This reminded Jiang Ran of a joke from the past.
One person said, "How can smoking be addictive? I smoked every day for three years and I never got addicted!"
Although this is just a joke, it also illustrates a reality.
Sometimes, people can clearly perceive their desires, but they cannot clearly perceive whether they have control over them. Perhaps without realizing it, they think they are fine, but in fact they have become addicts!
Most people who are addicted don't realize they're addicted.
Even if certain things have become a part of their lives.
Just like Collins in front of him, the current situation is the most advantageous for him. There is no need for him to break ties with Jiang Ran so early. If you think about it carefully, it is not worth it at all!
Even if he didn't trust Jiang Ran and wanted to betray him, he could have easily offered some conditions to appease him first, and then acted after he had truly taken the position of city lord and everything was settled.
The reason he acted so early was simply because he was worried that Jiang Ran might cause some trouble during the final election.
It's likely that he didn't come up with this idea because Jiang Ran brought up the topic of demons, but rather because he had already decided to do it after hearing the news of Corno's death!
"No one can stop me from becoming the city lord!"
Collins conjured a cyan flaming greatsword out of thin air, and the iron sword in his right hand also burst into cyan flames. He assumed a dual-sword stance, and the color of the flames gradually deepened, changing from cyan to blue!
"Do you regret coming into this general's mansion with me?"
"Regret? Not at all." Jiang Ran smiled. "In fact, I should thank you. Otherwise, I really wouldn't have gotten so much information."
"Actually, it doesn't matter whether you make a move on me or not; it won't affect my choice."
Whether Collins chooses not to take action against Jiang Ran and instead becomes the city lord, or chooses to eliminate Jiang Ran, this scourge, before becoming the city lord, both choices have one premise.
That is, Jiang Ran is really just an ordinary [near-god]. Only if Jiang Ran can't defeat Klins can these two possibilities be realized!
"With such power, you should be able to easily deal with White Dove. It seems you still don't want this power to be completely exposed to others."
Having a bottle containing demonic power and having complete mastery of demonic power are not the same thing at all!
Collins still retained a sliver of reason after all!
"Dying here will at least let you die knowing why!"
Jiang Ran dodged the slashes of the twin swords by sidestepping. The blue-green flames continued to spread in the room, and there were fewer and fewer places to stand. This did not mean that the Wheel of Fate was out of options, but rather that the mental energy consumption for creating each coincidence would be even greater!
The "demon" on the ground had already been burned to ashes in the flames, and its power had been drained, so it was of course useless to Klins.
The ever-burning and rising flames blurred Jiang Ran's vision. He could only see Collins' twin swords slashing continuously, while his mental strength was also declining.
We can't delay any longer!
Jiang Ran snapped his fingers!
This is a miracle from the [Lost]!
"Hahaha! When I become the city lord, I will capture all the goat-headed people in the city and experiment on them! Why resist demons? I will become the most powerful demon in the world!"
The blue-green flames suddenly rose up and turned into azure!
Black char marks began to appear on Collins' skull, but he was oblivious and continued to laugh until he swung his sword again, at which point both greatswords fell to the ground, his hands burned to ashes!
"No! That's not right..."
By the time Klins realized what had happened, it was too late. The demonic fire had consumed his body, leaving only a few traces.
Jiang Ran used [Lost] to cause Klins to lose the balance between his reason and demonic fire!
In fact, this balance was already very unstable. Klins did not control his desires. Jiang Ran added fuel to the fire, causing the demonic power in his body to become completely unbalanced. Those who play with fire will eventually be consumed by fire!
"Cough cough!"
After Collins died, the flames in the room did not change color any further, but they still did not stop burning!
Jiang Ran coughed twice, took a few steps out of the room, and before he could even breathe a sigh of relief, he saw that the flames were starting to spread out of the room!
If this fire is allowed to continue burning, it will eventually engulf the entire city of paradise!
The azure demonic fire danced in Jiang Ran's eyes.
He slowly extended his hand.
If Klins can control the power of demonic fire, why can't he? Jiang Ran wasn't blinded by desire; on the contrary, he was calmly considering this question.
Letting it burn is definitely not an option, so why not turn it into your own power? You might even discover some new secrets within it!
If anything seems amiss, immediately use [Lost] to cleanse the demonic fire within your body!
"Well......"
As the flames entered his body, Jiang Ran felt a sharp pain spread throughout his entire body, as if his internal organs were being burned by the flames. However, if Jingjing only felt pain, that would be the best outcome!
Pain can make people more alert. If Jiang Ran feels very comfortable or even wants to sleep, then that would be really bad!
Jiang Ran's skin showed signs of disappearing. If this continued, he would inevitably turn into a state like Collins before, where he would only be a skeleton. Fortunately, all of this was suppressed by the Wheel of Fate!
The demon fire stirs up a person's deepest desires.
Earning 1 million will make you want to earn 10 million, and earning 10 million will make you want to earn 100 million! Money has no limit, so desires also have no limit!
Money is just an analogy; desire is never that simple.
"The way to control the demonic fire is neither to suppress desires nor to let them burn unchecked!"
"A person without desires is not human; guiding desires in the right direction is an ideal!"
The blue flames around Jiang Ran gradually deepened and turned purple!
A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier!
"Since this path to godhood is laid out before me, then I shall become a god! There's nothing shameful about it; surely I'm not afraid to face it head-on?"
"In all matters of the world, it is best not to contend. If you must contend, then be the one at the very top!"
If there must be another "Wheel of Fate," then why can't it be Jiang Ran?
Jiang Ran moved his hands, and the purple flames disappeared completely, leaving his pupils tinged with a faint purple.
Jiang Ran opened his right hand, and a wisp of purple flame rose out!
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