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

A ferocious beast resembling a lion suddenly pounced.

But the next moment, its roar abruptly stopped.

Dozens of space rifts, each the size of a plate, passed through its body like flywheels, cutting it into dozens of segments.

However, the ferocious beasts that surrounded them were not intimidated; they were not afraid of death!

However, despite their strong bodies, they were not strong enough to resist the cutting force of space. In less than a minute, the dozens of ferocious beasts that surrounded them were turned into a bloody pulp, just like the lion-like beast before them.

Blood splattered on Gu Ran and her sister.

Although fear was evident in her eyes and her body was trembling slightly, she still held her brother's hand tightly and did not utter a sound.

Gu Ran originally didn't want his sister to see such a bloody scene. He wanted her to stay away from danger and such murder, and grow up healthy and happy. However, the murder of the mother and daughter just now reminded him of this.

This world is so cruel. If he shelters his sister under his wing and prevents her from seeing the cruelty of this world, is he really doing it for her?

Gu Ran wiped the blood of the ferocious beast splattered on his sister's face and smiled: "You did a good job."

"I...I didn't disappoint you, did I?" The younger sister's voice trembled slightly, but she looked at Gu Ran with an expectant expression.

"Of course you didn't disappoint me." Gu Ran pulled her into his arms.

Immediately, a spatial portal enveloped the two of them.

"Brother, where is this?" The younger sister wrinkled her delicate nose as she looked at the dark, damp, and smelly environment in front of her.

"This is the sewer." Gu Ran took out a small desk lamp and turned it on.

The light instantly illuminated the surrounding environment, revealing it to be a filthy and smelly sewer.

Gu Ran handed the small lamp to his younger sister: "Take this and wait for me here. I'll come back for you before the lamp goes completely dark."

"Okay, brother, I promise I won't run away!"

Although she had been living a clean and comfortable life with Gu Ran, the sudden arrival in the sewer environment made the younger sister very uncomfortable. However, she did not complain at all. Instead, she nodded and agreed to her brother's request, telling him not to worry.

But in the end, the younger sister couldn't contain her curiosity and asked, "Brother, what are you going to do?"

“There is something very important waiting for me to do. You hide here, brother... go and clean up some ‘garbage’.”

Gu Ran tore open space, created a portal, and stepped inside.

......

The bald, burly man, in a frenzy, hacked at the ferocious beast before him with his knife.

"Haha, it's been so long since I've had this much fun! Die, die, die!"

"As expected of a divine weapon crafted by a master, it cuts through people and beasts like cutting tofu, without any resistance whatsoever."

At this moment, the bald, burly man was covered in blood, which had stained most of his body red.

He was surrounded by the corpses of ferocious beasts, and with him wildly wielding his broadsword, he seemed like a demon god incarnate, fierce and inviolable.

Suddenly, a spatial rift appeared in front of him, and a boy walked out of it.

"who are you?"

"I'm a little wary," the bald, burly man said.

"The person who killed you."

Gu Ran stepped out of the teleportation portal, a cold expression on his face.

The bald, burly man shoved his broadsword and said, "Haha, there are plenty of people who want to kill me, you're not even in the top ranks!"

20. Fly!

However, the bald, burly man seemed quite curious about Gu Ran's background. He looked Gu Ran up and down and said, "Let me guess who sent you. Old John? Or the Hound Gang? Or are you in the same line of work as me, a bounty hunter?"

Although Gu Ran was very young, the bald, burly man did not underestimate him.

In this world, many superhumans awaken their abilities as children. Some organizations specifically train these superhumans to kill from a young age. Even though they are still teenagers, these people are already as ruthless as bounty hunters.

Gu Ran's entrance was quite unusual; unless someone was an idiot, no one could possibly be off guard by Gu Ran.

"Why did you kill that mother and daughter?" Gu Ran asked. "You could have easily saved them, but instead of saving them, you killed them with your own hands."

The bald, burly man's gaze towards Gu Ran suddenly turned strange: "Could it be that you weren't sent by my enemies? You're actually showing kindness. You don't seem like a professional assassin. So, are you some kind of wild superhuman, here to right wrongs?"

So-called wild superhumans are lone wolves who do not belong to any faction.

These lone wolves, after awakening their superpowers, do not join any other forces, but rely on themselves to train their superpower cores and become stronger.

However, lone wolves are usually not very strong, because even if awakening superpowers is based on talent, developing one's own abilities and becoming stronger requires a lot of resources.

After discovering that Gu Ran was a "wild superhuman," the bald, muscular man felt much more at ease. This meant that his enemies had not yet set their sights on his life, and that most wild superhumans were not particularly strong.

“They were just some trash from the slums. Whether I killed them or not was entirely up to me. I was in a good mood at the time, so I killed them as I pleased. Besides, even without me, they would have been caught by the beasts behind them and would have died anyway. I'm actually avenging them by killing the beasts behind them. They should be thanking me.” The bald, burly man glanced at Gu Ran with a sidelong look.

