Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

While Elder Minghei was troubled by the parchment map, the mastermind behind the incident, our classmate Jiang Ran, had just completed today's competition with Viviana in the Feiqi family manor.

He perfectly demonstrated what it means to commit crimes against the wind and what it means to dance on the edge of a knife.

But, of course, this was just a joke. If Jiang Ran knew that the parchment map would make him suspected by Elder Minghei, he would definitely not come to the Feiqi family's manor at this critical juncture.

As luck would have it, it was Jiang Ran's reckless visit that made Elder Minghei, who later learned about this matter, more inclined to believe that he was being too suspicious.

At this moment, Jiang Ran had just said goodbye to Viviana and made an appointment to continue their training together tomorrow morning.

After two days of continuous competition, Jiang Ran has begun to realize the gap between himself and Viviana in terms of body movements.

It was obvious that in terms of basic attributes, he was far superior to Viviana, but in the actual competition, the gap between the two was minimal. Especially in close combat, which tested the details of the movements, Jiang Ran's feeling would be even more obvious.

The clever Jiang Ran quickly understood that this was because he had not practiced formal body techniques, but his thoughts on this shortcoming were different from those of ordinary people.

If it were an ordinary person, at this time, he would definitely be thinking about how to find a respected master to become his disciple and learn excellent body skills. However, Jiang Ran is different. He thinks this kind of practice is a waste of time. He does not have three to five years to do this kind of orthodox practice.

Looking back at all the battles Jiang Ran had after coming to the Prison Star World, it is no exaggeration to say that nine out of ten were related to evil ways, and even the remaining one could not be considered as an absolute righteous path.

Therefore, Jiang Ran did not consider how to make up for his "shortcomings". In his opinion, as long as he developed his "strengths" to be stronger, the weakness in his physical skills would no longer be a problem.

For example, in the Earth world, once a person has a pistol, rifle, or machine gun in his hands, even if he has no martial arts skills, he will not be inferior to a fighting champion;

By the same token, since Jiang Ran already has a long-range weapon like the "Yanma Knight Sword·Lanzel", why would he want to fight in close combat and compete with regular soldiers like Viviana in skills?

Taking a step back, even if Viviana had the ability to break through Jiang Ran's long-range firepower, Jiang Ran could use the "Shadow Escape Step" to increase the distance again and let his shadow clone entangle Viviana. In short, he was implementing the basic principle of not engaging in close combat.

So, don’t be fooled by the fact that Jiang Ran is a swordsman on the surface. In fact, he is just a mage equipped with a sword, and a trickster mage at that.

This fighting style just verifies his combat professional skills: Shadow Apostle.

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After leaving the Feiqi family manor, Jiang Ran returned to the Yanji City district and went to the workshops of Master Lieyan and Master Hanbing respectively to confirm the progress and discuss the subsequent equipment manufacturing plan.

Judging from the two masters' current enthusiastic work state, Jiang Ran estimated that in two days he would be able to take a full set of equipment and set off for the Blue Lizard Family's territory.

(Emmm…Is there only two days left for me to stay in Yanji City…)

At this moment, Jiang Ran thought of the "Iron Egg" in the underground palace in the ruins of the Wacono volcano. He left the Feiqi family's territory this time and probably would not come back in the short term.

However, Jiang Ran didn't want to leave the unsolved mysteries and various knowledge about the demons in the underground palace just like that.

(Since the master craftsmen can't understand the demon's blueprints, why don't I try my luck on my own...?)

Jiang Ran acted immediately after a short rest. His goal was to master at least one of the demonic techniques and use it for his own benefit.

This time, he must improve himself as much as possible before officially encountering the "Dark Rabbit Clan" to prevent the embarrassment and disgrace he had experienced in the werewolf royal territory from happening again...!

9.143 - Return to the Underground Palace

A few hours later, Jiang Ran arrived at the outskirts of the Wakeno volcano ruins.

