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

Gu Ran's gaze turned cold.

Even though he had seen through the other party's intention to provoke him and disturb his peace of mind, anger inevitably rose in his heart.

However, the fact that only a few students remained in the end gave him a slight sense of relief.

Even if only a few students remained, at least he still had a chance to save them and make up for the regret of not being able to come back in time to save them.

However, when Gu Ran's mental energy swept over the remaining students, his anger suddenly surged up, almost reaching the sky!

These students all showed signs of demonic possession!

And their life force was like a candle about to burn out, teetering on the brink of collapse!

"You! Deserve! Death!"

Gu Ran clenched his fists tightly.

Knowing the characteristics of demons, he knew that although his students seemed to have a glimmer of hope, they actually had no chance of survival.

If you want to expel or eliminate the evil spirits from them, you must remain conscious and let your mental power enter their sea of ​​consciousness, so that their sea of ​​consciousness will cooperate.

But now they are all unconscious, and he can no longer smoothly enter their sea of ​​consciousness and obtain their cooperation.

Furthermore, given their current weakened state, even the slightest disturbance within their consciousness would quickly extinguish their life force and lead to their complete death.

So they are indeed alive now, but they can only live for a short while longer; their deaths are irreversible!

The reason they couldn't even find peace in death, and appeared before him in such a humiliated state, was to achieve his psychological warfare strategy!

"Are you really that confident? You don't even want to use them to threaten me?!"

An immense aura rose from Gu Ran's body, and his gaze toward Wu Shengyuan resembled that of a lone wolf trapped in a desperate situation.

Despair, bloodlust.

Until death!

Bang!

Gu Ran punched Wu Shengyuan in the abdomen, and Wu Shengyuan was sent hurtling towards the Central Building like a cannonball!

Gu Ran did not use any of his other powers; he used only his physical strength.

But even physical strength was something that Wu Shengyuan could not withstand.

"You have certainly succeeded in provoking me."

"But where does your confidence come from?!"

Gu Ran stepped on Wu Shengyuan's chest.

"answer me!"

Click!

Gu Ran broke Wu Shengyuan's ribs, causing his entire chest to collapse.

329. An absurd verdict! Everyone in Canglong City is guilty! 4k

Even when faced with Gu Ran's attack, which was an outburst of anger, Wu Shengyuan felt no fear of being unable to resist.

He even had a smile on his face.

"Hehe...cough—"

He had only chuckled twice when Gu Ran kicked his foot backward, sending him spinning like a top into the Central Building.

As the administrative center of Canglong City, the Central Building uses the most robust materials and cutting-edge Star Stone technology, making the entire building as solid as a rock.

For an ordinary martial arts master to break through the wall of the central building, it would take several tens of minutes to grind it down bit by bit, and even then, it would only be enough to create a passage just big enough for one person to pass through.

However, under Gu Ran's attack, Wu Shengyuan easily penetrated several walls.

Although Gu Ran deliberately held back, Wu Shengyuan was indeed a top-tier expert. His current injuries were only minor, and his body still possessed abundant vitality.

This stands in stark contrast to the several lifeless "corpses" outside the Central Building.

This only fueled Gu Ran's anger even more.

“I wasn’t very interested in researching torture before, but you’ve successfully changed my mind!”

Gu Ran used his telekinetic power to grab Wu Shengyuan, helping him to "stand up".

Blood trickled from the corner of Wu Shengyuan's mouth as he "stood up," and his face showed some pain, but his eyes still held a smile.

It was as if the situation was still under his control.

"Haha, I can give up this body anytime anyway. If you still want to use this body to vent your anger, feel free to do so, cough cough."

Wu Shengyuan seemed indifferent.

Gu Ran narrowed his eyes slightly, and said with a hint of realization, "So you think I can't threaten your disgusting true form, that's why you're so arrogant?"

Gu Ran drew the nameless sword, infused it with his mental power, and casually plunged it into Wu Shengyuan's chest.

"Great, I like your attitude!"

After the immense mental power was poured into Martial Saint Yuan's body, it immediately began to wreak havoc within him.

