Chapter 63 A C-rank expert saved her and the nightmare beast...
Shan Ran looked in the direction of the C-level nightmare beast's roar.
Far away, a row of small hills was moving towards this side.
The harpy eagle, with its keen eyesight, realized that what it saw was not a small mountain at all, but rather a massive horde of octopuses that had piled up together and were charging forward.
Most importantly, there were two C-grade octopus beetles among them!
Shan Ran dared not fight. Severely injuring that insect had already exhausted almost all of her supernatural abilities. She could only use the remaining supernatural abilities on her wings and accelerate towards the safe zone.
The insect with only one claw left was chirping excitedly, as if it could see Shan Ran's corpse. It was much slower now and was quickly overtaken by the mountain-sized eight-legged insect.
The army of octopuses behind him charged forward relentlessly, causing Shan Ran to frown deeply.
She doesn't have much of her special ability left, so she can't fly for long at this full speed.
Taking out a crystal core from his spatial storage and swallowing it, Shan Ran clenched his fist, preparing to turn back and fight once his powers had recovered somewhat.
The creatures from another world want to kill her here beforehand. Running away won't help; let these monsters become her training ground.
Suddenly, something unusual ahead caught Shanran's attention.
She looked into the distance and saw a car speeding towards her.
Something's clearly wrong here. The fact that they came at this time means they're most likely after her and these monsters.
It was a red SUV that sped across the wasteland outside the highway.
The mountain dyer moved faster, and the distance between it and the off-road vehicle gradually shortened. Through the car window, it could be seen that there was only one person inside.
The driver was a man. The windshield was dirty, so his face was not clearly visible, but he had bright red hair, which was even more dazzling than Wu Chuyu's red hair.
With such vibrant and natural red hair, Shanran guessed that the person must be a high-level fire-type ability user.
Compared to the octopuses that came rushing towards them like a small mountain, the red SUV looked very small.
While dodging attacks from behind, Shan Ran kept a close eye on the off-road vehicle.
Sure enough, the car braked suddenly and stopped in the grass. The man who got out put his hands to his mouth like a megaphone and shouted, "Are you Shanran?"
They came looking for her, probably having received a distress call from the Kunwu team and rushing from the safe zone to rescue her. However, the people in the air were flying too high, and the man's face couldn't be seen clearly, so they had to ask.
However, this kind of entrance is arrogant and a bit... not very smart.
Shan Ran, how could you possibly have time to answer him?
At her current flight speed, if she opens her mouth, a mouthful of wind will blow it out of shape, so how can she speak?
Why did Lu Wenrou send such a simpleton? He seems a bit unreliable...
Seeing that the girl flying in the sky didn't seem to care about him, the man nodded and muttered to himself, "Looks like that."
Then he covered his mouth with his hand and shouted, "You go to the safe zone first, I'll handle things here."
Shanran: ...Really?
Before she could have much time to wonder, the man finished speaking, smoothed his hair, struck what he thought was a cool pose, and then sprinted towards the herd of beasts.
High above, Shan Ran looked down and saw a bright red head rush straight into the mountain of octopuses.
Shanran stopped in place, its wings, which were almost smoking, finally able to slow down and flap slowly, hovering in the air.
Only then did I have time to carefully examine these octopuses.
It's already disgusting when they rush at people one by one.
Now, seeing such a large group of slimy things, with their claws twisted and intertwined, one on top of another, like a swarm of snakes whose heads are indistinguishable.
At their leader's command, each of them opened its mouth wide, as if they wanted to bite Shan Ran right away. Their heads were touching, their open mouths even bumping into each other, their teeth making a grating sound when they collided, and some even broke due to the force.
Having seen too many disgusting monsters, Shan Ran couldn't help but get goosebumps.
Suddenly, a huge fire exploded in the herd of beasts.
This is the largest fireball that Yamazaki has ever seen.
Elemental abilities are quite common, and the five basic abilities are the most numerous besides physical enhancement.
Shan Ran had seen many fire-type ability users before, such as Wu Chuyu.
But this fireball was even taller than that octopus-shaped hill.
Moreover, its attack power was extremely strong, burning all the octopuses in front of it to death.
A series of screams and howls came from the fire, where countless octopuses struggled in agony. Thick smoke billowed into the sky, emitting a pungent, burnt smell.
One after another, the octopuses trampled over the corpses of their kind, rushed out of the fire, and pounced on the red-haired man.
The man remained calm, raising his hand to send out small fire wicks. This time, he compressed his fire-based abilities to the size of a lighter, but there were a great many of them.
A large cluster of flames rushed towards the monsters, striking them one by one, and they fell.
Shan Ran stared in disbelief from the air.
What level of precision is required to compress fire-based abilities into such small forms, yet each one contains immense destructive power?
