The Old Gods

Chapter 980 The Changes at the Sacred Mountain
Lu Ran, enduring the buzzing in his brain, left the Gods and Demons Sculpture Garden.

Since Xiao Chifeng advanced to the fourth rank, he has been completely liberated and rarely experiences brain buzzing anymore.

But this time, he couldn't escape.

Lu Ran couldn't possibly drive the Blood Skull Evil Sculpture into the Blazing Phoenix Pattern Gourd; that would be too ungrateful! He didn't even dare to linger too long, for fear of disturbing Boss Yang.

Regarding when the "resurrection" would yield results, the Immortal Sheep did not give a precise answer, only vaguely stating that it would take some time.

Such a heaven-defying act must be extremely difficult; even the domineering Sheep Boss probably wasn't sure.

"Sigh," Lu Ran sighed and plopped down in Jiang Ruyi's hand.

"Cheer up, everything is moving in a positive direction," Jiang Ruyi said softly.

"Drink!" Lu Ran roared in battle.

Jiang Ruyi: "."

Lu Ran looked up at the Evil God: "How much time has passed since we attacked Blood Dust Divine Mountain?"

"No more than three or four hours."

Lu Ran nodded, and considering the troops he could currently mobilize, said in a deep voice, "Let's go to Bee Elephant Mountain!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ruyi couldn't help but frown slightly.

I don't think now is a good time.

Lu Ran has just found his deceased father's soul, and his father is still in the critical period of resurrection. His feelings must be particularly complicated.

Moreover, within half a day, Lu Ran had led his team to successively capture North Wind Divine Mountain and Blood Dust Divine Mountain, achieving remarkable feats!

He always activates the Silence Domain, especially here at Blood Dust Divine Mountain, where his body is severely overdrawn. He has only just recovered a little, and now he has to go on another expedition?
Lu Ran did indeed sign a phoenix and dragon love contract with the paper doll, and the paper doll helped him without reservation, giving him whatever he asked for.

She had become the most reliable and dependable evil god standing behind him.

The problem is, even if Lu Ran can handle it, the paper doll can't, right?
"Isn't this a bit too radical?" Jiang Ruyi pondered, voicing her concerns.

Lu Ran nodded: "That's why I set my sights on Bee Elephant Mountain, rather than Jade-Faced Snake's Golden Jade Mountain or Martial Arts Student's Pear Garden Mountain."

Jiang Ruyi said slowly, "After so many battles today, the soldiers also need to rest."

Nightmare and Yin Tian are still advancing. After taking down Blood Dust Divine Mountain, Lu Yuan and his apprentice Qin Yanzhi also advanced inside the gourd.

They'll all be back in two or three days.

Jiang Ruyi hasn't mentioned herself yet.

Inside Lu Ran's money for the dead, there was also a jade talisman spirit!
Given just two or three days, Jiang Ruyi will also be able to possess dual divine positions and transform into a complete deity.

At that time, her physical strength and various attributes will naturally reach a new level, and her strength will increase significantly. She can also begin to study the fusion of Jade Talisman Divine Technique and Ghost Talisman Evil Technique.

Once divine and evil magic are perfectly combined, her combat power will increase greatly, without a doubt!
"Time waits for no one." Lu Ran shook his head, his expression unusually resolute.

For the past few hours, he has been fighting against his physical limits, refusing to pass out no matter what, and has been persevering in a daze, just to buy time!
Lu Ran stood up and looked up at that huge and beautiful face: "We cannot guarantee that there are no surviving Dust Shadow Flower - Mirror Demon minions on the battlefield."

They are likely to travel to various sacred mountains to deliver the message.

Unlike human believers, the minions of gods and demons are independent individuals created based on the foundation of gods and demons.

Even after the original god or demon has fallen, the minions are still alive and can still cast spells.

These kinds of lackeys are the standard "remnants," and each one that dies is one less to be lost.

Lu Ran didn't believe that the Blood Skull henchmen would go and inform on him.

