Chapter 244

Lu Ran gripped the Silent Zhan Ye Dao's hilt, feeling its clear feedback.

Its vibration amplitude was not particularly intense; there was still a distance to go before becoming a divine weapon.

However, Lu Ran and the Silent Zhan Ye Dao were clearly already on the right path.

This was enough to settle one's heart; the rest was just a matter of time.

"Whoosh~"

Jiang Ruyi descended from the sky, carrying wind and rain, and landed by Lu Ran's side.

"I'm fine," Lu Ran said immediately.

"Mm." Jiang Ruyi smiled and raised her hand, meticulously straightening Lu Ran's collar.

She had gradually become accustomed to hiding the worries in her heart deep down.

Some emotions were unavoidable, but she didn't want to interfere with Lu Ran, and likewise, she couldn't interfere with herself.

Lu Ran lowered his head and gently pressed it against the back of her hand, which was soaked by the rain.

"We're on a mission," Jiang Ruyi said with a reproachful look, gently tapping Lu Ran's mouth.

Yet this disciplinary action looked very gentle no matter how you saw it...

Mentioning the mission, Lu Ran turned his head to look behind him, seeing only a scene of devastation.

Withered, broken trees, streets covered in whip marks, and a large hole blasted into the wall of a residential building.

Everything showed the brutality of the battle just now.

Lu Ran said softly: "The Jade-Faced Snake's strength was a bit over the limit."

If it weren't for the fact that they happened to be here, he really wouldn't dare to imagine what the fate of the Moon-Watching squad guarding this residential area would have been.

Jiang Ruyi looked toward the residential building where her home was, still feeling lingering fear: "After all, she was the mortal enemy of Lord Wu Seng."

"Are you okay, Little Lu?"

Sun Zhengfang and Wei Long hurried over, looking Lu Ran up and down.

"I'm fine," Lu Ran shook his head and continued, "I thought the textbooks were exaggerating.

Now that I've seen it with my own eyes, the Jade-Faced Snake really doesn't look like an evil spirit."

Not only does she not look like one, on the contrary, she looks like a deity...

That cold and aloof temperament, that beautiful face, like a fairy who doesn't eat the food of the mortal world, enough to make ordinary people feel inferior.

Yet such a creature was actually of the evil spirit clan!

It really is... hmm, not bad.

The evil techniques of the Jade-Faced Snake clan each had extraordinary effects.

Especially the area purification technique: Immortal Realm, which made Lu Ran's heart flutter.

If one had such an evil spirit servant to sit in our squad and solve worries, wouldn't that be wonderful?

Moreover, the Jade-Faced Snake itself was also a stationary large artillery platform, with astonishing output strength!

The only pity was that Lu Ran didn't seem to be able to use that powerful defensive technique: Immortal Scales.

After all, the Jade-Faced Snake clan was born with a snake body, and what was amplified was the defense of those snake scales.

Lu Ran was purely a flesh-and-blood body, just like her upper body.

That is to say, once he activated this technique, his physical body shouldn't have any changes at all?

As for the other evil techniques of the Jade-Faced Snake clan, Lu Ran could use them all.

Hmm... forget it, let's not dream for now.

People often say this evil spirit is rare, that evil spirit is uncommon.

If you really talk about rarity, the Jade-Faced Snake is the leader among them!

The likes of Thread-Pulling Shadow, Prison Heaven Demon, and Night Charm all have to rank below the Jade-Faced Snake.

Thinking of this, Lu Ran sighed inwardly.

To possess such an evil spirit servant, one must inevitably pull strings to enter the corresponding demon lair for training.

"Yes," Sun Zhengfang sighed with emotion, "When the Jade-Faced Snake sees humans, it's not as ferocious and restless as other evil spirits.

She still has that look of keeping people at a distance, which is indeed very deceptive."

Wei Long nodded in agreement, rarely speaking: "This clan is very special, very strange."

