The villains are redeemed, and the heroines cry and beg for forgiveness.

The beam attack of the city defense cannon has the advantage of being fast and difficult to dodge; if one cannot withstand it directly, one can be easily annihilated.

However, given the current level of Star Stone technology, while the city defense cannons can pose a threat to some top-tier experts, they are powerless against truly top-tier experts.

As a researcher, Gu Ran was very familiar with the power of the city's defensive cannons, so he had no intention of dodging.

With his physical strength, he was more than capable of withstanding it.

boom!

This was also the first time Gu Ran had ever experienced being bombarded by the city's defensive cannons. He closed his eyes and felt the intense burning of the beams on his body.

Every second, every millisecond, the immense heat seemed to want to set his body ablaze.

However, Gu Ran's body was completely non-flammable. Although he felt a slight burning sensation, it did not cause him any pain.

"This... doesn't give me a sense of crisis. No, the Mellon family used the city's defensive cannons to 'ignite' it. There are a lot of starstone explosives buried here!"

Gu Ran's recently recovered mental power was quickly extended by him.

Sure enough, many places in the Mellon family's territory had been filled with Star Stone explosives. If they were detonated at the same time, the power would be enough to blow the entire Mellon family's territory into the sky.

The best igniter to detonate these starstone explosives is the "city defense cannon"!

Gu Ran slammed into the ground at top speed, and just as his body disappeared into the crater he created, all the starstone explosives in the Mellon family's territory were detonated by the city's defensive cannons!

Boom boom boom!

A mushroom cloud suddenly rose from the Mellon family residence, which was equivalent to a large city block.

This is the second largest mushroom cloud to rise in New Testament City in one day, and it is comparable in size to the previous one.

Many of the bounty hunters who were watching the commotion were caught in the blast. Some of the weaker bounty hunters were blown away by the shockwave, while those with stronger bodies lost legs or arms. Those with weaker bodies were torn to pieces by the shockwave and died instantly.

The surviving and unaffected bounty hunters were stunned by the Mellon family's decisiveness and ruthlessness.

"So much wealth, just given up like that. And there must be quite a few members of the Mellon family who didn't leave in time. Now it's all gone. They don't even spare their own family members. That's too ruthless."

"That Canglong City person should be dead in such an explosion. If he is dead, then it's worth it. As long as the Mellon family is alive, they will be able to fully recover their strength one day."

Some bounty hunters were discussing the matter, while others, who were on the periphery and had not been affected, suddenly had greedy eyes as they looked at their wounded or dead colleagues and began to steal their belongings.

A chaotic battle ensued on the scene.

pat pat pat.

There were loose stones on the ground that were lifted up and then fell back down.

Then, with a loud bang, a large chunk of the ground was blown away, and Gu Ran bounced out, landing lightly on the ground.

Brushing the dust off his clothes, Gu Ran didn't linger. He found a member of the Mellon family who was observing from a distance, and without saying a word, he snapped his neck, crushed his heart, and shattered his dantian.

He has no special ability crystal core, nor is he a martial artist.

an ordinary person.

"So that's where that sense of crisis came from. I almost got my clothes dirty, but luckily my mental strength has recovered a bit." Gu Ran discarded the Mellon family members like trash.

The bounty hunters who were originally robbing things saw Gu Ran and all ran away as if they had seen a ghost, not daring to even speak to him.

"They're using ordinary people to command the city's defensive cannons, hiding in the surrounding ordinary houses to observe. No wonder I didn't find anything unusual when I scanned the area with my telekinetic energy. Wait a minute, ordinary people..."

A sudden thought struck Gu Ran, and he realized the blind spot.

He immediately sat down and began to meditate, quickly restoring his mental energy.

The bounty hunters around watched Gu Ran meditating from a distance, not daring to provoke him.

Less than an hour later, Gu Ran opened her eyes.

"Although it hasn't fully recovered, it's almost back to normal. This time, I'm going to see what you're really made of."

An immense amount of psychic power surged forth like a tidal wave, spreading throughout the entire New Testament City.

However, to ensure the quality of his telekinetic investigation, Gu Ran did not extend it to the entire New Testament City at once, but instead temporarily covered only one district.

As Gu Ran explored the third district, a district near the Mellon family's residence, a slight smile curved his lips.

"I found you. That really surprised me."

......

A woman of average looks and figure, who looked like just an ordinary person, gazed intently at the location of the Mellon family.

"I'm not dead, so how about that? Aren't you disappointed?"

Gu Ran seemed to appear out of thin air in front of her, looking her up and down.

“Embassy of the Far East City, Kiyohime, you really know how to hide your secrets.”

186. You have stolen God's authority! 4k

The envoy from the Far East City was a woman, and a powerful martial arts master at that. She was known as "Kiyohime"—this was information Gu Ran learned through telepathy from conversations among the embassy's attendants.

Therefore, Gu Ran's initial goal was to search for powerful martial artists, but several searches within his mental range failed to find this powerful female martial arts master from the Far East City.

This led Gu Ran to make a temporary misjudgment, thinking that Kiyohime should not be within the range of his psychic search.

However, the trap set by the Mellon family just now gave him another idea—is it possible that this powerful martial arts master is no longer a martial arts master?

Perhaps it was a disguise that allowed her to evade telekinetic detection, or perhaps for other reasons, Kiyohime might still be within his telekinetic detection range, only she wasn't existing as a martial arts master, but as an ordinary person.

Therefore, Gu Ran has just started to carefully examine everyone within the range of his telekinetic power again, focusing not on powerful women, but on ordinary women with average strength.

Finally, Gu Ran locked onto the woman in front of him. Although she was dressed in the style of commoners from New Testament City, without any of the characteristics of Far East City, she was very special.

