Chapter 248: Scum God's Signature Move?

Lu Ran and the others followed the main contingent, circling downward along Shi Zhu, and step by step entered the gate of the Demon Lair.

Instantly, the sky darkened, and night fell.

"Don't stop, continue downward!" came the voice of the leading soldier from below.

The classmates clicked their tongues in wonder, looking around in all directions.

The night sky was dotted with stars, accompanied by clusters of floating clouds.

A bright moon hung high in the sky, casting a layer of cold, clear radiance over this world.

Lu Ran looked down, seeing nothing but endless mountains and forests, adorned with blooming mountain flowers.

The night breeze swept over the hills, causing the flower bushes atop them to sway gently, mysterious and beautiful.

Such splendid scenery truly left Lu Ran dumbstruck.

No wonder this is a prime location for romantic trysts!

Looking in every direction, isn't it all "flowers before the moon"?

"Whoosh~"

The mountain wind blew, making people's clothes dance lightly and causing Jiangjiang Ruyi's long hair to flutter.

Lu Ran couldn't resist reaching out, his fingers passing through that jet-black long hair, gently toying with it.

Jiangjiang Ruyi noticed someone up to no good and turned her head to look.

Lu Ran responded with a classic expression—pressing his lips together in a smile.

Jiangjiang Ruyi gave Lu Ran a glance that was neither light nor heavy, then smoothly removed the hair tie from her wrist and handed it to him.

Lu Ran: "."

Jiangjiang Ruyi: "Don't you just like to play?"

Lu Ran took the hair tie, feeling somewhat awkward.

Yeah, I just like to play; how would I know how to tie hair?

As everyone continued downward, by the time their feet touched the ground, Lu Ran had tied Jiangjiang Ruyi's hair into something resembling a mess.

These three thousand strands of black silk, falling into Lu Ran's hands, were truly a case of wasting something precious.

"Master, let me do it," Tian Tian said timidly, unable to bear watching any longer.

"Good, good," Lu Ran replied as if granted a pardon, hastily stepping back to admire the scenery in all directions.

The human main city within this Demon Lair was built relying on the mountain terrain, with most construction materials being wooden.

Row upon row of small wooden buildings constructed on the mountain slopes gave a strong impression of Miao-style stilt houses.

Perhaps fearing fire, there were no torches in the village; instead, red lanterns hung before each exquisite small wooden building.

The atmosphere was full!

Compared to the stone cities of other Demon Lairs, this main city was not a defensive fortress at all, but rather resembled a peaceful village.

"Is everyone here?" a soldier shouted loudly, breaking the tranquility, "There are no torch-lit paths in Ghost Moon Mountain."

"The first thing you must consider is not getting lost in the mountains."

"Our side has opened many mountain paths, and there will be plenty of signposts along the way."

While the soldier continued giving instructions, several other soldiers distributed lighting and communication equipment to the students.

After quite a while, the soldier finished his instructions, and nearly 200 trainees immediately scattered in all directions.

"Which way should we go?" Chang Ying asked excitedly.

Lu Ran casually said, "Pick a direction with fewer people?"

"Let's go, let's go, let's go!" Deng Yutang, carrying the Heavenly Morning Spear, took the lead.

After leaving the village, the rugged mountain paths gave everyone a different experience.

Such lush mountains and forests inevitably made everyone feel a bit apprehensive.

Fortunately, Lu Ran was in the team, allowing the few of them to stride forward boldly without worrying about ambushes by the Ghost Moon Fox clan.

"The moon here is so bright," Tian Tian said softly.

"Woo~~~"

Under the moonlight, suddenly a fox cry rang out.

Melodious and pleasant to the ear.

Everyone halted their steps, listening carefully.

Whether it was a psychological effect or not, Lu Ran only felt his mind becoming tranquil.

The Ghost Moon Fox clan possesses a Xie Fa called Night Fox Cry, which can calm the target's spirit and quiet their heart.

It is precisely because of the existence of this Yi Ji Fa that many people specifically come here to rest and recuperate.

"Let's go take a look!" Deng Yutang quickened his pace even further.

It was evident that he was indeed very much looking forward to seeing the beautiful Ghost Moon Fox clan.

