Chapter 63: A Little Talent

"Team Lin, is it over?"

As the sounds of fighting vanished, Qian Hao couldn't help but ask.

Bai Manni opened her eyes slightly, squinting into a slit, and secretly looked toward the school gate.

"Hoo~"

An illusory square character "Clear" expanded from the girl's body.

The grade of the Heart-Clearing Mantra was relatively low, so it naturally couldn't withstand the enemy's pair of ghost eyes, but at least it could provide some psychological comfort.

"It's okay." Lin Yue's gaze remained fixed on Lu Ran, and she said to the group, "Return to the squad!"

Receiving the order, the two squads vigilantly scanned their surroundings and quickly returned to the front of the teaching building.

On the way back, everyone also saw the scene of Lu Ran returning alone from the east.

Even more terrifying was that on Lu Ran's path, a headless dried corpse lay.

The cross-section at the corpse's neck was very neat, and paired with Lu Ran's blood-stained blade...

"This Ghost-Eyed Demon, was it killed by Lu Ran?" Bai Manni was very surprised.

Just now, she had indeed heard the sound of a lamb bleating, and the sound of blades cutting through the air.

At this moment, the expressions of the two team leaders seemed to confirm the girl's guess.

"This... this is a River Realm Ghost-Eyed Demon, right?" Qian Hao looked at Lu Ran walking over, "Brother Ran?"

Lu Ran snorted: "A mage insisting on melee combat, isn't that just asking for death?"

"Gulp." Qian Hao swallowed his saliva.

Listening to Lu Ran's meaning, did he really kill it?

Bai Manni couldn't help but feel a lingering fear: "How did you dare to do that?

It's too dangerous, you can't be so arrogant..."

Heaven's pride children mostly had one common ailment—arrogance.

Since becoming a believer, Lu Ran had always been number one.

Whether it was grades or cultivation realm, he was the undisputed number one.

Bai Manni was truly worried that if Lu Ran continued like this, he would harm himself.

Zhang Feng squatted before the Ghost-Eyed Demon's corpse, his expression serious: "Lu Ran, listen to orders next time!"

"I know." Lu Ran nodded in response.

However, Lu Ran thought for a moment, and for the sake of his assessment score, he chose to defend himself:

"It's mainly because the Ghost-Eyed Demon appeared too close to the classmates, and I was afraid something would go wrong."

Zhang Feng said in a deep voice: "I know you have good intentions, and your combat power is very strong, but on the battlefield, you must follow commands.

This kind of River Realm demon, especially the Ghost-Eyed Demon race, is not something you should be challenging right now.

Your talent and aptitude are very high, and your future achievements are unimaginable; you absolutely cannot capsize in this gutter!"

"Oh." Lu Ran responded in a small voice.

Lin Yue suddenly spoke: "Lu Ran."

"Here!" Lu Ran looked at the female team leader.

Lin Yue asked: "When you were fighting just now, were you closing your eyes?"

Such words left people stunned.

Everyone immediately looked at Lu Ran.

To everyone's surprise, Lu Ran actually nodded!

For a moment, everyone didn't know what to say.

Not far away, Zhang Feng was full of question marks!

Zhang Feng was relatively easygoing and had a good attitude toward Squad 98.

For example, at noon, even though the four members of the squad were relaxing on the swing, Zhang Feng didn't come out to stop them.

But just now, the words Zhang Feng said to Lu Ran were already considered quite severe.

What he worried about most was Lu Ran accidentally making eye contact with the Ghost-Eyed Demon and then losing his life.

As a result...

You're telling me now that Lu Ran was fighting with his eyes closed the whole time?

Closed! His! Eyes?

"You! You're crazy!" Bai Manni broke the silence, feeling both anxious and angry, and raised her hand to point at Lu Ran.

To avoid being hit, you killed a Ghost-Eyed Demon with your eyes closed?

How is that any different from suicide?

This time, you might have been lucky, but what about next time?

"Put your hand down." Lu Ran suddenly spoke.

"Ah?" Bai Manni's mouth was slightly open, stunned on the spot.

She looked at Lu Ran's back, then at her own raised hand, and then back at Lu Ran's back.

Does Lu Ran have eyes on his back?

"You... I... ah?" Bai Manni's gaze darted back and forth, full of disbelief.

The female team leader Lin Yue's heart was in turmoil.

