Damn it! Let's smash the darkness together!-Chapter 1184 - 125: Alliance and Familiar Names

As he thought about this, he maintained his demeanor unwaveringly.

However, Ali’s aggressiveness clearly caused a significant sense of crisis in Xiao Yingrong, another "Fallen Apostle."

What’s up with you, sister? Don’t you have your own Dragon Elephant beside you? I was here first, wasn’t I!

Not too pleased, she glared at her counterpart and, without a word, stepped forward proactively. Embracing Xu Shu’s arm with a more intimate gesture, she asserted her territory with a look full of fiery tension.

Feeling the hostility, Ali licked her lips and smiled, but really she straightened her posture.

At that moment, the gaze between the two "Fallen Apostles" was nothing short of a tempest against waves, turbulent and intense.

Xu Shu, caught in the vortex’s center, suddenly noticed a blind spot.

That was, it seemed all "Fallen Apostles" had particularly large chests... even Zheng Qianrou, whom he had met before. Could this be an occupational trait?

Reflecting on this, Yan Huoxing’s other two teammates also introduced themselves.

The man with heavy murderous aura was named Zhang Runzhi, naturally the "butcher" in the team, with fierce eyes and intimidating presence that discouraged direct gaze.

The other was named Lu Bingwei, a female Taoist in a dark blue Taoist robe, with a handsome and ethereal demeanor, an utterly flawless presence — though a female Taoist, her occupation differed from Xie Xiaochan, as she was in the orthodox Taoist stage three, "Heavenly Master."

These two were naturally not like Ali or Yan Huoxing, facing everyone as those "instantly familiar" social terrorists.

Their attitudes were rather indifferent, only coldly announcing their names before standing behind Yan Huoxing, implicitly indicating that all negotiations were his responsibility.

For unknown reasons, Xu Shu felt a strange familiarity with the name of this female Heavenly Master.

Yet, for similar unknown reasons, after the two announced their names, Xu Shu found the air suddenly became tense.

This tension originated from multiple places, such as Gu Yue Ming suddenly taking a half-step back, Xiao Yingrong letting go of his arm, Yan Shan shrinking back, Ning Zhaoxuan swallowing, and Jiang Biyun instinctively touching the throwing knife hidden in her chest.

In an instant, the previously lively rooftop seemed doused with cold water, becoming silent.

"???"

Xu Shu was quite baffled and glanced around confusedly: "What’s up with all of you?"

"..." The group glanced at Xu Shu, then at the four across, seemingly wanting to speak but hesitant.

"What’s going on? What’s wrong? Speak up."

Still, no one spoke, which left Xu Shu at a loss.

Could there be a grudge?

Fortunately, Xie Xiaochan maintained her initially calm demeanor but still squinted slightly, saying: "Brother Yan, your setup for entering the ruins this time is quite luxurious. But I’m curious, what exactly did you encounter? ’Golden Eye Wolf Saber’ and ’Wave Calm’ are both here, yet you still suffered such losses?"

The moment the words landed, the female Heavenly Master seemed slightly impatient, furrowing her brows.

Yan Huoxing waved his hand, saying: "Ah, isn’t that right? We indeed ran into some trouble, but that’s a long story. Why don’t I invite Brother Ning to accompany me for a moment to help unlock the Mang, and then we can chat further?"

He pointed at the mermaid beneath him, near its last breath, with two strange ancient characters continuously bulging on its forehead — upon closer inspection, they looked like "correct" and "grass."

Xie Xiaochan nodded slightly, Ning Zhaoxuan understood and stepped forward.

"Thanks, thanks! Brother Ning, this way, please." Yan Huoxing clearly valued his image and was unwilling to pull the mermaid off in front of so many unfamiliar eyes.

He and Ning Zhaoxuan walked one after the other to a secluded corner, their backs to the group.

Next, there was a soft "pop," followed by the mermaid’s exhausted roar: "You... you heartless scoundrel!"

As a disposable item, even though she was nearly played to death, she immediately entered a berserk state upon ending and unleashed a swarm of Mang Worms, seemingly intent on devouring everything.

Seeing this, Ning Zhaoxuan quickly sat down, chanting an odd incantation, guiding an unseen undercurrent to help transcend the "mermaid."

The chanting proceeded there.

Meanwhile, Xu Shu couldn’t hold back any longer.

Seeing everyone waiting silently, he turned to Xie Xiaochan: "What’s going on anyway? Why did everyone’s attitude turn cold as soon as they reported their names? Is there a grudge?"

"Not at all."

Xie Xiaochan glanced at Jiang Biyun and others, who still looked gloomy, and whispered: "It seems these people’s backgrounds completely exceeded expectations, which startled them. But you haven’t heard of this?"

"Are you talking about Zhang Runzhi and Lu Bingwei?"

"Yeah. Tsk, you really haven’t heard? I thought you’d pay attention once you entered the human ranking system."

"..." Xu Shu’s mouth twitched, thinking, I paid attention, but I don’t remember this.

He quickly understood, then asked excitedly: "Are these two on the rankings too?"

"Of course." Xie Xiaochan nodded, counting on her fingers:

"Golden Eye Wolf Saber Zhang Runzhi, ranked 274 on the human list, reputed to be the sole inheritor of Killing Life Sect, ruthless by nature, always a lone wanderer."

"Wave Calm Lu Bingwei, ranked 314, a top disciple of the Heavenly Master Mansion, known for multiple successful solo expeditions to the Mist Sea’s caverns! You’ve never heard? Surely you know about Melanie from the Astronomy Association, right? She’s the seventh of the ’Seven Marvels of Meishan’ under Melanie, practically her last disciple!"