"Our side is short-handed, so we've split up to search for the Straw Demon."

The woman, seeing Lu Ran land steadily, responded.

Lu Ran nodded silently, no wonder the Divine People Bureau had come to him.

The Moon Gazers had even split up their teams, truly risking their lives.

It seemed the threat the Straw Demon Clan posed to the city was far greater than he had imagined.

"Be careful," Lu Ran said in a deep voice as mist spewed from beneath his feet, propelling him forward along the street.

The woman, watching Lu Ran's retreating figure speed away, couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

She had finally seen this legendary Immortal Sheep Believer.

Indeed, beneath the fame there was no lack of substance!

He truly did not fear battle, even daring to venture alone on this night of the fifteenth.

"Huff..."

Lu Ran moved from east to west, arriving at the crossroads and sharply turned northward.

Right there on the side street, in front of Wang's Big Bone Store, three Straw Demons lay scattered.

Lu Ran's blades lit up as he charged straight at them.

Further down the street, two Moon Gazers, taken aback, exclaimed, "Who is that?"

"Swish~"

The Dawn Blade, with its gleaming edge, sliced through, bisecting a Straw Demon at the waist!

Lu Ran's feet crumbled beneath him, changing direction instantly, bursting forward a good 7 meters to the right.

"Zzzt!"

The Silent Night Blade plunged forward, slicing open a Straw Demon and viciously ripped through the head of the Evil Demon.

Lu Ran didn't pause, his movements fluid like clouds drifting water, abruptly charging ten more meters to his left!

"Crack!"

The Dawn Blade's edge was incredibly sharp, cleaving through the Straw Shield and decapitating the Straw Demon in one swift motion.

In just a couple of seconds, three Straw Demons were linked by a path of Immortal Fog and all met their demise.

The two Moon Gazers stopped in their tracks.

They watched the misty path "connecting the dots" and looked at the twin-bladed youth who had suddenly stopped.

Lu Ran nodded at the two, but then tilted his head, as if he heard something.

"Zzzt—"

In a flash, Lu Ran darted to the right, charging into the small alley beside the restaurant, disappearing from view.

"Who is this kid?"

"It should be Lu Ran, right? The student from Yuxia Middle School!"

"Oh, right! Lu Ran, it has to be him..."

Meanwhile, Lu Ran, along the small alley beside the restaurant, plunged directly into the backyard.

Behind the restaurant lay a row of old residential buildings with garages in front.

Between the buildings and the garages, a pack of Evil Dogs was gathering.

"Heh." Lu Ran breathed a sigh of relief.

The calls of the Evil Dogs were the same as those of the Blood Disaster Dogs, so it was easy for Lu Ran to mistake one for the other.

Don't blame him for being so anxious; whether or not there were Straw Demons present, Blood Disaster Dogs were a great threat.

And, on a night like the fifteenth, such Evil Demons were particularly common!

Just in the past few hours, Lu Ran had slain more than a dozen Blood Disaster Dogs on the playground of the Fifth Elementary School alone.

"Woof!"

"Woof! Woof!" Seeing an attacker from the Human Clan, the four Evil Dogs all opened their jaws wide.

One after another, the Evil Technique·Evil Tooth was executed quickly and neatly.

"Shut your mouths!"

Lu Ran commanded coldly as his figure rapidly advanced.

He didn't use his blade to slash but rather stomped towards the head of a dog.

"Bang!"

The head of the leading Evil Dog was crushed under Lu Ran's foot, blood and brains splattering everywhere.

The sight was, perhaps, a bit too gory...

The surrounding Evil Dogs were blown away by the violent air currents.

Evil Technique·Soul-splitting Demon Hoof!

Lu Ran decisively chose "War Trample," achieving excellent results.

The three Evil Dogs howled in pain, bodies hit by the shockwave of energy, unable to execute their Evil Teeth from the agony.

Once again, the youth with twin blades darted about!

The Evil Dogs flying left, right, and forward were each turned into "points," connected by a path of white mist.

