Chapter 264: Words from the Past

Sun Sun Zhengfang let out a heavy sigh in his heart.

It's over!

There is no way back.

Once Lu Ran personally uttered the words "I have killed an Evil Dog," this great summer genius would have to join the battle.

"Uncle Sun?" Lu Ran spoke again.

Sun Sun Zhengfang pressed a hand to his ear: "Patrol Team 004, calling Command Center!"

"Speak!" A man's deep voice came through the earpiece.

Sun Sun Zhengfang's tone was grave: "Our side requests permission to proceed to Central Plaza to provide support."

As Sun Sun Zhengfang reported to the Command Center, his voice was also transmitted via earpieces to the ears of every squad.

In an instant, the various Moon-Watcher squads stationed in Deng Yuxiang City displayed varied expressions.

Patrol Team 004 was famously renowned!

This team boasted brilliant achievements, having produced two great human experts in total.

One was the Nuo Sha devotee, Captain Ge Bin; the other was the North Wind devotee, Deng Deng Yuxiang.

As the saying goes, the camp remains ironclad while the soldiers flow like water.

The two had successively left the squad to take up posts in the Wu Lie Building, shifting from guarding a single district to defending the entire city.

Although the great experts had departed the team, geniuses had joined, once again elevating Patrol Team 004 to the top tier of combat sequences.

At this moment, judging by Sun Sun Zhengfang's intent, was he planning to rendezvous with the old team leader, Captain Ge Bin, and lead Lu Ran to confront the Demon Lord?

It was a pity that Deng Deng Yuxiang was not in Deng Yuxiang City.

Otherwise, this confrontation against the Demon Lord would truly have been a full assembly of Patrol Team 004!

From the earpiece, the man's response was crisp and decisive: "004, hold your position and continue patrolling!"

Sun Sun Zhengfang's words rang out with force: "Our team's Lu Ran possesses experience in slaying a Jiang Jing Evil Dog.

He can also prevent the Evil Dog from fleeing and wreaking havoc upon the city.

Patrol Team 004 requests permission to proceed to Central Plaza to provide support!"

His words landed with weight.

They even stunned the crowd of Moon-Watchers, making their heads buzz.

Lu Ran had once slain a Jiang Jing Evil Dog?

What kind of joke is this?

True, Lu Ran was indeed a genius; everyone had witnessed his various stunning performances.

But a One Jiang Jing Xiang Xiang Xianyang devotee slaying a Jiang Jing Evil Dog?

Leaving aside whether you even had the capability to slaughter a dog, just how did this battle occur in the first place?

Upon seeing the Demon Lord, didn't you flee immediately, but instead charged straight at him?

It seems... well, that indeed matches Lu Ran's style.

From the Barbarous Female Drought to the Night Phantom, then to the Puppet Shadow, time and again amidst the nightly procession of ghosts;

ghost generals, Lao Tian Mo, the Jade-Faced Snake—one powerful evil demon after another, their realms approaching that of a Jiang Jing.

Whatever Lu Ran encountered, he treated them all equally!

Two big words: Charge head-on!

The Command Center did not respond immediately, seemingly giving serious consideration to this request to join the fight.

Meanwhile, Lu Ran's channel had already exploded:

"What the hell? Sister Ran slaughtered a Jiang Jing skinny dog?"

"If anyone else said such things, I'd slap them across the face! But when Sister Ran says it..."

"Doesn't she care about her life?"

"Go! General Ran!! Slay the Evil Dog, and from now on you'll be Ran-Dog!"

"Don't go, please don't go..."

While everyone voiced their opinions, they suddenly noticed that Lu Ran's expression in the camera feed turned solemn.

For through the invisible earpiece, the Command Center's order finally arrived:

"Patrol Team 004, Lu Ran!"

"Present!"

"Target area: City Center Plaza. Assist our soldiers in slaying the Evil Dog!"

"Yes!" Lu Ran responded immediately.

"The remaining three members of Squad 004, hold your position and continue patrolling!"

