Volume 1, Chapter 36: Are You Inviting Me?

This was the seventh day that Shen Zhien had been unable to reach Li Shen.

After going through bouts of uncontrollable sobbing, living in a daze, venting her frustrations through guest appearances, and having a long, heart-to-heart talk with her grandfather, Shen Zhien had finally come to terms with the situation.

She spent her days studying scripts, doing homework, filming videos, and editing footage, often becoming so busy that she forgot to eat. Little Tao would remind her repeatedly, tirelessly warming up meals for her time and again.

"The Tower of Chaos and the Nine-Layered Heaven-Defying Tower have been almost entirely monopolized by the Yanhuang Kingdom. Even the Tower of the Strong, of which there are five, is held by them. It seems God only favors the Yanhuang people!" Emily remarked with resentment.

However, the wooden gourd was currently a semi-finished magical artifact, and Yi Ming did not intend to explain it outright. He simply displayed it, waiting to see if any other collectors possessed the discerning eye to recognize its true value.

"These haven't been watered for a long time, have they?" Yi Ming asked Yang Weijun, pointing toward a patch of withered brush near his location.

Lin Feng felt a surge of extreme anxiety as he watched the series of screen notifications. For a moment, he had an overwhelming urge to fight his way out of the theater, but in the end, he suppressed the impulse and remained firmly hunkered down inside.

At this moment, Leng Yue felt an indescribable sense of exhilaration. She had always played solo, but she never expected that duo mode, especially with Lin Feng, could be this enjoyable.

Just as the sound of gunfire erupted, Chen Juhu dashed across the five-meter distance with lightning speed and shoved the young Master Xu aside. However, the moment he took Xu’s place, several bullets pierced his chest and back.

Only then did Cao Wei realize the truth: volunteering for disaster relief was just a facade; the real goal was to promote a newcomer. While others had fathers with real influence—even a top scholar would start as a mere rank 6B compiler in the Hanlin Academy—Jiao Huangzhong entered the workforce directly as a rank 6A vice director in the Ministry of Works. Moreover, having the backing of superiors was an advantage others simply could not match.

After finishing his sentence, Lin Feng chatted briefly with the audience in the livestream before climbing back into the nearby jeep. He turned the vehicle around and headed toward other spawn points in San Martin, determined to slash the tires of every vehicle in the vicinity.

Though he was not yet dead, his throat and arteries had been pulverized. Blood gushed out in a fountain, leaving almost no possibility of survival.

Ji Ren rested his left hand on his sword, standing atop a war chariot shaped like a dragon's head. Below him, Huangfu Xu and the other three stood in formation. Surrounding them was the impenetrable New Dragon Cavalry. At this moment, everyone’s will was united, their momentum forged into a single force. With the Grandmaster Ji Ren at the core, even a master of the Heavenly Realm would find it difficult to shake their position.

"You seek death, but I won't grant it to you. If you don't speak, I'll take you back to be my furnace. I'm sure many would love such a beautiful vessel!" Jingxia Songyue sneered.

"Hmph, don't be so arrogant. Even if we die, we will never beg for mercy from the likes of you! If you have the guts, just kill us!" Song Ping shouted defiantly.

Thus, the two sides engaged in a tug-of-war centered on the possession of inner vital energy. No matter how tightly Mu Tianchen held back, his energy would erupt the moment he unleashed a move. An Zi’s goal was to goad him into attacking, controlling the golden threads to weave into a network between the clashing blades above his head, thereby seizing the initiative.

"Why don't we just arrest them both and then fabricate some evidence?" Fan Yu suggested from the side, seeing the grim expressions on everyone's faces.

The commotion was too great. The Planet of Earth and Stars triggered a natural disaster; over a dozen volcanic vents erupted in space. The atmosphere enveloped the planet, plunging it into eternal night. The massive fissure, which had split the planet nearly in half, disrupted the magnetic field and caused the teleportation arrays to fail. It also attracted several colossal, sky-blocking avian beasts, leaving the scattered cultivators of the great families with nowhere to run and no path to survival, resulting in heavy casualties.

She recalled that she had once examined Qiu Xuan's left shoulder and found no signs of the Deadly Poison Pill; at that time, there had been no trace of poison in his body at all.