepped on the snow covering the street, each footfall emitting a peculiar sound.

The silence before the great battle was truly hard to endure.

Besides listening to the footsteps of the few people, Lu Ran could also hear the sound of someone's great Zhan Ye Dao constantly dragging through the snow, leaving blade marks.

Yet the Zhan Ye Dao was not in its master's hand, but slanted across Deng Deng Yuxiang's back.

This continuous blade mark in the snow was the result of the great blade playing by itself.

As if intending to tear open a rift in the earth, wherever the blade tip passed, all things were left utterly torn.

Truly, the blade follows its master; equally ruthless and fierce.

Would this be a bonus point?

At least it could help shape the master's image, right?

Lu Ran thought silently, aiming his camera at the solitary figure ahead.

"Rumble!" Suddenly, a roar came from the distance.

Lu Ran subconsciously clenched his twin blades.

It's finally beginning!

At almost the same moment, Deng Deng Yuxiang ahead stopped in her tracks.

Directly ahead, a surge of dense energy churned, and a group of seven or eight vicious dogs burst forth all at once.

"Whoosh~ Whoosh~"

Deng Deng Yuxiang raised her palm, and a full eight wind blades flung out from her palm.

Not only that, but the Zhan Ye Dao on her back also flew out.

"Woof!"

"Woof!!" Barks rang out in waves, as rows of vicious teeth materialized out of thin air.

The vicious dog race possessed low intelligence; the canine teeth they manifested were mostly focused on handling the immediate crisis, attempting to tear apart the wind blades.

Only one vicious dog bared its fangs at the human woman.

Deng Deng Yuxiang tapped the ground with her shoe tip, lightly retreating one step, allowing four vicious teeth to snap shut fiercely right before her eyes.

That precise control of distance was truly a bonus point!

"Yes, just like that," Lu Ran murmured; this was exactly the style he wanted.

Lu Ran naturally had no intention of stealing the show; they were just a few weak dogs, and there was no need for him to join the fray.

He shifted sideways step by step, arriving at the woman's flank.

He saw Deng Deng Yuxiang extend one hand forward, her fingertips gently twitching, as if invisible threads were guiding the wind blades in their slaughter.

"Whine~"

"Whine," waves of mournful howls came, utterly miserable.

The wind blades slashed across the vicious dogs, tearing open wound after wound, a gruesome sight.

Spraying blood splattered everywhere, staining the pristine white snow.

"Yes, absolutely perfect!"

Lu Ran was very satisfied; for the sake of Great Da Da Mengyan's career, he naturally had to offer his full support.

For the first time, he positioned himself as a war correspondent and began studying the composition.

Endless frost and snow danced wildly, with the woman standing tall amidst it, full of artistic conception!

She manipulated the wind blades to shuttle rapidly, continuously claiming the lives of one evil spirit after another.

"A god!" Lu Ran nodded heavily. "A god governing life and death. Eh?"

He suddenly stepped back, and four vicious teeth snapped shut fiercely right in front of him.

Lu Ran was utterly speechless.

What does this have to do with me?

The Zhan Ye Dao has already severed you at the waist; can you still find time amidst all that to bite me?

"Whoosh~"

The Zhan Ye Dao flew back, signaling the end of the battle.

All eight vicious dogs had been beheaded, their corpses and bones scattered haphazardly across the snow.

With a light "snap."

The long blade handle fell straight into Deng Deng Yuxiang's outstretched palm.

Fierce gusts blew Deng Deng Yuxiang's long hair into disarray, revealing her astonishingly charming face.

Swish~

Just as Lu Ran was silently admiring her, the woman suddenly turned her head and looked at him.

Lu Ran asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Deng Deng Yuxiang spoke coldly, "Just execute your mission normally; there's no need to pay so much attention to me."

Lu Ran grinned, "You're my teammate; if I don't pay attention... Whoa?"

Deng Deng Yuxiang immediately turned her head, looking in the direction of Lu Ran's gaze.

Standing by the roadside was a tall building; outside a window on the fourth floor, a thin, small figure was floating.

