Chapter 654: The Human World!

It was simply terrifying!

Lu Ran, seeing how anxious the Rosy Xia Guang Dao was, thought something had happened to Wu Xiao.

He didn't expect that Wu Xiao had slaughtered the Hall Master of the Heavenly Gang Hall. Wait!

Slaughtered?

Was there really no problem with that?

Lu Ran's face turned grim as he looked at Jiangjiang Ruyi beside him: "Wu Xiao won; I'll go take a look."

"Take a look?" Jiangjiang Ruyi asked in confusion.

"Don't worry, I'll go invisibly and won't get close." As Lu Ran spoke, his figure had already turned transparent.

The floor mirror activated and then dissipated, indicating that Lu Ran had departed.

Under the state of the Greedy Wolf Divine Art · Wolf Concealment, Lu Ran could naturally cast spells; it would just generate divine power fluctuations that might be detected by others, that was all.

When he reappeared, Lu Ran stood in the mountain forest thirty kilometers outside the Pear Garden Sect.

He flashed rapidly, traveling high in the sky, quickly approaching the Pear Garden Sect.

The location where the two Wu Sheng were fighting was actually easy to find; experts of the Sea Realm were all existence capable of destroying heaven and earth, let alone when engaged in a life-or-death duel.

"Good heavens~"

Lu Ran stood atop the thousand-meter-high sky, clicking his tongue silently.

He saw that the Shanfeng on the eastern side of the magnificent mountain range was a complete mess!

Vast stretches of mountain forest were severed, the earth was torn apart, the mountain bodies were shattered, and huge rocks kept rolling downward.

Furthermore, Xiong Xiong flames were burning the battlefield.

Many people stood in the sky and on the ground; it seemed they were all spectators.

Amidst the diffuse sea of fire, a tall figure stood crookedly; his body was stained with fresh blood, both hands gripping a halberd, struggling to support himself against the ground.

He looked as if he might collapse to the ground at any moment.

No! The tip of the Square Sky Painting Halberd was not merely supporting the ground; it was also piercing through a man's chest.

On both sides of the man's body, one could see an iron spear broken into two halves; logically, it had been shattered from the middle.

Lu Ran exerted his visual power to the limit, observing carefully from a thousand meters high in the sky.

So this is the Hall Master of the Heavenly Gang Hall?

This man had a thin figure; his mouth and clothes were stained with deep red blood, which instead made his face appear even paler.

Those pair of eyes, stared wide open with a death grip, had pupils that had already dilated.

He looked like someone who had died with regrets.

As if he was very unwilling to accept such a result?

Lu Ran closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he had already opened a pair of lifeless horizontal pupils.

In Lu Ran's field of vision, another person appeared on the battlefield.

To be precise, it was a departed soul.

His body was illusory, looking like a madman, his fists and feet repeatedly passing through Wu Xiao's flesh-and-blood body.

Even though it was futile, he refused to stop.

"Ah! Ah ah ah ah!! I ** you ** ah ah!"

He roared and shouted in uncontrollable rage, not only using his fists and feet but even using his mouth to bite Wu Xiao.

This appearance, as if he wished to "eat his flesh raw," made one's scalp go numb just looking at it!

Wu Xiao, however, was completely unaware of all this.

He stood amidst the Xiong Xiong raging fire, his chest heaving violently, staring fixedly at the corpse beneath his halberd, stubbornly refusing to fall.

Like a God of War.

"Hoo~"

Just at this moment, a woman flew over.

Lu Ran couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.

The woman looked to be about twenty-eight or twenty-nine years old, and she was also an imposing figure.

Her posture was heroic and tall; the eyes beneath her pair of sword-like eyebrows ought to have been equally sharp, yet at this moment they carried thick concern.

She actually matched the Martial Emperor quite well?

"Uh." Lu Ran hurriedly shook his head, driving the thought out of his mind.

He was a CP fan of Wu Xiao and Liu Huo!

How could he easily jump ship?

He saw the woman fly down beside Wu Xiao, speaking softly about something, while one hand supported Wu Xiao's shoulder.

The scene that followed left Lu Ran somewhat stunned.

Wu Xiao, holding the Square Sky Painting Halberd, actually lifted the corpse high up, impaled upon it!

