38: Chapter 38 Why aren't you running yet?

Immediately, throughout the Small World within the immortal ring, various trees, flowers, and plants burst forth from the soil, growing at a speed visible to the naked eye!

In just a few breaths, the entire Small World within the immortal ring instantly transformed into a realm akin to paradise. Thick Spiritual Qi condensed into wispy white smoke, drifting endlessly through the Void Realm!

Even the growth of the several hundred ancient spirit plants improved noticeably!

Is this Old Man too ridiculously powerful?

Jiang Lan's pupils contracted violently, his face filled with wild joy, the corners of his mouth curling upwards to reveal a mouthful of stark white teeth!

But deep down, Jiang Lan felt something was slightly off, though he couldn't pinpoint exactly what the problem was!

"Young Lord! Dozens of Cultivators are flying towards our direction at high speed. It looks like they mostly intend to kill you! Why aren't you running?"

Jiang Lan's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly glanced around!

Indeed! Over sixty red dots were charging towards him. They would be upon him in less than half the time it takes an incense stick to burn!

"Hehe...

This Divine Emperor was just thinking of luring you into a trap to kill you, and here you are delivering yourselves to my doorstep!

Then This Divine Emperor will reluctantly... turn you all into bean paste!"

Jiang Lan's feet suddenly exerted force, transforming him into a streak of white light. Leaving several afterimages in the Void Realm, he dashed towards the trap laid by the Gao Family Three Siblings!

"Junior Sister, has this brat noticed we're hunting him?

He's only at the Qi Refinement Stage, tenth layer. How is he running faster than us?"

"With over sixty of our Hehuan Sect's Cultivators chasing after him simultaneously, he must know we're after him.

However, this Ancient Desolate Secret Realm is only so big. I'd like to see where he can run to?

Once I catch him, I'll definitely pin him down, ravage him thoroughly, then extract his essence* before killing him!"

A young woman dressed in purple robes, her face filled with lewd* desire, extended her pink, soft, red tongue to lick her rose-red lips, swallowing hard.

If Jiang Lan were here, he would instantly recognize these two as the Hehuan Sect's Soul-Severing Twin Fiends, Hua Wudao and Liu Pianpian.

These two were originally desperately chasing Su Wuming and Pei Yingxue, trying to seize Hua Wudao's 'incriminating evidence'.

However, they were knocked unconscious by a single blow from Su Wuming using his master's Lifebound Treasure, the drunken immortal gourd!

Left with no choice, the two could only seek an opportunity to atone for their crimes by achieving merits within the Ancient Desolate Secret Realm. With merits in hand, they could at least avoid being 'sky-lanterned' by Ancestor Hehuan upon their return.

At this moment, the bloody numbers above their heads were 'one hundred fifty-eight' and 'one hundred twenty-three' respectively.

Currently, within the Ancient Desolate Secret Realm, their kill counts could absolutely rank within the top three.

The bloody numbers of the other Hehuan Sect Disciples were also around 'three' or 'four'.

More crucially, up to this point, not a single Hehuan Sect Disciple had perished!

The Hehuan Sect was inherently a heretical sect. It was only after Ancestor Hehuan 'convinced' several Old Ancestors of the Taixu Alliance one by one that they joined the Taixu Alliance. However, without exception, all their Cultivation Techniques were sinister arts!

With the recent mutation in the Ancient Desolate Secret Realm, the Hehuan Sect found themselves in their element, acting without restraint like tigers returning to the mountains, wantonly ravishing and violating Cultivators from various sects!

Hehuan Sect Disciples would pluck the virginity of female Cultivators and the chastity of male Cultivators. Afterwards, they would force out the essence from their bodies and seal it into a specific container given by Ancestor Hehuan—the Essence-Collecting Bottle.

Led by Hua Wudao and Liu Pianpian, the Hehuan Disciples had spent three days filling two entire Essence-Collecting Bottles with essence.

This essence could be used by Ancestor Hehuan for her Soul Transformation. Ancestor Hehuan was only ten bottles short of stepping into the Spirit Transformation Realm.

The time it takes for one incense stick to burn later.

A Cultivator, handsome to the point of death, with sixteen-pack abs, resembling a streak of white light, left several afterimages in the Void Realm as he dashed before three Cultivators who were setting up a trap.

That's right, it was Jiang Lan!

"How are the trap preparations going?"

