Chapter 464: Long Time No See

With the Solitary Night Blade present, Lu Ran naturally knew everything that had transpired here.

He gazed up at He Qi standing tall in the distance and said, "Thanks."

He Qi snorted, tilting up his heroic and spirited face with an air of arrogance.

You damn thing!

You're finally willing to show yourself?

You arrived quite quickly!

It seems this woman in white robes is truly very important to you?

He Qi's gaze swept over the crowd clad in green rain capes and bamboo hats, naturally noticing that several among them possessed formidable strength!

Lu Ran indeed does not lie; among his subordinates, there are indeed several great experts of the Sea Realm.

The more he looked, the more envious He Qi became.

Consequently, the look in her eyes as she gazed at Lu Ran grew even more fervent.

If one day I could bring that dog Ran under my command, wouldn't my Great Wind Hall take off?

"Mr.!" Cold sweat beaded on Dai Dai Tianming's forehead as he made his final struggle, "There is indeed some misunderstanding here!

We did not know this woman's specific identity; we only knew she was a believer of Divine Lie Tian. Surely you also know that the Lietianyi Sect..."

Lu Ran could no longer hear the other party's words.

His gaze fell upon Si Si Xianxian.

Since Lu Ran arrived at Holy Lingshan, nearly half a year had passed, and he had fully adapted to this place.

To avoid longing and to avoid exposing his vulnerable side, he had severed his inner connection with the outside world, daring not to think deeply about the mortal realm anymore.

And now, Lu Ran had encountered a special person.

A person close enough.

A person capable of truly stirring his memories of growth.

In a daze, Lu Ran seemed to see one Si Si Xianxian after another through this slender figure.

The girl who stood up for him in the Demon Cave, Evil Dog Village, raising her palm to slap the bully hard across the face.

The girl wearing a white down jacket and a pink rabbit-ear hat, standing outside the window of his small bedroom, giggling as she tapped on the glass.

The girl draped in a woolen coat, wearing black high heels, standing before the high-speed train carriage door, refusing to disembark in a huff and glaring fiercely at him.

The girl carrying a suitcase, trotting eagerly to follow him up Lady Luo Sister Xian Mountain, gazing idiotically at the sunset glow and murmuring that it was so beautiful here...

In the years of Lu Ran's growth, all those figures belonging to her ultimately merged into the woman before his eyes.

Her hair was disheveled, and she looked utterly wretched.

Her eyes were slightly reddened, and her face seemed to carry a hint of grievance.

Several gashes had torn open her left calf; blood had dyed her trouser leg red, flesh turned outward, revealing stark white bone.

The wound was horrifying to behold.

Lu Ran drew the Eight Desolations Annihilation Blade with his left hand and gripped the floating Rosy Light Blade with his right, pointing forward:

"Kill."

"Mr.!" Dai Dai Tianming felt his heart about to leap out of his chest and shouted sternly, "I am the Hall Master of Hidden Wolf Forest; you had better think this through!

It is better to resolve enemies than to tie knots! This misunderstanding..."

"This one who speaks." Lu Ran bent his legs slightly, twirling the blade in his hand, "Is mine!"

Dai Dai Tianming's pupils contracted sharply!

"Hiss—"

Mist churned beneath Lu Ran's feet as he shot straight forward, his wide rain cape fluttering loudly.

Seeing this scene, Dai Dai Tianming couldn't help but feel stunned!

This youth's killing intent was astonishing, his momentum fierce; he had thought him some powerful god believer, but this...

A Xiang Xiang Xianyang believer?

Are you here to play around?

"Hiss—"

Lu Ran's speed suddenly increased, shifting from second gear to fourth gear, directly elevating his Stream Artifact Immortal Hooves to Zhijiang Pin Immortal Hooves.

First Form of the Ran Gate Blade Technique: Questioning the Moon!

From Ghost Moon Mountain, apprenticed to the Ghost Moon Fox!

Dai Dai Tianming indeed looked down upon the disciples of the Ninth-Rank God, Xiang Xiang Xianyang, but among the mysterious figures in conical hats and rain capes, there were after all several great experts of the Sea Realm.

