Chapter 431

"Ahhh!!"

As a flash of red swept across the depths of Lu Ran's eyes, the woman let out a shrill scream.

Under the extreme pain, her figure, which had been knocked backward, twisted slightly, and the flowing water battle robe on her body, as well as the Divine Technique·Wind-Shattering Armor she had just activated, all became extremely unstable.

Lu Ran, who was lunging forward at high speed, moved with perfect fluidity.

He held the Rosy Dawn Blade in his right hand and delivered a fierce diagonal slash, while his left hand gripped the Silent Zhan Ye Dao and followed through with a violent forward thrust!

"Stop!"

"Halt!"

Several exclamations, along with the sound of the woman's battle robe shattering, rang out simultaneously.

At the moment of life and death, Kong Jingqi erupted with an astonishing desire to survive!

Enduring the extreme agony of being pierced by ten thousand needles, she no longer cared about anything else and desperately whipped up a tornado beneath her feet.

Lord Bei Feng Divine Technique·Lord Bei Feng Howl!

She attempted to use this method to stop the enemy's attack and disrupt their rhythm.

But Lu Ran...

As his right hand slashed down with the Rosy Dawn Blade, breaking through the enemy's defense, his left hand, which was gripping the Silent Zhan Ye Dao for a fierce forward thrust, suddenly released the hilt.

"Whoosh!"

The Silent Zhan Ye Dao, propelled by the momentum, flew forward to pierce!

A gap remained in the woman's flowing water armor where it had been torn open by the Rosy Dawn Blade.

The Silent Zhan Ye Dao had a clear target, and under Lu Ran's aim, the trajectory was extremely precise!

It followed the tear in the armor and plunged straight into Kong Jingqi's chest.

"Sshh!"

The blade sank into flesh.

Kong Jingqi's head was already splitting with pain, and at this moment, she felt a chill in her heart.

She widened her eyes, looking in disbelief at the young man in the straw raincoat standing in the snow.

The tornado ultimately failed to sweep out; the cold blade had pierced Kong Jingqi's heart, and she no longer had the energy to maintain her Divine Technique.

"Sshh!"

The blade sank into wood!

The Silent Zhan Ye Dao carried the woman backward as it flew, pinning her to a large tree.

Bu Ming's breath hitched.

The other two Lord Bei Feng believers had expressions of shock!

Everything had happened too fast.

One second ago, the young man in the straw raincoat was pushed away by his angry female companion, who told him to get lost.

The next second, Kong Jingqi had already had her armor ripped open, her heart pierced, and been pinned to a tree by the young man in the straw raincoat!

To an outsider, the process seemed so simple.

Lu Ran had merely relied on the advantage of a sneak attack and the power of a Divine Weapon.

In reality, that was not the case!

In places people couldn't see, Lu Ran had unleashed a flurry of techniques!

In this world with a strict hierarchy of levels, even killing someone one small stage higher is difficult.

Yet Lu Ran had pushed his Evil Techniques to the limit!

Evil Technique·Thread-Pulling Pupil provided mental output, causing the opponent's brain to suffer damage, their state to plummet, and both their form and armor to become unstable.

Evil Technique·Evil Agility made Lu Ran's reactions lightning-fast and drastically increased his attack speed!

Evil Technique·Soul-Splitting Force amplified his strength attribute, and combined with the Divine Weapon·Rosy Dawn Blade, it instantly tore through the defenses of a River Estuary Realm·Fifth Stage powerhouse.

Evil Technique·Evil Consciousness assisted the Silent Zhan Ye Dao in aiming its flight path.

Smooth as flowing water, completed in one breath!

Was Lu Ran still just a sinister villain who only succeeded through sneak attacks?

Hmm... yes.

But that wasn't accurate.

Lu Ran was far more sinister and ruthless than anyone had imagined!

"You!" Kong Jingqi still had her eyes wide open.

Until this very moment, she seemed to finally realize that her life was coming to an end.

That noble and dignified aura she possessed dissipated entirely, replaced by endless terror.

Lu Ran looked at the woman; beneath the brim of his straw hat were a pair of cold, chilling eyes.

Profound Heaven Sect did indeed teach me a lot.

Are you satisfied with this "infighting before the battle" move?

"You're tired of living, damn you!"

"You're courting death!" The two Lord Bei Feng disciples were both shocked and furious; they lunged backward into the air, putting distance between themselves and Lu Ran while casting spells in succession.

In an instant, storms and wind blades swept out.

Bu Ming also retreated, but he did not cast any spells.

It looked more like... he was retreating?

