
It all happened so suddenly that no one noticed it. They only focused on Xie Ran's dance, instead of finally throwing a knife so that all they saw was when the woman on Zhong Xiaorong's side was stabbed in the chest.
Everyone is surprised. Zhong Xiaorong and Zhong Wenyue were no exception and soon moved on. Zhong Xiaorong was furious and accused the woman of intentionally doing so. He grabbed his friend who was in pain and spewed blood, the next second something had happened made everyone even more frightened.
"You deserve to die!"
Zhong Xiaorong suddenly descended from his place along with the sword in his hand. He leaned towards Xie Ran who still looked calm. His gaze was full of hatred when he saw his friend killed by this one woman.
Xie Ran avoided it casually. Only an advanced-level child wants to defeat him? In dreams!
Xie Ran grabbed Zhong Xiaorong's sword quickly as the girl was about to attack him. A red beam appeared when Xie Ran caught the tip of the sword making Zhong Xiaorong's gaze go blank in a moment. Simultaneously, Xie Ran closed his acupoints so that the girl could not move when conscious.
"You! Dare to attack the imperial members. Guards, get him!" Zhong Wenyue immediately ordered his bodyguards. Some people immediately descended brandishing weapons towards Xie Ran.
Xie Ran only smiled faintly on his flat face. He glanced towards Zhong Wenyue then turned to the woman who was in pain from the stab. He tilted his head with narrowed eyes. "Your Highness, didn't you catch me wrong? That's the woman who's gonna kill you."
Just then, Zhong Wenyue turned around and looked at the woman who had been stabbed earlier turning her eyes red with a sinister appearance. Red eyes like cats and long black claws. His teeth were pointed with a dark aura that pressured many people into fainting.
Zhong Wenyue immediately dodged the spot and unsheathed his sword. But the demon was too fast to make his sword slip and strangle Zhong Wenyue right then and there.
"Too smart doesn't make you lucky." The female demon smiled condescendingly as it suppressed its grip towards Zhong Wenyue.
"You! Dong'er, why are you lying!" Zhong Xiaorong was surprised instead of playing. The friend he trusted the most turned out to be the Devil and betrayed him. Now he wants to kill his beloved brother. His heart was sick and angry.
Xie Ran opened Zhong Xiaorong's acupuncture to make him move freely. But instead of attacking, Zhong Xiaorong's legs instead felt limp and fell down. Xie Ran clucked bitterly at her.
"Ninth Princess, it's not my fault I didn't remind you. Sometimes someone closer has the potential to be the biggest enemy. You trust others too much makes your heart weak." Xie Ran said as he was. That was what his teacher said so Xie Ran did not trust anyone during his life.
Zhong Xiaorong glanced at the calm looking Xie Ran. "How do you know he's a Devil? Are you the accomplice!"
"Ck, bored. If I were to plot it, there's no way I'd reveal it so easily. Daughter, you better study first quietly." Xie Ran's remark irritated Zhong Xiaorong, but he couldn't dodge because the girl was indeed right. He could only be silent.
Then Xie Ran's gaze was directed at Zhong Wenyue who looked sliced. "Second Prince, you need help?"
Zhong Wenyue did not like Xie Ran's overly disrespectful attitude. It was clear she was gripped and was about to die, the girl still asked if she needed help.
Zhong Wenyue ignored Xie Ran and looked at his guards. His subordinate immediately understood and tried to attack Huli Dong'er, but Huli Dong'er's dark energy left the bodyguards suffocating and crashing dozens of meters away. Even Huli Dong'er didn't have to bother taking off the giggles.
"Just a lowly guard," decak Huli Dong'er then hit Zhong Wenyue just like a doll. He smiled wickedly looking at her. "Since His Majesty the Emperor is not around, then I need not hesitate."
Zhong Xiaorong immediately got up and attacked his former friend, unfortunately he was not the opponent of the Devil so it ended up more terrible than Zhong Wenyue who fell down. Zhong Xiaorong spewing blood from his mouth would be one strike.
