“Excuses? What do you mean by that!”
Bai Lei instantly exploded.
He shouted, “I was giving you a chance, and you’ve refused to appreciate it time and time again. I—”
“Cut the crap already. I’m about to fall asleep here. Are we fighting or not? Are you signing or not? Just say it.” Lu Ran directly cut off Bai Lei’s ranting.
Bai Lei was left flushed red with frustration.
The anger and humiliation burning inside him surged straight into his brain.
And so.
In the end, he waved his hand grandly, signed his name, and the deathmatch contract officially took effect!
The corners of Lu Ran’s mouth curled upward. He looked at Cong Shuang beside him and said, “This isn’t my fault now, right? If he doesn’t die, I die. A deathmatch contract—fair and square. The Bai family can’t complain about anything, right? Besides, if the Bai family isn’t satisfied, they can come find me too, right?”
Cong Shuang shrugged and said, “I was just worried you’d find it troublesome, but honestly, it’s not troublesome for you at all.”
That was exactly the point!
Immediately.
Everyone began backing away, clearing the space.
The lackeys around Bai Lei scattered in an instant, leaving Bai Lei standing alone in the middle.
“I’ve signed it. Since you didn’t appreciate the chance I gave you, there’s no helping it—I can only send you to your death,” Bai Lei said with a cold sneer.
Lu Ran shrugged, completely at ease.
He strolled lightly toward Bai Lei.
Was there even any need to fight this?
Lu Ran was immortal—this was literally a father beating his son.
He could just stand there and let Bai Lei wail on him all night, all week, even all month—could Bai Lei actually kill Lu Ran?
Bai Lei got serious too.
He pulled out his weapon—a sword, of all things?
Lu Ran still didn’t know Bai Lei’s class. Shen Man had been about to introduce it earlier, but Lu Ran had cut her off.
But that didn’t matter. Lu Ran couldn’t care less what Bai Lei’s class was.
Strangely though, Bai Lei was holding a sword—which should mean he was a melee class. So why was he circling around, deliberately avoiding Lu Ran as Lu Ran walked toward him?
Two possibilities: he was charging up some kind of skill, or he was waiting for the right distance to unleash the right skill.
Honestly speaking.
For Bai Lei to rank number one among the Tianfu Society members, he definitely wasn’t some good-for-nothing rich kid who knew nothing. On the contrary, he had to be strong.
So there was definitely a strategy here.
But to Lu Ran, any technique was nothing but a paper tiger.
And so.
A bizarre scene unfolded.
Bai Lei, who was supposedly formidable in melee combat, was circling around and keeping his distance.
Meanwhile, Lu Ran—a ranged-class necromancer—was steadily closing in on Bai Lei.
Bizarre. Truly bizarre.
At that moment.
Bai Lei suddenly stopped in his tracks.
Lu Ran was taken aback.
Because Bai Lei was now standing right behind a training dummy, and he had raised his sword.
Whoosh~
With a ring of the blade, the longsword began to glow, and the light grew brighter and brighter.
Even an idiot could tell it was some kind of charging skill.
That positioning nearly made Lu Ran burst out laughing.
Bai Lei’s intention was already crystal clear.
He wanted to use the training dummy to block Lu Ran’s non-targeted skills.
And at the same time, use that window to charge up a powerful sword strike!
“President, is this fair for Bai Lei to do?” Cong Shuang looked at Shen Man and asked.
Because even before this.
When Tianfu Society members sparred or dueled, no one had ever used the training dummies as cover.
In fact, people rarely even fought in the training grounds—they usually went to the arena.
“It’s fair. They signed a deathmatch contract, and the venue is the training grounds. It’s to the death, no matter what. Any external force they can use is fine, but other class holders can’t participate,” Shen Man said casually.
At the same time, she looked at Lu Ran.
Shen Man had also heard of Lu Ran’s power, but unfortunately, she hadn’t been present during the earlier monster siege, so she had never seen Lu Ran’s strength with her own eyes.
So she was curious how Lu Ran would handle this.
“What’s this supposed to mean? Using a wooden dummy to tank skills? Is this how you got your number one ranking in the Tianfu Society?” Lu Ran asked with amusement.
But he paid no attention to Bai Lei’s charging motion.
He didn’t seem worried at all.
This left the other Tianfu Society members completely baffled.
“This Lu Ran is really arrogant.”
“Bai Lei’s charged skill is absolutely terrifying!”
“Shouldn’t he hurry up and interrupt it?”
“President was about to tell him about Bai Lei’s class characteristics earlier, but he just cut her off. That’s way too arrogant.”
“You guys don’t know anything. I watched the Hundred Cities League—Bai Lei is guaranteed to lose!”
“Charging is charging, but even though Bai Lei’s skill takes a long time to charge, compared to Boss Lu Ran’s Blood Spear, it’s like heaven and earth!”
…
For a moment, everyone was saying all sorts of things.
Worth mentioning—surprisingly, quite a few people were favoring Lu Ran.
It seemed.
There really were members who had witnessed Lu Ran’s power firsthand.
And anyone who had seen Lu Ran’s abilities, who had watched Lu Ran fight, couldn’t possibly think Bai Lei would win.
No matter what, no matter what Bai Lei did, the result was already determined!
He was dead. No question about it!
At this moment, Bai Lei was gritting his teeth, fully focused on charging his skill.
Hearing Lu Ran’s mockery, he felt a bit humiliated, but he didn’t say anything.
He was a rich brat, arrogant, but not stupid. He had heard of Lu Ran’s power, so he couldn’t afford to be careless!
This was a deathmatch contract!
So what if he used a training dummy? As long as he could win, as long as he could live, it was all worth it!
And when he saw that Lu Ran wasn’t coming to interrupt his charging, wasn’t even using skills to interfere, Bai Lei felt a surge of excitement.
This fight was in the bag!
Seeing Bai Lei stay silent.
Lu Ran was a bit speechless.
He’d wanted to drag things out a bit more, rub it in Bai Lei’s face.
But the guy wasn’t even taking the bait?
Fine then—let’s just fight!
Lu Ran raised one hand, and the Ocean-Calming Trident appeared in his grasp.
“He’s making a move?” Bai Lei’s eyes flickered.
But he wasn’t worried.
Because it was too late!
His charged sword strike was about to be completed!
Besides, Lu Ran’s skill might even be blocked by the training dummy!
He was definitely going to win this fight!
But the next second.
A blood spear shot out from in front of Lu Ran.
Bang!
It struck the training dummy dead-on.
“This thing’s in the way—it’s making killing you less satisfying, so I might as well clear it out first,” Lu Ran muttered.
Bai Lei sneered.
Clear it out?
Dream on!
Who doesn’t know how much health a training dummy has? You think one blood spear is gonna—
But before that thought could even finish forming in his head.
Bang!
The training dummy instantly shattered into pieces.
And the health bar on the broken dummy had been completely emptied!
What?
Bai Lei’s body jolted, and he nearly choked!
What the hell—one blood spear instantly killed the training dummy?
Holy shit!
What was going on here?
Was this even a necromancer?
For the first time in his life—the very first time—he had witnessed someone take out a training dummy with a single skill!
Was there any class holder in the entire world who could do that?
Even if the four major guild leaders of Dragon Summer showed up, could any of them pull that off?!
Seeing Lu Ran raise the Ocean-Calming Trident again.
Bai Lei’s face turned green!
Just then, his charged sword strike was completed, and the longsword in his hand blazed with dazzling light!
“Go to hell!” Bai Lei’s body moved like lightning, flying toward Lu Ran.
The sword strike came crashing down from above!
This fully-charged strike was guaranteed to kill Lu Ran!