He first confirmed the surrounding situation from a distance and found that there were still people from the Feiqi family investigating nearby, so he patiently waited until all the members of the Feiqi family had evacuated before he sneaked into the ruins.

Along the way, Jiang Ran was familiar with the route and quickly found the hidden entrance from last time. He then used the "sensing door stone" to open the door of the hidden palace.

As soon as he entered the gate, Jiang Ran saw a magical floating sphere flying towards him. Although all magical floating spheres looked the same, Jiang Ran still recognized that this guy was the "Iron Egg" that had been integrated into his blood.

"Master, welcome back."

Tiedan greeted Jiang Ran respectfully in his emotionless, neutral voice, then hovered in mid-air, waiting for instructions from his master.

Jiang Ran confirmed that his judgment was accurate through Tiedan's "welcome". Even without his identification ability, his eyesight was still quite good.

In order to save time and improve efficiency as much as possible, Jiang Ran asked Tiedan about the "Magic Secret Sword: Flame Horse" while walking towards the "Automatic Assembly Workshop".

Since Tiedan and the previous magic energy floating spheres shared the same knowledge base, Tiedan knew everything that the previous bad-tempered magic energy floating sphere knew.

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Tiedan told Jiang Ran that the forger of the "Magic Secret Sword·Flame Horse" was none other than the owner of this underground palace: the demon baron·Yeku.

In addition to being good at developing various fully automatic magical equipment, "Demon Baron Night Skull" also likes to forge equipment in his spare time.

The "Magic Secret Sword·Flame Horse" (actually the "Yanma Knight Sword·Lanzel") in Jiang Ran's hand is one of the early works of the Demon Baron·Yeku.

Tiedan said that the core selling point of the "Magic Secret Sword: Flame Horse" is not the dark blue flame, but its unique growth potential - equipment that can achieve self-evolution by devouring magic cores is unique in this Prison Star world.

As for the "mechanism" by which the blue flame will backfire on its holder under certain circumstances, it is actually a casting defect and was not the original intention of the Demon Baron Night Skull.

So, how did the "Magic Secret Sword: Flame Horse" come into the hands of humans?

Tiedan replied to Jiang Ran that there was no relevant information in its knowledge base, but based on the existing information, it could be speculated that the demon baron Lord Yeku accidentally lost the "Magic Secret Sword·Flame Horse" and other props and equipment when evacuating the Wakeno volcano area, so they later fell into the hands of humans.

After hearing this, Jiang Ran immediately remembered the information he got last time in this underground palace. According to Tiedan's statement at that time, the territory now owned by the Feiqi family was actually snatched from the demon baron Ye Lou, and the force behind the humans was called the "New God".

After confirmation by Jiang Ran and Tiedan, the so-called "new god" refers to the common belief of the human race in the current Prison Star world: the good god.

Before the appearance of the Good God, the most common belief in the Prison Star World was actually the Old Gods, those gods who had blessed Jiang Ran during the trial.

(Eret, the God of Courage... Tepurans, the God of Moderation... Indus, the God of Diligence... Phias, the God of Faith...)

According to Tiedan, there are a total of seven old gods. In addition to the four mentioned above that Jiang Ran knows, there are also the God of Tenacity, the God of Humility, and the God of Benevolence.

Nowadays, only the demons and some subhumans still believe in the old gods. Ironically, before the advent of the new gods, there was actually no such thing as subhumans. Later, as the power of the human race became increasingly powerful, such a humiliating general term was given to minority races such as catmen, werewolves, and tigermen.

What is even more intriguing is that under the massive infiltration of human forces and after hundreds of years of brainwashing, minority races such as the cat-people, werewolves, and tiger-people do not think that being called sub-human races is a humiliation, but have become accustomed to it.

"So what was this Prison Star world like before the arrival of the 'New God'?" Jiang Ran asked Tiedan curiously.

