At the bottom of the canyon, inside a small cave.

Lu Ran and Deng Yuxiang were resting inside.

The cave, dug out by human hands, was square inside, giving it the feeling of a living room.

The cave entrance was rectangular, resembling a house door.

This cave was the masterpiece of the Dawn Blade and the Silent Night Blade.

After all, the Night Charm Evil Sculpture was still upgrading, and the Big Nightmare was unable to move easily. Her long legs were trembling and unstable, so Lu Ran didn't want to make her dig the mountain.

The two rested for a long time before the Night Charm Evil Sculpture settled down in Lu Ran's sculpture garden.

"Hah..."

Deng Yuxiang sat on the ground, leaning against the stone wall, and let out a long sigh.

Lu Ran said with a grin, "Your compatibility with the Night Charm Evil Sculpture is getting higher and higher."

Deng Yuxiang coldly glanced at Lu Ran.

Lu Ran pouted and muttered softly, "What's with the fierceness."

Deng Yuxiang squinted at him, "Little Lu Ran, you..."

Lu Ran hurriedly changed the subject, "Why don't we come up with codenames!

In the Holy Spirit Mountain Realm, we won't use our real names."

Deng Yuxiang drew out a delicate dagger, playing with it carelessly, without saying anything.

Rather than being fierce, she was using anger to hide her embarrassment.

This darn Evil Sculpture!

If you want to upgrade, just upgrade. Why tremble together with me...

Lu Ran suggested, "How about we call you Nightmare as your codename?"

Deng Yuxiang snorted, "Is that what you called me when we first met?"

Lu Ran recalled something, "Or perhaps add some elements of the Night Charm and combine them?

Dream Charm? Nightmare?"

Deng Yuxiang paused for a moment, then looked at Lu Ran, "At this stage, I am turning into the Night Charm.

But in the future, I will always be myself."

Lu Ran's eyes lit up, and he nodded emphatically, "Alright, Nightmare."

Deng Yuxiang lowered her head and suddenly shook it, laughing softly.

Getting hung up on a codename seemed quite childish.

But Lu Ran said, not only did he want her to become the Night Charm and replace it, but he also wanted her to surpass it.

That was her ultimate goal.

Maybe when she reached that stage, she could truly help him achieve his grand wish.

"What should I call myself?" Lu Ran pondered.

Mainly because she kept calling him "Little Lu Ran," which was quite annoying.

Deng Yuxiang, seeing his troubled expression, casually said, "If you can't think of anything, I'll just call you Mountain Master."

It didn't involve the words "Fallen Immortal" and didn't mention Lu Ran's name, perfectly aligning with his wishes.

Lu Ran was moved, "You should call me Sect Leader then."

Deng Yuxiang was puzzled, "Sect Leader?"

Lu Ran nodded, "Of course, that's the Ran Sect!

From today, you are the First Protector of my Ran Sect."

Deng Yuxiang looked at Lu Ran, half-smiling, "What, you've heard there are many factions in the Holy Spirit Mountain Realm, and you want to create one too?"

Lu Ran was too embarrassed to say that he had long had this ambition.

He shrugged, "Who knows how long we'll have to battle in this realm? Maybe we'll find like-minded partners?"

Hearing this, Deng Yuxiang nodded in agreement.

"Then it's settled!" Lu Ran made the decision, taking off the Rebirth Money from his wrist, "Today is the joyous day of my Ran Sect's founding!

Nightmare Protector is the first to join our sect.

Come on! Nightmare, this is a reward from your lord."

Deng Yuxiang: ???

Your lord?

Our little organization, all in all, only has two people, and you're already putting on airs?

"Take it!" Lu Ran tossed the Rebirth Money over.

Deng Yuxiang's expression was slightly stunned as she realized Lu Ran wasn't joking.

She caught the ancient coin and said solemnly, "This is a Magic Artifact!"

Lu Ran corrected, "It's a Magic Artifact Fragment."

"Little Lu Ran, you told me before, this was a gift from Lord Wang Quan."

"Didn't we agree, no real names?"

Deng Yuxiang looked at Lu Ran helplessly, tossing the Rebirth Money back, "I can't accept it."

Lu Ran caught the ancient coin, chuckling, "Good thing the Rebirth Money doesn't have an Artifact Spirit, otherwise it might curse us with how we're tossing it around."

Deng Yuxiang's face turned stern, "Keep it, I don't want it."

Lu Ran's expression turned peculiar, "Are you ordering me?"

Deng Yuxiang stared straight at Lu Ran, "If you keep messing around, it'll soon be."

Lu Ran: "..."

Well then~

Do you really want to order me?

That's outright rebellion!

Lu Ran got up and sat beside Deng Yuxiang, "I have my reasons."

Deng Yuxiang slightly frowned, letting Lu Ran lift her wrist, listening to his explanation.

As he wound the red thread around her wrist, Lu Ran said, "I need souls, whether they're human or evil spirits, I need them!

During the battle today, the two of us were briefly separated, forming two battlefields.

In future battles, similar situations might occur.

If I can't make it back in time, I need you to help collect the souls."

Deng Yuxiang finally understood.

She no longer refused and nodded, "Okay, I understand."

Lu Ran continued, "This is a Magic Artifact Fragment, not a fully formed Artifact Spirit, just a hint of awareness.

Now, let me show you how to activate it."

Honestly, if it were in the human world, even if Lu Ran lost a couple of souls, he wouldn't care too much.

Even if it were a soul from the River Realm, Lu Ran would accept it.

But in the Holy Spirit Mountain Realm?

He wasn't willing to give up any soul!

After all, you never know how much Holy Spirit Energy resides within an enemy's soul!

