Chapter 593

On the north side of the river valley, in the deep mountains and old forests.

A pair of man and woman walked silently.

Plum blossoms dotted the scene, drifting in the slanting wind and drizzle, falling into the forest.

The red and white petals occasionally landed on Lu Ran's black-gold imperial robe, feeding back everything encountered on the falling trajectory to the Cold Plum disciple.

Cold Plum Divine Technique, Plum Blossom Fall.

Suddenly, Leng Xuanshuang raised her head and looked at the mountain forest to the front right.

A few plum blossom petals hovered in mid-air, hovering under the empty, large tree.

The invisible person standing guard under the tree had an incomparably grim expression, looking at the noble and imposing young man.

Who is this person?

Such strong momentum, Sea... Sea Realm?

Why is Mistress Leng following behind this Sea Realm young man, where are her personal bodyguards?

The invisible Greedy Wolf disciple endured the bursts of palpitation, stopped looking at the imperial-robed young man, and retreated step by step.

Leng Xuanshuang: "Benefactor, there is..."

Before she could finish her words, the sound of immortal mist spraying out arose again.

"Hiss—"

Leng Xuanshuang looked at the mountain forest, only to see immortal mist filling the air, and the mysterious woman wearing a green straw cape and bamboo hat flashed and disappeared.

Before long, a scream came from the forest.

For the Sea Realm Second Stage Pseudo-God, Night-Charm, the Jiang Jing Greedy Wolf disciple had no way to live.

You'd better not make any sound.

Move, and you die.

The screams echoed through the quiet mountain forest, Deng Yuxiang frowned slightly, looking at the corpse that died miserably at her feet.

She seemed very dissatisfied with her performance.

She shouldn't have let the other party make a sound.

Next time, should she cover the other party's mouth directly?

Deng Yuxiang closed her beautiful eyes, raised her head slightly, and listened with her ears pricked.

The sound of blades clashing came faintly.

Deng Yuxiang confirmed that the artifact fragment, Rebirth Money, had collected the soul, and her figure shuttled out again.

The phantom swept through the forest; when she arrived at the battlefield, the other three straw-clad figures had just disappeared.

In the weeds, a corpse cut in half at the waist remained.

About a meter above the ground, a pitch-black line still hung, unwilling to dissipate for a long time.

"Heh." Deng Yuxiang couldn't help but smile, her best friend's face flashing in her mind.

Just a Jiang Jing guard, why use a divine weapon domain?

Are you competing with me on speed?

Hmm... also true.

The work of clearing dark sentries for him was all done by me, your Shadow Guard Team has no face, right?

Deng Yuxiang smiled, shook her wrist, and offered the Rebirth Money again.

Wolf Bone Stronghold's location was quite good, the terrain was dangerous, and there was only one road up the mountain.

And on this road, the four wolf cubs ambushed in the forest were all executed one by one.

Divine Technique, Wolf Stealth, should have been a divine skill, enough to let Greedy Wolf believers come and go without a trace.

It just so happened that the Greedy Wolf believers met the Pseudo-God, Night-Charm.

And met the Pseudo-God, Vicious Dog!

Perception technique, Plum Blossom Fall, was no longer the only reliance, but instead became a means to check for omissions.

Scattered plum blossoms also forced any potential invisible people to have to move.

Lu Ran and Leng Xuanshuang walked, one in front and one behind.

He was also opening the Evil Technique, Evil Sense, searching for enemies, unwilling to miss any enemy.

Leng Xuanshuang held her long sword, looking at the mysterious back in front of her.

Up to this moment, she didn't know who he was, where he came from, or what his name was...

At the moment she was about to commit suicide, he appeared so abruptly.

Took away her Plum Snow Sword, pulled down the hand she used to try to pierce her heart.

He said plum blossom fragrance is not common, it's a pity if it dissipates.

She didn't seek death again.

He asked her if she hated Wolf Bone Stronghold and told her to follow him.

She followed.

Everything was so incredible, yet logical.

Just like at this moment, this road leading to the stronghold was quiet and smooth.

The greedy gazes hidden in the forest had all disappeared.

Scattered plum blossoms sprinkled on their not-yet-cold bones, soaked in bright red blood, like an unrealistic dream.

Yet because of the existence of the back in front of her, it seemed natural.

"Wh-who is it?"

"Stop! Stop, Mistress Leng?"

In front of the huge stronghold gate, four men and women wearing tattered clothes were standing guard diligently.

Realizing that the young man was a Sea Realm powerhouse, the four guards were all a bit timid.

"They are low-level slaves." Leng Xuanshuang said softly.

She wasn't sure what kind of person the young man was.

If he wanted to slaughter this stronghold, she had no qualification or ability to stop him.

"Ah!" A guard couldn't bear the fear in his heart and turned to run.

"Stand still." The imperial-robed young man spoke suddenly.

Leng Xuanshuang's breathing stalled.

Although the young man had his back to her, and this sentence wasn't said to her.

But the low voice carried an irresistible majesty, suppressing the minds of all living beings.

As if...

As if it were the laws of heaven and earth, making people dare not disobey.

"Uh." The guard's footsteps stopped abruptly, his body stiff.

The other three guards were pale, not daring to have the slightest movement, let alone dare to shout.

Was the power of the Sea Realm this terrifying?

Of course not!

On the divine power bead string around Lu Ran's neck, an ink-jade tiger talisman was glowing with a strange luster.

Second-Rank Artifact, Ink-Jade Tiger Talisman!

Alliance Master Yun Qianzhou once said: "Even on the battlefield, if you issue orders to the enemy, if the other party's will is not firm or their temperament is weak, they will be intimidated by you and obey your orders."

