The Old Gods

Chapter 876 Unveiling the Butcher's Knife!

The crescent moon shone on the gloomy, withered forest.

The sounds of children laughing and crying could be heard from time to time in the woods, sending chills down one's spine.

Lu Ran remained hidden, quietly lurking in the shadows.

Although he appeared to be alone, he had actually been discussing things with the soldiers in the sculpture park for several rounds.

Since learning that the talisman on the Ghost Talisman Doll's head was a fourth-tier magic artifact, everyone naturally became even more cautious.

Let's remove the talisman first, no matter what.

The team not only wants to win, but also wants to finish the battle quickly!

A very real problem is here: on the sacred mountain in the third heaven, the dark cloud vortexes are very close together. Once the Burning Gate is caught in a prolonged battle, other gods and demons may come to its aid.

The most effective way to deal with the ghost dolls is naturally to blow them away completely the moment the boys and girls' bodies become ethereal!
"Woooooo~~~"

The sound of sobbing drifted from afar.

To be honest, after several days of lying in wait, Lu Ran had gotten a little used to it.

"Om!!"

Just as Lu Ran was watching the group of kids disappear into the distance, a sudden tremor jolted him awake.

He stared intently at the ghost doll in the distance, somewhat taken aback.

what's the situation?
【Lord Immortal Sheep! The Ghost Talisman Evil Sculpture is acting strangely.】 Before Lu Ran's voice transmission finished, a large number of demonic minions appeared around the Evil Sculpture and surged wildly into the distance.

This?
"It's fifteen." A voice transmission came through.

Lu Ran paused for a moment, then looked up at the crescent moon in the night sky: [It's September 15th now, it's nighttime?]

The full moon on the fifteenth day of the lunar month is common knowledge.

The scenery inside the Demon Cave remained unchanged, with the crescent moon forever hanging in the night sky, which made Lu Ran feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Yes, the evil spirit is casting a spell, sending demons into the human world.

The gods spoke lightly, but for humanity and the human race, it was yet another sleepless night.

Who knows how many tragedies will unfold that night?
More than forty years have passed, and humanity has learned to survive in the cracks. Even so, casualties are still unavoidable on every full moon night.

The so-called casualties are not necessarily caused by the evil spirits themselves.

Every year on the 15th, some people can't bear it, suffer a mental breakdown, or commit suicide.

To leave this dark and hopeless world completely.

"Om!!"

The two ghost dolls held hands, and the evil sculptures trembled together, clearly trying their best to unleash demonic minions upon the human world.

The time has come.

【Now?】Lu Ran's heart immediately jumped.

The Faceless Jade Venerable is currently causing trouble in the southwest region, attracting the attention of many gods and demons who are tasked with suppressing him. For several days now, the focus of attention from the divine and demonic factions has been primarily on this area.

The immortal sheep paused, then continued: "On the night of the fifteenth, the evil god will, as usual, create a large number of minions to invade the human world."

Lu Ran licked his lips: [So...?]

If not now, when?

The eight simple words, carrying an indescribable chill, were imprinted in Lu Ran's mind, like a bucket of cold water poured over him from head to toe.

The time has come!

Lu Ran immediately announced the information to the entire sculpture park, then solemnly stated: [Attention all participants! Prepare to move out according to plan!]

The sculpture park was deathly silent, utterly still.

However, the inner workings of each of the false god stone sculptures were in turmoil.

Whether successful or not

Today will undoubtedly be a day of great significance in the long history of humankind!
This is the first time that the human race has brandished its sword against the gods and demons!

"Whoo~"

With a barely perceptible ripple, the wispy silk ribbons fluttering behind Lu Ran were gently swept away.

The ribbon trailed behind and to the side of Lu Ran, encircling an equally concealed figure—Yan Shuangzi!

She was one of the few people in the Ranmen who could infiltrate the sect with Lu Ran.

After all, Lu Ran and Yan Shuangzi are both dogs.

They're all wolves!