Jiangjiang Ruyi's face changed, and she immediately said, "I also participated in the slaugh—"

Sun Sun Zhengfang was also anxious: "Report, our squad—"

"Silence!" The man shouted sharply, his attitude unyielding, "Obey commands and execute your mission!"

After these words fell, the expressions of the several individuals turned very ugly.

The Command Center's decision had its own reasoning: hunting a Jiang Jing Evil Dog was not suited to human-wave tactics.

At least at the current stage, it was not yet necessary to fill the gap with human lives.

The Evil Dog possessed a long-range offensive technique: Evil Fangs.

That was a veritable Jiang Pin Xie Fa!

The water-flow armor of a Jiang Jing devotee would be as fragile as paper before those two rows of canine teeth.

Currently, at Central Plaza, aside from the great human experts, no other Moon-Watchers were present.

Even if the vicious dog is locked in fierce combat, should it spare a moment to sneak a bite, any Jiang Jing·Moon Gazer nearby would be bitten clean in two!

"I'm going." Lu Ran swept his gaze across the few people.

"Be careful!"

"Do be extremely careful!" Sun Sun Zhengfang and Wei Long said simultaneously.

"Lu Ran." Jiangjiang Ruyi's eyes held an incomparably complex expression.

Just then, a flash of lightning tore through the night sky, illuminating her face.

Reluctance, self-blame, sorrow.

The look in her eyes made everyone's heart ache unbearably.

"Wait for my return." Lu Ran stepped forward and gently embraced the young girl.

Jiangjiang Ruyi, however, raised her arms and tightly hugged Lu Ran, taking initiative as never before.

This embrace lasted a full three or four seconds, seemingly a bit too long.

"Boom—rumble—!!"

After the lightning flash came naturally the earth-shaking roar of thunder.

Amidst the rolling peals of thunder, the young girl's voice was soft, lingering by Lu Ran's ear: "Take Liang Ye."

"Thank you," Lu Ran said in a low voice.

Both parties understood clearly that Lu Ran's gratitude was not solely for the Liang Ye sword Jiangjiang Ruyi had given.

After the thunder subsided, Jiangjiang Ruyi finally released Lu Ran and stepped back.

The Liang Ye sword, hanging upside down, flew to hover before Lu Ran.

Lu Ran firmly gripped the Liang Ye sword, wasted no more time, and shot straight up into the night sky.

Jiangjiang Ruyi pressed her palms together, fingertips touching her lips, gazing up at Lu Ran as he flew into the night sky, until that figure vanished into the pouring rain.

"Swish-swish~"

The long yellow raincoat's trailing hem fluttered, snapping loudly in the wind and rain.

Clutching the Liang Ye sword, Lu Ran flew over the city; what met his eyes were Moon Gazers still fighting desperately in the streets and alleys.

The towering Wu Lie Building stood like a bright lighthouse, guiding Lu Ran's direction.

In his earpiece, the voice of the Command Center sounded again; the liaison had clearly changed, the voice now noticeably older:

"Mr. Lu, last time, how did you slay the Jiang Jing vicious dog?"

Mr. Lu?

It sounded as if they were addressing his father, Lu Xing.

Lu Ran reined in his thoughts and replied: "By using myself as bait, I lured the vicious dog into the Divine Lie Tian·Fierce Earth Thousand Flames."

Command Center: "..."

Lu Ran continued: "Before that, I tangled with the vicious dog for a long time to adapt to this clan's fighting style; rest assured.

Times are different now; I will seek a breakthrough to kill the enemy alongside the Jiang Jing senior.

Additionally, I will soon enter the battlefield range and need to listen carefully; please maintain silence."

Command Center: "We have switched you to the same channel as Captain Ge Bin and Liu Liu Yunlan.

Mr. Lu, on behalf of this city, I thank you for your selfless help and dedication in this time of crisis.

If you have any needs, please contact us immediately.

May Rain Alley survive this long rainy night; wish us luck."

Lu Ran suddenly smiled.

Father,

After so many years, I too have heard the words they once spoke to you.

"Crack!!"

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning fell, illuminating the night sky and striking the lightning rod atop the Wu Lie Building.

