The villains are redeemed, and the heroines cry and beg for forgiveness.

"So that's what they were planning?!" Lin Gang's expression changed drastically, but he was helpless.

Yes, it was a blatant conspiracy by the other side, using these low-level skeleton armies to wear down the research team's weapons and ammunition.

Most of the members of this scientific expedition team were low-level martial artists, or simply ordinary people. Their strength was not particularly great. Without firearms for self-defense, they would soon be surrounded by the skeleton army and die from exhaustion.

Lin Gang looked over at Gu Ran and found him still sitting in the vehicle, unmoved.

He couldn't help but shout:

"Shrink the defensive perimeter, everyone use melee weapons, and those with stronger skills should try to cover those with weaker skills!"

Filled with grief and indignation, Lin Gang fought against the skeleton army. There was nothing he could do about the rest; he could only leave it to fate.

On the other side, Gu Ran's eyes lit up; he finally sensed it.

"Your target is this little girl? It seems she really is extraordinary."

122. Watch closely, this is how people are killed! (4k)

In fact, when Gu Ran discovered that the other party was actually an Abyss Demon, he was already wondering why the other party wanted to surround and kill this research team.

He considered many possibilities.

Does the research objective of this scientific expedition team contain some earth-shattering secret?

Or did the other party simply choose a research team randomly to achieve other objectives?

Or is the other party targeting a specific person in the research team?

Etc., etc.

In the end, Gu Ran eliminated the least likely possibilities, leaving only a few guesses to verify in his mind, and the last one he suspected was Xue Xiling.

Because Xue Xiling is special, his triangular crystal pyramid constantly reminds people of this specialness.

Although Gu Ran was still unsure what the Abyss Demon wanted to do to Xue Xiling or what it wanted to get from her, it didn't stop him from lying in wait by Xue Xiling's side.

Sure enough, the other party arrived.

A male demon wearing black armor, exposing his muscles, with bat wings on his back and strange patterns carved on his abdomen and legs, stared at Gu Ran in astonishment.

“Strange human, you are neither a superhuman nor a martial artist, yet you manage to stop me.” The male demon flapped his wings, holding a long spear.

Gu Ran looked at him, her expression turning serious for the first time.

The opponent is very strong, and not just ordinary strong.

"The human realm and the abyss are at peace, and humans and demons do not harm each other. What exactly do you want? Is it simply to kill humans who are not worth mentioning to you?" Gu Ran asked.

Recalling his encounter with the demon in Saint Yor City, Gu Ran could sense that the abyssal demon was plotting something.

"Ha, no comment. I am the Apostle of Wrath under General Lilith. It is your honor to die by my hand." The male demon hovered in the air, looking down at Gu Ran.

......

"Ugh, go to hell! I've disliked you for ages! What makes you think you're better looking than me?!"

"Why is it that I was born into a poor family while your family is so wealthy? Even if I work hard for decades, I can't reach your starting point!"

"Ah, why are you so much smarter than me? Even though I've been chasing you desperately, I can't even see your back!"

Suddenly, a commotion broke out on the expedition team's side. Everyone seemed to have gone mad, their faces flushed red, and their angry eyes looked like they were about to bulge out.

Facing his companions, he seemed to regard them as the most hated enemies of his life, attacking them frantically with knives, swords, wooden sticks, fists, feet, and even teeth, just to vent the anger in his heart.

"So the skeleton army wasn't just there to waste bullets? It was more about putting them in a state of panic and unrest."

"The Apostle of Wrath not only possesses immense power, but also has the ability to incite the anger of its enemies—truly a bizarre tactic."

Gu Ran sighed inwardly, knowing that few members of this research team would survive.

Actually, what he said to Lin Gang just now wasn't entirely about standing idly by; he just wanted to wait for the real enemy to emerge.

At that time, he had already guessed the other party's purpose, and he was afraid that if he left Xue Xiling, the other party might achieve their true goal.

What's even more tragic is that, after sensing the opponent's strength, Gu Ran realized that the reason the opponent used various underhanded tactics instead of personally intervening was actually toying with them, like a cat playing with a mouse.

The other party has a strong confidence in their own strength.

"Heh, humans are truly pathetic creatures, so easily controlled by their emotions. Such beings should be kept as pets by our Abyss Demon race; they are utterly unworthy of such a vast world," the male demon in the sky said coldly.

"So it really is an isekai (otherworld) invasion plot?"

Gu Ran felt the plot was a bit cliché, but he had a vague feeling that things weren't so simple. After thinking about it, he decided to try to get more information out of this devil.

This demon is much stronger than the one he encountered last time, and he must know more inside information. Even if he only reveals a little bit, it would be extremely valuable information.

“I also encountered one of your demons last time. He seemed to claim to be one of General Lilith’s subordinates. I wonder if you know him?” Gu Ran asked with a smile.