Naturally, he would not let his guard down.

This tension and vigilance saved Dai Dai Tianming's life!

As Lu Ran's speed suddenly surged, Dai Dai Tianming, aided by the Greedy Wolf Divine Art: Wolf Sense, reacted instantly.

The Greedy Wolf Divine Art: Wolf Agility made Dai Dai Tianming's movements extremely swift!

Dai Dai Tianming held a short blade in his right hand, attempting to block the horizontally slashing Tang Dao, while holding another short blade in his left hand, poised to slash fiercely across.

The plan was perfect, but...

A crisp "Ding!" rang out!

Dai Dai Tianming only felt numbness in his Hukou; a tremendous force transmitted from the short blade—had his short blade actually been chopped off?

Where did this youth get such terrifying strength?

However, Dai Dai Tianming had no time to ponder; in the flash of lightning and spark of flint, the blade light flashed!

The moment the Rosy Light Blade struck the broken blade, it slashed fiercely toward Dai Dai Tianming's neck.

The hand with which Dai Dai Tianming thrust his blade forward was, under Lu Ran's immense force, folded back along with his arm and smashed into his own face.

This actually saved his life once again!

"Hiss!"

The blade pierced the armor!

Jiang Pin's Water Flow Armor, under the combined operation of a second-tier divine weapon and the power of Divine Lie Tian, was clearly not enough to withstand it!

The Water Flow Armor on Dai Dai Tianming's forearm was directly sliced open.

Consequently, the flesh and blood of his forearm were torn apart, the wound so deep the bone was visible!

"Aaaah!" Dai Dai Tianming let out a miserable scream.

While flying backward, he endured the excruciating pain and instinctively entered stealth mode.

Greedy Wolf Divine Art · Wolf Concealment!

Lu Ran's expression turned gloomy; relentless, he followed the sound of the wind, and immortal mist rose beneath his feet once more!

"Pop~"

Suddenly, a wonderful sound like fish blowing bubbles came from the battlefield.

It was not Lu Ran's Ink Carp Xie Fa, but rather Yu Fish Changsheng who had summoned the Rain-Praying Carp; at this current stage, Lu Ran did not wish to expose his secrets before the crowd from Wuji Peak.

A pale golden fish roamed the sky, praying down a fine golden rain.

Yu Fish Changsheng sensed the battlefield environment and unleashed a Dragon Carp Break toward the side!

"Roar!"

Amidst the fine golden rain, several small sea dragons appeared, while countless suspended water droplets spread outward.

A Sha Shen Fa · Sea Dragon Domain!

"Thrum!"

This was the sound of a bowstring trembling.

Xiang Xiang Luoying gripped the bow handle with her left hand, her eyes cold, sensing everything within a hundred-meter radius.

A series of arrows shot out rapidly, killing into the empty air.

One had to admit, the stealth techniques of the Greedy Wolf faction were truly powerful.

This method not only allowed the caster to become invisible but also concealed their aura and hid the fluctuations of divine power within their body!

This was also one of the reasons why, although the Greedy Wolf faction lacked Jiang Jing ultimate moves, the deity Greedy Wolf could firmly occupy the third row.

If the believers of the Witch Crow faction were scouts with relatively weak combat capabilities,

then the believers of the Greedy Wolf faction were all-around reconnaissance soldiers with formidable combat power!

Such highly functional believers were not even worthy of being possessed by the Moon-Watchers unit of Rain Alley City!

They were all contributed to the major cities.

As for tiny Rain Alley City... hmm, you can be assigned a few Witch Crow believers.

Alright, go play.

The Greedy Wolf disciples were indeed skilled at stealth, but ultimately, they were invisible, not ethereal!

Golden beams of light, water droplets, and sea dragons could naturally outline their bodily contours!

"Ah!!" A scream came suddenly.

A volley of arrows forced an invisible figure out, forcibly piercing through his Water Flow Armor and penetrating the target's heart!

Blood sprayed into the air!

The man, now revealed, flew backward together with the arrows piercing his body.

Xiang Xiang Luoying,

a true god of slaughter!

The first kill for the Ran Sect was taken by her, and the second and third kills were likewise claimed by her!

