Chapter 252: Pretending. Is He Putting on an Act?

In the dim mountain forest, pairs of pearly-white eyes quietly ignited.

That moonlight-like, aesthetic eye color should have been dazzling and enchanting, but in a battlefield environment, it only made one's hair stand on end!

Xie Fa: Moon-Chasing Pupils!

"Charge!" Chang Ying waved her large hand, ordering the Golden Armored Guards to rush the formation.

At the same time, Chang Ying also grabbed her axe and charged forward; she wasn't aiming to lead the charge, but to protect Tian Tian on both sides.

The pairs of moon-colored fox eyes in the forest were indeed somewhat terrifying.

The Golden Armored Guards paid no heed to these; as summoned beings, they also had no need for the protection of the Sword Lotus Divine Art: Precious Lotus Flower.

Following Chang Ying's command, the Golden Armored Guard's feet slammed heavily against the ground, suddenly accelerating.

"Bang!"

The Golden Armored Guard, a full three meters tall, was like a heavy cannonball, roaring toward the enemy formation.

Golden light radiated in all directions, majestic and awe-inspiring!

A series of "crackling" sounds rang out.

The Ghost Moon Foxes made a uniform choice; they one after another flicked their fox tails, lashing out at the golden-armored giant.

Since they originated from the same source, their combat tendencies were naturally consistent.

For a moment, the mountain forest was filled with scattered beams of moonlight, strikingly beautiful.

"Ha!" Deng Yutang let out a fierce roar and likewise killed his way out.

The Red Scarf believers were dauntless, their style and bearing no less impressive than that of the Golden Armored Guards.

Illusions?

Ridiculous!

Under the Red Scarf banner, we press forward without hesitation!

"Be careful." Tian Tian held the Precious Lotus Flower in one hand and pushed out a full nine lotus petals with the other.

Four of the lotus petals followed Deng Yutang, two guarding his left and right, and two guarding the front and back above his head.

Jiangjiang Ruyi observed the positioning and coordination of the trio, nodding slightly in secret.

"Kill at will." With a thought, Jiangjiang Ruyi commanded the divine weapon at her waist, "Leave none alive."

With a sharp "clang," the divine weapon left its sheath!

The Cool Night Sword darted back and forth, thrusting straight into the enemy army.

Also unsheathed was another blade—Lu Ran!

As the saying goes: laymen watch the spectacle, experts watch the technique.

In the eyes of some, Lu Ran on the battlefield was not a person.

He was a blade!

A sharp, fierce Tang horizontal blade!

"Hiss—"

Mist churned beneath Lu Ran's feet; though he started later, he arrived first.

The Golden Armored Guard started first, with Deng Yutang close behind; neither was slow, yet it was Lu Ran who first killed his way into the midst of the formation.

Even more terrifying was that Lu Ran was not moving in a straight line!

"Oh," a young female soldier observing the battle from the forest behind couldn't help but exclaim in astonishment.

As a believer of the Mountain Lord, she possessed the Mountain Lord Divine Art: Mountain Lord's Knowledge!

This technique could greatly enhance the five senses.

Among them, of course, was the ability to see in the dark.

The name of this technique also clearly told all living beings: before the Mountain Lord, every little trick you play cannot escape the discerning eyes of Lord Mountain Lord.

It was precisely because of this technique that the female soldier felt such horror in her heart!

In her line of sight, Lu Ran rushed forward at high speed, turning again and again, brushing past the snow-white fox tails time and again.

Countless long fox tails sprinkled down beams of beautiful moonlight.

Amidst the crisscrossing moonlight, that phantom freely wandering was breathtakingly beautiful!

"He Wenjing," Fang Lin suddenly spoke.

"Present!" The young female soldier looked at the captain beside her.

While observing the battlefield, Fang Lin scolded, "Stop jumping at every little sound; what kind of behavior is this!"

He Wenjing: "."

As a believer of the Mountain Lord, He Wenjing did feel somewhat aggrieved.

Captain Fang, oh Captain Fang, you are indeed a great expert of the Jiang Jing realm, but as a believer of the North Wind, you only possess exceptional hearing.

If you could see what I see, you would absolutely not be this calm right now!

If I were to say...