"Did you kill the vanguard demon that General Lilith sent to Saint Yor City?" A tall flame suddenly erupted from the Apostle of Wrath, as if it were a raging inferno. "In that case, it's just right to kill you as well."

However, the Angry Apostle then looked at Gu Ran and Xue Xiling with some surprise and doubt: "You two are unaffected? Don't you have anything to be angry about?"

Oh?

Gu Ran looked at Xue Xiling beside him with some surprise and found that she was watching him and the Angry Apostle talk without blinking, and did not seem to be angry like the other members of the expedition team.

He thought about the girl's personality, and it seemed that she really didn't get particularly angry or upset about anyone or anything.

From this perspective, the Apostle of Wrath's power lies in stirring up anger within people, rather than generating anger out of thin air.

As long as you don't have particularly angry thoughts in your mind, you should be unaffected by this ability.

As for Gu Ran himself, he didn't actually know if it was for the same reason that he wasn't affected by the Apostle of Wrath's abilities.

He suddenly remembered the former head of the Rasambo family, who had used psychic abilities on him, but to no avail.

These two abilities also seem to have some similarities...

"Have you ever considered another possibility? That is, your strength is too weak to affect us at all?" Gu Ran smiled.

"Human, how dare you mock me?" The flames on the Apostle of Wrath burned even brighter.

"Forget it, let's deal with you first. The martial arts master sent by Lanxin University should be arriving soon." Realizing that his abilities were truly useless against Gu Ran and Xue Xiling, the Angry Apostle coldly abandoned his original plan.

"Hey, wait a minute, let me ask you another question," Gu Ran said. "What exactly are you demons thinking? Are you planning to attack the human realm? But if you wanted to attack the human realm, why would you send a weak demon like you? Isn't that making humans underestimate the Abyss?"

The Apostle of Wrath's eyelids twitched. This human dared to mock him even now; it was truly unforgivable.

"Hmph, regardless of whether the general intends to attack the human realm or not, you're doomed!"

The Apostle of Wrath raised his spear high and then flew towards Gu Ran.

"He's here, he's here!" Xue Xiling exclaimed in alarm, patting Gu Ran's shoulder.

"It seems we won't be able to gather any more information." Gu Ran's face showed regret.

"Human, you deserve to die by the gun of my Apostle of Wrath. The moment I shoot you, your body will erupt with the fire of rage. Even if you have nothing to be angry about, the fire of rage will stir up the most subtle anger in your heart and burn you to ashes!"

No sooner had the Apostle of Wrath finished speaking than his spear pierced Gu Ran's body.

"Ah!" Xue Xiling closed her eyes in fear.

"What?!" The Angry Apostle stared in disbelief as his spear stopped just a hair's breadth from Gu Ran's heart, a distance that could not be breached even slightly!

"Actually, I was lying just now. You are very strong."

The Apostle of Wrath only heard Gu Ran's voice before his consciousness went dark.

His entire body was torn to shreds by some force, and a beating demonic heart fell to the ground.

"But I seem to be even stronger."

Gu Ran picked up the demon heart, weighed it in his hand, and decided that it should have some scientific research value, so he threw it into the space of the triangular crystal cone.

Gu Ran actually found himself quite strange. It seemed that he didn't need to do anything special for his strength to keep increasing.

"Ah, die! Die! Die!"

Suddenly, a woman with disheveled hair and indistinct features ran over with a dagger in her hand. She looked at Xue Xiling, brandished the dagger, and lunged at her fiercely.

"Why should someone as ordinary as you have such a brilliant mind! So what if I want to use your brain? Why won't you let me use it! Why does that bounty hunter value you more? You don't have my beauty, you don't have my family background, so you should listen to me and be used by me for the rest of your life!"

The woman, wielding a dagger, lunged at him angrily. Her features were mangled beyond recognition from the fight, with only her venomous eyes remaining clearly visible.

Xue Xiling stared blankly as her former senior rushed towards her with a dagger, intending to kill her. She had no idea what to do.

"Have you ever killed anyone?" Gu Ran's voice suddenly rang in Xue Xiling's ears, and she subconsciously shook her head.

"Then do you dare to kill someone?"

Xue Xiling continued to shake her head.

"Is that so? You can't even bring yourself to kill an enemy who wants to kill you?"

Xue Xiling hesitated for a moment, then shook her head.

"What if someone wants to hurt the person you love most? If you don't take action against them, they might come and kill you, kill the person you love most! The person you care about most! Just think of it that way!"

To hurt the person I love most... the person I care about most...

Xue Xiling repeated these words in her heart.

Then she grabbed the dagger beside her.

"Kill you, kill you, kill you!" Ye Liqing kept shouting this phrase, but strangely, her body did not move forward.