Chapter 459: Let's Have a Nice Chat!

"Speak!" Lu Ran shouted sternly, temporarily extinguishing the soul fire.

On the black mist cluster, the man's face was twisted, his eyes bulging as if they were about to pop out of their sockets.

This alone showed exactly what kind of torture this person had endured.

Yet, contrary to Lu Ran's expectations, the man remained completely silent?

"Oh ho?" Lu Ran sneered coldly. "So you're a tough guy?"

Fine!

Then I'd like to see just how long you can stay tough!

"Whoosh~" Inside the soul prison cluster, the soul fire flared up again.

Pitch-black flames shot high, thick black fire swaying wildly.

"Ah! Aah! Aaaah..." Wretched, piercing screams struck once more.

Meanwhile, Lu Ran issued a command in his mind: 【Xia Guang Dao, continue patrolling, with focus on the cliff areas.】

The Xia Guang Dao immediately departed, piercing through the tunnel filled with crushed rocks and flying out at high speed.

【Da Da Mengyan, enemies have been discovered at Sea Cliff; notify everyone below to strengthen vigilance.】

Just as Lu Ran finished transmitting his voice, he added: 【Also, tell the Sinful Mirror Demon clan to accelerate the refresh rate of the Fate-Tethering Mirrors! The enemies have killed their way to our doorstep; why haven't they shown any reaction whatsoever?】

【Yes!】 Deng Deng Yuxiang's voice was grave.

Lu Ran looked coldly at the departed soul in his palm.

This man is truly tough; being roasted by soul fire that scorches the very soul, yet he can endure it for so long?

"Stop! Aaaah, you *** demonic cultist! You will die a horrible death! You will die a horrible death!!"

"Heh." Lu Ran let out a scoffing laugh.

Never mind that I am not a demonic cultist; even if I were, so what?

Does being a believer of a god make you noble?

You engage in sinister and vicious schemes; how do you still have the face to judge others?!

"Whoosh~"

Divine power surged in Lu Ran's hand, making the soul fire even more intense.

"Aaaah! We won't let you go! You will die! You will die, aaaaah—"

Lu Ran remained silent, watching the departed soul struggle painfully and scream wretchedly.

Time ticked by.

For a soul undergoing the roasting of soul fire, every single second was extreme pain and torment.

Suddenly, the tough guy's screams of anger and curses turned into cries of weeping.

Maybe half a minute?

No, it seems still a bit short of that.

Lu Ran pressed his lips together; he lasted at least over twenty seconds, I suppose.

That makes him a real man, at least.

"How many of you are there?" Lu Ran asked again, the soul fire not ceasing.

"You will die! You *** go die, aaaaah!"

Lu Ran nodded silently; this was indeed the first time he had encountered such a hard nut to crack.

【Sect Master!】 Suddenly, Deng Deng Yuxiang's voice came through his mind.

【Speak.】

【From Long You, enemies have been discovered again; disciples of Yan Qing are here at the beach!】

"No! Don't, aaaaah! I'll talk, I'll talk, boo-hoo-hoo..."

The words in Lu Ran's mind and the sounds heard by his ears overlapped.

The tough guy inside the soul prison cluster had finally reached his limit of endurance, completely broken by the torture.

The screams of anger and curses had turned into cries of weeping and begging for mercy.

The speed of this change in attitude caught one completely off guard.

Speaking strictly in terms of cruelty, demonic beings can generally be divided into three categories.

The first category consists of those with low intelligence, bloodthirsty and murder-loving.

To be honest, falling into the hands of such demons counts as a stroke of luck amidst misfortune for humans.

At least death comes quickly!

The second category includes cruel types like the Thread-Pulling Shadows and Rouge Paper Men, who take pleasure in torturing and abusing humans.

Humans will eventually be tortured to death by them, abused in body and spirit, the process causing unbearable pain.

But even this is not the worst outcome.

The most tragic fate for humans is encountering demons like the Sinful Mirror Demons or the Lie Hun Mo, capable of torturing the soul itself!

At this moment, Lu Ran, to a certain extent, belonged to this third category of demon!