This man's control over fire is far superior to that of Meng Xin, who controls water.
Perhaps due to his personality, Meng Xinye's attack methods tend to be more about using softness to overcome hardness. He mostly uses methods such as binding and suffocation to deal with enemies and monsters, which consumes less of his superpowers but takes longer to kill them.
Therefore, Shan Ran usually uses water as a supplement and the Mo Dao (a type of long-handled sword) to kill enemies, which is faster.
This man's attack method inspired Shan Ran.
If she were to compress her water-based powers, shrinking the large water sphere to the size of a little finger, and then insert it into the opponent's body through the mouth, nostrils, or other openings, causing the water sphere to suddenly expand and explode, wouldn't that be incredibly lethal?
Water systems cannot manipulate the fluids within the bodies of humans or monsters.
Because the fluids in the body belong to a master, and the master's will can resist, it is impossible for them to be influenced by outsiders while they are alive.
However, the invasion of external water spheres can be controlled by Yamazaki.
Just as Shan Ran was contemplating new ways to develop water-based superpowers, the battlefield below suddenly changed.
What was just a one-sided massacre suddenly turned into a standoff after the Octopus Beetle joined the fray.
To be precise, it's four-sided.
Two complete creatures plus one creature with only one leg remaining, facing a human.
This red-haired man is a Class C superhuman.
She was the first C-level superhuman that Shanran had ever seen.
Shanran flapped its wings and swooped down to the ground, arriving not far from the man.
After consuming the crystal core, her power bar recovered slightly. She handed the octopus to the red-haired man and then dealt with the other small insects.
She first threw a few bombs, killing a large number of people. Then, taking advantage of a spare moment, she condensed a water ball according to her previous idea, and then tried her best to control and compress the water ball.
On my first attempt, I could only compress it to the size of three fingers, just as an octopus rushed towards me and "whoosh," it went right into its mouth.
Octopus: Did I just swallow something?
Shan Ran sensed the small water clump inside the other person's body. On her first attempt, the water clump almost dissipated, but fortunately, she finally made some progress, although the expansion rate was too slow.
The octopus's sprinting speed slowed down significantly, and its body weight increased dramatically, causing it to fall to the ground from the air.
Immediately afterwards, its beady eyes suddenly became dazed, and a bubble spurted from its mouth.
It opened its mouth wide as if it was about to vomit, but nothing came out, so it could only roll around on the ground in discomfort.
Shan Ran exerted all her strength, like a sculptor scraping away the splinters she didn't need. She was also sculpting her water-based superpower, finally allowing the water sphere to expand to its initial state.
The beast's size doubled, but its original organs were compressed, and blood quickly seeped from various openings in its body.
The blood was still covered with bamboo-shaped foam.
The experiment was successful.
If her superpowers were further enhanced and her control over them were more precise, she could make the water sphere expand even faster.
So Shan Ran kept throwing bombs while taking the opportunity to experiment with an open-mouthed octopus.
After a while, some of the slightly smarter octopuses sensed something was wrong and rushed over with their mouths tightly shut.
Shan Ran then sent the water jet into its eyes.
It's just that the passage is a little narrow and the speed is a little slow, but as long as there's a hole, it'll be fine.
Octopus: What kind of monster is this?
Shan Ran glanced at the situation on the red-haired man's side, which made her frown.
A C-level human facing three C-level monsters is clearly going to be a tough battle, but with the right tactics, the chances of winning are still quite good, especially since one of them only has one leg left.
However, that man's fighting style was truly unprecedented.
He held onto one of the eight-legged beetles tightly, letting it gnaw at his flesh, while his other hand focused on dealing with the remaining one.
The one whose seven claws were cut off by Shan Ran is already dead, its entire body burned to a crisp.
The beast that was on top of the man bit off a large chunk of flesh from his waist, and the tearing sound made Shan Ran's teeth ache.
The man was instantly covered in blood, but he still wouldn't let go, letting the beast continue to bite him.
The monster opened its massive jaws and swallowed a whole organ in one gulp!
Shan Ran was greatly alarmed.
Internal organs?
It was just chewed up and swallowed like that!!!
The person sent by the safe zone to pick her up was a top-tier C-level expert, yet he was about to die right in front of her?
Ignoring the swarm of silent octopuses around her, she hurriedly ran towards the red-haired man.
However, the next second, the red-haired man clenched his fist and shoved his hand into the gaping mouth of another monster!
Because of the force of the opponent's lunge, most of the red-haired man's arm was swallowed up.
Shan Ran was dumbfounded.
What kind of reckless approach is this? He doesn't have any petrification abilities, so why is he facing the beast's attack with his bare body?
How did this person manage to get promoted to C-level?
If this continues, even a C-level master will be devoured into a skeleton!
Shan Ran was so shocked that she couldn't speak.
