Volume 1, Chapter 67: Hand Over the Golden Buddha, and I Will Protect You!

The frightened yet despairing words echoed through the air.

Fu Honglei, Gao Zhong, and the others were completely dumbfounded!

What was going on here?

Hou Jun was Third Master's premier enforcer!

How could he possibly be kneeling before Qi Wuxie!

Qi Wuxie raised an eyebrow, looked down at Hou Jun, and asked, "Have we met?"

Pale as a ghost, Hou Jun nodded hurriedly and stammered, "My... my lord, I was also present at the banquet yesterday when you attended."

"My lord... I truly had no idea that this fool had offended you. Otherwise, even if you gave me ten thousand guts, I would never have dared to come here and cause you trouble!"

"I beg you, in your immense grace, to spare me. I am willing to..."

Before he could finish, Qi Wuxie raised a hand and cut him off...

Lowering his head, Yang Boshang stared at the teacup in his hand. Was there really something in the tea? Could Shen Yunyou be deliberately trying to scare him?

General Chu looked at the intruders who had just broken in, and then at Miao Zexun, who wore an expression of intense pain yet remained defiant. Only then did he realize he had fallen into a genuine trap.

"Move out," the solitary swordsman commanded, flicking his right hand toward the north. Five assassins immediately dashed like the wind toward the coordinates where Du Zizeng was located.

In her impression, he was merely an idle and unprincipled profligate prince. Yet, she had to admit, he did possess a shred of filial piety.

Chatting idly all the way, the two eventually arrived at the entrance of Turin University. Jackie wearing his sunglasses did not cause any panic. The tranquility and cleanliness of the university campus filled Jackie's heart with joy. Walking through the simple and natural academic grounds, he felt just like an ordinary student.

Smiling broadly as he greeted Jackie, Yang Er's mischievous grin made Jackie feel that something was slightly amiss, though he could not quite pinpoint the problem. Generally speaking, whenever Yang Er smiled with such an enigmatic wickedness, it meant some unpredictable stroke of good fortune had fallen into his lap.

Upon returning to Shanghai, the very first words spoken by Du Yuesheng were actually these? Both Chen Junrong and Yuan Shanbao, who were riding in the same car with him, were somewhat startled. Over the past few years, Du Yuesheng had always maintained a modest and serene demeanor. Having grown accustomed to his unshakeable composure amidst all circumstances, they were momentarily stunned to witness such sudden arrogance on his part.

Situ Liuyun was the first to declare her stance, plopping herself down onto a nearby chair and fixing her gaze intently on the scroll in Ye Zixuan's hands.

At this moment, the resident crystal on the western front had only half its health remaining. If Green Fox could not devise a countermeasure soon, losing a territory would be one thing, but it would also grant Chen Hao an additional two thousand soldiers and ten thousand in funds. Under such mutually shifting dynamics of advantage and disadvantage, what chance would he have left to achieve victory?

Lu Jianping's mind had practically short-circuited; no matter how hard he tried, he could never have anticipated that things would turn out this way.

Only those who had attained a certain level of awareness understood that the tyrants of the past met their demise because the cultivation world had intervened.

This time, Lu Jinhai waited for a very long time without receiving a reply from Song Yinyin, so he sent the message once again.

Jiang Nicole's loyal fans were trying their utmost to engage in verbal warfare against the internet trolls, yet they still failed to stem the tide of abusive comments.

"They brought their own destruction upon themselves; are we expected to follow in their disastrous footsteps?" Old Man Gray argued with unconvinced defiance.

Logically speaking, the wealthiest person in the Bai family was Bai Donglin, yet Bai Xiangli had acted without giving him the slightest heads-up.

With hesitation in her eyes, Jiang Nicole looked toward Jinhai. Although she too wished to outshine that "Jiang Nicole" at the banquet, having Jinhai accompany her was already imposing enough upon him, and she felt rather guilty about causing him yet another trouble.

Everything around her seemed ethereal. She felt as though she had caught sight of something, yet in reality, she saw absolutely nothing at all.

There was no way she could tell her father that Huang Chenzhi had spent less than five hundred yuan at the supermarket to buy a box of unbranded wild caterpillar fungus and a box of bird's nest.

"Utter trash! And he dares call himself one of the top ten masters of Canglong combat? Hmph! What a joke!" Looking at Cui Dazhuang, Li Jiazhong's face also revealed an expression of utter contempt.

Finally, Wang Lingyun directed a fierce glare toward Gu Yu—the seemingly innocent Gu Yu.

I would rather it resembled one of those terrifying figures I had seen in my hallucinations, for those were at least imaginable. The most terrifying thing was that a nascent spirit, upon entering the world, was completely unimaginable—it was utterly chilling. I began to wonder whether I was encroaching upon the domain of the Almighty, and whether this was the punishment I deserved.

"Jianxiang, what is your understanding of this formation? If Zhang Xiang is stationed at the very front, does it mean the frequency of his long-range shots will decrease?" Liu Jianhong asked with a puzzled expression.

The only thing that gave Grand Duke Wandi pause was whether this mage Sange Ni had truly come to assist him out of good intentions, or perhaps harbored some hidden mission—such as a mission to proselytize?

Satellite control systems utilizing only integrated circuits would undoubtedly suffer a catastrophic fate, whereas old-fashioned hydraulic systems could tenaciously survive amidst massive electromagnetic interference and oceans of graphite filaments.

After gathering a certain quantity of souls around him, the mysterious figure would depart with them toward an unknown destination.

The two of them sang in harmony, seemingly reaching a tacit understanding, which suddenly caused Gong Ming to feel an unprecedented and immense wave of pressure.

The two of them continuously grappled and twisted together. Seeing an opening, Alessandro feinted, then chipped the ball outward. Delgado suddenly dropped back toward the center circle, using the inside of his right foot to jab the lower right side of the ball. The football sailed diagonally toward the right flank.

In an instant, all three converged simultaneously upon the first landing point of the football. None of them spared a thought for anyone else, keeping their eyes locked squarely on the rapidly descending sphere.

Regulating the breath throughout her entire body, Qingyue abruptly opened her eyes, only to be greeted by Nan Changqing, the corners of his lips curving upward in a smile.

To summarize, the primary purpose of a sniper rifle is the destruction of materiel, with the elimination of enemy personnel serving as a secondary function.

The Holy Venerable simply announced that he was going out for a quick run to buy breakfast and would be right back, instructing Yezhen to start getting ready so as not to drag things past twelve o'clock. Yezhen nodded, and the Holy Venerable headed downstairs and out the door. Upon his return, Yezhen's mother woke up, and Jiang Ningning awoke at the exact same time as Yezhen's mother. Yezhen's mother got up to brush her teeth and wash her face.

How could Shi Xiaofeng allow him to land the stab? Sidestepping the thrust to evade the dagger, he grabbed the chubby man's wrist with lightning speed and gave it a gentle twist, sending the dagger clattering to the ground.