The professionals of the Imperial Capital.
They looked at each other, then looked at the monsters frozen in the distance, completely motionless.
Although they were all level sixty or seventy monsters.
Yet no one felt any sense of pressure from them.
Instead, because Lu Ran had released them close enough, they could clearly see the monsters howling within the Bone Storm, their health constantly dropping.
Before Lu Ran, all beings are equal!
No matter what level you are, no matter what attribute you have, no matter what type you are—everyone just stands there waiting to die!
Especially the tank players in the front row who had already prepared themselves to die.
They looked at the weapons gripped tightly in their hands, and the defensive buffs on their bodies. While letting out a sigh of relief, they even felt a bit awkward.
This… there was really no need for them to sacrifice themselves at all.
They just needed to wait for Lu Ran to finish harvesting all these monsters!
Atop the city walls.
The various families and factions had eyes burning red with envy.
If only they had gone to befriend this kind of incredible person on the very first day, befriended him with everything they had, thrown all their best resources at him—even if it bankrupted them—as long as they could build a good relationship with Lu Ran, then family status and reputation would have been theirs for the taking!
But now, it was too late to say anything.
After he had displayed his abilities and won everyone’s recognition, trying to get close to Lu Ran now, or trying to toss out some good stuff to buy his favor—that was just wishful thinking!
With this kind of power exposed, and with the support of the four major guilds behind him, the nation would be the first to recruit him!
When it came to offering benefits, which family could possibly compete with the nation?
The Cong family.
Cong Jixian had already organized everyone in the Cong family to prepare to join the battle on the city walls.
He had even prepared himself to die, planning to lead his people in a desperate breakout at the right moment, so that his two daughters, Cong Yu and Cong Shuang, could escape.
But who would have thought—Lu Ran just exploded with power.
Although Cong Jixian already knew he had underestimated Lu Ran, he absolutely never imagined he had underestimated him to this extent!
This was just too outrageous!
Watching the Bone Storm rampaging outside, encircling the entire Imperial Capital—that massive, terrifying range, that high-density Bone Storm stacked infinitely—
It was simply like the wrath of heaven and earth!
“So… so amazing! Lu Ran is so amazing!” Cong Yu was completely stunned.
Even Cong Shuang beside her couldn’t help but swallow hard.
She looked at Cong Yu with surprise.
Good heavens.
This younger sister of hers, who usually loved to play around, had casually made a friend—and he turned out to be this outrageous!
“Now that I think about it, back at the very beginning of the Hundred Cities League, I actually naively thought I was qualified to compete with Lu Ran…” Cong Shuang shook her head helplessly.
How ridiculous!
This gap was like heaven and earth. Never mind Cong Shuang—probably even if you added up all the professionals in the entire Imperial Capital, they still wouldn’t be a match for Lu Ran!
A single person who could suppress dozens of Eagle Sauce’s high-tier combat professionals in the Death Arena, single-handedly kill the five great guild masters of Eagle Sauce, and at the same time overpower Sakura’s number one Onmyoji Nanasheng on the Ladder Rankings, charging all the way to the seventieth floor of the Endless Tower in one breath—that was Lu Ran!
Those achievements already looked terrifying enough to normal people.
But that wasn’t Lu Ran’s ceiling—it was just the ceiling his opponents could accept!
“Xiao Yu, you’re not young anymore. What do you think of this boy Lu Ran?” Cong Jixian asked with a smile.
He had originally not wanted to interfere too much, wanting to let things take their natural course, to let it develop gradually.
To see if they could perhaps end up together.
But now he couldn’t hold back anymore!
With Cong Jixian’s status and position, even thinking with his backside, he knew that after today, Lu Ran would be surrounded by countless rich young ladies, chirping and fluttering around him, dying to cling to him!
Although Cong Yu was also pretty, the competition was just too fierce!
