Courageous and Resourceful

What kind of consideration was this really? Powerful as Old Lyon's industrial empire was, a gap still existed between him and the Habsburg family behind him. He never publicized his own family background, believing that such matters should be left entirely for Ji Xiaoxiao to decide.

Elder Zhuang had originally expected Matsushita Matsusaka and his faction to suffer a devastating blow from the death of Asatos, but to his surprise, Matsushita Matsusaka acted as if nothing had happened at all. Upon learning of Asatos's death, he merely offered a faint response without any major emotional fluctuations.

Compared to Du Zhongheng, who kept promising to marry her but never actually did, Su Hexiang harbored an even deeper resentment toward Wan Jinzhi.

Ji Xuan, if you have any sense, stay far away from Shen Qingming. It is not a question of whether you can win against him in a fight, but rather: why would you even want to fight him?

As the words left his mouth, his tense and unsightly expression suddenly relaxed, shimmering with shifting, profound lights.

The Wuji Lock Array Disk had been forged by an artifact-crafting grandmaster of a previous dynasty, containing eighty-one Five-Elements and Eight-Trigrams array locks.

Suppressing her breath, she finally cast aside her disguise. The revelation of her identity as a Archmage immediately stunned the entire audience.

There were also plenty of Qingyuan apes, and they were not all concentrated in Monkey City. Qingyuan possessed many powerful fierce beasts as well, with Monkey City simply being occupied by the old ape king.

Qionuo had not expected that Tang Xinyi was not taking her to change clothes, but instead led her directly into a private parlor.

In the future, she would certainly not dare to offend the most favored person in her husband's household, nor was it necessarily because that person was particularly amiable, but rather because the people who cherished that person possessed enough weight to make others bow their heads.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. This minister will certainly share everything I know without holding anything back." Hearing the words of Zhu Youjian, Xiong Tingbi let out a long sigh of relief, the heavy stone in his heart finally dropping to the ground. With the Emperor making such a promise publicly, he firmly believed that Zhu Youjian would not deceive him.

The Spirit Kings of the Five Clans had remained dormant deep within the earth of the Dream Spirit Temple ever since the post-calamity Ninth Era. For ten thousand years, the number of times they had been awakened through spirit rituals by the Dream Spirit clan members was practically zero.

His facial features seemed even more handsome than before, exuding an exquisite, sculptural beauty as if crafted by divine hands, with every single edge and contour seeming meticulously polished by the heavens.

The midwife crawled up from the ground. Instead of helping Yuhuan with the delivery, she tried to chase Zhou Mo out. "Sir, you had better go outside! This lady is having a difficult labor; if you keep talking to her, you will only distract her and waste her strength."

"Alright, then let's put in a bit more effort and check a few more times. After all, the surveillance footage is our only direct clue." Having said that, Luo Chuan waved his hand at Elder Xing and walked out of the autopsy room.

Seemingly simple, the black lunar robe flashed from time to time with dark silver patterns. It was the epitome of both supreme luxury and utmost simplicity—unfathomable and mysterious to anyone who looked upon it.

"If you made me do fewer photo shoots, I'd recover even better..." Leslie Zhang smiled and protested helplessly as he raised his script.

Lady Feng pondered for a long time. Since the Marquise of Qingjiang had declared she was coming to cause a scene, she might as well just sit in her room and wait for her to arrive; that way, her imposing aura would be even stronger.

Watching the middle-income man with the signature high hairline of Superman Li walk closer, Wu Xiongzhu, who had been waiting for a long time, took the lead to step forward and welcome him with a smile, flanked by Bill Kong, Jiang Jiahua, and Le Yiling.

Only Third Prince Dian seemed not yet fully enlightened, or perhaps unwilling to surrender his current status, as he hovered blankly in mid-air.

Liu Feiyang was likewise shoved forward by a surge of force, but planting one foot firmly to brace himself, his figure remained rock-steady. He then abruptly whipped his head around and waved a hand.

As the soldiers finished boarding the trucks, the leaders of each platoon and company also leaped into the truck beds of their respective units. The soldiers finally received confirmation: their mission was not yet over.

A bonfire crackled within the camp. Fat Guo announced he was going to personally roast a whole lamb to reward the troops, but Lin Kun knew this fellow was a consummate braggart and chose not to join the commotion.

Wild birds still circled the sky, unwilling to return to their nests even as darkness fell—likely due to the sheer abundance of birds here and the fierce competition for food, occasionally yielding harsh, shrill cries.

Without looking, Leon knew that at this moment, Aisha's chest was a magnificent expanse of rolling waves, a sight no longer adequately described by mere trembling flower branches.

"Since everyone seems to want it so badly, I shall act as a gentleman and not vie for what others prefer. I quit!" Young Master Tianjian said with a slightly languid tone.

"Lin Kun, the matter of the Jiangnan Ghost Sect ends here. Bury it in your stomach and never mention it to anyone again," admonished Si Weiqi.

To defeat an enemy by one thousand is to suffer a loss of eight hundred! Although the battle was considered a successful completion, in the eyes of SWAT Regiment Commander Yuan Yigang and Political Commissar Wang Kun, this mission could only be regarded as a pyrrhic victory—one where the losses outweighed the gains. Sitting in the same jeep, the two men exchanged thoughts on the operation all the way back.

Commander Yuan did not press the matter further upon seeing this, and with a wave of his hand, he dismissed the two from the joint command headquarters.

Yet this was far from over. A long spear tore through the sky, striking forward the exact moment Wiming shattered the ice net. This was the true fatal strike—a lethal stinger hidden behind the gorgeous ice net, capable of executing Wiming in a single, instantaneous moment.

"This junior, Chihong, was unaware of Senior Lu's august presence. Please forgive my offense," the spider spirit murmured, lowering her torso and head in a gesture of deep reverence.

The daoist priest with the dark face narrowed his eyes, continuously sizing up Shen Yun within the light barrier below. Seeming to have discerned something, he raised an eyebrow, though he remained silent. His calm expression, devoid of sorrow or joy, gave no hint of whether he was satisfied with the auction's outcome.

"Would you like me to give you a ride back?" After the banquet concluded, Mu Jingsheng looked at the solitary Shu Wang and could not help extending an invitation.

Nangxiang felt that although this egg possessed the personality of a blunt, straightforward steel-straight-man—somewhat akin to her own cursed dog of a partner—it was genuinely good to her, leaving her deeply touched on the spot.

After discussing the matter with Guan Xi, Meng Tiansheng picked up his sharply whetted firewood chopper and stepped out of the house with him.

The silly girl grew ecstatic at the mere mention of food, her body flashing instantly as she dove straight into a pile of wild raspberries.

Yet, he could not abandon the quest to find her. The mission, as he understood it, was simple: find Qingqing and rescue her.

"No time? What are you up to?" The headmaster asked, somewhat perplexed. Aside from eating, did Ye Xiao even have other pursuits?

"In addition, with the recent influx of a large number of personnel into the settlement, I believe it is necessary to appoint new administrative staff."

Its shrimp shell had also evolved, turning into a coat of sturdy armor. Killing it would certainly be no easy task.

Ye Yilian and Cheng Yunmo looked at him gloomily upon hearing this; that was precisely why he did not want to stay in S City.

"I told you so... We should have just beaten him half to death and dragged him back," Snake-Biter Jiu crossed her arms and sneered with smug satisfaction.

Witnessing this, Ruochen was deeply moved. Leaning close to his ear, she whispered that she possessed the secret formula for papermaking.