Personality Collapse!

Fang Ran was completely stunned at this moment.

In his twenty years of life, this was the first time he had witnessed such a scene.

A giant water cage trapped a figure burning with flames, surrounded by several figures holding various cold lights, attacking him!

The golden, bustling lights illuminated this magical scene, making Fang Ran feel somewhat unfamiliar, wondering if this was truly the area of lights he knew.

Every move was without reservation, every strike aimed to kill.

He could see that everyone was genuinely filled with killing intent, truly acting with the goal of killing the opponent!

Fang Ran remained sprawled on the ground in the posture Si Ai had pushed him into, trembling all over, feeling his legs had no strength.

This wasn't like the last time he had watched monsters being beaten while safely hidden under a cloak; this was a real group of people fighting a life-and-death battle right before his eyes!

Fang Ran stared blankly at the battle circle. Inside the giant Cage of Trapped Water, a figure completely enveloped in Crimson Flame was like a trapped beast! It thrashed wildly inside the water cage!

But Fang Ran could tell.

Si Ai seemed to be unable to hold on.

The giant Cage of Trapped Water seemed to strongly suppress and even restrain Si Ai's flames. Fang Ran saw that he couldn't even release the Flame Armguards.

Figure after figure attacked Si Ai in turns. Even though he was stronger than anyone else, even though his rank was as high as B-rank, within that unknown water cage, his situation was becoming increasingly dangerous.

Wounds constantly increased, blood constantly flowed.

The mage hiding at the back releasing the water cage, the woman beside him constantly interfering with his mind using illusions, the official youth whose frontal attacks were becoming increasingly fierce, and the man in the suit who had been standing still, closely watching Si Ai's every move.

"Damn it!"

Flames surged. Si Ai pressed down on the arm that had been cut by the Tang Blade, his flaming right hand directly cauterizing the wound and stopping the bleeding!

Sweat evaporated, the hem of his jacket whistled in the rising airflow of the flames. Si Ai stared intently at the man releasing the water cage!

The activation of the Night Artifact failed again. Si Ai glanced at the ring on his right hand. His exclusive weapons, his Night Artifacts, were all related to fire. This was his greatest strength, and also his greatest weakness!

Bang!

The official youth with the hood covering his face charged forward again. With a swipe of his Tang Blade, Si Ai, whose stamina was rapidly depleting, his pupils constricted, narrowly dodged. But just then, Si Ai's expression changed!!

The man in the suit who had been standing still suddenly moved!

He flickered and appeared behind Si Ai!

Feeling the strong sense of danger behind him, Si Ai managed to turn slightly, and then intense pain struck him!

A hand pierced through his chest from his right side!

"Pfft cough!!"

A large mouthful of blood gushed from Si Ai's mouth!

Boom!

A powerful burst of flames erupted, forcefully pushing back the two attackers and the subsequent attacks from the others!

But Si Ai also lost the strength to maintain his stance and was sent flying by the impact, falling directly to the ground!

smashed down beside Fang Ran.

A smell of burning and blood rushed straight into Fang Ran's brain!

"B-Big Brother Ai...?"

Fang Ran's voice trembled as he looked at that figure. The flames on his body hadn't extinguished yet, and his tough body forcefully stood up, like the last unyielding warrior on the battlefield still picking up his spear.

"Wha- No! Big Brother Ai! Are you... are you alright!!!"

Fang Ran didn't know what he was thinking either. He squeezed out some strength and stumbled to Si Ai's side, ignoring the flames still burning on him, and supported him.

"Holy crap! So hot!"

Fang Ran's hand trembled from the heat, and he quickly and anxiously patted the places on Si Ai that were still on fire. His mind was blank at this moment; he didn't even know how he had suddenly run out.

Si Ai slowly gasped for breath, not stopping him, just looking at Fang Ran with a calm expression. Then he suddenly smiled and asked Fang Ran:

"Why aren't you running?"

"Ah!?" Fang Ran looked bewildered.

Si Ai chuckled again, then looked forward once more, and suddenly pushed Fang Ran away again!

His body ignited with flames, and his hands blocked the incoming Tang Blade!

Bang!

Sparks flew through the air!

"You're finished! Si Ai! Stop resisting!"

At this moment, the thuggish young man also rushed nearby. Seeing Si Ai looking like a spent force, he couldn't help but sneer triumphantly!

Si Ai glanced at him but didn't speak, still looking at him with disdain.

The thuggish young man was annoyed! This damned condescending look of disdain! It was one of the reasons he hated Si Ai the most!

Just then, he saw Fang Ran standing blankly to the side, ignored by everyone else.

"Oh! How is there an E-Rank piece of trash here?"

He sneered, then raised his right hand, which wore a knuckle duster flashing with magic patterns, and punched towards Fang Ran as if to retaliate against Si Ai's disdainful look!

