Summit of the Old Gods

"Oh?" Lu Ran felt a stir in his heart.

He was at a loss as to how to make a move, and now a head emerged from the blood pool, just perfect to lure it over?

Being new to this place, Lu Ran naturally wanted to act cautiously, drawing the enemy out for a one-on-one fight rather than rashly charging into the mountainous area filled with blood pools.

After pondering for a moment, he immediately canceled his invisibility.

In an instant, Lu Ran sensed that he was locked onto by a gaze.

But it wasn't the one he was looking at, it was...

"Phew!"

Lu Ran's heart tightened as he perceived the energy fluctuation behind him, and he instinctively flickered away.

When he reappeared, he was a hundred meters away.

Lu Ran looked up to see a bloody figure standing at the edge of the cliff where he had stood.

He appeared to be a tall young man, with thick blood flowing all over his body.

His face was particularly ferocious, with red hair and red eyes, and even his skin was crimson.

A small necklace of blood-colored skulls hung around his neck, his strong upper body was bare, wearing tattered shorts, and his naturally hanging hands each held a slender blood knife.

Da Xia's Evil Demon Leader · Blood Skull!

"Uh." Lu Ran couldn't help but shiver.

Blood Skull at the edge of the cliff suddenly turned his head, his blood-red eyes staring hard at Lu Ran, the sinister gaze sending chills down one's spine.

This f***...

What blood skull?

It's purely a Blood Asura, Ghost Yasha!

One should know that Lu Ran's power level was at Sea Realm · Third Rank, and under this terrifying gaze, his heart contracted sharply.

This tribe is actually so strong?

This momentum... is it high-level Sea Realm? One minor rank higher than me!

He was clearly at the edge of the blood pool area, and just casually lured one, which turned out to be a Sea Realm Great Demon?

"Hm?" Lu Ran's eyes narrowed.

Blood Skull suddenly disappeared, leaving only a blood-colored afterimage in place.

Yet even the afterimage, with those vicious red eyes, continued to stare at Lu Ran.

Anyone with a weaker power level might shudder and panic under this gaze's lock.

And such a horrific scene, in Lu Ran's eyes, seemed so perfect!

If nothing unexpected happened, his future instant teleportations could also leave afterimages like this.

Whether used to lure enemies or intimidate them...

It would be excellent!

"Phew~" Almost simultaneously, Lu Ran detected the energy fluctuations behind him.

Without hesitation, he teleported away again.

It wasn't out of fear of battle, but Lu Ran wanted to distance himself from the blood pool area as much as possible; he didn't want to be fighting and attract a few more Blood Skulls.

How would that even work?

"Hiss!" Blood Skull let out a roar, the hoarse sound like a vengeful ghost.

Lu Ran flickered repeatedly, with Blood Skull closely following, leaving one blood-colored afterimage after another on the ground, permeating a pungent blood scent.

"Clang!"

A barren hill echoed with the sound of blade clashing.

One side was a mysterious hero wearing a green straw hat.

The other side was a relentless, ever-present blood-colored Asura!

"Clang! Clang! Clang..."

In a flash, the two clashed several times.

Blade light and shadow battled equally!

"Hm?" Blood Skull seemed a bit surprised, emitting a slightly upward nasal sound, and the blood shadow flickered silently.

Eight Desolate Blade swiftly slashed down!

Lu Ran's blade was fast, but he didn't manage to cut Blood Skull in half; he merely forcefully scattered the blood-colored afterimages.

"Phew!" Terrifying energy fluctuations surged.

Leaving Lu Ran not a moment to breathe.

The moment Lu Ran looked up, scalding blood was already sweeping towards him.

Boiling blood, like a blood-red arc of a blade! With incredible destructive power, it left deep marks wherever it passed.

Lu Ran immediately stepped aside, letting the blood arc scrape past his chest at high speed.

Blood Skull Evil Technique · Blood Burning!

This technique at River Grade and below could only sprinkle boiling blood, not forming a perfectly arched blood arc, more like a scorching blood whip.

Once it touched human clan bodies, the boiling blood could burn human water flow armor and flesh, leaving hole after hole.

At Sea Grade, Evil Technique · Blood Burning underwent a qualitative change!

The sprinkled blood would form a sharp blood arc, maintaining its scorching attribute while adding terrifying output effects.

"Phew! Phew!"

Blood arcs attacked rapidly, overwhelming anyone.

Even more terrifying, Blood Skull himself was flickering continuously, causing the blood-colored blade arcs to attack Lu Ran from various angles.

Attack speed was astounding!

Ordinary people would have died under the flurry of blades by now; how could they keep up?

But the performer can!

Lu Ran activated Martial Artist Divine Skill · Yan Lingfan, like a swaying leaf, darted and soared through the dense blood arcs.

"Hiss!" Blood Skull let out another hoarse roar.

Yet this voice seemed not to be in anger, but... excitement?

Blood Skull's eyes emitted a scarlet light, the originally sinister gaze becoming increasingly bloodthirsty.

"Sizzle..."

Blood mist thickened, spreading from the small skulls on Blood Skull's necklace around his neck.

Blood Skull Evil Technique · Blood Rain and Foul Wind!

A radius of a hundred meters swiftly became shrouded in blood mist.

This time, the performer was out of tricks.

Within the blood mist, everywhere had Divine Power fluctuations, how could Lu Ran's "leaf" drift again?

Cant think so... it doesn't matter.

Dog act!

Lu Ran was surrounded by the Evil Dog Evil Skill, with Evil Sense and Evil Sensitivity fully activated.

His fighting style suddenly changed, transforming into a swift and agile evil dog, darting back and forth, left and right, amidst the blood rain and foul wind.

