The Old Gods

Chapter 820 The Humming of the Silent Night Blade.
At the end of October, Lu Ran, having made all the necessary preparations, once again led his team to the Heavenly Realm.

He didn't wait for Jiang Ruyi to finish advancing. Calculating the days, she might need another half month, or even twenty days, to advance.

In this time, Lu Ran might be able to cultivate the newly entered Martial Emperor to the second level of the Heavenly Realm!

This time, Lu Ran's team gained another member – the Nightmare Guardian.

With her physical body possessing the strength of the first level of the Heavenly Realm, she retrieved a host of divine weapons and magical artifacts from the original stone sculpture and returned to Lu Ran's side once again.

I accompanied him on his journey to find the sacred mountain.

The celestial battlefield knows no east, west, south, or north.

There is no alternation of day and night.

This world is always a gloomy place, with thick clouds covering the sky and a thick fog floating beneath your feet.

After staying here for a while, no one can feel the passage of time.

Everywhere he looked, there was the same scene, making Lu Ran feel as if he was standing still.
Perhaps on the eighth day, or perhaps on the ninth day, Lu Ran finally noticed something different!
"We're here! I see it!"

Lu Ran was overjoyed and couldn't help but speak excitedly.

He quickly climbed a stone peak and looked into the distance. He saw that unusual weather conditions had appeared under the gloomy sky.

Frost and fog blanketed the area!
Lu Ran used the Paper Phoenix Evil Technique: Phoenix Eyes to see incomparably magnificent mountains through the pervasive frost and snow!

"Oh!" Lu Ran's mouth opened slightly.

It should be noted that those peaks immersed in the sea of ​​fog, whether large or small, are no more than a few dozen meters high.

And this so-called sacred mountain
Connecting heaven and earth!

"Little Lu~ Don't forget to kill the donkey after it has served its purpose!" A beautiful snake climbed up the mountain and came to Lu Ran's feet, speaking cruel words in a gentle tone.

"Oh." Lu Ran came back to his senses and withdrew his gaze slightly.

Hundreds of meters away in the sky, a ghost was slowly drifting southwest.

The spirit of the deceased is male, with a slender figure, wearing a white robe and a small straw hat.

His eyes were filled with a strange, cold glint, and his unbound white hair fluttered in the wind.

Demonic Ice Burial Man!
The "donkey" Bai Rao was referring to was this poor fellow.

Because the souls of the demons and monsters would drift toward the nearest sacred mountain after they died, each time the group killed someone along the way, they would leave behind a guiding soul.

This ice-buried soul took over the baton just yesterday.

Now, it's time to kill them.

"Whoosh~" Lu Ran flew high into the air and quickly arrived behind the Ice Burial Man.

"Hmm?" The Ice Burial Man immediately sensed a strange suction force appearing, carrying him backward.

The ice burial figures, with their pale skin and ethereal, ghostly appearance, perfectly capture this essence.

Seeing the young man in the straw raincoat arrive and look at him coldly, the Ice Burial Man's face seemed to turn even paler.
Just yesterday, Ice Butterfly and Ice Burial Man, these two demonic minions, were inseparable partners, roaming freely in the vast world.

Just yesterday, the beautiful Ice Butterfly's soul was completely devoured by the young man in the straw raincoat.

Only the lonely ice-buried person remained, like a lost soul, drifting forlornly towards the southwest.

Now it seems,

He can never go back to the sacred mountain.

The young man in the straw raincoat came to devour him!

"Hiss! Hiss!" The ice-burial man struggled violently, screaming pitifully.

However, all efforts were in vain. The wandering souls continued to converge and merge into the eyes of the young man in the straw raincoat.

The Ice Burial Man felt the light dim and found himself in a world shrouded in mist.

He was greeted by a stone goddess statue wearing a wide straw hat and a raincoat—Luo Ying!
After the human race merged with the stone sculptures of gods and demons, they gained their own thoughts and were no longer "dead objects".

Under the instruction of the Lord of Gods and Demons, Luo Shen will seize the souls of the dead with a giant stone hand and take them into the stone sculpture before the Evil Sculptor, Ice Burial Man, can.

"Hmm," Luo Ying said with her eyes closed, making a nasal sound.

[The Goddess of the Luo River?]

Luo Ying quickly transmitted her voice: 【Sorry, Sect Master, I'm sorry to bother you.】

"Looks like you enjoyed your meal?" Lu Ran teased, in a good mood.

"The Ice Butterfly of yesterday and the Ice Burial Man of today both possess a considerable amount of Holy Spirit energy within their souls," Luo Ying reported truthfully via telepathy. "Their energy is even more abundant than that of the previous Faceless Jade Venerable souls."

【it is good. 】

On the battlefield of the Heavenly Realm, Lu Ran landed steadily on the stone peak and looked out into the distance once more.

Deng Yuxiang flew down to Lu Ran's side and asked, "How many souls are there in this world?"

Eyesight was not Deng Yuxiang's strong suit; due to the great distance, she couldn't even see the sacred mountain.

“There are some.” Lu Ran narrowed his eyes, examined them carefully for a moment, and then casually took out the Phoenix Pattern Gourd. “You guys, come here.”

The two celestial generals immediately came over.

"Let's go inside the gourd for a while. I'll hide and go grab some resources," Lu Ran said in a low voice, then sucked the three of them into the gourd.

In direct combat, Nightmare Guardian and Yan Baitian General are naturally Lu Ran's good helpers.

Especially when fighting against the minions of gods and demons, these three are all incredibly fierce, and their killing efficiency is astonishing!
But Lu Ran is the real expert when it comes to working behind the scenes.

