After Lin Ran returned, Luo Qingyan blinked her eyes:
"How was it?"
Lin Ran stretched comfortably as he lay on the seat:
"It was okay. The gains were quite good. Two spirit artifacts that can be forged into true divine artifacts. I can already say I've made a fortune."
Luo Qingyan shook her head:
"Who asked you about that..."
"I'm asking you what you think of the fawning attitude of those little notebooks."
Lin Ran rolled his eyes:
"How else can I see it? Just let them be."
"Although I don't know what plans they have in mind now, it doesn't matter."
"We'll improvise when the time comes, block arrows with shields, and flood with earth. What's there to fear?"
"Besides, their respectful attitude is definitely much better than the previous situation where they would get angry at the drop of a hat, isn't it!"138 Reading Network
Luo Qingyan couldn't help but snort:
"I'd rather they maintained that indifferent attitude..."
"Their current situation clearly shows they have ulterior motives, and they're just pretending to be hypocrites."
"Who knows when they might suddenly stab you in the back."
Lin Ran burst into laughter:
"Then let them come!"
"At that time, they will find that no matter how deep the knife they stab is, it will not be able to harm me in the slightest."
"And the backlash effect I bring will definitely make them regret coming into this world!"
Luo Qingyan, who was about to say something else, was choked, and changed the subject perfunctorily:
"Look how arrogant you are..."
"If I ask again, will you say 'This is what happens when you're strong!'?"
"If that's the case, then I'll just lie down and wait for you to carry me."
Lin Ran suddenly showed a troubled expression:
"This might not be appropriate?"
Luo Qingyan glanced at Lin Ran:
"What, you just bragged, and now you're backing out?"
"But it's too late to regret it, I've already written down everything you just said!"
Lin Ran sighed and spread his hands:
"Ah? Do you really have to do it now? Aren't there too many people here..."
"Why don't we go back to the old way and hide in the Divine Might Space?"
Luo Qingyan only then realized what Lin Ran was thinking. Her pretty face immediately turned red, and she swung her small fist at Lin Ran's muscular chest:
"You're asking for a beating!"
"I really don't know how you can maintain such high combat intelligence and calmness during battles when your head is full of lewd thoughts all day..."
Lin Ran chuckled:
"That's the advantage of having a large head!"
"Unlike you, after filling your head with lewd thoughts, there's no room for anything else."
Hearing Lin Ran say this, Luo Qingyan became even more displeased and punched Lin Ran twice:
"Who are you calling that!"
"I'm clearly such a pure and cute little girl, and I've been corrupted by you, a scummy man!"
Lin Ran shook his head helplessly:
"But, your torrent of release like a dam bursting, your melodious and lingering depths that can even be turned into a song, the friction and stimulation of you always pressing against me and feeling my heartbeat's squeeze, and all sorts of postures that are impossible to finish, intertwined and attached like a boneless, agile spiritual snake... were all taught by me?"
"Isn't all of this from your extraordinary talent!"
Having her secrets revealed, Luo Qingyan's face turned as red as a sunset. After fiercely pinching Lin Ran's neck, she resentfully buried her head in Lin Ran's chest and meekly stopped talking.
...
As the commotion gradually subsided, the remaining contestants also began to move, starting their journey from the top 64 to the top 32.
After this large-scale elimination round, almost all the people remaining on the field were the absolute top contenders in this competition.
And when all the matches were over, night had gradually fallen.
"The remaining matches will continue tomorrow!"
"Everyone can go back and rest for now."
"Tomorrow we will compete for the ultimate king of the arena battles. We hope that contestants who still have qualifications will prepare well!"
"Good luck to you all!"
The main organizer of the event, replacing Tanihiro Tanihiko, was a young girl named Chizuru Ginshiro.
She was fair-skinned, slender, petite, lively, cute, and beautiful. She also liked to wear JK uniforms.
She was much more popular than the old man who used to bare his teeth.
However, every time Lin Ran saw this young girl, he would feel a bit uncomfortable.
This feeling was like a constantly flashing flashlight in a dark environment, glaring at his eyes with its on and off beam.
But no matter how he used the Eternal Kaleidoscope or the Samsara Eye to analyze her energy, it showed that she was just an ordinary person without any cultivation.
Could it be that he had experienced too much in the past two days, leading to mental fatigue?
Lin Ran rubbed his temples in frustration.
Forget it. No matter who Chizuru Ginshiro really was, it was almost impossible for her to threaten him.
He just needed to honestly finish the remaining matches and take what Matt needed.
With the tenth-order Black Dragon's body and the untouchable Divine Might Space as his safety net, Lin Ran was very confident in dealing with any exaggerated situation.
"Let's go, let's go out for a stroll, get something to eat, and relax."
Lin Ran patted Luo Qingyan's head and pulled her out of the competition venue of the resort villa.
"Why do you look unhappy? You seem preoccupied."
"Is it because of the subtle attitude of those Sakura country nobles today?"
Luo Qingyan looked at Lin Ran's thoughtful expression and couldn't help but ask.
Lin Ran shook his head:
"That's not it at all... How much of a threat can they pose to me?"
"Let alone them being respectful to us now, even if these people chose to turn on us on the spot, I'm confident I can lead you out of here and even kill them all."
"The only thing that is bothering me now are those eighteen mysterious dark light stars."
"The light they emit and the power system within their core are too strange, even the rules of the Heavenly Dao's operation are changing with them."
"And the grayish mist around their stars, which diffuses inward instead of outward, seems to be a collection of endless misfortune, sealing all the unfortunate events of time within it."
"If this mist were to be lifted, it would be as terrifying as opening Pandora's Box..."
"I have never found anything like this in any documented records."
"Even the highest-permissioned secret texts in the Yan Da library, I have read them all, but there are no clues worth noting."
"I really don't know if they are specific individuals or some kind of special symbolic meaning..."
Luo Qingyan suddenly froze, her eyes widening:
"A collection of endless misfortune? Do you really feel that way?"
"Then in that case... is there actually a possibility..."
"Their true appellation should be 'Symbiotes of Misfortune', not 'Collection of Misfortune'?"