28 A Stone (VIII)

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When Ling Chong opened his eyes again, the fog had vanished, but so had the sunlight. The sky was blanketed in thick white clouds.

Cavalry did not attack one another in bloody head-on collisions. They maneuvered around each other, each striving to secure the advantageous position on the enemy’s left flank.

Hearing movement outside, Xu Damao hurriedly folded the letter in his hand several times and stuffed it into the inner pocket of his clothes.

They remained silent. Remembering the refugees’ tragic fate, they tolerated and accepted the boy’s outburst. If even the battle commander had chosen to embrace his pain, what reason did these warriors have to reject him?

They were confident they could remain concealed. They had witnessed with their own eyes how the Jade Night Bat King had passed right beside the Five-Colored Silkworm Coffin without detecting the artifact.

So Wang Teng decided it would be better to enter personally. It would deepen his understanding of the laws of space. Still, compared with Dr. Pym’s quantum machine, Wang Teng trusted Tony more.

Ning Zhiqian’s face was streaked with tears. She bit her lip tightly, determined not to pay him any attention. Lu Yanshen did not mind; a faint smile curved the corners of his mouth.

It opened its mouth and spat out half of a battered corpse, then turned and fled frantically, never stopping again.

When Ning Zhiqian went downstairs again, she did not see Lu Yunshang anywhere. She only heard several servants whispering among themselves.

Although these spirit fruits were merely second-grade and hardly anything remarkable, one had to remember that the banquet had not even begun. They were still only at the teleportation array, facing cultivators from the entire Coral Sea Region.

“According to the original plan, should I take some men nearby and launch a feint to draw the enemy away first?” Carlos asked.

The two sat down. Qian Cheng ordered breakfast for Brother Chen, along with a bottle of iced beer, and they began drinking together.

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Then he sat beside the floor-to-ceiling window and enjoyed the delicacies brought by the waiter, placing his phone carelessly on the table.

“Ah Dong, now it’s our turn to have goosebumps all over. Ha-ha!” Long Sheng laughed heartily.

“No, thanks. I’m not hungry right now.” After a fierce internal struggle, I decided that, for the sake of my health, it would be better to refuse her.

Two days later, members of the Special Operations Division arrived and examined the ruins destroyed by the Great Cataclysm with advanced instruments. Unfortunately, they found nothing at the site except rubble.

“Ya-Ya, I’m going to rebuild the Northern Dipper Clan.” Shao Yan walked over to Ya-Ya. Seeing that she was sulking and ignoring him, he explained the purpose of his trip to the Hundred Spirits Assembly.

But was there truly no way back? Zhu Meier pondered carefully. The faces of Xin Yilin, Zhao Huizhao, and Peng Haoming appeared one after another before her eyes. Coveting her beauty, they had dragged her step by step into an abyss from which she could never recover. Yet there had once seemed to be hope—Peng Haoming had given her hope.

Zhang Kun smiled with good humor. Their upbringing had taught them long ago that people had to respect fate. What belonged to them would be theirs; what did not could not be forced. Nor should they take out their resentment on those who had not missed their opportunity simply because they themselves had.

Di Chong hurriedly stirred his spiritual sense and ordered the two spirit beasts to pour their magical power into the array at the same time, hoping it could withstand this fierce attack.

I tried to find a foothold to grab onto, but the walls in a tycoon’s home were not climbing walls; they were smooth and even. There was simply nowhere to get a grip.

More importantly, the polishing equipment for jade ornaments was entirely different from the carving equipment.

Thus, while keeping as quiet as possible, Andrew—the most experienced explorer among them—temporarily took command, with Qi Fei, who possessed night vision, acting as his assistant. Together, they began searching the underground chambers for traces of the dwarves.

The old man wore the splendid emblem of a high-ranking mage. Rich magical energy drifted throughout his deep-blue mage’s robe. In his hand was a long-handled staff made of Shaluo whitewood. A gemlike magic crystal radiated blue mist like the sea, which swirled and drifted around the entire staff.

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“I… I truly didn’t mean to lean into Ye Tiancha’s arms. My feet hurt terribly, and Ye Tiancha deliberately pulled me over.” Su Tingting seemed not to have heard Xiao Yinhua’s analysis at all and began sobbing softly. “Brother Song definitely won’t speak to me now.”

The yin-yang fish scattered again when they collided. Borrowing the momentum of the sword, they retreated swiftly, then joined together once more after putting some distance between themselves.

“Buddy, the black BMW ahead of you belongs to him. The rest is up to you.” Wu Kuaidie monitored the positions of Steve and Song Paiyu through surveillance devices along the road and pointed Song Paiyu in the right direction.

She smiled lightly and slowly emerged from behind the rock. Before her eyes lay Qin, whose legs had already been bound firmly to the ground by a vine. That last strike had exhausted the final strength she possessed.

When Zhou Yanran reached this point, an idea suddenly rose in her heart. Could the rumors in the capital be true? Were the Song and Qian families really about to wage a major battle? Could Bai Yu be trying to find a breakthrough through Yin Zhen in order to deal with the Qian family?

Jiang Tian had not expected Chen Han to walk straight into the trap, but he showed no mercy. Just as Chen Han was about to reach Stormcloud Platform, Jiang Tian abruptly broke through the spiritual mark and flashed to his opponent’s left side, driving a fist into his waist.

In any case, I was still very satisfied with my performance on this exam—and with myself as well. Thinking back on the “violence” I had suffered before, I no longer hated it quite so much.

Seeing that his brother’s life hung by a thread, Long You had no time to remain shocked. He turned and shouted wildly at the person beside him, without the slightest concern for his dignity.

If that fellow truly escaped into the river, the broad and ceaselessly rushing waters of Auckland’s Mother River, vast as a great lake, could easily conceal his aura and tracks. Even an extraordinary spellcaster like Lu Xi would find it difficult to pursue him.

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