The figure flashed past, blade in hand.

Lu Ran exhaled a breath of relief, shaking off the blood from the Silent Night Blade in his right hand.

"Hum~"

Suddenly, the Dawn Blade in his left hand trembled slightly.

"Hm?" Lu Ran reacted for a moment, then chuckled and shook his head.

Was it jealous?

Surely not!

Well... it was a good sign.

The more intense and frequent the Dawn Blade's reactions, the closer it was to gathering an Artifact Spirit!

Lu Ran shook the Dawn Blade as well, flicking off the blood from the edge.

Just as he made his move, Lu Ran seemed to sense something and suddenly turned his head to look down an adjacent corridor.

His brows furrowed slightly, he stepped forward, and with one thrust of his blade, he pierced precisely into the gap of the building door and pried it open with a forceful twist!

"Crack~"

The decrepit door of the building was forcibly opened.

In an instant, Lu Ran and a Straw Demon inside the corridor faced each other.

"Rustle rustle~"

The Straw Demon reached out, straw spikes flying towards him.

"Whoosh!"

Lu Ran, clad in his water armor, stepped into the darkened corridor.

With a fierce swing of his hand, a Night Charm Blade flew out.

The first floor was unoccupied, just a stairwell, so Lu Ran dared to act so boldly.

The Night Charm Blade instantly penetrated the head of the Straw Demon, nailing it straight to the wall!

"Puff~"

A moment later, the figure of the Straw Demon shattered into mist and disappeared without a trace.

With a casual wave of his hand, the wall with the Night Charm Blade embedded quietly shattered into wind.

In places without people, Lu Ran was indeed the strongest!

Just now, in front of the garages outside the building, Lu Ran had only dared to use a different form of the Immortal Hoof (Soul-splitting Demon Hoof) to blast the area, then picked off the members of the Evil Dog Clan one by one.

If it were an environment where people were not around, Lu Ran would probably throw out a whole bunch of Night Charm Blades...

"Thud!"

Lu Ran exited the corridor, and the door of the building closed with a heavy thud.

He stretched out his hand to touch the place where the door had been pried open, as if comforting it, and then turned and left.

Lu Ran had no time to absorb the remains of the dogs, merely quickly extracting the Demon Crystals from the four Evil Dogs before returning to the brightly lit streets.

"Crack~"

"Crack!" The Evil Dog Demon Crystals in his palm shattered one by one, their energy drained by Lu Ran.

"Hmm..." Lu Ran let out a satisfied hum.

He looked around and then dashed off again to the north.

For the next 2 hours, with the Fifth Elementary School at the center, the streets to the east, south, and west were all marked with Lu Ran's presence.

At every street corner and alleyway, Immortal Fog drifted.

Within and outside residential areas, swords flashed.

The Moon Gazers stationed in this area and the residents living here saw Lu Ran bravely fighting the enemy more than once.

Whenever Immortal Fog appeared, it meant that the little sheep lad had made another kill!

The thoughts of the people also changed again and again.

From the initial "Who the hell is this?" to the end, filled with nothing but gratitude and admiration.

Lu Ran did not let down the Divine People Bureau, nor did he fail the city.

In this "Night of Ghosts," Lu Ran alone held up an entire patrol team!

For a full 2 hours, not a single blaze rose into the sky within these streets.

Of course, this was not solely Lu Ran's achievement.

The Moon Gazers, who had scattered and disregarded their own lives to expand the area of control, did so to prevent the Evil Demons from finding an opportunity!

"Heh... heh..."

Once again, Lu Ran, in front of East Water Bay community's entrance, chopped down a Straw Demon with his blade.

He gasped for air, drawing energy quickly as the Straw Demon disintegrated into mist.

This was also the first time Lu Ran felt he was running out of energy!

Lucky for him that morning, he had obtained a full-energy River Grade Divine Power Pearl.

Otherwise, he truly might not have held up.

"How is this not over yet," Lu Ran murmured to himself.

The continuous hard work was exhausting him both mentally and physically.