Today, Lu Ran finally experienced it thoroughly.

Is this the gold content of a second-rank artifact?

"What the fuck are you standing there for?"

"You guys, all..." Two black-clad men appeared, one of them stopped talking when he saw the strange man outside the stronghold gate.

Lu Ran's pupils lit up, glowing with a deep red luster.

"Ah!" The black-clad man screamed and collapsed to the ground directly.

The terrifying mental output poured into his brain through his eyes.

The man instantly fell into a deep red world, thousands of red threads shuttled wantonly, piercing through his flesh and shattering his bones.

Such a terrifying magnitude of mental impact caused his mind to collapse almost in an instant.

Even the scream was only a lonely one...

"Ah!" The other black-clad man's expression changed drastically, only to see his fallen companion's eyes full of terror and his face twisted, as if he had experienced extreme pain and torture in an instant.

Lu Ran tilted his head slightly, looking behind him with his peripheral vision: "Don't you hate them?"

Leng Xuanshuang's palms trembled, she gripped the Plum Snow Sword tightly, and slashed forward with one sword.

Scattered frost and snow, mixed with plum blossoms, formed a semi-circular arc of sword energy and swung forward.

Cold Plum Divine Technique, Plum Blossom Three Variations!

One plum blossom dyes the enemy with frost, causing their movements to slow down.

One plum blossom freezes the enemy, ice frost soaking into the bone marrow.

One plum blossom detonates the ice frost, causing the frost and snow inside and outside the body of the completely frozen enemy to vibrate.

Leng Xuanshuang slashed out three swords in a row.

Fragrance overflowed, clear frost scattered.

Three frost and snow sword energies mixed with falling plum blossoms landed on the black-clad man one after another.

The black-clad man tried to run, but his legs twisted and he fell to the ground headfirst.

Run?

In the wide sleeves of the black-gold imperial robe, Lu Ran's naturally hanging palm held a paper doll.

Terrifying, eerie.

"Crack!!"

As the third sword energy slammed into the black-clad man, the Divine Technique, Plum Blossom Three Variations, was completed.

The black-clad man exploded.

Snow chunks wrapped around corpse chunks, rolling everywhere, which was quite clean.

Leng Xuanshuang's heart trembled violently, but her palms stopped shaking.

Her indifferent eyes were filled with astonishing hatred!

She shouldn't have lived until now.

The fellow disciple who died a few days ago was her sword technique master.

The master paid the price with her life to protect her, forcing Stronghold Master Lang Wu's coercive means to restrain slightly.

She couldn't even collect her master's body.

Could only watch as the second mistress of Wolf Bone Stronghold picked her master's bones clean, made them into a white skeleton, and brought them back to the second mistress's back garden.

Leng Xuanshuang listened to her master's dying words, tried to live on, tried to find a chance to escape.

Try to live on?

Master,

There is a person who gave me a better path.

Leng Xuanshuang took a step, walking toward another black-clad man who had fallen to the ground and was trembling in pain.

"Hiss!"

The sword edge entered flesh, piercing straight into the center of his eyebrows.

"You guys, follow me from now on." A low voice sounded.

The four slave guards didn't dare to have the slightest disobedience.

Leng Xuanshuang turned her head to look, only to see the imperial-robed young man holding a treasure gourd in his hand, sucking the four guards into it.

She didn't know what the effect of this artifact was.

Refining people?

Or extracting people's souls and transforming them into loyal puppets?

Who could guess the effect of an artifact.

She only knew that the four guards had been pocketed by the imperial-robed young man.

Judging by his meaning, he wanted these four people to follow him loyally.

"Let me personally tear the second mistress into ten thousand pieces." Leng Xuanshuang took a step back, fearing she would be sucked into the gourd.

She looked at Lu Ran and said coldly: "Let me personally slice her into a thousand pieces and pick her into white bones!

After this,

My body is yours to ruin."

Lu Ran: "..."

That's not necessary to be so extreme.

I'm also afraid of being sliced into a thousand pieces by Jiang Xianzi...

Having said that, Leng Xuanshuang being able to say such things meant she knew very well that she had nothing that could catch the imperial-robed young man's eye.

The only thing was this skin.

Hmm... regarding this beauty, she indeed had the qualification to be confident.

Leng Xuanshuang was breathtakingly beautiful, even comparable to Jiang Ruyi.

Jiang Xianzi was truly ice-skinned and jade-boned, with a fairy-like appearance.

Bright like Deng Yuxiang, even if she wasn't the same type as Jiang Xianzi, she had to avoid her sharp edge.

And the Leng Xuanshuang in front of her was equally stunning.

"Benefactor?" Leng Xuanshuang called him benefactor, but hatred surged in her heart.

It could be seen that she had witnessed Lu Ran's various terrifying means and, under Lu Ran's protection, personally slaughtered two Wolf Bone Stronghold members; all of this completely released the fire of revenge in her heart.

And the second mistress was a Sea Realm powerhouse.

Wanting to pay back in kind, like the second mistress slicing her master, and picking the second mistress into a white skeleton...

Leng Xuanshuang could only beg Lu Ran.

"Don't say self-deprecating words." Lu Ran said.

Leng Xuanshuang's gaze froze.

Those cold, star-like eyes looked at the imperial-robed young man's pupils.

Lu Ran raised his head slightly, signaling to the lush mountain forest ahead: "Lead the way."

Leng Xuanshuang gripped the Plum Snow Sword tightly, turned around abruptly, and killed her way into the forest.

"Whoosh~"

A black cloud rose under Lu Ran's feet, and the black-gold imperial robe fluttered.

Flying into the scattered plum blossoms.

(End of chapter)