Summit of the Old Gods

The intense sound of explosions had already made Lu Ran's eardrums ache.

What he didn't expect was that the screaming of the Ghost Talisman Doll suddenly reached a new pitch!

The scream of a four or five-year-old child is incredibly shrill...

As if it could pierce Lu Ran's eardrums!

"Ah!!"

"Ugh." A look of pain flashed across Lu Ran's eyes, his expression extremely unpleasant.

Lu Ran had decisively shut down the Evil Technique·Evil Recognition long before when he roared in battle with Huangfu Zhao. Despite this, due to the years of immersion in Evil Techniques, his abilities like sight and hearing were far above ordinary people.

The piercing scream of the Ghost Talisman Doll was truly unbearable for Lu Ran.

The brain-tearing pain was just one aspect.

What tormented Lu Ran even more was that amidst the barrage of hammer shadows, the Ghost Talisman Doll could still scream?

Keep in mind, both Lu Ran and Si Xianxian had activated the cross-level killing method·Fiery Fire Sky Leader!

Three or four hammer shadows had struck the Ghost Talisman Doll, yet she hadn't died...

"Crack! Crack..."

The sound of stones cracking was hidden within the intense roar and was also masked by the Doll's scream.

"Sss—"

Fog sprayed from under Lu Ran's feet, as he rapidly flew backward, his eyes slightly focused.

The Ghost Talisman Doll was blasted away diagonally to the rear.

As she spun, Lu Ran could clearly see cracks spreading across her face.

Such strong defensive power!

With the knife in hand, Lu Ran swept the burning hammer shadows relentlessly, pursuing the Evil Sculpture furiously.

Since becoming a believer, Lu Ran had often slain Evil Demons across levels.

Even without the Fierce Heavenly Divine Skill·Fiery Fire Sky Leader, Lu Ran could achieve this because the Evil Demon minions lacked Universal Skill: Water Flow Armor.

Without defense techniques, no matter how high your realm of strength is, you still fear a cleaver!

The Evil Sculpture·Ghost Talisman Doll in front of him indeed had no defense armor, but she possessed an incomparably strong stone body.

The defensive capability of a Divine Demon truly exceeded Lu Ran's imagination.

Is this...a god's body?

So! Hard?

How unjustly the Ghost Talisman Boy died!

If only the Boy hadn't voidified, but maintained his form like the Girl, the battle everyone faced might have drastically changed.

"Follow up!" Jiang Ruyi commanded immediately upon seeing the Ghost Talisman Doll blasted away.

Just moments ago, the combination of Xian Mo and Xuan Shuang had arrived ahead due to their absolute speed.

Jiang Ruyi had also tossed out 32 black talisman papers early on.

Each black talisman expanded, slowly encircling the Ghost Talisman Doll as the center point.

Ghost Talisman Evil Technique·Enchantment Array!

In the Enchantment Array, all living beings would be drawn into an illusion realm, experiencing a "ghost hitting the wall" situation.

No way to heaven, no door to earth.

Jiang Ruyi wasn't sure if the Ghost Talisman Doll had been hit, but in the expectations of the Ran Sect members, the Ghost Talisman Doll should be shattered after such a barrage.

Yet, at this moment, the Ghost Talisman Doll was still screaming!

"Whoosh~"

Endless plum petals floated around as Leng Xushuang's stone robe danced, rustling crisply.

A series of beautiful afterimages formed a string.

Xuan Shuang Guard wrapped around the lady's waist, rapidly pursuing forward.

"Yaya!"

The blasted Ghost Talisman Doll spun her body aimlessly, randomly swinging her little hands, throwing out pieces of black talisman paper.

Some embellished with frost, others entwined with quicksand.

Lord Immortal Sheep did not lie!

The two Ghost Talisman Dolls each specialized in different things.

The Ghost Boy mastered Blood Explosion Talismans, Yin Thunder Talismans, Ghost Talisman Formation, and Enchantment Array; while the Ghost Girl was more adept at using Frost Talismans, Earth Sinking Talismans, and Cold Ice Flowing Sand Array.

"Pah!"

An Earth Sinking Talisman fell to the ground, and a swirling vortex of flowing sand formed abruptly.

Whole patches of dead trees crumbled and collapsed, countless minions swallowed by the quicksand. The vortex spat out sand whips, shattering the souls of the Ghost Talisman minions.

The shrill cries echoed throughout the Demon Cave.