Instantly, great gushes of blood flowed down along the halberd shaft, sprinkling across the battlefield.

Truly · Flaunting one's prowess!

【Is there no problem?】 Lu Ran transmitted a thought to the Rosy Xia Guang Dao, asking Yu Fish Changsheng.

At this moment, Yu Fish Changsheng was located over a hundred meters above the battlefield, extremely far from Lu Ran.

【In the Holy Spirit Mountain Realm, strength is supreme, and the hierarchy is strict! The Martial Emperor should establish his authority just like this.】 The Rosy Xia Guang Dao relayed Yu Fish Changsheng's words.

【I'm not talking about this action, but about the act of beheading a Hall Master; after all, you have only just arrived at the Pear Garden Sect; won't this provoke widespread anger?】

Yu Fish Changsheng lightly shook his paper fan: 【The benefits outweigh the drawbacks. Even if it provokes fury, it will only be from those who were in cahoots with the Hall Master of the Heavenly Gang Hall; it doesn't matter!

Moreover, this duel was not a sparring match; when the Martial Emperor announced to the entire sect that he was challenging the Hall Master of the Heavenly Gang Hall, victory or defeat meant life or death.

"Rest assured, Sect Master; this is tacitly understood by everyone."

"Mm." Lu Ran nodded.

In his line of sight, Wu Xiao did not refuse the woman's support.

Or rather, Wu Xiao had never once looked the woman squarely in the eye, just as he had never looked at Liu Huo that way.

Heavenly Emperor Wu opened his tiger-like eyes, radiating immense majesty, his gaze sweeping over figures everywhere between heaven and earth.

Meanwhile, in another dimension, the He He Tangzhu of the Celestial Gang Hall grew even more irate!

The illusory dead soul frantically battered Wu Xiao's face.

"Sect Master, proceed with caution; the Pear Garden Sect is teeming with experts; do not get discovered."

"I have a clear plan in mind."

Before the words had fully faded, the woman was seen supporting Wu Xiao as they flew away from the battlefield.

Lu Ran waited a moment, then flashed over.

The dead soul still wanted to chase Wu Xiao, kicking, punching, and tearing wildly, but it was pinned in place by a suction force.

He could only watch helplessly as Wu Xiao, impaling his own corpse, flew toward the elders.

"Damn it! Damn it!! I *** ahhh!!"

Furious curses, mixed with filthy words, rang out beside Lu Ran's ear.

The He He Tangzhu of the Celestial Gang Hall flew backward a full thirty-odd meters before snapping out of his rage, whipping his head around to look behind him.

But there was no one there.

Finally, extreme fury gave way to fear.

The He He Tangzhu of the Celestial Gang Hall seemed to only now realize that he was already dead!

"No, no, I haven't yet..."

"Haven't enjoyed enough?" a whisper drifted over, merging with the crackling sound of flames devouring trees.

The He He Tangzhu of the Celestial Gang Hall even thought he was hallucinating.

The next moment, his illusory body continuously contracted, entering a world of mist.

He did not know where he was being taken.

Even less did he know who had emitted that voice.

Wandering through a patch of hazy fog, when he could finally make out the scene before his eyes again, he discovered, to his shock, a stone statue of a Wu Sheng my lord.

"No! No ahhhhh!"

A believer who should have been devout was unwilling to throw himself into the god's embrace; it was as if he had finally realized something.

Alas, he could change nothing.

He could only carry his full load of Holy Spirit Qi, becoming nourishment for the false god—the Wu Sheng stone statue—and merging into it.

Until his soul scattered and his spirit vanished.

At the same time, within the Pear Garden Sect.

Seeing Wu Sheng disciples arriving to extinguish the fire, Lu Ran instantly teleported away.

A single flash covered a distance of ten thousand meters.

Only after reaching the lush mountain forests did Lu Ran, confirming no one was around, activate the transmission mirror to return inside the cliff.

"How did it go?" Seeing Lu Ran return, Jiangjiang Ruyi immediately asked.

The Young Lady Liu Huo, attending nearby, instantly pricked up her ears.

"Heavenly Emperor Wu is truly fierce!" Lu Ran plopped down before the stone table, grinning broadly. "The opponent was a Great Hall Master at the fourth stage of Ke Shi Hai Jing; what a fellow!

