In the world of martial arts, one works tirelessly to attain enlightenment.

Chapter 165, The Phantom Butterfly Clan Chief and the Lion King

Above the Phantom Butterfly Ancestral Land.

Zhou Yu unleashed the curse, and the phantom butterflies died one after another.

Lin Ran sensed that the side effects of the curse were accumulating much faster than those of the cave creatures.

After roughly estimating the time, he told Zhou Yu and the Spirit Master to hide, and then flew away into the distance.

Twenty minutes later.

Lin Ran stopped in mid-air and looked around. All she could see was wilderness, devoid of any sign of life, and there was no special terrain underground.

He released the cage, and the sealed side effects instantly surged out of his body, turning into a thick, ominous black mist, as if draping him in a cloak.

All the side effects were expelled from the body and dissipated into the air within a minute or two.

Lin Ran's brow twitched suddenly, sensing that danger was rapidly approaching.

Looking toward the source of the danger, one can vaguely see a layer of misty, iridescent spiritual energy.

He guessed that it might be a fifth-tier member of the Illusionary Butterfly Clan, or an ally from other races.

The Illusionary Butterfly Clan's strength is mostly contained within the illusion, making them easy targets.

Lin Ran activated the Emotion Shielding Model, instantly eliminating all emotions. Then, she fully activated the Truth Eye Technique, gazing at the hazy, iridescent spiritual energy cluster.

His gaze pierced through the cluster of spiritual energy and fell upon a humanoid creature with butterfly wings.

In appearance, the Phantom Butterfly Clan is very similar to the Human Clan, with butterfly antennae on their heads and beautiful, delicate butterfly wings on their backs. However, they are only similar in appearance; their internal structures are completely different.

This is a fifth-tier member of the Illusionary Butterfly Clan, followed by a lion-like creature, also a fifth-tier member.

Perhaps because of the side effects, both of these fifth-tier players were targeting him.

Lin Ran took the initiative and moved closer to the front.

Soon after, the two met.

The fifth-tier patriarch of the Illusionary Butterfly Clan had a very gloomy and ugly face. His killing intent was almost tangible. His magnificent wings suddenly flapped, and a large amount of misty spiritual energy surged towards Lin Ran, engulfing him.

The golden lion behind them stopped in the distance, its mane like burning flames, its crimson-gold eyes staring at Lin Ran with a look of confusion.

"Humans? What are they doing here?"

In front.

Lin Ran was enveloped in a hazy spiritual energy, and she felt her vision distorting and changing, as if she was about to be pulled into an illusion.

But a glint of light flashed in his eyes, and the illusion that was about to take shape shattered instantly, revealing the real world once again.

With a thought, Lin Ran activated the Rest Gate, Injury Gate, and Shock Gate, and then they all opened simultaneously.

With a swift movement of his feet, his body unleashed terrifying speed, tearing through the misty spiritual energy, and rushing to the front of the Illusion Butterfly Clan Chief, delivering a punch to the latter's shocked gaze.

boom!

The winged figure crashed to the ground like a shooting star, leaving cracks all over the land within a radius of several thousand meters, with a deep crater over a hundred meters deep in the center!

Just as Lin Ran was about to give chase, he suddenly turned around and threw a punch.

The fifth-tier Lion King opened its blood-red maw and bit at his fist, its teeth covered in blazing golden flames.

Lin Ran neither dodged nor avoided, and punched the lion king into its mouth.

Seeing this, the Lion King sneered inwardly, mocking Lin Ran for not knowing how terrifying the Lion King clan was.

Click!

Then, more than a dozen of its teeth broke off.

The Lion King was momentarily stunned, then forcibly stopped his backward retreat.

Lin Ran grabbed the lion king's tongue, and with a sudden burst of force from his five fingers, crushed it!

"roar!!"

A cloud of blood burst from the lion king's mouth as it roared in pain, taking the opportunity to retreat, its eyes revealing undisguised shock.