As the monster swallowed the man's arm, a flame rose from his arm and instantly spread to his entire body.
A raging fire immediately erupted inside the beast's body, fiercely scorching its internal organs, causing it to let out a terrible scream and open its mouth in pain.
Along with the monster, the red-haired man's entire right arm fell to the ground; it was in too much pain to swallow it.
Although the right arm was separated from the man's body, the fire did not go out; instead, it grew larger and larger.
The beast that had nearly bitten the red-haired man in half was now engulfed in flames. Unlike the other beast with its mouth open, it was biting down even more fiercely, because the red-haired man was holding it tightly, preventing it from escaping.
The burning pain caused the eight-legged beetle to struggle and convulse, its mouth snapping wildly, biting at the flesh on the legs and chest, until it had almost completely torn the red-haired man apart.
Shan Ran was stunned. She stood there, frozen in place. She had originally wanted to come over to rescue her, but by the time she realized what was happening, it was too late.
What can she do now? A normal person would have died long ago; if this person weren't a C-level ability user, she wouldn't have lasted this long.
Such a severe wound could not be saved even by a light-elemental ability user.
The Light System can only heal; it cannot magically grow organs out of thin air.
Xie Qingheng was able to grow eyeballs because he was inherently of the Light element; healing others and healing oneself are different. Furthermore, a person won't die without their eyeballs, but without their internal organs, death is certain.
The Light faction cannot be brought back to life.
She stood there blankly not far away, watching helplessly as the two C-level nightmare beasts struggled and died.
The C-level expert was almost severed at the waist, with only a small portion of skin, flesh, and bone remaining connected. Unable to support his upper body, he fell in a very strange posture.
The leader was wiped out, and the few remaining octopuses swarmed forward.
A sudden surge of irritation rose within Shan Ran.
A C-level expert she didn't know sacrificed himself to save her, and she had even thought to herself that this person was stupid.
I feel so sorry for him.
She was quite beautiful and had a good figure, but she lost so many parts of her body and died so tragically while saving her.
The only option is to kill all these octopuses and make them the burial offerings for the strong!
So when the Kunwu team members finally arrived with Meng Xin, they were met with a one-sided, frenzied massacre.
The order was completely reversed from before; Shanran was chasing from behind, while the octopus was fleeing from the front.
Shan Ran swallowed two more crystal cores, using her powers as if they were free. She also threw bombs at the front to block the beast horde's retreat, just like she was giving them away for free.
Although a few octopuses managed to escape, Shan Ran single-handedly eliminated most of the remaining ones.
Meng Xin rushed to Shan Ran's side and noticed that something was wrong with her. She looked her up and down with concern, "Ran Ran, are you alright? Are you hurt?"
There are definitely minor injuries, but nothing serious.
She shook her head. "Go to the safe zone and find a healer; you'll be fine quickly, but..."
"Just what?"
Meng Xinye's tone was very anxious; he was afraid of hearing such a twist in the story.
Shan Ran turned around and looked back at a small mound of earth not far away.
"There was one respected senior, an extremely rare C-rank expert, who sacrificed himself to save me..."
Hearing that Shan Ran was really alright, Meng Xin finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But hearing the girl's choked voice, Meng Xin's heart also clenched. Even though he had never met that powerful figure before, he was extremely grateful that he had saved his Ranran.
He also looked at the small mound, his expression grave. "Ranran, what's that powerful figure's name? Was he sent by the safe zone to pick us up? We... we'll burn more paper money for him in the future, double the amount during festivals."
That's all we can do," Shan Ran nodded heavily. "We need to ask him who else is in his family so we can compensate his family."
"good."
The other two members of the team exchanged bewildered glances after overhearing Shan Ran and Meng Xinye's conversation.
One of them asked cautiously, "Captain Shanran, the C-rank expert you mentioned who sacrificed himself, was it... the red-haired one?"
Shan Ran looked up, her eyes still a little red. "You know him? What's his name? Who else is in his family?"
The two exchanged another glance, then asked very cautiously, "Shall we check his face first? It wouldn't be good if we made a mistake, although C-rank experts are quite rare..."
Shan Ran nodded and led the other three people in that direction.
The small mound was casually buried by Shan Ran. When she was hunting the nightmare beast, she was worried about damaging the corpse of the powerful creature, so she threw it into a crater created by a bomb and then casually buried some soil on it.
The two team members dug away with great effort and soon spotted the powerful figure.
Shan Ran crouched down and brushed the dirt away from the strongman's tightly closed eyes. "I just confirmed that he has stopped breathing. Take the body back to the safe zone for disposal. I will handle everything..."
Suddenly, his pale face, which exuded the aura of death, twitched, and then he opened his eyes.
Shan Ran was startled and sprang up from the ground, taking two steps back.
"I was kind... to save you, but you... you buried... me?"