"Rustle~"

Chang Ying gripped a lot cylinder with her large hand, shook it rapidly, and chanted under her breath:

"Heavenly spirits, earthly spirits, my lord Spirit Lot, quickly manifest your power."

Lu Ran looked at the girl; through the lots inside the cylinder, he could tell at a glance that she was employing the Spirit Lot Divine Art: Eight Treasures Lot.

This was because inside the cylinder, there were fully three tattered wooden lots.

The other five lots, however, appeared to be golden lots of considerable value!

Indeed, when Spirit Lot believers employ different Divine Arts, the material of the lots in the cylinder also differs.

The Five Treasures Lot commonly used by Chang Ying consists entirely of five wooden lots.

The Six Treasures Lot, on the other hand, comprises five iron lots and one rotten wooden lot.

Among the seven treasure lots, there were five silver lots and two rotten wood lots.

Chang Ying, having learned the divine art Eight Treasure Lots in the River Realm's first stage, now found the lots in her cylinder replaced with a golden lot!

"Whoosh~"

Chang Ying's face fell, and she froze in place.

A tattered, dilapidated wood lot flew out, buzzing like an annoying fly as it began circling around Chang Ying.

"It doesn't matter," Lu Ran said indifferently. "Let's go."

"Oh." Chang Ying pouted, hoisted her great axe, and moved forward.

That chaotically dancing rotten lot gradually quieted down, silently trailing behind and to the side of Chang Ying.

Clearly, Chang Ying had already begun praying, offering faith power to the deity; otherwise, the rotten lot would only have become more troublesome.

"Don't feel pressured." Lu Ran landed beside Chang Ying and gently patted the girl's back. "In three minutes, we'll be heroes again!"

Lu Ran had once seen, on a battlefield, a rotten lot dancing beside the skeletal remains of a Spirit Lot believer.

Ever since witnessing that scene, he had held little expectation for the divine arts of the Spirit Lot sect.

"Mm-hmm," Chang Ying responded softly.

Lu Ran's gentle words made her feel much better inside.

In fact, ever since joining this squad, all Chang Ying had felt was warmth.

During their trials, she sometimes performed godlike feats and other times played like a ghost; her performance was extremely unstable.

No matter how she performed, none of the teammates beside her had ever despised her.

The group marched silently for a long time until Deng Yutang's voice suddenly came from ahead:

"I see it! I see the fox!"

"Everyone, be careful." Tian Tian raised a small hand, in the palm of which a beautiful precious lotus flower manifested.

Thanks to this delicate lotus, everyone could freely gaze upon the Ghost Moon Fox.

Under the moonlight, atop a hill.

A fox, pure white from head to tail, sat quietly in a crouch.

Moonlight poured down, draping it in a layer of aesthetically pleasing, luminous white.

It possessed a pair of ice-blue eyes, wherein the fox pupils were actually crescent-moon shaped, resembling nothing so much as the curved reflection of the moon in clear lake water.

It also possessed a full seven fox tails, fanned out around it, with the tips playfully twitching up and down.

As if plucking at the heartstrings of onlookers.

"So beautiful..." Tian Tian murmured softly.

Jiangjiang Ruyi looked up at the Ghost Moon Fox on the hill, her heart also filled with repeated admiration.

It was far, far more beautiful than the pictures in the textbooks.

Was this truly an evil demon?

Compared to those ferocious, violent vicious dogs or creatures like the Lie Hun Mo, the Ghost Moon Fox before them was simply ridiculously elegant!

Its fur was long and silky, looking soft; it should feel very comfortable to hug, right?

Jiangjiang Ruyi did not know that the thoughts in her heart could actually be realized.

Because Lu Ran could indeed craft and summon a Ghost Moon Fox to give her as a body pillow.

"Good heavens~" Lu Ran bared his teeth in a grimace.

What the hell is this?

First the Jade-Faced Snake, now the Ghost Moon Fox.

Can't you lot of evil demons act like proper fiends?

How... how am I supposed to bring myself to strike?

"Woo~~~"

A fox cry sounded quietly.

The Ghost Moon Fox lifted its beautiful head and sang to the moon.

Xie Fa: Night Fox Cry!

Those who hear it find their spirits calmed and their hearts stilled.

As for the few humans below the hill, did the Ghost Moon Fox lack any desire to kill them?

