Chapter 588

When they saw Jiang Ran’s face clearly, everyone present was shocked.

He should have been in the Di Clan territory, so why was he here?

Of course, this matter might not be important.

The most important thing now was that Ouyang Xue had made her move!

Three thousand kills in one night, embroidered eyebrows and dotted blue flowers!

This sword seemed to come from the sky, and the blue flowers bloomed behind him. The sword intent it raised was not howlingly loud, but it exuded an indescribable sense of treachery.

As soon as the blue and white pattern appeared, the sword’s tip was already between Jiang Ran’s eyebrows.

With just a thought, the long sword was about to pierce through the skull.

Under these circumstances, even if Qingyuandaozi and the others wanted to warn by shouting, it was simply too late!

Boom!!!

The moment the pupils of the people outside the arena contracted, an invisible burst of energy exploded between Jiang Ran and Ouyang Xue.

The sword energy, which had been contained without being released, suddenly took on a concrete form. A sword aura like a blooming flower of blue and white exploded, creating craters in the ground.

And her sword was between Jiang Ran’s two fingers.

Jiang Ran’s palm was like picking stars, as if even the stars in the sky could be casually taken, let alone a sword on earth?

However, no one could understand how he made his move or how he caught the sword.

Even Ouyang Xue, who was facing him, thought that this sword strike would be successful, but she never expected that it would be ineffective… No, it is ineffective, but whether it can be returned is still unknown!

She lightly pressed down on her wrist, picked up the tip of the sword, and condensed her internal energy into a sword ray with the long sword, trying to force Jiang Ran to let go.

However, Jiang Ran only slightly tightened his two fingers, and her sword energy, which had not yet taken shape, was stillborn.

At this moment, Ouyang Xue was shocked.

“How is this possible?”

Her pupils contracted, and Jiang Ran opened her mouth, about to speak, when a turbulent wave came from the left, like a torrent from heaven and earth, with a dragon’s roar and a tsunami, overwhelming everything in its path.

Everything on the right side of the wave froze, as if even the true energy had paused for a moment. The invisible force was already pressing up to within arm’s reach.

These two completely different forces, and the increasingly unrestrained sword energy in front of him, caused Jiang Ran’s mouth to curve up into a smile.

He suddenly snapped his fingers, and a buzzing sound could be heard.

Ouyang Xue’s sword blade was sent soaring into the air by his snap, and then he spread his hands apart, one above the other, one to the left and one to the right.

An endless aura of energy surrounded his body.

It encompassed him and everyone behind him.

From the moment this aura took shape, the attacks from the left and right had already arrived.

No sound!

They collided with each other, but there was no sound.

Jiang Ran’s eyebrows shot up, and he looked up slightly in surprise.

These two people are from unknown backgrounds, but they didn’t crumble at the first touch… Their skills are truly remarkable.

At this moment, Ouyang Xue reorganized his sword’s tip and suddenly sank it.

This sword strike was different from the previous one, powerful and heavy, as if it wanted to split the mountain.

However, when it landed on Jiang Ran’s Indestructible Heavenly Gang, it still failed to stir up the slightest speck of dust.

These three masters had all been unrivalled in their day, and they were unwilling to believe that someone could resist their combined forces on their own.

Although they felt the countervailing force of Indestructible Heavenly Gang, they continued to increase their internal energy, trying to break Indestructible Heavenly Gang and kill Jiang Ran on the spot.

Before the black stone door, the sand and stones flew about for a while.

Gong qi, sword qi, palm qi, finger qi… all kinds of qi mixed together.

The sound of buzzing was incessant.

Crackling sounds could be heard, and cracks appeared on the ground around Jiang Ran’s feet, spreading in all directions like spider webs.

The three masters looked grave.

Jiang Ran’s mouth curled up into a smile,

“Is that all?”

As soon as these words left his mouth, the three masters’ faces changed at the same time.

In this kind of confrontation, the three of them had used everything they had learned in their lives, and even though their internal energy had not reached its full potential, it had reached 70 to 80 percent.

In terms of martial arts, who in the world could still speak when the three of them joined forces and exerted 70 to 80 percent of their strength at the same time?

As soon as this thought crossed their minds, they suddenly felt a bad feeling in their hearts.

Sure enough, Jiang Ran suddenly flipped his palm over and pressed down suddenly.

