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Meanwhile, her hands were neatly folded in front of her. With every breeze that blew, Qiu Yuan's bangs would sway gently, as if a pair of invisible, playful hands were teasing her fine hair.

His resolute demand for an answer did not mean he was devoid of worry. He was taking a gamble, betting that in Yan You's heart, he was actually far more important than she herself realized.

"Yan Jue, don't be impulsive." Yan You's heart tightened. She had never seen Yan Jue display such an expression; it was terrifyingly chilling.

A surge of pure spiritual water energy poured from the top of Zhan Tian's head throughout his entire body. Zhan Tian felt his water spiritual roots expanding rapidly, and he clenched his teeth to endure it.

Yet, reflecting on this, He Yunlong felt that this battle could still be considered a success. It was fraught with peril, and though there were casualties, they had ultimately wiped out the enemy entirely.

Recalling that she had never seen any photographs of Mo Yishen during her time at the villa, Yan You figured he must be someone who simply disliked taking pictures.

"Old squad leader, how was my performance that night?" Shentu Haolong asked with a trace of curiosity.

She now wholeheartedly agreed with Yan Shengge's words; this fellow deserved to have no clothes to wear and should just go outside and run naked.

"I definitely need to recruit Old Man Ma and his gang." He Yunlong thought to himself.

Look, the troublesome madam has already been sent abroad. She won't be causing us trouble for a long time, so everyone shouldn't harbor such deep resentment.

Following all this commotion, deep autumn had arrived, and the cold winds blowing from the northern grasslands grew harsher day by day. Even the Youyan army, long accustomed to enduring the bitter cold of the northern frontiers, had changed into winter garments to ward off the chill.

Having finally finished the data organization assigned to her, Wen Liang stretched lazily, loosening up her limbs.

Zhang Hua and Han Po found a relatively unobtrusive spot, ordering two beers and some side dishes.

"Mr. Chen, it's getting late. Would you two care to join me for dinner?" Huang Wei said.

Reaching out with one hand, it felt as though he hadn't caught the opponent's arm, yet he had indeed grabbed onto something.

Amidst the dizzying spin, by the time Wen Liang regained her senses, the man's magnified, handsome face had already pressed down upon hers.

"Given how you looked like you wanted to eat someone alive last night, one day is already the absolute limit for you. Why on earth should it be two?" Chang'an protested stubbornly.

Upon hearing this, though his subordinates still felt resentment in their hearts, they dared not argue and could only follow the captain away in sullen silence.

Everyone was startled and rushed to peer over the wall, only to see Yuchi Lianghong dressed in a lake-blue robe, as if all his weight had been drawn out of him, turning him into a mere feather. The north wind blew him now to the left, now to the right, until he finally landed on the ground west of Tongguan, kicking up a cloud of dust from the yellow earth.

Ling Feng led the hundred-member group in first place, while at the very tail end, Li Botian was struggling desperately to catch up to the second-to-last place. Just as he was about to succeed, the race ended, marking his elimination in the first round.

"Riding the mist like a soaring snake—those ancients spoke the truth indeed! This can actually rival my top-grade spiritual treasure, the Flowing Cloud Boat. Such a demonic beast is simply the ultimate mount!" Zhang Li could not help licking his lips, a flash of delight crossing his eyes.

Qingxuan had been having a pleasant time these past two days. While the outside world was turning upside down, when the young master summoned him, he was still rubbing the sleep from his eyes. Upon hearing the young master's instructions, he dared not delay and immediately set off with the letter.

Through Du Kai's Qi-observation glasses, the situation revealed that the possession by the foreign entity had not ended; rather, the entity had suffered an attack and temporarily lost control of the host body. At this point, Du Kai needed to apprehend the person.

Hinata was undoubtedly stunned. She could not fathom any reason why Tachibana Jinwa would call her over. Did she not know that Tachibana was the only one who liked her? Did she not know that Tachibana's heart belonged entirely to her? To summon her specially like that—was her brain caught in a door?

Li Botian chose the ten-kilometer marathon primarily because it attracted little attention—at least, not from the real experts. Thus, it became his optimal choice for making some stealthy money.

Yet, having undergone mutation, Zhou Zhiqing was completely unhurt despite such a violent fall. He scrambled back to his feet and charged up the stairs once more.

In a trance, he seemed to catch sight of his old friend once again—the previous generation's Defender of the State, who now stayed home cradling his great-grandchildren.

At that moment, Shu An looked at that gaze with a mixture of amusement and exasperation, realizing that this young man, Yuchi Baoqi, disliked Confucian studies.

It was simply incredible. Even though Lingshan's birth was shrouded in strangeness, born as she was from a multicolored coral, such a marvel remained exceedingly hard to believe.

The man in black, who had been fiercely engaged in close combat with Xing Fei, suddenly let out a miserable shriek. Staggering back a dozen steps, he stared in horror at the glowing golden object in Xing Fei's hand. A massive wound had already appeared on his chest, from which dark green blood continuously flowed in a gruesome sight.

Whether through magical arrays or divine artifacts, Daoist arts or supreme divine powers, every disciple stepping onto the stage sought desperately to defeat the reigning champion and take their place. Match after match was decided in the blink of an eye, leaving the spectators trembling with awe and fear.

The White Tiger delivered a swift chopping strike with the edge of its hand to the back of her neck. Aimo Xue's body went limp as she collapsed to the ground, eyes tightly closed, as if she had lost consciousness.

Prawn Commander savagely thrust his spear straight through a fish monster, then whipped his head around to shout frantically at the tragic-looking Grand General Crab.

"Third Brother, take care. Your older brother asks one favor of you: I hope you will spare the fourth sister's son," Jin Tao said.

Long Feijia let out an inward cry of alarm, channeling his strength to leap backward in rapid retreat. He had only moved three or five meters when the gray-robed ninja swelled into nearly a spherical shape, bursting through his tightly bound ninja attire.

Everyone was dumbfounded as the Ice Slime King's body expanded once again, turning entirely blue and radiating an inviolable aura of solemn majesty.

Before Yang Nan attained the status of a Venerable, he could use those twin beams of ghostly light to immobilize individuals at the Venerable level. Now, possessing the might of a Great Venerable, the two rays of ghostly light were as gloomy as the netherworld and as chilling as dark ice. The moment the four were enveloped by this gaze, they instantly froze, standing paralyzed in mid-air.

Amidst a vast expanse of bloody light, a massive sword body, crimson as blood, drifted slowly from the void. Seated atop this sword was an alluring man with phoenix-like eyes and a murderous glint at his brows, dressed in immaculate white robes. Compared to the bloody sword beneath him, the visual impact was striking.

Immersed in this environment, they felt no fatigue; instead, an inexplicable exhilaration swept through their entire bodies.