Chapter 46: The First Signs of Spring Amid the Snow

Xingchen leaned against the window, watching Zhan Xicheng silently peeling an apple for her. Her eyes grew misty.

"I heard what you said. Coincidentally, I've also hit a bottleneck in my training. Don't worry, I'm at championship level too," Long Chen replied indifferently, releasing a powerful aura.

The Ironclad Tyrannosaurus had taken the brunt of the attack. Not only did it collapse the mountain, but it also absorbed nearly all the destructive force of the hyper beam explosion. The injuries it sustained were far more severe than Simba's; with such wounds, recovering in less than a year or two would be nothing short of a miracle.

His true aspiration was to become the top chef. It was his cherished dream—he had once been the number one chef in China, and now he aimed to become the best chef in the world.

According to the Earth Elder, though the Heavenly Tribulation is a formidable force meant to eradicate those who defy the heavens, it still holds a sliver of hope. That hope lies in the tribulation's ability to temper the body. If one can harness its power for tempering, then with time, the strength of the body alone could surpass all under heaven.

"I'm not an ambitious man. It seems I'll have to disappoint the general's good intentions." Shopkeeper Liu Feng raised a cup of wine before him. "Then let me drink as a self-punishment, and toast to the general's appreciation." With that, he drained the cup in one gulp.

For Taocheng Wu's surrender, Echizen was quite pleased. For him, there was no point in tormenting someone crippled—just a little show of cool was enough.

Amidst the heavy atmosphere, though Reijel wanted to say he had a way out no matter what happened, he held his tongue. Boasting now wouldn't earn Lux's trust; it was better to see how things played out. If it truly came down to him taking action, so be it.

The ball this time was aimed at the right side of Echizen's baseline, while Echizen was on the left. But with his speed, he still managed to return the shot before the ball bounced away.

Suddenly, a wild storm arose, space-time twisted, and the earth cracked apart like a spiderweb, deep fissures spreading madly across the frozen ground, unleashing a blizzard that filled the sky.

At present, the well water couldn't be used, and there were spies from the Church of Light in the refugee camp. As long as those spies remained, the Church would believe the court was still too preoccupied to intervene.

Such a physical realm had not appeared for centuries—almost vanished from legend, with only scattered references remaining in ancient texts.

...When he lost focus, his opponent solved the problem and had already moved on to the third question.

"Is there a time limit, Master Ancestor?" Zhan Yunge asked, getting straight to the crucial point about opening Guangyang's twenty gates.

"His face is just swollen from being slapped—how can you say nothing can be done?" Huang Luo asked, puzzled. He had seen the Young Lord Xuan Tian slap him with his own eyes. In his mind, facial swelling should be the easiest thing to heal.

Prince Ning glanced at the two of them, finding them unbearably meddlesome. He had only been pretending to be angry, yet they took it seriously?

After thinking for a long time, Chen Feng concluded it was just an ordinary dream.

The first to speak was a young man with emerald-green hair named Gild Tesoro. He had once known a tragic love, and now, all that remained in him was grief.

No matter how skilled in martial arts, none could withstand a kitchen knife, let alone the fact that the Equal King commanded a whole army of brave, battle-hardened soldiers.

"Destruction first, then construction. No matter how difficult, destruction must come first—never leave behind a single rotten seed!" Will declared.

"Auntie, you can say whatever you like about me, but I can't accept that I'm average-looking. I was the most handsome man in our village," Zhou Yang said with a laugh.

Using up all her strength to finish her sentence, Mu Siyan dragged her weary body back to her bedroom.

During the day, Dongnan had examined this coffin at least a hundred times and remembered clearly that there were no ventilation holes.

The man before him was clearly unfriendly, making Lin Xiao's brows knit together in concern.

"I think so too!" Wu Zhao said blankly, gazing out the window. They had returned to the city; though it was nearly midnight, the streets were still bright with lights.

It took Dongnan a long time to realize he was still alive, and he couldn't help but think—so this was hell.

She released her grip, and the beaded curtain in front of her swayed slightly, the gentle collision veiling Ning Rongzuo's eyes behind it—eyes that now revealed a depth impossible to fathom, like gazing into an endless abyss.

Watching the minutes tick by on his phone, Ouyang Jiaming's lips curled into a faint smile, as if in relief, yet also as if fleeing—fleeing in panic from this city engulfed in public opinion.

After speaking, he relied on his powerful physique to throw a punch straight at Lin Xiao's head.

Seemingly pushed to her limits, Zhou Yawen appeared to be in pain, her jaw clenched and her expression growing tense.

The process of acknowledging one's ancestors went smoothly; the elders of the Li family had no objections, clearly having been notified in advance by Li Zhuoxi.

Now that bag of money was already half full; the next step was to decide where to earn more.

Qin Yi walked into the Konoha rest area with a blank expression. Rin Nohara and Obito Uchiha didn't hear anything, but with his heightened senses, he caught every whispered word.

Sheng Wanwan had heard before that, for various reasons, TV dramas were rarely filmed in order. Scenes were shot according to the day's set arrangements, the actors' conditions, or whatever circumstances allowed, picking the most suitable scenes to shoot first.

Old Wang's sudden resignation surprised the housekeeper. He had worked most of his life—how could he just leave like that?

Not far away, on a street near the crowd, a car parked by the roadside suddenly buckled as if squeezed by some unseen force, and with a thunderous bang, exploded in an instant. A powerful shockwave erupted, and smoke and dust rushed toward them on the wind.