For a moment, Jiang Ran did not understand what Black Cat meant by saying he had deceived him. But when he saw the monster, his brows furrowed slightly. Blood-Flow Realm!?
That was the threat his Combat Intuition had sensed.
This was Jiang Ran's first time encountering an existence in the Blood-Flow Realm.
Whether it was the Human-Faced Spider or the Zhi he had encountered before, they had both been in the Blood Sensing Realm—one was simply stronger than the other.
And this worm-like thing before him
made Jiang Ran distinctly feel a trace of danger.
The street had already descended into chaos. The crowd screamed and fled, while several people who had failed to escape in time collapsed to the ground, terrified by the worm's gaping maw.
The nearest young man was only a meter away from its mouth.
Its foul-smelling saliva nearly dripped onto his face.
Jiang Ran did not hesitate any longer.
Eight-Step Cicada Chase activated instantly, his blood and qi roaring through his legs.
His body turned into a blurred afterimage as he swept across the street, appearing before the young man at the instant the massive jaws were about to clamp shut.
He raised both arms. Faint crimson-gold aura emerged, firmly bracing the monster's upper and lower jaws apart.
The ground beneath Jiang Ran's feet cracked inch by inch.
He was forced backward by the immense strength, gouging two shallow furrows into the ground.
In a pure contest of strength, the monster seemed to possess a natural advantage.
Jiang Ran's eyes narrowed slightly.
The roar of dragons and tigers suddenly exploded from his arms!
Crimson-gold Dragon Form aura and a jet-black Tiger Fiend Phantom coiled around him as Jiang Ran's blood and qi erupted like a blazing beacon.
His backward momentum abruptly stopped.
Then he began