Even more fierce internal energy rose from the Indestructible Heavenly Gang.

The three of them used this to compete with Jiang Ran, and naturally they were the first to bear the brunt.

They subconsciously wanted to resist with internal energy, but they only felt that Jiang Ran’s internal energy was like a savage dragon breaking through the sea and a golden monkey causing chaos in the sky, and they simply couldn’t stop it.

They could no longer resist the power of the Indestructible Heavenly Gang, and they heard a popping sound as the three figures were sent flying by the Indestructible Heavenly Gang, each spitting out blood and retreating.

They retreated, but Jiang Ran didn’t want to let them go so easily.

He took a step forward, and his body soared into the air.

A huge Dharma image appeared in the sky, and with a single reach, a huge fist already fell towards Ouyang Xue.

Ouyang Xue’s face showed a look of horror. Without caring that her form had not yet adjusted and her internal energy had not yet evened out, she forcibly summoned her internal strength and sent out a sword from the bottom up.

This sword blossomed step by step, rising up in layers.

The sword energy became higher and higher, its sharpness so great that it seemed to be trying to pierce a hole in the sky.

But when it touched Jiang Ran’s unreasonable punch, all the sharpness seemed like a joke.

A loud sound was heard, and the sword light shattered.

Ouyang Xue couldn’t help but spit out a mouthful of blood again.

However, this was no longer important. What was important was that if Jiang Ran’s punch landed, he would be smashed to a pulp.

Seeing that he was about to die, he heard a shout of “Moo” coming from the side.

There was a loud rumble from the ground.

It seemed as if a giant was running on the ground, and with each step, a deep pit appeared in the ground.

A man at least two meters tall, with a strong and muscular body, had already run up to Ouyang Xue and grabbed her, throwing her away. He shouted angrily,

“I’ll take it on!”

As he finished speaking, he clenched his fists, as if he were a green ox looking up at the sky.

A majestic air condensed behind him, and he actually looked like a green ox.

“It’s him!”

Qingyuandaozi’s face suddenly changed, and his tone was heavy.

Since Jiang Ran’s appearance, Ouyang Xue, Yan Bugu, and Shang Wushu had teamed up to fight him, and it had only been a matter of moments.

Qingyuan Daozi and the others were first shocked by Ouyang Xue’s swordsmanship, and then stunned by Jiang Ran’s sudden appearance.

Seeing that these three masters could not even defeat Jiang Ran when they teamed up, they were still too shocked to feel anything.

Then there was another change.

Jin Ge felt sweat forming on the palms of his hands, and he couldn’t help but ask,

“Who is this person?”

Before Qingyuandaozi could answer, a loud noise echoed through the 100,000 Great Mountains.

Everyone present felt their feet shake, as if the entire 100,000 Great Mountains were about to crumble from Jiang Ran’s punch.

The hero who volunteered to help Ouyang Xue block the punch

had been completely crushed by it.

Blood flowed from the edge of Jiang Ran’s Dharma image, and Jiang Ran slowly withdrew his hand.

A completely flattened corpse was lying there, with all its limbs and bones broken, and the death was truly miserable.

“What was that?”

Jiang Ran subconsciously shook his hand. Although he was killed by the Dharma image, the sense of touch was still transmitted to the bottom of Jiang Ran’s heart.

For a moment, it was as if there was deathly silence all around.

Qingyuan Daozi had wanted to answer Jin Ge’s question, but at this moment, he could not say a word.

After a long silence, he let out a breath:

“It doesn’t matter who he is…”

It really doesn’t matter.

No matter how extraordinary Qingyuan Daozi is and how knowledgeable he is,

someone who has already been killed by Jiang Ran with a single punch is certainly not worth introducing again.

It’s not as if you’re writing someone’s biography or carving their epitaph, so why bother?

After he finished speaking, he noticed that Jiang Ran had looked up and over in his direction.

Then he smiled:

“Little Qingyuan Taoist? Long time no see!”

Seeing that Jiang Ran had revealed his whereabouts, Qingyuan also smiled and simply jumped up and came to Jiang Ran:

“Brother Jiang, long time no see.”

The rest of the people, including Jinge, also appeared one after the other and came to Jiang Ran’s side.

Even Yu Manman, who didn’t have a single diligent bone in his body, didn’t dare to be negligent.

Everyone reunited, and Jiang Ran was also full of joy for a while.