"Hoo~" Lu Ran, with Yan Shuangzi wrapped around him, slowly moved closer to the Ghost Talisman Evil Sculpture.

He couldn't see the evil minions that the ghost dolls had placed all over the human world.

But Lu Ran could see that around the Ghost Talisman Evil Sculpture, a large number of boys and girls kept emerging, flying or running, surging towards the distance.

To the members of the Burning Gate, these demonic minions were far too weak.

There aren't many powerful demons in the sea realm, and very few lackeys in the river realm either. Most of them are weak lackeys from the mist, stream, and river realms.

But the advantage is quantity!

Wave after wave surged forth, like locusts sweeping across the land.

On this night of the fifteenth, the soldiers guarding the Ghost Talisman Demon Cave will suffer even more casualties.

Do not!
Tonight is different from any of the full moon nights of the past forty years.

Tonight
Lu Ran arrived above the two evil sculptures of ghost talisman dolls, about 800 meters away, his eyes fixed on the talisman pasted on the forehead of the boy among them.

【Sister Shuangzi.】

【Owner.】

[I am male, you are female. Commanded by divine power fluctuations, countdown 2 seconds!]

【Yes!】 Yan Shuangzi narrowed her eyes, locking onto the huge stone talisman on the tiger-head hat of the ghost talisman doll.

"call!!"

Suddenly, an incredibly terrifying energy fluctuation emanated from Lu Ran's eyes.

Within the sculpture garden, several of the stone sculptures that had stood firmly in the divine and demonic camps quickly disappeared.

The Immortal Jasmine Stone Sculpture - the Mysterious Frost Stone Sculpture; the Nightmare Stone Sculpture - the Wind Charm Stone Sculpture (He Qifeng and Bai Rao); the Mad Immortal Stone Sculpture - the Dragon Stone Sculpture - all sprang out at the same time.

The moment the energy fluctuations appeared, Lu Ran and Yan Shuangzi simultaneously started the countdown.

21!

"Shu~"

"Whoosh!" Lu Ran and Yan Shuangzi suddenly teleported, one rushing towards the boy and the other attacking the girl.

The two appeared in front of the two huge stone talismans at almost the same time.

The two moved in unison, both pressing their hands against the stone talisman, their invisibility broken simultaneously. Two ghosts knocking on the door?

Shoot the Second Ghost Gate!

The next moment, Lu Yan's two dogs, each carrying a huge stone talisman under its paw, flashed away rapidly.

"Well?"

"Huh?" The ghost doll was still releasing demonic minions into the human world when this sudden turn of events left both of them a little bewildered.

One of the ghost talisman male dolls suddenly had raging flames erupting from its head.

In just a moment, that lovely stone tiger-head hat was burned to ashes.

The stone eyes of the Ghost Talisman Boy Doll quietly disappeared, turning into two black eye sockets, and his stone body also turned into an illusion.

"call!!"

The wind suddenly rises!

The moment the ghostly male doll's figure blurred, eight hundred meters away, a goddess statue over two hundred and eighty meters tall stretched out her hands, already casting a spell!
North Wind Divine Art - North Wind Howl!
A terrifying tornado rose from the ground and swept up both boys and girls.

"ah!!!"

The screams of the ghost doll were incredibly shrill and piercing.

She had been holding the little boy's hand, but now she grasped at empty air. Even more terrifying, the illusory little boy was being frantically scattered.

"Waaaaah! Waaaaah~~~"

The boy was terrified, and his instinctive reaction was not to solve the problem or get out of the predicament.

Instead, she cried.

cry?
Crying counts as time too~
The window of opportunity for survival is really only a short one or two seconds, which is when the boy's illusory body is barely intact.

When the ghost doll instinctively cries, its fate is already sealed.

"call!!"

The tornado spun rapidly, wildly engulfing the enormous, ethereal figure, with wisps of energy being blown by the wind and filling the entire tornado.

In an instant, the tornado, which should have been colorless and formless, transformed into a "white mist tornado".

The so-called "white mist" is neither a phantom nor a divine power in the form of mist.

It is the breath of the Holy Spirit!