Sure enough,

this kid has issues!

Lin Yue had, of course, heard of Lu Ran's name.

In this small Rain Alley City, such an unparalleled genius had emerged, and anyone would pay attention.

In the school's several assessments, Lu Ran had won first place consecutively; the results were right there.

Taking a step back, you could treat the school's assessments as child's play.

However, the patrol mission on the fifteenth of the lunar month was definitely not child's play!

That was the most dangerous night of every year.

Lu Ran had already proven that he had the ability to follow the Moon-Gazing detachment and properly complete the patrol mission.

Therefore, Lin Yue didn't think this kid was a hotheaded fool!

She even less believed that Lu Ran would be stupid enough to close his eyes and commit suicide.

So...

Lu Ran wasn't being arrogant, but actually had the confidence?!

Lu Ran said: "Ms. Deng Yuxiang of the Moon-Gazing detachment once taught me.

She said I was a blade-wielder and told me to listen to the sound of the wind."

Outside the teaching building, it was quiet, and everyone had different expressions, looking quite colorful.

Deng Yutang couldn't help but speak up to endorse his brother: "Yes, team leaders. For over two months, Brother Lu has been practicing this, especially diligently.

Until the recent month's training, our squad stayed in the Evil Dog Village for 17 days.

From start to finish, Lu Ran never opened his eyes."

Everyone: "..."

"Deng Yutang is exaggerating." Lu Ran waved his hand quickly.

"Yes, yes, yes." Deng Yutang nodded immediately, "I didn't say it accurately, Brother Lu opens his eyes when he eats."

Everyone:???

Lu Ran's expression was strange as he looked at Deng Yutang.

I was the one who closed my eyes,

why are you the one taking all the credit?

Zhang Feng was extremely puzzled and asked: "Among the Immortal Sheep sect's divine techniques, are there any that enhance hearing?"

"No." Lu Ran shook his head, secretly thinking it was a sin, his words a mix of truth and lies, "After Ms. Deng Yuxiang's guidance, I trained hard.

Later, I discovered that I was born with sensitive hearing.

Since becoming a believer, my perception of energy fluctuations has also become quite keen.

Um... maybe I have a little bit of talent in this area."

Zhang Feng: "..."

This is called "a little bit of talent"?

If it were anyone else, Zhang Feng would absolutely not believe it.

But it just so happened that this person was Lu Ran!

In the hearts of Moon-Gazing people like Zhang Feng and Lin Yue, the city-guarding mission on the fifteenth of the lunar month was of extreme importance.

Zhang Feng didn't know Lu Ran's specific performance that night, but he knew how many points Lu Ran got.

30 believer points!

A perfect score in the true sense!

This was a score that could make people imagine endlessly.

Even if Lu Ran had gotten 29.9 points, at least others would know where his specific level was.

But Lu Ran got 30 points!

The paper score limited Lu Ran.

It also limited outsiders' speculation about Lu Ran's true level!

Qian Hao couldn't help but grin: "Holy crap, is it really that eerie?"

He suddenly thought of something, looked at Chang Ying beside him, and whispered:

"That photo you took earlier, the one where Lu Ran was standing at the intersection with his eyes closed, acting cool..."

Lu Ran suddenly said: "You're not even calling me Brother Ran anymore?"

"Ah!" Qian Hao was startled.

Was I speaking that loudly? Didn't I deliberately lower my voice?

Qian Hao hurriedly explained: "No, Brother Ran!

I meant you weren't acting, everyone misunderstood you, you were training diligently!"

The fatty was caught red-handed and explained in a panic.

And Deng Yutang, who was beside him, developed some psychological trauma again.

At this moment, Deng Yutang remembered the fear of being dominated by his sister.

You really couldn't say even a tiny bit of bad things!

All emotions had to be bottled up inside.

Even if you were in your own room, muttering in dissatisfaction, the next second, the door might be kicked open...

Thinking of this, Deng Yutang moved a step to the side without leaving a trace.

The good brother in his heart gradually overlapped with the nightmarish figure in his heart.

"Stay alert." Lu Ran looked at Zhang Feng, "I will follow orders, Brother Zhang, don't deduct my points."

Deduct points?

Zhang Feng silently collected the Ghost-Eyed Demon's magic crystal.

Even if I deduct,

it definitely won't be as much as the points I add to you.

(End of chapter)