Unexpectedly, I have met so many people since I came out of this underground demon country.

Tian Miaomiao bounced over to Jiang Ran:

“Young master, do you have anything to eat?”

“…After a long time apart, your opening line is quite original.”

Jiang Ran was speechless for a moment, and glanced back at An Na:

“Anything else?”

“Yes.”

They were going out on an errand, so naturally they had to bring some food.

He opened the bundle and took out two meat patties.

Tian Miaomiao was overjoyed and quickly took them, opening her mouth and eating half of one. Her eyes sparkled:

“It’s delicious!!!”

“Eat more if you like it,”

A’na laughed.

“These are considered the specialty meat patties of our Di tribe. They’re cold now, but they’re even better when they’re hot.”

Tian Miaomiao was taken aback, and her swallowing slowed down. She couldn’t help but ask,

“What kind of meat is in this?“

”Wild boar.“

A Na was surprised: ‘What else could it be?’

Tian Miaomiao was suddenly relieved:

”I thought it was worm meat… Qingyuan told me that your flute tribe only eats worms and never normal meat.“

”…“

A Na was speechless:

”Although it is true that we do eat worms, there are animals in the mountains, so why be greedy for worms?

“If Daozi says that, won’t it ruin the reputation of our flute tribe?”

Qingyuan Daozi let out a bitter laugh. He couldn’t say that he was deliberately trying to scare Tian Miaomiao so that she wouldn’t run away, could he?

Aunt Rou took a step forward and looked at Jiang Ran:

“Are you okay?”

“I’m fine.”

Jiang Ran nodded with a smile:

“Aunt Rou, you’ve arrived too. It seems that Miaomiao found you.”

“That’s right.”

Aunt Rou looked at Jiang Ran carefully from top to bottom, making sure that he was unharmed, before asking:

“Have you got that thing?“

”Yes.“

Jiang Ran glanced back at Tang Shiqing.

Tang Shiqing handed over the mysterious iron box.

Jiang Ran held the object and said softly,

”The divine weapon is here…but it doesn’t seem as easy as expected to take it out of the Mountain of 100,000 Demons.”

Having said this, he slowly looked up and looked not far away.

His gaze directly passed over the three great masters who had already stood up again and looked into the depths of the forest:

“Do you all want to reveal yourselves, or do you want Jiang to invite you to reveal yourselves?”

After these words fell, there was silence all around.

After a moment, a sigh was heard.

“The Demon Lord of the Age…is truly extraordinary.”

One person walked out from the shadows.

This person was not young, but his appearance was not that of an old man. In particular, he had a righteous expression, and when one saw his face, one could not help but fantasize about whether this person would be some kind of hero of the martial world?

He had to keep his back straight, and his gaze was not malicious. When he looked at Jiang Ran, his eyes were full of complex emotions.

“Originally…things would not have turned out like this.”

He spoke softly, not sure if he was talking to Jiang Ran or to himself.

Jiang Ran noticed this remark, but he didn’t care, and just asked with a light smile:

“May I ask your name?“

”…Jun Hezai!!!“

The Demon King of the Underworld had already spoken up:

”You dog! The Demon Lord is here, so kneel down and die quickly!“

”In theory, I really should kneel down and die.“

Jun Hezai said softly:

”Unfortunately, this world has never been reasonable.

“If I were willing to follow such a reason, I wouldn’t be where I am today.”

Jiang Ran looked at him and laughed lightly:

“So you are Jun Hezai…

“From Jincheng to Qingguo, and from Qingguo to Liguo.

”You have never appeared to meet me before, so why do you want to meet now?“

”Naturally, it is for the object in your hands.“

Jun Hezai looked at the mysterious black iron box in Jiang Ran’s hands and said softly,

”My lord, if you are willing to hand this object over to me,

“I guarantee that you will be free to leave or stay today, and I will never dare to stop you in the slightest.

“But if… Your Excellency insists on not giving it to me today,

“then I will not blame Your Excellency for not considering our relationship as fellow disciples.”

“Oh?”

Jiang Ran shook his head with a smile,

“If I give you this object, will you really let us go?”

“…”

Jun Hezai was silent for a moment and did not speak.

“Right?”

Jiang Ran laughed,

“After all, you are not sure if what I said is true or not.

