Chapter 55

A vast number of people lay densely packed all around him, and he was as unstoppable as a god of slaughter.

Looking closely, it was quite astonishing to find that the newcomer was none other than the usually reticent Jin Ling. No one would have expected that she could forge an alliance with Zhang Lu.

"Haha, Brother Dong is brilliant," the brothers around him thought to themselves, raising their thumbs in silent praise.

Primarily, Wang Po wanted him to steal the medicine from Ouyang's household, and he was the most suitable candidate for the job.

To walk out alive from that baleful and perilous domain without formidable strength would be nearly impossible. Therefore, the gazes directed at the Demon Valley Peak carried both fear and profound shock that this seemingly ordinary young man could emerge unscathed from that deadly crucible of death.

Lu Xiaoying completely misinterpreted Wu Feng's original intention, thinking to herself: Heavens! Senior Brother Wu Feng is coming back again. Could it be that he—could he possibly have feelings for me?

"You!" Watching her fine camellia flowers being torn apart and ravaged, Wanying shoved her away, trembling with anger.

"Yuan Hong?" Jiang Jun was taken aback, casting a puzzled glance at the newcomer. Could this be that legendary monkey possessing the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, comparable in might to Erlang Shen?

Gong Shiyu and the others did not hesitate. Knowing his intentions, they followed closely behind him, fighting their way toward the courtyard where Di Baobao lived. However, because they encountered too many men in black along the way, who entangled them in combat, it took them a considerable amount of time to finally break through the encirclement.

The Crown Prince could no longer care about such matters. Firing his gun just now had undoubtedly attracted the attention of the police, so he immediately clutched the briefcase and bolted forward once more.

However, judging by Hu Yilou's tone, it seemed he had failed to inflict heavy damage on Li Tianrong, nor was he a match for Li Tianrong; he could only serve as a temporary delay.

The Li Fire emitted the Samadhi True Fire. Although the golden core appeared indestructible, it was forcefully torn open by the Samadhi True Fire from the Li Fire Cauldron, and wisps of the sacred flame began to drill inside, causing the golden core to flash with irregular brilliance.

Affection like that of her grandmother and grandfather, her empress mother and imperial father, or her second imperial uncle and aunt—an unwavering love that endured through thick and thin—was something she had never experienced, nor had she ever been given the chance to feel or live through.

Z frowned, knowing that the procedure itself was correct, but since fault had been found with it, he fell into deep thought. Someone reported back to Yi'er. Yi'er and his disciple wore identical expressions of furrowed brows.

Then, under the gaze of more than thirty pairs of eyes, Lu Qingyu's figure transformed into a ghostly black shadow, continuously dodging and weaving amidst the dense barrage of fireballs.

She clearly saw Freya nod, her eyes filled with praise. Such a gaze had no business appearing on Freya, to say nothing of the terrifying oppressive aura from just moments before. Yet, despite hinting to the High Priestess on several occasions, she had received not a single whisper in response. With a hardening of her resolve, Adele gripped her twin axes and lunged at Freya.

"It is only natural that you do not trust me. I have already assessed their hazardous nature for you once. But then again, this is your prerogative," Yin said with an easy, honest smile.

"You really need to take your medicine. Let me tell you, this is the Dao of Heaven. I'm in a good mood today, so I'll puncture the window paper for you. This is known as leaking heavenly secrets, and once you hear it, you must not spread it to outsiders," Mumu said with utmost solemnity.

Zhao Jingyi's expression finally softened, and her demeanor eased, though a closer look revealed a hint of exhaustion that tugged at Lin Xi's heartstrings.

A few days ago, when visiting an old friend to catch up, that old fogey, already eighty years old, was still in robust health, sturdy enough to till the soil and weed the garden. He had even turned his backyard into a vegetable patch—a notion that had since stuck firmly in Elder Bai's mind.

With today's incident causing such a massive uproar, Tao Xian and Su Ruotong could obviously no longer continue working. Su Changqing thus instructed them to accompany Sister Liu and take Su Taohua back home.

At the same time, Shan Yangzi was not only a domestically renowned grandmaster of martial arts, but also a master of Traditional Chinese Medicine with exceptional accomplishments in the field. Shan Qingzi had inherited Shan Yangzi's true mantle in medicine and possessed an extremely profound understanding of it.

Upon returning to the school, we scaled the wall to get back inside. Once inside, I called Zhang Mengfei to ask where she was, and she replied that she was in the dormitory.

"Why aren't you eating?" Seeing that Ling Feng was merely sitting there regulating his breath without partaking in any food, Xiao Yun'er asked.

She even made a move to open her bag, performing a dangerous gesture that anyone would interpret as grounds for immediate lethal force.

As in previous years, the banquet was held in the Palace of Heavenly Purity for the New Year's Eve dinner. However, because it started rather late and involved a multitude of rigid protocols and rituals that were truly taxing both mentally and physically, Consort De would invariably have someone boil two pots of dumplings around two or three in the afternoon to tide everyone over.

Inside the jeep parked outside the entrance of the Lao Bian Dumpling Restaurant, the atmosphere was one of absolute tranquility, seeming entirely insulated from any external disturbances.

Arriving at Pengcheng on the borders of Xuzhou, it was said that the region was plagued by severe drought and the common people were struggling to survive. Liu Bei could not bear to witness their suffering and thus prepared to distribute relief funds to the people of Pengcheng.

The two sides were on the verge of a fierce brawl as Juzo Tenga on the side suddenly unleashed his curse mark, destroying a dozen surrounding buildings.

Ling Shou withdrew his piercing gaze and remained silent for a long moment before suddenly letting out a sigh. "This matter has been buried in my heart for over a hundred years, and I never intended to pass it on to my descendants. Since you have already discovered it, I will recount a hidden piece of our peak's history to you both. Follow me." With these words, he strode out of the main hall.

That bald, muscular man had bulged muscles that shimmered with a faint metallic luster. He grabbed one of the giant squid's tentacles and engaged in a direct contest of raw strength with the creature.

At this moment, Zhao Ming's arm moved once more. As his internal vital energy contracted and surged, a burst of kinetic force erupted instantly from his fists, shattering the incoming stream of energy right before him.

Yet Zhenru could no longer tolerate Yang Jian's cries. With a backhanded slash of her blade, Yang Jian's voice was cut off abruptly. He felt the world spin wildly around him, caught a glimpse of a headless corpse out of the corner of his eye, and then lost consciousness entirely.

Face down, deeply buried in the crevices among those stones, Luo Tian slowly began to sob.

Judging by the situation, at least until the aura on Ye Zhuo's body dissipated, there was no need to worry about safety; most likely, all the genuinely threatening predatory birds and beasts had gathered right here.

The Ninth Elder flickered his wrist slightly, sending a fireball flying out from his palm into the puddle of water. Instantly, a brilliant flare of light erupted, and the flames blazed even more fiercely.

"Master, some time ago, a few of my senior brothers and sisters and I went to the Eastern Sea..." Xia Mingfeng took a deep breath, the complicated expression vanishing from his face as he recounted the whole event from beginning to start, cleverly omitting only the affairs concerning the Xia family.

"The one mentioned last time? The Sun-Bird Grass?" Ye Zhuo paused to reflect before recalling what had been discussed previously.

Gu's mouth twitched imperceptibly. Acting as though he hadn't noticed the bits of debris peppering the black cat's mouth, he blinked wide, watery eyes.