The Heavenly Grade·Earth Sinking Talisman can transform the terrain within a kilometer radius into a vortex of quicksand.

The Divine Grade Earth Sinking Talisman...

The technique's effective range even reached a radius of three kilometers!

The Ran Sect members were flying, unconcerned with the quicksand vortex, but the key was the sand whips emerging from it, like sand snakes frantically gnawing at everything within the area.

Suddenly, the Ghost Talisman Doll's figure halted!

Explosively disoriented, still spinning randomly, she was stabilized by being caught by several sand whips.

"Boom!!"

The battlefield was extremely chaotic. In the distance, a Frost Talisman collided with a burning hammer shadow, triggering an incredible explosion.

Frost scattered, layers of fire spread.

Ice and fire intertwined violently, with the intent of being evenly matched.

The wide impact range ignited the other black talismans, causing several Fake Gods to halt their pursuit.

"Ah!!"

The Ghost Talisman Doll, supporting her slightly damaged body, screamed in anger.

The sand whip around her waist unraveled at her whim, releasing immediately.

As the Ghost Talisman Doll was about to fly upward, suddenly, a series of black talisman papers encircled her.

In an instant, the Ghost Talisman Doll stiffened.

The real world and the illusion world alternated in her eyes.

Sand whips swung, sweeping at the two stone sculptures speeding in the air but only shattered afterimages.

The sand whips repeatedly crushed the black talisman papers surrounding the Ghost Talisman Doll.

But Jiang Ruyi continuously threw black talismans, repeatedly mending the Enchantment Array.

"Whoosh!" At Jiang Ruyi's thought, a white jade token rapidly fell from the Jade Talisman Formation encircling her, plunging straight down to the quicksand vortex below.

In the next moment, the vortex trembled, the Sand River surged!

On the round quicksand vortex, a wide Flowing Sand River gushed forth, with countless sand whips emerging from the river.

Jade Talisman Divine Method·Quicksand Talisman!

The Sand River clashed with the sand vortex, with the sand whips intertwining.

In terms of technique strength, Heavenly Grade is indeed no match for Divine Grade, but the battlefield situation had fundamentally changed.

The sand whips waving all over the sky suddenly found their targets, no longer just focusing on the black talismans and the Ran Sect members.

"Ah! Ah ah ah!!"

The Ghost Talisman Doll girl shouted, her movements extremely strange.

She flew forward several meters, then suddenly stopped. She turned and flew a few meters more, then stopped again.

Obviously, the Evil Technique·Enchantment Array greatly troubled the Ghost Talisman Doll girl, whose Spirit Defense was flawed and couldn't fully resist this technique.

With her low intelligence, she looked at the continuously switching images before her, somewhat confused about the situation.

Ironically, the Evil Technique·Enchantment Array originally belonged to the Ghost Talisman Doll.

She truly seemed like a four or five-year-old child, completely controlled by Jiang Ruyi, flitting around like a headless fly.

"Hah!"

A burst of shouting rose again!

Lu Ran instantly landed on the shoulder of the Ghost Talisman Doll girl, fire from the Fierce Heavenly Sect burning on his body, his hand filled with Fierce Heavenly Power, gripping the Third-tier Divine Weapon·Eight Desolates Annihilation Blade tightly.

The blade tip dragged a long Sword Trace from the North Wind-Night Charm dual clans.

This blade... severs gods!

"Crack!!"

Debris splattered!

The blade in Lu Ran's hand followed the crack lines on the Ghost Talisman Doll girl's neck, deeply embedding into it.

A few fragments splashed onto Lu Ran, causing the Water Flow Armor to hum.

Fragments that should have hit his face were firmly blocked by the Smoke and Mist Silk.

"Hm?" Lu Ran quickly turned his head, noticing the Hammer Shadow's approach.

At the moment of his swift departure, the Hammer Shadow crashed heavily on the face of the Ghost Talisman Doll girl.

"Boom boom boom..."

The Ghost Talisman Doll girl tilted her head, her neck nearly severed, once again smashed and sent flying backwards.

"Chase!" Jiang Ruyi spoke coldly, emotionless words spilling from her lips.

Leng Xushuang wrapped her arms around Jiang Ruyi's waist and flew forward once again, suddenly noticing the backward-flying Ghost Talisman Doll girl's figure becoming voidified.

Under the mad assault of Lu Ran and the Mad Immortal, the dizzy Ghost Talisman Doll girl finally couldn't resist, choosing to use voidification to become immune to damage!

