404: Chapter 404 Chen Lian's defeat, Chen Lian's annihilation!

Lin Ran's arm was like steel and iron. She had only just bitten down when one of her canine teeth chipped, making her cry from the pain.

"You knew my Physique was powerful, yet you still dared to bite. Aren't you just asking for trouble?"

Lin Ran shrugged nonchalantly.

Yu Xin clutched her cheek with one hand while glaring fiercely at Lin Ran in a rage.

"Alright, don't be so angry. I'll help you win back the true phoenix feather."

Lin Ran reached out and pinched Yu Xin's cheek, speaking calmly.

Feeling the warmth on her face, Yu Xin opened her mouth soundlessly. The anger on her face was replaced by a sense of daze, confusion, and a hint of panicked bashfulness.

"Wow~"

Yu Xi gave a soft cry, her gaze darting back and forth between the two.

Lin Ran paid Yu Xin no more mind, instead quietly focusing on the Life-and-Death Battle between Little Prince Chen Lian and Pang Huaijian.

Yu Xi quietly walked to Yu Xin's side, nudged the dazed girl with her elbow, and sent a secret voice transmission:

"Young Miss, you couldn't possibly be... toward Lin Ran..."

"Young Miss, don't throw yourself away just for the sake of that matter!"

Hearing Yu Xi's reminder, Yu Xin snapped out of it. A complex look appeared in the depths of her eyes, but it vanished in an instant.

She tilted her head slightly, looked at Yu Xi with a firm gaze, and shook her head vigorously.

Yu Xi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

On the field, a playful smile curled on Pang Huaijian's lips. His figure moved like a ghost, constantly evading Little Prince Chen Lian's attacks.

In his eyes, Little Prince Chen Lian was like a snail; his attacks were agonizingly slow, unable to even graze the hem of his clothes!

He truly couldn't understand why Lin Ran would send a weakling like Little Prince Chen Lian to fight him.

Was it because Lin Ran had won the previous two Life-and-Death Battles that he thought he could look down on him?!

Or perhaps Lin Ran wanted to use his hand to kill Little Prince Chen Lian?!

Regardless, since Little Prince Chen Lian had stepped onto the field of this Life-and-Death Battle, he had to die!

Otherwise, it would be a disgrace to the term "Life-and-Death Battle"!

"The farce should end now. I don't have time to keep playing around with you!"

Pang Huaijian's expression turned cold instantly. He thrust out a palm, and yellow mud surged around him like waves, sweeping toward Little Prince Chen Lian to submerge him.

"What?!"

Little Prince Chen Lian looked horrified. He cast one powerful divine art after another, but even though he could dissipate waves of yellow mud, countless more followed in quick succession.

He exhausted all his tricks, yet his hands and feet were still ensnared by the yellow mud waves. A colossal palm print materialized behind him and clenched down hard toward him.

"It's Pang Huaijian's signature technique—Yellow Mud Hand!"

"They say the yellow mud is inexhaustible. Once ensnared, it's very difficult to escape. The only outcome is to be crushed by that palm print until one's Soul Flies Away and Spirit Scatters."

Chen Mu said with a grave expression.

Lin Ran remained unfazed, watching indifferently as the Yellow Mud Hand crushed Little Prince Chen Lian's Physical Body.

However, just as the Yellow Mud Hand was about to destroy Little Prince Chen Lian's Divine Soul and Primordial Spirit, a crimson Talisman suddenly appeared. It radiated endless red light, enveloping Little Prince Chen Lian's Divine Soul and Primordial Spirit and whisking them away from the Yellow Mud Hand's crushing grip.

Little Prince Chen Lian's Divine Soul returned with lingering fear, his face filled with panic and unease, while a persistent malice flickered in his eyes.

This time, he had been completely screwed over by Lin Ran!

Had he not been the Little Prince of the Chen Mansion with a life-saving Magic Treasure, he would have truly died in this Life-and-Death Battle!

And all of this was caused by Lin Ran!

He swore that once he left the Koumo Desert, he would definitely mobilize his connections to utterly ruin Lin Ran!

"Isn't this a bit unfair of you all? This is a Life-and-Death Battle; how can one escape?"

"What is a Life-and-Death Battle? As the saying goes, it can only end when one side lives and the other dies. Otherwise, it is a fight to the death!"

Jin Yanyu watched this with a gloomy expression, his eyes flashing with the fire of anger.

Damn it!

Why is it that in a Life-and-Death Battle, only the young Prodigies of our Koumo Desert can die, while the young Prodigies of the Zifu Holy Land cannot?!

Is this still a Life-and-Death Battle?!

Might as well call it a one-sided slaughterhouse!

"Being able to escape the battlefield and preserve himself is Little Prince Chen Lian's own ability."

"If you couldn't kill Little Prince Chen Lian on the field, that's your own lack of ability."

"You lack ability yourselves, yet you blame us instead. Isn't that neglecting the root for the branches and turning the natural order upside down!?"

General Li Bufan folded his arms across his chest and watched coldly as he spoke.

He was the General Tiance of the Chenxin Divine Dynasty. Although he had guessed there was a grudge between Little Prince Chen Lian and Lin Ran, he was ultimately loyal to the Zifu Holy Land and had to protect Little Prince Chen Lian.

Otherwise, once word got out, people might label him a traitor colluding with the Koumo Desert. Who could bear that?!

However, while he had such concerns, others might not!

An evil smile curled on Lin Ran's lips. Powerful Sword Intent surged in his palm as he walked toward Little Prince Chen Lian's Divine Soul step by step.

"I think what Elder Jin said is indeed true."

"As the saying goes, a Life-and-Death Battle is a fight to the death. How can both sides survive?"

"The young Prodigies of our Zifu Holy Land are human, and the young Prodigies of the Koumo Desert are also human. Where is the distinction between high and low, noble and base?"

"Therefore, to ensure the fairness of this game, Little Prince Chen Lian, I can only say I'm sorry!"

Lin Ran gave a sinister laugh. Dozens of types of Sword Intent instantly erupted from his palm, enveloping Little Prince Chen Lian's Divine Soul before anyone could react!

"Lin Ran, you..."

Before Little Prince Chen Lian could finish his sentence, his Divine Soul and Primordial Spirit were shredded by Lin Ran's Sword Intent, vanishing into thin air.

No matter what, he never imagined that Lin Ran would actually dare to kill him in front of so many people!

Before he died, he never would have thought that he would die not at the hands of Pang Huaijian, but at the hands of Lin Ran!

General Tiance was stunned. Chen Mu, Yu Xin, and the others were also dumbfounded.

They knew Lin Ran was fierce, but they didn't expect him to be this fierce!

He just killed Little Prince Chen Lian right in front of them?!

Just how deep was the hatred, how great was the grudge?!

Lin Ran was leaving himself absolutely no way out!

"Lin Ran, you... you... sigh!"

General Tiance didn't know what to do for a moment.

Lin Ran had personally killed Xiang Mo at the Recruitment Ceremony, and now he had personally killed Little Prince Chen Lian here.

Once word of this got out, news that Lin Ran enjoyed killing his fellow disciples would likely spread throughout the entire Zifu Holy Land. Wouldn't that ruin his reputation?

Furthermore, Little Prince Chen Lian was incomparable to Xiang Mo. As the Little Prince of the Chen Mansion, how could he be killed just like that?!

If the Chen Mansion found out about this, Prince Chen would surely be enraged!

One must know that among the countless princely mansions in the Chenxin Divine Dynasty, the Chen Mansion was a powerful force that ranked among the top tier!

Once the Chen Mansion went berserk, Lin Ran's future path would likely become very difficult...