A cute tiger-head hat, yellow paper swaying gently in the wind.

An evil spirit·Ghost Talisman Doll?

It was truly hard to imagine what reaction the residents inside the house would have upon seeing a pale little hand pressed against the window and a deathly white little face peering out.

This is f*cking too terrifying!

"Go."

Deng Deng Yuxiang swung his great blade, thinking inwardly: "Don't damage the buildings."

The Slash Night Great Blade hummed and trembled, stabbing out in a graceful arc that skimmed past the buildings, heading straight for the Ghost Talisman Doll.

"Hmm?" The Ghost Talisman Doll had evidently detected the faint sound of wind and immediately turned its head to look.

Danger!

In the nick of time, the yellow paper on his tiger-head hat flew off.

In an instant, the Ghost Talisman Doll's pair of eyeballs vanished without a trace, leaving behind only two pitch-black eye sockets.

Especially gruesome!

The sharp Slash Night Great Blade directly slit open the Ghost Talisman Doll's chest, piercing through its thin, small body.

However, the Ghost Talisman Doll suffered not the slightest injury.

Once the yellow paper on the hat drifted down, its body, composed of pure energy, would become completely ethereal, capable of immunizing itself against all forms of physical damage.

"Waaah!"

The Ghost Talisman Doll cried out as it fell downward.

Lu Ran opened his mouth, but in the end, he did not emit a bleat.

The distance between the two parties was somewhat far; for the Divine Art · Sound of Despair to take effect, Lu Ran would need to shout very loudly.

Here arose the problem: if the Ghost Talisman Doll could be called over by Lu Ran's shouting, then ordinary people in the high-rise buildings could also be called out by Lu Ran!

This was no joke!

By then, who knew how many citizens, with red eyes and carrying kitchen knives or rolling pins, would come out to deal with Lu Ran.

Actually, it didn't really matter.

Lu Ran was very confident that he could achieve ultimate victory.

What he truly worried about was that after people rushed out of their homes, they might be caught red-handed by evil spirits while on their way to kill him.

"Don't go inside!" Sun Sun Zhengfang issued a command, "We will stay in this area and wait for the Ghost Talisman Doll to attack."

Using oneself as bait was a quality every Moon Gazer should possess.

"Lu Ran," Deng Deng Yuxiang spoke softly.

"Received!" Lu Ran closed his eyes; there was no need for Great Da Da Mengyan to say anything more.

Sun Sun Zhengfang added, "Leave the ground."

Deng Deng Yuxiang stepped toward Lu Ran and raised his palm at Wei Long, who was rushing over: "I'll do it."

Wei Long halted his steps, then turned to carry Sun Sun Zhengfang into the air.

Deng Deng Yuxiang wrapped one arm around Lu Ran and slowly rose into the air.

In this relatively open battlefield, there was no need to search for any yellow paper; all that was needed was one Lord Bei Feng Howl from a Lord Bei Feng Believer!

Sniff~

Lu Ran closed his eyes and lowered his head, the lower half of his face buried deep in his wide knitted scarf, with only his nose exposed.

That ghostly thing had indeed come from underground!

Feeling the ghostly qi drawing ever closer, Lu Ran suddenly felt a shock in his heart.

Another wave of ghostly qi attacked from behind, approaching at an astonishing speed.

"Hmm?" Deng Deng Yuxiang was no pushover either.

He spun around sharply, just in time to see a little girl popping her head up from the snow in the distance.

Another Ghost Talisman Doll?

That was right; this type of evil spirit had another characteristic: it might appear in pairs.

If this Ghost Talisman Doll's body was ethereal, it would indeed be very difficult for Deng Deng Yuxiang to hear it.

Yet, from those pair of deathly pale small hands, the opponent summoned forth a black talisman paper.

That wisp of surging energy could not escape the ears of a Lord Bei Feng Believer.

"Whoosh!!"

Divine power surged in Deng Deng Yuxiang's palm, and a violent wind erupted!

The powerful Lord Bei Feng Believer was practically zero-frame startup; a tornado arrived instantly.

