Chapter 921: Destroy the Stronghold!

At the eastern gate of Tian Tu Mountain's stronghold.

Si Xianxian stood proudly, activating the Divine Art · Flame Heavenly Kui, embodying the might of a single man holding the pass!

She had a face of unparalleled beauty; even clad in a green reed cloak and blue bamboo hat, her slender, graceful figure could not be concealed.

Amid the blazing flames, she resembled a goddess statue engulfed in fire.

Behind Si Xianxian, Yu Changsheng activated the Divine Art·Prayer Carp, guarding and escorting her.

Without this Grand Sea Realm physician, Si Xianxian would already have been electrocuted into numbness.

"Die, all of you die!" Si Xianxian swung her hammer wildly, cursing, "Bullying people! You'll die a miserable death!!"

Yu Changsheng: "."

Earlier, Si Xianxian had been chased and hunted by a pack of wolf pups, utterly humiliated.

Yet now, facing Tian Tu Mountain—the very place that had tormented Lu Ran—her fury burned even hotter?

Yu Changsheng lifted his eyelids, gazing far into the sky.

A Jade Talisman disciple soared upward in panic, white jade talismans wrapped around his body, flung downward like they were free.

Si Xianxian unleashed explosive output, hurling phantom flame war hammers as if they cost nothing, smashing into the sky.

"Bang! Bang!"

"Boom!!"

The Heavenly Flame Divine Art·Shattering Sky was terrifyingly powerful!

The hammer shadows shattered each white jade talisman, painting the sky in riotous colors.

Flames surged, lightning crawled, yellow sand swept, frost spread.

The terrifying part: the white jade talismans shattered one by one, yet the hammer shadows remained unbroken.

The Flame Heavenly Kui Divine Art's enhancement of output techniques was utterly comprehensive.

When the rapidly spinning flame hammer shadows reached the Jade Talisman disciple's side,

Si Xianxian's beautiful eyes widened, and from her lips came a single word:

"Explode!"

"Boom!!"

The phantom hammer shadows burst into layers of flame, like a sea of fire spreading in all directions, instantly swallowing the Jade Talisman disciple's figure.

"Aaaah!!" From the fiery sky, the Jade Talisman disciple's piercing scream echoed.

Before the scream ended, more hammer shadows arrived.

One hammer struck the Jade Talisman disciple's body directly, exploding violently.

"Boom!!"

The Jade Talisman disciple lost even his scream, blasted away like a cannonball, his body a bloody pulp, blood spraying everywhere.

"Die!" Si Xianxian swung another hammer.

A brutal finishing blow—perfectly steady!

Yu Changsheng's gaze swept past the speeding hammer shadows, landing on the peak of Tian Tu Mountain.

The entire stronghold had been ignited by Si Xianxian's rage.

Only the summit of Tian Tu Mountain remained cool and calm.

There, too, stood a figure clad in a green reed cloak and blue bamboo hat.

She had thick black hair, braided into a massive plait that circled her neck and hung down her front.

The woman stood atop the highest peak; within a hundred-meter radius, countless water droplets floated, and many small Cang Dragons drifted slowly.

She held a colorful bow; each water-mist arrow shot out in a string, each small Cang Dragon launched in a row!

Majestic Luo Shen stood proudly atop Tian Tu Mountain's peak, like a deity ruling over life and death.

"Deng!"

Each twang of the bowstring was like the King of Hell calling out names.

Beneath the main peak of Tian Tu Mountain, at the stronghold's center, two vicious dogs were taking lives.

Which two vicious dogs?

The Lord of Ran Gate, and his Evil Shadow Bodyguard.

They were indeed fighting fiercely, but also deliberately driving the Tian Tu Mountain disciples toward this spot, trapping them at the stronghold's center.

For this was beneath the feet of Ran Gate's First Divine General·Luo Ying!

And within the sensing range of the Divine Art·Cang Dragon Sea!

"Fuck, get lost!"

"Shut off Blood Sea Chaos, you fucking shut it!"

"Don't, don't kill me, don't…" Angry curses and trembling pleas filled the air.

Lu Yan was a vicious dog—and a mad dog!

The two flashed wildly; with their immensely powerful techniques, just the two of them held off nine enemies!

The Cang Dragon Sea enveloping this area imposed crushing pressure on the Tian Tu Mountain disciples.

The stronghold's defenders panicked, their formation in chaos, unleashing every survival technique they had.

Prison Demon Divine Art·Blood Sea Chaos!

Jade Talisman Divine Art·Electric Shackles Talisman!

Nuo Sha Divine Art·Nuo Sha Dance!

What does "Let the other guy die, not me" mean?

Prison Demon and Nuo Sha disciples were electrocuted until their bodies went numb, frozen stiff.

Jade Talisman and Nuo Sha disciples had their spellcasting disrupted by thick blood mist, unable to even maintain their surrounding jade talismans.

Jade Talisman and Prison Demon disciples were pulled by the dancing Nuo Sha afterimages, occasionally losing control of their limbs, twitching and dancing involuntarily.

Honestly, the chaos Tian Tu Mountain created internally was far worse than what Lu Yan and Yan Shuangzi caused.

"Evil Shadow Flash!" Lu Ran transmitted mentally.

A man and woman flashed simultaneously, breaking away from battle.

Both activated the Evil Technique·Evil Fangs!

"Crunch!"

"Crunch!" Rows of fangs materialized out of thin air, tearing into enemies.

In comparison, the Lord of Ran Gate clearly had superior technique.

He was one minor stage higher than Yan Shuangzi, but more importantly, Lu Ran had been continuously activating the Divine Art · Flame Heavenly Kui!

The Evil Dog Technique · Evil Fangs was an output technique, naturally within the enhancement range of Flame Heavenly Kui.

