Chapter 167: A Night of Solitary Journey

Chapter 167: A Night of Solitary Journey

In front of the teaching building, Zhang Feng's expression was grave, and he was deep in hesitation.

The Straw Mage Clan had low intelligence and lacked tactical skills, so the student squad could naturally handle them.

However, this was a special event, the Night of the Hundred Ghosts, and logically, the squad should have been recalled.

"Mm!" On the playground, Tian Tian suddenly let out a soft cry, her face turning pale.

Unintentionally, she locked eyes with the straw-spike eyes of a Straw Mage.

Evil Art: Rice Spike Eye!

The straw-spike eyes of the Straw Mages could emit a withered yellow glow, instilling fear in their enemies.

This evil art was a technique suitable for the Straw Mages in the Stream Realm.

But it was difficult for the Straw Mages to learn.

Whether it was divine or evil arts, any technique involving 'eye magic' had extremely high requirements for the caster.

The Straw Mages were all rather foolish, so it was difficult for even those in the River Realm to master this technique.

"Tsk—"

A misty shadow flashed by, leaving behind a trail of charm.

The Jie Ye Sword aimed straight for the enemy's life, slicing the tall and skinny Straw Mage in half at the waist!

"Red Handkerchief Order!" Lu Ran shouted.

"Fight!" Deng Yutang immediately obeyed, letting out a loud battle cry.

The spirited war cry boosted the morale of both sides on the battlefield! Tian Tian's rigid expression transformed into fiery eyes, as if she had gone from one extreme to the other.

"Clatter~"

Chang Ying fiercely smashed a Straw Mage and immediately picked up a stick tube.

Three minutes were up!

It was time to draw a stick!

With the interference of the Red Handkerchief Order, Chang Ying's voice rang out with determination: "Spirit Oracle, bless me!

Support, attack, and summon sticks, give me whatever you've got!"

"Whoosh~"

The spirit oracle flew up and hovered above Chang Ying's head.

Five Treasure Stick - Support Stick!

The support stick that had just disappeared reappeared once more.

Chang Ying's eyes widened, and her boiling fighting spirit was slightly dampened.

The greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment.

Suddenly, a figure rushed towards her, startling Chang Ying into a cold sweat.

She instinctively held up the Lotus Shield and turned to block the attack.

Lu Ran, however, slid sideways and glided past Chang Ying.

A flash of blade light severed four straw spikes flying towards them.

Only then did Chang Ying realize that Lu Ran was protecting her and helping her deflect the straw spikes.

"The Straw Mages are indeed weak, but you can't lose focus either," Lu Ran said sternly, looking up at Chang Ying.

Chang Ying slightly lowered her eyelashes, not daring to make a sound.

Lu Ran was usually easygoing and good-tempered, but when had he ever glared at her so sternly?

Actually, Chang Ying was also feeling rather uncomfortable.

The stick she drew did not match her boiling fighting spirit; instead, it felt like a bucket of cold water had been poured over her.

From a distance, Zhang Feng's loud voice echoed: "Squad 98, move towards the teaching building!"

"Go." Lu Ran raised his blade, pointing at three Straw Mages huddled together in the distance.

"Yes." Between the Moonlit People's leader and Lu Ran, Chang Ying decisively chose to follow the latter.

She picked up her axe, took a step forward with her long legs, and pushed the Lotus Shield towards the enemies, crushing them one by one.

Chang Ying, with the shield of the Sword Lotus Sect and her axe, relied on her own strength and martial arts to collide with and shatter the Straw Mages.

Two Straw Mages became her axe's victims.

The last Straw Mage was kicked up by her and had its head crushed under her foot!

Lu Ran couldn't help but sigh inwardly, thinking that Chang Ying's fighting style was indeed fierce.

She had chosen the wrong path; perhaps she should have joined the Savage Naga Sect instead?

"Mm." After killing the enemy, Chang Ying secretly glanced at Lu Ran.

Her cautious demeanor contrasted sharply with her fierce fighting stance.

Lu Ran nodded slightly, "Let's retreat towards the teaching building."

