Chapter 54 Long Haochen vs. Yang Wenzhao: The Battle of Destiny

However, compared to Long Haochen's strength, the damage dealt by the ice storm was merely breaking through the light elemental barrier set up by Yating. Haoyue, sharing a telepathic connection with Long Haochen, had made a brilliant entrance the moment the precursor of the ice storm appeared.

Haoyue's three heads chanted simultaneously; Little Wind cast a wind-shielding spell, while Little Light and Little Fire each placed a protective barrier around Long Haochen. Riding atop Haoyue, even as all three protective layers were shattered, Long Haochen finally concluded his charging process.

Unassuming and plain.

Watching Bai Qiu, who had already retreated to a certain distance, Gu You still wore a smile, but the tone of her words was such that even Liyang could sense something was amiss this time.

As the boat sailed out of the reed marshes, another vast expanse of water came into view ahead, where fish could occasionally be seen swimming through the shallows. Unable to restrain himself, Deng Fei borrowed a long saber from Meng Kang and actually managed to spear a large fish, drawing cheers of praise from everyone.

With a gentle smile, she picked up the flute from the stone platform, slowly bringing it horizontally across her lips. A faint melody drifted once more from the flute. It was still that same tune, "Scattered Red," but it sounded entirely different now.

"Ha ha, not bad, not bad," Zi Lingtian said as he stepped forward to stroke Kazak's head with a hearty laugh.

Under the impact of Vlad's Conqueror's Haki, the Straw Hat, whose physical and mental limits had already been reached, could finally hold on no longer and collapsed backward onto the ground.

Once these merchants halted the operation of their ocean-going vessels, the impact generated within the borders of the Xia Kingdom was immense.

Bepo could not help but take two steps back, cold sweat sliding down his face. Facing the killing intent of the three Admirals at such close range was not something just anyone could withstand.

Seeing Master Luo's horsetail whisk flying toward Elder Song, who had nowhere to escape, Elder Song suddenly flicked his long sleeve, and a sheet of black flew toward the whisk. As it approached, the whisk hurriedly retreated. Suddenly, that sheet of black erupted into a blaze of fiery gold, a skyfull of golden rain, with the sounds of explosions echoing endlessly.

The morale of the Wa army had already plummeted; even when Soga no Yutoku dispatched supervisors to maintain order, it failed to reverse the defeat. Wang Zeng did not waste any breath, opening with a saturated strike of Zheng-style rockets and "Falling Rain" gunpowder arrows, immediately followed by a dense volley from the soldiers of the crossbow camp led by Yu Feng.

Seeing Gao Yan surrounded by Prince Changguang Gao Zhan and numerous veteran nobles, the various Xianbei nobles and courtiers present instantly understood that Gao Yan had now secured the support of these pivotal figures in Northern Qi. Consequently, they stepped forward one after another to shower him with lavish flattery, cursing only their own lack of foresight in not pledging allegiance to Gao Yan's camp much earlier.

Tokugawa Ietsuna could not help but raise such a question, as he did not believe he had done anything to offend the Great Ming.

"Big brother... you're back!" Zhao Ling'er woke up from her dream, and sensing her brother's aura, she immediately sat up, brimming with joyful excitement.

Yet upon closer reflection, those daring to drop into Pochinki were likely teams brimming with confidence in their own skills.

"Bai Mo..." Sun Jianshan raised his head slightly. The name was hardly unfamiliar to him. He had originally thought Bai Mo was a promising young talent worth cultivating and cooperating with, but he never expected him to be so scheming, concealing far too many secrets.

Following Dong Jin'gang's loud shout, all the electric arc cannons fired a chaotic volley into the dark night sky, while fireworks of various colors bloomed into magnificent displays across the night.

"Your mommy found an ugly big guy and gave daddy a green hat!" Li Dai could only explain it this way; whether Pearl could understand it or not was beside the point.

Yet having tasted the dishes cooked by Jiang Chen yesterday, she didn't even have to think twice after getting off work before heading straight back. Today, her complexion looked even more exhausted, with heavier worries in her eyes, but upon catching the rich aroma of food filling the room, her inner glutton was instantly awakened.

Jiang Chen roughly estimated that the lake within the mountain belly was about half the size of a football field, and he was currently right at the center of it.

Yet due to her status, it was never quite suitable for her to spend every day tangled up intimately with Jiang Chen. Moreover, Jiang Chen was young with limitless potential; facing such an outstanding man, Qin Wu knew she lacked the fortune to monopolize him.