Chapter 558: Chapter 557: Unintentional Consequences (2nd Update)
He Tu’s figure paused for a moment, but in just that brief time, the Flower Demon found an opportunity to attack He Tu.
Its large mouth on the petals opened wide, ready to swallow He Tu whole.
Seeing the situation was bad, Yun Ran swiftly kicked He Tu, sending him flying, while she narrowly avoided the mouth on the petals.
Yet, even so, some of the petal juice splashed onto Yun Ran’s clothes, creating a large corroded hole.
Yun Ran quickly tore off her clothes, fearing the lingering juice might accidentally harm her.
He Tu, who was sent flying by Yun Ran, at this moment looked at Yun Ran with disbelief.
He could never have imagined that Yun Ran would almost fall into the Flower Demon’s mouth to save him.
This huge astonishment made him involuntarily mumble to himself, "Is this... the benevolence of the Righteous Disciples?"
But he would never have thought that Yun Ran saved him simply because she didn’t want him to be swallowed by the Flower Demon, strengthening itself.
The Flower Demon was difficult enough to deal with already, and if it swallowed He Tu, the karma on He Tu would transfer to the Flower Demon.
She had picked just a few scapegoats, and if she couldn’t withstand the backlash of strong karma, she’d end up having to deal with it herself; it was too unfavorable.
Yun Ran constantly watched these people, hoping they could kill the Flower Demon and they wouldn’t be devoured by it.
Seeing another old monster attacked sneakily by the Flower Demon, the Little Paperman, in sync with Yun Ran, flew up and kicked the Flower Demon.
The Flower Demon’s open mouth instantly tilted, allowing the old monster to seize the opportunity and smash the attacking flower branch with a palm strike.
The shattered flower branch splattered juice onto the old monster.
Yun Ran watched helplessly as the once valiant old monster dwindled visibly after being splashed, with his life force rapidly declining.
If it weren’t for his profound Dao progress, he might have perished right there.
"Phew"
The blood-spewing old monster collapsed on the ground, eyes filled with shock at the Flower Demon’s ferocity and disbelief at the Little Paperman’s selfless rescue.
"Why did you save me!"
Just the juice caused him serious injury. If the Flower Demon had bitten him or swallowed him, he absolutely wouldn’t have survived.
Yun Ran could hear the gratitude and awkwardness in his words.
For such unintended occurrences, there’s no way Yun Ran would explain her true motives.
She immediately declared righteously, "We, the Xuanmen people, naturally share an irreconcilable animosity with evil, even if we have conflicts, we shouldn’t let you be devoured by evil!"
The other old monsters, hearing Yun Ran’s words, didn’t think to mock her for the first time.
In the past, if someone told them this, they’d surely consider that person either simple-minded or hypocritical.
But now, having seen Yun Ran ’not caring for her own safety,’ saving them from the Flower Demon’s mouth, Yun Ran’s character was now beyond doubt.
At this moment, Yun Ran was already considered a person whose words matched their heart.
Even though their position might be opposed to Yun Ran’s, they respected Yun Ran’s character.
He Tu directly took out his Treasure Gourd, poured several Blood Pills from it, ate one himself, and handed the rest to the others.
Of course, even though he was moved by Yun Ran’s ’selflessness,’ he hadn’t planned to give Yun Ran one.
More so, he felt that someone with Yun Ran’s character would definitely not want it.
After swallowing the Blood Pill, He Tu, initially badly injured, looked significantly better.
At this moment, his gaze was entirely on the Flower Demon, with little guard against Yun Ran.
The old monsters completely forgot that the reason they were attacked by the Flower Demon was due to Yun Ran.
Yun Ran, harboring other motives, saved them, making them overlook their dissatisfaction and initial desire for treasure.
The old monsters began to work together to combat the Flower Demon, and He Tu even awkwardly instructed Yun Ran.
"Hide behind!"
Yun Ran: ...
Goodness, if she’d known these old fellows were so easily deceived, the previous fight was purely unnecessary.
The Little Paperman was also dumbfounded by the scene.
Then quietly said to Yun Ran, "Master, is this what you mentioned before, why shut-ins easily get tricked by outsiders?"
These old monsters mostly lived in seclusion, getting along poorly with those around them, and had very eccentric temperaments.
Provoking them slightly could easily lead to deadly trouble.
But if something impressed them, they’d become blindly biased.
These were principles her little uncle once mentioned to Yun Ran, who was aware he had many strange friends.
His bizarre methods and many unknown Forbidden Techniques were obtained from these odd friends.
Yun Ran had only slightly understood before, but now, the delay in education at this moment left her deeply shocked.
"Boom" sounded a loud bang.
Yun Ran, hiding behind watching the spectacle, saw the old monsters cooperate to cut down half of the Flower Demon’s bloom.
Though they also fell to the ground, vomiting blood miserably.
But this group definitely had authentic stuff at hand, with He Tu frantically stuffing Blood Pills into his mouth, while others took out their own life-saving items.
They forcibly filled their nearly empty health bars again.
Yun Ran belatedly swallowed hard; fortunately, they’d been swayed by her recent rescue act.
Otherwise, given these fellows’ fighting strength, going all out against her...
Yun Ran felt if she didn’t break a few bones, deathly peace couldn’t be achieved.
The Little Paperman seeing the ground contaminated by the Flower Demon’s juice turned to scorched earth, losing all life force.
Hurriedly carried Yun Ran, wanting to retreat farther by dozens of miles.
"Master, it’s really dangerous here, we should stay far away!"
Wanqi Yu and others arrived at this time, seeing the intense battle between the Flower Demon and some unidentified elderly figures.
While Yun Ran sat far away, seemingly munching on sunflower seeds.
This suddenly left Wanqi Yu silent, unsure what to say.
The Black Robed People, who switched big roles, looked at the relaxed Yun Ran and their faces darkened.
They cursed inwardly: These old monsters are too unreliable; they were here to hunt down Yun Ran, and now they’re escorting her, damn it! It’s just insane!!!