“And you can’t be sure that there is really a divine weapon in this box…

“This opportunity is something you have worked hard to achieve, and it is very rare.

”If you let your guard down for a moment and all your efforts come to nothing…

“I’m afraid you will never have a second chance like this in this life.”

“Your Majesty…you really knew all along.”

Jun Hezhai looked at Jiang Ran with an increasingly complicated expression.

Jiang Ran said softly,

“After all the experiences in Qing Guo, if I still don’t know what you want to do, wouldn’t that be ridiculous?

“I have to say… Jun Hezai, you are really something!

”Since the beginning of Jinzhan, you have been playing every move carefully.

“You worked hard to provoke a conflict between Qing Guo and Jinzhan, framed the Demon Sect, and lured us into the game.

”Also, you should not be unfamiliar with the Blood Cicada among the Jinzhan…“

”…I am indeed not unfamiliar.”

Jun Hezai, for some reason, did not stare at Jiang Ran again, but looked at his fingertips:

“In the past, I united with you under an alias, and your father died at the hands of our group.”

“So, you let the princess and I get acquainted through the mouth of the Blood Cicada… in order to prepare for your subsequent plot in Jinyang Prefecture.”

“Oh?”

Jun Hezai suddenly laughed:

“I don’t understand this at all. Even if Your Highness got acquainted with the princess, it was deliberately done by me.

“Then why can’t it be that I wanted to use the Princess to make you lose your heroic resolve and fall in love?“

As soon as he said this, the Princess laughed, before Jiang Ran could even speak:

”Even if he did lose his heroic resolve, I would not fall in love.

“Jun Hezai, who are you belittling?”

“Right, right, Princess Jinchan is a heroine.”

Jun Hezai nodded lightly:

“Naturally, I’m not sentimental.“

”Everyone thinks that after you killed the young prince of the Green Kingdom and framed the Princess at the Tiger Rampart Pass, you wanted to kill her to confirm your story.

“But in fact… that’s not what happened.

”Since the Princess knew my identity, she felt that Jinchan and the Demon Sect were, in a way, actually on the same side.

“We are both suffering from the same fate as you in the Heavenly Palace, so I don’t want to contend with you, but rather cooperate with you.

“In view of this, the Princess, who was seriously injured, must seek help from you.

”Thus, the trip to the Green Country came about.”

Jiang Ran spoke at length, but to tell the whole story, we have to start even earlier.

From the sky, the sky stirred up the storms and rain, and blamed it on the Demon Sect.

In the willow courtyard, a plot was set up to kill the old drunk.

Let the people of the Demon Sect think that this was a grudge between Jun Hezai and the Demon Sect.

Let the princess think that the Demon Sect was framed by the sky, and she herself would end up in the same situation, being framed for killing the young prince of Qing.

However, all of this planning was for Jiang Ran’s trip to Qing.

“Ever since we set foot in Qing Country, Guan Changqing has secretly mobilized troops at Tiger Might Pass to attack Qing Country, and my entourage with the Princess has been completely set on fire.

“Only the coercion of the entire country and the entire Jianghu can make it clear to the world that I, the former young master of the Demon Sect, am now the Demon Sovereign.”

Jiang Ran said softly,

“But I don’t know if I’m right or wrong about this.”

”…Naturally, everything Your Highness says is correct.”

Jun Hezai nodded:

“I never thought of this either. I thought that after the battle at the Green King’s Court, when you killed many Green country experts, I would help you spread your reputation, so that your status as the young master of the Demon Sect would become known to the world.

”But I never imagined that you would blow your cover, which saved me a lot of effort.

“I just don’t know why you did it,”

“Of course it’s because… I also want to help you speed up this plan.”

Jiang Ran laughed:

“Why hide an identity?

“You want to reveal my identity to the world.

”I also want to use this to meet you sooner.

“After all, someone like you would not reveal themselves easily until the final moment of planning.

”You would only dare to reveal yourself to me when everything has reached your expectations and you think you have the upper hand!

“And your real purpose is to let me help you take this thing out with my own hands.”

At this point, he lifted the mysterious iron box in his hands.

“The closer the relationship between the host and the golden cicada, the more unwilling they are to see the golden cicada being divided among the four countries. But how can the general trend of the world be stopped?

”Only this legendary divine weapon… can turn the tide!

“Therefore, you have spent 20 years planning a world chaos to facilitate today’s situation.”