Chapter 265: Jiang Jing Peak?!

"Hmm?"

As Lu Ran approached the battle, he suddenly noticed a tree branch shimmering with iridescent green light reaching out toward him.

This branch clearly carried the Divine Art: Two Two Biwu Holy Light!

Lu Ran did not dodge, allowing it to bind around his waist.

In an instant, Lu Ran felt a terrifying vitality inject itself into his body.

Within the scope of Divine Arts, vitality is a relatively complex concept.

It includes, but is not limited to, the body's self-healing ability, stamina, strength, energy, and other aspects.

At the same time, Lu Ran felt mentally relaxed and emotionally calm; his battle intent did not surge despite his full state.

What a formidable Jiang Jing expert!

This supportive effect is far, far superior to Sun Sun Zhengfang's.

Liu Liu Yunlan spoke again: "Your cultivation realm is insufficient, and this dog possesses a provocation technique."

Although the vicious beast has low intelligence and understands no tactics, it is occasionally driven by instinct to unleash its Evil Bark.

Do not sever the Two Two Biwu tree branch, lest you lose your reason and throw your life away for nothing."

"Thank you, Senior."

Lu Ran responded in a deep voice, his gaze still fixed tightly on the battlefield.

Up to this moment, Lu Ran had yet to see the true appearance of Liu Liu Yunlan, the Two Two Biwu Believer; however, he saw Captain Ge Bin with perfect clarity.

Captain Ge appeared to be in his mid-forties, of medium build and ordinary looks.

If thrown into a crowd, he would likely be impossible to find.

Yet his martial skills were quite remarkable, and his movement techniques even more outstanding!

The vicious dog possessed the Evil Method: Swift Agility, while the Nuosha Believer wielded the Divine Art: Spirit-Ghost Entanglement!

Captain Ge had mastered this technique to perfection; it was truly like a lingering ghost, relentlessly entangling the vicious dog in slaughter.

Lu Ran's brows furrowed slightly.

He suddenly realized that Ge Bin was injured!

On his right leg, there were clear marks of biting, his trouser leg torn to shreds.

Through the Water Flow Armor covering his body, Lu Ran could see fresh flesh and blood growing anew.

Presumably, that wound had been healed by Liu Liu Yunlan.

Here lies the problem!

Ge Bin was swift to such a degree and even clad in the Jiang Pin: Water Flow Armor, yet he was still injured by this vicious dog?

Just how fast and how ferocious is this thin dog?

"Woof! Woof!!"

The vicious dog barked furiously, its face ferocious.

Relying on the Shun Yi Zhi Fa, it fought two opponents alone without falling behind in the slightest!

The vicious dog opened its blood-filled maw, chasing Ge Bin in a frenzy of tearing and biting, while the vicious teeth it flung out chewed the surrounding branches to pieces.

Suddenly, another vicious dog appeared beside the first one.

Xie Fa: Evil Shadow!

The Wu Pin: Evil Shadow can summon an illusory image of a vicious dog to distract and lure the enemy.

As the grade of this Xie Fa improves, this illusion becomes increasingly real and remains in the world for longer.

Once this technique advanced to Jiang Pin, it underwent a qualitative transformation!

The Jiang Pin: Evil Shadow no longer summons an illusion, but rather a clone!

A solid, real clone, identical to the vicious dog's original body.

The only difference is that the clone is fragile and does not possess the ability to perform Xie Fa.

"Whoosh!"

Ge Bin reacted with incredible speed; almost at the same moment, he also summoned a clone.

Nuosha Divine Art: Shadow of Fiend!

"Hiss!!"

The Shadow of Fiend let out a sharp, screeching cry; although it looked exactly like Ge Bin, its expression was extremely vicious!

The Shadow of Fiend immediately engaged the Evil Shadow, and the two pairs began to slaughter each other.

Within the range of the Two Two Biwu tree, clones clearly lacked robust survival capabilities; in merely a few seconds, dense branches whipped both man and dog, smashing them all into mist.

"Are you ready to break the deadlock?" Liu Liu Yunlan's voice came.

"Ready!" Lu Ran passed the Liang Ye Sword to his left hand and drew the Ji Ye Blade from his back with his right.

Liu Liu Yunlan instructed: "After casting the technique, jump straight upward; I will leave you a path to survive."

