Chapter 166

After watching Deng Yu Xiang fly away, Lu Ran searched the battlefield and found the Tianchen Spear buried deep in the ground.

He strode back to the front of the teaching building and handed the weapon to Deng Yutang: "Here, Deng Shao."

Deng Yutang took the weapon, looked at Lu Ran with a solemn expression, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Lu, you are so strong!"

Lu Ran patted Deng Yutang on the shoulder: "You will be too."

Deng Yutang: "."

He considered himself to have a decent understanding of Lu Ran; after all, they were in the same squad and fought side-by-side every month.

But that battle just now had truly opened the gates to a new world for Deng Yutang.

If even his own teammate was like this, let alone others.

"Once you advance to the River Realm, your combat power will also skyrocket." Lu Ran knew Deng Yutang had strong self-esteem and kept encouraging him.

To this, Deng Yutang was noncommittal.

He certainly knew that after advancing to the River Realm, his own combat power would surge.

But Deng Yutang truly did not believe his combat power could rise to Lu Ran's level!

Lu Ran had only just advanced to the first stage of the River Realm, yet ordinary River Realm believers could no longer keep up with Lu Ran's combat rhythm!

No wonder his own sister appreciated Lu Ran so much.

Likewise, the vast majority of divine believers could not keep up with the combat rhythm of North Wind believers.

Because Deng Yu Xiang stubbornly returned to her hometown to guard this small city, she had to "downwardly compatible" with her teammates.

But with Lu Ran's arrival, everything changed!

It was not hard to imagine Deng Yu Xiang's psychological state at the time; she was like someone who had discovered a treasure in the middle of a ruin.

Indeed, the two of them were the same kind of people.

Chang Ying sighed softly: "The divine techniques of the Immortal Sheep sect are really amazing."

Everyone deeply agreed, especially the team leader Zhang Feng, whose mind was filled with the heroic posture of Lu Ran weaving through the battlefield just now.

Zhang Feng wanted to help, but he had to cancel his Lotus Flying Sword for fear of hurting Lu Ran.

When the divine technique "Immortal Hooves" is not used for running away, but for combat...

Among the believers in this world, who could not be envious?

"By the way, what did my sister say just now?" Deng Yutang asked.

"She told us to be careful," Lu Ran said casually. "If this happens again, wait for her to come and support."

On the side, Zhang Feng spoke up: "Ms. Deng was telling you to be careful, right?"

Lu Ran: "."

Zhang Feng continued to advise: "Follow Ms. Deng's advice."

A dignified team leader, also being quite humble.

As a student, Lu Ran should unconditionally obey the orders of the Moon-Gazing team leader.

Zhang Feng held even more power; he was one of Lu Ran's graders.

But at this moment, Zhang Feng did not use an ordering tone, but rather offered kind advice.

Strength, indeed, is the foundation of everything!

"Yes." Lu Ran looked like he was humbly accepting, a completely different person from the fierce figure he had been on the battlefield just moments ago.

"What else did my sister say?" Deng Yutang asked, unwilling to give up.

Lu Ran, however, hadn't realized: "She didn't say anything else."

The Great Nightmare had mentioned the "Heavenly Pride" matter.

However, that matter was still far from certain, and Lu Ran did not intend to publicize it.

If it didn't work out, wouldn't that be very embarrassing?

"Oh." Deng Yutang responded and silently wiped the Tianchen Spear.

His mind was filled with the image of his sister smiling and gently straightening Lu Ran's collar.

From childhood to adulthood, she had never straightened his own clothes, her own biological brother.

So painful~

Thinking of this, Deng Yutang's expression gradually became strange.

He didn't get along well with Deng Yu Xiang, having grown up in the various shadows she cast, wishing he could stay far away from her.

Now, why did he want to get her attention again?

Such a contradictory psychology...

"That, uh!" Lu Ran finally reacted, his words a bit stuttered, "Your sister also said, let you..."

"Brother Lu." Deng Yutang suddenly spoke.

"Huh?" Lu Ran was stunned for a moment.

Deng Yutang's expression was strange: "No matter what you are about to say, do you believe it yourself?"

Lu Ran: "."

Then why do you keep asking!

Outside the teaching building, a strange silence fell.

After a long while, Lu Ran finally said: "When I go back, I'll talk to her and have her care more about you."