Why is a fifth-order human's physical body even stronger than itss?

Lin Ran didn't chase after the Lion King; instead, like a golden meteor, she crashed into the deep pit, kicking up a cloud of dust.

In the dust,

The Phantom Butterfly Clan member was lifted up by the neck by Lin Ran, its beautiful wings becoming tattered and drooping helplessly behind it.

He was disheveled, his eyes filled with hatred as he stared at Lin Ran, with a hazy, dreamlike light flickering within them, as if trying to pull Lin Ran into an illusion.

Lin Ran met his gaze, her eyes flashing slightly, and broke through his illusion. Then she threw a punch.

The fist, gleaming with golden light, slammed into the head of the Illusion Butterfly Clan Chief, causing it to cave in, twist, and shatter from the forehead down, finally exploding into fragments with a bang.

Lin Ran spread her five fingers and grabbed downwards. The golden light transformed into countless golden threads, forming a large net that covered the corpse of the Illusion Butterfly Clan Chief.

Golden flames roared up, invading from the neck and spreading to every corner of the corpse. In the instant of the eruption, the corpse, along with its wings, burned to ashes.

Lin Ran waved his hand, scattering the ashes. His Truth Eye Technique swept across the surroundings, annihilating the remaining spirit of the Illusion Butterfly Clan Chief and causing him to disappear completely.

Then, he turned to the distance. The lion king was already far away, and seemingly sensing his gaze, it increased its speed even further.

Lin Ran's eyes gleamed as she lifted her foot and chased after the Lion King.

In front.

The lion king was running wildly when a scarlet cross suddenly appeared before its eyes, with a long, narrow blade at the front, charging toward its head.

The lion made a sharp turn, attempting to go around it, but the scarlet cross moved with it, locking onto its head.

The lion king immediately knew that it had been locked on, and immediately opened its mouth to breathe fire. The pillar of fire hit the center of the scarlet cross, but it was cut into four parts and then scattered into countless flames.

puff!

The crimson cross pierced through the pillar of fire, striking the lion king's head and leaving a deep, crisscrossing wound. The wound was stopped by its skull, preventing it from causing further damage.

The lion king slowed down, its expression becoming ferocious. It glanced back and saw a golden light rapidly approaching.

It planned to continue its escape and return to the city as soon as possible to seek support, but then three more scarlet crosses blocked its path.

The Lion King's expression darkened as he realized that running away was no longer an option. He could only hope that the other alien races in the city would receive the distress call he had sent earlier.

It turned around, and a thick layer of golden crystal appeared on its body. The three scarlet crosses that hit it were instantly shattered, but the crystal layer remained unharmed.

The lion king saw Lin Ran's reflection in its eyes, raised its head and let out a silent roar, and a transparent wave rushed forward.

Lin Ran raised her fist and slammed it down at the transparent ripples.

boom!

The sound waves were shattered and fragmented from the point of contact to the lion king's face. It managed to close its mouth in time to avoid being hit in the head.

Its crimson-gold eyes blazed with fierce flames, followed by a burst of fire on the crystal layer. It then propelled itself forward with all its might.

Lin Ran's expression remained calm. At the same time, seven gates—the center of his collarbone, his hands, his spine, his forehead, and his knees—opened. Golden energy erupted like a volcano, transforming into a towering golden pillar of light. The mere presence of this energy caused the Lion King to freeze in place.

Its expression was one of utter shock. Seeing that Lin Ran's blood and energy were even stronger than that of its Lion King clan, it couldn't understand for a moment who the real demon was.

Then, the Lion King realized that retreating now was useless and would only give the opponent an opportunity.

He immediately roared in anger, attempting to resist the aura of the golden pillar of light. The golden flames transformed into a giant lion king, roaring at the figure in the golden light.

boom!

A flash of golden light, and a figure rushed out, punching the conjured lion king on the head.

The lion's roar ceased, and from its head down, it vanished like sand blown away by the wind.

(End of this chapter)