Lu Ran just teased a bit, not delving deeper into Nanami's question.

He glanced at the front and said, "The main city is just ahead, let's go."

Instead, Nanami followed behind Lu Ran.

After a few seconds of silence, she suddenly asked, "If you want to evolve into the Evolved Carp Spirit, what will you do? Will you make a move against... against Japan?"

Lu Ran turned to look at her.

He said, "Of course, otherwise?"

Nanami's heart trembled, and she bit her lip but said nothing more.

Currently, she's unable to even protect herself, let alone Japan.

Besides, even if she wanted to, she didn't have the ability.

In today's world, with Lu Ran's capabilities, he can kill whoever he wishes!

To put it bluntly.

If Lu Ran wants a country to disappear from the world, it would have to obediently disappear, with no way to resist!

Meanwhile.

In the U.S.A guild meeting hall.

The sky fell down!

Leaders from Congress gathered in the meeting hall.

The atmosphere in the entire meeting hall was frighteningly oppressive!

After a long time.

The top leader, with a somewhat dry mouth, asked, "So, Neil is dead? And everyone we sent with him is dead too?"

Someone immediately said, "I was in charge of monitoring Neil and others' status in the communication list, just now, all their names turned gray."

The top leader instinctively asked hopefully, "But maybe they collectively went invisible, right?"

But do you believe this yourself?

Furthermore.

Before setting off, to avoid any misinformation.

Neil had also said they wouldn't set their communication devices to invisibility; if their names turned gray in the communication list, there was only one possibility.

That they were dead!

The top leader realized this, his lips twitched, opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.

After a long silence.

Another leader asked, "What exactly happened that they died just after infiltrating Longxia? By the timing, they should still be within the Kunlun Death Valley, right? In Kunlun Death Valley, did the National Defense Army also set up border defenses? That's impossible, right? Longxia is so large, the National Defense Army couldn't cover all facets, and even if there were defenses, they shouldn't be strong enough to completely wipe out Neil and others, it's impossible for none of them to escape!"

Those words make sense.

But the facts are right in front of us.

"Neil was the first to die, likely struck down by some powerful force, then other members began dying in quick succession, the force that killed Neil is extraordinarily powerful!" someone said.

The meeting hall fell into another awkward silence.

After a while.

Someone carefully asked, "What do we do in this situation? In our repeated clashes with Longxia, we've lost too many high combat professionals; currently, we have no place on the global rankings. How do we even prepare for national conflict?"

Hearing this, everyone sighed deeply again.

Who the heck knows!

"Forget it, the number of high combat professionals is already low, and the first echelon is all gone, with the national conflict imminent, focus on leveling up and preparing for the national war, the rest, leave it to fate." The top leader finally said.

Finally, near the national conflict, they gave up the plan to continue the assassination of Longxia's Undead Mage.

In the end.

The top leader added, "Don't be disheartened, the Undead Mage may be powerful in personal combat, but in national conflict, involving millions of troops, individual combat power isn't all that significant. At that time, seize the opportunity to concentrate fire on that Undead Mage; our situation isn't particularly bad."

This isn't bad?

Look at how many high combat professionals Longxia has taken down!

The U.S.A is severely weakened!

It might even be worse off than Japan!

Even Russia, the U.K., and other countries that have been silently developing themselves are rising due to the U.S.A's setbacks.

The situation is definitely far worse than what the top leader claims, it's rather dire!

As for the other side.

Lu Ran and the others quickly returned to Black Fire City, today there was no questing or entering dungeons.

Anyways, with so little time, there's no real progress to be made.

Might as well let it be.

The next morning.

Lu Ran, after a long absence, went to the academy; he hadn't been here in days. As he walked past, many classmates greeted him, and Lu Ran responded to each.

Nearing the school gate, from afar, he saw a graceful figure standing prettily under the shade of a tree at the entrance, looking around.

Qin Wuyao!

"Yaoyao, haven't seen you in a few days, how's it been?" Lu Ran greeted with a smile.

"I'm great of course, I am of a hidden profession after all." Qin Wuyao proudly shook her head.

Seeing Lu Ran, the joy in Qin Wuyao's eyes was unmistakable, her entire face glowed with a sweet smile.

Lu Ran glanced inside the academy gates.

Then said, "The Hundred Cities League, heard about it briefly from the seniors, didn't expect I'd be participating this time."

Qin Wuyao said, "Besides you, quite a few have signed up, but it's useless, in the end, it's definitely you who'll go; others signing up is futile."

Lu Ran looked at Qin Wuyao amusedly.

Asked, "What about you? Did you sign up?"

Qin Wuyao rolled her eyes at Lu Ran and said, "With you around, I'm too lazy to sign up. But those few who did sign up in school, they're not convinced by you, they might target you today, so hold back a bit, don't cause any fatalities in school."

Lu Ran isn't foolish.

Killing a fellow student at this point would be beyond crazy.

But Lu Ran is also quite puzzled.

Asked, "With my level, I should be far ahead on the rankings, right? Is there still competition for slots?"

Qin Wuyao casually replied, "Of course, no matter how high your level is, it only shows that you've found the right way to level up, with someone backing you up to level you up fast. But ultimately, in their minds, you're just an Undead Mage, a common profession, high level doesn't mean much, you know, among professionals, especially newbie ones, level is secondary, profession is primary."

Lu Ran nodded in agreement and said, "That's true."

Lu Ran wasn't early.

When he and Qin Wuyao reached the sports field, many students had already gathered.

Seeing Lu Ran arrive, he immediately caught a lot of attention.

Especially a few with rare professions among the top of the rankings, besides hostility, there's also intense envy when they look at Lu Ran!

"Lu Ran, I heard you also signed up for the Hundred Cities League, do you think you're qualified to represent Black Fire Academy in the Imperial Capital for the competition?" a buzz-cut guy asked loudly.

The tone was strange, with a mocking inflection.

Lu Ran glanced at him and said, "I'm qualified, and it will definitely be me."

The buzz-cut guy was surprised, not expecting Lu Ran to be so confident.

He quickly added, "To earn a slot, you need to be a guild's reserve member, I'm already a reserve member of Unrivaled Dominator, what about you?"

The others quickly followed up:

"I'm a reserve member of Hero of the Chaotic World."

"I'm a reserve member of Yagod℡ Family."

"I'm a reserve member of Wind and Cloud Rises Again."

...

Lu Ran was taken aback, what are these odd guilds?

If he remembered correctly, he should be a reserve member of Celestial Path Alliance, Red Robe Tower, Battle Banner, and Mirror Flower Water Moon guilds!

At this moment.

Qin Wuyao teased on the side, "You're all curious about which guild Lu Ran is a reserve member of, won't it be revealed soon? If I were you, I wouldn't proudly show off those trashy guilds of yours, it's embarrassing."

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