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Cavaliers head coach Byron Scott looked somewhat helpless. Although he knew his team could hardly stand against the league’s current number-one team, and the team had no real expectation of winning this year—especially on the road—he had to admit that being completely crushed in the first quarter was simply humiliating.
Only about ten seconds had passed when a hand grazed his leg. The hand wiped away part of his trousers and part of his flesh. A fist-sized chunk of flesh was gone, the muscle was damaged, and there was no way he could lift that leg. He collapsed to the ground.
That was why she had returned. She wanted to meet Zhou Chen, the man who had ended the ten-thousand-year war between angels and demons and even made the proud angel clan offer him compensation.
After all, many couples were harmonious only on the surface. When she had first become a police officer, she had encountered quite a few men who appeared deeply devoted to their wives, yet abused them the moment they closed the door.
Ye Jinyu inwardly wondered how, in trying to persuade him, she had somehow talked herself into it. Still, without her supplying the batteries, wires, switches, and similar items, the Tang Empire would not be able to manufacture them anytime soon. Besides, the emperor would pay her for them.
Old Wu had fully assumed the bearing of a leader. Before I could even object, he seized my arm and led me along the village road.
Since there was nothing else to do here, I might as well go up the mountain with her tomorrow and have some fun. Thinking this, I nodded.
“Brilliant, boss. They must be looking for restaurants according to this ranking as well. As long as we search them one by one, we’ll definitely find them.” The others all voiced their agreement.
The island could not communicate with the outside world, so Kong Qingyun could only gather clues by every means available. This was all they knew for now, and they had no idea how much of it was true.
Being unable to grow up and being unable to cultivate were precisely Yuanchai’s fatal weaknesses. That single disparity had caused her to completely lose the initiative between Luoyu and the old man.
If the Taoyuan Kingdom’s only purpose was to establish a peaceful realm free of conflict, that explanation might have sounded reasonable. But Shui Xin did not entirely believe it.
However, the person he awaited this time was not the emperor, but news that the Luan family had been seized by the Imperial Guards.
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“It is my utmost honor to serve you, my lord. How could it be a hardship? I shall not disturb your rest any longer. I will take my leave.” He clasped his hands and departed. Yang Xu raised a hand and told the steward to see him out.
Although the weather was fine, that did not mean it was not cold at all, much less that spring had returned. Thus, cloaks, hand warmers, and everything else were all in place.
Feng Huaying narrowed her eyes but did not respond to the shopkeeper. She squatted down and examined the items herself. She rejected the copper coins and porcelain pieces the shopkeeper recommended twice. She was no longer the ignorant Wu Xia A Meng she had once been, completely unfamiliar with antiques. Although she was still far from an expert, she could at least tell that the shopkeeper’s recommendations were neither valuable nor genuine.
Shui Xin emerged from the abyss and prepared to leave with Wolf Three and the others. Their return had likewise gone unnoticed by the rat soldiers, and they were now flying leisurely through the air.
Ye Xi laughed coldly, her tone arrogant. “What? You were allowed to ignore my wishes and make me your empress, but I am not allowed to dismiss you? What kind of logic is that?” Her eyes were filled with mockery.
On the surface, Fengtian City remained the same as ever, but in the brief span of a year, it had undergone earth-shaking changes.
As soon as the two sides unleashed their most powerful techniques, the surrounding area was isolated. Neither wanted their battle to affect their own people. Wang Beiquan was empowered by spiritual energy throughout his body, indestructible and gleaming like a divine sword. His soaring edge rushed toward Shang Mu.
“All troops, heed my command! Fire three arrows into the sky. The troops behind us, prepare to charge.” Wusier drew his bow and nocked an arrow, aiming at the Xuanwu Army vanguard, which had already realized that its advance had halted and was preparing to resist. He released the arrow. At the same instant, more than ten thousand Shatuo cavalrymen ahead of him fired a dense rain of arrows.
Judging from his swift and precise movements, it was clear that he had not lost his head. The silk-clad man whose ropes he had untied, however, was nowhere near as composed.
The man in white watched him silently, as if saying, “Go ahead.” His calmness was almost frightening.
Yueyue, the little girl, darted about as flashes of blade light burst in every direction. The heads of the evolved zombies rolled from their bodies one after another with a steady succession of dull thuds.
Situ Yao understood this perfectly. With Zhao Hui’s solemn warning as well, she would make certain not to repeat the mistake.
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Zhou Ruolian nodded. The surroundings suddenly fell silent. It was as though everyone had thought of something, and their expressions changed one after another.
“Prepare to die!” As Li Daoyan formed a spell seal, the air around him was instantly sucked away. Then a terrifying destructive force erupted from him as its center. This was the Grand Void Temple’s secret technique—the Void Nirvana Art.
In the blink of an eye, the elders of Meteorite Mountain were blasted away by the spells unleashed by the Five Elements Primordial Spirits. But they were Celestial Beings, after all, and could not be killed so easily. Ye Fanchen accelerated through the air, transforming into a streak of multicolored light. He caught up with one of the elders, swung the Yin-Yang Sword, and severed the elder’s head.
There was also a Bobo Bug shaped like a hippopotamus. Relying on its massive build, thick hide, and boundless strength, it charged forward at full speed and slammed into them. With another wet splatter, five or six spikes pierced straight through its head, turning its crown into a honeycomb.
Mu Zichen could not help becoming extremely wary of Xue Yun. He did not know what to say to the man, nor what manner or expression he should adopt when facing him.
His complexion was much better than before, but his brows remained knitted. Clearly, the wound on his severed finger was still causing him considerable pain.
He then took two burners of lit incense and bowed three times before each of the five porcelain jars in turn. He laid one stick of incense horizontally across the yellow cloth covering a jar’s mouth, then stood in the middle of the stage with the remaining stick in his hand and closed his eyes. After murmuring an incantation, he placed the incense on an overturned wooden basin.
His back now emanated an aura of death like a demon’s. He suppressed every impulse within him, for he could still give Bai Lingbing behind him a chance to offer a reasonable explanation.
The two sides collided. There was a loud bang, followed by a crackling burst of sounds. Clusters of flames appeared, and moments later fireballs materialized in midair before scattering and vanishing.
Xing Qi, a Battle Venerable, left them aside and entered seclusion for an entire month. Yan Feiyang and the others naturally felt no resentment whatsoever. Xing Qi was a future emperor-level expert, and everyone in the Blood Sun Sect was eager to cultivate a good relationship with him. How could they possibly be angry that he had gone into seclusion?
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