"The slums... trash. The lives of the people in the slums are worthless in your eyes. Is that what you all think?" Gu Ran recalled the indifferent attitudes of the bounty hunters and even the city guards who were traveling with the bald, burly man.

Then, the scene of her parents being killed by the city's defensive cannon flashed through Gu Ran's mind.

He originally thought it was just an accident, that the city defense cannons were meant to destroy the ferocious beasts, and that his parents had simply died tragically under the cannons.

But now he understood that those people had never cared about the lives of people in the slums, not even a little bit.

......

Outside the light screen.

“Bao Gu Ran came from a poor neighborhood. His parents died under the city's defensive cannons. Now he has witnessed the cruelty these people showed to the people of the poor neighborhood. This is probably where he began to change.”

I originally wanted to say "tyrant," but considering that Gu Ran hadn't turned bad yet, I changed my mind. I'll change it back to "tyrant" once I see Gu Ran turn bad.

"The Human Alliance did indeed neglect the slums at the time, but there was really no other way. Between protecting the interests of the minority and protecting the interests of the majority, the Human Alliance could only choose the latter, after all, it was for the continuation of the entire race."

"But this bald bounty hunter really deserves to die. Even if he doesn't go to save people from the slums, he shouldn't kill his own compatriots. I think he's definitely going to be killed by Gu Ran next."

"However, he shouldn't be too easy to kill. Although Gu Ran is an unprecedented genius, he is still quite young. This bald bounty hunter is clearly a veteran in martial arts, and his swordsmanship is superb. Gu Ran can use his spatial abilities to move around with him and prevent him from hitting him, but it will be difficult for Gu Ran to counterattack."

The age at which each person awakens their superpower varies from childhood to adolescence, and the degree and speed at which they develop their superpowers after awakening also vary. Generally speaking, it takes more than ten years to develop a superpower to the level of a B-grade superpower user from the time of awakening.

That's roughly the time it takes for a person to receive primary education.

To develop abilities beyond Grade A, one needs talent, hard work, and a stroke of luck.

At this time, Gu Ran had only awakened his superpower a few years ago. Although he was good enough to bully those low-level gangs in the slums, he might not be able to handle such a vicious bounty hunter.

"Although Gu Ran is exceptionally talented, relying solely on self-study, reaching the B-level ability user in such a short time is the limit. I guess he is most likely a C-level ability user."

"If it's a B-level ability user, it'll be easier to kill. If it's a C-level ability user, it'll probably take a long time to kill."

The group made their judgment based on their own experience and the knowledge they had acquired.

......

within the light screen.

The bald, burly man picked his nose with his little finger and said in a provocative tone, "In this world, strength reigns supreme. The strong have the right to do whatever they want with the weak. If you're here to avenge them, then I don't mind killing one more person. If you're just here to chat, then you can leave. I still have to keep killing ferocious beasts to earn bounties, and I don't have time to waste with a brat like you."

The bald, burly man's words were actually a test of Gu Ran, to see if he truly intended to become his enemy.

He had witnessed Gu Ran's spatial teleportation just now, and he suspected that Gu Ran possessed some kind of spatial treasure, or was a rare spatial ability user. If Gu Ran were to become an enemy, he would really have a headache.

If not, that would be best; if it really is, then he has no choice but to resort to that one move.

"Looks like you don't have a good memory. Didn't I tell you? I'm here to kill you." Gu Ran looked up and coldly stared at the bald, muscular man.

The bald, burly man suddenly felt a chill run down his spine, and an extreme sense of danger surged into his heart.

This guy is dangerous!

He had originally planned to spar with Gu Ran before using that move, but now it seemed he had no choice but to use it immediately, otherwise his life might be in danger.

Without saying a word, the bald, burly man immediately threw the large knife he was carrying on his shoulder at Gu Ran. The knife suddenly disintegrated in mid-air, breaking into three pieces and blocking Gu Ran's escape route.

Then the bald, burly man immediately turned around and ran towards the direction of the city defense troops, moving at lightning speed.

But then, the bald, muscular man felt his body suddenly become lighter, as if he were really flying.

The next moment, he saw his legs, his stomach, his chest, and his hands.

It shattered into pieces and flew into the air.

21. Bowing and kneeling before Gu Ran

Then the bald, muscular man saw his body become more and more fragmented, cut into increasingly finer pieces, as if a small rain of blood had fallen.

Only his head remained intact.

Martial arts masters have much stronger vitality than ordinary people. Even with only his head left, the bald, strong man did not die immediately, but lived for several dozen more seconds.

In those few dozen seconds, he witnessed firsthand the entire process of his body turning into a rain of blood and flesh.

Fear gripped his mind; he wanted to scream and then beg for mercy immediately.

However, he found that he could no longer speak because his vocal organs had disappeared.

The only remaining head bounced on the ground like a ball, turned around, and looked directly at Gu Ran.

Seeing the fear in the bald, burly man's eyes, Gu Ran walked over to him, squatted down, and said, "Look, you can feel fear too. You and that mother and daughter are actually the same. We are all human beings. You say that the strong have the right to do whatever they want with the weak. So, I am stronger than you, so is it right for me to kill you?"