Lu Ran was just teasing a bit and didn’t dig deeper into Nanami’s situation.
He glanced ahead and said, “The main city is just up ahead. Let’s go.”
Nanami followed behind Lu Ran.
After a few seconds of silence, she suddenly asked, “What are you planning to do to evolve the Carp Spirit? Will you… will you make a move against Sakura?”
Lu Ran looked back at her.
He said, “Obviously. What else would I do?”
Nanami’s heart trembled. She gritted her teeth but didn’t say anything more.
She could barely save herself right now, so how could she possibly manage to save Sakura?
Besides, even if she wanted to do something about it, she didn’t have the ability.
In this world today, with Lu Ran’s power, he could kill anyone he wanted!
To put it bluntly,
if Lu Ran wanted a certain country to disappear from the world, that country would have no choice but to obediently disappear, completely helpless!
At the same time,
inside the Eagle Sauce Guild conference hall.
All hell had broken loose!
Major leaders from Congress had gathered in the conference hall.
The atmosphere in the entire hall was oppressively dreadful!
After a long while,
the head leader finally asked with a dry mouth, “So, Neil is dead? All those people we brought over are dead?”
Someone immediately spoke up: “I was in charge of monitoring the communication list status of Neil and the others. Just a moment ago, their names all turned gray.”
The head leader subconsciously asked with a glimmer of hope, “But it’s also possible they all went into stealth mode at the same time, right?”
But come on, do you even believe that yourself?
Besides,
before they set out, to avoid any intelligence errors,
Neil himself had said they wouldn’t set their communication devices to stealth mode. If their names turned gray on the communication list, there was only one possibility.
They were dead!
The head leader realized this too. The corner of his mouth twitched, and he opened his mouth, but didn’t know what to say.
After a long silence,
another leader asked, “What exactly happened? How did they all die again right after sneaking into Dragonxia? Going by the timeline, they should still be within the Kunlun Death Valley area, right? In Kunlun Death Valley, does the War Flag National Defense Army also have border patrols? That can’t be, right? Dragonxia’s territory is so huge, the War Flag National Defense Army can’t cover everything. And even if there were defenses, they wouldn’t be that strong. They shouldn’t have been able to kill Neil and the others, and certainly not so thoroughly that no one could escape!”
That logic makes sense.
But the facts were right there.
“Neil was the first to die. He was probably overpowered and killed by the enemy. After that, the other members started dying one by one, at a very fast pace. The people who killed Neil were extremely powerful!” someone said.
The conference hall fell into another awkward silence.
After a while longer,
someone cautiously asked, “What do we do now, given the situation? We’ve clashed with Dragonxia multiple times, and we’ve lost way too many high-level combat class holders. Now, there’s no place for Eagle Sauce on the global ranking list. How… how are we supposed to handle the nation war?”
Hearing this, everyone sighed and groaned again.
Who the hell knew!
“Forget it. We don’t have many high-level combat class holders left, and the entire first tier is wiped out. The nation war is coming soon. Let’s focus all our energy on leveling up and preparing for the nation war. As for the rest, we’ll leave it to fate,” the head leader finally said.
So, just as the nation war was approaching, they finally gave up on their continued assassination plans against the Dragonxia necromancer.
Finally,
the head leader added, “Don’t lose heart, everyone. No matter how powerful that necromancer is, it’s just his individual combat power. When the nation war comes, with millions of troops clashing, individual combat power won’t have a huge impact. When the time comes, we’ll find an opportunity to focus fire and kill that necromancer. Our situation isn’t particularly bad.”
Not particularly bad?
How many high-level combat class holders had been killed by Dragonxia!
Eagle Sauce’s entire strength was severely crippled!
They might even be worse off than Sakura!
Countries like Bear Bear and John Bull, which had been quietly developing, had instead risen passively because of Eagle Sauce’s failures.
The situation was definitely not what the head leader said—it wasn’t “not particularly bad.” It was very bad!
As for the other side,
Lu Ran and the others quickly returned to Blackfire City. They didn’t grind for monsters or run dungeons today.
Given how little time was left, they wouldn’t make any real progress anyway.
So they just called it a day.
Early the next morning,
Lu Ran went to the academy after a long absence. He hadn’t been there for a while. As he walked past familiar spots, many classmates greeted him, and he responded to each one.
As he got close to the school gate, he saw from a distance a beautiful figure standing gracefully under the shade of a tree by the entrance, looking around.
Qin Wuyao!
“Yao Yao, haven’t seen you for a few days. How have you been lately?” Lu Ran greeted her with a smile.
“I’ve been great, of course. I am a hidden class, you know,” Qin Wuyao said, tilting her head proudly.
When she saw Lu Ran, the happiness in her eyes was impossible to hide. Her whole face was filled with a sweet smile.
Lu Ran looked inside the academy gate.
Then he said, “The Hundred Cities League—I remember seniors briefly mentioned it before. I never thought that I’d be the one participating in this session’s Hundred Cities League.”
Qin Wuyao said, “Besides you, quite a few others signed up, but it’s useless. In the end, it’s definitely going to be you. No matter how many others sign up, it’s pointless.”
Lu Ran looked at Qin Wuyao with amusement.
He asked, “What about you? Did you sign up?”
Qin Wuyao rolled her eyes at Lu Ran. “With a guy like you around, I can’t even be bothered to sign up. But those few in the school who did sign up aren’t happy about you. They might even try to target you today. You’d better hold back a little. Don’t go causing any deaths on campus.”
Of course, Lu Ran wasn’t stupid.
Killing a fellow student at this critical moment would be completely insane.
But Lu Ran was also quite puzzled.
He asked, “My current level is probably way ahead of everyone else on the rankings, right? And there are still people competing with me for the spot?”
Qin Wuyao said matter-of-factly, “Duh. No matter how high your level is, it just means you found the right way to level up and someone’s been helping you grind. But in their minds, you’re still just a necromancer. Just a regular class. A high level doesn’t mean much. You know that among class holders, especially new ones, level is secondary. Class is what matters most.”
Lu Ran nodded. “That’s true.”
Lu Ran wasn’t particularly early.
By the time he and Qin Wuyao reached the playground, quite a few students had already gathered there.
When they saw Lu Ran arrive, he immediately drew a lot of attention.
Especially a few of the top-ranked rare classes on the leaderboard. The way they looked at Lu Ran was filled not only with hostility but also with intense jealousy.
“Lu Ran, I heard you also signed up for a spot in the Hundred Cities League. Do you really think you’re qualified to represent Blackfire Academy in the capital for the competition?” one of them, a guy with a buzz cut, yelled out.
His tone was strange and teasing.
Lu Ran glanced at him. “I am qualified, and it’s definitely going to be me.”
The guy was stunned. He hadn’t expected Lu Ran to be so confident.
He quickly added, “To get a spot, you need to become a probationary member of a guild. I’m already a probationary member of Hegemon Unrivalled. What about you?”
The others immediately chimed in:
“I’m a probationary member of Chaos Heroes.”
“I’m a probationary member of the Kill Yage ℡ Family.”
“I’m a probationary member of Wind and Cloud Rises Again.”
…
Lu Ran was taken aback. What kind of random, weird guilds were these?
If he remembered correctly, he was a probationary member of four guilds: Heavenly Alliance, Red Pavilion, War Flag National Defense Army, and Mirror Flower Water Moon!
Just then,
Qin Wuyao teased from the side, “You guys are so curious about which guild’s probationary member Lu Ran is. Won’t you find out when it’s announced later? If I were you, I’d be too embarrassed to show off those shabby little guilds of yours. How embarrassing.”