In this regard, he was much better than Qin Lie. Qin Lie was wholeheartedly devoted to the country, wholeheartedly devoted to the Heavenly Dao Alliance. Even though Qin Wuyao seemed to have some interest, Qin Lie had never expressed support.
“What do you mean, what do I think?” Cong Yu blinked.
Pfft~
Her older sister Cong Shuang couldn’t help but burst out laughing.
She said, “You silly girl, you’re usually so clever and mischievous, how did you get muddled at the crucial moment? That Lu Ran is a young talent, exceptionally capable, a pillar of the nation. If you like him, the Cong family will naturally support you.”
Hearing this, Cong Yu was suddenly stunned.
It wasn’t that she was being reserved—it was just that Cong Yu genuinely hadn’t quite figured out her own feelings.
Besides, the two of them hadn’t known each other for long—just a few days. And the most contact they’d had was actually on the first day they met.
If you asked whether she liked him, she really couldn’t say she did.
But she definitely had good feelings toward him.
So powerful, yet gentle and humble. Backed by the four major guilds, yet he didn’t show off or draw attention to himself.
To many young girls, that was devastatingly attractive!
Cong Yu actually gave it serious thought.
Then, with a solemn expression, she nodded and said, “We can give it a try.”
Hearing those four words was enough!
Cong Jixian nodded with satisfaction and said, “Good, good, good. Like I said, after all this is over, have that boy Lu Ran come sit at our home. We still haven’t had a proper chat.”
At the same time.
The four great commanders of the Heavenly Dao Alliance, and all the stationed troops.
Had also relaxed by now.
They had even started chatting with each other through their communicators.
“Man, you have to admit, the guild master really hid it deep.”
“This Lu Ran is a reserve member of our Heavenly Dao Alliance—he’s just too strong!”
“Not just a reserve member of our Heavenly Dao Alliance. He’s also a reserve member of the Red Sleeve Tower, the War Banner Nation-Guarding Army, and Mirror Flower Water Moon—all three of them.”
“A strong person takes on many roles. That’s normal, normal.”
“I never expected Lu Ran to be this powerful. This is just inhuman!”
“And here we were, ready to die with no regrets. No wonder the guild master was so relaxed and at ease. What a sly old fox!”
…
And Lu Ran, who was the center of all this discussion.
Didn’t have so many messy thoughts in his head.
By now, he had perfectly controlled the rhythm.
On one hand, Undead Touch continuously controlled and shackled all the monsters.
On the other hand, he kept stacking Bone Storm to maintain area-of-effect damage.
At the same time, he also had to pay attention to the monsters he had taken control of, making them fight each other.
Of course, there were also some monsters that had died. Whenever a spot lacked monsters fighting each other, he would just use Undead Revival to fill it in.
The entire battlefield had achieved a delicate balance.
All kinds of monsters were constantly dying, and Lu Ran’s experience was constantly rising.
Twenty minutes later.
[Level successfully increased to 48!]
“Leveled up!” Lu Ran’s eyes lit up.
Although the experience required for leveling up now was already absurdly high.
But looking at the number of monsters around the Imperial Capital, there was still more than enough.
“At this rate, leveling up to fifty and unlocking the Abyssal Bone Dragon should be no problem at all.” Lu Ran thought excitedly, feeling even more anticipation in his heart.
As for his undead legion, he was a bit hesitant.
That was his greatest trump card for cultivating the Undead Scourge. To throw it out here wasn’t quite worth it yet.
The current rhythm could be perfectly controlled.
He had originally thought that the place where the Undead Scourge would truly shine should be the National War!
But looking at the current situation, the speed of the Bone Storm was indeed a bit slow.
After all, area-of-effect damage itself was very low. Even with infinite stacking, once the duration of the earlier Bone Storms ran out, the damage would disappear.
Since that was the case.
“Then let’s do it. Like Sister Xinxin said, in this world now, I have no reservations!” Lu Ran murmured.
He began communicating with the space of the Universe in His Sleeve, preparing to release the undead legion!