"Waaah!"

The little Ghost Talisman Doll immediately cried out.

That black talisman paper never got a chance to be thrown; both the paper and the person were swallowed whole by the tornado.

The terrifying tornado also transformed in an instant into a "snow tornado."

The spectacle was astonishing!

"Bleat~~~"

Lu Ran suddenly grabbed Deng Deng Yuxiang's wrist and shifted sharply to the side.

Having fought side by side for so long, the two shared ample tacit understanding, and Deng Deng Yuxiang immediately grasped Lu Ran's intention.

Energy surged in his hand, transforming into a cannon mount in Lu Ran's grip, poised to strike.

As soon as Lu Ran's movement stopped, Deng Deng Yuxiang, without the slightest hesitation, activated the Divine Art · Lord Bei Feng Howl once again!

"Whoosh!!"

The tornado arrived once more.

Truly, hit wherever you point!

"Go," Deng Deng Yuxiang said, suppressing the urge to harm Lu Ran, and immediately spread his arms wide.

He aimed each of his hands at one of the tornadoes, continuously injecting divine power.

And Lu Ran, whom she held in her arms, naturally plummeted downward.

Lu Ran: "."

Throw me away once you're done using me?

In your eyes, what exactly do I count for!

A dull "thump" sounded.

Lu Ran landed firmly on his feet; fortunately, the height was only six or seven meters, and there was snow below to cushion the impact.

Hmm... it doesn't hurt.

Deng Deng Yuxiang hovered in midair, two rapidly spinning snow tornadoes tearing apart a pair of Ghost Talisman Dolls.

In mere moments, a pair of evil spirits scattered their souls and vanished beneath her palm!

The Ghost Talisman clan could intangibilize their bodies, which was indeed powerful, but the drawback was also obvious.

Back then, Yin Hua Dan, who could likewise intangibilize her body, immediately manifested her true form after being swallowed by Deng Deng Yuxiang's tornado.

Had that Yin Hua Dan dared to be even a tiny bit slower...

Then her fate at that time would have been the same as the ending of these two Ghost Talisman Dolls right now.

From this point, one could also see that Yin Hua Dan was far more powerful than the Ghost Talisman Dolls.

Yin Hua Dan could switch her bodily state at will, as she pleased, whereas the Ghost Talisman Dolls had to rely on yellow paper.

"Beautiful," Sun Sun Zhengfang said softly, his eyes full of appreciation.

Those in the know naturally look at the method!

Every warrior knew just how troublesome the Ghost Talisman clan was.

Yet, such powerful evil spirits were instantly reduced to ash and smoke under the cooperation of Deng Deng Yuxiang and Lu Ran!

Wei Long and Sun Sun Zhengfang's cameras captured Deng Deng Yuxiang, and of course, they also captured Lu Ran.

Lu Ran's calmness and acuity, Deng Deng Yuxiang's decisiveness and output—

This exquisite cooperation between the two was entirely recorded within the footage.

It was also seen clearly by that portion of reviewers currently "watching the film."

Inevitably, a considerable number of those in the know focused their gazes on the black-clad youth!

This youth called "Lu Ran"...

Seemed a little off, didn't he?

How to locate the Ghost Talisman Dolls was naturally the primary difficulty, and the hardest point to overcome.

Yet this black-clad youth, amidst an environment where tornadoes raged in the distance, still precisely tracked down the whereabouts of the other Ghost Talisman Doll?

It was evident that he used Yong Shen Fa to lure the evil spirit out from underground.

But that wasn't right either!

Before the Ghost Talisman Doll had even emerged, Lu Ran had already aimed the hand of the Lord Bei Feng Believer at the location where the enemy was about to appear—wait a minute!

That youth's shout just now...

Was he a Xiang Xiang Xianyang Believer?

Huh??

A lamb cub recruited into the patrol team by some local Divine Bureau?

A lamb cub daring to go to the battlefield to kill enemies on the night of the fifteenth??

Asking for some monthly ticket support~

(End of Chapter)