Summit of the Old Gods-Chapter 1154 - 1071: My... Stone Venerable!

The Blood Crystal Mask’s advancement was undoubtedly an unexpected delight.

Unlike Divine Weapons, magic artifacts were more independent and did not require Lu Ran’s energy to grow or advance.

Therefore, when the always quiet Blood Crystal Mask suddenly entered its advancement mode, Lu Ran was quite pleased.

While he was killing within a small range, he was also waiting for good news.

In just over twenty minutes, Lu Ran reached a third-rank magical artifact!

It became more crystalline and the blood mist within the crystals appeared even more eerie.

Its effect at the first rank was to summon a blood mask, physically sealing the enemy’s mouth and throat; at the second rank, it induced extreme fear at the thought of making any sound on a psychological level.

The effect at the third rank was to increase the number of blood masks.

At the moment the Fog Dragon Roll dissipated, all the Faceless Jade Venerables around Lu Ran had the lower half of their faces sealed by blood masks.

Three words: Shut up!

And as for those smirking expressions, what are you pretending for?!

Lu Ran suddenly remembered a phrase from Sister Xian’er: You think I’m giving you face, huh?

Cover those faces for me!

The Blood Crystal Mask went on a killing spree.

Even the Burning Gate’s soldiers, as long as they got close to the Sect Master, would have their mouth and nose tightly sealed by a giant blood face.

Completely ruthless towards kin and others...

It must be said that blood’s plasticity was indeed remarkable, regardless of the enemy’s size or form, as long as they had a mouth, it could block it!

Absolutely domineering.

Yet Lu Ran felt it was a pity, lamenting how the Blood Crystal Mask was born at an inopportune time.

This is practically a Divine Artifact for speed-clearing Holy Spirit Mountain!

If you don’t remove the blood face covering your face, you’ll suffocate and die.

If you forcefully try to remove it, the blood threads that penetrate into your skin and throat will take flesh and tendons with them! Removing the mask would tear off half your face or even your throat as well.

No different than suicide?

So you can only try to crush it.

However, a third-rank magical artifact is on par with the Heavenly Realm! Except for beings of the Divine Demon level, it’s genuinely hard for any creature to survive.

Born at an inopportune time...

The Jade Venerable minions, though not at the God Realm, did not need to breathe!

Their methods were equally impressive, with jade hands on the mask able to turn it into jade stone within mere seconds, freeing themselves easily.

Of course, they rarely had such opportunities.

After all, Lu Ran’s killing speed was so swift, most of the Jade Venerable Clan would meet their death in silence.

From then on, no more nonsense from the Jade Venerable minions to Lu Ran.

He focused on cultivating the Venerable Slayer Blade, nurturing the Stone Sculptures in the garden.

The completion of the Faceless Stone Venerable was just a tiny step away.

Just a little!

Yet Lu Ran kept killing until Li Rouyin ascended to godhood until Wang Quan and Rouyin merged into one, settling in the Sculpture Garden together, and still, the Faceless Stone Venerable remained unfinished.

The difference between minion souls and Jade Venerable divine souls was indeed worlds apart.

Lu Ran could only regret not capturing more Jade Venerable divine souls in the previous war...

Two weeks passed in the blink of an eye, and on this day at the end of the winter month, Lu Ran’s endless slaughter finally paid off!

In the Sculpture Garden, the Faceless Stone Venerable was finally complete!

"Buzz~"

Lu Ran paused, a hint of joy flashing in his eyes, then his slaughtering speed increased again.

In an instant, dead souls rose from shattered Jade Venerable bodies, seemingly drawn by a force, rushing towards Lu Ran’s pupils.

Lu Ran did not control the dead souls.

The Faceless Stone Venerable in the garden absorbed them on its own.

Wonderful, wonderful!

Lu Ran was secretly delighted, immediately choosing to activate the Divine Sculpture, causing the Faceless Stone Venerable to tremble and expand continuously.

Mist Realm, Stream Realm, River Realm...

Until it reached the River Realm, the Faceless Stone Venerable’s breakthrough speed finally slowed down.

After Lu Ran slayed this wave of enemies and absorbed all the Heavenly Realm souls into his pupils, he directly instant teleported back to the mountain peak.

The Immortal Jasmine Divine Sculpture always had its hand raised, and now it awaited the returnee.

As Lu Ran descended, a gigantic blood mask instantly covered the lower half of the Immortal Jasmine Divine Sculpture’s face.

"Enough." Lu Ran said gloomily, "You’ve wreaked enough havoc, separate friend from foe now."

The Blood Crystal Mask: "..."

Lu Ran sat cross-legged, closing his eyes, intimately connecting with the Faceless Stone Venerable in the garden.

"Let me see what you’re capable of."

Lu Ran placed the Venerable Slayer Blade flat on his knees, murmuring to himself.

The Immortal Jasmine Divine Sculpture slowly lowered its head, its gaze covering the small figure, only to see the emperor-robed youth frowning, seemingly encountering some perplexity?

A moment later, Jiang Ruyi’s Heavenly Realm body flew back, carefully kneeling by Lu Ran’s side, just in time to see him opening his eyes.

"The Faceless Stone Venerable is complete?" she asked softly.

Lu Ran’s expression was grave: "Yes, but it has only three skills in total."

Jiang Ruyi was slightly surprised: "Only three?"

Lu Ran nodded and said: "None of them involve splitting the divine soul..."

The myriad divine demons possess only one original body; dead means dead, whereas the Faceless Jade Venerable can have many large bodies at the original’s level!

For this ability, Lu Ran had long been coveting.

