Chapter 288: Gone with One Touch

Sun Yang shouted as he fired wildly with his pulse rifle, and though the suppressing fire held them back, his ammunition was running perilously low: "Shen Qiuyue, should we retreat? While there is life, there is hope!"

"Shut up! Hold on a little longer!"

Shen Qiuyue replied coldly, her dueling sword transforming into a streak of freezing light that sliced an approaching Zerg clean in two.

Bright green fluid splashed across the ground, yet she did not even blink.

"Steadfast!"

It seemed she was in a splendid mood today, playing and singing at the same time. The Prince Consort leaned against the tree trunk, holding his wine goblet, watching her with deep interest and eyes full of affection.

Outside the corridor, a security guard looked at the celadon antique cradled in his hands, then at the passage littered with shards of porcelain, and slumped helplessly onto the ground.

At that moment, Wu Haoyi came walking in slowly and tremulously; when he heard clearly the words Bai Shixuan had just uttered, he almost forgot the pain wracking his body and nearly leaped up with joy.

The soldier froze for a moment, then nodded in assent and ran outside.

"Hey, is that my sister-in-law?" From the other end came a voice that belonged not to Bing Mo, but to Luan Yize.

Yesterday, Qiu Sitong was drawing her design sketches as usual when the phone sitting beside her suddenly rang.

Sheathing the Wind-Sigh Sword, Wu Qingtao grabbed each half of the red-backed fish with either hand, his spiritual energy erupting beneath his feet as he leaped high, lifting the several-fathom-long fish out of the water and finally landing on the shore.

Even so, a portion of the illustrators in the Paint Heaven studio still went outside to eat.

Encountering someone like Niu Lili was truly a misfortune for both Xia Xixi and Qiu Sitong.

Just as he was about to return to his manor, he suddenly heard someone greet him: "Ruowu, we meet again." Turning around, he saw the brilliant prodigy Wang Yansou, whom he had met in Jincheng County, the man who had achieved first place in the provincial, metropolitan, and successive examinations.

As they sprinted, some were impaled by the massive spikes of the barricades, some were struck by flying arrows, and others were pierced by the spears of the hidden Shu-Han soldiers, yet they knew no fear, roaring as they charged into battle, refusing to yield an inch even when facing several enemies at once.

With a thunderous roar, the Blazing Fire Demonic Lion crashed heavily to the earth like a collapsing golden mountain or a toppling jade pillar, rolling over several times and flattening a vast swath of trees.

Zhao Gang shuddered and spun around; before him, the core crystal of the World Tree was now releasing an even more intense, radiant glow, and the fracture he had cleaved into it had vanished without a trace.

Suspecting nothing, Bei Yan agreed immediately. They agreed upon a strategy: Gong would launch the initial strike, wedging himself between Deng Ai and Wuqiu Jian to sever their communication, while Bei Yan would mount a frontal assault on Wuqiu Jian’s position, crushing him first before combining their forces to strike Deng Ai.

Wei Ba measured the expressions in the eyes of Ma Su and Deng Zhi, raising his cup and sipping his wine slowly to give them time to process.

Unexpectedly, Chen Yu regained consciousness, and his very first action was to question the Holy Master of the Vault of Heaven, his voice nearly a roar, unable to comprehend why the Holy Master, despite holding an Imperial Weapon of Ultimate Path and having an excellent chance to utterly destroy Elder Yin, had chosen not to do so.

The Phoenix Pet's transformation could still last for a good while longer, which naturally could not be wasted, so Zhang Yang swept through the surroundings, clearing out every monster he saw along the way before returning to the original village to hand in the quest to Husma.

The radiance cast by the rainbow illuminated all ten directions, but in the next instant, it was completely reined in, vanishing inside the powerful spirit deity above.

Neuitt looked up at the high sky with a contemplative gaze. At this moment, the sea of clouds was boiling and shifting unpredictably... that was an even more terrifying battlefield.

"What is the use of saying all this now? It is all over." He spoke with deep sorrow, feeling he should never have been soft-hearted in the first place.

For such an exceptional man, who else but herself could possibly be a match? That fourth concubine who appeared dignified and aloof but was actually deeply scheming?

To her utter astonishment, she found that the bread and water scavenged from the city guards had been cast aside, and Christina was desperately stuffing honeyed ham into her mouth before chugging down nectar. That display was like the reincarnation of a starved ghost, completely devoid of the elegance she had shown when they first met.

The tip of her nose caught a faint scent of sandalwood, and opening her eyes gently, she noticed the peculiar arrangement of the room; trying to move slightly, her lower body felt as though it did not belong to her, and glancing around the chamber, she understood at once that this was Uncle De's residence.

Chen Zui calculated that at a repayment rate of one hundred thousand yuan per month, it would take the uncle and nephew about three years to clear the debt, and that was only for the construction of the building, without factoring in the interior decoration; he had heard that the cost of decorating the villa would far exceed the construction itself.

Even though she had employed so many schemes, by all accounts Tong Ran should have long been despised by their parents and driven out of the Tong family, yet after going in circles, everything had returned to the starting point.

This matter would be exposed if even the slightest thing went wrong, so no matter what, she would never do it; only by acting this way could she preserve Bu Qiyu's current life and status.

Jia Zhenggang was naturally well aware of the movements of Mei Li and Tatanier inside the tent, but he ignored them, pretending to know nothing.

The house they rented was not far from the passenger station, but the four of them still walked for nearly twenty minutes. There was no helping it; since their meals contained no meat, they lacked physical strength, moved very slowly, and had to rest after walking a short distance.

From this point onward, the status of cavalry among the states of the Central Plains gradually rose, becoming a primary force of the military.

"But..." The general wanted to say more, but was frightened back by Han Youqi's gaze, returning to his original position with a look of considerable grievance.

"That can't be, I just sent my friend inside, how could it possibly be haunted?" Zhao Jiuzheng asked incredulously.