"Whoo~"

As the three were sucked into the gourd, Lu Ran plummeted straight into the thick sea of ​​fog, his figure disappearing into it and vanishing without a trace.

With several teleportations, Lu Ran got closer and closer to the sacred mountain area, and saw everything more clearly. Many souls were surging towards the sacred mountain from all directions.

Lu Ran's mouth watered at the sight!

Soon, he found the figure of the Faceless Jade Venerable among the peaks, in the sky and on the ground.

It's clear that their thoughts coincide with Lu Ran's.

However, the faceless jade deities all tacitly agreed not to enter the area shrouded in frost and snow.

Yes, they lack the skills to perceive the frost and snow.

Lu Ran mustered all his strength and finally looked up at the towering sacred mountain that seemed to reach into the clouds.

"Good guy!"

He couldn't help but admire it in his heart.

Towering mountains rise abruptly from the ground, supporting the heavens and shaking the earth!
The mountain area that extends into the sea of ​​clouds isn't even the mountain peak! Should it be called the mountainside?
The majestic sacred mountain is magnificent and awe-inspiring.

And it's so beautiful!

Because the sacred mountain is covered with mysterious, jet-black lotus flowers.

The demon clan·Black Lotus!
If nothing unexpected happens, once the sacred mountain is attacked by the enemy, phantom images of divine minions, sword lotuses, will rise from those enormous black lotuses.

"How many flowers must there be?" Lu Ran murmured to himself.

Amidst the black lotus clusters, there are also relatively small, clusters of ice-blue roses, adding a touch of color.

Seventh-Rank Demon - Ice Rose Clan!
The black lotus in full bloom and the roses in full bloom almost completely covered the magnificent sacred mountain.

Tsk tsk~
The Ice Burial Clan, how fortunate they are!
With the help of his Phoenix Eyes, Lu Ran could see through the frost and snow and clearly see the Ice Burial People wandering in the sea of ​​flowers, guarding the sacred mountain.

Occasionally, the phantom of the divine henchman, Ice Butterfly, would appear on their bodies.

The true form of the Fifth-Rank God, Ice Butterfly, is an exquisitely beautiful butterfly!
Lu Ran couldn't help but hover in the air, observing and admiring it closely.

Amidst the riotous flowers, the phantom images of ice crystal butterflies could be seen, their bodies displaying a beautiful ice-blue hue, their wings thin and translucent, with crystal-clear ice crystals frozen upon them.

It gives people a feeling of extreme cold, exquisite delicacy, and extreme fragility.

"Sigh," Lu Ran sighed inwardly.

This is simply a work of art that should be collected.

Beauty is justice!

As Lu Ran looked at it, a thought popped into his mind: "You are such a beautiful woman, why did you become a thief?"

In fact, he had this idea as early as yesterday when he was "eating butterflies".

Furthermore, are the Ice Burial Clan, like frozen corpses, meant to be used as physical vessels for the Ice Butterflies?

Such a wonderful thing should be in the hands of my family's guardian deity.

Or perhaps it landed on Xiaoruyi's fingertips.

Hmm, we'll see.

If we could keep the pseudo-divine stone sculpture of the Ice Butterfly in the garden, preserving its form so we could admire and play with it, that would be wonderful.

The stone sculptures in the park, if not integrated with the human race, would indeed seem like lifeless objects, lacking much subjective initiative.

But as long as you listen to them, that's fine, right?
Lu Ran thought to himself, then quickly looked around.

The existence of the faceless jade deity is indeed annoying. Fortunately, they cannot clearly see the souls of the dead, but can only sense them when the souls of the dead approach a certain range.

Lu Ran made the most of his advantages, quickly capturing souls and seizing resources.

Inside the sculpture garden, Luo Shen will begin to devour everything in sight, striving towards the second level of the Heavenly Realm.

Lu Ran was quite cautious, sneaking around the magnificent sacred mountain, never approaching the area covered by frost and snow.

Once inside, you will inevitably be detected by the divine minion, Ice Butterfly.

Lu Ran did not believe that he could compete with the sea of ​​flowers covering the mountain.

Even the arrogant Faceless Jade Venerable clan stayed outside obediently.
So, is the area around this sacred mountain a suitable place for seclusion?
This mountain is occupied by fourth-, fifth-, and seventh-rank gods and demons, so their strength is not particularly great.

The key issue is that the perception ability is too difficult to solve.

Lu Ran frowned slightly, still feeling that this "Sea of ​​Flowers Mountain" was not as weak as it appeared.

There must be powerful gods and demons stationed in the mountains, right?

"Om!!"

Quite abruptly, the sword at Lu Ran's waist trembled slightly.

"Huh?" Lu Ran was taken aback for a moment, then reached into his robes and grasped the cold hilt of the knife.

Is this the Silent Night Blade?!
Lu Ran was startled and quickly retreated.

Before he knew it, he was less than 20 kilometers away from the sacred mountain, and his figure was almost disappearing into the area covered by frost and snow.

【Master! It's me.】

The usually taciturn Ji Ye Dao not only conveyed his thoughts but also spoke with a slight tremor in his voice.

"Gulp." Lu Ran's Adam's apple bobbed, and he realized what was going on.

The Spirit of the Silent Night Blade said in a deep voice, "Just a moment ago, I sensed the location of that divine weapon!"

Lu Ran's breath hitched!
In the celestial realm, believers can only communicate with their own deities when they are within the area of ​​the sacred mountain.

As the divine weapon, the Silent Night Blade, approached the Divine Mountain, it sensed the divine weapon that had been suppressing it and preventing it from comprehending the realm.

does this mean
Is that divine weapon in the higher heavens?
In the hands of the true god and demon?!
(End of this chapter)