"God Emperor, everything is ready!"

The Gao Family Three Siblings had taken out their last-resort Thunderblast Talismans and Fireblast Talismans, creating over two hundred traps in total.

"I'll handle their leaders. The rest are yours."

"We respectfully obey the God Emperor's divine command!" x3.

The Gao Family Three Siblings slightly bowed their bodies, performing a Dao salute towards Jiang Lan.

Half the time it takes an incense stick to burn later, Hua Wudao and Liu Pianpian, leading the Hehuan Sect members, surrounded Jiang Lan and the Gao Family Three Siblings!

So it's the Hehuan Sect's Soul-Severing Twin Fiends!

This Divine Emperor was just about to go settle accounts with you, and you deliver yourselves right to my door!

"Oh! Junior Sister, we have two more males. That female looks quite lovely. Leave her for me to ravish later. You can have these three males to **!"

"Hehe...

The more, the merrier. Playing will definitely be more exciting this way!"

Liu Pianpian's beautiful eyes gazed at Jiang Lan. Her exquisite, charming face instantly flushed with a rosy hue like evening clouds. She extended her pink, moist little tongue to lick her rose-colored lips, her throat bobbing as she swallowed hard!

"Hehuan Sect's Soul-Severing Twin Fiends, die before This Divine Emperor!"

Everyone moved simultaneously!

The Gao Family Three Siblings detonated the traps. Fireblast Talismans and Thunderblast Talismans instantly exploded!

The sound of explosions, like heavenly thunder, abruptly erupted within the Void Realm of the Ancient Desolate Secret Realm. The Hehuan Valley Disciples were instantly stunned by the blasts!

The sounds of shattering bones mixed with heart-wrenching screams shot into the sky!

Warm blood mixed with dismembered corpses and flesh splattered everywhere. The iron-like stench of blood rose into the air, instantly permeating the entire battlefield!

Boss Gao hovered in the Void Realm, looking down at the Hehuan Sect Disciples with an expression of seeing the dead. His hands rapidly formed seals.

"Golden Spear Thrust!"

A hundred-zhang golden spear solidified in the Void Realm, tearing through the air and creating wisps of white smoke from friction. It stabbed fiercely towards the Hehuan Sect Disciples, instantly pinning several of them dead on the battlefield!

*Snap!*

Gao Lao abruptly closed the folding fan he was waving. His hands rapidly formed seals.

"[Earth Burial Art]!"

A bottomless pit instantly appeared on the ground. From within the pit, pairs of ghostly hands covered in barbs reached out, grabbing the ankles of dozens of Hehuan Disciples and violently dragging them down!

Gao Third Sister, like a flower atop a high peak, hovered in the Void Realm. The cold wind lifted her skirt, revealing a pair of fair, smooth, beautiful legs.

"Ice Sword Art!"

Instantly, ice swords descended from the sky, striking unerringly and piercing precisely between the eyebrows of the Hehuan Disciples!

Jiang Lan vanished on the spot, reappearing the next second behind the Hehuan Twin Fiends. With a single [Thousand Ton Rock Fist], he blasted out a hundred-zhang-sized boulder, smashing it fiercely towards the back of Hua Wudao's head!

The Hehuan Twin Fiends reacted instantly. Their movements were surprisingly synchronized as they jointly unleashed a [Union Immortal Fist] towards Jiang Lan!

They actually intended to trade blows with Jiang Lan!

*BOOM!*

The Soul-Severing Twin Fiends' [Union Immortal Fist] collided solidly with Jiang Lan's [Thousand Ton Rock Fist]!

Both the Soul-Severing Twin Fiends and Jiang Lan were stunned!

It must be known that before the Hehuan Twin Fiends entered the Ancient Desolate Secret Realm this time, Ancestor Hehuan had washed their bodies several times with the oil from her Lifebound Lamp. At this moment, the sturdiness of their bodies was no less than that of pure Body Cultivators at the Middle Stage of the Golden Core Realm!

The [Union Immortal Fist] unleashed by the two of them together could at least kill a Body Cultivator at the Early Stage of the Golden Core Realm with a single punch!

Yet after trading a blow with this Silver-haired Cultivator before them, the other party seemed completely unharmed.

Whether it was an illusion or not, both Hehuan Twin Fiends felt their hands swelling up!

Jiang Lan was also stunned!