Chapter 1207 - 1203: Moonlight City in Peril!

No one cared what the others present were thinking, but when Er Dan rushed over, it caught a whiff of a roasted, charred meat smell.

Right after that, it saw that massive, burly tentacle, with tiny threads of Electric Flower occasionally crackling over its surface.

The shock in Er Dan’s eyes couldn’t be suppressed at all.

Never mind that it was originally a vegetarian and not interested in this roasted meat smell— even if it were a carnivore, it wouldn’t dare show any interest in meat that was sparking with Electric Flower like this.

It wasn’t until Er Dan had already run to Ginsengfruit’s side that the crowd, stunned by what they’d just witnessed, finally seemed to come back to their senses.

"Damn, Yun Ran actually had a trick like this hidden up her sleeve—she can rub out Heavenly Thunder with her bare hands!"

"This roasted meat smell... if you sprinkled a bit of seasoning on it, I can’t even imagine how good it’d smell..."

"I think we’d better run. Before, everyone always said, when immortals fight, little ghosts suffer. I never believed it. Now I feel like we’re about to be screwed."

...

Dark Night’s gaze moved from the tentacle that had been roasted black by Heavenly Thunder to Yun Ran on the opposite side.

In that moment, he was sure: that anomaly that popped up during the selection trial really was because of this person, Yun Ran!

Now he no longer just wanted to politely invite Yun Ran to come along; he had to drag her along with them.

"If you don’t want to stir up an even bigger mess, you must come with us!"

Ginsengfruit was completely speechless now and rolled its eyes in that iconic way Yun Ran used to.

"I think you’re talking out of your ass. You really think I’m that easy to push around? You say come with you, and I just go?!"

Ginsengfruit had barely finished speaking when suddenly, from underground, came an even louder clanking of Iron Chains.

Even the trembling of the ground was fiercer than before, making it extremely hard for anyone to stay standing steady.

Dark Night’s expression changed. He immediately flicked out the Token in his hand; the Token hovered in midair, releasing a gentle glow.

But whether Dark Night’s Token had failed, or those tentacles underground had lost their reason because of Ginsengfruit’s previous provocation—no one knew.

The shaking of the ground, and the clatter of Iron Chains, not only didn’t stop, they grew even louder.

The onlookers around them who’d still had the nerve to keep watching the show couldn’t hold out any longer.

One by one, they bolted, running as fast as their legs could carry them. Even those who had been hiding inside shops all rushed out and headed for safer places.

Apart from Moonlight City’s upper echelon and Dark Night’s subordinates, there was no one left around.

It wasn’t that Moonlight City’s higher-ups didn’t want to run; it was that they simply couldn’t.

If even they left, there’d be no way to keep track of the secrets buried beneath Moonlight City.

For all they knew, they might lose the power in their hands someday and not even know why.

Compared to power, what did danger count for!

Er Dan hadn’t actually seen the tentacles burst up from underground.

But just from hearing those sounds, it didn’t stop it from guessing what was about to happen.

It immediately straightened its neck, its claws already gathering strength.

No matter what came crawling out from underground in a bit, it was going to smack it back down!

At some point, the Little Princess Puppet’s hands had already grasped a set of embroidery needles, each one threaded with a strand of gleaming, razor-sharp silk.

Fine beads of sweat were already forming on Dark Night’s forehead, his expression extremely grave.

This underground creature counted as Moonlight City’s most important secret weapon.

But the thing was uncontrollable, and could only be let out when Moonlight City was on the verge of falling.

In other words, this underground creature’s destructive power was enormous, and it was only useful when it could drag the enemy down to the grave together.

As for them, the Guard Army, they only came out at the most critical moment to fight alongside that thing and slaughter all the enemies.

But now, because of the anomaly during the selection trial, Moonlight City was very likely to fall into crisis.

They had no choice but to seek out Yun Ran. Who knew Yun Ran would actually wake that thing underground ahead of time.

And now she’d even used Heavenly Thunder to enrage it...

Moonlight City was in dire peril!

Dark Night’s eyes erupted with a dangerously sharp gleam as he stared straight at "Yun Ran."

That look seemed to be weighing whether he could kill her in a single move.

Ginsengfruit: ...

Sure, maybe it had stirred up trouble, but going straight to killing it like this was a bit over the top, wasn’t it?

Er Dan could naturally sense that killing intent. When it came to Yun Ran, its courage wasn’t exactly huge.

Back when it was still just an egg, it had already been suppressed by Yun Ran.

That suppression was etched deep into Er Dan’s soul, and on top of that, Yun Ran had been feeding it for so long...

So, defying Yun Ran was out of the question, but when it came to other people, Er Dan’s guts were plenty big.

There were still so many people left here. Talking things out was clearly impossible, so they’d just have to throw down at the slightest disagreement.

Er Dan had already been building up power; now was its time to shine.

A crack opened up in the ground. Soon, the crack widened and widened, on the verge of becoming a deep pit.

Er Dan flapped its wings. Even though its current size made it impossible to properly take flight, it could at least heave its body into motion.

To the others, this scene was just Yun Ran’s slightly clumsy but very fluffy mount.

Struggling to lift its body barely off the ground as it drifted toward the crack.

They themselves didn’t even realize that, when they saw this, they all unconsciously held their breath.

As if in the very next second they’d see Er Dan run out of strength and crash straight into that fissure.

Er Dan moved; the Little Princess Puppet didn’t stay idle either. Its body remained by Ginsengfruit’s side.

But both its hands detached directly at the joints and shot out, countless threads of silk flying along with them.

Back when she forged the Puppets, Yun Ran had simply thrown in every material that might come in handy.

But once these Puppets were activated, what kind of Talent and abilities they would awaken wasn’t something Yun Ran could control.

Otherwise, back then, the Little Papermen she made wouldn’t have been so good at all sorts of helper tasks, while being absolute disasters in the kitchen.

It was the same with the little prince Puppet now; aside from knowing that it would be controlled by Qingfeng Temple’s Prohibition and couldn’t carry out any vicious acts, Yun Ran knew nothing else.

The next second.

With a loud "boom," the ground collapsed into a massive void just like before.