Tiedan replied that before the advent of the new god, the demons were the dominant race in the Prison Star world, occupying about 40% of the land, and the remaining 30% was divided among other minority races.

"Forty percent...? Then what percentage of the Prison Star World does the human race occupy now?"

"Master, if the human race you are referring to is the Human Alliance, then it is about 30%."

(Only 30%?)

Tiedan's answer surprised Jiang Ran a little. He originally thought that the Human Alliance occupied at least 60% of the land. It seemed that his understanding of the Prison Star world was really too limited.

In addition, Jiang Ran was somewhat concerned about Tiedan's answer. He immediately asked, "Could there be other human races outside the Human Alliance?"

In response to this, Tiedan said that there are indeed some humans living outside the territory of the Human Alliance, such as some scattered islands, etc.; and in addition to this, there is another detail, that is, not all members of the Human Alliance are humans, there are also many sub-races, such as the Farnas Empire, which is basically composed of sub-races.

(Really rigorous...this logical thinking...)

Jiang Ran marveled at Tiedan's meticulous thinking, and even more at the fact that the "Demon Baron Night Skull" who designed and created Tiedan was truly a genius.

Thanks to this Demon Baron, Jiang Ran now basically understands the ins and outs of the modern history of the Prison Star World...if the Demon Baron did not adulterate the knowledge base.

Yes, Jiang Ran actually did not completely believe the information provided by Tiedan. He felt that both the human side and the demon side were likely to compile history for their own interests.

The true history can only be believed after repeated verification.

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Before he knew it, Jiang Ran had asked Tiedan almost everything he wanted to know, and he also figured out a little bit of the clues in the "automatic assembly workshop".

(Since it's driven by remotely transferring magic power... then if we embed a magic power generator into the sphere, will Tiedan be able to leave the underground palace?)

Jiang Ran did what he said and immediately put this bold idea into action.

However, the idea is beautiful, but the reality is very bleak. Without understanding the technical essentials, Jiang Ran could not even realize his idea, let alone dismantle the magic generating device in the underground palace.

Now, forced demolition is impossible. If the device is damaged, the loss will outweigh the gain. Therefore, Jiang Ran had to find another way to see if there was anything else he could take away from the underground palace.

No matter whether it is technology, knowledge or physical objects, as long as it is useful, Jiang Ran can accept it.

As a result, after Jiang Ran's search, he really found some interesting "good stuff".

9.144 - Makeover

Jiang Ran made a discovery in the "Magic Furnace Chamber" of the underground palace.

At first, he thought that "that thing" was a part of the magic furnace and didn't think he could take it away.

It was not until later when he was identifying other parts in the "Magic Furnace Chamber" that he accidentally glanced in that direction again and discovered something unusual.

(This device is under the influence of the "Magic Optical Barrier", invisible to the naked eye...?)

Jiang Ran immediately became interested when he saw the description of that inconspicuous "spherical device".

He walked forward and tried to take the "spherical device" off the magic furnace. The result was extremely smooth. He took the fist-sized sphere in his hand without any effort. After the spherical device was taken away, a large number of complex devices suddenly appeared in the empty place, which scared Jiang Ran.

(So ​​this is what the magic optical barrier is.)

The knowledgeable Jiang Ran immediately figured out what was going on. In fact, it was very simple. The demon baron Ye Ku must have built a device that could produce optical camouflage to make part of the magic furnace invisible in order to protect the magic furnace.

Jiang Ran wouldn't judge the effectiveness of this method, but "Optical Camouflage"? This is really a good thing!

Jiang Ran held the sphere called "Magic Optical Generator" in his hand and turned it on again, then asked Tiedan next to him if he could see him.

Tiedan replied, "Master, I can't be sure what happened just now. You suddenly disappeared from my sight. Now I can only hear your voice but can't see where you are."

Hearing Tiedan's answer, Jiang Ran was overjoyed. This device was exactly what he needed now.