"Understood." Lu Ran naturally obeyed the command, also feeling the surrounding branches suddenly halt.

Immediately afterward, a massive quantity of branches suddenly reversed direction, aiming at Lu Ran's location.

Each branch revealed sharp wooden thorns, making Lu Ran's scalp go numb!

"Whoosh~"

"Whoosh! Whoosh!!"

Countless wooden thorns flew rapidly at Lu Ran from every angle!

Liu Liu Yunlan: "Cast the technique!"

Lu Ran: "Baa!!"

"Huh?" The vicious dog suddenly twisted its head to look.

Captain Ge Bin's eyes lit up, and he thrust the dagger in his right hand forward with fierce force.

The vicious dog, already boiling with killing intent, could no longer suppress the tyrannical aura in its heart.

"You tiny lamb, do you want to die?"

Driven by instinct, the moment it turned its head, it had already teleported over!

For the vicious dog, the good news was that it had dodged Captain Ge Bin's fatal strike.

The bad news was—

The instant the vicious dog flashed into appearance, endless branches crisscrossed and ten thousand wooden thorns wove a deadly trap!

"Hiss—"

Mist churning beneath Lu Ran's feet, he shot straight up into the air, and the Liang Ye Sword in his left hand whipped down fiercely.

"Whine~ Whine~~"

The vicious dog whimpered in pain.

And the sound of its whining shifted from the ground to the night sky.

Lu Ran was startled; had it actually escaped despite this?

Following the sound, he looked up and, through the gaps in the branches, saw the figure of the vicious dog flashing rapidly high in the night sky.

The vicious dog did not possess the ability to fly, but by flashing repeatedly, it forcibly "stood" in mid-air.

Yet all over its body, numerous bloody holes had appeared!

Threads of fresh blood flowed outward from the wounds, a scene of extreme misery.

However, most of these wounds were very shallow and not fatal.

Not fatal?

No matter!

The vicious dog had no healing techniques; given enough time, it would eventually bleed out.

"Good!" Captain Ge Bin shouted loudly, clenching his twin daggers tight.

This Demon Lord before his eyes was undoubtedly at Jiang Jing, Fifth Stage.

In terms of cultivation realm alone, it was two or three stages higher than the two great human experts!

Even with Captain Ge Bin and Liu Liu Yunlan attacking together, they still could not subdue it after a long struggle, and instead had their calves bitten by the dog.

This dog's reaction speed and physical agility had reached the very peak of Jiang Jing!

This was no longer merely a tricky problem!

Rather, the slightest carelessness would result in the two great experts being torn apart!

Now, Lu Ran had just entered the fray and already inflicted some damage on the vicious dog, which was undoubtedly extremely heartening.

However, Lu Ran, bold and inexperienced, was not as happy as Captain Ge Bin.

He was still astonished that the vicious dog could actually escape from such a deadly trap.

Wasn't this reaction speed a bit too excessive?

Did it instinctively teleport away the moment its body felt even slight pain?

"Woof!!"

The vicious dog launched its retaliation, barking wildly at the area below.

The surging energy startled Lu Ran; he frantically summoned the Xia Guang Dao in his heart while shouting aloud:

"Down!"

"Hum!"

At this moment, the Xia Guang Dao was still in the scabbard on Lu Ran's back; immediately, it flew down with fierce force.

Consequently, Lu Ran's entire body plummeted downward as well.

Liu Liu Yunlan heard Lu Ran's command and manipulated the holy light branches to give him an extra push.

"Crack!!"

Two rows of canine teeth materialized above Lu Ran's head and snapped shut, shattering several branches in an instant.

Shock upon shock, peril upon peril!

"Woof! Woof!!"

The vicious dog, furious and desperate, possessed Xie Fa·Evil Sense; amidst the dense branches, it precisely located Lu Ran's figure.

"Damn!"

Lu Ran stepped onto a branch, immortal mist churning beneath his feet.

It appeared to be Divine Art·Immortal Hoof.

In reality, it was Xie Fa·Night Dance Alluring the City!

This move even made Captain Ge Bin's face change with astonishment.

The branches below Lu Ran were far too dense; they were the remnants from the earlier hunt for the vicious dog.

Therefore, unable to fall to the ground, Lu Ran could only dart left and right, flash and dodge within the crisscrossing world of branches.