"Ugh~" As Lu Ran dodged, he couldn't help but gag.

He naturally had a dog's nose, incredibly keen, and the pungent smell of blood kept drilling into his nose.

Making Lu Ran extremely uncomfortable!

"Hiss..."

Faint dragon roars began to echo.

Amidst the blood rain and foul wind, densely packed water droplets suddenly appeared, along with small Canglongs appearing too.

The blood mist thus perished, and the polluted battlefield returned to its former clarity.

The Blood Skull stopped.

Lu Ran also halted his steps, looking tens of meters away at the quietly standing blood shadow.

He saw the Blood Skull release the blood blade in hand, reaching out to touch a small Canglong, letting it swim slowly under his palm.

The gesture was very gentle.

Very different from the previous fierce demeanor of the Blood Skull!

Lu Ran frowned tightly, this Sea Realm Great Demon seemed to have considerable intelligence?

Without hesitation, he called out, "Maa~"

The Blood Skull's body trembled, suddenly lifting its head towards the young human clansman.

Then, the surrounding water droplets all dispersed, and the small Canglong shattered without a trace.

The purification effect of the Canglong Sea Domain does not distinguish between friend and foe, Lu Ran certainly wouldn't help the enemy regain clarity.

"Come."

Lu Ran casually grasped the Dawn Blade at his waist, while also gripping the Eight Desolate Blade with the other hand, tapping the ground before him with the blade tip.

"Hiss..."

A hoarse growl came from the Blood Skull as it similarly grasped a slender blood blade.

In the next instant, the figure of the Blood Skull flickered!

Lu Ran suddenly turned around, brandishing the Dawn Blade in his left hand to block, while horizontally slashing with the Eight Desolate Blade in his right hand.

Strangely, their movements were almost identical!

All four blades collided simultaneously.

"Crunch!"

Lu Ran's left hand Dawn Blade firmly blocked the opponent's horizontal slash, while his right hand brimmed with Fierce Heavenly Power, the Eight Desolate Blade shattered the opponent's blood blade.

Blood Skull: !!!

Lu Ran: !!!

Not only were both the human and demon's actions the same, but at the instant of deciding victory, they simultaneously flickered away.

A decisive touch and separation!

Because Lu Ran's Eight Desolate Blade, after shattering the enemy's blood blade, smoothly slashed through the blood skull necklace on the enemy's neck; the blade had already sunk shallowly into the enemy's neck!

Meanwhile, Lu Ran's Dawn Blade, which blocked the opponent's horizontally incoming blood blade, couldn't stop the spraying hot blood from the blade.

The boiling blood coalesced into a sharp blood arc, and at such close distance, the blood arc had already sunk shallowly into the water flow armor covering Lu Ran's neck.

Once again, the two were separated by a hundred meters.

The youth in the straw raincoat slightly lifted his head, underneath the wide brim of the bamboo hat were a pair of bright eyes.

The Blood Skull also lifted its head to gaze, under the messy red hair, were a pair of alarmed and enraged blood-red pupils.

"It seems, I should come here often in the future, to battle with your clan."

Lu Ran wiped the water flow armor at his neck with the back of his hand, where there was a shallow sword trace, stained with a tinge of crimson blood.

He had long forgotten when his water flow armor was last damaged.

When was the last time he was so close to death.....

Even the Heavenly Realm Great Monk·Tu Feng Master never caused harm to Lu Ran; from the beginning to the end, Tu Feng Master kept giving Lu Ran opportunities.

But the Blood Skull was different!

The recent blood arc really had the power to shatter armor.

Even now, the lingering blood was still burning, not allowing Lu Ran's water flow armor to "heal".

From being initially frightened out of his wits to now, Lu Ran was already boiling with blood!

He finally saw himself clearly.

The Blood Skull was still that Blood Skull, its exuding ferocity still sent chills down one's spine.

Yet Lu Ran's heart, was getting hotter!

In just a few short rounds, it surpassed all the battles on the western journey before.

Lu Ran understood, such an extremely dangerous creature could absolutely keep him at peak state, and even elevate his fighting status!

"Again!"

Lu Ran licked his lips, slightly crouched his legs, and swung a flourish with the blade in his hand.

The Blood Skull tilted its head slightly, but didn't move.

Lu Ran's expression changed, swiftly sidestepping to dodge.

Another blood arc attacked from behind, its speed unbearably fast.

While dodging, Lu Ran glanced to his back right, another blood-colored figure entered his view, his gaze sinister.

The newly arrived "Ghost Yasha" hadn't yet suffered a loss from Lu Ran and hadn't reached the stage of shock and anger.

"You can't do it, just at the River Realm." Lu Ran frowned slightly.

The Blood Skull couldn't understand human language, but the straw raincoat youth's expression and attitude were understandable to anyone.

"Hiss!" The Blood Skull let out a hoarse roar, and its figure flickered.

"Ha!!" Lu Ran suddenly shouted.

The roar from the Dong Ting Sect shook the Blood Skull's brain into dizziness; in the flickering moment it appeared, it was directly pinned in front of Lu Ran.

"Tss!"

The blade light flashed, the Eight Desolate Blade slashed from the Blood Skull's right shoulder directly to the left waist.

Half of the Blood Skull's body slid down diagonally, instantly perishing.

The leader of Da Xia's evil demons was indeed extremely dangerous.

But where was Da Xia's genius any inferior?

Life and death under the knife, in a flash!

Ignoring the standing half body of the corpse, Lu Ran licked his lips, turning his head towards the Sea Realm great demon:

"Come, let's continue."

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