The Old Gods

Chapter 861 Misty World
Once again, Lu Ran felt a mysterious energy searching his body.

Even though he concealed his figure and aura, he still couldn't escape.

"Whoo~"

Lu Ran pierced through the thick sea of ​​clouds, only to feel the light dim!
So dark?
The light in the first level of heaven was not very bright either; let's just consider it a gloomy afternoon.

The second heaven has a feeling of the sun just setting.

The sky was extremely dark.

Lu Ran, however, remained unaffected, quickly surveying his surroundings. The sea of ​​clouds that had just allowed him to pass through was now solid ground beneath his feet.

The sea of ​​fog that once engulfed his waist has now engulfed his chest.

The stone peaks could no longer be seen in the slowly flowing sea of ​​mist.

"Good heavens." Lu Ran murmured, his body slowly spinning around.

Under the dark clouds, the scenery was exactly the same everywhere, without any reference points.

Is this the second heaven?
Lu Ran slowly took off. Fortunately, the sea of ​​fog below was still surging in one direction, which allowed him to discern the direction.

Otherwise, if he turned around, he probably wouldn't be able to find his way around.

"How is it, Lonely Night? Can you sense the other's presence?"

"No." Lonely Night Blade replied truthfully.

Lu Ran's heart sank.

Finished!

The wielder of this divine weapon is not in the Second Heaven.

That leaves only the third heaven!
The highest heaven is the battlefield between gods and demons and foreign enemies.

It's all over.
Lu Ran's only prayer now is that the knife with the "Silence Domain" falls into the hands of a powerful god or demon.

[As I remember.]

【Um? 】

[Your physical body in the first heaven hasn't lost contact, has it?]

"No." The fairy jade sculpture standing in the sculpture garden responded crisply.

That's good!
With a firm resolve, Lu Ran strained his eyes to look south. No matter what, he would first find a sacred mountain.

"Shu~"

His flash covered nearly a hundred kilometers in a single blink.

However, wherever he went, the environment remained unchanged, which gave Lu Ran a slight illusion, as if he had never moved at all.

After flashing several times, Lu Ran's figure suddenly stopped.

In the dim light, he saw a few flickering flames in the far southeast.

The fire moved quickly, stretching out thin lines of flame horizontally beneath the dark clouds.

Lu Ran immediately teleported to get close to those few eye-catching flames.

As he appeared in a flash, everything before him suddenly became much clearer. He then discovered that, under the dim sky, a faceless jade deity was chasing after the firelight.

The flame lines that were drawn out came from a series of simple and ancient-looking green lamps.

The lamp is covered in rust, appearing to be very old, and has a bronze luster.

Its size is not large; a soft lamp burns in a cup-shaped dish, and below the dish is a gracefully curved support, which a human can easily hold in one hand.

Demonic Lamp!
The Three-Tier God - The Two Sides of the Flower-Supporting Body.

When Lu Ran arrived, he saw one of the three green lamps, its flame shooting high, suddenly turning towards the faceless jade spirit chasing behind it, releasing a small burst of light.

"Whoosh~"

The jade robe fluttered and rustled.

The faceless jade deity continued to fly forward at high speed, not even bothering to dodge!

Lu Ran observed carefully and found that the faceless jade statue in the second heaven had not changed much in size and was still about four meters tall.

She remained expressionless as she chased after the lights, letting them fall on her.

"Bah!"

Sparks fly!

Within a small cluster of lights, terrifying explosive energy erupted, causing it to explode with a deafening roar! The Faceless Jade Venerable, however, remained unharmed, without even the slightest pause in his actions.

Such a tough stance is enough to make any enemy despair!
"Pfft~"

"Pfft!" The other two green lamps cast spells at the same time, and endless lamp ash drifted out, mixed with specks of embers.

It's truly beautiful.

It is beautiful, but even the exploding sparks cannot harm the faceless jade statue. What can a few embers do?
As Lu Ran had predicted, the faceless jade vessel flew straight into the layers of lamp ash without any hesitation.

A crisp "crack" sound!
Through his phoenix-like eyes, Lu Ran saw that in the lamp ash, the faceless jade lord's large hand directly grasped a green lamp and crushed it to pieces.

The other two green lamps fled in a sorry state.

This is the only advantage this race has.

Everything within the thick ash of the lamp could be sensed by the demonic Azure Lamp, while the Faceless Jade Venerable, who was inside, completely lost his sight.

"Whoo~"

The faceless jade deity flicked his robes, absorbing the souls of the dead while trying to clear away the lamp ash, but to little avail.

A few seconds later, the Faceless Jade Venerable collected the souls of the dead and flew out of the ash-filled area to quickly search for enemies.

Lu Ran sighed heavily in his heart.

In this dimly lit space, the lamp always burned with a tiny flame.
Isn't this courting death?

Moreover, the two green lamps did not flee separately; they darted away in the same direction!

This level of intelligence is comparable to that of the "black lantern" generation.

Lu Ran was quite impressed, and watched as the Faceless Jade Venerable followed the lines of flame and chased after it.

How can this be considered a battle?

This is pure torture!

One thing that intrigued Lu Ran was that he hadn't seen any of the divine minions. Where were the flower-carrying minions?
Was it not carried on a green lamp?
Lu Ran secretly followed, planning to wait until the remaining two green lamps were extinguished, and then take advantage of the moment when the Faceless Jade Venerable was slightly relaxed to launch a surprise attack.