"Oh, okay!" Seeing Lu Ran's nod, Chang Ying felt like she had been pardoned. She immediately caught up with his retreating figure.

It was clear that Lu Ran held a high position in Chang Ying's heart.

"Lu Ran!" Zhang Feng shouted again, his tone serious.

"Yes!" Lu Ran sidestepped, retreating towards the teaching building, and turned to face Zhang Feng.

But what Zhang Feng said next surprised everyone: "I just received an order from higher-ups to recruit you into the patrol team immediately!"

"Patrol team?" Tian Tian's heart felt a tinge of reluctance.

Who would willingly let their team's ace be summoned away like this?

Lu Ran immediately asked, "Which team? Where do I assemble?"

But Zhang Feng placed a hand on his ear, as if listening to an order from the invisible earpiece:

"With the Fifth Primary School as the center, extend the patrol in three blocks in all directions!"

Lu Ran's expression turned to one of bewilderment: "What do you mean, am I to patrol alone?"

Zhang Feng ignored Lu Ran and quickly repeated the order:

"Utilize your speed advantage to swiftly eliminate the Straw Mage Clan and all demon races with flame-based evil arts.

Remember, these two types of demons are your primary targets, with the highest priority!

If you encounter other demons along the way, try to ignore them!"

Such a unique order left everyone in awe.

Ignore other demons if encountered?

"Execute the task immediately!" Zhang Feng looked up at Lu Ran and urged, "We'll handle things here; you go quickly!"

"Yes!" Lu Ran's feet stirred up a mist, and with a leap, he reached the second-floor platform of the teaching building.

To everyone's astonishment, Lu Ran's Celestial Hoof propelled him straight from the second floor to the fourth-floor rooftop!

Lu Ran was known for using his Celestial Hoof for horizontal movement.

He rarely moved vertically!

Now, seeing Lu Ran reach the rooftop in just two steps, everyone couldn't help but be stunned.

Indeed, Lu Ran had already become a River Realm Believer!

His Divine Art: Immortal Hoof had advanced to the River Grade, and he could now 'fly through the sky and burrow through the earth.'

However, flying was easier than landing, which required utmost caution.

Your Celestial Hoof could only slow your descent; if you were careless or fell from too high, you would still be crippled or killed.

"Be careful!"

"Master, don't rush!" Everyone couldn't help but call out.

"Don't worry." On top of the school building, Lu Ran focused his gaze, scanning the surrounding streets.

Standing tall, he could naturally see further.

Lu Ran immediately spotted a group of strawfiends gathered at the street corner.

Just as he was about to take a step, he suddenly heard a loud boom.

Lu Ran turned his head and saw that, two streets away, a massive strawfiend, towering at 10 meters tall, had suddenly appeared.

This colossal creature was engulfed in raging flames, its fire soaring into the sky! Scorching heat waves spread in all directions, and countless sparks filled the sky.

Moreover, large amounts of burning straw were shooting out in all directions.

Lu Ran: !!!

That's right, the characteristic of the strawfiend clan—highly flammable!

And for demons with fire-based dark arts, like the Blood Plague Hound, encountering the strawfiend clan was even more exciting than meeting humans! The Blood Plague Hound would not hesitate to set the strawfiends ablaze at the first opportunity.

In extreme agony, the strawfiends would go berserk and flee in panic.

At that moment, the strawfiends became massive fire sources, burning everything in their path!

The straws they randomly shot out were also highly threatening.

If they pierced the glass of any household and the flaming straws entered the house, they could potentially start a fire, or even burn down the entire building!

"Huff!"

The crazed flaming strawfiend was suddenly encased in a massive frost net.

The net was quite powerful, directly pressing the strawfiend towards the ground, preventing it from getting close to the nearby buildings.

"Tsss—"

Lu Ran's expression turned grim. He stepped onto the edge of the fourth-floor terrace and leaped, dashing towards the outside of the school.

He knew he had made a mistake.

A huge mistake!

For the believers, the strawfiend clan was indeed weak.

But for a human city, the damage caused by strawfiends could be devastating!

"Rustle~"

"Rustle!" At the street corner, three strawfiends saw the appearance of a human and immediately threw out straws.

