historicalChapter 85: Eight Directional Mountain, Destroying the Sect with One Slash

The girl looked at Lin Ran as if she wanted to see through him from his expression.

However, Lin Ran still had a sinister smile on his face. The girl looked at him for a long time before giving up.

“Interesting, very interesting.”

The strange smile on her face disappeared. “How do you want to talk?”

“Take turns asking questions. Every time one of us asks a question, the person who answers must give an accurate answer.”

Lin Ran smiled and raised his hand. “After you.”

The girl said nothing, as if trying to figure out if it was a trap. After half a minute, she said, “Who are you?”

“Lin Ran.”

Lin Ran replied readily, and the girl immediately frowned. “I didn’t ask for your name! I asked for your identity!”

“It’s fine. You can wait for the next question to ask me that.”

Lin Ran waved his hand and smiled. “What do I have to do to find you?”

The girl did not speak. At first, Lin Ran thought that she was thinking about the answer. After a long while, he realized that she was refusing to answer.

Lin Ran’s expression darkened. “It’s only the first question and you’re already going back on your words. Do you want to talk or not?”

A strange smile appeared on the girl’s face again. “Kill me if you dare!”

“I’m not going to kill you.”

Lin Ran smiled and looked at the girl as if she was a fool. “As soon as I attack, you’ll know everything about me, so I won’t kill this girl until I obtain enough information about you.”

The smile on the girl’s face instantly disappeared. “Then let’s waste time here. I won’t answer this question.”

“Fine, I’ll change it.”

Lin Ran asked, “What do I have to do to kill you?”

“You can’t kill me.”

The girl answered very quickly this time. Lin Ran subconsciously asked, “Why can’t I kill you?”

“That’s another question.”

The girl blinked, a hint of slyness reflected in her hollow eyes.

Lin Ran couldn’t help but laugh and raised his hand. “Ask away.”

“What is your identity?”

“Commander of the Imperial Guards.”

Lin Ran quickly replied, then asked almost at the same time, “Why can’t I kill you?”

The girl was still thinking about what “Commander of the Imperial Guards” was when she subconsciously replied, “No way. You just can’t kill me.”

Lin Ran’s eyes flickered. The girl spoke in the manner of plain statement of fact.

In other words, it wasn’t the difference in their strength that made the demon unkillable.

Back then, the Ten Mile Sword God, who was at the peak of the ninth level of the Senior Grandmaster Realm, couldn’t kill the demon. Now that Lin Ran had entered the Half-Saint Realm, he still couldn’t. Even if he entered the realm of Saint, it might still be the case.

Therefore, the Ten Miles Sword God could only choose to seal the demon instead of killing it.

For some reason, Lin Ran thought of the wisp of will of the world that suddenly appeared when he formed the Five Elements Divine Beasts with sword energy.

Although it was only a tiny wisp, it almost made Lin Ran lose control of his sword intent.

Most importantly, the will of the world could not be resisted or absorbed. If not for the fact that the Yin Yang Sword had appeared to protect him, Lin Ran would probably be six feet under now.

Could it be that this demon also belonged to the will of the world?

Lin Ran retracted his thought and said, “It’s your turn.”

“I have no more questions.”

The girl said coldly, “You won’t answer me honestly even if I ask.”

Lin Ran scratched his head in embarrassment.

The girl snorted. “Kill her now, or I’ll let her kill herself!”

“Alright, alright. I’ll do it.”

Lin Ran shrugged and stood up to place the Yin Yang Sword on the girl’s neck.

However, there was still no fear on the girl’s face. There was even a hint of fanaticism in her hollow eyes. She couldn’t wait to die under Lin Ran’s sword!

“I’ll take this life for you.”

Lin Ran said coldly. Suddenly, his eyes lit up. “By the way, since you’ve told me so much, let me tell you a secret.”

The girl’s hollow eyes flicked. “What secret?”

“Not only is this sword good-looking, but it also has a special function…” Lin Ran whispered.

Before the girl could hear everything, a black and white halo suddenly appeared on the sword and instantly enveloped the two of them!

A moment later, the halo dissipated, and the girl was already lying limply in Lin Ran’s arms.

After using his divine sense to check and confirm that there was no evil aura left, Lin Ran looked at the Yin-Yang Sword in his hand and couldn’t help but feel a little lingering fear.

If not for the fact that the Yin Yang Sword happened to have the ability to absorb evil aura, he would have really killed this little girl today!

Looking at the little girl in his arms whose eyelashes fluttered slightly, Lin Ran wondered what sweet dream she was having.

Lin Ran smiled and used his sword energy to form a barrier to protect the little girl. Then, he tapped the ground and jumped into the sky like an agile cat.

The winds howled, but there was no noise inside the sword energy barrier.

Lin Ran looked down at the girl. After confirming that her sleep was not disturbed, his eyes turned cold as he raised the Yin-Yang Sword and slashed down—

Billions of sharp sword energy wreaked havoc like an apocalyptic earthquake. Endless cold light flickered in the air, and it could even be seen dozens of kilometers away.

A huge sword phantom condensed from sword energy tore through the sky and smashed into the Eight Directional Mountain.

Boom—

After a loud bang, the mountain that was hundreds of feet tall split into two, but this was only the beginning.

After cutting open the mountain, the huge sword phantom tore open a colossal gap on the ground. Countless boulders and rubble mixed with bones fell into the pitch-black gap. When the mountain was completely wiped off the face of the earth, the gap closed on its own.

This slash was not only to eliminate the traces of the demon, but also to warn the other sects. After all, other than Lin Ran, no one knew what had happened here.

On that day, everyone within a hundred miles of the Eight Directional Mountain saw a sword phantom descend from the sky.

On that day, the entire Eight Directional Mountain was reduced to rubbles.

On that day, a total of 1,731 elders and disciples of the Eight Directional Mountain Sect were wiped out of the face of the earth.

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According to the historical records of later generations, in the year 341 of the Saint Calendar, the second sect on the Sacred Martial Roll, the Eight Directional Mountain sect, plotted a rebellion and was destroyed.