"Let's go, let's continue patrolling," Sun Zhengfang signaled for the squad to move forward.

Lu Ran took a step and suddenly said: "The names of the Jade-Faced Snake clan's evil techniques seem to be Immortal Realm, Immortal Scales, Immortal Breath, and the like?"

Sun Zhengfang didn't understand, looking at Lu Ran's back, waiting for the rest.

Lu Ran: "The names of the evil techniques we speak of should be named by us humans.

Since that's the case, why use the word 'Immortal'?

This doesn't sound like an evil technique at all; instead, it sounds more like a Divine Technique?"

Jiang Ruyi raised her brows slightly, secretly agreeing.

Not to mention the distant ones, just take Lu Ran as an example:

In the Xiang Xiang Xianyang faction he belongs to, the Divine Technique names include Immortal Horn, Immortal Pupil, Immortal Hoof...

It's not to say that the deity Xiang Xiang Xianyang has any relationship with the evil spirit Jade-Faced Snake.

But purely from the literal perspective, the techniques of the Jade-Faced Snake faction seem closer to the deity camp?

At the very least, it's especially easy to make people misunderstand!

"Not sure," Sun Zhengfang shook his head, also stumped by the question.

The old captain was indeed experienced, but he really didn't know where the names of the Jade-Faced Snake clan's evil techniques were passed down from, or who named them.

Jiang Ruyi speculated: "The technique names of the Jade-Faced Snake clan should be named based on the spellcasting effect and performance form."

Lu Ran nodded gently.

Whether it was the purification-type evil technique with immortal mist drifting, or the immortal Qi breathed out from the Jade-Faced Snake's mouth, it was indeed very consistent with the word "Immortal".

Plus the overall feeling the Jade-Faced Snake gives people...

Lu Ran had a bold conjecture: The Jade-Faced Snake was originally ranked in the deity camp!

It was just that later, for some unknown reason, she chose to fall into the demonic path.

"Snap."

Lu Ran slapped his own forehead, not knowing if this was his own wishful thinking.

And such a conjecture, he didn't tell his teammates.

Because this problem was especially serious!

If the Jade-Faced Snake was originally a deity...

That would mean that all the deities worshipped by believers in the world could potentially fall into the demonic path!

You're not joking, are you!

"Jade-Faced Snake, Jade-Faced Snake," Lu Ran murmured in his heart.

What exactly is your background?

"Moo!"

The sudden cow's moo awakened Lu Ran from his deep thoughts.

He stopped his pace and looked toward the street ahead.

He saw a huge, muscular minotaur shouting angrily toward this side.

It strode forward, with several black mist clusters floating around its body.

As everyone looked up, the Soul-Splitting Demon no longer walked upright, but changed to walking on all fours, killing toward them.

"Thump! Thump! Thump!"

The Soul-Splitting Demon charged recklessly; every time a cow hoof stepped down, it felt as if the ground were trembling.

Lu Ran raised the Silent Zhan Ye Dao, pointing directly at the Soul-Splitting Demon: "Go, Little Ruyi, I choose you!"

Jiang Ruyi:???

Am I your Pokémon?

"It's charging over!" Lu Ran urged.

Dealing with this kind of guy who isn't bright in the head and only knows how to charge savagely, there was indeed no need for "Ran Charm" to take action.

Jiang Ruyi raised her jade hand, and two white jade plaques immediately flew out.

"Moo!!"

The Soul-Splitting Demon didn't care, its eyes revealing a fierce light as it lit up its sharp horns.

With a crisp "snap" sound!

The jade plaques shattered, and electricity overflowed.

Dense electric snakes immediately crawled all over the Soul-Splitting Demon's body, leaving it unable to move.

But the Soul-Splitting Demon's forward momentum was still there!

Its four hooves didn't listen to commands, and it fell forward, sliding along the wet asphalt road.

"Rumble!"

The Flame-Explosion Talisman followed closely, accurately blasting the cow's head.

