Chapter 88: Creek Realm! Creek Realm!

“Lu Ran, we’re in the same class now!” a familiar voice came from behind.

Before Lu Ran could turn, Chang Ying plopped down on the seat behind him and slapped his shoulder.

“For this trip to Mount Wuling, shall our two squads go together?”

“Yeah, Class Leader Jiang!” Qian Hao hurried over, beaming. “After several reorganizations, our squad’s roster is finally set.”

“Our coordination’s still shaky—big leg, please carry me!”

Jiang Ruyi looked at the pleading fat boy and said, “Our squad’s going to Dog Village.”

Qian Hao: “Huh?”

Chang Ying: “This—”

Some classmates in the class weren’t planning to go to Mount Wuling at all.

After all, students were more familiar with Dog Village’s terrain, which made completing assignments easier and ensured better safety.

But would Lu Ran be this conservative?

He was the kind who dared go out and kill enemies on July 15th!

Lu Ran nodded firmly: “Exactly. Just thinking about those skinny dogs’ faces makes me furious.”

“I can’t rest a single day without killing them!”

“I feel like you’re tricking this poor kid,” Chang Ying pouted. “Qian Hao, do you believe him?”

Qian Hao: “Huh?”

“Fine, fine,” Lu Ran sighed, offering another excuse. “Mainly because I’m about to break through to Creek Realm.”

“Every time I went to Dog Village, those skinny dogs chased me all over town—just thinking about it angers me.”

“I plan to give them a proper lesson after I break through!”

“Let those skinny dogs see what a Creek Realm Lu Ran can do!”

Before he finished speaking, Lu Ran’s body suddenly stiffened.

Chang Ying’s face twisted in shock: “You’re already Mist Realm·Fifth Stage? So fast?”

“My god!” Qian Hao’s mouth hung open, eyes wide with astonishment.

It wasn’t because Lu Ran had reached Mist Realm·Fifth Stage—it was because Lu Ran now looked frozen in place.

This energy fluctuation—what the hell?

“Breaking through is annoying enough, but now you’re insulting us?” Qian Hao’s shock faded, replaced by pure discomfort.

Deng Yu’s lips twitched awkwardly.

Indeed, Lu Ran had just said he’d let the skinny dogs see what a Creek Realm Lu Ran could do.

In the very next second, he let the whole class witness exactly how he broke through.

What is this, area denial?

Tian Tian glanced at Qian Hao and quietly defended her teammate: “Don’t misunderstand—Lu Ran wasn’t talking about you.”

As if that wasn’t convincing enough, Tian Tian added seriously: “You’re chubby—you’re not a skinny dog.”

Qian Hao: ???

Which class was this little girl from before?

How good is she at talking?

“Hehe~” Jiang Ruyi couldn’t hold back and let out a soft laugh.

As the three spoke, the remaining students in the class realized what Lu Ran was undergoing!

Was he going to leap directly from Mist Realm·Fifth Stage to Creek Realm·First Stage?

The noisy classroom fell instantly silent.

On the podium, Li Yanzhu also sensed the energy fluctuation and turned her head slightly.

Good kid—consecutive breakthroughs?

Is this the true value of what he offered on the Worship Altar—the Demon·Yanzhi?

Li Yanzhu tapped the podium: “Class is dismissed. Leave the classroom.”

With the homeroom teacher clearing the room, students had no choice but to depart—except for Jiang Tian, Deng Yu, and the other three, who retreated to the side and quietly waited for their squad member.

Lu Ran’s face strained as he slumped over his desk, burying his face in his arms.

His internal mist quantity was sufficient; its density was even more than enough.

Lu Ran repeatedly compressed the mist, trying to condense it into threads of water.

“Huuu!!”

After twenty full minutes, a violent surge of energy erupted, whipping up gales that blasted through the room.

The mist around Lu Ran churned violently, even pushing desks and chairs back slightly.

“Creek Realm,” Jiang Ruyi murmured, a flicker of delight in her eyes.

“Creek Realm,” Tian Tian echoed softly from behind Jiang Ruyi, mimicking the goddess’s words.

