The Old Gods

Chapter 935 Purgatory on Earth
Lu Ran suppressed the surging anger in his heart and looked at the shattered city.

According to Lord Xianyang, if Ranmen does not appear, the human world will be even more turbulent on the night of the fifteenth of next month!
However, slaughtering all the gods and demons in the sky is no easy task and will not be accomplished in a day.

Since we can't kill them all in a short time, we can only kill them until the gods and demons are afraid and submit.
How to do it?

Lu Ran frowned, and an extremely bold idea suddenly popped into his mind. The moment this idea appeared, even he was shocked—a decapitation operation!
Kill the monk!

The warrior monk is the one who delivers messages to the gods and demons.

If something happens to him, then all the gods and demons will understand, or at least speculate, why the monk died.

Secondly, the monks are considered first-class gods.

In the realm of gods and demons, the monks stand at the very top, representing the pinnacle of combat power.

The defeat of the monks will be a powerful signal!
The gods and demons' attempt to force the Burning Gate to appear by harming all living beings is nothing but wishful thinking.

Not only will the Burning Gate not do as the gods and demons wish, but it will also retaliate fiercely!

The revenge wasn't against some weak god of the seventh, eighth, or ninth rank, but against a top-tier powerful god!
Such a decapitation operation also demonstrates the strength of the Burning Gate, letting the gods and demons know just how terrifying the human race they are facing.

The goal is to use concrete achievements to drag the high and mighty gods and demons down from their pedestals.

Shatter all their halos, crush their pride.

This forced the gods and demons to change their mindset and take the initiative to seek peace!
At least it will make the gods and demons think twice before taking any action!
"You like to tip people off, don't you?" Lu Ran's eyes grew increasingly sinister.

Lu Ran is indeed young; born in 2001, he is not yet twenty-three years old.

But as a human being, he stands on the shoulders of his predecessors and clearly knows that seeking peace through compromise and submission is naive.

Only struggle!

Only by abandoning illusions can we find a way out.

Over the past forty years, the manner and methods by which gods and demons have ruled the world, and their inherent nature, are clearly laid bare before us.

A problem has also arisen: the reason why the monks are such a powerful signal is because their strength is extremely terrifying!
Lu Ran had personally witnessed Master Tu unleash the ultimate move of the martial monk sect, the Fighting Golden Monk.

I still feel lingering fear!
Tu Feng was merely a follower of the Heavenly Realm.

If a divine monk personally performs this move, just how powerful must it be?
Will the Burning Gate succeed in its scheme?

"Hmm?" Lu Ran suddenly narrowed his eyes, staring intently at the distant city through the darkness of the night.

There was a four-story office building there, two-thirds of which had collapsed, with only a small portion remaining, teetering on the verge of collapse.

Due to its unique form of existence, Lu Ran could see the situation inside the building at a glance.

At this moment, several Moon Gazing People were weeping bitterly. In Lu Ran's blind spot, countless illusory fragments flew out and merged into the human body.

Lu Ran decisively teleported over and appeared outside the broken wall on the third floor.

"Ah! Ahh!!"

"Waaah, no, no waaah!" It's hard to imagine that such shrill screams and cries came from tough men.

Looking around, there were at least six or seven people gazing at the moon inside the building.

Moon-Watcher!
The people of Great Xia rely on this force for decades, which has protected the human race's homeland with its powerful combat strength and unparalleled spirit.

But even such a formidable force has now crumbled.

One by one, the battle-hardened soldiers were completely incapacitated. They collapsed to the ground, trembling, and wept, covering their faces.

"ah!!"

A strange, piercing scream rang out.

In an instant, the people gazing at the moon upstairs and downstairs were even more terrified. They had no fighting power whatsoever, let alone any support.

Lu Ran realized something was wrong!

That sound... how could it be Hai Pin's evil magic?
A powerful sea monster was hidden inside the collapsed office building?
Tonight is not the night of the fifteenth!

It's already the 17th of the lunar calendar, and there are still some evil remnants in the city that haven't been completely eradicated. Although they're not common, it's still acceptable.

What Lu Ran couldn't understand was that what remained in the ruins was actually a Sea Realm Demon Lord?
is it possible?

For a "low-level martial arts" world like the human realm, the existence of a great demon from the sea realm would inevitably attract the absolute attention of the Great Xia government, and they would certainly make preparations in advance.

Has this great sea monster been hiding since the night of the fifteenth, or has the demonic invasion never stopped?

Did this demon lord just descend upon the world and appear suddenly?
"Damn it!" Lu Ran didn't say it, but he cursed in his heart.

He finally understood why there were still uncollected limbs among the ruins, and why there were still thick bloodstains on the asphalt roads that had not been cleaned up.

The official Xia army simply didn't have time to pay attention!

This city is still being invaded by evil spirits.
The 17th of the lunar calendar is always like this, so it's hard to imagine what kind of hell the human world goes through on the night of the 15th.

Lu Ran's expression grew increasingly grim, and he flew straight inside.

"Whoosh~ Whoosh~" Approaching from the front were fragments of illusory energy.

Lu Ran didn't even try to dodge; he casually grabbed a piece and let it melt into his palm.

Mask fragments?

