Chapter 280: The Ugly World

In the dark commercial building, Lu Ran sneaks silently, killing the Yan Zhi Ren one by one.

As the Jiye Blade severs the last Yan Zhi head, silence finally returns to the mall.

A wisp of a dead soul drifts away from the Yan Zhi Ren's body, pouncing toward Lu Ran like a madman.

But the hand reaching toward Lu Ran is constantly constrained before a pair of dead sheep eyes, and finally swallowed into the Divine Demon Sculpture Garden.

"Hum!"

Lu Ran feels a jolt in his brain.

Inside the sculpture garden, the Yan Zhi Yemo Yemo Xiesu hums.

Lu Ran cannot help but feel a surge of joy!

Is the Yemo Yemo Xiesu about to advance from River Realm, Third Stage, to River Realm, Fourth Stage?

Yan Zhi Ren, oh Yan Zhi Ren...

If I had known you were coming to see me during the college entrance exam, why would I have begged others for favors to go to Yan Zhi Village and wreak havoc on you last month?

I should have gone to wreak havoc on the Ghost Generals instead!

Lu Ran looks around and quickly arrives in front of a mannequin in the clothing store.

He takes the baseball cap off the male model's head, puts it on his own, and then removes the silk scarf from the female model's neck.

While covering the lower half of his face with the silk scarf, Lu Ran strides out of the commercial building.

Around the plaza, it is chaotic.

Several Yan Zhi Ren are causing trouble, red waves reaching the sky.

When Lu Ran finds his teammates, he happens to see the scene where the quartet achieves victory.

Electric currents spread in the night sky, and several Lotus Flying Swords shuttle rapidly.

The immobilized Yan Zhi Ren is pierced through the head by a string of long swords, spilling blood as she falls from the sky.

"Beautiful!" Lu Ran praises in his heart and immediately darts toward the crowd.

"Lu Ran." Seeing the newcomer, Jiang Ru Yi finally lets go of her hanging heart.

"Brother Lu is back!" Deng Yutang's expression is joyful, his voice impassioned.

Such news makes the others feel even more invigorated.

In the blink of an eye, Lu Ran arrives with the immortal mist, stopping beside them.

"Are you okay, Master?" Tian Tian's expression is concerned, constantly looking Lu Ran up and down.

"Don't worry." Lu Ran's voice is steady and powerful, soothing his teammates' minds.

His gaze sweeps across the battlefield; around the plaza, he sees a full 5 battle groups.

"We are going to help..." Lu Ran hasn't finished speaking when he suddenly lifts his head slightly.

Everyone is startled, thinking a Yan Zhi Ren has arrived, and immediately looks up to search.

However, there is no demon figure in the sky above.

Chang Ying: "Ran-bao?"

The few don't know that Lu Ran's action of lifting his head slightly is to listen carefully.

He hears the sound of crying!

Although not loud, Lu Ran hears it clearly.

He turns around and looks toward the Wu Lie Building, his gaze fixed on the street on the west side of the Wu Lie Building.

"Don't..."

Lu Ran spits out a word softly, his heart trembling violently.

There is also a battle group there.

And the crying sound is coming from Bai Manni.

The girl is grabbing someone's hand, running madly toward the west entrance of the building, as if seeking shelter.

However, the person she is dragging...

Is a ball of flesh.

The person's waist and chest have already been broken, the back of the head is stuck to the buttocks, and the two legs are tightly wrapped around the torso.

A living person has been squeezed into a ball just like that.

Blood is flowing out of his mouth, the scene too gruesome to look at.

Lu Ran recognizes him.

He is a member of Bai Manni's squad, a Seventh-Rank God, Xuan Yuan believer.

He is not tall, only one meter fifty-five, but he has an overbearing name—Hu Dingtian.

Hu Dingtian has an introverted personality and is unremarkable, always a "transparent" person in class.

Lu Ran and this classmate can't be called friends; in fact, they haven't spoken a few words in three years.

