Chapter 863: Heart-Sundering!

The rain grew heavier and heavier.

Lu Ran led Yu Changsheng and the two Divine Generals, sneaking to the forest several kilometers away.

He had mentioned his trump card, but Yu Changsheng sternly stopped him.

The Divine Law · Sheep can indeed render an enemy temporarily unable to fight, transforming them into a fragile lamb.

But this technique only works on opponents of the same realm, and the consequences are extremely severe!

Once cast, Lu Ran's physical strength and divine power would be completely drained, even damaging his soul.

Lu Ran would instantly enter a state of total bodily exhaustion—no matter how skilled Yu Changsheng was, he could not revive Lu Ran immediately!

And Yan Shuangzi still had no idea when she might succeed in her breakthrough.

At this moment, Lu Ran absolutely could not become a weakling—he must preserve his strength to face any other enemies that might arrive!

After Yu Changsheng repeatedly and sternly forbade it, Lu Ran naturally nodded decisively.

In fact, Lu Ran had mentioned the trump card only to reassure Yu Changsheng.

Lu Ran had already made up his mind: he would go alone to assassinate the Lietian devotees!

"Stop!" Lu Ran lowered his voice, stepped onto black clouds, and slowly rose, arriving at the middle of a tree, cautiously peering out half his face.

There, several hundred meters away in the forest, a short woman leaned against a tree, her face as dark as water.

A tall, muscular young man paced back and forth, his hands repeatedly slapping his head, as if perpetually in a state of extreme rage.

He looked like a man-eating beast!

"Fuck!" Shi Guangwei cursed loudly, his patience long exhausted, "Why hasn't he come back yet?"

"Guangwei!" Shi Yali let out another low command.

Heavenly Luán Divine Law · Luán's Cry!

This technique can awaken all beings' minds and dispel all mental abnormalities.

Shi Guangwei immediately halted his steps.

Shi Yali sighed heavily in her heart.

If not for her auxiliary Divine Law, and if they weren't blood relatives, who could control this raging madman?

Shi Guangwei, already at the peak of the River Realm, was undoubtedly a walking bomb.

Disease Name: Lietian!

Unsolvable!

He didn't even need external triggers—he could detonate himself!

Soon, Shi Guangwei's expression darkened again as he cursed, "Shit! Why's it taking so long?"

Shi Yali also sensed something was wrong: "Guangwei, let's leave."

"What? Leave?" Shi Guangwei instantly grew angry, his voice rising sharply, "Say that again?"

Shi Yali suppressed her anger and gently urged, "Guangwei, calm down."

Shi Guangwei was on the verge of explosion: "How the hell am I supposed to calm down! You're always second-guessing—do you even need to?

You're a Sea Realm cultivator, yet you're always hesitating—do you even have the face to call yourself a Sea Realm?"

Shi Yali gritted her teeth, about to speak, when her younger brother added:

"I say, you protect me—we just charge in and kill them!"

"Calm down!" Shi Yali's voice grew stern, "Wuya hasn't returned in so long—he's probably exposed, or captured. We retreat first."

She silently added in her mind: or maybe he ran away.

Since her brother ascended to River Realm Stage Five, his emotions had become harder and harder to control.

Even as a Sea Realm cultivator with techniques to awaken minds and soothe spirits, she could no longer control Shi Guangwei.

"Then we must go even more!" Shi Guangwei exploded.

He had waited so long, only to hear "retreat"?

His raging heart would never settle unless it shattered two skulls!

Besides, this was the direct instruction from the Divine Lord himself, given before sending him to Sacred Spirit Mountain!

Follow your heart!

What does "follow your heart" mean?

Don't restrain yourself, don't hesitate—just kill!

Shi Guangwei gripped his staff tightly and roared, "If you want to go back, go yourself—I'm going!"

Before he finished speaking, a surge of energy reached them.

As a Lietian devotee who had killed countless lives, Shi Guangwei was battle-hardened!

The moment he sensed something amiss, his body reacted before his mind could process it.

Without time to speak, he swung his golden staff forward with all his might.

Shi Yali's face turned pale.

She too had vast combat experience, and as a Sea Realm adept, her environmental awareness was sharper.

The instant she sensed danger, she thrust her hand upward—behind her, a pair of vast, pure white wings suddenly unfurled.

As the woman raised her hand, the wings shielded her front.

Heavenly Luán Divine Law · Luán's Wings!

This technique grants Lietian devotees flight, and the Luán clan's wings possess formidable defensive capabilities.

In truth, Shi Yali had many ways to break the deadlock.

For instance, the Divine Law · Heavenly Wind Chaos, which could summon violent storms.

Or the Divine Law · Heavenly Wind Dispersion, which released a ring of wind waves from her body.

All of these could break the situation.

