Chapter 81: So You're the Only One Who Knows Evil Arts?

The Black Soul Trees were generally thick and towering; the shortest stood twenty to thirty meters tall, while the tallest could reach a hundred meters!

As a mere human, Lu Ran wandered among them, feeling somewhat like a fish in water.

He strictly obeyed Jiangjiang Meiren's orders, having no intention of clashing head-on with the demonic creatures, and focused solely on kiting them.

"Holy crap?"

Lu Ran was startled!

Just as he was moving freely, he heard a violent gust of wind approaching.

Immediately following came the sounds of trees colliding and snapping.

Lu Ran's jaw dropped into an O-shape!

The Lie Hun Mo had actually snapped off trees and was using them as throwing weapons?

How much strength would that require?

Unfortunately, even though Lu Ran possessed the Xie Fa known as the Power of Shattered Souls, his strength paled in comparison to that of the Lie Hun Mo.

The racial talents of these beast-type demonic creatures were simply too explosive!

"Oh my..."

Another massive tree came hurtling toward him; Lu Ran dodged in a panic, having completely lost his earlier leisurely demeanor.

"Moo!"

"Moo!!" The Lie Hun Mo roared repeatedly.

The more they failed to catch their prey, the fiercer the rage in their hearts became.

One giant tree after another was snapped off and flung in Lu Ran's direction.

Lu Ran hurriedly ducked behind a towering tree, his heart pounding wildly.

Finally, he looked like a proper believer of the Xiang Xiang Xianyang.

Though not exactly cowardly, at least his inner panic was genuine.

Massive trees kept being thrown; the sounds of impacts and shattering were incessant!

What the hell...

Was this really necessary? Using a cannon to swat a mosquito?

While Lu Ran was silently cursing, he suddenly looked up!

Another fierce wind howled through!

Accompanying it was the roaring shriek of a Lie Hun Mo approaching from afar.

"Damn!"

Lu Ran's face stiffened, and he rarely cursed so crudely.

The Lie Hun Mo had stopped throwing trees and was now throwing its own companions instead?

"Moo~~~"

A Lie Hun Mo flew past the tree where Lu Ran was hiding, crashing into a giant tree not far away.

The hard-textured Black Soul Tree was dented by the impact.

The Lie Hun Mo propped itself up on its body, which was as tough as steel and iron, and stomped its hooves heavily on the ground!

"Moo!" The Lie Hun Mo's eyes bulged with rage, killing intent boiling within them.

It was worth noting that the Lie Hun Mo race did not possess particularly strong night vision.

In the darkness, they could only see slightly, their field of vision being quite obstructed.

"Thud! Thud! Thud!"

The Lie Hun Mo suddenly turned around and began punching and kicking the tree furiously.

Chunks of bark shattered, and wood chips flew in all directions.

Finally, the Lie Hun Mo charged forward with its horn, fierce and domineering!

The giant tree snapped apart with a boom!

The Lie Hun Mo picked up the broken log and, relying on instinct, swept it in Lu Ran's direction.

However, the broken log it held was too long.

Before it could sweep Lu Ran, it was blocked by another standing tree.

Such a brute bull truly possessed only brute strength, with a mind that was not particularly sharp.

"Moo!!"

The bovine cry rang out again, coming from behind.

Lu Ran paid no heed to anything else; mist sprayed from beneath his feet as he immediately darted away.

"Hmm?" Lu Ran tapped the ground lightly, and his figure suddenly swerved.

Another massive tree came attacking, resembling a gigantic javelin; carrying a fierce gust of wind, it slammed violently past Lu Ran's side.

This "giant wooden javelin" was incredibly thick!

Its momentum was so fierce and its speed so fast that it broke Lu Ran out in a cold sweat!

Even the slightest graze would have led to unimaginable consequences!

"Oh my..."

Lu Ran dodged the giant wooden javelin but was directly knocked over by the wind wave it created.

With his center of gravity unstable, he stumbled and fell, then rolled continuously across the ground due to the massive forward momentum.

He looked utterly wretched!

Lu Ran used both hands and feet, struggling desperately to stabilize his posture.

He finally understood why Instructor Cai Cai Yunfei had not wanted everyone to enter the forest.

These thick, stout Black Soul Wood trunks were ready-made weapons, possessing immense power in the hands of the Lie Hun Mo.

"Whoosh!"