The man stared wide-eyed at Shan Ran, speaking haltingly while vomiting blood, looking like a dead ghost who died with his eyes wide open.
Shan Ran grabbed Meng Xinye's arm.
Is it a zombie? Or a ghost?
The team members quickly explained to the red-haired man, "Young Master Shang, Captain Shan Ran doesn't know your situation and it's normal that she mistakenly thought you were dead. Save your energy; it will take a lot of superpowers to revive you."
Revive?
Shan Ran blinked. What had she heard?
Is it a superpower? A superpower that can bring the dead back to life?
After comforting the red-haired man, the team members quickly turned to Shan Ran and explained, "Captain Shan Ran, this is our district chief's son, Nan Guishang, also known as Young Master Shang. He is a dual-elemental ability user, one is fire-based, and the other is immortality."
Shan Ran and Meng Xin both widened their eyes at the same time.
Immortality!
The two exchanged a glance, one's eyes revealing eagerness, the other's revealing shock and astonishment.
Meng Xin could tell at a glance that Shan Ran was very interested, but this time he had no resentment or jealousy at all.
If Ranran could obtain the superpower of immortality...
Then he will never have to worry about Ranran's life being in danger again!
This is great, I support getting it dyed!
Unbeknownst to Meng Xin, he had already been successfully brainwashed and was no longer the timid, jealous man he once was...
The two members brushed the dirt off Nan Guishang, one holding him from above and the other from below, keeping a safe distance between them, afraid that a big step would tear the young master in two.
Although two pieces can be revived, the recovery time is much longer than that of a whole body.
"Young Master Shang, you can close your eyes now. Hurry up and recover your health, otherwise the district chief will be so worried that he won't be able to sleep for days."
Nan Guishang's face was as white as paper, but his big eyes refused to close, staring intently at Shan Ran.
This scene is so eerie; you could use it to act out a ghost story if you changed the background.
He was so exhausted that he could barely muster any strength. Upon hearing this, he gave a weak "hmm" and then closed his eyes in relief.
Shan Ran cautiously approached to confirm that the young master Shang had completely lost consciousness.
For the remainder of the journey, the two team members gave Shan Ran a general overview of the situation of the Nan Gui Shang (Southern Return Merchants).
This young master is 23 years old this year. He used to be a spoiled brat who skipped classes, got into fights, and was bad at studying. He liked extreme sports such as racing, off-roading, and paragliding. He wasn't a bad person, but he was a reckless scoundrel.
His mother, Lu Wenrou, was meticulous and conscientious at work, but when it came to her scoundrel son, she was completely helpless.
The father's name is Nan Guijianghai. He is a full-time househusband, but he devotes most of his energy to his wife and is somewhat hands-off with his son.
Nan Guijianghai has a gentle and somewhat shy personality; whenever the topic of his son comes up, he speaks in a similarly mild tone.
"Ah Shang is still young and doesn't understand things. When he meets the person he loves most, just like me, things will be different. Then someone will take care of him."
"The businessman is kind, just a little mischievous. It's okay. This is the age to play. Don't put so much pressure on him."
"Compared to other spoiled brats, our Ah Shang is already quite good. He doesn't interact with women, doesn't do anything illegal, doesn't mess around or act recklessly. Let him be."
She always has a gentle smile on her face when cleaning up a mess.
Lu Wenrou looked at the father and son with disappointment and scolded them both.
But they'll do it again next time.
Shanran: ? ? ? How are spoiled brats created....
But since he developed superpowers, Nan Guishang has changed. He thinks he is a savior, a genius with extraordinary talent that is rare in the world!
He participated in rescue efforts, went out to search for supplies, brought back affected people, and even went out to kill wild animals...
Lu Wenrou was worried that his immortality would cause unnecessary trouble, and she was also afraid that his unstable foundation would attract attacks from the upper-class families, so she always told Nan Guishang to keep a low profile.
Aside from the military personnel, no one else knew that Nan Guishang possessed the supernatural ability of immortality.
However, when the merchants from the south were out there, their methods were really extreme.
Relying on his immortality and ability to resurrect infinitely, he fought recklessly against both monsters and villains.
At first, he set off with other teams, but as time went on, no team could handle such a formidable opponent.
Everyone else carried out their missions with a plan and tactics, but Nan Guishang was different; his tactic was recklessness, and his method was to charge forward.
He's quick to take down enemies and perish with monsters. He's also a fire-type, so they really do burn together; sometimes they die in a pile that's hard to separate.
Gradually, Nan Guishang broke away from all the teams and went on missions alone, becoming a team by himself.
An immortal body can be brought back to life, but after death, all vital signs are the same as if one were truly dead.
Just like now, his pulse and breathing have stopped, his skin is deathly pale, and his body temperature has dropped.
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