Volume One, Chapter Ninety-Four: Du Wenchang’s Confidence

In all things, too much is as bad as too little. To brag so wildly is to leave oneself one tiny twist of fate away from being cast down from the altar.

Yet never had he felt so helpless. He had always thought himself clever enough, but in this matter involving Yang Hu, he could not, for the life of him, think of any way to solve it.

But as time dragged on, Ao Xu could not help but furrow his brow. The primal source of power within him was actually beginning to be steadily weakened and assimilated, until even the aura around his body, together with the protective light shield outside him, all started to wreathe themselves in purple mist.

With a crisp crack, the scythe that had swept out was knocked aside by Hydra and returned to Bai Sen's hand. Although Bai Sen's strike had failed to land a decisive blow, it did at least ease the pressure on the front line at once.

At a glance, there were no fewer than thirty demonic beasts at the Foundation Establishment stage, and even more at the Qi Refinement stage, packed densely together in a heaving mass. At least several thousand of them made the others' hearts quiver with fear.

A nauseating smell of scorched flesh spread out. The serpent-dragon let out a hysterical scream. The part of its body wrapped by Zhang Yuanhao's immortal-vine form had been nearly blackened by the lightning arcs; scales cracked piece by piece, and the flesh beneath was charred to a crisp.

"Apologies, everyone. I have kept you waiting." Before he could finish, he was interrupted by a clear and powerful voice.

In this quiet and tranquil setting, only a long, lingering sigh could be heard before everything gradually fell silent. No sound remained at all, only the faint wisps of spiritual power, barely visible to the naked eye, all gathering toward the figure seated upon the lotus throne.

At once, the entire hall, with the exception of the cold old man in coarse cloth, fell into brief stupefaction. The once noisy plaza abruptly went quiet, and sounds of sharp intakes of breath rose one after another across it.

He was enveloped in a divine essence, only his eyes exposed, blazing with a terrifying light.

As fellow merchants and fellow rulers who controlled an entire corporate empire, Dai Yucheng could not help admiring Tan Shaochuan's far-sighted strategizing at this moment.

Shangguan Banruo was truly afraid that Xu Muqing would fall into the hands of Priest Wuyan, ruining her entirely and leaving her utterly unloved. Every day she lived in uneasy dread, terrified that the wealth and glory she had only just grasped would turn out to be nothing but a bamboo basket that hauled up nothing but water.

As for Ran Zhi's political allies, the Anbei Army's Broken-Lupine Detachment and Ran Yu, Ran Ming chose to use political pressure. In Ran Ming's own words, this was not a military battle, but a political one.

At the same time as the acquisition, he had also borrowed the official influence of the Twenty-Ninth Route Army to carry it out.

Dai Yucheng cast a sidelong glance at the man standing beside him. Lin Tao was a little taller than he was, and somewhat more heavily built.

But that still could not stop Mei Mingzi from courting death here. After all, with her own husband watching, Xiao Guo surely would not suddenly erupt in violence.

Landing on the ground with swift reflexes, Alya felt a headache coming on. Could the princess's idea really be this?

This small general store was not large, and the surrounding environment was equally ordinary. Perhaps because the hour was late, the shop doors had already been shut.

Sion's ability to manifest a body of knowledge was not something he was using for the first time, but this was the first time he had tried to see, in meticulous detail, the origins of a thing.

If one wished, one could simply find any place in the middle tier and dig for ore, and out would come magical mithril or mana-conducting crystal, those kinds of precious minerals that made people green with envy.

Xia Fangyuan naturally could not bear to leave. She still had things she wanted to say to Xia Chengyuan, but at the dining table just now, she could only keep silent.

At the thought that Gong Shaoxie had gone all these years without ever celebrating a birthday, Xia Fangyuan was briefly stunned before the ringing of her phone pulled her back and she answered it.

Because, if such a vast swarm of dark-furred tigers were to kneel at their feet, they would be able to obtain a great many beast cores, that is, elemental stones. Moreover, dark-furred tigers were middle- to high-grade magical beasts, so the quality of the elemental stones was beyond question.

Too late to ponder why so many demons were entrenched here, Goodman caught the gaze of an eredar demon, and killing intent surged instantly in his heart. His eyes swept rapidly over every enemy as he lifted a foot, ready to charge forward.

Compensate you for what, your head? Jing Xiuyan shot him a murderous glare. Behave yourself, and later your sister will buy you candy.

Before the new orders were issued, the Fourth Legion was temporarily merged into the First Legion and placed under the command of Her Highness Princess Diana.

"So, who can tell me what exactly is going on here?" Looking at those familiar faces one after another, Lan Luosi was completely thrown into confusion.

Xie Qingxi's triumphant sword was unsheathed, while Wang Weimin's official career came to an end with his appointment as county magistrate, waiting only for old age and retirement.

Hearing that the Elf Emperor had appeared in the world, the elves all migrated eastward, preparing to pay their respects to His Majesty the Elf Emperor.

On Lingxiao's side, one person had just been comforted when another came along. At this rate, even if he were not starved to death or suffocated to death, the two of them would still annoy him to death.

Uchiha Madara smashed the iron chains binding Alya and saved her! Alya was already on the brink of death. In order to suppress the power of the Dark Sun, she had exhausted herself to the point of being unable to move. At this moment, the only thing Uchiha Madara could do was let her rest properly.

Luo Chenyang looked at Luo Yangxuan, who was suppressing his fury, pacing several rounds around the office with his hands on his hips, wearing an expression as though he wanted to eat someone alive.

Hmph. At least that old fellow knows his place. Without needing him to summon the beastmen, he was already waiting here first. Heda put on an act and walked into the cave.

At that moment, all the roughnecks unconsciously pressed themselves against the walls, making a path for him. Jin and Shisui had evaded early and suffered little injury, but the nearby ninja had neither such skill nor such luck; roughly a dozen were swept into the blast zone.