"Crack!" One massive tree after another was hurled recklessly toward Lu Ran's general location.

Although they failed to injure Lu Ran, the successive sounds of shattering made him feel as though he were standing amidst a hail of bullets.

Lu Ran scrambled and crawled, diving behind a giant tree.

The Lie Hun Mo was still wreaking havoc!

The sound of snapping wood, combined with that fierce wind noise, was enough to make one's heart tremble with fear.

"I've been too lenient with you lot."

Leaning his back against the large tree, Lu Ran's face went stiff as he squeezed out a sentence through clenched teeth.

He raised one hand to his face and tore off the red scarf.

In over ten days, this was the first time Lu Ran had opened his eyes on a battlefield!

Within those pitch-black pupils of his shimmered dots of strange luster.

Mysterious, eerie!

Interestingly, the first target Lu Ran sought was not the three River Realm Lie Hun Mo.

It was the black crow transformed by Instructor Cai Cai Yunfei.

Did the instructor not pursue?

Since entering the deep forest, he had not heard the sound of wings flapping.

"Boom!!"

The large tree Lu Ran leaned against suffered a violent strike from a flying log, shaking violently once more.

The flying timber split apart with a crash, breaking into two sections that swept recklessly past Lu Ran's left and right sides.

"Baa~~~"

Lu Ran let out a bleat; mist churned beneath his feet as he darted deeper into the forest.

While shifting the battlefield, he listened with extreme care.

The purpose of this move was to confirm the positions of the three Lie Hun Mo, and further verify whether there was any sound of a crow flying.

So there truly was none?

After verifying this several times, Lu Ran flashed forward, hiding behind a giant tree.

Hearing the roars from his right rear, Lu Ran tilted his head slightly, exposing half his face from behind the tree.

From a distance, he saw one Lie Hun Mo brandishing a pair of thick ox horns, charging recklessly through the forest.

"Crack!"

The Lie Hun Mo slammed heavily into a giant tree, its forward momentum pausing slightly.

Lu Ran suddenly thrust out a hand, causing divine power to surge within his palm.

Stream Artifact Xie Fa · Evil Fangs!

The signature skill of the Evil Dog clan among the demonic creatures!

Ironically enough, Lu Ran was clearly channeling divine power, yet he was Shi Zhan Xie Fa?

Hmm... well, okay.

The divine and demonic clans shared the same source of energy.

Whether called Shen Fa Xie Fa or otherwise, it was merely a difference in naming.

Four sharp fangs appeared out of thin air, biting fiercely into one huge ox eye.

"Moo!" The Lie Hun Mo immediately let out a cry of pain.

Its right eye and the surrounding area had actually been bitten by the Evil Fangs into two deep, bloody holes!

The Lie Hun Mo clan was indeed majestic and powerful, but they possessed no defensive techniques.

Blades and axes could injure this clan, so naturally the Stream Artifact Xie Fa · Evil Fangs could as well!

"Scream."

Lu Ran's expression grew gloomy, his eyes flickering slightly.

I originally intended to act as a believer of the Divine Race and kite you all...

Yet what I received in return was your relentless bombardment.

No more pretense!

I'm showing my hand.

I'm f*cking a believer of the Evil Dog!

Uh... no, the Evil Dog is my servant!

The demonic clan...

In life they were my deadly enemies; in death, they are my slaves!

"Moo~~~"

The Lie Hun Mo, with its right eye injured, thrashed its head wildly, its ox horns madly ramming everything around it.

The Xie Fa · Evil Fangs appeared consecutively, tearing and biting fiercely at the massive ox head.

"Scream."

Lu Ran's expression grew even gloomier; his pitch-black pupils pierced through the vast night, fixing on the opponent's remaining good eye while unleashing a frenzy of bites.

Under the excruciating pain, the Lie Hun Mo screamed miserably, crashing chaotically in all directions.

"Boom!"

Like a headless fly, the Lie Hun Mo slammed heavily into a giant tree.

Just as its movement paused for a split second, four sharp fangs reappeared!

In an instant, the Lie Hun Mo was completely blinded.

Its eyeballs shattered, leaving only deep, gnawed blood holes that sprayed blood wildly.

Everyone says demonic creatures are cruel and vicious.

To this, Lu Ran has something to say!

At the same time, the two Lie Hun Mo in the distance, hearing their companion's such pitiful and shrill screams, were instantly stunned!