Yet Shi Yali chose to use the Luán wings for defense while granting herself flight, retreating rapidly backward.

Lu Ran felt he had overestimated the sibling bond between them.

Or rather, this wasn't Shi Yali's conscious choice.

In such a short span, how could she weigh options and make the optimal decision? It was pure instinct.

"Bang!"

The siblings had different temperaments—one explosive in offense, the other defensive and retreating.

But the one who acted even faster than both was the assassin!

Lu Ran forcibly inserted himself between them, appearing in a flash, and slammed his foot hard onto the ground.

Soil erupted, airwaves surged!

Soul-Shattering Demon Art · Soul-Shattering Demon Hoof!

"Shit!" Shi Guangwei cursed, blasted backward by the shock.

"Watch out!" Shi Yali gasped in shock.

In the pitch-black environment, Shi Yali couldn't clearly see the battlefield, but she sensed a terrifying energy rushing toward her.

What technique is this?

Thread-Spider Demon Art · Thread-Spider Robe!

Lu Ran had long wanted to unleash this!

In the mortal world, where could he ever wear such an exposed, sexy crimson dress?

Lu Ran roared inwardly, feeling his body grow heavy—as if a thousand jin of weight crushed him:

"You! Are! Going! To! Explode!"

"Whoosh!!"

Energy churned, crimson threads like an ocean!

The tattered, impossibly heavy crimson robe shot out countless thousands of crimson threads.

Dense, layered, overlapping!

Like a dazzling crimson tidal wave, it surged outward in all directions.

The Shi siblings were instantly scattered!

The difference: Shi Yali retreated by her own flight, while Shi Guangwei was flung away by the crimson tide.

"You're fucking dead!"

Shi Guangwei was already a bomb—and now he detonated!

He roared in fury, flames erupting across his body as he flew backward.

Lietian Divine Law · Flame Heavenly Titan!

This is a cross-rank killing technique, massively boosting damage output.

No wonder he was a high-rank Lietian devotee—he didn't even assess the situation before going all out!

As for his own life,

As for how this technique, once activated, couldn't be stopped and would eventually drain him to collapse,

To hell with it!

Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!

Shi Yali's gaze hardened, her face dark with fury.

In the pitch-black darkness, the blazing Shi Guangwei stood out like a beacon.

And under the activation of the Divine Law · Flame Heavenly Titan, even Shi Yali, a Sea Realm adept, dared not approach him.

The explosive output of the Li Tian devotees is just that brutal!

"Die!" Shi Guangwei's veins bulged as he swung his monk's staff fiercely forward.

Li Tian Divine Art: Li Explosion Sky!

A phantom hammer shadow, wreathed in roaring flames, slammed straight into the surging crimson tide before him.

"Boom!"

Flames erupted, blazing wildly!

But it didn't strike the red tide—instead, it exploded far away against a giant tree.

"Crack! Crack! Crack!"

"Boom!"

The earth shook, the mountains trembled, the noise deafening!

Shi Guangwei's output never ceased; he swung hammer after hammer like a madman.

Now it wasn't just trees and rocks being shattered—each blow carved a massive crater into the mountain itself!

A sea of roaring flames spread wildly through the rainy night.

Yet someone had already vanished with the towering red tide, flashing away.

This output intensity?!

This output frequency?!

If Lu Ran so much as grazed him, his body would be blown to smithereens.

Two hundred meters away, Lu Ran hid behind a tree, having already shed the revealing, fiery red dress.

Listening to the relentless bombardment, he couldn't help but smirk.

Damn!

I come in and blow up—so you just blow up the moment you see me?

"Guang—" In the night sky, Shi Yali had just opened her mouth when she whirled around.

The divine weapon, Cold Moon Sword, sensed the presence of a similar artifact.

The divine weapon, Cold Moon Dao, showed no special reaction—dead silent.

"Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!"

In the pitch-black rain, a volley of water arrows shot toward them at high speed.

Beneath the arrows, a three-pronged, double-edged spear hurtled forward, leaving a thin trail of water in its wake.

Shi Yali's pupils contracted!

Two divine weapons—no, three!

Including the one who appeared earlier—there was also a divine weapon's aura on him.

Damn it!

Shi Yali cursed inwardly—how could the opponent possess so many divine weapons?

All my life I've hunted eagles—today I'm getting robbed by crows!

This group are nothing but murderous bandits!

"Baa~~~"

In the pitch-black rain, a sudden sheep's cry rang out.

It sent chills down the spine!

Several hundred meters away, Lu Ran stood just behind and to the right of Shi Guangwei, letting out a loud sheep cry.

Immortal Sheep Divine Art: Sound of Dread!

You Li Tian devotees aren't supposed to be hot-headed? Fierce? Full of murderous intent?

Come on!

Harm me, trample me, kill me!

Look at me!

