Summit of the Old Gods

"Sect, Sect Master?"

"Master Pan…" Panic erupted among the disciples on the Star-picking Platform!

The scene before them had already surpassed their understanding.

The Sect Master is at the Peak of the Sea Realm!

Who could stealthily approach Master Pan and, more importantly, kill him with a single strike?!

Pan Rumei stood there shocked, mouth agape, her voice stuck in her throat, completely speechless.

How... how is this possible?

"Hiss!" The hoarse cry of a serpent pierced the night sky as a thirty-meter-long phantom python appeared out of nowhere, diving into the midst of the Star-picking Platform's ranks.

In an instant, the sound of shattering continued to ring out.

The Water Flow Armor of the disciples in the River Realm was fragile as paper before the phantom python, their bodies smashed into smithereens.

"He..."

"That person! It's that person!" came waves of exclamations from the city wall.

What person?

No one knew; the figure remained hidden and had never revealed their true face.

Yet everyone on the Forbidden City's side was very sure this person must be the mysterious figure who battled Master Tufeng at noon!

Did this person... not leave?

"Gulp." Yin Tianlong swallowed, feeling a chill spread across his body.

There was no denying that the Forbidden City continued to exist, thanks to this mysterious Evil Demon Disciple's assistance.

Even at this moment, with the Forbidden City facing a great crisis again, it was still this Jade-faced Snake Disciple lending aid.

The mysterious figure always appeared as an allied force, yet Yin Tianlong couldn't stop trembling.

Both body and soul trembled!

To think this was someone capable of battling Tufeng Master in the Heavenly Realm...

How could Yin Tianlong not be filled with terror?

Pan Rumei, too, was terrified, hastily flying southward.

Revenge?

Revenge my ass!

Her elder brother, the Sect Master, dying so swiftly had scared Pan Rumei to death; the hissing sounds of the giant serpent and the screams of the Star Official Disciples further crushed her fighting spirit.

She just wanted to escape.

The farther, the better...

"Ah! Ahhh!"

"Uh." The screams and groans were unending as the White-Scaled Python appeared from all directions, madly slaughtering the Star Official Disciples.

The sky filled with falling stars, illuminating the dark night, yet they couldn't lock onto any enemy.

The invisible Evil Demon Disciple was like a specter reaping lives, rapidly claiming human clan lives.

In the blink of an eye, these once-arrogant Star Official Disciples were slaughtered and scattered everywhere, with those fleeing in all directions struck down one after another by the mysterious figure.

On the city wall, no one dared make a move, as if plunged into an icy abyss.

They felt like they were in an unreal dream, with the scene of cruel slaughter in the night sky being the deepest nightmare.

No one had seen the figure of the Evil Demon Disciple from start to finish.

All they could see were the phantom pythons emerging from various places, and occasionally a long sword trace darting across the night sky.

"Whew~"

Lu Ran flicked the Cloud Sea Blade, his face grim, turning his gaze southward.

There, a woman in a blue dress was fleeing madly under the cover of night.

The Star Official Disciples did indeed have flying abilities, but they needed to be enveloped by two radiant stars revolving in an "X" shape.

Yet the woman in the distance had no stars surrounding her.

So... a divine weapon?

Or a magic artifact?

"Shua~" Lu Ran twirled his blade, flickering in an instant.

Reappearing, he stood a hundred meters directly in front of the woman, reaching out a hand.

Five fine red silk threads extended from Lu Ran's fingertips, invisible.

The giant serpent and sword trace could not be concealed by Lu Ran.

The Immortal Sky Python was pieced together before Lu Ran's palm, the sword trace trailing from the blade's tip.

But the fierce flames on Lu Ran's body, the red silk thread extending from his fingertips, were all connected to his physical body, encompassed within the range of the Greedy Wolf Divine Skill·Wolf Concealment.

Regrettably, though this type of divine skill could render one invisible, it could not hide Divine Power fluctuations.