Take, for instance, the Night Charm Lu Ran's Ran Sect just defeated.

Directly boosted Lu Ran's Night Charm Evil Sculpture to Jiang Realm·Second Rank!

What kind of major supplement is that?

A true banquet feast!

How many fifteen nights would Lu Ran have to slaughter to achieve such an effect?

"Yes, infuse it with Divine Power..." Lu Ran patiently explained.

Within the sect of the Immortal Sheep, only Lu Ran could perform the Divine Technique·Pupil of the Netherworld.

Deng Yuxiang couldn't see the souls in another dimension.

But through the coin's reaction, she could indirectly determine whether a soul had been captured.

After a long while, Deng Yuxiang looked at Lu Ran, "This coin is still yours, you can come and get it anytime.

Or when we return home, I'll give the Rebirth Money back to you."

Lu Ran nodded, seemingly indifferent, and said, "Alright, let's give it a try! Although the Rebirth Money can't communicate with you, it can understand your intent.

Now, infuse it with Divine Power, convey your intention, and release one of the souls."

Deng Yuxiang didn't want to dampen Lu Ran's mood, so she didn't argue.

She raised her arm, wrapped with circles of thin red thread.

The ancient coin threaded through the red lines vibrated slightly.

Lu Ran opened his dual pupils and saw Lady Luo flying out.

He opened his palm, and a cloud of black mist rose.

Soul-splitting Demon Evil Technique·Soul Prison!

In Lu Ran's list of Evil Techniques, he had almost never used techniques for imprisoning and torturing souls.

Today, he intended to thoroughly have a go.

"You! How dare you!!"

Lady Luo raged, pointing a finger at Lu Ran.

"How dare I?" Lu Ran pouted.

This woman has been in a high position for so long that she can't come down?

Come on!

Today, I'll teach you how to lower your stature.

Lu Ran manipulated the black mist, overtaking the Pupil of the Netherworld, and enveloped Lady Luo.

"Do you know who I am? You! You!!"

Finally, Deng Yuxiang heard the woman's angry screeches.

When the soul of a human was imprisoned in Evil Technique·Soul Prison, Deng Yuxiang and the soul were in the same dimension.

"See her?" Lu Ran lowered the black mist slowly.

Lady Luo's face appeared on the black mist.

The scene was horrifyingly bizarre!

"Yeah." Yu Xiang nodded gently, looking at the gritting teeth of Lady Luo, "It seems she still doesn't understand her situation."

Lu Ran leaned against the stone wall, one leg bent, elbow resting on his knee, weighing the black mist in his hand.

He teased, "You're quite disgraced, Lady Luo! Having your plan thwarted, quite embarrassing, huh?"

When first meeting, Lady Luo had been always amiable, gentle, and polite.

All was to lure the two into a trap.

Now, fallen to this state, she finally revealed her true colors.

Lady Luo's eyes were filled with boundless hatred as she screamed curses, "You wretched couple!"

"Despicable thieves and sluts! You will die horrible deaths!"

"If I don't return in three days, my husband will surely come looking! He will tear you limb from limb!"

"Whoa~~~" Lu Ran was shocked!

Under extreme conditions, people respond in diverse ways.

And Lady Luo's response truly shocked Lu Ran!

Does she understand that her life is nearing its end, with no chance of survival, and hence, has completely let go?

Yes, I indeed cannot let you live.

But I... can make you beg me, allow you to die!

Cold frost covered Deng Yuxiang's face; from childhood to now, she had never heard such filthy language?

"Gulp." Lu Ran's Adam's apple twitched, feeling the terrifying aura of the woman beside him.

"Little Lu Ran."

"Here I am!" This time, Lu Ran didn't mind the address.

"Soul Fire." Deng Yuxiang's thin lips parted slightly.

The Soul-splitting Demon Evil Technique·Soul Fire was the main method of torturing Human Clan's souls by the Soul-splitting Demon.

This method was specifically designed to roast souls!

"Whoosh~"

A black flame ignited within the black mist Lu Ran held.

"You filthy wretches! Curse... Aaaah! Aaaah!" Lady Luo's curses were abruptly cut off.

Replaced by her wailing screams.

It's often said that death is never the scariest thing.

The scene in front of him was the best example of that.

"Aaah, stop! I beg you to stop aaah..." Lady Luo's face contorted desperately.

When she occasionally opened her eyes wide, they appeared about to pop out.

Soul Fire is quite unique.

It cannot harm the flesh and blood of living beings. Nor can it directly harm Human Clan's souls while they are alive.

Only when people die does this method have its utility.

Deng Yuxiang surprisingly reached out and lightly touched Lady Luo's "black mist face," observing her agony under the soul fire's burning.

"Please, I beg you, I beg you ahhh!"

"Stop! Waaa~~~ I know I was wrong, I beg you, please, stop..."

"Let me die ahhhh! Kill me, kill me! I beg you to kill me ahhh..."

The Human Clan's soul in the Soul Prison was weeping, yet unable to shed a single tear.

From threats and curses, to complete breakdown, admitting her wrongs and begging for mercy, took less than half a minute.

Lu Ran looked at the soul in his hand, tormented by extreme pain, and silently sighed.

Over the past forty years, countless people have been tortured by Evil Demons beyond recognition.

"Sect Leader."

"Hmm?"

"You can start asking." Deng Yuxiang softly reminded.

"Oh." Lu Ran came to his senses and extinguished the Soul Fire.

He looked at the twisted face on the black mist, speaking in a deep voice, "Now, answer whatever I ask."

"Mm! Waaa..." The soul in the prison nodded repeatedly, sobbing uncontrollably.

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