Chapter 926: Not One of You Will Leave!

The Azure Dragon and the blade scar rushed toward each other at breakneck speed, crisscrossing like dragons and snakes dancing together!

Trees were torn apart, rocks shattered and flew everywhere, the battlefield a scene of utter ruin.

"Tiantu!" Lady Kong cried out in shock and fury; as a Sea Realm powerhouse, her reaction was far quicker than others'.

Eight golden-jade tablets erupted from her body, also immediately concerned for her husband.

And Luo Tiantu.

"No, I can't die!" Luo Tiantu's heart pounded in terror; already knocked to the ground, he instinctively threw down a Sandflow Talisman.

"Huuu!!"

The forest terrain abruptly shifted, transforming into a surging, undulating river of fine sand.

Luo Tiantu plunged headfirst into it, and with a thought, fine sand threads shot from the Sand River, wrapping around his body to aid his descent into the earth.

Lady Kong's pupils shrank sharply!

Luo Tiantu ran again!

Everything unfolded exactly as Bai Yanhui had predicted.

Luo Tiantu was a coward who feared death above all else, clinging desperately to his life.

When under heavy assault, this leader chose to flee at once, making no effort to stabilize morale or lead his team through the crisis.

He abandoned even his own wife—let alone protect his subordinates.

"Luo Tiantu!"

Lady Kong's face turned ashen.

This very scene had played out not long ago—during the siege of the Innocent Valley.

At that time, Luo Tiantu had been ambushed and, again, chose to flee immediately, disregarding the fate of his own people, even shattering a Lightning Shackles Talisman outright.

That battle ended in victory for Tian Tu Mountain.

But Luo Tiantu's authority plummeted.

Later, before the entire Tian Tu Mountain clan, Luo Tiantu executed the Innocent Valley captives with exceptionally cruel methods.

No matter what the clan members felt inside, none dared speak out.

Luo Tiantu privately apologized to Lady Kong, using flattery, lies, and endless excuses.

Lady Kong, weighing the reality and considering their years of friendship, temporarily set aside this unpleasant episode.

And now—Luo Tiantu didn't even look at her, and ran again?!

A dog can't change its habit of eating shit!

Then again, among those present, someone ran even faster than Luo Tiantu.

The two Dong Ting disciples specially invited and pampered by Tian Tu Mountain.

"Huu~"

Lady Kong paid no more attention to anything else; she urgently manipulated her Eight Golden-Jade Talismans, expanding their size.

The Jiang-grade Eight Golden-Jade Talismans could enlarge palm-sized stone tablets to one meter in length and width.

The Hai-grade Eight Golden-Jade Talismans had a maximum limit of ten meters!

Amidst surging waves of energy, several golden-jade tablets swelled rapidly, and in an instant, they formed a cube, striving to shield everyone within.

Endless Azure Dragons slammed into the massive golden-jade tablets, producing a dense, relentless clatter.

But the problem was, the battlefield held more than just Azure Dragons.

There were also long blade scars appearing out of thin air!

"Ah! Aaaah!"

"Ah!" Piercing screams followed one after another.

The blade scars of the Night Phantom Clan erupted directly inside the cube, slaughtering mercilessly!

The bodies of the Talisman disciples were split open, limbs torn apart, heads severed.

Cut into eight pieces!

Horrifying scenes unfolded one after another.

Even Lady Kong's water-armored suit was slashed open in multiple places; those of Jiang Realm cultivation had no resistance at all.

Lady Kong's face stiffened; she slammed her palm downward with all her strength.

The cube formed by the large golden-jade talismans crashed violently into the earth.

Luo Tiantu was indeed a coward who feared death, but he still had some redeeming qualities.

At least his chosen escape route was the optimal solution!

"Huh?" The only member of the Tian Tu Mountain squad untouched by attack was the scout flying far ahead.

And this scout held a high position within the mountain stronghold.

One of the Yu brothers—Yu Lengshan—who wielded the divine weapon, Earth Scar Sword.

Yu Lengshan slammed to a sudden halt, hovering midair, turning his head to look back.

Beneath the bright moonlight, the scout saw a scene of earthly hell.

Azure Dragons danced, blade scars crisscrossed.

Everything had happened too fast—too fast for this scout to react.

"Where are you looking?"