He struck and killed him without hesitation."

Jiangjiang Ruyi read the expression on Liu Huo's face; clearly, she was even more worried about Wu Xiao's condition, yet dared not ask about the sword at his waist.

She feared annoying Heavenly Emperor Wu.

So Jiangjiang Ruyi asked, "How is Wu Xiao faring?"

"He looks quite battered too; panting heavily and covered in blood..."

Liu Huo's hand trembled; she had just poured half a cup of tea for Lu Ran, spilling quite a bit of the scalding liquid.

"S-sorry, Sect Master, I..." Liu Huo hurriedly apologized.

"It's fine." Lu Ran looked at the flustered woman and comforted her, "It was likely the enemy's blood; Wu Xiao can still stand firm and has enough strength to strut about proudly!

Besides, Mr. Cong Long is accompanying him; he is a great physician of Ke Shi Hai Jing."

"Mm-hmm." Liu Huo nodded repeatedly.

Lu Ran took the bamboo cup and took a small sip of tea: "From now on, our Heavenly Emperor Wu shall be the He He Tangzhu of the Celestial Gang Hall."

Celestial Gang...

That would actually make a rather good name for a city, wouldn't it?

Once Heavenly Emperor Wu ascends to the top of the Pear Garden Sect and builds an ancient city, could we name it 'Celestial Gang City'?

"By the way, tell Mr. Cong Long later that we will soon return to the mortal world," Jiangjiang Ruyi instructed. "Tell him to be cautious about infiltration and keep a low profile for the time being."

"Understood." Lu Ran nodded.

Come to think of it, this trip yielded a Wu Sheng dead soul at the peak of Ke Shi Hai Jing; perhaps this can cultivate the stone statue to a very high level?

Should I activate the Wu Sheng divine statue?

Mm... not yet!

According to Mr. Cong Long's plan, there will inevitably be a battle when we finally seize control of the Wu Sheng faction.

If Lu Ran activates the stone statue now, by the time the battle arrives, the false god stone statue will inevitably advance, and his brain will start buzzing.

Better to wait a little longer.

Once the Pear Garden Sect changes masters and is completely pacified.

It will be just the time to return to the Human Realm and seek guidance from Lord Xiang Xiang Xianyang on how to tear up the contract without injury.

At that time, bind the Martial Heavenly Emperor to the False God·Wu Sheng Stone Statue.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye, and the fifteenth of the seventh month arrived as scheduled.

That night, a full moon hung high.

The cold moonlight shone upon the earth, draping the few figures within the Cloud Sea Residence courtyard in a layer of clear, frigid brilliance.

"Gulp, gulp."

Lu Ran held the Blazing Phoenix Patterned Gourd in one hand, tilting his head back to gulp down large draughts.

Beside him stood several other figures.

Lady Ran Sect, the Nightmare Protector, the Evil Shadow Protector, Shadow One and Shadow Two, and an old man with white hair.

"Gulp. Burp~"

Lu Ran let out a burp, wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, and turned to look at the few people.

The hazy moonlight reflected the slightly excited expressions on their faces.

Even Deng Deng Yuxiang, who was always steady and calm, could not quite contain herself.

She extended her slender two fingers, constantly wiping the Divine Weapon·Blood-Drinking Curved Blade, over and over again; Lu Ran felt her fingertips were about to spark fire.

"Come on." Lu Ran raised the precious gourd, aiming it at the crowd.

"Be careful," Jiangjiang Ruyi said softly; her figure continuously shrank until she was finally sucked into the tiny mouth of the gourd.

A moment later, the courtyard was empty, leaving only one old and one young person.

"Senior Lu, I am ready."

"Sect Master." Lu Yuan stepped forward and handed Lu Ran a slip of bamboo, "If you find my wife and daughter, this letter..."

"Good!" Lu Ran carefully put the bamboo slip away.

Lu Yuan spoke no more, slowly retreated several steps, and raised his aged palm.

"Whoosh!!"

A pitch-black Flower of the Other Shore, carrying an extremely terrifying energy fluctuation, suddenly bloomed open.

Lu Ran tilted his head back, observing the strange flower from within.

Through the illusory petals, he saw the full moon in the night sky once again.

Human Realm!

Your Burning God... has returned!

(End of Chapter)