Chapter 96: Encountering Obstacles Once More

He gave a pout of grievance. “Hmph, what do you mean, hundreds of years old? I was locked away in the sacrificial altar when I was only in my twenties. By the time I got out, centuries had already passed. I’ve spent all those years asleep, doing nothing at all. And you still have the nerve to say I’m that old.”

In a secret chamber within the Hall of Judgment, the glow of the spirit-awakening array had already grown faint. If the formation lines did not still occasionally release a halo of light, anyone unaware of the truth might never guess that such a presence existed here at all.

What he could not accept was that the divine weapon had indeed been used, yet the enemy remained unharmed. How was he supposed to endure that?

Luo Lei felt that if they went to the Eternal Continent now to find the deity of chaos, they could also use the opportunity to stabilize the situation in the Beastman Continent and even draw them into the war in the outer realms.

Gu Jie rolled his eyes. Before he could say anything, he saw Meatball and the others climbing in through the window; they had clearly also heard Lin Xia’s shameless boasting, and could not help but roll their eyes as well.

In a space like this, if it were world consciousness, at most it could detect that a deity had appeared in this plane. It had no authority to govern it. To world consciousness, a plane was like an organ within the human body: it could be observed, but not directly controlled, unless one used certain instruments.

Kimiko Kitagawa was very familiar with that voice. Wasn’t it the same Yoko who always opposed her? Today, however, she was not wearing her work attire. Instead, she had dressed to the nines, and her face was caked with all manner of rouge and powder.

Min Xue nodded in agreement. After so many years, traces like footprints and fabric fibers were no longer traceable.

“Sir, how are you?” The patrol captain helped He Chong to his feet. Seeing no obvious wounds on him, he quietly let out a breath of relief.

Then the second painting appeared before everyone’s eyes. It depicted the Virgin Mary seated in serene repose before a row of uneven blue mountains, the infant Christ upon her lap holding a wooden spool. The scene showed the young Jesus together with his mother, hinting that neither the Virgin nor the world could alter the fate of suffering that awaited him.

In short, he had his own plans, and he also held his own trump card. Even if the other side arrived in time, they still would not be able to do anything to him.

Since this imperial poetry gathering was something the Great Qian intended to use to display the nation’s prestige, of course it could not be allowed to be ruined by hostile states.

Most importantly, that crystalline demon core had once again landed in Fang Zhengzhi’s hands, and then he swallowed it in a single gulp.

They inspected the market in Stone Sheep Town from the air and searched all the surrounding hills and ravines, yet still could not determine where Hua Zhongxian was.

Afterward, more people came up in succession to exchange and introduce their belongings, and the range of items gradually became more varied.

Though the Knicks still carried the title of back-to-back champions, Scott Layden had done far too much damage to the team. Although not many players had left, the few who did were truly the most suitable role players for the Knicks.

James, harboring such a somewhat extreme mindset, grew increasingly extreme in his performance during the game.

Within the somewhat desolate city, Guang Cheng was leading a squad of his men, concealed in a lane diagonally across from the main gate of a villa district.

Liu Zongmin tried to defend himself, saying that Li Yan could kill the men of the Left Army, but he and Li Yan at least had some history together and would never treat him that way.

With every breath Li Xiao took, he felt immense pressure crushing his abdomen and back. The feeling of being trapped was truly unbearable.

Hearing the words of the man before him, Lu Yu raised an eyebrow. Looking at the man, his mind filled with suspicion.

“Seven hundred ten million Martial Emperor coins,” Ling Tian said calmly, his expression unchanged, not even blinking.

Even though it appeared for less than the span of a single breath, Helian Muyun could still sense from that ancient, timeworn aura that the fleeting shadow could have been nothing other than the sacred beast Xuanwu.

“Is the imperial physician my sister usually uses Physician Yue?” Li Xi changed the subject, leaving Noble Consort Xin Zhao completely unable to guess what she was really trying to ask.

“Damn it, am I not even allowed to go in?” Anger surged in his heart. This bastard, Hong Hai, what in the world was he trying to do? Did he really want him dead?

Purple sword light swept across heaven and earth, and the land once shrouded in black smoke was suddenly revealed as though the clouds had parted to let the sun shine through.

By then, that handsome face of Yan Guran no longer wore its original effortless calm. His white robe had been stained red—some of it was his own blood, and some belonged to others, though most of it was his own.

After Prince Chen and Prince Yuanxu left the underground palace, only Hua Sheng remained in the vast chamber. Although Hua Sheng knew the body-refining arts of the Wu clan were said to be the greatest under heaven, and that the difficulty would surely be tremendous, he still felt he had underestimated them when he truly came into contact with them.

Even those martial-world scoundrels who harbored traitorous intentions toward the nation no longer dared, for the moment, to openly side with the Japanese.

The people present exchanged glances, unable to understand what was going on. It would not have been enough for the daughter of the Li family to have an affair with a servant from the prime minister’s residence to make Zhang Shulan lose her composure and run off like that.

Thus, Ao Gu did his utmost to prove himself, to prove that his master’s choice had been right, and that he had been worthy of his master’s sacrifice.

“Many thanks, Manager Guan,” Yao Yuan said gratefully with a nod, though he did not take a seat. He was a clever man and knew exactly what to do at a time like this to earn more points in the eyes of the big shots.

Just as Wang Yuan stepped out of the elevator, he was stopped by two security guards who watched him warily with unfriendly expressions.

In the end, his attention still settled on A Huang, who had been sitting cross-legged all along. He came forward again, leaning toward A Huang’s abdomen. A Huang’s clothing was a transformed earth-yellow Daoist robe, and beneath it he wore nothing at all.

Although Lu Xuan was not particularly strong in cultivation, if anyone dared use soul attacks against him, they would surely regret it deeply.

“Ling Feng, what are you doing? Why are you hitting my son? Zixi, does it hurt?” Chen Xi hurried over and touched the child’s face, which had turned bright red.

“Brother Mai, keep this bracelet I gave you safe. Wear it with you and do not lose it. Otherwise I will die with regrets. After I die, cremate my ashes and bury them in the tree cemetery to keep my parents company.”