Chapter Twenty-Two Remaining Hidden Dangers

  A fifth-level True God's priest just died like this.

  Its power is at level five, far surpassing anyone present. Except for Lays who can fight him one-on-one, almost no one can defeat it in a solo battle. Even Lays, who was heavily injured and not fully recovered, had no chance of winning against this priest in top condition.

  Gathering the strength of six people, it's possible to fight against this godly official, but that's only if everyone is in perfect condition. However, with those dozen or so True God Cult followers on one side, their power can be said to be overwhelmingly disadvantageous.

  This god official is very cunning, before only using those true god believers to consume the power of the masses, he just used a few auxiliary divine techniques. The final blow, with a powerful divine technique, struck everyone severely injured.

  As expected, Ji Ran and others will likely leave their lives here.

  But unexpectedly, it still happened. The biggest variable in this was Ji Ran.

  He had two game systems on his body, the unparalleled swordsmanship, plus a treasure that could rival top-grade magic equipment, and with just a bit of luck, as well as the complacency of that god official, finally resulted in this outcome.

  The fifth-grade divine officer died, and Ji Ran was also seriously injured. But compared to Lais and others, his condition could be considered good.

  "Cough, Uncle Leis, are you okay......" Propping himself up with the Bone Slasher sword, Ji Ran walked over to Leis. The others were also injured, but at least they could still move on their own and weren't in any great danger. Only Uncle Leis was lying on the ground, unable to even twitch a finger.

  "I... shouldn't... die..." Lays gasped for air, struggling to prop himself up with his hands, managing to sit up straight. By this time, Ban and Beck had already arrived by his side.

  "Beef jerky! Eat the beef jerky quickly!" After Beck arrived, he first rummaged through Lays' magical pouch. Inside were several hundred pounds of beef jerky, which had a healing effect. Although not as effective as alchemy potions, it was still much better than doing nothing.

  They dug out the dried beef, and Beike first fed a few strips to Uncle Lais. Fortunately, although everyone was seriously injured, eating didn't delay them too much. However, no matter what, this dried beef thing is more troublesome to eat than drinking alchemy potions...

  "Cough... water!" Old Les was stuffed with several strips of beef jerky, chewed a few times and swallowed hard, and sure enough, he choked.

  Beck hastily handed over the water bag and fed Les uncle to drink two mouthfuls, which made Les uncle come back to his senses. It's not clear whether it was the effect of beef jerky or the danger had passed that made Les uncle feel relieved, but his spirit obviously improved a lot.

  "Ji Ran... this time it's you who saved us, I owe you a life." Lai Shu looked at Ji Ran with a very complex expression.

  Ji Ran was also stuffing beef jerky into his mouth. He knew the effect of this thing best, it could heal wounds, but the effect was slow. For example, if a bone was broken, it would be much more troublesome to recover. However, no matter what, it was at least ten times better than natural healing - but even so, without resting for over ten days or half a month, there was no way to fully recover.

  But now, this beef jerky can greatly alleviate people's injuries. As long as you rest for a while, it won't be a problem to leave here.

  "Uncle Leis, what are you talking about? I was lost in this Blue Pine Forest all by myself, and if it weren't for you guys, I wouldn't know how long I'd be stuck here fumbling around on my own. With a bit of bad luck, I might've run into some high-level magical beasts or those ill-intentioned adventurers, and who knows, maybe I'd already be dead by now. If we calculate it carefully, you guys also saved my life. Let's just say... without you guys, there's no way I could've defeated that level 5 divine officer and all those cultists on my own!"

  Ji Ran ate the beef jerky and his injuries from being hit by the dark red energy ball and falling from mid-air were alleviated a lot, he couldn't help but laugh at Lais.

  Aileen and Lydia also came over and sat down beside Uncle Les. Then... grabbed the beef jerky, stuffing it into their mouths.

  "I told you from the start, excessive humility only makes you seem hypocritical. You saved everyone's life, that's an undeniable fact. Don't worry, we spirits don't owe anyone a favor."

  Aileen still had a cold and indifferent look on her face, eating beef jerky and spitting out the residue.

  Bai Ke was also all smiles: "Exactly! Without your last move, we would have been slaughtered by that 5th rank official... Speaking of which, Ji Ran, what was the name of that final sword technique of yours? It was too awesome! I just saw a flash of light in the sky and that official was cut in two!"

  That last move was a flash of lightning, and naturally, everyone saw it. In fact, it would have been impossible not to see it, as the battle took place in mid-air, and even Lays, who was lying on his back on the ground, saw it clearly...

  "A single sword technique, I had practiced for a long time at home but never succeeded, today at the critical moment of life and death, I don't know how it suddenly came to me...". Ji Ran could only use this excuse to cover up. He couldn't say that he just happened to level up and met the skill conditions so he could release it, right?

  "That village of yours... is really enviable... But you also have a natural talent for swordsmanship, if it were someone else, they might have been scared stupid at the time, where would they have had the spare capacity to come up with techniques?" Bek was still full of envy, but no longer jealous. The current Ji Ran made him unable to feel jealous.