"I told you, you have to learn to deal with this." Xie Ran reminded Zhong Xiaorong. According to him, Zhong Xiaorong was attractive as well. The emotional boy was perfectly suited to arguing with her.
While Zhong Xiaorong did not respond to Xie Ran's nonsense. He immediately spoke, "Why are you just silent? Kill her!"
"I'm just a professional beginning stage, isn't there a Second Prince who has a professional final stage?"
Xie Ran's words sparked Zhong Wenyue's anger. But he himself could not do anything. If he couldn't, then Xie Ran couldn't. He could only rely on his brother!
Everyone has gone. The two mysterious figures hiding themselves were also invisible. There was no one else but warriors coming to besiege the Devil. But the soldiers immediately crashed far away and died in one strike.
No one can beat him. They did not find the Emperor anywhere so could not ask for help. They can only rely on themselves.
"Suck!" Zhong Wenyue cursed that useless Emperor who only knew how to shut himself off from the public. At times like this, the man is not there and difficult to find.
When Zhong Wenyue was about to strike again with his emperor level technique, Huli Dong'er had already first struck out with an extremely lethal blow. It was fortunate that Zhong Wenyue immediately put up protection for his body so that the punch did not make him die. But vomiting blood.
"Humans are incompetent and weak. You can't even trigger my intentions." Huli Dong'er sneered. Then his gaze was directed at Xie Ran who still looked relaxed. "Pure energy?" He grins.
Xie Ran raised next to an eyebrow and said incisively. "Your branch is finished, you don't have anyone anymore."
"Omong empty! I'm enough to make you a bone fragment, haha!" Huli Dong'er feels today is a special day.
In front of him was a human with pure mental energy. He had to get it right away and bring it to the underworld. He'll get a gift! But since this girl had dismantled her disguise cruelly and shamefully, she had to teach him a lesson first.
Huli Dong'er darting out quickly would make an attack on Xie Ran with his claws. Xie Ran's speed was no less, he dodged exactly 5 cm when the claw in front of him then gave a kick to the Devil's back.
But before his kick landed, the Devil pulled Xie Ran's leg and knocked him out. Xie Ran floated in the air, using the wall as a pedestal and darting like shadows from various directions puzzling Huli Dong'er. But for speed, Huli Dong'er won it.
Huli Dong'er smiled sinisterly and jumped towards Xie Ran landing. Not yet had Xie Ran landed, a kick appeared pressing against his chest and pushed him far into the trees. He felt like the ball was scoring.
Zhong Wenyue gaped at him. What kind of speed is that! The female dancer and Huli Dong'er both had terrifying speed. He might not be their opponent in terms of speed.
While Zhong Xiaorong was already sparkling at the resistance of Xie Ran. It was only fitting that Xie Ran dared to act like before to him, it was because he deserved to. Despite being hit by the Devil's attack, Xie Ran continued to advance without retreating. It made Zhong Xiaorong idolize him!
Xie Ran disappeared from Huli Dong'er's sight. As he searched, he felt his head sound the alarm of danger and immediately dodged to the side. Just as he was moving, an explosion appeared where he was with smoke blocking the view.
Another attack suddenly appeared. Huli Dong'er could only use her perception to determine the direction of the attack and dodge without being able to resist. The longer the fog gets thicker making him unable to see anything.
When he was about to search for the rancid boy, a flying blade darted in front of his face just like that. Luckily Huli Dong'er immediately stopped the step or the knife would pierce his head. But, that's just the beginning. Other flying blades shot out from various directions at almost the same time. It was like more than two flying knives, but the truth was only one.
Xie Ran practiced cultivation overnight. She did not need to learn much to dance because she had remembered all her movements. From that night on he had been training to fight demons with Qu Xuanzi's guidance. That's why he was not present when the dress rehearsal and woke up late because he was tired. It requires a lot of mental strength.
Fortunately Xie Ran would break through the professional stage within a few days so the consumption of mental strength reduced as cultivation improved.