Seeing Xiang Xiang Luoying holding the Colorful Bow, she suddenly swept it horizontally.

With a "Thrum" of resonant sound.

This time, what shot out from the Colorful Bow was no longer a series of arrows, but a row of small sea dragons!

Hai Pin Shen Fa · Thousand Shadows of the Sea Dragon!

A full 32 small sea dragons spread out in a 180-degree fan shape before Xiang Xiang Luoying, roaring as they charged forward to kill.

The scene was incredibly magnificent!

Two enemies whose bodies were shattered by the sea dragons, revealing their forms, looked utterly miserable.

"Hiss," on the small hill, Yin Yin Tianlong sucked in a cold breath.

Damn it!

Such fierce believers of Divine Divine Asha, such terrifying Bu De Hai Jing experts!

Is this the strength of the Ran Sect?

"Ah!"

"Aaaah!" Screams came one after another.

Yin Yin Tianlong felt his eyes could not keep up with the rhythm of the battle.

Over there, the astonishingly massive school of Dragon Carp fish seemed ready to swallow the entire mountain forest, swallowing up the Greedy Wolf disciples who fled in panic without choosing a path.

Over here, water whips were densely packed, indiscriminately lashing out two invisible figures.

Did the Greedy Wolf disciples not want to run?

No, a tall figure had stalled their fleeing steps!

She was also a believer of Xiang Xiang Xianyang!

Mist churned beneath her feet as she darted rapidly across the battlefield, while the broken blade in her hand always managed to precisely force the Greedy Wolf disciples out of their hiding spots in empty areas!

They were even being forced to return to the battlefield.

In merely a few seconds, seven of the eight hall members under Dai Dai Tianming's command were already dead!

Apart from Dai Dai Tianming himself, only one Greedy Wolf disciple remained—the one stationed as a lookout far away who had fled early.

Was this a battle?

No!

This was a Ming Hai Jing crushing a Named River Estuary Realm with overwhelming force!

This was an outright massacre!

Just how important was that female disciple of Divine Lie Tian?

Had Lu Ran brought the entire Ran Sect with him?

"Ahhh! No, don't, don't, ahhhh!" A piercing scream suddenly erupted from the distant mountain forest.

Had the lookout been slaughtered too?

He Qi couldn't help but clench his fists tightly.

Were there still people from the Ran Sect?

Hiding in the shadows?

They were leaving not a single survivor.

Over ten seconds earlier, in the distant mountain forest.

A woman fleeing in panic suddenly halted her steps and thrust the dagger in her hand fiercely forward.

Yan Yan Shuangzi abruptly appeared, her Evil Moon Crescent Blade clashing violently with the dagger.

"Get lost!!" The Greedy Wolf female disciple, frantic with desperation, waved her dagger like a mad dog.

Yan Yan Shuangzi swung her crescent blade repeatedly; within a short span, they exchanged several moves, yet she was steadily retreating.

Finally, she leaped backward hastily, attempting to create distance.

The Greedy Wolf female disciple's eyes turned sinister and ruthless; she had already gauged that her opponent's strength, speed, and other aspects were all inferior by a margin—clearly, this was a first-stage believer of the Named River Estuary Realm.

Moreover, the opponent was very likely a disciple of the Demonic Evil Dog!

If she didn't kill this person, she would be entangled forever!

The Greedy Wolf female disciple, both anxious and furious, felt immense crisis from the several Ming Hai Jing experts on the battlefield, forcing her to exert her full strength against the enemy.

The Greedy Wolf female disciple immediately closed in, stabbing wildly.

As Yan Yan Shuangzi leaped backward, she slashed her Evil Moon Crescent Blade fiercely across her front!

The Greedy Wolf female disciple bared ferocious light in her eyes, precisely controlling the distance, allowing the crescent blade to sweep past her waist—however...

The blade had swept past, yet its tip had left behind a dark, waning moon suspended in midair!

Divine Weapon Domain: Waning Moon!

At such close range, no matter how fast the Greedy Wolf female disciple reacted, inertia had already carried her through the black, curved arc hovering in midair.