It is no exaggeration to say that in front of Lu Ran, a man who can truly hold out for thirty seconds...

... is worthy of being called a true man!

"Stop! Stop, boo-hoo-hoo, I'll talk! I'll say everything, aaaaah!!"

"How many people." Lu Ran did not extinguish the soul fire.

"F-f-four, don't burn... please, stop..."

"Besides yourself, how many." Lu Ran remained unmoved.

"Three! Three, three, three!!"

"What believers, what realm?" Lu Ran asked in a deep voice, the soul fire continuing to burn.

"Yan Qing. Jiang Jing second to third stage, I beg you, know my mistake! Stop, stop..."

【There are still three Yan Qing disciples, mid-stage Jiang Jing.】 Lu Ran immediately reported the information, dispersed the Soul Prison in his hand, and opened a pair of cold, horizontal pupils.

The dead souls wailed as Lu Ran drew them into his pupils.

Lu Ran was naturally no evil demon who took pleasure in torturing people; having obtained the intelligence, he only thought of immediately joining the battle to protect his Cloud Sea Cliff.

As the dead souls entered his pupils, Lu Ran's figure flashed, and he stood atop the sea cliff.

Thick mist filled the world, obscuring vision.

The sound of waves rumbled loudly, while the noise of violent wind and rain was chaotic.

The combination of multiple factors greatly affected the performance of the Xie Fa technique, Evil Consciousness.

However, in this pitch-black stormy night, a faint golden light rose from the sea reefs below the cliff!

Undoubtedly, that was Yu Seeing Yu Changsheng's Dragon Carp Divine Art: Rain-Praying Carp.

The pale golden little dragon carp descended beams of golden light, purifying all abnormal states within their range and providing perception for Yu Seeing Yu Changsheng.

Lu Ran's figure flashed, plunging alone into the range of the golden fine rain, while shouting loudly, "Mr. Cong Long?"

"Killed two, one more is trying to escape! Into the sea!" Yu Seeing Yu Changsheng shouted back equally loudly.

Lu Ran's heart grew solemn.

What a formidable One Sea Realm expert, having killed two?

He estimated that in a single encounter, he had directly swallowed the enemies with his terrifying school of fish.

Before the vast ocean, Jiang Jing believers were indeed fragile and vulnerable.

"Whoosh~"

Though many thoughts raced through Lu Ran's mind, his actions were not slow; countless illusory little ink carp suddenly diffused from within his body, swimming in all directions.

Xiao Xiao Mo Li Xie Fa: Xiao Xiao Mo Li Filling the Sky!

This method was a domain-type technique; at the Jiang Pin stage, its radius was about 50 meters.

It shared similar effects with the Dragon Carp Divine Art: Rain-Praying Carp.

Every illusory little ink carp was connected to Lu Ran's perception, collecting all information within the domain and feeding it all back to Lu Ran.

It was worth mentioning that this method was lower grade than the Divine Art: Rain-Praying Carp!

Because the Xie Fa technique, Xiao Xiao Mo Li Filling the Sky, possessed only a perception effect and lacked any purifying effect.

"Splash!" Lu Ran plunged headfirst into the sea.

Xiao Xiao Mo Li Xie Fa: Dance of the Xiao Xiao Mo Li!

Black gauze in a spiral pattern wrapped around Lu Ran, carrying him as he wandered freely through the sea.

Dense rows of illusory little ink carp shook their heads and wagged their tails, drifting off in all directions.

Lu Ran surged forward rapidly, when suddenly his heart stirred!

Several little ink carp seemed to have bumped into something extraordinary?

For ordinary people, a Yan Qing disciple who had activated the "Clear Water Body" naturally had no difference from seawater, having already merged with the greater environment.

But for the illusory little ink carp, could that "Clear Water Body" filled with divine power fluctuations be the same as ordinary seawater?

In an instant, Lu Ran gripped the Ba Huang Dao in one hand, his figure flashing away abruptly.

"Hiss!"

Situated in the sea, Lu Ran stabbed his blade into the "water."

