Volume 1 Chapter 18: The Chaste and Unyielding Man

Seeing his exaggerated smile, Shen Zhien felt her skin crawl. The words she had been about to ask died on her lips, and she was forced to mirror his expression with a sweet, plastered-on smile.

"Honey, aren't you supposed to be on a business trip? Why are you here?"

As she spoke, she moved closer, trying to block his path into the house. Li Shen wrapped an arm around her slender waist and pulled her against him, as intimate as a pair of newlyweds.

"I wanted to give you a surprise."

Within a few years, Jia Qing would undoubtedly soar to great heights. He understood this well, and he was determined to be the powerful wings that propelled that ascent.

"I, the Great Sage, do not care about this. You Wu family members must find a way yourselves—steal it, rob for it, do whatever it takes, as long as you satisfy me." The Qishan Great Sage was brutally direct, leaving Wu Lei deathly pale and at a total loss for words.

Enraged, the Rathian stopped caring about anything else. She took flight abruptly, her thick tail lashing out directly at the Congalala. The Congalala, still busy laughing, took the heavy blow and immediately fled into the distance.

He read a few pages, then hurriedly flipped to the back, only to gasp in shock.

Mu Chendong was in agonizing pain. His face was covered not just in cuts and bruises, but in sweat—some from the exhaustion of the desperate brawl, and some cold sweat from the throbbing of his wounds.

The sound of chewing echoed again and again; the creature seemed to be eating with gusto, gradually letting its guard down.

The Gold Meow Note was a super-stable exchange voucher issued by the Bas Chamber of Commerce, with a single note worth one thousand gold coins.

He had always enjoyed eavesdropping. He crept along the outer wall to adjust his position, and though he could tell it was Ying'er's voice, he still couldn't hear clearly, so he decided to climb up to get a better look.

However, that was as far as it went. Ye Qing was well aware of the expenses of the Yeye Academy; it was a bottomless money pit. The academy consumed a staggering amount of magical materials every year, and the resources provided to nurture students were essentially supplied on demand, yet the students themselves didn't have to pay a single copper coin.

The golden sword aura struck the descending fireball with thunderous force, cleaving it in two.

Watching Chen Yufan fly leisurely through the air, Sara was starting to find the situation incomprehensible.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the ocean, the United States military triggered an emergency alert at that exact moment.

After retrieving the Profound Dao Pearl, Si Wulin led all the members of the Wu tribe away. As Wu Fan watched her retreating figure, a strange feeling stirred within him.

They used rockets to pin them down, and then, the armor-piercing chain guns began to spew tongues of fire. The bullets lashed against their bodies like whips, and their hardened biological armor could no longer withstand the onslaught, shattering one piece after another.

The human race no longer needed those cold, towering walls to keep the ancient relics confined to the Far North.

A smile tugged at the corners of Wu Fan's mouth. It seemed the shifting landscape of Fenglan Star was full of surprises. Since Hua Chao was already the greatest master on Fenglan Star, he must certainly be the Sect Master of the Huoluo Sect by now.

At this moment, Luo Yi noticed Iluli’s expression was somewhat strained. Remembering her past identity, Luo Yi spoke up.

As the evil souls accumulated, the ordinary-looking bell began to leak faint purple fluorescence. Perhaps sensing the power within the bell, the evil spirits in the area were agitated; before Zheng Yi could even shake the Soul-Crossing Bell, the powerful ghosts hiding in the shadows began to emerge on their own.

In response, Zheng Yi did only one thing: he reached out with his free hand, grabbed at the air, and drove a wooden rod down into the barrier. The barrier, which had never been very thick and was only meant to buy time, tore like paper under the magic-nullifying effect of the Unknown Tree Heart.

But while the others focused on leveling up, he—the top-ranked Divine Priest whose throne was already being threatened—had no choice but to turn his gaze toward the Dark Faction, where chaos was already beginning to unfold.