Her body had passed through.

But she was severed at the waist, split into two halves.

The Greedy Wolf female disciple did not die immediately.

Clutching the ground with both hands, propping up her upper torso, her face twisted in agony, she screamed and cried out: "Ahhh! No, don't, don't, ahhhh!"

Yan Yan Shuangzi frowned tightly.

With her Demonic Awareness maxed out, the Greedy Wolf female disciple's screams were unbearably piercing.

Yan Yan Shuangzi stepped forward, surging with murderous intent in her heart, and stomped down heavily!

"Crack!"

The sound of a skull shattering made one's teeth ache and flesh hurt.

The entire world finally fell silent.

Yan Yan Shuangzi flashed away, hiding once again behind a tree, listening intently.

The Greedy Wolf disciples in their invisible state emitted no aura, not even fluctuations of divine power.

But as long as they fled, there would inevitably be footsteps.

While Yan Yan Shuangzi over here searched for possible deserters, Lu Ran's battle group on the main battlefield had entered a white-hot phase!

Dai Dai Tianming truly lived up to his title as a Hall Master; he was indeed powerful!

Possessing the strength of a fifth-stage Named River Estuary Realm, in terms of physical agility alone, he was even a notch superior to Lu Ran, who was only at the third stage of the Named River Estuary Realm.

It was not just physical strength, but also strength amplified by divine techniques!

However, this was Dai Dai Tianming's only advantage.

Lu Ran possessed the Immortal Hooves, making his movement speed faster than his opponent's, leaving Dai Dai Tianming in despair, utterly unable to escape Lu Ran's pursuit.

Lu Ran possessed the power of Divine Lie Tian, holding an absolute advantage in strength that left Dai Dai Tianming with no way to resist!

Lu Ran furthermore possessed a divine weapon, razor-sharp!

What did Dai Dai Tianming have to survive with?

"Wait! Mr., let's talk!"

Dai Dai Tianming's plea for mercy cut off abruptly, accompanied by a piercing scream, as a forearm was sliced off!

The cross-section of the severed arm was perfectly neat; it fell to the ground, gushing forth streams of fresh blood.

All along, Lu Ran seemed to be outsmarting and battling thin air.

Because Dai Dai Tianming was still maintaining the Divine Technique: Wolf Concealment, seemingly still harboring an unrealistic dream of finding even a sliver of a chance to completely hide, making himself unfindable to Lu Ran...

"Wait?" Lu Ran, holding the Xia Guang Dao in his left hand and the Eight Desolations Annihilation Blade in his right, hacked wildly at Dai Dai Tianming!

The Greedy Wolf believers, renowned throughout the world for their agility, were mockingly referred to by the populace as: acting like mad dogs.

Attention!

It's only a resemblance!

But Lu Ran is a truly mad dog!

Just how mad has he gone?

Even the gray wolf shadow summoned by Dai Dai Tianming, Lu Ran doesn't need to deliberately dodge.

Because he's nearly slaughtered Dai Dai Tianming to pieces!

Every time the gray wolf shadow lunges, Lu Ran has already left his original spot, charging at Dai Dai Tianming, moving forward for who knows how many meters.

"Sss! Sss! Sss!"

The dual blades slash continuously, the sound of the water-flow armor being ripped open, the sound of flesh being torn apart, dense and unceasing!

"I surrender! I surren... Wait, please!"

"Wait for what?" Lu Ran's pupils were cold as a forest, his tone icy, "Don't you know the rules of Holy Lingshan very well? I know them too!"

"You!" Dai Dai Tianming's eyes bulged until the veins nearly burst, unleashing a terrifying will to survive.

Divine Art · Wolf Perception maxed out!

Divine Art · Wolf Agility maxed out!

The Greedy Wolf disciple frantically dodged, swaying left and right, invisible, blood spurting in gushes from his severed arm.

Evil Art · Evil Perception maxed out!

Evil Art · Evil Agility maxed out!

The Master of Evil Dogs closed in; who the hell doesn't have perception anymore? Who the hell doesn't have swiftness anymore?

On the small hill, He Qi clenched his fists in excitement!