Nonetheless, the red silk threads were fine, and the Divine Power fluctuations were minimal.

Lu Ran stood silently in the night sky, spreading the five threads, waiting for the fish to take the bait.

Closer, even closer.

The woman, eyes filled with terror, flew desperately, clutching the necklace at her neck with a tight grip, occasionally looking back.

"Buzz!"

The tear-drop-shaped blue diamond pendant clasped in her hand abruptly trembled.

Pan Rumei's forward-flying figure suddenly halted.

What did the Star Tear Pendant say?

There was an unusual Divine Power fluctuation ahead?

[Go!] Pan Rumei couldn't care about anything else, shifting sideways with the help of the magic artifact·Star Tear Pendant.

Watching the prey change direction to flee, Lu Ran's body tensed slightly, instantaneously teleporting again.

"Shua~"

Pan Rumei's complexion changed drastically!

This time, she, too, sensed the Divine Power fluctuation, right in front of her.

She hurriedly commanded the Star Tear Pendant to launch backward, raising another hand high as a blue star with a diameter of about half a meter quickly descended.

Divine Skill·Tianshu Break Army Star!

As the Star Official Sect says: A star shatters ten thousand armors, Tianshu determines life and death!

"Sizzle——"

Pan Rumei's pupils almost shrank to the size of pinpricks.

The radiant star descended, illuminating the night, revealing an approaching Immortal Fog.

The star crashed onto the Immortal Fog's trajectory.

The woman hung suspended in the dark night sky.

Pan Rumei finally understood why her elder brother was beheaded with one strike!

Mysteriously, it seemed as if something tethered her body, rendering her immobile, with violent Divine Power rushing into her, hindering her from casting spells.

"No, don't..." Pan Rumei murmured, tremblingly, pleading incoherently.

Lu Ran remained silent, advancing with his blade.

"Huff!!"

A powerful surge of energy erupted.

Lu Ran's heart skipped a beat as he instinctively teleported away.

Reappearing, he found himself a bit bewildered.

Pan Rumei also flickered and disappeared!

Lu Ran: ???

The Star Official Sect does not possess the Instant Teleportation Technique; moreover, Lu Ran had just used the Silk Thread to control the opponent and forcefully employed the Evil Technique·Tangled Silk.

The only possibility is her Magic Artifact!

Unlike a Divine Weapon, a Magic Artifact does not need to work in tandem with its master when exhibiting its effects.

"Such a powerful Magic Artifact..." Lu Ran swiftly flickered to the sky, exerted Extreme Eye Power, and searched everywhere.

[Master!] Suddenly, Yan Shuangzi's voice echoed again in his mind.

Meanwhile, outside the Forbidden City.

By the headless corpse of Master Pan, suddenly appeared a tear-shaped outline with a flickering piece of starry light.

Within the radiant "tear," a graceful silhouette unexpectedly appeared.

Her long hair danced, her skirt fluttered, strikingly eye-catching in the dim night.

Pan Rumei?!

It was not unexpected; this was certainly against her wishes. This Magic Artifact must have some limitation, or the teleportation point was predetermined on Master Pan.

Otherwise, she wouldn't flee towards the Forbidden City.

"Damn! Demoness!" Meat-and-Wine Immortal saw the evildoer dare to return, immediately stomped, sending himself forward like a human cannonball, crashing fiercely.

Pan Rumei hastily retreated, with a flick of her hand.

Stars descended from the sky, and Pan Rumei leaped high.

One person and one star collided, with two small stars appearing once more around her, slowly orbiting her.

People then saw the woman was in a panic, her long hair messy, looking extremely disheveled.

"Boom!"

The pudgy form of Meat-and-Wine Immortal heavily crashed to the ground, creating a deep pit in the earth.

"Demoness, stop there!" Meat-and-Wine Immortal clutched an iron rod, looked up, and stomped again.

"Boom!"