The blade continued to lash at Huli Dong'er nonstop. Xie Ran had expended a quarter of his mental strength to control the blade, but Huli Dong'er was extremely fast and dodged precisely each attack. Xie Ran was not satisfied.
The strength of Xie Ran and Huli Dong'er was clearly very far away. If Xie Ran attacked him directly, it was the same as waiting for death. He's not that stupid. Moreover, Huli Dong'er wants to bring him to the underworld to be used as a tool without reward. Xie Ran was unwilling if there were no rewards. He also did not want to defect even though he had to die.
"Not shameless! You used a sneak attack against me? Look, who's more cunning than you!" Huli Dong'er was already very angry because Xie Ran was playing tricks on her. The dark energy gathered in his hands sucked up all the fog making everything recede and clearly visible.
Now, he could see the clear sky again. Also the two brothers who were still trying to recover, yet he did not see Xie Ran. Xie Ran had given him too bad an impression. Not only did it dismantle her disguise, the girl also toyed with her by carrying out a stealth attack!
As Huli Dong'er searched, Xie Ran was already on top of the tree with Qu Xuanzi, the two of them looked calm at the rampaging Huli Dong'er.
"Do I use a gun?" Xie Ran asked himself. While Qu Xuanzi did not interfere in the fight due to Xie Ran's request. Though he was desperate to kill the Devil quickly so as not to injure Xie Ran.
"Use it." Qu Xuanzi thought Xie Ran's current strength was still not enough to defeat that Devil. Xie Ran's weapon was very effective in long-range combat, while Xie Ran's original battle was close-quarters. If it is close to the Devil, it is just waiting for death.
Xie Ran nodded slowly and took out a sniper from the pendant. He put his weapon into a pendant, precisely within the palace in the weapon room. There are a lot of guns out there.
Xie Ran aimed the sniper at the head of Huli Dong'er who was still trying to find Xie Ran. His move was very quick to make Xie Ran annoyed. If only Huli Dong'er could be at least silent for a while, he could shoot her right then and there.
Huli Dong'er felt so angry that she could not find Xie Ran. Xie Ran's aura had been disguised by Qu Xuanzi so it was unknown whereabouts. He was so angry that he wanted to kill!
His gaze was directed at the Zhong brothers sharply. He approached the two brothers with sharp claws sticking out long. A grin appeared on his lips and crouched down in front of Zhong Xiaorong.
"Rongrong, are you sad?" Huli Dong'er put on a sad face as if regretting having betrayed Zhong Xiaorong.
Zhong Xiaorong looked at him flatly expressionlessly. He remembered Xie Ran's words. Opening his heart is like opening a weakness, he is too weak because he is too good. He should not easily trust anyone, especially strangers.
"God!" Zhong Xiaorong coldly asserted. He was so angry that he wanted to kill the woman in front of him. But he couldn't do that because of his strength, another reason because Huli Dong'er was his closest friend. He could not bear to remember their friendship, but he hated this woman so much.
Huli Dong'er looked down sad. "Rongrong, we are different. I wanted to tell you after the show. But that woman took everything apart and put me in danger. I had to attack Brother Wenyue. I don't want to kill him, but everyone thinks Satan is always evil so I have to do it to save myself. Rongrong, I am sincerely friends with you. I'm sorry."
Zhong Xiaorong felt bad. Did Huli Dong'er tell the truth? Did he misunderstand that Huli Dong'er betrayed him? But even so, this woman had been lying to him for several years. He also wanted to kill Zhong Wenyue, that was a fact! But looking back at his old friend who looked teary, he became very unbearable and wanted to hug her.
"Dong'er, you're not lying to me anymore, are you?"
"I just want to live like a human. I'm sick of the Devil. Rongrong, I am sincerely friends with you. You know I like Brother Wenyue, there's no way I'm killing her." Huli Dong'er lowered her tone when she said the last sentence.
