Faster!

Even faster!

Deng Yuxiang gripped the knife handle tightly, growing increasingly anxious inside.

The longer the Divine Weapon's upgrade took, every extra second increased Lu Ran's danger! She knew she should focus entirely on guiding the Divine Weapon's upgrade.

Easy to say!

Since the battle began, Deng Yuxiang had been led by Luo Ying, flying up and down, dodging left and right.

The questions from the Evil Dog female disciple made Deng Yuxiang furious!

The enemy was indeed catching up at such a critical moment, quite the timing...

As it turned out, you could always trust Lu Ran!

Even if the opponent was a Heavenly Realm Evil Dog disciple, he could still take them down with force!

Deng Yuxiang listened to the cold words of a strange woman turn into shrill screams, her heart filled with delight!

Just as one wave settled, another arose; more and more Faceless Jade Venerables emerged from within the mist...

"Buzz!"

The Night-slaying Great Saber trembled slightly.

Deng Yuxiang gripped the knife handle tightly, holding her breath, desperately seeking an outcome with the Divine Weapon.

First Divine Weapon Domain · Endless Night, could extend the broken blade into a 28-meter-long blade body.

The "Night" of the Night-cutting Blade originally symbolized the fifteenth night in the Human World.

Now, having ascended to the Heavenly Realm and step by step becoming a god, the "Endless Night" in her Divine Weapon Domain symbolized the rule of God Demons.

She compared the over forty years of Human Enslavement and Oppression to a dark, endless night.

As long as night does not end,

battles will continue!

In the breakthrough direction of one person and one blade, the concept of the second Divine Weapon Domain was rooted in the first, only with a stronger, sharper blade body.

Still following the principle of six words:

Night does not end, battles will continue!

"Buzz!!"

The Night-cutting Blade trembled violently under the influence of the Master of Divine Weapon's perception, climbing upwards with vigorous momentum.

A gust of wind blasted outward!

Deng Yuxiang's long black hair swung in the wind, moving with a beautiful rhythm, interspersed with faint smoke-blue silk, overwhelmingly beautiful.

Third-tier Divine Weapon · Night-slaying Great Saber!

"Crack!!"

The ear-piercing sound of cracking awakened both the weapon and the master.

On the battlefield not far away, Lu Ran shattered a Faceless Jade Venerable with a strike and suddenly turned his head to the right.

[Success!]

At that instant, Deng Yuxiang's voice imprinted in Lu Ran's mind.

Finally!

Quarter hour after quarter hour, all time had passed, and the massive weapon had finally come together.

[Retreat.] Lu Ran immediately transmitted the command, [I'm heading to your side now, don't resist, enter my gourd.]

With the Divine Weapon's upgrade complete, the phenomena would gradually dissipate. Once the dense fog cleared, the Faceless Jade Venerable's combat power would certainly surge.

[The surrounding enemies are numerous, let me strike once!] Deng Yuxiang said resolutely.

Before her voice faded, the Night-slaying Great Saber in her hand erupted with astonishing energy.

She saw the broken blade rapidly growing, becoming increasingly colossal.

Just as Lu Ran put away Wei Yun, they saw the infinitely extending blade in the Big Nightmare's hand.

28 meters?

No, it seemed to be heading towards 280 meters!

Interestingly, the Night-slaying Great Saber's handle remained at a regular specification, easily gripped by its master.

But from the blade onward, nothing was right anymore.

"Ahhh!" Deng Yuxiang stood mid-air, letting out a passionate battle roar.

Usually a calm and composed warrior, she was often silent during battles.

Now, her uncharacteristic outburst saw the Magic Artifact · Blood Jade Ring on her finger splatter with deep crimson luster, empowering the mistress with violent strength.

"Hoo!!"

Deng Yuxiang swung the blade horizontally, spinning her body and lashing fiercely.

The blade body, assembled from pure energy, resembled the Tianchen Steel material of the Night-slaying Blade, but with even sharper cold light.

A frigid moon suddenly appeared!

Where the cold light passed, the sound of shattering jade echoed incessantly.

"Crack! Crack..."

As Lu Ran put Wu Xiao into the gourd, they couldn't help but smirk.

Was it always this domineering?!

The Faceless Jade Venerables struck by the blade had their jade stone skin genuinely shattered!

The Divine Weapon Domain · Endless Night inherently had potent Armor-Piercing traits.

Now, this domain had garnered comprehensive enhancement!

Just one strike could maim the enemy!

Sigh~

Such a Big Nightmare!

No wonder it's the sharpest blade I envisioned holding!

Quick, return, everything around you has been cleared out.

"Get in." Lu Ran's figure flickered as he picked up the Fiery Phoenix Patterned Gourd, aiming it at Deng Yuxiang, Luo Ying, and Lu Yuan.

The fog was about to dissipate.

At this point, there seemed to be no end to the enemies.

Within an 800-meter radius, numerous Faceless Jade Venerables appeared, and outside the fog, a continuous stream of enemies surged in.

Wanting to eliminate them all was clearly impossible.

Through this battle, the presence of the Ran Sect team was bound to be exposed.

Well... we'll just have to take it one step at a time.

Lu Ran early transformed into invisibility, bringing Yan Chou into the gourd, then collected a few dead souls, and immediately flickered away.

The mist gradually dispersed.

The petty figures within the mist had vanished without a trace.

The battlefield, once fiercely contested, fell into an eerie silence.

Only faceless Jade Venerables lingered, some flying in the air, others standing on peaks, surveying the realm.

