647 Tigers Crouch and Dragons Coil; in the Blink of an Eye, Heaven and Earth Transform!

"Guard, guard, guard."

"All I need to do is silently recite 'guard' three times to get inside. I don't need to go to some designated area...?"

Song Chu held a doll resembling Ma Ran in appearance but completely different in temperament. He had only gotten halfway through his sentence when he suddenly realized that the scene before his eyes had changed. In the blink of an eye, he had left Caolu Academy and arrived in another area.

Concrete roads, streetlights, skyscrapers, roadside stalls...

No matter how he looked at it, he was still on Earth.

Yet there wasn't a single person anywhere around him.

It was as if all the humans in the world had vanished without a trace in that instant.

"Tsk... As expected of Brother Ran's methods. They're truly exquisite, completely beyond comprehension."

Song Chu was a little older than Ma Ran, but when they had first met, he had been in a perilous situation. He had also been convinced by Ma Ran's abilities, so he had quickly found a "suitable" way to address him—and had continued using it ever since.

"Mass instant teleportation. I heard about it before."

"But back then, there should have been very obvious aftereffects."

"According to some people who had used the 'instant teleportation' service, the aftereffects were practically ten times worse than motion sickness."

"But now, it happened soundlessly, without the slightest feeling of discomfort."

Song Chu sighed a few times, then suddenly realized...

The Ma Ran-shaped doll he had been clutching in his hand had somehow transformed into a platinum ring after entering this world. It was now lightly clasped around the thumb of his left hand.

The ring didn't have the cold touch common to metal objects. Instead, it carried a trace of warmth, as if it were constantly supplying