Watching live on-site is far more exhilarating than watching on a recording.

Ran Dog is truly fierce!

"Holy crap..." Yin Yin Tianlong murmured, watching Lu Ran's extremely aggressive posture, he suddenly thought of something, and his body shivered.

The two elders, Gu and Jin, exchanged a covert glance, seeing a trace of horror in each other's eyes.

Previously, the two of them had executed a mission together with Lu Ran and Yu Fish Changsheng for half a month.

But back then, Lu Ran only used the Divine Weapon Domain to back up the squad, not intervening until critical moments.

Look at him now!

A Xiang Xiang Xianyang believer at the mid-stage of Jiang Jing chasing and slaughtering a Greedy Wolf believer at the peak of Jiang Jing, face-to-face?

Is this the caliber of the "First Genius of Great Xia"?

"Sss—"

Just as Lu Ran closed in, getting close to Dai Dai Tianming, a burst of immortal mist suddenly erupted beneath his feet!

He held the blade horizontally before him, made no slashing motion, and the entire person launched like a spring!

Ran Gate Blade Technique, Second Form · Startling Moon!

"Sss!"

The blade edge pierced the armor!

"Buzz!"

Lu Ran and Dai Dai Tianming's figures crossed; the Xia Guang Dao vibrated with a hum, a brilliant flash of light passed in an instant!

The sharp blade broke through the water-flow armor, instantly sweeping across Dai Dai Tianming's Adam's apple.

"Urgh."

Dai Dai Tianming's pupils contracted violently!

Lu Ran accelerated to a sudden stop, stopped suddenly then accelerated again!

A layer of wind waves cushioned his feet as he spun around sharply.

A thunderclap rose from flat ground!

"Sss—"

Lu Ran, wielding the Ba Huang Dao, stabbed at the back of Dai Dai Tianming's head, charging straight through.

"Crack!!"

Dai Dai Tianming, covering his throat with one hand, finally had his water-flow armor shattered.

The Ba Huang Dao stabbed deeply into the back of Dai Dai Tianming's head; as Lu Ran thrust forward and flew onward, the blade pierced a large tree.

"Heh heh..."

Lu Ran's chest heaved violently; he released the hilt and stepped back two paces.

Dai Dai Tianming's eyes were wide open in a fixed stare, his face pressed against the tree bark, his skull pierced by the Ba Huang Dao, nailed dead to the tree.

Finally, the battlefield fell into silence.

Only the wind blew, bringing a pungent scent of blood.

Xun Xun Yifei, watching from afar, couldn't help but glance at his wife beside him.

For so long, this was the first time the two of them had seen Lu Ran so sharp, so vicious.

And beside Si Si Xianxian, Yu Fish Changsheng, who had already arrived, tossed another Fish Changsheng Carp to her.

Yu Fish Changsheng also stared fixedly at Lu Ran, feeling something strange.

How does it feel

That the Master, who hasn't revealed his Divine Arts or Evil Arts, is actually even more dominant?

"Lu Ran..."

Yu Fish Changsheng suddenly heard Si Si Xianxian's murmur.

"Go," Yu Fish Changsheng whispered softly.

"Ah." The injuries Si Si Xianxian had suffered were already completely healed.

She did not recognize Yu Fish Changsheng, but she knew this powerful Carp Dragon believer was with Lu Ran.

Si Si Xianxian stepped forward, yet as she walked, her pace gradually slowed.

For some reason, her expression slowly changed; the aggrieved look on her face vanished.

"Hmm?" Lu Ran turned around and saw the girl approaching step by step.

"Long time no see, Lu Ran." A Seeing Tian Tian smile bloomed on Si Si Xianxian's face.

Just as always, sickeningly sweet.

Yet with her eyes red and tears welling up, that sweet smile appeared somewhat poignant.

Lu Ran looked at Si Si Xianxian, who was pretending to be strong, and he swallowed the words of comfort he had meant to speak.

He gazed at her silently for a long while, until a warm smile appeared on his face.

Lu Ran slowly raised his hand and gently rubbed Si Si Xianxian's head, his voice tender:

"Long time no see, Sister Sister Xian'er."

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