Chapter 465: Chapter 464: The Idol Filter Has Shattered
Yun Ran, who was resting with closed eyes, suddenly opened them, a gleam of coldness flashing by.
This movement naturally alerted Xuan Chu, who was busy recording things.
He turned to look over: "Who has provoked you this time? The murderous aura is about to overflow!"
Yun Ran, however, had no intention of responding to Xuan Chu. She stood up, drew out the Peach Wood Sword she had put away earlier, and swung it in the direction of the villa.
"Bullying my Magic Artifact right under my nose, it’s truly intolerable!"
The power of this sword was so strong that even Xuan Chu was a bit frightened. Whoever took this sword strike, if not dead, would be severely injured.
Xuan Chu silently withdrew his gaze and continued with his previous work. It wasn’t that he was cowardly, but there was no need to provoke the angry Yun Ran.
At this moment, Elder Gong, who was confronting Xu Wen, was furious as he saw the Little Papermen being consumed by the fire.
Just as he was about to rush forward and perish together with Xu Wen,
a blinding light, even in the daylight, approached from the horizon.
With a "boom" sound, the surroundings immediately shook as if experiencing an earthquake.
Almost instantly, Elder Gong realized it was Yun Ran who had acted.
However, he didn’t have time to ponder why Yun Ran could unleash such a terrifying sword strike now.
Seizing the opportunity, he attacked Xu Wen. At this moment, there was no point in considering if taking advantage of others’ misfortune was unethical.
Xu Wen’s eyes, blood-red, stared fixedly at Elder Gong: "How dare you oppose me!"
Yun Ran’s Sword Qi broke through the encirclement of flames and also saved the Little Papermen trapped within.
"Ptooey ptooey ptooey..."
"It hurts so much, my eyes~"
"Waaa waaa, I’m choking..."
...
Even though the Little Papermen, refined by Heavenly Thunder, were not burned by Xu Wen’s ’Divine Fire’,
they were nonetheless severely smoked, their bodies pitch-black, with their facial features indistinguishable, each crying out loudly.
The more they wailed, the more aggrieved they felt. If they had flesh and blood, they would have been smoked into jerky by now.
Xu Wen looked at the ’surviving’ Little Papermen, his eyes growing more eerily crimson.
At this moment, Elder Gong was absolutely certain that Xu Wen had long harbored a Heart Demon, and this Heart Demon was definitely related to the past corruption by the Evil God.
It had just been well suppressed before, perhaps even Xu Wen himself was unaware. When he tentatively mentioned Yun Ran finding the Sealing of the Chaotic Stone Pile,
the Heart Demon hidden deep within Xu Wen finally couldn’t sit still.
This indicated that there must be some flaw in the Chaotic Stone Pile capable of threatening the existence of this Evil God.
Thinking about this, Elder Gong silently decided that either he or the Little Papermen must survive to relay this information out.
Taking advantage of Xu Wen being distracted, this was the best opportunity. Elder Gong, risking mutual destruction, heavily injured Xu Wen with an all-out strike.
But Elder Gong himself was also sent flying, and when he hit the ground, the sound of bones breaking was faint amid the current earthshaking and trees cracking.
The Little Papermen, who were wailing like ghosts and howling like wolves just now, were startled when they saw Elder Gong lying on the ground, unable to get up and spitting blood.
They hurriedly flew over to support Elder Gong.
One of the Little Papermen rubbed itself, then stuffed the Medicine Powder, previously burned to ash by Xu Wen, into Elder Gong’s mouth.
Elder Gong, his face pale from spitting blood, struggled to swallow that handful of ash, finally recovering a bit of color.
The Little Paperman patted its chest: "Luckily I kept this herb earlier, otherwise, you would have kicked the bucket~"
The other Little Papermen, entirely blackened and unable to shake off the charred appearance,
were infuriated at the thought of needing their master’s help and witnessing Elder Gong being beaten like this.
Old and new grievances combined, the Little Paperman furiously said: "I have never been bullied so badly, I won’t be able to show my face in the future!!!"
Xu Wen wasn’t in much better condition either. Being quite old, even with some skills, he was critically injured by Elder Gong’s all-out strike and was unable to move.
"Take this punch!"
The Little Paperman flew to Xu Wen’s side and was about to land a blow when a whip came lashing over.
When the Little Paperman tilted to dodge, by the time it reacted, that whip had already whisked Xu Wen away.
Zhu Qing looked at Xu Wen, exuding Death Energy, her beautiful face revealing an enigmatic expression.
She took a deep look at the Little Papermen and quickly left with her people.
The Little Paperman wanted to chase, but a strong Gang Wind blew it and made it sway several times.
Elder Gong struggled to speak: "Don’t pursue!"
The Little Paperman immediately turned, a bit unhappy looking at Elder Gong, not allowing them to restore their pride?
If not for Yun Ran and the Little Papermen’s help, Elder Gong knew he might already be dead here, any idol admiration was shattered.
"Xu Wen and Zhu Qing aren’t just any ordinary folks. One masters fire, the other controls wind. You all have witnessed that fire, which should not be underestimated.
We suspected something was off here before, as an ever-springing place standing out amid a snow-covered land.
Now it seems like it’s their handiwork. To casually alter the mountain’s climate, they’re not easy to deal with,
you all better quickly report the situation to your master, don’t delay important matters..."
Elder Gong, struggling to finish speaking, let out a sigh of relief.
Should he say anything else, it wouldn’t stop these more unruly than New Year’s pig Little Papermen.
But mentioning Yun Ran makes the Little Papermen immediately become attentive little guards; the more circumstances like this, the more they ought to steady themselves.
Yun Ran simultaneously received the news transmitted by the Little Papermen and frowned.
After thinking for a while, she pulled out Xu Wen’s birthdates obtained from internal information and began calculating.
But halfway through the calculation, she was stunned. How could it be a blank? With her fortune-telling skill, such a situation shouldn’t occur.
Yet after recalculating, it was still the same situation,
Calculating the Life Chart of Xuanmen people was already obstructive. Now with Xu Wen also tainted by the Evil God’s aura, Yun Ran immediately understood this wasn’t something she could calculate.
Xuan Chu had completed his tasks and watched Yun Ran frowning at one moment and relaxing at another.
Unable to hold back, he finally asked, "What have you discovered?"
Yun Ran shared the news transmitted by the Little Papermen with Xuan Chu.
Then continued, "According to the information we previously obtained, Zhu Qing should be the one corroded by the Evil God’s aura.
Just now, I was calculating Xu Wen’s Life Chart, but what I calculated was a blank slate..."