Chapter 554: Chapter 553: Killing Two Birds with One Stone (Part 2)
"If you like talking, say a bit more, otherwise, you might not have the chance to speak again later."
He Tu had already planned that the first thing he would do after capturing Yun Ran was to cut out Yun Ran’s tongue and then break her limbs.
Upon hearing this, Yun Ran laughed so hard she almost doubled over: "Oh my, you almost killed me with laughter. It’s not even dark yet, and you’re already talking in your sleep.
Might as well go to sleep now, maybe you’ll dream of something even better."
"Sharp-tongued!"
Now, He Tu decided to also yank out Yun Ran’s teeth one by one!
When He Tu stepped into this place, he had already lost the advantage. Unless Yun Ran died, he couldn’t leave the array of the Heavenly Net here.
He Tu already knew that his ’helpers’ had arrived, and these old monsters held divine skills, traveling thousands of miles in a day was merely the simplest magic.
Feeling assured of victory, He Tu looked at Yun Ran’s youthful and flamboyant demeanor, yet surprisingly felt an immense calmness.
Then, he looked at Yun Ran with pity and said, "Your sect is really unfortunate to have chosen someone like you to inherit the legacy."
In He Tu’s perception, someone with a flamboyant personality like Yun Ran was destined to die young. Placing the legacy upon someone like this was truly a blind decision.
Yun Ran: ...
Good gracious, the old monster even made up lies about her sect, bah, truly looking down on people.
Back then, when she inherited the position of Qingfeng Temple’s Young Master, everyone in the sect was overjoyed.
However, Yun Ran wouldn’t boast about such things, after all, only those who lack such things like to brag.
Yun Ran immediately rolled her eyes: "What do you know, you frog in a well!"
Words are wasted on those who don’t get along, Yun Ran didn’t want to talk to this old guy at all now, and this time, she didn’t release those evil specters.
She directly pulled out her peach wood sword, sharply retorting: "Old thief, come meet your death!"
He Tu initially thought Yun Ran would continue to use those eerie methods against him and was already secretly on guard.
He had even used a forbidden technique while on the way, drawing powerful talismans with his own blood, specially aimed at neutralizing those eerie methods.
Who would have thought, that now Yun Ran would directly swing her sword, completely disrupting his plans.
"You... have no martial ethics!!!"
He Tu, extremely infuriated, could only utter these words through gritted teeth.
Yun Ran replied unsympathetically, "Who said you can only use one method against the enemy? Granny here knows a little of every method!"
As she swung out her sword, Yun Ran exerted no restraint at all, though she didn’t unleash a sword intent with half-immortal power.
But if this sword were to hit He Tu, it would surely trouble him greatly.
He Tu swiftly dodged, then behind him, a deep and long trace appeared, even emitting wisps of smoke.
He Tu belatedly glanced back, and with just a look, his heart skipped a beat.
However, he instinctively ignored this vague sixth sense.
Clearly, he didn’t want to believe, nor could he believe that the girl who looked like a greenhorn before him was not of the same kind as those yet-to-mature geniuses.
If He Tu knew that Yun Ran had been trained by the top members of Qingfeng Temple since childhood, and had even been favored by those who achieved immortality, he would’ve turned and fled long ago.
Unfortunately, the world doesn’t have that many ’had I knowns’.
"It seems, I really underestimated you!"
He Tu discarded the magic artifact in his hand, then without hesitation, made a long cut on his arm and began chanting a spell.
As the blood dripped onto the ground, Yun Ran suddenly felt a tightness in her chest, as if something was squeezing her heart from afar.
In no time, the blood that dripped onto the ground re-emerged in a scientifically impossible way.
However, the re-emerged blood was no longer bright red; instead, it slowly turned black, beginning to revolve around He Tu.
If at first, Yun Ran hadn’t figured out what this technique was, the odd sensation in her chest and the current situation confirmed it for her.
This was the long-lost Blood Curse, very similar to the curse on Xie Xuzhi.
"Master, are you okay?"
The little paperman saw Yun Ran’s face turning a bit pale and flew over quickly, its features flustered.
Yun Ran gestured with her hand: "I’m fine!"
Her current body, with its genuine birth information, was clearly figured out by He Tu before coming.
Now, the curse he used corresponds directly to the body of the original owner.
Unfortunately, He Tu calculated all he could but couldn’t foresee that she was not the original owner but a soul from another world using the original’s body.
If only her human soul were united, this blood curse would really trouble her greatly.
He Tu finished reciting the spell, waiting for Yun Ran to collapse, but after waiting a while, apart from looking pale and somewhat in pain, Yun Ran still stood strong.
And Yun Ran’s mouth was still firm and unyielding: "Throw whatever else you have at me; Granny can handle it!"
He Tu’s face immediately showed a slight change; with the Blood Curse unleashed, even those at his level couldn’t escape, and even he himself would suffer some backlash.
But now, judging by Yun Ran’s appearance, the harm she received seemed less severe than his own backlash.
"You’ve had your turn; now, it’s mine!"
He Tu’s mind suddenly flashed again with that emotion that had made his heart skip earlier.
In the blink of an eye, He Tu’s eyes flickered as if he wanted to turn and flee.
The Heavenly Net that Yun Ran had set suddenly lit up with golden light then.
A sphere directly enclosed the area, even covering the ground, making it impossible to escape using the Earth Tunneling Technique.
Yun Ran twirled her sword, but instead of attacking He Tu directly, she looked in another direction.
"Everyone, you’ve been watching the show long enough; care to show yourselves?"
If it weren’t for everyone stepping within the Heavenly Net’s surrounding area, Yun Ran wouldn’t have directly activated the array here.
Those people thought they hid well but didn’t know that Yun Ran’s Heavenly Net encompassed an area of dozens of miles around.
This way, there’s no worry about these people running away or about using them later to kill the deviant plants that devour life and transfer karma, causing the plants to rampage and swallow all life on Death Mountain.
She truly was too clever to have thought of such a double-benefit method.