However, the reality was incredibly harsh.

After dedicating so much time and effort, consuming as many as six Jade Venerable divine souls and countless minion souls, this is what was produced?

Faceless Stone Venerable...

We are not greedy, you transform into the Divine Demon System, we’re not asking you to be Pro, not asking you to be Max.

But don’t give me a junior version, okay?!

Jiang Ruyi pondered for a moment and speculated, "The stone sculptures you make, after all, are ’Stone’ Venerables within the Divine Demon framework, so there must be significant deficiencies in capabilities, right."

Lu Ran sighed heavily in his heart and said, "Make me a River Realm minion."

Jiang Ruyi immediately raised her hand, and another Jiang Ruyi quickly took shape.

Although the two were identical, there was a significant difference in aura.

"Come." Lu Ran extended his palm forward.

The Xian Mo minion trembled as it walked forward and held his hand.

Jiang Ruyi: "..."

Seeing Lu Ran holding hands with another version of herself felt somehow strange?

Thankfully, this minion was only of River Realm, with weak strength, unable to lift its head in front of Lu Ran. If it was a Heavenly Realm minion, would it sneak glimpses at him with loving eyes?

For a moment, Jiang Ruyi thought of those Yan paper minions.

"Hmm?"

As Jiang Ruyi was lost in thought, she was startled to find the Xian Mo minion’s hand beginning to petrify!

It was not the usual Jade Stone transformation.

The flesh and blood of the Xian Mo minion’s hand turned gray, rapidly spreading throughout the entire body.

In just a few seconds, the Xian Mo minion had turned into a 1.77-meter-tall statue.

"Crack~"

Lu Ran always held the Xian Mo minion’s hand, and with a light squeeze, the stone hand turned into powder, cascading through his fingers.

Jiang Ruyi’s eyes lit up!

Though there were only three spirit defense techniques, this first ability was already extraordinary, wasn’t it?

The Jade Venerable could jade-stone their enemies, and when transformed into the Divine Demon System, the Stone Venerable could petrify their enemies?!

Jiang Ruyi looked at Lu Ran’s hand, her eyes lighting up again!

Lu Ran’s hand did not undergo any transformation in form, which meant he could petrify the opponent’s body unnoticed.

Insidious, concealed.

Impossible to guard against!

"Crack~" With a thought, Lu Ran’s Venerable Slayer Blade flew out with a swoosh, directly shattering the face of the Xian Mo minion.

Along with it, the entire statue shattered completely, scattering into pieces on the ground.

Then it dissipated into a faint mist.

Lu Ran reached forward, and the dead soul flowed into his body through his hand, turning into nourishment.

This was not about plundering resources from the height of a god or demon, but a skill!

In other words, minions created by the Faceless Stone Venerable could also absorb dead souls when killing enemies on the battlefield and bring them back to the Faceless Stone Venerable himself.

"Such a ruthless heart~" Suddenly, a soft, cottony voice rang out.

As Lu Ran looked up, he heard a "snap" sound.

Tian Tian’s Divine Sculpture accidentally voiced her thoughts aloud, and as soon as the words left her mouth, she hurriedly covered it with her hands.

But it was too late!

Lu Ran and Sister Ruyi both looked up, and Tian Tian was so frightened that she shrank her head.

"Hehe." Lu Ran laughed.

A heartfelt laugh.

The days of struggling against the Jade Venerable were too bitter and oppressive, and the Gods of the Ran Sect were both respectful and afraid of him when they saw him.

This one sentence from Tian Tian gave him a little bit of relaxation and joy from the past.

"Don’t be afraid, little Tian Tian." Lu Ran turned his gaze to the distant battlefield, "You’re right. Next time, I’ll struggle a bit, at least give your Sister Ruyi an explanation."

At these words, Jiang Ruyi rolled her eyes at Lu Ran, both angrily and amused.

Out of habit, she moved, then couldn’t help but pause with a slight jolt.

Yes, this was their original way of interacting, talking and joking around.

When had this all disappeared?

Since the moment Lu Ran saw Lord Immortal Sheep off and turned into a tomb, since the heavy burden fell on Lu Ran’s shoulders, facing the Faceless Jade Venerable.

These kinds of days... I hope they end soon.

"The third ability is the Spirit Defense skill." As Lu Ran spoke, he happened to see another wave of enemies being teleported over.

Jiang Ruyi glanced over softly, "Can you pollute Jade Stone?"

Lu Ran licked his lips, "I was just thinking of trying it."

Reverse contamination!

With that, Lu Ran flickered away.

When he returned, he was releasing a thin red thread in his hand, tethering a Jade Venerable minion back.

The Divine Grade Silk Thread couldn’t control the Jade Venerable herself; her body was too unruly.

The paper mache men of the Yan Paper Sect couldn’t mold her into a ball either.

But controlling a Heavenly Realm minion was more than enough.

"Be careful, don’t touch her limbs." Jiang Ruyi said softly.

"Mm." Lu Ran causally manipulated the Jade Venerable minion, making her hover horizontally, her face displayed in front of him.

"Hmm?" The Faceless Jade Venerable slightly frowned, the lower half of her face covered by the blood mask, speechless.

Lu Ran placed a hand over one of her eyes.

second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds...

"Mmm!!" The Jade Venerable minion let out a muffled sound, her lone eye wide open.

Currently, Lu Ran could only use Jiang’s Skill, but as time passed, the Heavenly Realm Jade Body was truly polluted!

The beautiful skin, like sheep-fat white jade, gradually dulled.

Gradually petrified!

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