Shi Guangwei instinctively turned his head and swung a phantom hammer shadow.

In that instant, amid the pitch-black forest, he saw a pair of alluring crimson eyes.

Thread-Weaving Evil Art: Thread-Eye!

"Aaaah!" Shi Guangwei grabbed his hair, face twisted, veins bulging on his forehead.

"Shhh!" Lu Ran's figure vanished in a flash.

This was a battle with zero room for error!

Not a single millimeter!

Lu Ran dared not get close—even if Shi Guangwei swung his monk's staff wildly and accidentally touched him, Lu Ran would be gravely wounded.

Because the phantom hammer shadow on Shi Guangwei's monk's staff was none other than the Divine Art: Li Hammer.

Its output had been massively amplified!

With a dull "thud," Shi Guangwei was flung backward and slammed into a massive tree.

Lu Ran reached his left hand to his side and sharply raised his right.

Sin-Mirror Evil Art: Mirror of Sin!

Evil Dog Evil Art: Evil Fangs!

"Crunch!"

Two rows of canine teeth materialized and tore savagely into Shi Guangwei's trembling body.

Shi Guangwei:!!!

The spiritual strength of the Li Tian sect was already below average.

After suffering the "Thousand Threads Piercing the Body" from the Thread-Eye in his spiritual realm, Shi Guangwei's water armor became extremely unstable.

This strike from Evil Fangs nearly tore his armor apart.

"You—!"

Shi Guangwei swung his hammer wildly like a madman—his furious shouts were abruptly cut off.

Because the ancient bronze mirror in Lu Ran's left hand had transformed into a full-length mirror.

Sin-Mirror Evil Art: Mirror Flower, Moon Reflection!

Lu Ran's right hand plunged directly into the mirror.

Jade-Faced Snake Evil Art: Immortal Heaven Serpent!

From within the full-length mirror, ten meters behind Shi Guangwei's tree, a hand emerged—and from its palm surged a phantom great serpent!

"Sssss!"

The phantom white-scaled serpent shattered the thick tree and slammed into Shi Guangwei, hurling him forward with a roar.

A sharp "crack!"

Beneath Shi Guangwei's flaming body, the water armor forged from divine power, shattered under the impact of the Immortal Heaven Serpent.

"Puff!"

Shi Guangwei spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes rolling white.

No one knew if it was from grievous injury—or rage.

The phantom serpent, thirty meters long, finally passed completely through Shi Guangwei's body.

But Shi Guangwei's forward momentum remained—and along his path appeared two more rows of canine teeth.

"Crunch!!"

His blazing body was severed cleanly at the waist.

Smooth, fluid, ruthless!

Shi Guangwei's eyes bulged, his forehead veins swelling as if about to burst.

"Hmph." Lu Ran turned his head, gazing toward the distant forest.

There, golden rain fell softly, illuminating the night like daylight, with tiny droplets suspended in the air and miniature mosasaurs circling.

Clearly, that was Yu Changsheng and Luoying's perception technique: Everlasting Carp and Canglong Sea Domain!

The three had not disappointed Lu Ran—they had held and trapped the Hai Jing expert Shi Yali.

Likewise, Lu Ran had not disappointed them.

He had single-handedly killed a Li Tian devotee at Jiang Jing Stage Five!

From start to finish, no reckless charging, no close combat—he controlled the enemy from beginning to death!

Question: How do you fight a duo of ultimate weapons?

Divide and conquer!

Question: What if the Li Tian devotee has explosive output and dies if you touch him—how do you fight him?

Even simpler.

Don't let him touch you!

"Huh~"

Shi Guangwei's two severed bodies still burned, a wisp of his soul drifting free.

"You son of a bitch!" Shi Guangwei, beyond rage, spat vile curses.

Lu Ran let out a cold laugh.

You tried to kill me—and now you're furious because you got killed?

Lu Ran immediately summoned a cloud of black mist, swiftly drawing Shi Guangwei's soul into it.

The next moment, soul fire ignited!

"Ah! Aaaahhh!" Shi Guangwei's filthy curses instantly turned into piercing screams.

But Lu Ran suddenly extinguished the soul fire, fixing his gaze on the soul in his palm: "You wanted to take advantage of our weakness and kill us to steal our cargo, didn't you?"

Shi Guangwei's eyes bulged with rage!

Lu Ran spoke coldly: "You and your sister—neither of you will leave alive. I claim your lives, your souls!"

"Your monk's staff, your sister's two divine weapons, and the magical pearl—I take them all!"

No sooner had he finished than the soul fire flared again in Lu Ran's palm!

"Ah! Aaaah! Aaaah!" Shi Guangwei screamed again, piercingly.

Had Lu Ran just extinguished the soul fire so Shi Guangwei could clearly hear every word?

Kill the body,

then destroy the soul!

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(End of chapter)