A peak powerhouse at the River Estuary Realm·Fifth Stage, facing a young man whose strength realm was inferior to his own, actually chose to retreat?

One must know, Lu Ran had taken the life of their companion at the foot of Blade Ridge Peak!

Was Bu Ming not defending his companion, not defending the face of Blade Ridge Peak, and even disregarding his own dignity, just to run away?

It was truly jaw-dropping!

By comparison, the other two River Estuary Realm·Lord Bei Feng disciples had the normal reaction.

Deng Yuxiang whipped out a string of Night Charm Blades, while Lu Ran flashed away, activating a full-length mirror behind a large tree in the distance.

Bu Ming felt a shock in his heart!

Tele... teleportation?

Bu Ming had deep conflicts with Kong Jingqi and was not as grief-stricken as the other two Lord Bei Feng disciples.

Furthermore, Bu Ming's temples were throbbing; he always felt that this pair of man and woman in straw raincoats was problematic!

A martial artist's intuition made Bu Ming abandon the dignity of a River Estuary Realm powerhouse and choose to retreat. He never imagined that even with such keen senses, he still couldn't seem to escape?

What kind of believer was this young man in the straw raincoat?

More importantly, where did he go?

Bu Ming's backward-flying figure came to a sudden halt, realizing there was an energy fluctuation behind him.

Without a word, he turned and whipped out a string of wind blades.

However, there was no one behind him, only two rows of uneven canine teeth.

"Whoosh~ whoosh~ whoosh~"

For some reason, the sounds of breaking through the air overlapped.

Besides the wind blades Bu Ming had whipped out, there was also a string of flowing water arrows flying in from the snowy forest.

Asha Divine Technique·Linked Heaven Beads!

"Stop! Fellow Daoists, let's talk this over!" Bu Ming shouted loudly, hurriedly whipping out more wind blades.

He knew very well that this string of flowing water arrows must have an automatic tracking effect.

Dodging—he definitely couldn't dodge them.

If he wanted to escape, he had to shatter the arrows!

Bu Ming was trying to seek peace, but who would have thought that the Lord Bei Feng disciples, who were outputting crazily in the forest, would shout angrily:

"This is Blade Ridge Peak! This is not a place for you to run wild; are you all tired of living?"

Bu Ming: "..."

"Crack! Crack!"

Just at this moment, a series of shattering sounds came.

The wind blades and the flowing water arrows flew toward each other, with a strong sense of "diamond cutting diamond."

Yet, just the very first flowing water arrow easily pierced and shattered the entire string of wind blades, unstoppable!

Bu Ming's pupils contracted violently!

This... this was actually a Sea-grade arrow?

Bu Ming hurriedly whipped down a tornado, then turned around in a panic and flew straight toward Blade Ridge Peak.

As he flew, he kept throwing tornadoes backward, trying to interfere with the speed of the arrows.

Alas, the Sea-grade Divine Technique·Linked Heaven Beads had astonishing momentum, piercing through the newly formed tornadoes one after another.

And in the next moment...

Two rows of canine teeth appeared right in front of Bu Ming.

"Crunch!"

In the blink of an eye, Bu Ming tried his best to change direction and flew toward the front right.

And in front of him, a figure suddenly flickered into existence.

Green straw raincoat, straw hat, eyes cold and chilling.

"Gulp." Bu Ming swallowed hard.

At this moment, he no longer had the capacity to think about why the young man in the straw raincoat had so many techniques.

Not only because the situation was critical, but also because his vision blurred, and he fell into a deep red world.

"I... ah!!"

Bu Ming let out a cry of pain.

His limbs and bones felt as if they were being pricked by thousands of needles, and what was truly fatal was the flowing water arrow that struck from behind at the same time.

"Crack! Crack!"

The momentum of the flowing water arrow was too strong; while piercing through Bu Ming's back, it carried him forward, his entire body stretching into the shape of a bow.

And Lu Ran, who was directly in front of Bu Ming, quietly flickered away.

"Ahhh!!" The shrill scream came to an abrupt end.

"Sshh—"

Deng Yuxiang's eyes were sharp, mist churning beneath her feet.

Holding a broken blade, she cut through the path, watching the Lord Bei Feng disciple who was fleeing in a panic while being chased by a barrage of arrows; her blade left a long trail.

Not far away, Jing Hong felt horrified, looking at a corpse that had been pierced until it was riddled with holes.

This Lord Bei Feng disciple's eyes were split with rage, and bright red blood soaked the pristine snowy forest.

Yu Seeing Yu Changsheng gently shook his paper fan, admiring the Ran Sect's Divine General—Xiang Luoying.