Before Lu Lu Tianjiao slaughtered the first Ghost Moon Fox, he wiped his blade on the fox tail, would you believe it?

You simply cannot capture these details!

At the very moment the long fox tail fell, Lu Ran, who was thrusting forward, suddenly turned around and slid backward, holding the Black Obsidian Blade, his wrist rotating slightly.

He did not use the blade to chop the fox tail, but instead pressed the blade's body against the underside of the tail and wiped across it.

Whether Lu Ran intended to wipe his blade on the fox tail's fur or on the moonlight emanating from the fox tail, no one knew; in any case...

The human figure passed, and the fox tail fell.

The sliding figure halted abruptly, then surged forward, stabbing fiercely toward the front-left.

The freshly wiped Black Obsidian Blade plunged straight into the fox's head.

The phantom shadow continued to dart about, carrying the Ghost Moon Fox's corpse away from the battle cluster, straight toward a large tree in the distance.

Elegant,

Truly elegant!

And damn capable of putting on an act!

The question is, who are you performing for?

There are only nine people here; besides me, a believer of the Mountain Lord, who else could catch your subtle details?

That flash of movement, even if someone saw it, would surely be mistaken for you raising your blade to block.

In such a chaotic and perilous battlefield, who would think you were wiping your blade?

This...

He Wenjing had self-awareness; of course, she did not think Lu Ran was performing for her.

Therefore, Lu Ran's various reactions and movements must be ingrained in his bones.

They were completely natural!

Previously, when He Wenjing viewed Lu Ran as this "blade," her evaluation had been sharp and fierce.

Now, she had added two more words to her assessment of Lu Ran—elegant!

So-called great experts indeed ought to possess a demeanor unique to themselves.

This Lu Lu Tianjiao, though only in the River Realm, was already walking this path.

"Bang!"

Just as He Wenjing had witnessed, Lu Ran stabbed his blade through the fox's head, carrying its bones as he slammed heavily into a large tree.

"One Jiangjiang Ruyi," Lu Ran muttered to himself, then suddenly slashed his blade horizontally.

The fox's head was split open once again.

The single remaining intact fox eye lost all its luster, its crescent-shaped pupil dilating.

Lu Ran immediately averted his gaze.

This subconscious action made Lu Ran burn with rage.

No, I must strike again!

This karmic sin has not been severed cleanly!

Reason compelled Lu Ran to lift his butcher's knife, yet emotion made him evade eye contact with "her."

"Demon fox!" Lu Ran gritted his teeth.

You dare disturb my Dao heart!

"Hiss—"

Lu Ran suddenly darted about, searching for the next Jiangjiang Ruyi.

Suddenly, a battle roar came from the distance: "Ha!!"

Deng Yutang raised a great banner; a red canopy abruptly expanded, directly enclosing two white foxes and himself within it.

Red Scarf Divine Art · Red Scarf Domain!

With the banner raised, we fight until death!

"Whoosh!!"

A massive illusory figure surged upward from within Deng Yutang's body.

Red Scarf disciples respectfully invite the Red Scarf Ancestor to possess this body!

Red Scarf Divine Art · Red Scarf Soul!

"Ying!"

"Woo~~~" The two white foxes cried out, their fox eyes shining brilliantly.

Deng Yutang stared directly back and charged forward in great strides.

I'm looking right at you, so what?

"Die, vile beast!" Deng Yutang wielded the Heavenly Morning Spear, its tip flashing with red light.

"Crack!!"

Deng Yutang thrust his spear, launching a red streak along with it.

That hard fox tail, glowing with moonlight, was actually shattered by Deng Yutang's strike.

Red Scarf Divine Art · Red Edge!

Red Scarf believers attack what is hard and break what is armored!

To be honest, if that fox tail had still been as soft as before, without being wrapped in moonlight, then Deng Yutang's spear thrust truly could not have shattered the entire tail.

"Kill!!" Deng Yutang roared, surging with excitement.

Under the order of the Red Scarf, except for the few within the range of the Precious Lotus Flower, the fighting spirit of all other living beings skyrocketed!

This included Lu Ran.

Wandering on the outside, he heard everything clearly, his whole body boiling with hot blood!

Fortunately, Sister Sister Xian'er wasn't here.