Because there was no Bloodskull Clan on the battlefield at all.

Lord Bloodskull possesses immense privileges; he did not expend his primordial energy to create minions. On this southwestern front, he has always personally led the charge in killing the enemy.

As a stone sculpture, Blood Skull can directly absorb resources from both sides, whether it's slaying enemy soldiers or trampling friendly soldiers.

Such behavior, where one only cares about one's own pleasure in killing and relentlessly takes, would likely leave the gods and demons on and around Mount Shen angry but unable to speak out.

Otherwise, this situation wouldn't have occurred.

Therefore, the race that might be able to tip off the enemy naturally fell to the demon minions of the Mirror of Evil.

"Hmm," Jiang Ruyi hesitated for a moment.

As early as when the Burning Gate warriors attacked Blood Dust Divine Mountain, the warriors had already focused on eliminating the minions of this tribe.

While Lu Ran was exhausted and in a daze, Jiang Ruyi was not idle. She quickly led her team to wipe out the remaining enemies.

There weren't many minions of the Demon Mirror at the front line. Ever since the White-striped Wolf-Blood Hound and the Golden Ear Old Man-Straw Demon took up residence in the Divine Mountain, their minions have become the main force of the suicide squad.

In addition, the Faceless Jade Venerable clan also objectively assisted the Burning Gate, frantically slaughtering all living beings.

Jiang Ruyi was not one to seek credit or reward. She knew in her heart that no matter how hard she tried, she could not guarantee the complete annihilation of the Demon Clan of the Mirror of Evil.

"Before the gods and demons react, we must acquire as much capital as possible, taking down as many as we can!" Lu Ran was clearly determined.

Today is different from the past!
The former alliance of gods and demons was in disarray, with powerful gods establishing themselves as kings, forming small groups based on their own mountain strongholds, and fighting their own battles.

As the eastern, northeastern, and northern fronts were successively breached and the gods fell, the Faceless Jade Venerable completely stormed into the interior of the third heaven.

A major crisis can undoubtedly be a catalyst for unity.

This will cause the gods and demons' mentality to change repeatedly, and any tactical adjustments are possible.

Wu Sheng is the best example. He has already recalled A Sha's team, which was guarding the southern front, and is also urging Nü Ying to shrink the front and quickly return to defend. "Good!" Jiang Ruyi nodded slightly. "You stay here to guard and take charge of the overall situation, so as to prevent other divine mountain forces from attacking. I will take people to Fengxiang Divine Mountain now."

"Huh?" Lu Ran was taken aback.

Jiang Ruyi calmly analyzed: "We have already taken over Blood Skull, which is a good bargaining chip. We don't necessarily have to attack Bee Elephant Mountain. I will try to recruit them first."

"Drink!" Lu Ran roared again.

Jiang Ruyi was interrupted and looked at the little figure on her fingertip with a helpless expression.

“Leave a few people to guard the mountain, we’ll go together!” Lu Ran said in a deep voice.

"Uh-huh."

Under his serious expression, Jiang Ruyi swallowed back many of her words.

Lu Ran immediately mustered his troops and selected soldiers to participate in the battle.

If possible, he would prefer to have Fairy Jiang guard this place, but after all, there are two gods and demons, the Curse Master and Ghost Moon Fox, on Bee Elephant Mountain.

They all possess the ability to become invisible!

Lu Ran needs Jiang Ruyi's magical artifact, the stone tablet, to summon the sorcerer and the Ghost Moon Fox.

Just thinking about this pair of gods and demons gave Lu Ran another headache; they were beings capable of predicting danger.
Will this trip really go as planned?
A few minutes later, Lu Ran was standing dozens of kilometers to the southwest of Fengxiang Shenshan Mountain.

He concealed his figure, standing in mid-air beneath the dark clouds, gazing at the majestic sacred mountain.

The scene that came into view truly surprised Lu Ran.