But Lu Ran's emotions still surge.

For so long, he has indeed become accustomed to life and death.

But this is the first time Lu Ran has seen someone he knows in his life die on the battlefield with his own eyes.

Tonight is the night of the college entrance exam.

Everyone is about to graduate.

In the future, Hu Dingtian would have been able to leave this cursed city and go to school outside, right?

He... ultimately couldn't make it through this night.

"Manni!" Chang Ying looks into the distance, and under the backdrop of the brilliant neon lights, she finally realizes something.

"Let's go over and support them!" Jiang Ru Yi makes a prompt decision.

Even though there are two Moon-Watching squads on Bai Manni's side, Jiang Ru Yi still gives the order.

"Sss—"

Lu Ran shuttles at high speed, but his heart has already fallen to the bottom.

It's too late.

Lu Ran has already seen Hu Dingtian's dead soul on the street.

Hu Dingtian is a bit at a loss, standing blankly on the zebra crossing, watching everything happening before him.

The Moon-Watching people are entangled with the Ink-Eating Demon, divine techniques and evil techniques appearing frequently.

Bai Manni is crying her heart out, dragging the corpse.

Another female team member smashes open the door, clearing the way for Bai Manni.

Qian Hao's eyes are splitting, his fat face flushed red, following behind the corpse, crawling and rolling.

His hands are glowing with a fluorescent green light, still trying to heal the corpse's injuries.

Even though everyone knows that it is already a corpse without any sign of life.

All of this is so unreal.

Like a nightmare, a nightmare from which one can never wake up.

"Run, don't worry about me, run!"

Hu Dingtian suddenly speaks, clenching his fists and shouting loudly.

Because Qian Hao, who is crawling behind his corpse, is also starting to twist unnaturally.

"Baa~~~"

A sheep's bleat sounds abruptly.

Hu Dingtian hurriedly turns his head to look, seeing an existence he considers a god.

Lu Ran!

Lu Ran has come.

A glimmer of hope rises in Hu Dingtian's eyes; he knows Qian Hao can be saved.

At the same time, on the roof of the electronic mall across the street, a Yan Zhi Ren holding a paper doll turns to look at the newcomer.

Hu Dingtian: "Quickly take them into the shelter, quick, Lu Ran, help them, send them to..."

Lu Ran suddenly turns around and rushes straight toward his classmates: "Okay."

Hu Dingtian's eyes widen suddenly!

He... Lu Ran... what did he say?

Is he talking to me?

All along, Hu Dingtian, like everyone else, has looked at Lu Ran from afar, watching him ascend step by step to become a heaven-favored one.

Hu Dingtian had also thought about asking Lu Ran for advice, learning movement techniques, and receiving some guidance, but...

Every time, Hu Dingtian, who mustered up the courage, stopped at the very last moment.

Afraid of being ignored?

Afraid of being rejected?

Afraid of disturbing Lu Ran?

Don't know, maybe all of them.

Lu Ran is too dazzling, only suitable for looking up to from afar.

"Sss—"

Lu Ran shuttles, pushing Qian Hao, along with the corpse and Bai Manni, into the Wu Lie Building.

"Ran, Brother Ran?" Qian Hao's arms are twisted, and he turns his head foolishly, looking at Lu Ran.

"Lu Ran..." Bai Manni is tearful, sitting on the ground, looking up at Lu Ran foolishly.

"Go to the shrine, don't go out." As Lu Ran turns to leave, he pulls off his hat and tears off the gauze covering his face.

This disguise was something he had just put on, but at this moment, it is thrown away completely.

"Be careful! Brother Ran!" Qian Hao shouts loudly.

Lu Ran has already reached the west entrance of the building.

Before he broke into the building, he had cast the Divine Technique: Sound of Sorrow, so at this moment, several Yan Zhi Ren are attacking the west entrance.

Fortunately, the Moon-Watching troops have sufficient strength and did not let the demons invade the building.