Suddenly, a cold voice came from behind.

The sentence was long, but Lu Ran's movements were not slow at all.

As soon as he uttered "You," Lu Ran's left hand, gripping the Radiant Light Saber, had already slashed down!

Lu Ran couldn't tell whether this was Yu Lengshan or Yu Lenghe, but he remembered both brothers vividly.

Long ago, it was the Yu brothers and another bastard who had together forced Lu Ran to the cliff's edge.

Their eyes had been greedy, coveting Lu Ran's divine weapons and artifacts.

They didn't just want to rob him—they wanted to kill him!

"Ah!" Yu Lengshan felt every hair on his body stand on end.

The divine weapon, Earth Scar Sword, issued an alarm, detecting a similar aura.

But the enemy was already on your face—and now you sound the alarm?

Too late!

Yu Lengshan didn't even have time to turn around; he unleashed technique after technique.

From within his Jade Talisman Array, the white jade tablet representing the Lightning Shackles Talisman shattered instantly!

Simultaneously, all Eight Golden-Jade Talismans erupted from his body.

"Ziziz~!"

A lightning sphere fifty meters in diameter expanded outward, filled with countless electric currents writhing like lightning snakes.

How fast was Lu Ran's reaction?

He could dodge.

But there was no need!

Because Lu Ran, too, was surrounded by several white jade tablets.

The Jiang-grade Jade Talisman Array consisted of eight white jade tablets, two of which were Lightning Shackles Talismans.

The wildly darting lightning snakes surged from Yu Lengshan's detonated Lightning Shackles Talisman—and then plunged into Lu Ran's Jade Talisman Array's own Lightning Shackles Talisman.

As Lu Ran had anticipated: same teacher, same technique—can't break it!

No!

Yu Lengshan was the true disciple of the Divine Jade Talisman Sect.

Lu Ran was the Commanding Pseudo-God of Jade Talismans, forcibly manifesting this sect's divine art!

"Crack! Crack!"

A flash of Radiant Light!

Two golden-jade tablets rushing forward were instantly chopped to pieces by the Radiant Light Saber!

A second-grade divine weapon was extremely sharp.

Lu Ran's divine power surged, pushing the Divine Art—Fiery Heaven Power—to its absolute limit, generating astonishing force!

"Ssssh!"

The Radiant Light Saber first severed the two golden-jade tablets, then slashed from Yu Lengshan's right shoulder down to his left waist.

Radiant Light came first, Eight Wilderness followed!

Lu Ran's movements were seamless; his right hand gripped the Eight Wilderness Saber and drove it along the blade scar's path.

White blade in, red blade out!

Yu Lengshan's eyes widened in shock; the bloodied blade tip emerged from his chest, visible before his eyes.

His surrounding Jade Talisman Array and Eight Golden-Jade Talismans shattered completely.

Only the divine weapon, Earth Scar Sword, remained intact, still clutched in his hand.

Lu Ran casually released the Radiant Light Saber and seized the hilt of the Earth Scar Sword.

More precisely, his hand covered Yu Lengshan's hand; both gripped the hilt together.

Lu Ran's pupils turned icy cold; he gripped the hilt and twisted with all his might!

When you tried to force me to my death—

Did you ever imagine this day would come?

"Crack!"

His hand bones shattered!

Yu Lenghe's life drained rapidly, but he was not yet dead; he let out one final scream: "Ah!"

Lu Ran was a Jiang Realm cultivator, his strength brutal—let alone that he was activating the Divine Art: Fiery Heaven Power!

Yu Lenghe's hand bones and flesh were crushed by Lu Ran's grip.

The Earth Trace Sword was wrapped in its original owner's blood and shattered bone, clenched tightly in Lu Ran's palm.

The divine weapon offered not a single ounce of resistance.

As if it, too, had been stunned by Lu Ran's ferocity.

"Thud!"

Lu Ran kicked Yu Lenghe in the back; the Eight Wilderness Blade tore free from his corpse, and Yu Lenghe shot toward the battlefield like a cannonball.

As he neared the battlefield's edge, multiple blade scars appeared, etched across his body.

A horrifying scene unfolded once more.

Disemboweled into eight pieces!

Lu Ran's eyes burned with vengeance, while over at Deng Yu's side—

The fire burned even fiercer!