Zhong Xiaorong was getting hooked. He felt sorry for Huli Dong'er. The first time she met him, she helped him when he got lost in the woods. Zhong Xiaorong felt indebted so as to let Huli Dong'er stay in the Palace as a close friend. If there was no Huli Dong'er back then, surely she would not be here at the moment.
"Dong'er ...."
Dor's!
"Damn!" Xie Ran clucked bitterly. The target missed because suddenly Huli Dong'er noticed it and changed direction. That demon is really troublesome!
"Who?" Huli Dong'er stood up with a sharp gaze. His hands clenched tightly as someone dared to attack with strange tools clandestinely. This must be the girl!
While Zhong Xiaorong was still shocked by the bullet just now, he was shocked back by the appearance of Xie Ran with two hand-guns in his hands. Looks cool.
Even Zhong Wenyue who had just regained consciousness from his recovery due to the sound of gunfire was shocked when he saw the strange object in Xie Ran's hands.
Xie Ran prepared both hand-guns in hand and prepared to use them to kill Huli Dong'er. Huli Dong'er is getting ready too. The weapon should not be low despite not having an aura. He had sensed the bullet just now which was extremely fast. It could have pierced his head in one shot. His speed exceeded that of a spiritual arrow!
"Daughter, don't be incited by it. The devil is full of tricks. Previously you had been used by him to enter the Palace and kill all of you. He was an accomplice of one of the Seven Demon Lords!" Xie Ran explained quickly. He did not have time to explain more fully and directly pulled the trigger and fired a bullet towards Huli Dong'er.
Zhong Xiaorong was still digesting. He was fixated and afraid of that terrible weapon that could make a hole in the Palace walls when it missed Huli Dong'er. He really can't say anything right now. Even Zhong Wenyue was no exception. He was stunned at Xie Ran in an instant and forgot about Tang Yueha.
Xie Ran leaped quickly after Huli Dong'er while directing a hand-gun. This gun is faster than the flying knife so it is more effective. He fired again for the second time so the bullet hit Huli Dong'er's shoulder. Huli Dong'er groaned furiously. He released the blade of dark energy towards Xie Ran so that Xie Ran's speed was forced to decrease in order to avoid the energy blade.
Looking at Huli Dong'er who was getting further away, he activated his shoes to run faster. Many people cried out in fear seeing the Devil passing by very quickly chased by Xie Ran. Xie Ran did not give up. Although the Devil threw some human stuff at him and carried out a terrifying attack, Xie Ran could still catch up with his speed.
Huli Dong'er turned back towards the Palace. He would not be far from the palace and absorb the souls of the dead warriors while recovering the power. Slowly, the wound on his shoulder healed and the bullet came out by itself after absorbing the dead soul.
Xie Ran was inexhaustible with this power. This was stronger than the five demons he killed the other day. If only Xie Ran's strength was higher than now, he might be able to compete with her without the weapons of the modern world. But his strength is still low. He could only rely on enchantment magic and shadow steps to execute the attack.
The two forms flickered from one side to the other with various terrifying attacks. Huli Dong'er relied on her dark powers to form a pattern. He could not give his main attack which was a melee attack because the human girl was stronger in close combat. At least he could buy time to create a teleportation array using his dual energy.
As the other hand threw an explosive attack, the other tried to activate teleportation. He had to leave if he didn't want to be hit by a hard shot accompanied by that high-level magic.
Xie Ran's eyes were already red, his hands had a red radiance that held a gun. He did not keep shooting realizing his shots could have been avoided by Huli Dong'er despite the added magic. While dodging the Devil's attack, Xie Ran kept both of his weapons and used the shadow step final technique.
Its form into three attacking parts from three directions besieging Huli Dong'er. One of the original casts magic and approaches quickly as its target dispels shadows.
Huli Dong'er doesn't know which one is real. He could only guess the origin and target Xie Ran's shadow which then disappeared. When he realized that the real one was behind him, he dodged too late so that he was exposed to Xie Ran's magic that damaged his nerves.
"Illusion!"