If she had heard that shout, she might have flattened this entire mountain.

What Young Master Lu, what Jiangjiang Shaonainai... just watch me blow everything up!

As for what happened after everything ended, when Divine Lie Tian's Divine Lie Tian Lietian Daniu woke up and felt nothing but regret, weeping, or committing suicide to atone, that was another matter entirely.

"Whoosh~"

"Whoosh!" The Xia Guang Dao and the Liangye Sword darted about freely, slaughtering demon foxes.

Such powerful divine weapons made the efficiency of killing enemies simply terrifying!

A pair of blades and swords pierced white fox after white fox, sending them flying through the air, their long fox tails drifting lightly.

The scene was beautiful, yet the splashing blood was horrifying to behold.

"Wuuu~~~"

One Ghost Moon Fox finally could not endure it, letting out a miserable fox cry.

Upon its body, a brilliant luster began to rise.

Xie Fa · Moonlight Fox!

This technique causes the Ghost Moon Fox's body to emit bright moonlight; any living creature touched by this moonlight will have its flesh and blood healed.

So, should this truly be called "Xie Fa"?

Shouldn't such a technique that blesses all living beings be called a "Divine Law"?

"Boom-rumble!"

Waves of qi churned, flames spilling in every direction.

A Bai Yu stone tablet rushed over at high speed; it should have landed on the fox's head, but was instead smashed by a fox tail flailing wildly.

The exploding flames blasted the Moonlight Fox away.

The Liang Ye Sword flew forward with extreme speed, plunging into the flames and taking the life of the evil spirit.

Jiangjiang Ruyi's face was cold as ice; she stood at the edge of the Treasure Lotus's purification range, surrounded by Yu Fu talismans, forming a system entirely her own.

Four Bai Yu talismans were poised and ready to strike,

while another eight Jin Yu talismans circulated around Jiangjiang Ruyi's body.

Jiangjiang Ruyi needed no active defense!

Whenever a fox tail stabbed toward her, the Jin Yu talismans would actively rush forward to intercept the enemy's attack steadily.

All-around, with no blind spots!

Though there seemed to be only eight Jin Yu talismans, they appeared to wrap Jiangjiang Ruyi in a defensive shield, making her impervious to all manner of Xie Fa!

"Striking gold and hitting jade"—the words were no exaggeration.

Sounds of bells being struck and chimes being hit rang out; their unique timbre seemed to warn everyone not to be bewitched by the beautiful demon foxes.

Ghost Moon Foxes are demons that tear humans apart alive; they are evil spirits wreaking havoc in the world.

They are by no means some pitiful, fragile living beings!

"Hiss!"

The blade edge entered flesh.

Lu Ran, darting through the air at extreme speed, forcibly stabbed out a white fox from beneath an empty tree.

"The sixth one, Jiangjiang Ruyi."

Lu Ran murmured in his heart, pricking up his ears to listen for something.

The most threatening aspect of the Ghost Moon Fox clan was their pair of fox eyes.

Apart from that, this clan possessed only one offensive technique: Flowing Light Moon Tail.

The rest were a cry that calmed the mind and spirit, light that healed living beings, a fox heart that sensed danger, and an invisibility art for hiding and fleeing.

From the perspective of Xie Fa composition, the Ghost Moon Fox leaned more toward the support faction.

They were not warriors who charged into battle, nor should they occupy the damage-dealing position.

In the future, this clan could accompany Lu Ran, manipulating the hearts and souls of enemies, healing Lu Ran's injuries, and giving him warnings.

Then the question arose:

Since this clan could foresee danger and was not skilled in direct combat,

why would they still charge out to fight?

"Hmm?" Lu Ran's heart stirred.

Since the battle began, he seemed to have found no leader of this clan?

Captain Fang had said that one white fox's size was much larger than that of an ordinary River Realm · Ghost Moon Fox.

So, had the leader fled?

Were these Ghost Moon Foxes willing to use their own bodies as bait to buy time for their leader's escape?

"Heh." Lu Ran secretly praised them in his heart.

The Ghost Moon Fox clan not only possessed considerable intelligence but also a spirit of sacrifice.

Being able to go to such lengths really made them suitable to be kept as pets, didn't it?

Asking for some monthly votes.

(End of Chapter)