Chapter 44 (Part Two)

Meanwhile, the arena was plunged into a dead silence. Almost everyone had failed to anticipate that Claude would lose. The killing machine Claude, hailed as an undefeated myth, had finally brought a perfect period to his legend of invincibility today.

At this thought, a flash of brilliance suddenly burst forth in the young man's heart. Other abilities offered no help whatsoever to a five-star entity, but only that spiritual pressure of the Five Elements unifying into one...

"Sigh. A few days ago, I originally intended to target Yan'er, but unexpectedly I suffered a covert loss, which has made me so furious that I have rarely stepped out these past few days," Chu Ge sighed softly, fabricating the tale at will.

Xiao Han secretly retrieved the sapphire ring from the mystical space, holding it in his hand while using Hundun Qi to render the ring band invisible. The surrounding onlookers finally caught sight of the faint radiance emanating from the gaps in Xiao Han's hands, each looking surprised and curious.

The soldiers outside the door seemed to have prepared these gold pieces long ago. The moment Lu Zhi's voice trailed off, they carried two large chests inside, setting them down on the floor of the grand hall. Upon opening them, brilliant gold nuggets were revealed, casting a dazzling golden glow across the hall before the soldiers quietly withdrew.

The drop rate of Specter Dark Gold Coins was not particularly high; even after fighting until nightfall, only a hundred-odd coins had been acquired, leaving a significant shortage before the quest could be completed.

Sister Fei likewise glared fiercely at Sunaz. However, upon seeing Instructor Shangguan Lingxuan hurry over, Sister Fei—despite her bold and unrestrained nature—held deep respect for the instructor, at least for one endowed with genuine pedagogical ethics.

Ling Xiaoye, however, remained silent. She held him in her heart as well, but could she and he simply return to the past just like that?

"Thank you, Master. I will do my utmost to help you become the new God of Creation," the avatar of the God of Creation said with heartfelt gratitude, addressing Chu Ge as Master for the very first time.

After pondering for a moment, summoning a fire dragon with a tactical skill would certainly succeed, yet he was reluctant to use the skill at this juncture. After all, this was his ultimate trump card; using it up too early would leave no room for fun later on.

After all, no matter how low Zhou Jin's strength might be in the Divine Realm, he still possessed the Primordial Chaos Bead. When he reached the Divine Realm, should he find himself in desperate straits, he could simply hide inside the Primordial Chaos Bead.

As long as one existed for a sufficiently long duration, even possessing merely a single point of divinity was entirely sufficient to temper one's soul and physical body into a divine soul and a divine physique, reaching the peak of the demigod realm.

By then, once Zhou Jin bestowed a few suitable weapons upon Elder Blood, and provided Zhou Jin avoided provoking the major powers within the Immortal Realm, he would be able to live a very comfortable life there.

Yet, no sooner had Mu Yirong and Ruicao departed than Mu Yixing exchanged glances with Lu You and Chang Huan. With tacit mutual understanding, they fetched a length of rope, tied Ah Yu up securely, gagged his mouth, and thus escorted the bound prisoner into a carriage and set off.

While the Third Prince was still throwing a tantrum and acting willfully toward his mother, Eunuch Liu led Ruicao and Yu Gengxian into the inner hall.

Before Jiang Mozhan and Zheng could react, Bifang spread its massive wings, let out a piercing screech, and soared outward.

Even some city lords had already begun packing their belongings, ready to flee the Xingluo Empire the moment unfavorable news from the battlefield arrived.

The golden hammer struck with righteous fury, vowing to execute the mortal enemy. How could someone deep in slumber withstand it? Amidst a muffled thud, before he could even utter a single scream, blood splattered five paces away and his soul was dispatched to the underworld on the spot.

Jiang Mozhan nodded. As witnessed in the previous battles, Kunlun absorbed significantly more damage than Bai Xuan.

Automotive manufacturers from European and American nations were actually willing to entrust such an important conference to China to host, which genuinely came as somewhat of a surprise to Zhou Jingming.

At this moment, Ma Yijun was sipping tea inside a pavilion, accompanied by Wang Xiong, the current chief bodyguard of the Zhao family. The pavilion was guarded all around by eight bodyguards dressed in black.

Along the journey, Qi Dai maintained a sullen distance, refusing to speak with Xu Yuanshan or travel alongside him, yet she would periodically glance back to check whether Xu Yuanshan was following behind.

Gu Zun felt somewhat perplexed. Logically speaking, people should enter the branch base every single day. Yet judging by the surroundings, the grass did not look as though it had been trampled upon on a daily basis.

Gangzi was Wang Shu's best friend, and one of the very few people he could still confide in after attaining wealth. Lin娜, on the other hand, usually shouldered the heavy responsibility of taking care of Ji Aiai; whenever Ji Aiai overlooked something, Linna was always the one running around to help.

At that time, he and Han Jingshu would have their wedding, while she would quietly slip away as if nothing had ever happened.

Yet there was no guarantee whether those lacking the courage to battle savage beasts possessed the daring to exploit the period of Xue Dingyuan's absence, employing public opinion and similar tactics to pressure the Xue family. After all, there was an old saying that the law does not punish the masses; could Xue Dingyuan simply massacre those fifty or sixty thousand people?

"Brother Jin, your big head! What kind of brother are you calling him, whose grandson are you supposed to be!" Before Su Lan could even reply, Xu Yuannian nearby hurriedly chimed in with a retort.

Xiao Jin strode up before Su Lan and without a second word untied the ropes binding her. Yet his expression looked terrifying no matter how one gazed at it, causing even Su Lan to feel somewhat too intimidated to speak.

"Young Master, are you alright?" Ziyi asked with a face full of anxiety, yet Su Mu acted completely unconcerned.

It had to be said that the handsome Master Shi possessed supreme mastery and bold daring, not even scratching a patch of skin. However, this did not mean that Doma's spear of darkness had vanished; on the contrary, the four warriors behind Shakya suffered a miserable fate, getting impaled straight through like skewered gourds by the giant spear and instantly meeting their demise.

Subjected to such a relentless verbal onslaught, how could an otherworldly shopkeeper possibly withstand it? The proprietor was practically driven to tears, and ultimately parted with the white jade queen bee for a mere thirty gold coins, even throwing in a male bee for free.

Weihaiwei had already fallen, and the open sea had likewise been blockaded by the Japanese Combined Fleet. Deng Shichang deployed the few remaining magnetic mines left behind by Tang Jian, laying them at the southern entrance via a minelayer. With over a dozen Japanese warships enforcing the blockade there, he could only pin his hopes on these few mines delaying the main Japanese warships and destroyers for a little longer.

Sophia seized an opportunity to look back and confirm, discovering that she indeed did not recognize him. Not only was he dressed in civilian attire, but even his features were thoroughly ordinary and unremarkable.