Volume 1, Chapter 45: Lin Mengran

"Who... who... who are you people? How has old man Huang ever offended you all? I beg you to spare my life, please show mercy! Anything I can do, I will fully cooperate!" the man pleaded, enduring the excruciating pain of his severed arm while facing the mysterious group wearing black silk veils and bamboo hats.

When the timer ticked to one minute, the expressions of everyone present shifted slightly. When it reached two minutes, astonishment covered their faces, and even the person in charge changed color. By the three-minute mark, the expression of the person in charge had turned extremely grim.

The skin of this dwarf was light gray. Although humans called them hill dwarves, Stephen always felt these fellows looked much more like duergar.

They had no way of knowing whether the demolition had succeeded and could only wait until the dust and smoke settled. However, Jiang Han had probed the situation a step earlier and discovered it had been completely ineffective.

Further along stood more statues, most of which depicted famous heroes of the Dark Age. What surprised Stephen quite a bit was that non-human monsters were also included among them; even a hulking, ferocious two-headed ogre sculpture was placed in the back row, holding a gigantic magic eye as if preparing to tear it in half.

Zhao Huchen nodded. How could it not be sudden? Issuing an invitation today for a ball tomorrow night was indeed rather hasty and seemed disrespectful, but since the organizers had still chosen to do so, Mu Tianluo must have had his reasons.

Faced with his stern and harsh reprimand, she was able to retort loudly without showing the slightest sign of weakness. One had to know that even experts of Shen Yueying and Shen Jinghai's caliber would tremble in both legs and struggle to speak coherently when questioned coldly by him.

Luo Lie could not help wondering: if Lu Jianyang had known beforehand that Lin Geni possessed such a constitution, would he still have sent her out to execute this mission?

Calming his mind, Xia Yu executed a spiritual teleportation. Suddenly, however, the ground trembled violently, and a massive earthen wall rose from the earth. Xia Yu hurriedly turned back, only to find earthen walls before and behind, to his left and right, trapping him entirely within.

Night Light never interrupted them; he stood at the podium, smiling as he listened to the views and opinions of all the directors.

Later on, Li Dong simply started eating dinner outside and then buying some milk, biscuits, bread, sausages, and the like at the supermarket. Before opening the door in the morning, he would first fill his stomach inside the room, thus avoiding the misery of going hungry all day long.

Sherlock roughly calculated that if the pass required registering all Nine Hells, it would cost around 80,000 gold coins.

"Why is your skin so rough lately..." Qin Lan stroked Xia Yu's arm and said.

After Qin Lan opened the door, he dashed straight into his room. Xia Yu wanted to get to the bottom of this and figure out who was so bold as to occupy his very own room.

Qin Heng also felt that their state of detachment from the world was quite good, so he decided to respect Elder Meng's wishes and did not teach these children martial arts.

Li Dong paused, standing frozen in place. The mission was completed? That meant his net worth was now in the tens of millions?

To travel to an island in the Falling Star Sea in search of an item—leaving aside the time spent sailing on the ocean, once you reached the destination, the object certainly wouldn't be acquired easily. For a chosen-one quest of this scale, the appearance of one or two lair bosses wouldn't be surprising in the least.

Yet, a blue light flashed before his eyes once more. The fallen angel opened her eyes wide, looking in disbelief at Xia Yu standing right before her.

This piece of golden silk carried intelligence sent back by the Dragon City secret agents, and the events recorded within happened to be related to Tang Liuchun.

The piercing, bone-chilling cold from just moments before was instantly dispersed by the fire dragon, and Xia Xuefang immediately felt a warm glow throughout her entire body.

Following that, two beams of light—one red, one yellow—appeared before Zhang Lingyun. Once manifested, they immediately solidified, shining like the sun and the moon right in front of him.

"According to my calculations, we will definitely arrive within five days. We will rendezvous at the foot of Misty Mountain then, and proceed together from there," Guihai Chuhong said, looking around.

Bai Fengtian's uncle was Bai Feng, a renowned and powerful Immortal Venerable in the Western region. She knew all of this was highly unlikely, yet she had always strived toward it. Today, being abruptly asked about it, she naturally felt embarrassed.

Gao Changgong did not feel particularly surprised; he was well aware of everything Xu You had been doing in the camp during the past few days. Xu You had ambition, and Gao Changgong knew this. However, Gao Changgong intended to remain a detached observer. He would bring Xu You back to the Desolate Kingdom, and as for what happened afterward, they would handle it as circumstances dictated.

He had heard others say more than once that human talent was simply negligible in the Great Thousand Worlds, and that the innate abilities of certain demon races were thousands of times stronger than those of humans.

I violently jerked the steering wheel to the right, stepped hard on the accelerator to pull ahead by a car's length, tapped the brake pedal, pulled the handbrake, and shifted the car's center of weight onto the front wheels. The rear half of the car swung sideways, and simultaneously releasing the handbrake, I surged forward at a 70-degree cutting angle.

"My grandson has learned the Soul-Leaving Art? If that's truly the case, he just scared me to death! If Bao'er hadn't made a move, I would have stepped in myself. But looking at it now, it was worth it—truly worth it," Zhaotian muttered, smacking his lips.

Looking at Zhang Lingyun's transformation, the Evil Ancestor nodded with satisfaction. Then, his cold, gloomy gaze swept across the three figures whose expressions had shifted, and he sneered.

Hearing Master Li's reprimand, River Male did not dare to talk back; instead, he hurriedly offered flattery and admitted his wrongdoings. This was not only because this Master Li far surpassed him in strength, but even more so because the old man had an immensely powerful backer. However, upon hearing Li Fuda say that Zhang Qian was still a virgin, his pupils began rolling around as he stared at Zhao Qian.

Sikong Qiong landed a punch squarely on the chest of the man in black, and his internal energy burst forth instantly. With a muffled bang, the man in black suffered internal bleeding from the blow, staring at Sikong Qiong with wide-open eyes before collapsing the next moment.

Old Ghost Yin's aged face looked pale and weak, covered in cold sweat. He had never imagined that merely protecting Tang Hao's meridians and Dantian would prove to be so taxing.

At a single glance, Jiang Shen understood—there was definitely something wrong with the earth right there! Jiang Shen's spiritual body arrived at the spot, and Old Ren followed suit.

Qin Yue stared with dissatisfaction at the cold-looking Zhao Lansheng. This attitude clearly showed a lack of respect for his father, so by what right did he make his younger sister dote on him so much? Recalling Qin Lingshuang's desolate and lost expression, he clenched his fists in resentment, yet could only force himself to remain calm.

Hazard felt that his footwork was becoming slightly more fluid. The sensation was not obvious, but it imperceptibly boosted his confidence in making a breakthrough.

Hearing this, Ren Zhiming let out a disdainful scoff, then reached out with one hand to yank Yan Shiyu away from Liang Shan's embrace.