What made him even more delighted was that the power structure of this device was very similar to that of conventional equipment. It could be started by simply injecting magic power into it, and was not restricted by the power system of this underground palace.

(Demon Baron Yeku, you are truly a genius!)

At this point, Jiang Ran could finally leave the underground palace contentedly. Before leaving, he told Tiedan to guard the palace well, but if there were invaders, he should never fight head-on, but just hide and wait for the danger to pass.

"It doesn't matter what happens to the underground palace. What matters is that you find a way to survive and wait for me to come back. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Master."

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As he left the underground palace, Jiang Ran immediately activated the "Magic Optical Generator".

However, the name of this device was difficult to pronounce, so Jiang Ran simply changed it to "Invisible Ball".

Under the cover of the invisibility ball, Jiang Ran successfully left the ruins of the Wacono volcano, and when he was leaving the crater, Jiang Ran also discovered a "snake" that was stalking him there.

After many battles with the heavenly and earthly ghosts, Jiang Ran gradually mastered the characteristics of the "snakes" and "birds" controlled by them.

Generally speaking, wild animals will not stay in a fixed posture and stare at one place for a long time, but animals controlled by ghosts in heaven and earth will do so, especially when they think they are "not being seen by anyone."

The black snake with fine scales that was staring motionlessly at the crater just matched the characteristics that Jiang Ran had summarized, so this guy was most likely a puppet of the Earth Ghost.

So, is Jiang Ran going to use his advantage of being invisible to kill this puppet?

If it was a hot-blooded protagonist who was not good at using his brain, he would have probably done the same thing at this time, but Jiang Ran did not. He did nothing, just left the slender-scaled black snake alone and left in a leisurely manner.

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The reason why Jiang Ran didn't take action was simple, because under the current circumstances, "not killing" would be more beneficial to him than "killing".

If he killed the slender-scaled black snake, it would most likely alert the ghosts in heaven and earth, because the black snake was killed while it was "monitoring Banning."

Even if Jiang Ran is invisible, the ghosts in heaven and earth will still suspect Jiang Ran, and may even guess that "Banning has mastered some kind of invisibility ability."

Not killing the black snake would do Jiang Ran almost no harm.

The demons and demons of heaven and earth were simply puzzled. Why hadn't Banning emerged from the volcanic ruins? Where had he escaped from? How could they have lost him when they were constantly staring at the crater? Could there be another exit from the volcanic ruins?

By the time the demons realized that Banning was no longer in the volcanic ruins, Jiang Ran had already run away.

By then, Jiang Ran will be able to "escape into the darkness" and get a chance to reverse the situation.

As long as we can change the situation into one where the enemy is in the open and we are in the dark, why worry about not being able to deal with those annoying bird-snake puppets?

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With the help of the optical camouflage effect of the invisibility ball, Jiang Ran returned to Yanji City without being visible.

Up to now, Jiang Ran has confirmed that the optical camouflage of the invisibility ball is very effective against ordinary people and will never be discovered. The remaining problem is that if he encounters a strong person who can sense magic power, he may be discovered.

Jiang Ran put this issue aside for the time being. His most urgent task right now was to change himself into a different "skin" - only by completely changing his appearance could he maximize the "disappearing effect" brought about by the invisibility ball.

Jiang Ran had already made a plan for this matter on his way back to Yanji City. As soon as he entered Yanji City, he went directly to Master Hanbing's workshop, where a set of heavy knight armor that had just been completed in the morning was "waiting" for him.

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The heavy knight armor made by Master Han Bing was not on Jiang Ran's list of needs.

The reason why there is this unexpected set of armor is because Master Hanbing is a person who cannot stand waste.

During these days, Master Hanbing collected all the scraps of materials used for Jiang Ran's equipment, and then combined them with high-quality metal materials to finally complete this set of armor.

Jiang Ran had seen this set of armor early this morning. At that time, he felt that he had no need for such heavy equipment, so he asked Master Han Bing to handle it himself.