Bloody Purgatory

"Careful."

Wei Long called out a warning. As he strode forward, a red robe emerged over his body.

Divine Technique: Blood Sha Robe!

Lu Ran's body tensed, and he tightened his grip on the wooden knife in his hand.

The higher the grade of a Blood Sha Robe, the deeper its color.

And the robe on Wei Long's body was a "Great Red Robe"!

Its Divine Technique quality could not possibly be below River-grade.

"Whoosh!"

Wei Long, who had been striding closer, suddenly flicked his hand.

The hem of his red robe swept forward, but its vivid color rapidly faded midway through the attack.

By the time the hem swung before Lu Ran, it had already faded into a translucent state.

Clearly, Wei Long had strictly followed Captain Sun Zhengfang's orders and deliberately lowered the quality of his Divine Technique.

Was he afraid he might accidentally one-shot Lu Ran?

"Riiip—"

The sound of tearing fabric rang out sharply.

As Lu Ran ducked beneath the robe's sweeping hem, the wooden knife in his hand viciously slashed upward.

The shoddy wooden knife, wrapped in dense Divine Power, carved out a half-moon of mist!

The lowest-quality Blood Sha Robe was instantly cut open.

Lu Ran was already a Mist-realm, Fourth-stage believer. He was no longer the Little Lamb he had once been.

"Haha!" Sun Zhengfang's laughter came from afar. "I told you to go easy, but you don't need to go that easy.

This kid is an additional test trainee personally appointed by the bureau. He's got some real skills."

"Yes!" Wei Long replied loudly. The robe on his body vanished and reappeared as a brand-new light-red robe.

The sight left Lu Ran utterly dumbfounded.

One-Click Outfit Change?

The next moment, the robe's hem came sweeping at him again.

Lu Ran had already been crouching. He immediately pushed off with his feet and leaped to the side.

Roll, rise—done in one fluid motion.

Wei Long secretly nodded at the crisp, clean movement.

Now then, how would he deal with this?

"Whoosh~"

Wind waves surged one after another.

The light-red robe abruptly expanded, blotting out the sky.

In an instant, the sky above Lu Ran's head was veiled in light red.

"Hiss—"

Mist erupted beneath Lu Ran's feet as he rapidly retreated.

The light-red wave crashed down upon the ground, while Lu Ran fell into Great Nightmare's embrace.

Deng Yuxiang extended a hand. Facing Lu Ran as he slid rapidly backward, she firmly caught him by the back and smoothly sent him to the side.

"Run, Little Lu Ran. Don't get crushed to death."

"My sister is the most caring person!" Lu Ran's voice drifted farther and farther away as Divine Mist spread beneath his feet, sending him darting toward the center of the rooftop.

"You brat." Deng Yuxiang laughed as she scolded him, watching helplessly as the light-red wave rolled toward Lu Ran.

Sun Zhengfang also laughed. "Big Dragon, what the hell are you doing?

You're not giving him any sense of pressure at all. How does Lu Ran still have the mood to joke around?"

Wei Long: "..."

Didn't you tell me to go easy?

Wei Long's psychological activity was rich, but his expression remained cold. He suddenly raised a hand.

Deng Yuxiang's eyes narrowed. She wanted to warn Lu Ran, but forcibly stopped herself.

A dull thud rang out.

Lu Ran stomped hard, and mist churned beneath his feet!

His rapidly charging figure abruptly stopped.

Just over a meter in front of him, amid a surge of energy, a Crimson Chain appeared out of thin air.

Had Lu Ran failed to react and continued forward, he would likely have already been bound by the Crimson Chain!

Divine Technique: Imprisoned Devil Chain!

Imprisoned Devil was not a devil.

This god bore that title because the Divine Techniques it possessed could imprison Myriad Evil.

"Oh?" By the rooftop railing, Wei Hu's eyes widened slightly.

He clearly had not expected Lu Ran to evade that attack!

As a Mist-realm believer, Lu Ran had been able to forcefully halt his momentum while charging at high speed?

Such bodily control was truly no easy feat.

What made Wei Hu even more curious was how Lu Ran had sensed the danger ahead.

The Imprisoned Devil Chain appeared from thin air, and it was incredibly fast!

Its only flaw was that, before the Crimson Chain appeared, there would be a surge of energy in that area.

With Lu Ran moving as swiftly as wind and lightning, he could still notice something unusual ahead?

Experts indeed saw the way of things.

Lu Ran's simple stop revealed information that truly astonished everyone.

"Yes, the few of us are putting Little Lu through a trial." Sun Zhengfang was still on the phone, his gaze never leaving Lu Ran for even a moment.

Deng Yuxiang raised her brows slightly, watching Lu Ran's back with great interest.

Yutang had indeed mentioned that the group had fought in Evil Dog Village for a full twenty-one days. During that time, Lu Ran had often covered his eyes with a Red Turban.

It seemed he had taken her earlier advice very seriously?

"Whoa!" Lingering fear filled Lu Ran as mist erupted from beneath his feet again.

The instant he retreated, another Crimson Chain appeared where he had been standing.

That had been far too close!

"Oh?" Wei Long voiced the same doubt, his raised hand never lowering.

Crimson Chains appeared one after another from thin air, scattered in every direction in chaotic disorder.

Yet those chains glowing with bloody light simply could not bind that nimble Little Lamb!