  Look at their age, 18 or 19! Six or seven years younger than myself, with only a second-level cultivation, they can kill a fifth-level True God Sect deacon who has surpassed levels! What was I doing back then? Ah, I was also adventuring in the wilderness, but I only dared to wander around in the first and second level beast zones...

  Ji Ran listened to Beck's words and could only smile wryly. How could he tell others about the system on his body? Even if he did, who would believe him? It was hard to explain clearly, starting from what online games were...

  This thing requires too many background settings... Let's just simply push it to that mysterious village.

  Actually, Ji Ran had grasped the Electric Light Stone Fire, but he wasn't sure if he could kill that fifth-level god official. After all, in the game, this move was strong enough, but if the opponent's defense was high enough, it would be almost impossible to instant-kill someone of the same level, let alone a master twenty levels higher than himself.

  However, he succeeded in the end. Of course, this was partly due to the fact that the five-level divine officer did not understand Ji Ran's tactics and was surprised, and for a while did not react to add defensive divine techniques to himself, but the bigger reason is that this is a real world.

  In the real world, a person's death is not determined by their blood volume. In games, no matter how fierce the opponent's attack is, even if it's a heavy sword that slashes from head to toe, as long as the blood volume is not depleted, there will be no death. But in this real world, one sword slash, hitting the vital spot, and you're dead!

  Is the fifth-level divine official powerful? However, he is also just a mortal, and not even comparable to those true god cultists who have been amplified by divine techniques. If he had cast that powerful defensive spell, he might have been able to withstand Ji Ran's sword. But he didn't, so his defense was broken by Ji Ran, and he was cut in half at the waist with a single sword strike.

  The real world and the game world are vastly different. If you don't change your mindset quickly, it's possible that next time, it will be you who dies.

  Having gone through so many battles against monsters before, Ji Ran had never felt this way. But today's cruel battle finally made him realize that he was in a different world and not just playing a game anymore.

  A few people sat together to rest for a while, waiting for the effect of the beef jerky to take hold. Everyone's condition improved somewhat. Although they didn't immediately recover their combat strength, at least they could barely move now.

  "Haha, Ji Ran, your beef jerky has saved our lives again! Otherwise, even if a few ordinary wild beasts came, they might have been able to take us down!" Beike quickly recovered from the life-and-death battle. In fact, his optimistic personality was indeed very good at adjusting everyone's mood...

  "This place was chosen by the true god's followers, so there shouldn't be any ferocious beasts or monsters. What I'm afraid of is that someone will come... wait! No!" Ji Ran suddenly widened his eyes.

  At this time, others also reacted.

  "Those patrolmen just now! They haven't come back yet!" Becket's expression suddenly turned serious.

  "It's not just that, the true god incarnation is also over there..." Aileen gazed into the valley.

  From this angle, the depths of the valley are invisible. But since that Shinto priest has come over, it means the true god's avatar still exists, but for now hasn't fully entered this world. However, no one can say for sure whether this thing will frantically burrow its way over. At that time, this group of wounded people...

  Those patrolling people don't need to be feared, now we've also recovered a bit of strength, Aileen and Lydia's injuries aren't serious, should be able to handle them. It's just that true god avatar, must be settled! The leisurely atmosphere instantly vanished, even Lais made an effort to stand up.

  "Alright, Ji Ran, you, Beck and Ban, go take a look at the true god's avatar over there. I'll stay here with Lydia and Aileen to set up some traps and take out those patrolling guys. Be careful, the true god's avatar might have some special abilities, prioritize your own safety!" Lays glanced around at the few people and immediately assigned tasks.

  Lydia and Irene, being the farthest from the battlefield, were also the least injured and still had some fighting strength. Lays, although struggling to fight, still had experience. With him leading the way in setting up traps, it shouldn't be a problem to eliminate those few patrolling cultists... Those cultists' levels weren't high, probably because of that they were sent out on patrol.

  But the True God's followers, since they haven't fully descended yet, even if they have combat power it is extremely limited. Ji Ran's injuries are basically just flesh wounds and don't affect his combat power much. Adding Ban and Beiku, they can more or less cope.

  "No problem!" Ji Ran stood up. After moving around a bit, he found that although his injuries had not fully recovered, simple combat should be no problem. However, the sword energy, which had been refilled during the upgrade, was now completely depleted again, making it troublesome to perform sword techniques. But against an immobile shadow, even without sword techniques, there shouldn't be any issues, right?

  "Take the Bone Blade, anyway I'm not in a state to wield a weapon and fight now. Remember, be extremely careful, that guy is called the True God, he must have some extraordinary abilities. When the time comes, don't listen to anything he says, just destroy the altar directly!" Lais still had some misgivings and instructed Ji Ran for another two sentences.

  Ji Ran smiled and picked up the Bone Slasher, walking with Banbeck towards the valley: "Don't worry, you guys be careful too!"

  With a wave of his hand, his eyes were fixed on the valley below.

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  My hand slipped and I sent it wrong... Sorry...