The Fengxiang Sacred Mountain was in a mess, with the mountain body broken and rocks collapsed, as if it had just experienced a major battle.
At this moment, the Faceless Jade Venerable clan had already formed an encirclement around the divine mountain, constantly attempting to shatter its body.

Looking around, the battle situation appears to be somewhat one-sided!

Lu Ran had visited Bee Elephant Divine Mountain several times and knew that there were four groups of gods and demons guarding the mountain, namely:
Third-class divine demon spirit elephant - demon elephant, third-class divine demon poisonous bee - poisonous flower, seventh-class divine demon black ape - black ape.

And the sixth-rank divine demon spellcaster - Ghost Moon Fox.

The first three have already merged, only the Spellcaster and the Ghost Moon Fox still exist separately.

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What about the poisonous wasp with flowers blooming on its tail?

Where are the white-haired sorcerer and the alluring white fox?
Where have all those giant, black-furred apes gone?
Looking across the battlefield, the number of these demonic minions was clearly small, and it seemed there was no way to resupply them.

The enormous spirit elephants became the undisputed main force.

Lu Ran quickly teleported around the Bee Elephant Divine Mountain, observing it. He did not see any other gods or demons, but only a proud stone statue standing atop the mountain—the Spirit Elephant!
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He looked up and was astonished to find that only a vortex of dark clouds remained above the sacred mountain!
Lu Ran was a little confused.

Have the Poison Flower Bee, the Black Ape, the Curse Master, and the Ghost Moon Fox all perished?

No way!
Lu Ran observed the battlefield again but did not see the true form of the Faceless Jade Venerable. Since the true form was not present, the Bee Elephant Divine Mountain should not have suffered such heavy casualties.

Moreover, given the abilities of the sorcerers and the Ghost Moon Fox, Lu Ran didn't believe they could be wiped out in one fell swoop.

The answer is obvious: all the other gods and demons on the mountain have already left!

We should seek refuge with other sacred mountains.

Lu Ran pursed his lips, and with a flash, he directly disappeared into the only vortex of dark clouds above the mountaintop.

They searched around the vortex's entrance and exit.

His suspicions were confirmed once again; he did not find any other gods or demons lying in ambush.

[There's a special situation at Bee Elephant Sacred Mountain!] Lu Ran immediately reported to the soldiers in the garden, [Only the spirit elephant remains on the mountain.]

[Only spirit images?] Jiang Ruyi raised an eyebrow slightly.

To be precise, it is a combination of a spiritual image and a demonic image.

As Lu Ran transmitted his voice, he plummeted down from the vortex of dark clouds, overlooking the battlefield: [Judging from the number of demonic minions, the Poison Flower Bees and the Black Apes should have been gone for a while.]

Jiang Ruyi analyzed: "[It's possible that the sorcerer and the Ghost Moon Fox sensed an impending crisis and fled early.]"

There are many possibilities, but Fairy Jiang only gave the one that cannot be avoided.

Perhaps when the soldiers of the Burning Gate attacked Blood Dust Divine Mountain, they were spotted by the scouts of the concealed sorcerer, Ghost Moon Fox.

While Blood Dust Mountain and Bee Elephant Mountain are indeed far apart, they are geographically adjacent, making it quite possible that they are constantly monitoring the situation on the southwestern front.

It's also possible that the Dust Shadow Flower - the Demonic Mirror's henchmen tipped them off. Even Blood Skull was defeated, so Bee Elephant Mountain certainly had ample reason to retreat.

Regardless of the reason, evacuation is a foregone conclusion.

The only question is: why didn't the spirit elephant abandon the sacred mountain and leave with its comrades?
Don't tell me that Lord Lingxiang is determined to hold out to the death and vows to live and die with the sacred mountain.
He's actually quite principled?

Lu Ran's expression was somewhat strange; this didn't seem like something a god or demon would do.

Or, why don't we just go and ask Master Lingxiang?

Today, I am qualified to communicate with gods and demons.

Hmm. But before asking, we should first find that former subordinate of Yunhai.

What if?
(End of this chapter)