"Kill her, Lu Ran, kill her quickly." Hu Dingtian drifts toward Lu Ran uncontrollably, clenching his fists and saying repeatedly.

"Hmm." Lu Ran responds in a low voice, immortal mist permeating beneath his feet.

Hu Dingtian opens his mouth slightly.

Is Lu Ran really responding to him, really talking to him?

Hu Dingtian stares blankly at Lu Ran, never having imagined that when he finally spoke to Lu Ran...

It would be after death.

"Sss—"

Lu Ran brushes past a Moon-Watching person, even passing through Hu Dingtian's dead soul, killing straight toward the Ink-Eating Demon on the street.

Because Lu Ran is too fast, Hu Dingtian is not sucked into the Pupil of the Death Realm.

Hu Dingtian follows Lu Ran's figure uncontrollably, flying backward, and hurriedly turns to look.

He sees Lu Ran and a Yan Zhi Ren infinitely close to each other.

"Hiss!" The Yan Zhi Ren's beautiful eyes are bright, her face full of excitement.

But seeing Lu Ran so murderous, the Yan Zhi Ren suppresses the desire in her heart and hurriedly raises her hand.

"Whew~"

The bright red ceremonial robes sweep over.

Under normal circumstances, Lu Ran would be rolled up by this wedding dress and captured alive.

"Sss—"

Lu Ran's speed increases abruptly, leaving everyone dumbfounded!

He adopts a 100-meter sprint posture, letting the red wedding dress sweep over his head.

That pitch-black Jiye Blade stabs straight into the Yan Zhi Ren's heart.

Ran Sect Blade Technique, First Form: Asking the Moon!

The Yan Zhi Ren's expression freezes, and she looks down in disbelief at the blade inserted in her chest.

A Yan Zhi Ren who has suffered a fatal wound cannot cast the Evil Technique: Paper Substitute.

Lu Ran doesn't give her too much chance to be stunned; he twists his wrist, the blade pointing upward, and performs a fierce upward slash.

In an instant, the Yan Zhi Ren is split into two from chest to head.

Blood splashes all over Lu Ran's face.

However, he has no time to delay; listening to the violent wind, he stomps heavily and darts to the side.

Red waves cover the sky and smash down.

Street lamps, storefronts, asphalt roads, and everything else are smashed to pieces, thick dust permeating the air.

The other 2 Yan Zhi Ren have already abandoned the other humans, searching for Lu Ran's figure in the dust stirred up on the ground.

It is in the moment they are distracted that various divine techniques strike, killing one Yan Zhi Ren.

The other Yan Zhi Ren reacts fast enough, immediately casting the Evil Technique: Yan Zhi Sleeve, absorbing endless output.

It has the momentum of all rivers flowing into the sea!

"Baa~"

Just at this moment, the sheep's bleat sounds again.

The Yan Zhi Ren seems bewitched, looking toward the direction the sound came from again.

In the permeating dust, she vaguely sees Lu Ran's figure.

But for this one glance, she pays the price with her life.

"Lu Ran, can you help me?"

Hu Dingtian's voice carries a tremor, his face full of pleading.

Lu Ran turns his eyes to look at the flying Hu Dingtian.

One look again raises hope in Hu Dingtian's eyes, a longing for life:

"Lu Ran, you are so powerful, you must be able to save me, you must be able to!"

Lu Ran is silent.

"Lu Ran, help me, my dad is still waiting for me at home, he still wants to hold a graduation banquet for me..."

"Go well." Lu Ran says in a low voice.

Hu Dingtian stops speaking, the hope in his eyes disappearing without a trace, leaving only a bitter face:

"No, can't you? Sorry to bother you."

A sourness surges in Lu Ran's heart, and he turns his head to look aside.

However, the dead soul must eventually pass through his eyes and enter the sculpture garden.

Lu Ran lowers his head slightly, covering his eyes with one hand, feeling the dead soul pass through his fingers and surge into his pupils.

Classmate,

I will carry your share and flip this ugly world upside down.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 281 =====