Hidden in the shadows is the third-class demon, the mask of deception?
The two sides of the same coin of the third-class god-demon Nuo Sha!
"Cry, cry! Hehehehehehe," a hoarse voice came, accompanied by an eerie, sinister laugh, sending chills down one's spine.

Most of the various demons can only roar and howl.

The theatrical performers are among the few who can speak human language.

However, the way of speaking on stage is quite special, and a procedure needs to be completed in advance.

Lu Ran flew forward swiftly and, sure enough, found a controlled Moon Gazing Person at the corner of the dark stairwell. This Moon Gazing Person was wearing a strange mask.

The mask was deathly white, with a distorted face; its wide-open eyes and crooked mouth combined to create an incredibly chilling expression.

"Ah! Ahhh!"

The man who gazes at the moon clutches the mask with both hands, crying out in anguish as he tries to tear the mask off his face.

However, the pale mask clung firmly to the human's face, remaining motionless.

"Hehehehehehe~"

When the actor smiled sinisterly, the person gazing at the moon immediately stopped crying.

Because when the Demon Mask speaks human language, it needs to control the human body and then use the human mouth to speak its own words.

"Cry, cry, when you're done crying, give me your face," the actor murmured.

Evil Technique: Body Possession!
This race can cover the human face, devouring its features until the human's face is completely turned into a pale mask, and its body will also be completely controlled.

"Waaaaah!" Wang Yueren clutched his face, rolling on the ground. His heart-wrenching cries turned into desperate sobs.

Even the crying gradually changed in tone, sounding like a mix of crying and laughing.

You could tell he was almost completely absorbed by the performance.

Lu Ran instantly teleported forward!

He knelt beside the man gazing at the moon, pressing one hand against the man's neck and the other hand gripping the pale mask, pulling it back sharply.

"Tear it apart."

The pale mask was forcibly ripped off, instantly disfiguring the Moon Gazing Man.

The scene was horrific!

His entire face was stuck to the inside of the play mask and was torn off, causing blood to flow uncontrollably.

In many areas of the human face, there is not much skin or flesh.

The forehead, bridge of the nose, cheekbones, and other areas of the person gazing at the moon have already revealed bare white bones.

Seeing this, Lu Ran's anger surged!

"Hiss!!" The scene was completely unexpected, and it immediately let out a shriek after being interrupted.

Then, there was another cracking sound, and countless fragments of the illusory mask scattered in all directions.

The Evil Magic of the Playful Face - Howling Face!
The Evil Magic of the Playful Face - A Thousand Fears!
A sharp cry can instill fear.

The flying fragments of the illusory mask can attack enemies from all directions without any blind spots. Even if they don't hit the enemy, the fragments will fall to various parts of the battlefield, turning into a special kind of trap.

During the existence of the fragments, any living being that steps on or touches them will be pulled into a special illusion, where they will see the things they fear most deep in their hearts.

The two evil spells differ in their methods of execution, but their ultimate goal is the same.

However, this mental output technique had absolutely no effect on Lu Ran.

"Crack!!"

Lu Ran squeezed the mask hard, and the mask shattered instantly, but at the critical moment, it transformed into an illusory mask.

This is not an evil practice, but rather a rather rare characteristic.

Just like special evil spirits such as Yin Hua Dan and Gui Fu Doll, the theatrical performers can also become ethereal!

When facing ordinary people, or even most believers, the ability to become ethereal is equivalent to two words—invincible!
In front of Lu Ran, being able to become ethereal is equivalent to two words—instant kill.

"Whoo~"

Lu Ran blew out a breath of immortal energy, and the mask that was trying to escape was enveloped by the immortal energy of the Jade-Faced Snake Clan.

The mighty sea demon was instantly annihilated.

Inside the office building, only Wangyueren, who was mentally broken and wailing in pain, remained.

Lu Ran stepped forward, pressed one hand against the other's chest, and reached out with the other hand to his face, a crystal dewdrop sliding off his fingertip.

Jade Lotus Divine Magic: Cleansing with Azure Dew!
"Da~"

Dewdrops fell onto the forehead, and the bloodied and mangled face of the person gazing at the moon was quickly healed, completely restored in just a second or two.

The Heavenly Medical Techniques cannot bring the dead back to life, but they can heal flesh and bone!
Moreover, the dewdrops falling on the forehead of the moon-gazing person seemed to have a calming effect, and the moon-gazing person immediately stopped struggling violently.

"Captain Zhao?"

"Command center notification: The powerful beings from the Sea Realm have arrived to provide assistance! Hold on for just ten more seconds! Just ten seconds!"

"Captain! Where's the play?" Concerned voices rang out, and several Moon Gazing People rushed over, only to witness a bizarre scene.

Captain Zhao appeared completely unharmed, as if he had never fought the great sea demon. He quickly scrambled to his feet, cautiously surveying his surroundings.

The physical pain was gone, and the fear in my heart dissipated.

His injuries were completely healed, and the great sea monster disappeared.

Am I already dead?
That's why there's the illusion that everything is normal?

Captain Zhao looked at his teammates and was greeted by a powerful being who had descended from the sky.

Lu Ran stood high in the night sky, overlooking the entire city, and quickly searched.

Suddenly, Lu Ran's expression froze, and he thought of another city:
Rainy Alley City!
If even Ye Yucheng was in such a terrible state, then what kind of miserable state must his hometown be in?
Oh shit! !
(End of this chapter)