"Hoo~"

Amidst a surge of energy, a phantom emerged from the dagger.

Deng Yuxiang paused his movement of pouring wine, and Lu Ran immediately turned to look.

A spirit of the dagger?

It was a female figure, seemingly twenty-seven or eight years old, with cold indifference written all over her face.

She wore a white cloak and hood, with strands of long hair drifting beside her face, giving a somewhat melancholic beauty.

Presumably, this was the original owner's form of the divine weapon.

But when the artifact spirit saw the man being executed on his knees, there was finally a change in her expression.

She smiled.

It was a triumphant smile of ultimate revenge!

She looked on for a full ten seconds before turning to face Lu and Deng.

Especially towards Lu Ran!

Her smile vanished, replaced by a hostile expression, as if sensing his possession of multiple divine weapons.

"Come." Deng Yuxiang extended his hand, signaling the dagger to fly over.

The artifact spirit gave Deng Yuxiang a cold glance and looked at Lu Ran with extreme disdain.

"Hoo~"

Her figure silently retracted back into the dagger.

Sunbeam: [The artifact spirit has sealed herself again.]

Lu Ran smacked his lips: "I have quite a few divine weapon artifacts, so this dagger spirit probably took me for a killer and robber too."

Deng Yuxiang stepped forward and stomped on Gao Shanjun's head.

She bent down to grip the dagger lodged in the back of the corpse's head and pulled it out with force: "I'll establish a connection with the artifact spirit and explain the situation, then have her apologize to you."

"No need." Lu Ran said indifferently.

Deng Yuxiang picked up the dagger, observing its curved blade like a crescent moon:

"We saved her from torment and helped her kill her enemy.

If she doesn't thank us, it doesn't matter, but she shouldn't wrong you."

Lu Ran: "..."

The bossy ram has logged off, and the bossy Xiang Xiang took over?

So gentle yet so strong...

Sister, kill me!

Yet Deng Yuxiang had no intention of killing Lu Ran.

She gave the unconscious female bandit a kick, flipping her over, and with the dagger, slashed her throat.

Clean and swift!

Clearly, Deng Yuxiang was making an effort to integrate into the new world and adapt to its new rules.

Since they were sworn enemies, this treatment was to be expected!

Lu Ran opened his eyes to reveal cross-shaped pupils.

Interestingly, this female bandit was unconscious when alive.

After death, her soul was actually clear-headed.

She didn't cry out, just looked at Lu Ran and Deng Yuxiang with venomous eyes.

But once she realized her own predicament, her venomous eyes gradually turned to regret...

Deng Yuxiang suggested, "Let's take care of the bodies and move away from here to find somewhere to rest."

Lu Ran, after confirming the dead souls were collected in his pupils, replied, "Okay."

Half an hour later, the two descended into a small ravine's bottom, where the dense trees and steep cliffs on both sides made it a great hideout.

"I'll open up a cave." Deng Yuxiang unsheathed the broken blade from her back, dragging a long sword trace on its blade.

"Sizzle!"

The sword trace penetrated the stone wall as if slicing through tofu.

As Deng Yuxiang dug into the mountain, Lu Ran took out a Connection Mirror and swiped it up and down.

"Ah?" Lu Ran halted his actions.

"What's up?" Deng Yuxiang turned to look.

Lu Ran immediately rotated the Ancient Bronze Mirror, pointing it toward the woman.

Deng Yuxiang was equally surprised: "Night Charm?"

In the Holy Spirit Mountain realm, there were still Evil Demons present?

Hmm... I was too hasty, I shouldn't have slain those two Nuoshua disciples without asking more questions.

Lu Ran flipped the mirror back over, carefully examining it for a moment, hesitated, "Shall we check it out?"

"Let's go."

"Get ready!" Lu Ran said seriously, holding the oval-shaped Connection Mirror until it transformed into a full-length mirror.

Deng Yuxiang, without hesitation, wielded her blade and strode in.

Lu Ran followed closely, just in time to see the Night Charm not far away, who stopped and turned to look.

Deng Yuxiang's body tensed, the battle seemed about to erupt.

Yet the next scene left both Lu and Deng dumbfounded.

This Night Charm, surprisingly, turned and fled.

Run?

Lu Ran and Deng Yuxiang exchanged glances, seeing the astonishment in each other's eyes.

The Evil Demon faction and the human/divine faction perennially opposed each other, every encounter should be met with conflict!

Furthermore, the Evil Demon Clan's craving for human blood and tender meat was etched in their bones.

How could this Night Charm ahead be fleeing?

Could it be that this Night Charm had exceptionally high intelligence, not only recognizing the strength of the two but also forcibly suppressing her brutal nature and decisively opting to escape?

"Shwip~"

Lu Ran used instant teleportation, blocking the path right in front of the Night Charm.

"Screech——"

Deng Yuxiang, treading on Immortal Fog, swiftly traversing, halted behind the Night Charm.

The Night Charm paused, tensing up, each hand gripping a Night Charm Blade, ready for a formidable foe.

"Can you speak?" Lu Ran curiously examined the Night Charm, attempting to communicate.

Given this Night Charm's uniqueness, could she perhaps speak human language?

The response to Lu Ran was only endless silence.

Lu Ran persisted: "Having discovered us, why run?"

The Night Charm suddenly raised her hand, and suddenly a gale arose!

"CRACK! CRACK..."

The surrounding trees around Lu Ran snapped one by one, even some being uprooted by the gales, creating a chaotic scene.

However, Lu Ran stood firm and unmoved.

Barbaric Witch Evil Technique·Desolate Power!