"Hmm?" Lu Ran was surprised. Following the direction in which the Faceless Jade Venerable was chasing, he looked into the distance and couldn't help but be a little dazed.

What... what is this scene?

As is well known, the environment of the Second Heaven remains unchanged.

The sky was shrouded in dark clouds, and a sea of ​​fog drifted across the ground; this was the scene as far as the eye could see.

But Lu Ran saw rolling mountains in the distant southeastern sky.

And the mountains were still getting closer.

"Crack!!"

Once again, Lu Ran heard the sound of the lamp shattering. In the ashes of the burning lamp, the Faceless Jade Venerable stepped on the shadowy lamplight.

That's the defensive technique of the Green Lantern Clan: the Lantern Shadow Cover.

Its defensive capabilities are quite good.

However, under the attack of the Faceless Jade Venerable, the defensive shield was as fragile as paper and was trampled into pieces.

Along with it, the green lamp inside the lampshade was also crushed to pieces by her jade feet.

The faceless jade deity's figure suddenly stopped, absorbing the souls of the dead once more, calmly letting the last lamp escape.

It's like saying, "Let you run a few hundred meters first."

Let alone the Green Lantern Clan, there are very few beings in the entire Great Xia God and Demon System who can surpass the Faceless Jade Venerable in speed.

Lu Ran stopped paying attention to the battlefield.

Through the dim light, his phoenix-like eyes saw the continuous mountain ranges rapidly approaching, and the distant landscape becoming increasingly clear.

The beautiful scenery is illusory, yet clear enough.

Before the mountains even reached the battlefield, a light drizzle had already blanketed the land.

"Oh," Lu Ran sighed inwardly, straining his eyes to see a young woman in a flowing long dress.

She held an oil-paper umbrella and wore a white long dress with faint ink paintings on it, adorned with branches and flowers.

It exudes a classic and elegant charm.

Her long hair was tied up at the back of her head and flowed horizontally in the wind, making her look stunning.

With her arrival, Lu Ran was completely immersed in a landscape painting.

The mountains stretch endlessly, shrouded in mist and clouds.

The river surface was shrouded in mist and a light drizzle was falling.

In this picturesque scene of misty rain in Jiangnan, the gentle woman holding an oil-paper umbrella becomes the finishing touch.

The Divine Art of Flower Support - Misty Rain in the Mortal World!

This is a rather special purification method; it does not affect living beings, but rather the terrain and environment.

In the "misty world," believers find it difficult to change their environment, which causes some techniques to lose their effectiveness.

For example, the sandstorm stirred up by the Western Wilderness faction, and the icy and snowy land summoned by the Ice Burial clan.

These auxiliary techniques that alter the environment will soon be completely eliminated.

The ultimate moves of the Jade Talisman sect require its disciples to be closely connected with the heavens and earth, causing dark clouds to gather, lightning to strike, the earth to tear apart, and pillars of fire to erupt.

This technique of forcibly altering the terrain and environment will be limited in the face of "misty rain in the human world".

Even if the Jade Talisman disciples use their ultimate moves, the effect will be greatly weakened.

Of course, purification only applies to the level of divine and evil magic.

The thick fog that arose when the human race advanced was something that the disciples of the Flower Clan could not purify.

Similarly, the real snowflakes falling in the human world and the sandstorms rising in the desert cannot be purified by this illusory "smoky world".

What puzzled Lu Ran was that the Faceless Jade Venerable clan did not have the technique to change the environment.

So why would this woman expend such a huge amount of divine power to change the battlefield environment?

Is it just to wipe away the lamp ash?
Yes, she is indeed quite "clean".

Similar to He Yingcai, the God of Burning Gate, everything about her is exquisite, from her fingertips to the strands of her hair.

"Snapped!"

The young woman gently raised her hand and caught the flying blue lamp.

"You're the only one left?"

The woman's gentle voice pierced through the layers of rain and reached Lu Ran's dog ears.

She was clearly flying in the air, yet she stood on the vast, misty river, her dress flowing down, as calm as the illusory river surface.

When the wind and rain passed by her, they seemed to slow down by a third.

The more Lu Ran looked, the more confused he became.

Just what kind of person is this?
She must be human!

There is no doubt about this; she is a real person with flesh and blood, and is by no means a fictitious god's lackey.

Her gentle temperament and beautiful face, though somewhat similar to the deity holding a flower, are definitely not the deity herself.

"Whoo~"

The lamplight flickered on the green lamp.

It was as if he was answering the woman's question.

The gentle woman's beautiful eyes darted through the illusory mist and rain, gazing at the faceless jade statue in the distance.

Lu Ran then remembered that there was another terrifying and powerful enemy present!

The "Supporting Flower" school can be considered to be both offensive and defensive, but it is mainly biased towards defense and support.

On this incredibly intense celestial battlefield, this woman, all alone, holding an oil-paper umbrella and carrying an ancient green lamp, dared to face the Faceless Jade Venerable.
She even altered the terrain and environment along the way to reach this place.

Clearly, they are not afraid of attracting foreign enemies.

How strong does she have to be?
Lu Ran was incredibly curious, so he slowly flew backward, wanting to see what she was all about.

Come!
Humans, please amaze me!
(End of this chapter)