At the same time, countless tiny streams branched out, searching for a passage into the sea of ​​consciousness.

If it weren't for saving lives, there would be no need to be so careful.

As soon as a sliver of mental energy finds a passage into the sea of ​​consciousness, the rest of the mental energy will immediately surge forth, turning the sea of ​​consciousness into a battlefield for a relentless fight against the demons.

If the master of the sea of ​​consciousness does not have a strong enough mind, then the battle will wreak havoc on the sea of ​​consciousness, eventually turning the master of the sea of ​​consciousness into a mindless idiot.

A flicker of fear flashed in Wu Shengyuan's eyes.

Clearly, he knew Gu Ran's purpose, and he also knew that once Gu Ran's mental power entered his sea of ​​consciousness, his "physical body" would definitely be no match for him.

Gu Ran's mental power might even seize his "physical body" and torture him using methods he couldn't even imagine.

"Gu Ran!"

"Martial Saint Yuan roared."

Gu Ran's expression remained unchanged as he continued searching for a passage into his sea of ​​consciousness.

"You think I'm the one who killed your student?!"

A hint of urgency flashed across Wu Shengyuan's face. His "true form" within his sea of ​​consciousness had already sensed the aura of Gu Ran's mental power.

"Take a closer look! I have handed over power to everyone in Azure Dragon City!"

As Wu Shengyuan roared, a huge light screen projection suddenly appeared outside the Central Building.

An image appeared on the projector.

"This is the greatest calamity since the founding of Azure Dragon City!"

"It is closely related to everyone in Canglong City!"

"Therefore, the Martial Arts Alliance has decided to hand over power to you!"

"The lives and deaths of those connected to that devil Gu Ran are all up to you to judge!"

"Everyone has two votes: one to decide whether they live or die!"

"Their fate will be decided by the vote!"

"If the 'life' votes exceed half, their crimes will be pardoned; if the 'death' votes exceed half, they will be executed!"

"Should we forgive and pardon these traitors who follow the devil, or should we punish them severely to comfort our deceased loved ones?"

"All residents of Canglong City, please treat your sacred vote with utmost care!"

The scene shows Wu Shengyuan giving a speech on behalf of the Martial Arts Alliance to all the people of Canglong City.

The speech's content was about deciding the life and death of the heroes who sacrificed their lives for Canglong City through a vote?!

These heroes who fought bravely and risked their lives during the alien invasion are now being treated as criminals who wreaked havoc on Canglong City!

This utterly absurd scene left Gu Ran stunned.

What silenced Gu Ran even more was the next scene, which shifted to ordinary Canglong City residents—people whom his students had protected as "parents and relatives of their hometown," who were now shown to be filled with hatred and cursing.

"Of course I want them dead! My son, he was so young, and he's gone forever! If it weren't for this great calamity, my son wouldn't have died! I want them dead! I want them all dead! They all to be buried with my son!"

"Of course they should die! Is there even a question? Traitors who betrayed Canglong City deserve to die! I took out a loan for thirty years and finally paid off the mortgage on this house, and they destroyed it all! That was thirty years of my hard work! Thirty years of my life's work! It would be best if their whole family died!"

"I'm lucky this time. I have no parents or relatives, no ties, no house or property. As long as I'm not injured, my greatest asset is safe. But I'll still choose to die for them. As a citizen of Canglong City, we have our pride and we absolutely cannot forgive those traitors who betrayed Canglong City! They should be tortured!"

Interviews with people from all walks of life, ages, and groups in Canglong City were successively displayed on the projection screen outside the Central Building.

Although their reasons differed, their conclusions were all the same—to cast a death vote for those "traitors" and send them to their deaths!

It is certainly not wrong to not forgive "traitors" and to execute those who endanger Canglong City.

But his students weren't traitors...

They should have been heroes of Azure Dragon City...

Seeing the images projected on the light screen, Gu Ran felt as if he had fallen into a cold pool of water, a pool so deep and dark that it was impossible to see the bottom.

His air was completely sucked out, and the body temperature was taken away by the pool water.