His eyes held mockery and contempt! It seemed he wanted to inflict all the disdain he had received onto Fang Ran!

Looking at the incoming punch, Fang Ran couldn't help but tremble all over. In his difficulty breathing, he smelled the scent of death.

Bang!

A hand burning with flames suddenly grabbed his gauntlet.

"You!!!"

The thuggish young man was instantly shocked! He frantically poured his physical strength into trying to pull his right hand back, but it had no effect! The right hand held by Si Ai didn't budge, as if clamped tightly by a giant vice!

With residual flames on his right face, Si Ai suddenly appeared between the two! His expression was ferocious!

"That's why trash is trash. They only ever attack those far weaker than themselves!"

The voice seemed to come from the flames, mixed with a demonic ferocity!

And upon hearing this, the woman from Against the Current, the youth with the hooded face, the man in the suit, and all the others stopped in their tracks, even adopting defensive stances!

"Want to kill me? Then you'll have to pay a sufficient price!!!"

A wild and unrestrained look appeared on Si Ai's face. He grabbed the person's wrist and slammed it hard onto the ground, pressing down on the back of their head as if trying to smash it into the ground!

He raised his face and sneered ferociously at everyone:

"Remember! This is the water cage you put yourselves in!"

Then his whole body's flames went berserk! In an instant, he turned into a man of fire! The penetrating wound in his chest could no longer be a burden to him!

A ferocious, hoarse voice came from Si Ai's throat! Like a mad roar!

"Infernal Purgatory!!!"

The man in the suit and everyone else's faces changed drastically! Various protective shields flashed on them simultaneously!

Then, within the entire hemispherical water cage! A pillar of magma fire, the same size as the bottom, erupted!

Flames soared!

Inside the water cage was like a world of fire!

Light and heat became eternal at this moment as the two extremes clashed!

However, a second before this, Fang Ran saw that person turn back and smile at him:

"Anyway, I can't do anything about it this time. Why don't I help you, this newcomer? Remember to find a place to hide and work hard."

The words ended there, and the subsequent sounds were drowned out by the low explosions and roars.

After an unknown amount of time, Fang Ran's eyebrows trembled as he slowly opened his eyes. The last wisp of flame protecting him dissipated.

He looked at the pedestrian street, which resembled the aftermath of a fire and explosion, his eyes blank and lost.

But it didn't last long, because soon, Fang Ran saw the only complete body that could still be made out nearby, lying in front of him.

It was lying on the ground with a penetrating wound in its right chest.

A strong urge to vomit instantly surged up!

The smell of burning in the air, the smell of people being engulfed by flames, the shock of the scene before him, and an unprecedented panic and fear all combined to form the discomfort in Fang Ran's throat at this moment!

"Ugh!! Cough cough!!!"

How many people have seen a corpse?

Seen that kind of tragic, incomplete, bloody, indescribable human corpse.

Before today, Fang Ran had never imagined that such a tragic scene would happen before his eyes!

He actually wanted to pull himself together, like the fearless hero protagonists in those movies, but he felt he couldn't.

He also wanted to go back to being his usual self, who couldn't help but complain when nervous, and complain at this moment, but he felt he couldn't utter a single word.

The person he had only known for a few hours died in front of him.

A living person died in front of him!

If it wasn't for saving him that one time, would he have had a chance to escape?!

This thought rushed into Fang Ran's brain, making him grab his hair, his head splitting with pain!

Intense emotions interfered with his perception, and a feeling of nausea and retching spread through his body.

He stared with wide eyes at Si Ai, who had fallen in front of him, as if unable to accept it.

His dead eyes were open, still holding the emotions from moments before. The penetrating wound in his chest was a bloody mess, vaguely revealing bone and internal organs.

And all of this struck Fang Ran's heart like a great fear.

The memories of the past few hours flashed by, as if they were a long time ago.

Why couldn't they compete fairly? Why did they kill people? Didn't they care about the law?

Fang Ran, who had lived in a normal society for twenty years, could only think of these things.

He opened his mouth, not knowing what sound to make, his hands tightly gripping the ground, as if trying to find an outlet to vent his strength.

His thoughts twisted, Fang Ran forced himself to calm down, but his emotions turned into chaotic thoughts in his mind, muttering wildly!

"Ah ah... ah... ah ah ah..."

A hoarse, fearful, rejecting, collapsing, terrified, angry... obscure cry containing all these things,

Squeezed out from Fang Ran's throat!

Until he screamed until his body ran out of air,

Only then did Fang Ran slowly raise his head, all the fluctuations suppressed into a chaotic coldness, looking at the unchanging night sky of the Night Battles,

His runaway thoughts condensed into a twisted determination!

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