Human cannonball, launched!

Pan Rumei had no intention of fighting any longer.

Wrapped in stars, she gained the ability to fly, dodging sideways while flicking her hand once more.

From a hundred meters high, stars fell.

Even in panic casting, the stars summoned by Pan Rumei landed with great precision!

As a result, the scene looked as if Meat-and-Wine Immortal deliberately jumped up, colliding with the falling stars.

"Whoosh!!"

A gale swept by, Night Charm descended!

Meat-and-Wine Immortal was about to shatter the stars but was blown fiercely by the gale.

The female Star Official in the night sky also swayed.

Pan Rumei's breath stalled!

He came,

that person came again...

Although the Jade-faced Snake tribe had no technique to summon such wind, Pan Rumei had a premonition:

The coming one must be that mysterious person.

Slayer of Master Pan, exterminator of the disciples from the Star-picking Platform, pursuer of Pan Rumei...

From beginning to end, it was the work of one person!

Despair rose in Pan Rumei's heart, the Star Tear Pendant hung around her neck had already dimmed.

It needed time to replenish energy before it could cast spells again.

Taking a step back, even if the Magic Artifact·Tear Star Pendant could now teleport its master, it would still take her beside Master Pan's corpse.

Master Pan, at Sea Realm·Peak stage, was an incomparably formidable existence!

And Pan Rumei's greatest reliance for her reckless actions.

But today...

The protector she used to exploit and oppress had fallen, and could no longer shield her.

"Swish~"

A vague fluctuation of Divine Power came again from behind.

"No!!" The woman suddenly let out a sharp yell, piercing the night sky.

The shout was so hysterical that everyone was dumbstruck.

"I'm wrong, I truly know I'm wrong, please spare me..." Pan Rumei, swiftly fleeing, was once again tethered.

Her words became blurred, her eyes full of pleading: "I'll do anything you say, I beg you...uh!"

The sound of Water Flow Armor shattering, as expected, came.

The Cloud Sea Dust Clearing Blade pierced through her back and emerged from her chest.

His heart, like his blade, was cold.

The bloodied blade tip appeared before her face.

Lu Ran placed a hand at her neck, took off the Divine Power Bead Strings, and held the Magic Artifact·Tear Star Pendant.

"Whoosh~"

The woman descended from the sky, her skirt fluttering, and landed heavily on the ground.

Meat-and-Wine Immortal gripped his staff tightly, gazing at the empty night sky with uncharacteristic seriousness: "Thanks to the Daoist's repeated assistance today, this great favor and nobility, the Forbidden City will certainly remember!

May the Daoist leave a name so we can inform City Lord He, and repay this grace in the future."

Finally, the mysterious person spoke.

It was a deep young voice: "Master, it is I."

"Oh?" Meat-and-Wine Immortal was perplexed, feeling the voice somewhat familiar.

Suddenly, a cloaked figure appeared in the night sky.

Meat-and-Wine Immortal squinted, using the torch from the city walls and the myriad stars to strive to see the figure's face.

"Lu Ran?!" A voice of astonishment came from the city walls.

Yin Tianlong's eyes widened, looking incredulously at the cloaked young man.

The Master of Ran Sect?

The Pride of Da Xia!

But... isn't he an Immortal Sheep Believer?

"Slap!"

Meat-and-Wine Immortal was also bewildered, slapping his belly, sending waves of flesh rippling.

Lu Ran looked at Yin Tianlong: "Send someone to organize the battlefield quickly. Additionally, there are over sixty Martial Artist disciples inside the city; I brought them to help you defend the city.

Our own people, no need to worry."

Yin Tianlong stared blankly at Lu Ran, unable to speak for a while.

He certainly knew Lu Ran was strong!

But Yin Tianlong couldn't have imagined that at midday today, the mysterious Great Power fighting against Tu Feng Master in the Heavenly Realm...

was actually this Lu Tianjiao?!

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