The duration of the Night of Ghosts was indeed not fixed; it could be as long as possible.

How many more Straw Demons were there?

Inside Lu Ran's Sculpture Garden, that Evil Demon·Straw Demon sculpture had long been ready to activate.

He was starting to worry that if he kept on killing like this, the Straw Demon itself might realize that something was amiss...

"Careful!"

"Kill the dogs! Kill the dogs first, don't let them..." All of a sudden, a series of faint voices reached his ears.

Lu Ran whirled his head around, looking into the interior of the community.

The community was not small, and the shouts of the Moon Gazers had to be loud, which is why Lu Ran could barely hear them.

Without a word, Lu Ran charged straight into the residential community.

He needed no guidance and soon saw flames reaching towards the sky!

"Damn!" Lu Ran's expression turned grim, and he rarely let slip a curse.

He and the Moon Gazers had given so much, jointly defending this area for so long, was it all to be for naught?

Such flames meant a giant Straw Man had been ignited!

And crucially, it had appeared in this not-so-small residential community!

If it went mad, who knew how many flaming straw pieces would smash through windows, igniting home after home...

"Zzzt—"

Lu Ran sped up and, as he passed a building, witnessed an astonishing scene.

A Straw Demon, ten meters tall, was indeed ablaze, and indeed in a frenzy.

But this flaming Straw Demon was enveloped in a light red cover!

Red Cloth Divine Skill·Red Cloth Domain?!

A light red cover with a radius of 20 meters, shaped like a hemispherical dome, firmly trapped the giant Straw Demon within.

Red Cloth Believers, real men!

The man with the red cloth around his head was also trapped inside, suffering the mad onslaught of the River Grade Straw Demon.

How fearsome was the output of a River Grade Evil Demon being consumed by flames and struggling on the brink of death?

"Crack!"

"Crack! Crack..." Endless fiery straw spikes struck, and cracks spread relentlessly over the cover.

It seemed on the verge of breaking at any moment!

Lu Ran's eyes sharpened, and he shot forward.

He saw the fire Straw Demon, still three stories tall but shrinking, and likewise, he saw inside a third-floor apartment a stunned old lady standing by the window, her hand over her mouth, staring dumbly at the horrific scene outside.

The old lady seemed paralyzed with fear, as still as a wooden chicken, unmoved.

"Leave!"

Lu Ran yelled fiercely, leaping diagonally towards the window of the third-floor residence.

"Thud" was the sound of impact.

Lu Ran landed on the outer wall of the building, jolting the old lady inside awake.

He squatted on the wall without wasting a moment, then jumped again.

With a burst of Immortal Fog billowing, Lu Ran turned back, stabbing straight at the cracking light red cover!

Evil Technique·Soul Splitting Power, activate!

Evil Technique·Soul-splitting Demon Hoof, activate!

"Crack!"

Without Lu Ran needing to break the cover, the Red Cloth Domain had already shattered.

Clad in his water armor, Lu Ran plunged into the raging flames, his feet stomping heavily on the fire Straw Man.

"Bang!"

Beneath the Soul-splitting Demon Hoof, the Straw Demon's fluffy head burst apart!

The fire Straw instantly ceased its wild shooting.

Under the violent swirling of energy, Lu Ran was blasted back two meters.

Conversely, the massive corpse of the Straw Demon fell towards the direction opposite the residential building, crashing into the snow-covered flower bed.

"Spurt!"

The vast Straw Demon exploded on impact!

Endless sparks scattered, like fireflies dancing in the night sky, stunningly beautiful.

Lu Ran landed with a stumble, a hand shielding his face.

The myriad sparks that filled the sky covered his water armor and dusted the Dawn Blade.

"Hum!!"

Lu Ran's heart trembled slightly, sensing something.

He abruptly lifted his gaze to look at the Dawn Blade in his hand.

"Dawn Blade," Lu Ran murmured softly.

The icy, clear Black Ice Blade, now speckled with red stars, bloomed with a brilliance unmatched in the somber night...

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