Finally!

He could finally return to his support and medical position.

Xiang Luoying raised her head slightly; on the battlefield, she had no hint of gentleness.

Even though the sunset's afterglow painted her figure in warm tones, her eyes, filled with killing intent, still made Jing Hong feel as if she had fallen into an ice cellar.

In this filthy Profound Heaven Sect, from the moment Xiang Luoying became a mother...

Her speed of cultivation and climbing upward had actually become faster.

Her heart had become more resolute.

Her arrows had also become sharper.

"Have you collected them?" Lu Ran galloped over, still holding a black mist orb in his hand.

Eerily, a man's face appeared on the black mist.

Soul-Splitting Evil Technique·Soul Prison!

Deng Yuxiang naturally knew what Lu Ran was talking about, and she looked at the riddled corpse in the distance: "One more is missing!"

Lu Ran opened his horizontal pupils and dashed over directly.

While absorbing the wandering souls, he summoned the ancient bronze mirror: "Everyone, retreat!"

"Someone is coming from the mountain!" Xiang Luoying suddenly spoke, drawing her bow and nocking an arrow.

On the other side of the river, on the towering Blade Ridge Peak.

Several men and women were flying over rapidly.

Leading them was an old man with white hair, his aura surging to the heavens!

One look and you could tell he was no pushover!

"Ignore them for now, let's go!" As Lu Ran gave the order, a magnificent wind blade rapidly emerged in the high sky directly above.

Lord Bei Feng Sect's River Estuary Realm ultimate move·Lord Bei Feng Divine Blade!

The River-grade Divine Blade was about a hundred meters long.

But at this moment, the Divine Blade hanging above everyone's heads was likely a thousand meters in size!

Without a doubt, this was a Sea-grade Divine Technique!

"Hurry, hurry!" Lu Ran urged everyone into the mirror, and finally, he grabbed Yu Seeing Yu Changsheng, who was covering the rear, and took him into the mirror.

The next moment, everyone appeared in a snowy forest a hundred kilometers away.

"Heh..." Lu Ran let out a long sigh of relief.

He was indeed confident, but not arrogant enough to challenge the lair of a sect directly.

How was that any different from courting death?

Lu Ran still felt it wasn't stable enough, so he cast the Evil Technique·Mirror Flower Moon several more times in succession, taking everyone all the way south and hiding in a valley bottom hundreds of kilometers away.

And throughout this journey, he had been holding a black mist orb in his hand.

"Speak! Is Yan Shuangzi at Blade Ridge Peak?" Lu Ran finally stopped his flight and looked at the face on the mist orb.

Bu Ming's expression was gloomy, and he didn't say a word.

A surge of energy churned in Lu Ran's hand.

Soul-Splitting Evil Technique·Soul Fire!

Bu Ming's face immediately twisted, and in just a few seconds, the guy who seemed like a tough man let out a wail: "Ah! Ahhhhhh..."

Lu Ran flipped his left hand and held up another black mist orb: "Nightmare, give me another one."

Deng Yuxiang immediately reached out her palm, and the Rebirth Coin on her wrist trembled slightly.

Everyone could see nothing, until a woman's face appeared on the black mist orb again...

Kong Jingqi screamed: "You! You two! Ah! Ahhh!"

Even someone as strong as Xiang Luoying couldn't help but feel a secret tremor at this scene.

She looked at the soul enduring extreme agony in the Soul Prison, and then raised her eyes to look at the Sect Master.

"Speak!" Lu Ran looked at the black mist orb imprisoning Bu Ming and withdrew the soul fire.

Bu Ming: "Yes! Stop burning, Yan Shuangzi is at Blade Ridge Peak! Please, stop burning!"

Kong Jingqi was still screaming: "I'll say it! You're looking for Yan, Yan Shuang, Zi, she's at... ahhh..."

Lu Ran withdrew the soul fire from both sides, his eyes cold as he looked at Bu Ming: "Why did you lie when I asked before?

And why did your expression change when I mentioned the name Yan Shuangzi?"

Unexpectedly, Bu Ming stopped talking again!

It was hard to imagine that under such torture, Bu Ming still wouldn't tell the whole truth?

What exactly was he hiding...

Before Lu Ran could press further, Kong Jingqi hurriedly shouted: "He's too ashamed to say it! Yan Shuangzi offended someone! She had her eyes gouged out, an arm chopped off, and has been enslaved, tortured, and abused..."

"You!" Deng Yuxiang, who was on guard nearby, turned around and walked over with large strides.

Her face was deathly pale, and her lips were trembling: "You... what did you just say?!"

(End of chapter)