As he spoke, the Five-Colored Giant Dragon handed over a large clump of various miscellaneous items, all tangled together like a keychain, to Lin Ran.
Lin Ran's cursory glance revealed a treasure trove brimming with wealth…
And the wealth contained within could essentially cover the products of the entire world!
These eighteen individuals, through their own power alone, had amassed such a multitude of treasures over the years. Their efficiency was truly insane…
But now, they all belonged to him!
Although, before the Five-Colored Giant Dragon died, these items would still bear his soul imprint…
However, unlike the people of this world, Lin Ran could use his Op Op Fruit and formidable ocular abilities to meticulously remove these imprints, thereby erasing the soul imprints without damaging the spatial storage devices.
Furthermore, as a last resort, even if Lin Ran couldn't erase the soul imprint, he could "kill" the Five-Colored Giant Dragon in another way to seize his treasured wealth.
Just like he dealt with his previous brethren!
Therefore, once these items were in his possession, they would truly and unequivocally be his.
There would be no opportunity for the Five-Colored Giant Dragon to renege.
Thus, Lin Ran began to smile strangely at the Five-Colored Giant Dragon as he rotated his Mangekyo Sharingan, discarding all these spatial storage devices into the Kamui space.
At this moment, the Five-Colored Giant Dragon had no inkling of the meaning behind Lin Ran's smile. He was still immersed in the pipe dream he was having:
"How is it, have I fulfilled my obligations? Can we begin now?"
Seeing the Five-Colored Giant Dragon drooling, Lin Ran finally couldn't help but burst into laughter:
"That's right! That's right! You have indeed fulfilled your obligations…"
"So, our final ritual can indeed begin!"
"Come on, bring your remaining two brothers over! I'll send you all on your way together!"
"Let you go reunite with your fifteen brothers!"
As he spoke, Lin Ran glanced at the two beings who were still being tightly restrained by the Five-Colored Giant Dragon.
Only then did the Five-Colored Giant Dragon slap his head in realization.
Right! This was supposed to result in all eighteen of them dying at Lin Ran's hands for it to be truly effective…
If he didn't release those two fools, his own death alone would be useless.
So, the Five-Colored Giant Dragon quickly withdrew his divine power and, with a wave of his hand, directly retrieved the Eternal Treant and the Shadow of Illusion from beside them.
"Then you must keep your word!"
"The three of us won't resist. You can proceed directly!"
The Shadow of Illusion and the Eternal Treant, forcefully dragged over by the Five-Colored Giant Dragon, were still a bit confused about what was happening…
They couldn't comprehend how Lin Ran knew their plan to be personally killed…
And how their eldest brother and Lin Ran had engaged in a completely incomprehensible exchange to reach a mutually satisfactory agreement…
And how Lin Ran, as if bewitched, was insisting on following the Five-Colored Giant Dragon's suggestion to kill them all…
Could it be that the wealth the Five-Colored Giant Dragon had given away was truly that alluring?
At this thought, their minds felt as if they were about to explode.
However, regardless of how this process unfolded, at least the final outcome was good…
Lin Ran had agreed to kill the three of them together, allowing them to complete the final ritual.
The Five-Colored Giant Dragon's deceptive strategy had worked perfectly!
Then let's do it!
The two of them had now completely cleared their minds, obediently kneeling on the ground, presenting an image of necks bared for slaughter.
While the Five-Colored Giant Dragon's posture was more dignified than theirs, it wasn't much better.
Seeing these three figures all stretching out their necks to meet their fate, Lin Ran retrieved the ice blade named Frostmourne from his Kamui space.
"Then, shall I begin?"
The Five-Colored Giant Dragon's face was already flushed red with excitement.
"Come on! We are ready!"
"No matter how much it hurts, how much pain, it's all irrelevant!"
Lin Ran nodded with a half-smile and then raised his ice blade into the air.
The Five-Colored Giant Dragon, the Shadow of Illusion, and the Eternal Treant, now extremely cooperative, suppressed their resisting energies, lowering all their resistances to the minimum.
*Swish!*
Accompanied by a whistling, biting wind, they felt an bone-chilling cold descending from the sky.
But before this cold could reach them, the flow of the chill suddenly halted in mid-air.
This immediately caused the boundless excitement of the three of them to falter.
What was going on? What was Lin Ran doing? Playing with their emotions?
Even if he wanted to perform a "cun zhi" challenge, it shouldn't be done like this!
Couldn't it be that at the last moment, this guy had a change of heart?
The Five-Colored Giant Dragon couldn't help but open his eyes, a look of displeasure on his face.
But before he could question Lin Ran, Lin Ran smiled apologetically.
"I'm sorry, it will only take a moment of your time…"
"Because, I just remembered something very important!"
"In the case of your previous fifteen brothers, I experienced the Five Great Disasters: Tidal Storm, Molten Volcano, Great Earthquake, Thunderous Fury, and Bitter Winter Frost."
"The hearts of disaster that orchestrated these calamities have all been found."
"So, for your final trio, what disaster did you orchestrate, and where is the heart of that disaster?"
Although he didn't know why Lin Ran insisted on asking such a frivolous question at this critical juncture, the Five-Colored Giant Dragon, to make Lin Ran finish quickly and proceed with their final ritual, suppressed his displeasure and patiently explained to Lin Ran.
"According to Ye Yun's original plan, the disaster that the three of us were supposed to initiate was 'Meteorite Descent'!"
"It was to use the heart of disaster here at the Pinnacle of the Sky to manipulate the magnetic field, causing countless meteorites to fall upon Kyushu Island…"
"But firstly, we worried that this might sink Kyushu Island, causing you, the key target, to no longer be found on Kyushu Island…"
"Secondly, we couldn't just listen to him about everything, could we?"
"Otherwise, cooperating with such a dangerous individual, if we were to be sold out, we'd still be counting the money while being tricked!"
"So we simply didn't act…"
"The heart of disaster that planned for the meteorites is right in front of us!"