Volume 1 Chapter 65: The Attack of Zhuquan

As stretch Lincoln limousines slowly drove into the expansive road in front of the hotel, the prelude to the Eight-Group Summit officially began.

Not long after, Zhu Panyang arrived. Opening his cloth pouch once again, he heated his silver needles and administered acupuncture to Li Muzhi’s arms and head, gazing with profound anxiety at Li Muzhi, whose eyes remained tightly closed.

"What the heck? How is this happening? Why can't I use the telepathic transfer ability?" He tried twice more, but the result remained the same.

"What the teacher teaches is entirely correct; I shall strictly obey the master's command," Kublai bowed respectfully to Phagpa.

From that moment on, Li Muzhi cast aside such vain hopes, thinking inwardly that as long as her mother and the others could live well, she would desire nothing more.

"What does being a soldier have to do with you? Get lost and play somewhere else! Useless piece of trash, can't even study properly and yet you want to be a soldier? How did I end up raising a good-for-nothing like you!" her father scolded with a string of curses.

"Because of your greatness, those demonic foreign invaders are now so terrified that they don't even dare step outside their doors. Perhaps by now they have already tucked their tails between their legs and fled into the ocean. My great emperor, you are truly magnificent," that general shamelessly poured out the most sickening flattery from the bottom of his heart.

"Audacious wretch, taste my sword!" A sheet of silver radiance surged through the air with his roar, carrying a piercing whistle that chilled the heart.

In this world, if you lack power, influence, and status, you must simply endure your lot in life. Dreaming of leaping across ranks is entirely out of the question.

Lan Chengfeng’s tone was icy. Looking at Lan Shan, his eyes held not a shred of paternal affection. In order to seize the position of sect master and acquire the Lan Shan Sect’s supreme treasure, he had waited far too long.

He believed that even if the Demon Slaughter Realm joined forces with Shen Ao, dealing with this group of over a hundred people would at best result in a stalemate; achieving victory would be as difficult as scaling the heavens.

There were easily eight hundred to a thousand appraisers in the Shangdan Sect, and the sect's treasures numbered in the tens of thousands. Even so, they were still unable to appraise these ten supreme treasures, and one can easily imagine how precious and mysterious they truly were.

Choice City was somewhat different from the four cities he had visited before. Its most unorthodox feature was that the city was completely unguarded; anyone could enter and leave at will, as if they had no fear of anyone causing trouble whatsoever.

Yet the next second, dozens of "corpses" suddenly shuddered, sitting up in unison and looking around in bewilderment. When they caught sight of Lü Qingqiong’s figure in mid-air, expressions of terror instantly crossed their faces.

"My expedition shall proceed without change. Let us now discuss the matter of remaining behind to guard Nanjing," Zhu Cilang said.

This was forged by the era and had nothing to do with him; in that era, if you did not kill others, others would devour you. The law of the jungle remained eternally unchanged.

The two did not sleep the entire night. When dawn broke, they packed their things and prepared to set off. Leading the snow-trotting horse into the front courtyard, they saw that the bodies of the Jin soldiers had already vanished. Bidding farewell to the abbot, the two rode together toward the north.

Qi Zuoheng felt a surge of joy. Seeing the malice in the eyes of Li Zhicheng, he cupped his hands toward Du Hui and said, "Understood! I shall immediately rush to East Border City." With that, he led the elite members of the Qi family and leaped into motion. In the blink of an eye, the Qi family experts vanished from sight.

Bai Rujiao gently patted her chest and put on a coquettish display, saying, "Oh my, it's bleeding! This humble one can't bear the sight of fighting and killing; just thinking about it hurts so much." She bit her lower lip and hissed softly, acting as though she were truly in great pain.

"Xu Jianlong? Why is it you?" Min Lan’s brow visibly furrowed as she looked with clear displeasure at the man who had so familiarly walked up to her.

The sword Qi within the Sword Saint’s Great Tomb suddenly began to tremble violently, breaking free from the control of the Sword Saint’s overpowering pressure, and emitting continuous vibrations like courtiers paying homage to a monarch.

Never had he imagined he would be able to join the Hall Master’s team. This would grant him entry into the Soul Refining Cave, which was rumored to contain numerous rare spiritual herbs. Their grades were at least of the superior true tier, and legend had it that there were even top-tier spiritual herbs capable of tempting those in the Spirit Transformation Realm.

Earlier, when Mayor Luo sought to deal with Zhao Zilong, every single one of them had been eager to kick a man while he was down. Now that Zhao Zilong had gained power, they swarmed over to curry favor, shifting like grass in the wind—truly despicable.

"Chairman, you've misunderstood. We merely saw your heroic and majestic bearing, brimming with boundless vigor, and wished to express our respect," Hao Juan said behind her hand with a dainty, alluring giggle.

Thousands of attacks arrived in the span of a breath, yet the next moment they all halted abruptly. To Xu Fan’s astonishment, those thousands of attacks shattered with a deafening roar.

Gazing at this unimaginably violent strike, Avril’s expression tightened. Without a moment's hesitation, she moved to charge toward the old man, only to feel the heaven and earth shift abruptly as Arthur trapped her within his own domain.

Yet now, the bloody lesson of Qian Dafu and his son instantly forced them to stamp out such thoughts.

The manor remained silent, save for a faint, dim light glowing from Qin Wan's chamber, though whether she was already fast asleep remained unknown.

Not long after, the massive cooking operation for 2.4 million people ignited the worldly warmth and smoke of human life in this bleak place.

Unable to detect the multiple traps, Zhou Jian drew a cartridge, took aim at Pandora's Box, and flicked it. With a sharp ping, the bullet struck the box, leaving it entirely unchanged.

This gave Zhou Jian a headache. Had he known her cousin and female cousin were both here, he wouldn't have come no matter what. His meager combat capability was practically negligible in Ancient Tomb Nine; he would only slow down their leveling speed. Wenren Huiyin was fine, since she was his friend after all, but he didn't know her cousin or female cousin at all.

Huiyin’s rush to meet Zhou Jian’s parents last time was largely due to Li; Li’s existence made her feel somewhat threatened, and she was terrified that Zhou Jian’s parents would favor Li and dislike her.

Wielding alchemy to alter the shape of matter was effortlessly easy for Li Zhi at this moment. Before Kane and Northrend could recover from their astonishment, Li Zhi had already finished constructing the teleportation array, packing away the remaining materials. Within the core gemstone, he had already inscribed the blueprint of the lightning teleportation spell.

The man smiled bitterly, hardly daring to believe his own words. It had only been a few months, yet how could the world have changed so drastically that it left him dizzy? Even uttering phrases like "monster invasion concert" could now be spoken casually without anyone treating him like a fool.

Along the way, Lu Tian's mutiny was discovered. More than sixty legion commanders were captured, and when many million-level and ten-million-level divine generals attempted to flee following Lu Tian, they were pursued. Eight or nine out of ten were beaten to death on the spot by the soldiers of the Blue-faction legions.

To ensure an uninterrupted supply of liquor, Su Yan also placed a call to Beijing on the very day all the alcohol was sold out, urging them to urgently dispatch inventory and rush it to Jincheng.