Cannon-Fodder Heiress Turns the Tables by Fortune-Telling-Chapter 859 - 857: Actually Picked Up a Huge Windfall
The person’s arm was covered in scales, and their hair, long and disheveled, was entirely silver.
Yun Ran had never seen anyone with such an appearance, yet this person felt strangely familiar to her.
"Who are you?"
Unfortunately, that person, clearly deeply afflicted by the mental fog, was completely ensnared in their own thoughts and couldn’t answer Yun Ran’s question.
But their intuition remained sharp; the moment Yun Ran made a sound, the person’s attack arrived.
A biting cold attack charged straight at Yun Ran’s face.
Yun Ran sidestepped, and where she had just been standing, a small ice mountain suddenly rose from the ground.
Yun Ran: ...
Given the attack power, it was evident this was a master, but unexpectedly, they had been bewitched by the fog. It seemed the person’s inner conflicts and obsessions ran deep.
This type of mist wasn’t necessarily lethal by itself.
But as the saying goes, a person’s greatest enemy is themselves.
The destructive power of this fog entirely depended on the individual.
The stronger one’s abilities, once afflicted, the more astonishing the destruction, and the slimmer the chances of reawakening.
Xuanmen people, if they cannot reach a state of mental cultivation, they will eventually run into trouble.
Either they are tricked to death by others, or they fall into becoming an Evil Cultivator, meeting a tragic end.
Watching the person’s pitiful state not far away, Yun Ran couldn’t help but mentally thank the ancestors of Qingfeng Temple time and again.
Fortunately, the first lesson upon entering Qingfeng Temple was mental cultivation, along with the Prohibitions provided by the ancestors, shielding them from such chaotic and destructive influences.
"I wonder where Junior Master is now?"
Yun Ran still had the time to muse, while another attack from the other party came again.
Yun Ran once again dodged easily, but the previously frozen red eyes were not so lucky.
A new small ice mountain collided with the old one. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖
The ground was covered in shattered ice chips, and the eyes, which had seemed like exquisite art pieces, were shattered into bits as well.
With another ’bang,’ more and more ice shards littered the ground, making it almost impossible to find a place to step.
Yun Ran was a bit angry: "Don’t unleash random attacks just because you’ve lost your mind; if you do it again, I will fight back!"
However, in response to Yun Ran, were two consecutive attacks.
Yun Ran: ...
Did they really think she was joking just now!
Yun Ran reached out to block the incoming attack, and then countered with a strike.
The one who had lost their mind couldn’t easily withstand Yun Ran’s retaliation, and though they hard-headedly endured it, they were sent flying.
They landed heavily on the ground, and the disheveled hair covering their face was brushed aside, revealing their true appearance.
Yun Ran’s expression changed instantly, her tone rising significantly: "Rong Gu!"
Especially seeing that she had clearly transformed into something demonic, Yun Ran couldn’t have imagined that the manic person before her was actually Rong Gu.
"What a lunatic, daring to seal a rampaging Ice Dragon within their own Spirit Platform, truly unafraid of death!"
Back then, she only dared form a Symbiotic Contract with the Dragon Spirit, carrying Qingfeng Temple’s tradition and protection.
Rong Gu really wasn’t afraid of being possessed by the Ice Dragon, it seemed.
In the current situation, it wouldn’t be long before Rong Gu’s body fully transformed.
Rong Gu, who had been struck, suddenly had a flash of clarity in those alarmingly red eyes.
The prolonged madness and reckless exhaustion of her energy left Rong Gu evidently at her limit.
Yet standing before her was Yun Ran, whom she resented most.
The trace of clarity she had regained was immediately overtaken by the agitation in her heart, once again plunging Rong Gu into mania.
Yun Ran, watching the whole process: ...
This shouldn’t have anything to do with her, it wasn’t caused by her.
Though she couldn’t figure out why Rong Gu looked at her as if Yun Ran had ruined her entire life.
Whoever wants to take the blame can take it.
Rong Gu once more attacked everything around her with abandon, and Yun Ran simply found a corner to stand in.
She wasn’t some benevolent person; having awoken Rong Gu once, only to be met with her hateful gaze.
She could only be a bystander, then.
Watching Rong Gu’s relentless attacks on thin air, Yun Ran still managed to glean some understanding.
Fortunately, Rong Gu had gone mad; otherwise, given her reckless style of attack, even Yun Ran would suffer greatly facing such a person.
"Poof!"
Under this reckless, mutually destructive attack, Rong Gu finally exhausted all her Essence Blood.
Her eyes had already turned much like those of the red-eyed ones.
It was in this moment that Yun Ran finally understood the origin of those red eyes.
Apparently, in the fog, one pair of eyes equated to one life.
The original owners of these eyes lost their sanity due to the fog, stirring up their deepest desires.
The other red eyes also fed on the various negative desires of those living beings not yet dead.
No wonder this fog was so bizarre.
At this moment, a dragon roar escaped from Rong Gu’s mouth.
Rong Gu’s expression twisted with pain, as if something was trying to escape her body.
Without thinking, Yun Ran quickly pulled out a Dragon Locking Chain from her body and fixed her eyes on Rong Gu, waiting to capitalize.
Severely injured, Rong Gu was no match for the Ice Dragon, even though the Ice Dragon itself was heavily wounded. It clearly didn’t want to be devoured along with Rong Gu by the fog.
The Ice Dragon struggled desperately, finally poking out its dragon head.
However, before it could rejoice, a chain looped around its head.
Yun Ran’s eyes widened, seeing the Ice Dragon’s head emerge, she yanked hard, then securely tied up the Ice Dragon, which had already lost the will to resist.
"Wow, I never expected to actually get such a big catch!"
Yun Ran happily bundled up the Ice Dragon and slapped several talismans on it before turning to see the Dragon-less Rong Gu.
Rong Gu lay there lifelessly.
Her once vivid red eyes now appeared hollow and empty.
Yun Ran’s heart skipped a beat; she didn’t expect Rong Gu’s eyes to detach without any external force.
Suddenly, Yun Ran felt a cold and eerie sensation at her back.
As she turned slightly, where she had been standing, a pair of eyes, still filled with anger, stared at her intently.
Yun Ran: ...
Goodness, she now realized how much Rong Gu truly hated her.