"Aaaah!!"

The piercing screams were unbearably sharp.

A Jade Talisman disciple was severed at the waist by Lu Ran's fangs, bitten clean in two!

Another Nuo Sha disciple had his head bitten off.

The poor Nuo Sha female disciple, her spiritual flow disrupted by the Prison Demon Divine Art·Blood Sea Chaos, her water-armored suit unstable, her movement restricted by the sand river stirred up by the Jade Talisman Divine Art·Flowing Sand Talisman.

Yan Shuangzi's Evil Fangs struck—her neck was instantly severed.

"Crunch! Crunch!"

Rows of uneven fangs continued to surge forth.

Small Cang Dragons howled in, destroying enemies.

Lu Ran withdrew from the battle, casting from afar, transmitting mentally: 【Dream Fiend Immortal, report status.】

Deng Yuxiang: 【Still searching the western peak; six killed so far.】

Si Xianxian: 【We've held the east gate; no one escaped. We blew up a squad—four people!】

Lu Ran calculated: adding the nine trapped at the stronghold's center, there were nineteen Tian Tu Mountain disciples total.

Plus the six guards slain below the mountain—twenty-five in all.

Still missing several!

"Deng!" The bowstring trembled.

The small Cang Dragons still ravaged the stronghold; another string of arrows rained down.

Even if the River Realm believers exhausted every technique, how could they resist the terrifying might of the vast sea?

Lu Ran looked up and immediately unleashed another set of Evil Fangs.

Within mere seconds, the last dying Nuo Sha believer was finally pierced through by a hail of arrows.

"Luo." Lu Ran flashed to the peak, "Excluding those beneath your feet, how many enemies have you killed?"

"Five."

"Five?"

"Five shots, five kills." Luo Ying confirmed with confidence.

"One short!" Lu Ran frowned, "Search!"

As he spoke, he sent mental transmissions to all three bodyguards.

【Found him—right here.】 Deng Yuxiang's voice suddenly came.

Tian Tu Mountain had sheer cliffs on three sides, with a river on the fourth.

Now, on the western cliff of Tian Tu Mountain, a Nuo Sha disciple was clinging to the rock face, sliding down rapidly.

The Nu Sha followers lack the ability to fly.

The peak towered high; leaping straight down would be foolish, so he had no choice but to descend this way.

However.

The man's heart lurched violently, as if pinned by a cold gaze.

He snapped his head upward just as several small stones tumbled down from the cliff above.

A figure in a green cape and green hat stood at the cliff's edge, looking down at him.

"Gulps." The Nu Sha disciple's pupils dilated in shock as he swallowed hard.

The woman stepped off the cliff and descended.

"No," the man's face turned ashen, his lips trembling slightly.

Everything he had seen before had utterly shattered his courage; he knew among these mysterious figures were many terrifying Sea Realm masters.

They slaughtered the villagers like chickens and dogs!

The woman falling now was undoubtedly another Sea Realm master!

The man clawed at the sheer cliff face, no longer sliding down at all—as if already in death's grip—everything in his vision moved with agonizing slowness.

With every foot the green-cloaked woman descended, the crushing pressure upon him intensified.

He trembled uncontrollably, his eyes filled with despair.

Utter despair.

Not a single glimmer of survival remained.

"Huu~" The green-cloaked woman stepped through the air and landed behind him.

A cold hand pressed against the back of his skull, forcing his face against the rock.

A similarly cold broken blade pierced his lower back, piercing clean through his body.

"Sss!"

Deng Yu remained expressionless, picking up the corpse and returning to the cliff top.

It was as easy as reaching into a pouch—natural, inevitable.

In this world where strength reigned supreme, the moment she ascended to the Sea Realm, everything changed.

Absolute power, an exalted realm, granted her terrifying authority and presence.

During this battle, Deng Yu clearly realized:

Before her, even some people lacked the courage to resist!

So.

Deng Yu pressed her lips together.

She stepped onto the cliff's edge and sent a mental message, her tone as gentle as she could manage: 【It's done. You may come and harvest the soul whenever you're ready.】

Unexpectedly, she heard Lu Ran's concerned voice: 【Sis, what's wrong?】

Deng Yu: "."

What could I do?

I've only just realized I should have been gentler toward you, my little River Realm cultivator.

As for others—eh, it doesn't matter.

Lu Ran: 【Are you alright? Are you injured? What happened?】

Deng Yu was both irritated and amused; she tossed the corpse carelessly to the ground: 【I'm fine! Since the battle's over, hurry over—before the soul drifts away.】

【Oh, coming right away.】Lu Ran replied, 【Clean up the battlefield, then keep searching the mountain.】

【Yes!】Deng Yu responded, removing the Divine Power bead necklace from the enemy's neck.

Yet in her mind, she replayed each of Lu Ran's concerned words.

Suddenly, Deng Yu smiled and shook her head.

Compared to him, I'm terribly inadequate.

Meanwhile, at the center of the village.

Lu Ran ordered everyone to extinguish the fires and clear the battlefield, while he himself seized souls in abundance.

During the battle, he had avoided souls entirely, fearing his brain would buzz and impair his hearing.

"Hummm!!"

As expected, as the dead souls entered his eyes, the Yu Fu divine sculpture within his mind began expanding.

River Realm Stage Two, Stage Three—

Lu Ran licked his lips in excitement.

Yes, surge higher, surge harder!

I've had enough of those stupid white jade plaques!

Once I can activate the River Rank·Yu Fu Array, I'll perfectly absorb the Frost Fire, Sand, and Lightning released by other River Realm·Yu Fu believers.

I'll just plunge straight into their ranks—no need to dodge at all!

Fuck, I'll slaughter them all!

(End of Chapter)