Nothing appeared before Lu Ran; he seemed to be acting madly, yet in truth, he knew clearly that the Eight Desolations Blade had already pierced into the enemy's body!

Drawing on experience from the previous encounter, even as Lu Ran thrust the blade forward, he had already released four strands of black mist from his hand.

Evil Spear Emperor Xie Fa: Evil Cloud Entanglement!

Instantly, the man who had merged with the seawater's complexion changed drastically!

Without hesitation, he immediately activated the Divine Art: Thousand Whips of Clear Water.

But Lu Ran already possessed experience fighting Yan Qing disciples; the moment he thrust out the four strands of black mist, he flashed away.

Yan Qing disciples were truly the main force of naval warfare!

Their entire Shen De Ji Fa manifested in water forms; even the water whips they swept out merged with the great sea, making them impossible to guard against.

Unable to defend?

Then I will stay farther away!

Lu Ran appeared over forty meters away, still diffusing illusory little ink carp from his body to perceive the enemy's location.

"Huff~ huff~"

Wrapped in black gauze, Lu Ran swayed left and right in the water, dodging repeatedly.

With the aid of the endless little ink carp and his Evil Consciousness, he dodged the wildly sweeping water whips while maintaining a distance of over forty meters from the enemy.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

Lu Ran suddenly changed his movement; while thrusting his blade forward, his figure flashed.

Ran Sect Blade Technique, Third Form: Shining Star!

"Hiss!"

Lu Ran abruptly appeared behind the enemy!

The Ba Huang Dao stabbed directly into the back of the man's skull, the cold blade piercing out from between his eyebrows, trailing bright red blood.

The man widened his eyes, his pupils contracting violently!

Meanwhile, inside and outside his body, he remained entangled by four strands of black mist.

The black mist strands truly resembled vicious snakes; even though the target was already dead, they still strove to disrupt the divine power within the body, hindering the corpse from casting spells.

It must be said, the Evil Spear Emperor's clan is truly domineering!

【Da Da Mengyan, come to the reef and collect the souls.】 Lu Ran summoned the Soul Prison while transmitting the message mentally.

【I am right here with Cong Long.】

【Mm.】 Lu Ran gathered the black mist orbs, imprisoned the dead souls, and hurried back at high speed.

The mist summoned by Xun Xun Yifei's breakthrough was indeed too disruptive to vision; even at Ink Sea Bay, mist drifted about.

"Splash!"

Lu Ran leaped out, sending spray flying in all directions.

He landed steadily on the reef beside Yu Seeing Yu Changsheng and swiftly searched for the dead souls of the other two enemies.

Hindered by the heavy rain and the mist, he unexpectedly could not find them for a moment.

Fortunately, Lu Ran possessed the Pupils of the Death Realm; as long as he was within a certain range, dead souls would be automatically drawn over.

"Sect Master?" Yu Seeing Yu Changsheng asked with concern, speaking urgently.

"Mr., rest assured, I am fine; the enemies are dead." Lu Ran gathered the black mist orbs, his horizontal pupils wide open as he strained to see clearly in all directions.

Beside him, Deng Deng Yuxiang extended her hand, revealing the fragment of a Dharma Artifact on her wrist—the Reincarnation Coin.

Lu Ran did not disperse the Soul Prison but suddenly looked up.

Amidst the noisy sound of wind and rain, he faintly heard bursts of shouting.

Lu Ran's vision had originally been obstructed, yet the panicked cries of the dead souls instead helped him confirm the direction.

He firmly grasped Deng Deng Yuxiang's arm, guiding her wrist toward the direction from which two dead souls were flying.

Deng Deng Yuxiang understood immediately and promptly activated the Reincarnation Coin.

As the two souls were sealed into the Reincarnation Coin, Lu Ran ordered, "You all return and continue to stand guard; I will have a chat with him."

Chat with whom?

Lu Ran's hand was still holding a black mist orb!

Within it was a man's terrified face.

Lu Ran's expression turned gloomy; toying with the Soul Prison mist orb in his hand, he flew straight toward the bottom of the cliff.

You've killed your way to my home?

We two really need to have a good chat!

(End of Chapter)