Most of their eyes were cold, with not a few bearing expressions of anger.

There was a sense of being mocked by the petty humans.

Each faceless Jade Venerable unfurled their jade robes, letting their thick hair spread in the air, to maximize their area of contact in search of compatriots' dead souls, continually inhaling them into their bodies.

On the battlefield, no one spoke.

Only the sound of jade robes fluttering could be heard.

This was undoubtedly a great defeat! The only consolation being that the humans had not succeeded in advancing to the Heavenly Realm·Second Layer.

The human team evidently had no strength left to resist further, having to halt miserably and give up on advancing.

From this point on, this human's life would struggle to progress any further.

Of course, there was another possibility: it wasn't a human believer advancing, but a Divine Weapon advancing.

At the thought of this possibility...

A few faceless Jade Venerables' aloof and cold faces turned somewhat fierce.

Meanwhile, to the east of the Fiery Fire Divine Mountain.

Inside a large stone peak.

"Ugh." Lu Ran leaned against the stone wall, and with a thought, the Fiery Phoenix Patterned Gourd at his waist spat out a figure.

As soon as the woman appeared, she reached out to steady Lu Ran's arm, whispering, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Lu Ran shook his head.

Deng Yuxiang looked complicated: "Was it worth it?"

"What?"

"This time with the Night-cutting Blade's upgrade... our existence has entered the faceless Jade Venerables' sight."

"It was bound to happen." Lu Ran waved his hand.

Constantly standing by the river, how can one not get their shoes wet?

Ran Sect has at least two teams roaming the Heavenly Realm, they were bound to be discovered.

But the opportunity for the Divine Weapon upgrade was only this once! Missed it and it's gone.

Just now, Deng Yuxiang displayed the Divine Weapon Domain and also used action to show Lu Ran that what he did was worth it.

Lu Ran suddenly said, "The scale of the God Demon Stone Sculptures is about two to three hundred meters."

"So?" Deng Yuxiang was puzzled.

Lu Ran suddenly smiled, "Using your Night-slaying Great Saber to chop would be just right."

Deng Yuxiang looked at the young man's smiling eyes and nodded gently: "Yes."

Indeed so!

"By the way." Lu Ran took out an Ancient Copper Coin, handing it to the other, "Inside is the dead soul of that Evil Dog female disciple, you should investigate thoroughly."

Deng Yuxiang took the Rebirth Money, her expression becoming more solemn.

It now seemed that the God Demon faction probably already knew of their existence, just unclear how much intelligence the Evil Dog female disciple gathered.

"You lead the team back to Holy Spirit Mountain first, find Niu Zhengzheng, and interrogate together." Lu Ran added.

Deng Yuxiang realized that Lu Ran intended for everyone to lay low for a while.

Indeed, Lu Ran continued, "I'll go find the first squad, and bring them back as well."

Deng Yuxiang immediately said, "Let's go back together, why open the Transmission Mirror twice?"

Lu Ran tapped his temple, "After this battle, the Wuya Stone Sculpture should be close to upgrading too. I'll stay around the Divine Mountain for a few more days and return then."

Speaking, Lu Ran called out an Ancient Bronze Mirror: "You go back first for the interrogation, and contact me any time."

"Alright." Deng Yuxiang nodded in agreement.

The Landing Mirror tore through space, rapidly forming.

Deng Yuxiang stepped through, and Lu Ran also guided the gourd into the mirror, releasing everyone inside, before withdrawing his arm and closing the Landing Mirror.

Subsequently, Lu Ran contacted the Ran Sect's first squad, temporarily halting their mission.

More than a month of fighting had brought ample harvests to the Fake Gods.

Among them, Chang Ying of the Sea Realm, though unable to grow by devouring dead souls, had transformed after over a month of war tempering.

That was the spirit and demeanor only possessed by a life-and-death warrior — a unique tenacity and decisiveness.

Lu Ran wasn't sure if what he did was akin to forcefully nurturing a plant, but seeing Chang Ying again... she truly seemed like a big shot!

That charisma was something that contemporaries like Deng Yutang, Bai Manni, and Tian Tian could not compare to.

Lu Ran sighed with emotion, also storing the first squad within the gourd, then proceeded as planned to the vicinity of the Divine Mountain to seize resources.

Until days later, the Wuya Stone Sculpture within the Sculpture Garden began to tremble, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Finally able to return!

Before leaving, Lu Ran specifically contacted Huangfu Zhao to check on him.

Within the First Layer of Heaven, Lu Ran's communication with the Magic Artifact·Ink Jade Tiger Talisman was clearer, but communication might become vague after returning to the Holy Spirit Mountain.

Unexpectedly, Huangfu brought both good news and many bad news.

[You say, only the Leng brothers, Leng Tianxing and Leng Tianyue, survived?] Lu Ran's face looked grim.

Of the old constituents of the Cloud Sea, only 6 remained.

After Huangfu Zhao's extensive search, only 2 were found alive?

[Young Master, of the remaining four, three dead, one missing.] The Tiger Talisman conveyed Huangfu Zhao's words, tinged with sadness.

Lu Ran tightly clenched the handle of the Cloud Sea Sword.

Politely calling it missing, but everyone knew what it meant.

Less than one in ten of the old Cloud Sea faction?

Far more!

Huangfu Zhao, Yan Chou, Wuya, the Leng siblings, and the imprisoned Xiang Wang.

Only six remained.

The once towering flames now reduced to mere embers.

How could he explain this to his mother?

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