It was the pure primordial energy that should have filled the world after the true forms of gods and demons were scattered!
The evil god was instantly killed?

Seconds!

Amidst the falling plum blossoms, the Xuan Shuang guard, carrying the Immortal Jasmine Stone statue, flew rapidly forward, leaving behind a series of afterimages in mid-air. He also caught sight of the evil god whose primordial energy had been disrupted in the distance.

Although the Xuan Shuang stone sculpture clearly had a pair of stone eyes, the light in her pupils was terrifyingly bright.

The group's plan worked!

Although only half the effort was successful, the Ghost Talisman Boy Doll was truly scattered.

"Ah!!!" The ghost talisman doll was still screaming.

Burning hammer shadows swiftly ripped through the night sky, overturning countless demon minions along the way, showing no sign of exploding, and heading straight for the evil sculpture of the Ghost Talisman Girl Doll.

Hundreds of meters away, a goddess statue was burning fiercely, holding a huge stone hammer, flying upwards while frantically swinging out burning hammer shadows.

"Die! I'll smash you to death! Die, you bastard!!!"

The mad fairy stone sculpture had a ferocious face and shouted loudly, its voice no quieter than that of the ghost talisman girl doll.

Fiery Divine Art - Fiery Heavenly Demon!

Fiery Heavenly Divine Art - Exploding the Sky!

The Dragon Protector followed closely behind, holding a small golden dragon carp in his hand.

"Boom~"

Although the fish were small, the golden energy beams they emitted covered a considerable area.

This is the Dragon Carp Divine Method - Praying for Rain Carp.

It is a rare technique that combines purification and perception. Yu Changsheng uses this technique precisely because of its purification effect.

In fact, the appearance of the pseudo-god stone sculptures in pairs is to equip each main damage dealer with a purification method.

To avoid being accidentally injured by comrades.

Spiritual output is undoubtedly the key to the Burning Gate's victory!
【Collect!】Lu Ran mentally relayed the order to Deng Yuxiang, then flashed into the arena carrying the gourd.

"Whoosh~~~" The Nightmare Stone Sculpture waved its hand, and the terrifying tornado quickly dissipated, displaying extraordinary elegance.

Lu Ran is truly skilled and daring!

He appeared directly on the shoulder of the Ghost Talisman Girl Doll and grabbed Huangfu Tianjiang, who had been spat out of the gourd.

"Drink!"

"Drink!!" A sudden battle cry rang in the ears of the Ghost Talisman Girl Doll.

Its sound resounded throughout the region!
Originally, Lu Ran and Huangfu Tian planned to each shout one.

Now that the male ghost doll has vanished, the full force of their attacks naturally benefited the female doll.

Eastern Thunder Divine Technique - Thunderous Roar!
You're going to eat that battle cry technique that can make people dizzy!
"Drink!" Lu Ran's eyes turned icy as he roared again.

"Drink up!!" Huangfu Tianjiang had no defensive techniques. Relying on the terrifying mental strength of the third level of the Heavenly Realm, he took Lu Ran's battle cry head-on. Dizzy, he followed closely behind and shouted out again.

Lu Ran didn't have time to observe the state of the ghost talisman doll, or whether her mind was blank.

He grabbed Huangfu Tianjiang by the waist and hurriedly fled.

Lu Ran has to escape!

Because the Great Mad Immortal's hammer has already come crashing down.

Because Xiao Ruyi's bewitching spell has already been cast!
"呲-"

Lu Ran traversed the swirling mist beneath his feet, carrying Huangfu Zhao as he sped through the air.

In the instant he turned around, he drew the Eight Desolations Blade from his waist, and as he flew backward, flames burst forth from his body.

The fiercely burning blade slashed at the back of the ghost talisman doll, but instead of striking, it unleashed a fiery hammer shadow.

The hammer shadow thrown by the Mad Immortal Protector had already reached the face of the Ghost Talisman Girl!
"Boom!"

Fire splattered.

"Boom!!!"

The pitch-black moonlit night was as bright as day!