The people of Far East City look similar to those of Azure Dragon City. Nowadays, many people from Far East City avoid appearing on the streets to avoid trouble, but she stood in a corner of the street, quietly gazing in the direction of the council hall.

There was no spiritual energy fluctuation on her body, indicating that she seemed to be an extremely ordinary person, but her expression was extremely calm, without the slightest unease of being in the center of a turbulent vortex, as if she was indifferent to everything.

When Gu Ran appeared in front of her and said "I found you," her expression finally began to change.

Her gaze was fixed on Gu Ran, her eyes practically overflowing with anger and resentment.

Gu Ran asked with some curiosity, "If I remember correctly, this should be our first meeting, but it seems you harbor a great grudge against me? When did we become enemies?"

"You killed the person I loved most!" Kiyohime's voice had a sandpaper-like quality, which was very unpleasant, and the words seemed to be squeezed out from between her teeth.

"Your lover... Yuan Laiqing?" Gu Ran recalled the people he had killed and suddenly realized.

The only high-ranking official he had killed in the Far East City was Yuan Laiqing, whom he had killed in Canglong City. He had a deep impression of this martial arts master from the Far East City.

"So you two are lovers. It's understandable that you hate me so much." Gu Ran nodded, indicating her understanding.

However, he then asked, "I don't quite understand. You should also be a powerful martial arts master, but your dantian has been destroyed. Did you do it yourself?"

From conversations with the embassy's entourage, Gu Ran learned that Kiyohime had not been involved in any major battles recently, and that she was still a martial arts master when she left Far East City for New Covenant City.

Furthermore, upon arriving in New Testament City, she demonstrated her strength and resolved some troubles, indicating that at least initially in New Testament City, she was still a martial arts master.

So, the time when she became an "ordinary person" was recently.

And it's highly likely that she did it herself.

"Hehe, if I hadn't turned myself into a cripple without martial arts skills, you probably wouldn't have found me just now, but would have been preparing to eliminate me soon after entering New Testament City," Kiyohime said calmly. "What difference does it make whether I'm an ordinary person or a martial arts master? I guess they're no different in front of you. So turning myself into an ordinary person can at least buy me some time."

it is as expected!

Although he had already guessed it, Gu Ran still couldn't help but clap his hands in surprise when he heard Kiyohime admit it herself.

"Clap clap clap clap..."

The applause gradually subsided on the secluded and quiet street.

Gu Ran: "Even if an ordinary person makes such a judgment, it would be difficult for them to make such a decision, because most people will have a sense of luck and self-protection."

"Being able to make such a decision shows that you are very confident in your judgment. On the other hand, it also shows that you are doing this to achieve a bigger goal. Otherwise, you could have chosen to leave New Testament City."

Kiyohime: "I came to witness your death, but unfortunately my plan failed."

Gu Ran raised an eyebrow: "Is this your goal? It seems you love your lover enough and hate me enough."

"Let me explain. Because I killed your beloved lover, you deeply hate me, and at the same time, you also deeply hate Canglong City."

"When Far East City sent you as an envoy to New Testament City, you thought your chance for revenge had come. You successfully lobbied the Mellon family and got old Mellon to push through the bill that persecuted the people of Azure Dragon City. You also massacred the research team of Lanxin University near New Testament City, didn't you?"

"Firstly, it's to settle personal scores and vent one's anger. Secondly, it's to push New Covenant City to the opposite side of Azure Dragon City. This will become one of your bargaining chips in persuading the Mellon family, because if you don't take on this responsibility, it will seem that New Covenant City is afraid of Azure Dragon City and is deliberately shifting the responsibility onto outsiders."

"As for taking on this responsibility... since we're going to fall out with Azure Dragon City anyway, taking on this responsibility will only have benefits. It will show that New Covenant City is not afraid of Azure Dragon City, and it will boost the morale of New Covenant City to some extent."

"What I'm really curious about during this process is how you managed to persuade the Mellon family, and how you managed to get them to push through the July Flower Hunters' Association to persecute the people of Canglong City, even at the risk of going to war with Canglong City."

"It's not that I look down on Far East City, but in reality, Far East City really doesn't have any corresponding bargaining chips. Far East City doesn't have any resources, its population is very small within the Human Alliance, its geographical environment has no strategic value, and it has one of the few top-level strongmen among the main cities in the Human Alliance."

"Let me guess again... Far East City is aware of its own strength, so it has always kept a low profile in its past history and has not been too proactive in provoking other major cities, let alone sending its martial arts masters to participate in the high-level struggles of other major cities."

"But that's exactly what Far East City did. And it wasn't just Azure Dragon City; Far East City also sent its top experts to other main cities, plotting something, with New Covenant City being one of the targets. The reason Far East City dared to do this, and the reason it did so... I think it stems from some kind of... treasure that Far East City obtained?"

Gu Ran slowly recounted his story, observing Qing Ji's reactions throughout.

"You are indeed very clever. Although you guessed some things incorrectly, you were not far off." Kiyohime looked at Gu Ran with hatred and resentment mixed with a hint of inexplicable fear.

"A person like you shouldn't exist in this world. Why are you so immortal? Looking at the Human Alliance, apart from the space ability users of Suzaku City, there is absolutely no strong person who could survive a starstone explosion of that level. But you did it, and you even survived it while you were inside the explosion."

Although Gu Ran tried to avoid being hit by the explosion by using the underground barrier just before it happened, the power of this explosion was too strong. It created a huge crater on the spot, which was much larger than his "All-Mind Strike" just now.

So he did indeed withstand the explosion, but to his own surprise, his physical strength was much stronger than he had expected. Even with such an explosion, he was not seriously injured—he only suffered minor injuries, but thanks to his body's regenerative abilities, he recovered immediately, which was equivalent to not being injured at all, just a little covered in dust.