Deng Yutang was numb!

You'll talk to her?

You? Talk to her?

Is this human language?

"There's a situation!" Tian Tian suddenly spoke, breaking the strange atmosphere.

Deng Yutang was still suffering tons of mental damage when he was directed by Tian Tian to charge out with the squad.

As they fought, everyone discovered that Deng Yutang's offensive was incredibly fierce!

Slaughtering demons as if he had gone berserk...

Facts proved that a person doesn't need to advance to the River Realm to have their combat power skyrocket!

Lu Ran saw all this and couldn't help but click his tongue in wonder.

This trick is quite effective!

Maybe use it more often in the future?

Under the great power of "Berserk Tang," everyone steadily guarded the Fifth Primary School of Yuxiang City.

The school playground was like a battlefield specifically prepared for them.

Within a few hours, many demons met their end here.

Lu Ran also clearly perceived that the overall intensity of the demon invasion had indeed increased significantly.

Before, he was performing tasks in the patrol squad, and the squad was putting out fires all over the city, naturally killing powerful demons.

Now, Lu Ran was defending a single school, which could be considered returning to a conventional battlefield.

According to past experience, just for the Yuxiang City battlefield, the main force of demons invading the small city were Mist Realm and Stream Realm demons.

But now, it was different.

Mist Realm demons were becoming fewer and fewer, and Stream Realm demons had already become the true main force.

Occasionally, there would be first-stage River Realm demons mixed in, and the situation was indeed not looking good.

Because of this, a glimmer of hope rose in Lu Ran's heart.

He hoped that the bad omen Chang Ying drew, and Bai Manni's restlessness, were all due to the increase in the overall intensity of the demons.

And not because of any special event.

The small Yuxiang City really couldn't withstand too much wind and rain.

As time passed 11:00 PM, everyone could clearly perceive that the intensity of the demon invasion had further increased.

"Hehe..."

Beside the swing set, Deng Yutang was panting heavily.

The demon corpses before his eyes shattered into mist, and he also summoned his divine power beads to absorb the energy.

"What time is it?" Lu Ran sat down on a swing.

"Squeak~"

The rusty iron chains made a harsh friction sound as they swayed back and forth.

"11:41." Tian Tian quickly checked her watch and then vigilantly observed the surroundings.

"Good, 19 minutes left, hold on." Lu Ran said in a deep voice.

"Mm-hmm." Chang Ying gripped her large axe tightly, half-expectant and half-praying, "Victory is almost here!"

Everyone knew very well that once midnight passed, the demon clan would become weaker and weaker, and their numbers would decrease.

Tian Tian suggested: "Let's go back to the entrance of the teaching building."

"Okay, wait for Deng Shao to finish absorbing..." Before Lu Ran could finish, he suddenly turned his head to look toward the school gate.

For a moment, everyone's bodies tensed, and they all turned to look.

They saw a tall, thin figure appear abruptly at the school gate.

It was woven from withered yellow straw, and there were traces of binding at the joints of its limbs.

Demon clan... Straw Demon?

Everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

This type of demon was similar to Bamboo Wood Demons; their combat power was relatively weak, and they were all a bit silly.

"Can it be 1.8 meters? Or 1.9 meters?" Chang Ying picked up her large axe, "Anyway, it's Mist Realm, I'll go, okay?"

Mist Realm demons, on this night of the fifteenth, had actually become a rarity.

"Don't, let's lure it over." Tian Tian still sought stability, pushing out a lotus petal with one hand toward the Straw Demon.

"Hmm?" Lu Ran frowned slightly.

But he saw another surge of energy beside the Straw Demon, and another tall, thin figure emerged.

"So many silly things!" Chang Ying's expression was surprised.

In just a few seconds, five or six Straw Demons had appeared.

Nowadays, the situation of demons appearing in clusters was already the norm.

The Straw Demons gathered at the school gate, their heads not very bright, opening a pair of eyes made of rice ears, sizing each other up.

They seemed to be considering whether they should attack each other?

"Hmm?" Lu Ran frowned slightly.

For some reason, the dazed Straw Demons suddenly raised their heads in unison, looking toward the night sky.

Such a scene was quite strange!

Lu Ran immediately looked up, then narrowed his eyes slightly:

"That is..."

(End of chapter)