For a moment, much of their fury dissipated.

What is going on?

That weak human race—

"Moo~~~"

The "Blind Ox" fell completely into madness, its body twisting violently as its hooves trampled the ground chaotically.

Xie Fa was flung out crazily as if it cost nothing.

Demonic horns gored wildly; demonic hooves stomped recklessly.

Trees shattered and rotted; the earth trembled.

Behind a tree, Lu Ran quietly revealed half his face.

A pitch-black eye shimmered with a faint glow, coldly watching the scene.

"Moo~~~"

"Moo." Two ox lowings suddenly rang out.

Lu Ran's heart skipped a beat.

Of course, he could not understand ox calls, but the two distant sounds were drifting farther and farther away; this meant...

The River Realm Lie Hun Mo had been scared out of their wits and turned to flee!

Who says ox brains are dull?

Don't they also understand the preciousness of life quite well?

"Baa~~~" The sound of a sheep bleating rose again.

Lu Ran transformed himself into a little fat sheep and, facing the direction where the ox calls were drifting away, loudly beckoned.

Don't run, come back!

Come trample me, ravage me, tear me apart!

Come kill me, hey?

Contrary to Lu Ran's expectations, the two fleeing Lie Hun Mo showed not the slightest reaction to the sheep bleating.

Ran De Shen Fa: Sound of Despair had rarely failed.

Come to think of it, Lu Ran's divine art was a Stream Artifact, while the opponent was a River Realm.

A River Realm creature, relying on its own mental strength, could completely resist this kind of mental attack.

Previously, the reason Lu Ran always succeeded was built entirely upon the foundation that the demonic race was "cruel and tyrannical."

But in this pitch-black forest, the Lie Hun Mo's vision was already obstructed, no different from being "half-blind."

The unknown is what inspires the greatest fear.

The companion's successive screams further filled the big black oxen with terror.

Lu Ran knew well that he was alone.

But how could the Lie Hun Mo know what terrifying hunter had arrived in this dark, deep forest?

For them, scared out of their wits, to focus solely on fleeing was therefore not surprising.

"Heh." Lu Ran let out a cold snort.

The two Lie Hun Mo fled toward the depths of the dense forest, not toward the path of torches.

Lu Ran naturally had no intention of venturing deeper into the mountain forest, so he turned his gaze to the Blind Ox.

It was still crashing around chaotically.

On its pitch-black ox head were countless blood holes, with fresh blood flowing freely.

Every time the ox head collided with a tree, blood would spray outward even more, accelerating blood loss.

This scene of a trapped beast fighting still, struggling on the verge of death, actually appeared somewhat tragic and heroic.

"Thud!"

Another collision; the Lie Hun Mo let out a shrill scream and crashed heavily to the ground.

Lu Ran, holding dual blades, flashed out from behind the tree.

The Lie Hun Mo lay prostrate on the ground, panting heavily in great gasps, its head a blur of flesh and blood.

"Moo!"

Sensing the enemy approaching, the Lie Hun Mo immediately made a desperate struggle; it suddenly propped up its upper body, its ox hooves about to stomp down.

"Bang!"

Lu Ran stepped down one step faster.

Xie Fa: Lie Hun Mo Hoof!

Dust flew; the earth trembled lightly.

Violent energy fluctuations, carrying fierce wind waves, surged outward, directly flipping the Lie Hun Mo away!

"Moo—"

Screaming and rolling, the Lie Hun Mo dragged a long trail of blood across the ground.

Amidst the thick cloud of dust, Lu Ran, holding dual blades, slowly walked out.

"Your clan's Xie Fa is indeed very useful."

Lu Ran spoke softly, his footsteps unceasing.

"Bang!"

Lu Ran stomped down again, sending the Lie Hun Mo flying once more.

At the same time, mist surged beneath Lu Ran's feet as he charged straight forward.

The moment the Lie Hun Mo was intercepted by a giant tree behind it, Lu Ran had already arrived before the enemy!

Lu Ran gripped his blade with both hands, drawing an "X" shape in front of him!

"Hiss!"

The ox-head was severed, blood spraying forth.

The suffering of this River Realm evil spirit finally ended here.

No,

not yet.

After all, the Lie Hun Mo's soul would still be captured away by the tiny human.

To be used to nourish the Yemo Yemo Xiesu standing within his garden.

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