The answer was... No!

This pleasant fox cry was merely to steady its prey, and to slightly calm the people preparing for battle.

It wasn't that humans with calmed minds couldn't fight.

It was just that, compared to human warriors with tense spirits, the Ghost Moon Fox preferred a target whose mind was peaceful when casting its spell.

After it cried, when it lowered its head to look down again, those crescent-moon fox pupils were covered by a layer of beautiful luster.

From the eyes of the Ghost Moon Fox burst forth a luminous white glow, as aesthetically pleasing as moonlight.

"Hoo~"

Tian Tian immediately raised the precious lotus; a night breeze swept through the forest, causing pollen carrying a strange fragrance to fill everyone's nostrils.

"Ying?"

The Ghost Moon Fox let out a soft coo, tilted its head slightly, and the luster in its fox pupils grew even brighter!

From the aesthetically pleasing moonlight, it turned into a blinding white radiance.

Mm... finally it looks a bit like a demon fox.

This creature may be beautiful, but once it starts eating people, it eats them alive!

The Ghost Moon Fox clan possesses a hidden trait: they will absolutely never kill a human first and then slowly enjoy the meal.

During feeding, this race prolongs the survival time of humans as much as possible to harvest the full spectrum of their negative emotions.

Pain, panic, fear, despair...

The Ghost Moon Fox race absolutely adores all of this.

"This fox is at the Stream Realm, correct?" Deng Yutang suddenly spoke, rousing the crowd who had been quietly observing.

As a Red Scarf believer, Deng Yutang would not be affected in the slightest, regardless of whether he possessed the protection of the Precious Lotus.

Red Scarf believers inherently possess unshakable willpower.

Furthermore, at the River Realm's first stage, the divine art adapted by the Red Scarf sect is named "Red Scarf Will"!

This is a rare mental defense technique, entirely sufficient to leave Deng Yutang without a care in the world.

Among the nearly one hundred Great Xia deities and their myriad divine arts, mental defense techniques are an absolute rarity!

Like the Desert Drum sect, believers of the Red Scarf sect are likewise immune to bewitchment.

"It is the Stream Realm." Lu Ran nodded. "Body length around one meter, tail length seventy or eighty centimeters; likely early-stage Stream Realm."

The moment his words fell, the white fox on the hill leaped lightly and turned to flee.

This race clearly possesses considerable intelligence; seeing their illusion fail, they decisively chose to escape.

"Hiss—"

Mist churned beneath Lu Ran's feet as he shot straight up the hill.

Deng Yutang followed closely behind, yet in terms of speed, he was simply no match for Lu Ran.

By the time he climbed the hill, he saw only Lu Ran in the distance, eyes closed, already blocking the path of the Ghost Moon Fox.

"Everyone," Lu Ran called out loudly, "I want to try something."

Deng Yutang paused, stunned: "Try something?"

Lu Ran: "Yes, I want to personally experience the illusion arts of the Ghost Moon race."

For a moment, the trio of Deng, Tian, and Chang all turned to look at Jiangjiang Ruyi.

If Lu Ran voluntarily offered himself up, it would indeed be easy to become enchanted by this graceful white fox.

A mere Stream Realm Ghost Moon Fox lacked the ability to bewitch Lu Ran into slaughtering his fellow humans.

However, the Ghost Moon Fox might cause Lu Ran to soften his heart, making him reluctant to kill it.

Eager to give it a go, Lu Ran continued, "Just help me provide cover and let me feel it out, won't you?"

"Whoosh~"

The divine weapon unsheathed!

The Ghost Moon Fox feigned a dash toward the forest on the left, only to be blocked once more by the Xia Guang Dao.

"Ying~"

The Ghost Moon Fox emitted a soft whimper, its fox eyes glowing dimly as it looked at Lu Ran with unwillingness.

Lu Ran was utterly numb!

Wasn't this coquettish sound a bit excessive?

There was absolutely no need to fall under an illusion; Lu Ran felt that feelings of affection were already arising within him.

In the future, if he summoned this race, wouldn't they wreak havoc upon the human race?

Coupled with the eye techniques of the Ghost Moon Fox race...

If he made eye contact with anyone, would the other party immediately fall in love?

Tsk~

A god-tier skill for scumbags!

(End of Chapter)