Sakura Country.
Kyushu Island.
Great Snow Mountain.
Looking at the three people in front of him who had been subdued and were on the verge of death, Lin Ran couldn't help but sigh:
"Heh... I have to say, you forgotten ones are truly wide-ranging!"
"Let's not talk about other things, just in terms of races, you haven't even repeated one..."
"Let me think..."
"At first, there was a demon, a fairy, and a blood elf."
"Then, there was a zombie, a naga, and a titan."
"After that, there was a vampire, an orc, and a werewolf."
"Subsequently, it turned into an undead, a Canglan Angel, and a Mirage Demon."
"And finally, with you lot, there's a Phantasmal Demon, a Succubus, and an Ancient Elf!"
"Now I'm starting to wonder what the last three races you have left could be..."
The Phantasmal Demon, prostrate on the ground, struggled and twisted, sneering:
"Do you really think you have won already?"
"Even if all of us die at your hands, Big Brother, Second Brother, and Third Brother will surely tear you apart!"
"Moreover, you can kill us, but you cannot change what is already set in motion..."
"The thunder infusion work has long been completed, and the heavenly lightning that can destroy everything will soon descend upon Kyushu Island!"
"By then, I'd like to see how you, already a trapped beast, plan to escape!"
Lin Ran burst into laughter:
"So the remaining ones are your eldest, second, and third brothers! Then it's fine."
"From our previous encounters, I've long noticed that the gap in strength among you brothers is not that large. No matter how strong they are, how much stronger can they be?"
"But don't worry too much, I'm a kind-hearted person who loves to do good deeds..."
"The most important thing for a family is to be complete, and I will soon send your three brothers to join you in the Styx, you villains who endanger the world!"
"As for this heavenly thunder infusion you mentioned... forget it!"
"As large-scale disasters caused by the Heart of Calamity, I have already experienced tidal storms, lava volcanoes, bitter winter snow, and great earthquakes..."
"This fifth one of yours is no different!"
Saying that, Lin Ran once again conjured a current from the Op-Op Fruit, capable of inducing cardiac arrest, and strode towards the three.
The three, previously stunned by this move, knew its immense power and put on a determined look.
Lin Ran did not hold back, directly sweeping the current across all three of them, paralyzing them, and then using his Kamui to twist their Calamity Crystals into his Kamui space for safekeeping.
Luo Qingyan, who was happily playing in the snow behind him, saw that Lin Ran was done and quickly ran over, asking:
"Why didn't you instantly kill them when you first met this time?"
"You had to subdue them with your combat skills before finishing them off, making it look like a play..."
"Is it because you haven't had a satisfying fight in a long time, so you intentionally went easy on them to play around?"
Lin Ran shook his head:
"How could I be so bored..."
"The reason I did this is mainly because we killed too quickly before, which made the remaining six of them suspicious."
"When I came over just now, I noticed that these three were connected by a soul link for sharing thoughts and consciousness..."
"I assume the ones connected to them are the last three remaining forgotten ones."
"If we were to instantly kill them upon meeting them, it might alert them..."
"If they realize that we haven't truly killed the fifteen forgotten ones who are now crystals in my Kamui space, or if they believe they have no chance of winning, and thus choose to flee..."
"Compared to the satisfaction of being able to collect them at our doorstep like now, the difference is huge."
"So, to facilitate the next step, I had to waste a little time here, though not much."
Luo Qingyan suddenly understood:
"So, by doing this, the last three remaining forgotten ones won't be able to discover anything unusual about your methods?"
"Then, by that logic, this might actually save time compared to instantly killing them and provoking them prematurely!"
"But didn't you say they shared a lot of things among themselves? Can this truly be seamless?"
Lin Ran nodded:
"Naturally..."
"After all, I put them into shock at the last moment and then severed their soul connection with my ocular techniques. It's absolutely foolproof."
"This means that what the three final forgotten ones are seeing now is simply the scene of us normally killing these three..."
"They know absolutely nothing else."
Luo Qingyan nodded upon hearing this:
"I see..."
"Shall we continue on now to find the last three forgotten ones?"
Lin Ran stretched lazily:
"Pretty much... we have to go anyway..."
"It's just that I still haven't figured out what that red moon represents..."
"These guys are tighter-lipped than anyone, and their memories are blank, so there's no starting point!"
Lin Ran said as he looked up at the red moon in the sky.
Unlike its previous peak, only the last three gray stars surrounding the red moon remained.
The others had all been sealed by Lin Ran in his Kamui space.
To understand the full picture of the red moon, defeating the last stars was an essential step...
But the only problem was that Lin Ran felt a bit dazed. The red moon's light seemed to have become even more vigorous than before.
After losing the support of so many surrounding stars, the red moon had become even more radiant!
Could it be that the initial purpose of the eighteen gray stars was not to surround the red moon, but to limit its effect?
Although this was an operation that sounded absurd, judging by the energy flow, it was highly likely.
But if that were the case, what would be the point?
If they self-sealed and created shackles to limit the red moon, waiting for others to slowly break them, why not simply not seal it in the first place?
Lin Ran was puzzled.