But the problem is...

"Hoo!!"

The gale arrived as expected.

Across the chaotic battlefield, hundreds of meters away, Deng Yuxiang stood proudly in the air.

Her beautiful eyes narrowed, the giant stone hand stretched forward, Magic Artifact smoke-blue veil fluttering with her long hair behind her head, fluttering fiercely.

"Ooh~ ooh ooh~ ah!!"

The Ghost Talisman Doll girl wailed pitifully, then fell silent abruptly.

Amid the gale, the phantom figure was frantically torn apart, unable to restore its original stone body, shattering into a dense Origin Energy.

This terrifying tornado transformed just like that into a Fog Dragon Roll.

Behind the Nightmare Stone Sculpture, the Feng Rao Stone Sculpture's appearance kept switching.

When the Feng Rao Stone Sculpture primarily assumed He Qifeng's form, her gaze was intensely hot, her fists clenched in excitement.

But when the Feng Rao Stone Sculpture principally became Bai Rao, a cruel smile appeared on her face, and she couldn't help but stick out a long tongue, licking the corner of her mouth.

[Quick! Aunt Bai, swallow quickly!]

In the woman's mind, the voice of the Master of Ran Sect echoed anxiously.

Fake Gods can give each other Origin Energy, so whoever gets the resources doesn't matter.

The only thing that matters is—quick!

In the Da Xia God Demon system, the one that can swallow energy the fastest is the Jade-faced Snake.

"Hiss!" The Feng Rao Stone Sculpture suddenly turned into a giant white-scaled python, three thousand meters in size.

Jade-faced Snake Clan River Realm Technique·Heavenly Grade·White-Scaled Immortal Heavenly Python!

The enormous serpent's head swiftly reached forward, opening its bloody maw, the long serpentine tongue sweeping past its lips, absorbing forcefully from the Fog Dragon Roll.

Jade-faced Snake Clan Sea Realm Technique·Heavenly Grade·Immortal Python Swallowing Heaven!

Upon seeing this, Deng Yuxiang casually waved her hand, the broad reed (stone) cloak fluttering loudly, and the distant tornado quickly dissipated.

Did they win?

They won!

Ran Sect, indeed, has slain an Evil God!

Deng Yuxiang intently watched the enormous amount of Holy Spirit Energy.

In the past, this density of mist would only mean Divine Power.

Now this dense fog is purely Origin Energy!

What a terrifying resource this is, able to nurture so many Fake Gods to ascend to the Heavenly Realm·Third Level?

This time,

Ran Sect is truly going to feast...

Speaking of which, everyone had prepared four full plans targeting the weaknesses of the Ghost Talisman Doll clan.

However, the three backup plans weren't even needed, and the Cold Tianxing, He Yingcai, Lu Yuan, and other Fake Gods waiting for summons in the garden were not called upon by the Sect Master.

The two Ghost Talisman Doll Evil Sculptures were all crushed in the palm of the Big Nightmare!

The battle to slay a god did encounter some unexpected events, as the Ghost Talisman Doll girl didn't voidify immediately.

But upon viewing the situation as a whole: in this battle, the Ran Sect members were overwhelming!

Accomplishing a swift victory!

[Faster! God Demon reinforcements could arrive at any moment... Hmm?] Lu Ran opened his Pupil of the Dead World, his pupils contracting slightly.

Dead Soul?

In the just-dissipated Fog Dragon Roll, two giant Dead Souls emerged.

"Wooo~~~"

"Woo... wah!" Unlike other Dead Souls, a pair of childlike boys and girls didn't frantically rage after death.

They merely interlocked their small hands, constantly crying.

In another world, the Ghost Talisman Dolls finally "held" hands again.

Lu Ran had just been wondering why no Dead Soul appeared after the boy doll was scattered.

Now it seems, the two Ghost Talisman Dolls were connected at the root, and only when both Evil Sculptures were completely shattered, did it count as total death.

[Ruyi!] Lu Ran immediately pointed to the distance, [Go devour the Ghost Talisman Evil Sculptures' Dead Souls!]

This is, after all, the Dead Soul of an Evil God.

Perhaps it should be called a "Divine Soul"?

Could this so-called Divine Soul be the opportunity for Jiang Ruyi to become a god?

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The missing chapter will be supplemented tomorrow. Today, writing these two chapters took a lot of effort, hope everyone is satisfied.

For one mouthful of vinegar, I've made dumplings till now, and they're finally ready to be served dish by dish.