"The intensity ramped up way too fast!" Lu Ran shouted.

Turn sideways, step back, bend over, Immortal Hoof.

Stop sharply, lower his head, lift his leg, Immortal Hoof.

Wei Hu was utterly stunned!

The ever-stern Wei Hu blurted out two words: "Holy shit?!"

Sun Zhengfang held his phone, but he could no longer hear the person on the other end. His eyes were filled with Lu Ran's "lively and bouncing" figure.

"Good!" Brilliant light flickered repeatedly in Deng Yuxiang's eyes.

He could reach this level in merely twenty-one days?

Diligent training was certainly essential, but on the other hand—

Lu Ran truly deserved to be someone who could attract the evil Yanzhiren. His talent was indeed extraordinary!

"Haha!" Sun Zhengfang laughed loudly. "Big Dragon, raise the intensity some more. Increase it bit by bit and test his limits!"

There were indeed few things that could make a middle-aged man laugh so heartily.

Sun Zhengfang was truly overjoyed!

All along, he had been somewhat resistant to bringing Lu Ran along on a mission.

After all, this was the night of the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.

If anything went wrong, Sun Zhengfang did not dare imagine what punishment he and the team would face.

What was more, Sun Zhengfang himself would not be able to forgive himself.

Who would have thought Lu Ran's performance would be this astonishing!

Had his evasion stat been maxed out?

"Understood." Wei Long replied expressionlessly, his voice low. "Increasing the intensity."

In an instant, the speed at which the chains appeared noticeably increased.

"Easy, easy! Big Bro Spicy Strip!" Lu Ran flailed in panic, completely losing his head.

Wei Long: "???"

"Haha~" Deng Yuxiang burst out laughing.

By the looks of it, her nickname, "Great Nightmare," actually sounded rather pleasant.

As Wei Long raised the intensity, Lu Ran continuously drew closer to the area where Wei Long stood while repeatedly dodging.

Of course, it could not have been intentional on Lu Ran's part.

On the contrary, Wei Long must have done it deliberately!

"Whoosh!!"

Bloody mist churned beneath Wei Long's feet.

Sure enough, the instant Lu Ran entered Wei Long's casting range, the other party cast his technique without hesitation.

Divine Technique: Blood Sea Chaos!

This was the Divine Technique that Imprisoned Devil Believers were suited to at River-realm, Third-stage.

True to its name, thick blood mist rose and fell like sea waves, surging and spreading outward.

This technique could disrupt a target, causing the mist within their body to run wild and interfere with their casting.

It counted as a form of soft control.

Wei Long's thinking was clear. Divine Technique: Immortal Hoof had helped Lu Ran far too much, giving him far too much room for error.

Once he lost that support, how would Lu Ran keep hopping around?

Kacha!

At Lu Ran's calf, the sturdy goat leg formed from white mist was forcibly scattered by the blood-mist wave.

It looked as though it had been shattered, but in truth, the Divine Power in Lu Ran's body had gone wild, leaving him unable to condense the Immortal Hoof into shape!

"That's it." Wei Hu shook his head, though he still believed Lu Ran had already performed well enough.

Just look at this scene!

Thick blood mist continuously churned across the ground.

Countless bloody chains also hung and swayed in midair, crisscrossing in every direction.

It was fucking purgatory!

This was never a place a Mist-realm believer should be!

"Clatter~"

In a corner of the rooftop, the phone in Sun Zhengfang's hand suddenly slipped free and fell to the ground.

Sun Zhengfang stood with his mouth slightly open, staring into the Bloody Purgatory at that figure who was still persisting, still weaving and dodging—

What am I looking at?

Is Lu Ran closing his eyes?

Sun Zhengfang looked carefully and confirmed it again and again, truly shocked by what he saw.

Lu Ran really had closed his eyes!

The others on the rooftop immediately noticed as well.

For a moment, everyone's expressions were utterly spectacular!

And Lu Ran, his eyes tightly shut, continued retreating and dodging.

One tilt of the head, one raised hand, one backward lean of the upper body, one turn with the momentum.

Every step was fraught with danger!

The white-mist goat legs could no longer wrap around his calves or form outside his body to assist Lu Ran.

But Evil Technique: Evil Awareness?

No matter how wildly the Divine Power in Lu Ran's body ran, as long as he still had Divine Power within him, he could activate his five senses!

People might not believe it if he said it aloud.

The more fiercely Divine Power rampaged within Lu Ran's body, the more intensely his senses were activated!

He could even smell Great Nightmare's hair fragrance in the distance.

He did not know what shampoo she used. The scent was fresh and elegant.

Camellia?

Perhaps.

Even now, Lu Ran could still perform like this because Imprisoned Devil Divine Technique: Blood Sea Chaos was, at its root, a soft-control technique rather than hard control.

So.

Activate the Evil Technique?

No. From the instant the battle began, the Evil Technique had already been activated!

Twenty-one days of grueling training had allowed Lu Ran to find the doorway.

After returning home and equipping Evil Technique: Evil Awareness, the doors to a New World had opened before him, making him like a tiger that had grown wings!

Listen—

With his eyes closed, Lu Ran suddenly tilted his head.

"Whoosh!" A Crimson Chain appeared out of thin air and swept past Lu Ran's ear.

Did you hear it?

The sound of the wind.

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