Deng Yu stood with arms crossed, both envious and awed.

Having such a big leg in the squad—

It’s incredibly stressful!

“Ughhh~”

Lu Ran stretched out with fierce intensity, drowning in the overwhelming power surging through his body.

His energy fluctuations lasted a long while before gradually subsiding.

Lu Ran slowly opened his eyes to see his homeroom teacher watching him, a hint of approval in her gaze:

“Keep pushing—but stay humble.”

With those eight words of wisdom, Li Yanzhu clicked away in her high heels.

Lu Ran turned to his three waiting teammates and grinned: “Hehe~”

The smug look was genuinely annoying.

Jiang Ruyi gave him a playful glare.

Lu Ran looked at Deng Yu—only for Deng Yu to reflexively blurt: “You’re almost there!”

Lu Ran was speechless. What the hell are you almost there at?

I haven’t even asked yet!

“Come on, let’s go to Dog Village!” Deng Yu flushed and hurriedly ushered everyone out.

Jiang Ruyi turned to Lu Ran: “We’re going to Dog Village—what about Xiao Li Hua?”

Lu Ran scratched his head: “I’ll prepare extra food and water for her?”

Jiang Ruyi: “Buy a few bags of cat food and an automatic feeder.”

“Oh, sure,” Lu Ran smiled at the girl. “You’re so thoughtful~”

Jiang Ruyi shook her head: “I’m just afraid you’ll starve her to death.”

Lu Ran: “.”

At ten a.m., fully prepared, Lu Ran waited at his doorstep for a business van.

“Lu Brother, are you really not going to open your eyes to the world?” Deng Yu rolled down the passenger window, curious.

Lu Ran wore a black training suit, gripping the Black Ice Radiance Blade.

He’d even folded a red scarf into a long strip and tied it over his eyes.

Honestly, the look was damn cool.

“Training means constant readiness,” Lu Ran said, blindfolded, yet easily finding the car door and yanking it open.

In the back, Tian Tian peered curiously as the Ninja Turtle climbed in.

Jiang Ruyi asked: “Cat food and water all ready?”

“Don’t worry,” Lu Ran plopped into the front seat, laying the Radiance Blade across his knees.

As the car started, Deng Yu turned to Lu Ran: “Have you learned the Divine Art suited for Creek Realm, Lu Brother?”

“Mm.” Lu Ran’s divine power surged, and suddenly, two horns materialized on his forehead.

Not the curved, upward-pointing horns of a mountain goat.

But the curled, spiraling horns of a sheep.

Thick and heavy, the Mist Horns extended diagonally backward from his forehead, looping once before the tips pointed straight ahead, just beside his face.

When people think of sheep,

they might picture gentle, fluffy, cute things.

But Lu Ran’s pair of Mist Horns were thick, powerful, and terrifyingly majestic!

Especially since he wore black and red.

These two swirling, massive horns looked like they’d grown straight from a demon’s skull.

Divine Art of the Immortal Sheep·Immortal Horns!

One of the few offensive techniques in the Immortal Sheep sect’s Divine Arts.

From this moment on, Lu Ran wasn’t just tough-mouthed.

His head was tough too!

Anyone he disliked—he’d just smash them with his forehead!

Knock you dead~

After this technique’s quality improved, several additional floating horns would appear above and below the main pair.

Even stranger, and harder!

This technique is nominally an output method, but objectively, it also counts as a defensive technique.

After all, Lu Ran has become the “Iron Head Kid”!

“Feel anything?”

Jiang Ruyi suddenly leaned forward, extended her finger, and poked the thick ram’s horn.

“No feeling,” Lu Ran answered honestly.

Jiang Ruyi opened her slender palm and gripped the thick ram’s horn, giving it a gentle shake.

Lu Ran’s head swayed along with it.

Jiang Ruyi’s lips curled slightly: “It’s like a bicycle handlebar.”

Lu Ran: ???

What do you mean, you want to ride me?

You’ve really gotten out of line.

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(End of Chapter)