At this moment, Lu Ran's three teammates were absent, leaving only his own first-person perspective.

This time, the audience in the channel was truly in for a treat.

"So, so thrilling, isn't it?"

"Run, run!"

"Wow, can it really squeeze through such a tiny gap?"

"Stop shaking, stop shaking, I get motion sickness in 3D..."

The dense branches suddenly closed up, forming a barrier that also obstructed the vicious dog's line of sight.

"Woof!!"

The vicious dog completely exploded in rage; it immediately shifted its target and flung rows of fangs at the Two Two Biwu tree.

"Crack!"

"Crack!!" The trunk was torn apart by biting, wood chips flying everywhere.

Hidden beneath the cover of many branches, upon a piece of bark, the face of a woman emerged.

At this moment, her expression was extremely ugly; the vicious dog was so frenzied that any single bite might reach her true body here.

"Whoosh~ Whoosh!"

Liu Liu Yunlan manipulated a mass of branches, stabbing them toward the night sky.

With the battle having progressed to this point, no one believed that such straightforward attacks could injure the vicious dog.

But as long as they could disrupt the vicious dog and make it stop its frenzied tearing, it would count as a success.

"Swish~"

As expected, the figure of the vicious dog flickered and vanished.

When it reappeared, it had actually teleported to a position over ten floors up the Wu Lie Building, appearing at the outdoor restaurant where Lu Ran had been.

"Grrr," the vicious dog emitted a deep throaty sound, violently shaking its body, splashing raindrops and blood beads in all directions.

Sniff~

The vicious dog suddenly halted its movement, twitching the tip of its nose.

"Grrr?" The vicious dog suddenly whipped its head around to look behind, its pair of scarlet eyes bursting forth with terrifying light.

The scent of humans.

The scene people were least willing to see had appeared!

The vicious dog, which had been flashing about everywhere, this time appeared at the location of the human shelter!

The soldiers, whose spirits had been constantly tense, spotted the figure of the vicious dog on the monitoring screens immediately.

In an instant, everyone's hearts rose to their throats!

"Lu Ran! Sound of Compassion, Lu Ran!!"

A man's terrified shout came through the invisible earpiece.

The Moon-Watchers do not fear death.

Since choosing to join this unit, they had already tied their heads to their waistbands.

But inside this building, there were still thousands of ordinary citizens!

"Baa!!!"

The vicious dog's movement paused.

Xie Fa·Xie Fa assisted it in still smelling the human scent amidst this torrential rain, and also helped it clearly hear the bleating of the little lamb.

"Swish~"

The figure of the vicious dog vanished, once again appearing in the night sky above the square.

At this moment, Lu Ran had already landed on the ground and retrieved the Cool Night Sword.

"Woof!"

The vicious dog opened its blood-filled maw and flung a volley of vicious teeth over.

Sensing the location of the energy fluctuation, Lu Ran suddenly released mist beneath his feet and darted forward two meters.

"Crack!!"

A piercing sound of snapping jaws came from behind Lu Ran.

"Two seniors, now that the vicious dog is constantly losing blood, let's lure it into close combat to prevent it from darting about everywhere."

While speaking, immortal mist rose again beneath Lu Ran's feet, and he actually retreated backward two meters.

"Crack!!"

Two rows of fangs appeared before him, clamping down fiercely once more.

Compared to his previous haggard appearance of fleeing amidst the lush branches, he now looked terrifyingly composed.

In Liu Liu Yunlan's eyes, this composure had even reached the level of elegance!

This was a Ke Shi Jiang Jing·Stage Five vicious dog!

The absolute peak of Jiang Jing!

This child...

"Sister Liu, temporarily withdraw the branches," Captain Ge Bin suddenly spoke, his gaze burning as he looked at Lu Ran, "Young brother Lu Ran and I will fight this vicious dog!"

"Crack!"

Lu Ran sidestepped to dodge once again, completely unhurried.

Jiang Pin·Vicious Teeth indeed possessed astonishing biting power.

But while it enhanced its output, the energy fluctuation also became greater.

Naturally, Lu Ran could detect it more easily and dodge more conveniently.

His movements were exceptionally fluid; while turning sideways, he held his long sword and tapped the ground before him:

"Baa~"

Provocation maxed out!

Vicious Dog:!!!

Liu Liu Yunlan: "."

There will be another chapter at 22:00.

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