Volume One, Chapter 96: Xiaxia Is Fiercely Terrifying

I thought Mr. Xu always walked rather unsteadily himself. You fell on your own and then started slandering others at random. Isn’t that going too far?

Xu Kuan was instantly dumbfounded.

He had never imagined that Su Ningxia would actually open her eyes and tell such blatant lies, utter nonsense of the highest order.

“What do you mean I’m slandering him? It was clearly his fault!” Xu Kuan stamped his foot. “He beat me like this, and now he wants to leave without paying a single cent of compensation?”

To his surprise, Su Ningxia suddenly wiped at her tears and said, “I only took one day off today and asked my man to cover for me, and yet I’m being bullied like this. Teacher Xu already singled me out before, and now he’s even targeting my man. I think I might as well resign and go back to farming...”

With a light touch, he put the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss Sword back into the Soulstone and drew out the Heart-Slaying Sword. For now, this was practically his only weapon.

A voice he had longed to hear day and night, as though carved into his heart, made him react at once. He lifted his eyes and saw Bai Li enter from outside with a faint smile. He wore no outer robe, only a white inner garment, and his long ink-black hair hung loosely about him.

Upon learning that Gao Yun’s army had arrived, Guan Hai feared being caught between front and rear, so he lifted the siege of Beihai, withdrew his hundred thousand bandits ten li westward, and took up position on the Lingqu Road, splitting his forces to establish camp and confront Gao Yun’s army.

Yang Mu was overjoyed. “Good, got it.” He shot forward and ran toward the door, but when he reached the center of the room, he suddenly stopped, grabbed an unconscious black-clad warrior, and hurled him outside.

Lin Han continued his analysis: “Then the watchman must also have seen the murder. So the killer silenced him.” He always liked to analyze things and then explain the reasoning step by step.

Before leaving, Yi Tianping saw that the mountain-protecting formation of the Nanmu Sect was still shattered, so he set up another one for them, as repayment for the extra spirit stones Nan Ming had once given him.

“The Blood Moon corrodes the yin and devours the sun; calamity is at hand, but it is also the opportunity we have been waiting for. The Blood Moon will grant boundless power to our army of vile things. This attack on Mao Mountain should be all the more effective. We will certainly succeed!” came a dry, emotionless voice.

Fortunately, Jiang Haoran had the foresight not to enter Sidaang, whose terrain was open and level; otherwise, with the Japanese army’s current air power and artillery fire, the first round of bombing alone would have caused the expeditionary force catastrophic losses.

“This is bad. A huge life form has appeared at the geothermal energy base five kilometers away. It’s a monster.” Green River Mai said anxiously, her face full of tension.

After pondering Jiang Haoran’s words, Huang Jie and Luo Zhuoying both felt that he had a point and nodded in agreement. Yet they did not realize that this was not the main issue. The real concern was that Jiang Haoran’s thoughts were now focused on the homeland; before repelling foreign enemies, he must first bring order within.

The killer’s mind was extremely meticulous. These two pieces of the corpse—one severed leg, one severed arm—were the parts least valuable for criminal investigation. Even the most important identifying feature, fingerprints, had been deliberately removed.

To everyone’s surprise, even the bombshell news that she was going to marry Fu Yujin failed to draw their attention.

Led by He Zhixing, the crowd arrived in the recording studio where he usually wrote and recorded songs. This was a place the audience knew very well; every episode’s fixed backdrop was here.

He had no choice but to take out his phone and call Liu Feng, asking him to bring something for carrying people upstairs.

By now, the Jiangzhou troops had packed the warships together. The Jiangzhou soldiers could leap and strike continuously from ship to ship, but the Fearless Army simply could not. They could barely keep their footing on one vessel—how could they possibly cross warships like Jiangzhou’s troops, as though walking on level ground?

In the industry, not a single company would cooperate with you. No platform would offend the Big Three for your sake.

The stone monster laughed heartily and opened its mouth wide to swallow the water sphere, utterly failing to notice that the water spheres Lu Chen had thrown were mixed with many that were either emerald green or plainly of a suspicious color.

Without a proper reason and without a fitting opportunity, raising troops would be outright treason. Even if the hundred thousand Northern Wasteland troops were formidable in battle, they still would not win the hearts of the people.

At this moment, Cao Yu and Li Huai’an had already arrived at the Gu residence, where they stared at the thunderclouds gathering outside and sighed in admiration.

They had always taken pride in having cultivated a class of strong and virile young men.

Her fingertips even brushed, intentionally or not, across Lu Boting’s well-defined chest, and the smile and seductive glimmer in her eyes grew ever more obvious.

Just as Liu Shuyi was about to burst out through the exit, the anxious voice of the Yin Demon rang in his mind, but it was already too late.

It was surely because a host had just died nearby. The well-fed hidden-wing insect had crawled out from within the host’s skin to choose a new host.

The people around saw it and could not help being surprised, yet none dared speak. One after another, they lowered their eyes, silent and still.

After the numbness in his limbs eased somewhat, Song Yanqing struggled to his feet, his gaze vicious as he limped toward the inner room.

An elderly man in a golden robe with white hair and a childlike face appeared before everyone, his body radiating the fluctuations of cultivation at the Foundation Establishment stage.

If the target were her, Fang Nianyao would certainly not submit obediently. Even if she apologized, she would only act as though she had been forced.

Under the immobilizing spell, Lu Buping was severed from the surrounding flow of time and space, yet the onlookers could see everything clearly. They simply could not understand why he looked like a fool, motionless and unresponsive.

With only a wall between them, a horse that happened to pass by was startled and reared up, causing the carriage to lurch and sending Lu Zhaoyun tumbling into the arms of the Second Prince.

“Mr. Fu’s words are never wrong. If he says you are the variable, then you will certainly play a role.” Sun smiled and raised an eyebrow.

Stated in a parallel structure, the words carried real force, and the vast prospects made Qi Xuance’s eyes glint with green light.

The reason the two treated Xia Luoqi so well, greeting him with clasped hands and formal bows the moment they met, was that they had even skipped the step of verifying his qualifications.

Very well. Psychology and anthropology had both failed; they could not determine whether the being before them was human or not. Best to obey and keep quiet.

They had already returned to the real world—to this black forest shrouded in artillery fire.

Following the prompt, the APP3 character card was inserted into the device before them, and the scenery all around changed in an instant.

It was no wonder that the great powers of the various sects harbored murderous intent toward Lu Xin. If Lu Xin truly changed allegiance and had the protection of Wan Jiangliu of the Imperial Sect, they naturally would not dare act rashly. But since Lu Xin had rejected Wan Jiangliu’s recruitment, he remained a member of the Taiyin Divine Sect. How could the major sects tolerate such an extraordinary monster arising from their ranks?

After discovering this, Li Zisheng also felt relieved. It seemed that the investigation into White Tiger Hall would no longer face any great obstruction. However, what was shown to him would probably be only the surface; the true secrets would never be revealed to him, not even a trace. On this point, Li Zisheng was very clear.

Dozens of demonized figures at the entrance roared and charged forward, but with a sharp command from the black-robed man, they retreated once more and resumed guarding the doorway.

Hamster—this was the nickname Li Shuhong, a person from the Celestial Empire, had given to Cang Shu Hong. She found it quite fitting.