Firelight burst forth, and air waves surged!

The massive cow head was blasted to pieces, and under the layers of flames, the cow body was even more charred.

Jiang Ruyi slowly lowered her left hand, feeling that she had been overly cautious.

She should have just thrown the Flame-Explosion Talisman directly; there was no need for the control of the Electric-Lock Talisman at all.

"Smells so good," Lu Ran muttered, smelling the scent of roasted beef.

Jiang Ruyi smiled inwardly, took off the Divine Power Bead from her neck, and stepped forward.

Lu Ran followed: "After this fifteenth passes, shall we go eat barbecue?"

"Okay," Jiang Ruyi responded softly, pressing one hand toward the Soul-Splitting Demon's bones.

"Hum~"

It was at this moment that Lu Ran felt his brain shake!

A moment later, Lu Ran, who had reacted, couldn't help but be overjoyed.

In the Divine Demon Sculpture Garden, the evil sculpture belonging to the Soul-Splitting Demon was vibrating constantly, entering advancement mode!

For such a long time, Lu Ran had only been to the Soul-Splitting Demon lair once, and had cultivated the evil sculpture to River Realm, First Stage.

In the subsequent battles on the night of the fifteenth, this evil sculpture was constantly nourished by the souls of evil spirit minions, reaching River Realm, Second Stage.

Now, it was about to advance to River Realm, Third Stage!

The new evil technique was ready, just waiting for himself to reach River Realm, Third Stage, and he could equip it!

Simply wonderful~

The evil technique adapted by the Soul-Splitting Demon clan at River Realm, Third Stage was called "Soul-Splitting Grand Array".

The caster could summon a group of big black cows, galloping forward, launching a charge toward the target!

What was even more terrifying was that when this technique advanced in grade, pitch-black flames could ignite on the bodies of these big black cows.

Any creature stained by this fire would have its soul burned!

Just thinking about it made one feel terrified.

Because the Soul-Splitting Demon clan's intelligence was not high, most of them didn't know the Evil Technique: Soul-Splitting Grand Array.

From an objective level, this could also be considered humanity's luck.

If every Soul-Splitting Demon at River Realm, Third Stage and above possessed this technique, just based on the commonality of the Soul-Splitting Demon clan on the night of the fifteenth...

Humanity's home, which they relied on for survival, would probably have long been razed to the ground by groups of black cows.

"Lu Ran?" Jiang Ruyi picked up the Divine Power Bead, stood up, and looked curiously at the stunned Lu Ran.

The massive Soul-Splitting Demon bones in front of her had already been completely absorbed.

"Mm?" Lu Ran came back to his senses and looked at the young girl.

"Let's go," Jiang Ruyi's gaze lingered on Lu Ran's face for a moment, and she turned to leave.

"Oh oh, coming," Lu Ran followed immediately.

The two walked side by side, but as they walked, Jiang Ruyi suddenly blurted out: "The Jade-Faced Snake is very beautiful, right?"

Lu Ran's expression was stunned: "Huh?"

Jiang Ruyi glanced at Lu Ran lightly, joking: "Don't think about her anymore, you're absent-minded.

Focus on the mission; the night has just begun."

Lu Ran: "..."

I was just curious about the Jade-Faced Snake's background; how could I possibly think about her?

Besides, what's there to think about her?

Think about her noble and cold temperament? Think about her fairy-like appearance?

Think about her... hmm, it seems it really is quite worth thinking about.

The problem is I didn't!!

Lu Ran hurried to say: "I was just thinking about the Soul-Splitting Demon clan!

Thinking about the evil technique this clan adapts to at River Realm, Third Stage, thinking about those muscular big black cows."

Looking at Lu Ran's hurried explanation, Jiang Ruyi suppressed the laughter in her heart.

"Mm-hmm," Jiang Ruyi nodded as if perfunctory, signaling ahead, "Watch the road."

Lu Ran: "..."

(End of chapter)