In the southern night sky, Deng Yu stood midair, holding a broken blade, pointing it toward the battlefield.

The broken blade in her hand vibrated with a low hum.

The Sea Realm technique—Night Shadow Thousand Scars—was not cast through the broken blade.

The accompanying motion merely required Deng Yu to extend one hand forward.

But her seething killing intent, combined with the intricate web of thin blade scars across the battlefield, caused the blade to react violently!

Excluding the two Dongting disciples, Luo Tiantu's squad had ten members.

In a single glance, only three remained!

Kong Lady, Yu Lengshan, and Luo Tiantu—the first to flee underground.

Remember, every member of this squad was Jiang Realm or higher.

Deng Yu had gone mad with slaughter!

"Madam!" Yu Lengshan cried in terror, his voice trembling.

Within the cube formed by the Golden Jade Eight Talismans lay a pile of corpses, littered with severed limbs and shredded flesh.

Yu Lengshan knew this was his own future.

"Hum!" The divine weapon, Heaven Trace Sword, trembled frantically in Yu Lengshan's hand, as if warning its master.

"Ah!" Yu Lengshan suddenly screamed as a blade scar materialized out of thin air, severing his lower leg.

Clean and precise.

Kong Lady clenched her teeth so hard her face twisted.

She was protecting her subordinates—and saving herself—but the enemy slaughtered one after another with ruthless brutality!

And all of this happened within ten seconds!

At this moment, Kong Lady's fury completely drowned out her fear.

Vast as the sea, majestic and awe-inspiring!

How could such humiliation be borne?

Her subordinates fell one by one; each scream mocked her helplessness.

Overcome with rage, Kong Lady no longer cared about Yu Lengshan's fate—she detonated the Thunder Bind Talisman.

The Sea Realm Thunder Bind Talisman had a terrifying radius of 500 meters!

Centered on Kong Lady, a sphere of lightning 250 meters in radius erupted instantly.

Lightning flashed, blindingly brilliant.

Poor Yu Lengshan couldn't even scream—he was completely paralyzed by the current.

Yet the Fire Sect members—

Every single one of them stood more than three hundred meters from the battlefield, outside the Thunder Bind Talisman's range!

The Fire Sect had clearly prepared thoroughly for this ambush.

"Splash!"

The battered Kong Lady, with great effort, hurled the "cube" into the churning sands below.

The blade scars drifting through the forest finally faded.

But countless Little Cang Dragons still surged forward, rushing en masse toward the Liusha River.

Had Luo Tiantu fled underground?

Had Kong Lady, using the Golden Jade Eight Talismans, also fled underground?

Impossible!

The Fire Sect had stationed themselves on Tian Tu Mountain for over ten days—not just idling.

Bai Yanhui and Yu Changsheng had repeatedly discussed and devised strategies for Lu Ran, carefully selecting the ambush site.

These two military advisors ensured that no matter where the Fire Sect launched their ambush, they would lay down a heavenly net.

"Boom!"

The earth shook, the mountains trembled.

Deep underground, Yan Shuangzi, lying in ambush, received Lu Ran's mental message and immediately warned Yu Changsheng beside her.

The Dragon Guardian swiftly cast a spell; a pale golden fish rapidly assembled and surged upward.

Sea Realm Divine Art: Dragon Carp Heavenly Vessel!

Think you can escape underground?

Don't worry—anything you can think of, Bai Yanhui and Yu Changsheng thought of first!

【Mad Immortal.】 Lu Ran called in his mind.

In the northern forest, beside the Luo Shen Jiang.

Si Xianxian's body erupted in roaring flames; she raised one hand: 【Kill!】

Far in the night sky, two colossal flame warhammers appeared.

One belonged to the Mad Immortal Guardian, the other to the Fire Sect Lord.

Lu Ran's killing intent was terrifying!

Tian Tu Mountain, is it?

Vast Sea, is it?

Luo Tiantu, Kong Lady—

Half a year ago, when you surrounded and hunted me, you were utterly incompetent.

Today, I'll teach you what true "no way out, no escape" really means!

None of you will leave alive!

"Whoosh!"

Lu Ran slammed his hand downward with all his might.

The Fiery Heaven Warhammer blazed skyward, crashing down with the force to destroy heaven and earth.

(End of Chapter)