The power from Earth made Lu Ran fearless of the winds and waves.

"Heh." Deng Yuxiang's lips involuntarily curled up, her eyes flashed with a peculiar light.

Lu Ran's heroic and extraordinary figure stood tall amidst the gale, enough to amaze anyone.

In the next moment, Deng Yuxiang charged forward, slicing at the Night Charm's back.

"Buzz~"

The Night Charm suddenly split into three!

When experts make a move, their skill is clear.

It was apparent that the Night Charm had anticipated the enemy's positioning, intending to encircle Deng Yuxiang the moment she approached.

But this time, the experienced Night Charm was completely miscalculated!

Because Deng Yuxiang abruptly halted!

Without any buffer, she stood at the edge of the encirclement.

Such an unexpected scene left the Night Charm unable to react.

"Die!" Deng Yuxiang swung her blade horizontally, the long sword trace sweeping across.

Unable to discern the real body?

Then kill them all!

"Meh~~~"

The sudden bleating of a sheep made the Night Charm's heart tremble.

And the sharp sword trace had already severed two phantom Night Charms, sweeping toward the real body's side.

Little lambs can really sneak in a blow at the most critical moment~

"Hiss!" At the crucial moment, the Night Charm desperately leaped up.

She tried to curl her legs up, but that sheep bleat just now did mess up things!

The Night Charm couldn't dodge Deng Yuxiang's strike entirely, the sword trace ruthlessly slashed at the Night Charm's leg.

"CRUNCH!"

The piercing sound came out, that was the sound of the Night Charm's garment breaking.

"SNAP!!"

That was the sound of two rows of canine teeth clamping fiercely.

Deng Yuxiang's continuous attacks, her upward swinging blade cutting into not a living being, but a headless corpse.

In midair, two rows of sharp canine teeth hadn't dispersed.

Evil Dog Evil Technique·Evil Teeth!

A Night Charm's head had already been bitten off by the fierce dog's fangs, plummeting to the ground.

Deng Yuxiang: "..."

She slowly turned her head to look at Lu Ran.

Lu Ran wore a look of innocence, blinking: "I have a lot of Evil Techniques, don't I?"

Deng Yuxiang amusedly glared at Lu Ran: "Quick, do the Soul Binding."

Just earlier she had thought he was majestic and heroic, looking at him now with that smug look...

He can't be praised!

Hmm, not even in her heart.

"Poof~"

The Night Charm, dismembered into numerous pieces, its parts dissolved into mist.

Lu Ran casually tossed a gourd over, simultaneously opening the Pupil of the Dead World.

The Phoenix Pattern Gourd hovered mid-air, automatically extracting the thick white mist.

Lu Ran carefully scrutinized this peculiar Night Charm.

Despite looking over and over, he couldn't spot any distinctive features.

"Hiss..." The Night Charm's soul stirred uneasily, unable to escape its fate of being absorbed into the Pupil of the Dead World.

"Buzz!!"

Within seconds, Lu Ran's brain buzzed!

Within the Sculpture Garden, the Night Charm Evil Sculpture at Jiang Realm·First Rank began violently trembling.

Was it about to advance?

Jiang Realm·Second Rank?

"Wow!" Lu Ran was completely astonished.

Once the evil sculpture within the Jiang Realm is cultivated further, advancing becomes particularly arduous.

After all, Lu Ran needed 100 Jiang Realm Evil Demon souls to upgrade the evil sculpture by even one minor rank.

100 of them!

What was that notion?

Every time during the fifteenth night, a Jiang Realm Demon Lord's appearance is termed a "special event".

Lu Ran had seriously contemplated cultivating Jiang Realm evil sculptures, implying he had to venture deep into the Demon Cave or the battlefield frontlines.

Otherwise, merely relying on battlefields like the fifteenth night, it'd be nearly impossible to cultivate sculptures to advance in a lifetime.

Who would've thought!

Absorbing one Night Charm soul here could upgrade the Jiang Realm·First Rank evil sculpture!

"Am I... Am I?"

Deng Yuxiang furrowed her brows, feeling a strange sensation within her body.

That tall, graceful figure also slightly trembled.

"You're advancing in rank." Lu Ran, after piecing it all together, was overjoyed!

Indeed!

Back in the Human World, Lu Ran would roughly calculate the need for Evil Demon souls to cultivate the evil sculpture.

Since each Evil Demon soul carried a thread of Holy Spirit Energy (Origin Energy).

Yet in the Holy Spirit Mountain realm, it's a completely different scenario!

No matter whether human or demon, how much Holy Spirit Energy resides in the soul is variable.

Like opening a blind box!

The longer one stays in this realm, the more Holy Spirit Energy collected within their soul should be.

To Lu Ran, it's like harvesting leeks!

Not to mention the human clan believers working for the All Gods, just those evil demon lackeys collecting Holy Spirit Energy in this realm...

Whenever Lu Ran encounters them, he'll strike mercilessly, without any guilt!

Are you working for the Evil Demon Lord?

Working day and night, arduously collecting Holy Spirit Energy?

Hand it over now~

Lu Ran grinned from ear to ear, initially thinking there were only the Human Clan here!

Soon, he'd have to yank out Lady Luo's soul for a good interrogation to check the Evil Demon distribution in this realm.

"Let's head back!"

Lu Ran, impatiently, despite his buzzing mind, summoned a full-length mirror.

The Phoenix Pattern Gourd, delighted, danced and chased after.

Deng Yuxiang, on the other hand, using the broken blade as a cane, trembled and trailed along...

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