243: Lu Ze ran away

Guan Tiancheng's face instantly darkened, but he quickly realized something and adjusted back.

"You speak in a very strange way, boy!"

Guan Tiancheng said nothing more, just closed his eyes.

Cheng Ran also didn't understand what Lu Ze said, and of course, given their current situation, they clearly couldn't ask anymore!

Before long, the temporary base was set up!

Everyone patrolled in teams, observing every movement around them!

As time passed, those resting began to chat.

"I heard that the Division Chief of the headquarters will also come here tomorrow to personally oversee the beheading of the Outliers, is that true?"

"I heard that too! But I heard that our current Division Chief of the headquarters is actually the former former Division Chief of the headquarters! The last Demon Subduing Division Chief was Lu Qianfeng, the father of this Outliers. I don't know what's so good about the Siren from the Guan Jiang Department that she managed to charm the former Division Chief to death!"

"Heh, what do you mean charmed to death? It's still because his own heart wasn't firm! If it weren't for him, our Division Chief Gu Liang should have already retreated into the shadows to break through his cultivation! But after Lu Qianfeng suddenly left, the group was without a leader, and Division Chief Gu could only take on the responsibility and take over the headquarters' Demon Subduing Division!"

Lu Ze leaned back in the magic array, closing his eyes, seemingly asleep. But if one were to place a little Spiritual Qi on him, they would discover that Lu Ze seemed to be in a semi-dream state!

In the dream!

Everything about the original owner's childhood surged in Lu Ze's mind!

From the moment he was born, he was thrown into a large vat full of green liquid. Afterward, many people held various instruments and notebooks, constantly discussing and recording!

Even, in a daze, Lu Ze saw two figures that he felt familiar with from the bottom of his heart!

A man and a woman, seemingly the original owner's parents!

They had no pity for Lu Ze being thrown into this place. In fact, they kept urging various liquids to be added to the vat, their eyes fixed on Lu Ze, waiting for his reaction!

After an unknown period, Lu Ze finally left the vat and was moved into an infant incubator. What awaited Lu Ze was the occasional injection of liquid into his body!

Such days repeated, seemingly without end.

From the moment he was born, he was a precious experimental subject that attracted much attention, valued by everyone, yet never truly regarded as a child!

Lu Ze was immersed in such past dreams, and at one point, he clearly saw many infants like him placed in incubators.

They seemed to be undergoing other experiments. Some had their eyes forcibly removed, some had their legs cut off, and some even had their skin peeled away!

This endless room was like a living hell!

Suddenly!

A figure in white appeared not far from little Lu Ze. His white gloves were stained with much blood, and he picked up a scalpel and a demon's tentacle from beside him!

At this moment, Lu Ze seemed to understand something!

"Lu Ze!"

A cold voice exploded in Lu Ze's ear, forcefully pulling Lu Ze out of his past dreams!

He suddenly opened his eyes and saw that the sky was bright; a whole night had passed!

He glanced around and saw Huan Shen's all-white eyes appear beside him.

Instantly, the image of the child whose eyeballs were removed appeared in Lu Ze's mind.

"Lu Ze, at the brink of death, you still have the leisure to be in a daze?"

Huan Shen's mocking voice continued.

Lu Ze also reacted, then gave a cold laugh, "Heh, kill me? Then let's see if you have the ability!"

Huan Shen stepped back a few paces, his hands behind his back, seemingly confident of victory, "We do have that ability!"

Guan Tiancheng and the others were also paying attention to the situation here. Huan Shen waking Lu Ze was also implicitly allowed by them.

If Lu Ze kept sleeping, didn't cry out, and didn't show fear, wouldn't it have no effect?

Huan Shen completed the task given by Guan Tiancheng and returned to his position, also taking out his weapon, waiting for instructions.

"Boy, noon is your death day!"

Guan Tiancheng pointed to the sky. The sun was almost at the center. Estimating the time, it should be past eleven o'clock, which meant there was less than an hour left!

"Who do you think will be the first to come and save you?"

Guan Tiancheng began chatting with Lu Ze with interest.

Lu Ze immediately cast a divination and chuckled, "Lu Qianfeng, he has even already reached within three meters of me."

Guan Tiancheng's face slightly darkened, "Lu Qianfeng is dead! Even if he wasn't dead, it would be impossible for him to silently enter within three meters of you!"

"Is that so?"

Lu Ze's face held an inscrutable faint smile, and his gaze shifted to Guan Tiancheng's head, "His blade is already raised above your head."

Guan Tiancheng looked at Lu Ze's confident demeanor, his heart jolted. All his power erupted, forming a shield to protect himself, and at the same time, he wielded a longsword and slashed horizontally behind him!

"Whoosh!"

The longsword missed, its light crashing down onto the ground, stirring up the surrounding air!

"Hahahahaha..."

Arrogant laughter rang out behind Guan Tiancheng.

Lu Ze sat within the magic array, laughing uncontrollably.

Just one sentence had provoked a person of Ninth-Grade Major Achievement to protect himself like this; Guan Tiancheng had lost a great deal of face in front of everyone!

"Good boy! You dare to fool this old man?!"

Guan Tiancheng directly struck a palm towards Lu Ze!

The power of a Ninth-Grade Major Achievement caught everyone present off guard; there was no time to resist at all!

"Boom!"

The moment the palm strike landed on the magic array!

All the runes and magic arrays around Lu Ze instantly activated, attempting to resist the palm strike!

But how could these runes and magic arrays resist this Ninth-Grade power?!

They did not last an instant against that palm strike; all the confinements shattered and vanished!

"Boom!"

Lu Ze was also affected by the palm's force. His entire body flew backward, like a meteor, falling a thousand meters away, smashing heavily onto the ground and kicking up several feet of dust!

"You brat!"

Guan Tiancheng cursed angrily, wishing he could kill Lu Ze with one palm, but the boy was still useful, so his previous palm strike had been held back!

Cheng Ran's expression, however, changed. Her hands quickly formed seals, and her tone was somewhat angry, "Old Guan, at such a critical moment, you actually helped him break the magic array?! What if he escapes?!"

Guan Tiancheng shook his head confidently, "Impossible! Even if Lu Qianfeng came back to life and stood in your position, he wouldn't be able to take Lu Ze away!"

Cheng Ran stopped arguing with Guan Tiancheng. The moment her seals were complete, she rushed towards Lu Ze, wanting to reimpose all confinements on him!

And just halfway there, from within the dust, Lu Ze's body shakily stood up. He looked at the rapidly approaching Cheng Ran, raised his right hand, and despite his blood-stained face, he still smiled, "This idiot is saving me demon points!"

A bad premonition instantly rose in Cheng Ran's heart. She surged all her power and attacked Lu Ze!

"Snap!"

Lu Ze looked at Cheng Ran, painstakingly snapped his fingers, and smiled, "Goodbye."

As soon as his words fell, Lu Ze actually disappeared directly before everyone's eyes!

Cheng Ran arrived at the exact spot where Lu Ze had just been at that very moment!

Just that one instant too late, Lu Ze vanished into thin air!