Lu Ran stomped his feet, seemingly spraying out turbulent celestial mist to slow his descent, but in reality, layers of wind and waves had already cushioned his fall.

He swiftly weaved through, not even bothering to dodge, and stabbed two strawfiends with his double blades.

Straws flew towards Lu Ran, piercing his water flow armor superficially.

The two blades pierced through the strawfiends' chests, and as Lu Ran lifted his blades, they slashed open the strawfiends' straw chests and tore through their straw skulls.

"Rustle!"

The remaining strawfiend was directly scared out of its wits.

It quickly retreated and raised a straw shield.

Lu Ran broke the shield with a single stroke, swift and decisive, and then chopped towards the strawfiend's head.

"Pfft~"

The strawfiend before him suddenly turned into a wisp of smoke.

The strawfiend's true body, however, was flying backwards.

"Screech!" Lu Ran couldn't help but curse.

The more urgent the situation, the more you mess things up, huh?

This guy even knew the evil art of straw substitute! This technique, like the evil art of rice spike eye, was also a stream realm-compatible evil art.

This technique could, in a very short time, leave a strawfiend husk in place to confuse the enemy.

The strawfiend's true body could then quickly detach from this husk and escape to safety.

Generally speaking, the low-intelligence strawfiends rarely learned this evil art.

This was why those burning strawfiends couldn't extricate themselves and could only allow themselves to be burned to ashes.

But this guy...

"Baa!"

Lu Ran let out a sheep's bleat and charged towards the enemy.

The strawfiend, which had been retreating quickly, suddenly changed its mind and threw out a few more straws, attempting to slaughter Lu Ran.

"Tsss—"

The figure weaved through, and the blades fell.

Lu Ran swiftly turned, sliding backwards in the snow, and looked up towards the distant flames.

He stopped and started, dashing forward.

In his sight, the burning strawfiend was pinned to the street.

The flaming straws, shooting out in all directions through the net holes, were terrifying to behold.

Another woman was flying around the flaming strawfiend's head.

On her back grew a pair of ice-blue butterfly wings, adorned with exquisite patterns.

Beneath her feet, ice-blue flowers bloomed, crystal clear and clustered.

She released thick frost towards the strawfiend's fiery body with one hand, while countless ice crystal butterflies flew from her other hand, assaulting the strawfiend's head.

A Fifth Rank Divine Ice Butterfly Believer?

Lu Ran's eyes narrowed, and he suddenly shouted, "Baa!"

The woman immediately turned to look, and she saw a figure rushing towards her, the slender blades in his hands shimmering with chilling light.

The woman widened her eyes, subconsciously raising her hand, and ice crystal butterflies flew from her palm.

Even though evil thoughts arose in her heart, she suppressed her murderous intent towards this human youth with her rationality.

She recognized him.

He was the pride of Rain Alley City!

He was, without a doubt, Heaven's Pride!

"You..." The woman didn't understand why Lu Ran was acting crazy, and she didn't want to hurt him.

She could only try her best to dodge, controlling the ice crystal butterflies to scatter.

"Tsss—"

The youth slashed towards the night sky, flashing past her.

The woman turned her head and saw Lu Ran's Tang Dao sword beheading a strawfiend.

Her pupils contracted slightly. Was this the strawfiend that had just appeared behind her? Judging from its clothing, it was clearly a river realm demon.

"Pfft!"

The beheaded river realm strawfiend didn't immediately turn into mist.

Without its head, its straw body instantly disassembled, becoming fluffy and larger, and crashed into the burning strawfiend.

The woman immediately raised her hand and threw out another frost net, carrying the massive but lightweight headless straw corpse, flying towards the night sky.

At the same time, Lu Ran, who had slashed towards the night sky, had reached his highest point.

He searched everywhere for the demon, shouting, "Where's your teammate?"

The woman was a bit confused.

As a Moonlit People, shouldn't she be the one asking that question?

Thank you for supporting Xia Mu, the guardian of the enchanting city, and the bosses who rewarded the clown in the madman's eyes!

Thank you for your support, bosses! (`) Heart

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