Lu Ran couldn't help but tighten his grip on the hilt of the Liang Ye sword.

Afraid?

At his age, having cut through one Fifteenth Night after another, often keeping company with death.

How could he possibly fear the sound of thunder?

He simply had not yet walked out of that thunderstorm night from his youth, that was all.

"Boom—rumble—"

From Hexi to Hedong.

From the city districts with dim streetlights to the bustling plazas flashing with neon.

"Whoosh~"

Lu Ran plummeted rapidly, landing steadily on an outdoor restaurant located a dozen floors up the Wu Lie Building.

He approached the railing and looked down at the plaza below.

At this moment, a huge wutong tree stood right in the center of the plaza.

Branch after branch lashed out continuously; the scene was utterly terrifying.

Judging by the scale of this tree, this was undoubtedly a Jiang Pin Shen Fa.

This Jiang Jing·Two Two Biwu believer must be the "Liu Liu Yunlan" the Command Center had just mentioned?

Lu Ran's eyes narrowed; in the northeast corner of the plaza, he spotted two brutally killed Moon Gazers.

One of them had been severed at the waist, the cut uneven and jagged, clearly the work of canine teeth.

His eyes were wide open, his expression filled with extreme terror.

Another female Moon-Watcher corpse lay nearby, her head rolled to one side and a thigh severed far away, already half-eaten.

"Damn it!"

Lu Ran's inner fury surged upward.

The Evil Demonic Dog Clan's Xie Fa destined encirclement tactics to be ineffective.

It also destined that there should be no one holding the rear guard on this battlefield.

The human corpses on site numbered more than just these two; amidst a pile of Evil Demonic Dog corpses to the northwest, scattered broken limbs also lay.

The scene was utterly miserable.

Those few Moon-Watchers had most likely been torn apart and devoured.

It was hard to imagine what agony they had endured while alive.

"Crack! Crack! Crack!"

The Two Two Biwu tree branches lashed out continuously, covering an extremely vast area.

Just as a group of Blood Disaster Dogs appeared on the eastern side of the square, a mass of Two Two Biwu branches suddenly extended infinitely, whipping and stabbing simultaneously.

Several evil demons died on the spot before they could even clearly perceive the human world.

In the area to the front-left of the trees, one man and one dog were engaged in fierce combat.

The man wielded dual daggers, his figure ghost-like as he nimbly dodged the whipping branches while entangled with the Evil Demonic Dog.

That Evil Demonic Dog's size was no small matter!

Its body length was likely three or four meters, its shoulder height over two meters, and thick black energy, resembling smoke and mist, coiled around its claw joints.

With a body size like this...

Was it Jiang Jing·Stage Four, or even Jiang Jing·Stage Five?

As the Evil Demonic Dog leaped up and down, the black mist at its paws would diffuse, tracing out movement paths.

Lu Ran felt grim; after observing for a moment, he leaped forward, clutching the Cold Night Sword and plummeting toward the edge of the square.

Wu Lie Building served as both the command center and a shelter, where ordinary citizens were also present.

Lu Ran naturally could not linger here too long, lest he attract the Evil Demonic Dogs.

As Lu Ran approached step by step, he clearly perceived a slight change in the force of the Two Two Biwu branches' lashes.

Lu Ran immediately spoke: "Senior Liu, do not restrain yourself on my account."

He was here to kill enemies, not to become a burden!

Were any other Jiang Jing believer to speak to a Jiang Jing expert in such a manner, it would be sheer arrogance.

But Lu Ran...

He had dared to breach the Silken Skirt; what difference did these myriad branches make?

Moreover, Liu Liu Yunlan's target of attack was not him.

"Mm, prepare your special Sound of Compassion," the woman's voice rang out, clear and cold, carrying a trace of majestic aura.

"I have long heard your great name," a man's voice replied, steady and powerful; it must be Captain Ge Bin, whom Lu Ran had never met.

Lu Ran advanced step by step through the endless, densely lashing branches, his eyes fixed tightly on the man and dog locked in fierce struggle:

"I have long heard of you."

Today three updates: 12:00, 18:00, 22:00.

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