36 The Mastermind (Part VII)

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Yang Yi stayed by Zhao Yayan’s side and was on intimate terms with him, so she ought to know something. Even if she knew nothing at all, it would still be easier for her to get close to Zhao Yayan than for anyone else.

“Thank you, Grand Elder, but let’s wait until we get past the exotic-beast trial.”

Shen Muxin silently twitched at the corner of her eye. She casually placed the jade bracelet back in its box and pushed it against Zhao Yanqiang’s chest.

It turned out to be Leizi, whose two eyes shone with a bloody radiance. At that moment, she was using the broken blade of her knife to catch the staff swung by the long-haired angel, stopping it halfway through its arc.

Baker Feilei lowered his head and stared at the flashing blades on the arena. His mind was no longer capable of thinking clearly.

She had deliberately given the ninjas time to catch their breath, but since they refused to take it, there was nothing she could do. The game had to continue.

In the next instant, a chaotic stream of ink-black chakra surged forth and spun rapidly into a huge pitch-black sphere, which slammed directly into the ground. Black flashes continued to erupt in violent succession. After the prolonged explosion finally ended—

With flames rising on both sides at once, the group of bat demons who had gone outside to track them realized that something had happened. Their first choice was naturally to return to their lair and rescue them.

“I heard you left the table for quite a while last night. Where did you go?” Qi Tianling asked in an indifferent tone.

After all, once Yue Junhao died, the Emperor no longer had anything to fear. Wouldn’t it be absurd to punish the Yue family solely on the basis of rumors?

Come to think of it, it had only been half a day or so, yet Xia Luo was already walking quite convincingly. He still could not produce an illusion, but surely it would not be long before he could.

He and Xiao Zitian had very similar personalities. Both were equally stubborn. Once they had made up their minds about something, they would not change it easily.

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Looking at the table laden with dishes, almost all of which were Tie Rou’s favorites, Wang Wan found it difficult to convince herself that this was merely a coincidence.

The room was not especially cold, yet Xiao Zitian still felt chilled all over. Tonight, he was like a demon gone mad. Perhaps he was usually too gentle, making people forget that, deep down, he was an utterly unmitigated demon.

He took me to the hospital and arranged a series of examinations for me without saying a word. I obediently kept quiet as well, thinking to myself, “That will teach you to be so arrogant. Scared you half to death, didn’t I? Hmph.”

Shang Yan had been struggling in pain all day, with the wizard’s bell echoing incessantly in her ears.

Profanities even began spilling from her mouth one after another. My attitude was no longer as friendly as before, but I did not argue with her. I first took a look at her car and discovered that it was a red Audi sports car whose rear end had been badly damaged by my collision.

Amei’s voice sounded perfectly normal. She told me that Yukawa Xiu was still asleep, then asked whether her husband was ill.

That was what I had been thinking at the time, and it was simply my temperament. But when I bit down on it, I discovered that it had not bitten me at all. I immediately opened my eyes, and what I saw nearly made me laugh myself to death.

The three groups had barely finished preparing their defenses. Before they could remotely control their various magical artifacts to attack Paul, the poisonous mist crackled and threw their rhythm into complete disarray.

“Get lost! What does her life or death have to do with me? Stop bothering me and get back to your room!”

Yuan Fangzhi wore a deeply annoyed expression. What was wrong with Zhuang Xinyan? Ever since joining the Three-Flavored House, why had his temperament changed so drastically? He acted as though he were desperate to claim credit, and he talked such nonsense that it seemed a whole train was roaring out of his mouth.

Lin Qiyu also glanced at Wang Xin before opening the system and bringing up the interaction interface. Wang Xin’s favorability toward Kuang Heping was sixty, while Kuang Heping’s favorability toward Wang Xin was seventy-nine.

This forest was so vast that even if one threw a needle into it, it would be extremely difficult for a grandmaster-level expert to find it.

Ruan Ling increased the force of her grip. The pain left her without even the strength to cry out, and she could no longer tell whether what rolled down her face were tears or beads of sweat.

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Xia Yurun saw that the sign bearing the name “Starlight Welfare Home” had already been taken down and was leaning casually against the wall beside the door. Even so, there was no doubt that this was Starlight Welfare Home.

“It’s all right, Brother Lu Xiu. I told you, it isn’t rare. I only think it looks beautiful. Besides, I’m not from Chonghai, so this would be of no use to me anyway.” Shui Yuan waved her hand with a smile.

The shrill sound resembled the despairing wail of an animal at the moment of death, sending chills down the spine.

Old Madam Jiang had never expected that, after all her efforts to persuade them, she would gain nothing and would instead always feel short of breath and suffer palpitations. She did not know whether she had truly eaten something that had made her ill.

Yang Siyi and Jiang Yuan exchanged a glance as well, then shook their heads helplessly. Lin Qiyu had always been straightforward with his assistants, rewarding and punishing them as appropriate. His attitude far exceeded what a superior normally owed a subordinate; at times, he seemed more like a teacher dealing with a student.

Gu Hao did not turn around. He merely swept his blade in a graceful motion, creating an exquisitely beautiful arc, then pointed to his left rather than toward the place from which the sound had come.

But this ice flame was different from fire-cold frost. One represented ultimate chill, while the other was an extreme heat born of reaching the limit. Boom! Zhang Tao forcibly suppressed Nie, driving both feet deep into the ground until even his knees had disappeared. Yet no matter how desperately Nie struggled, Zhang Tao held him firmly down.

The burly man placed the raw ore on the table. The martial artists who had been browsing the shop and preparing to purchase attribute gems immediately gathered around, as though they expected the man to reveal some astonishing skill.

Although they were already facing the worst possible outcome, and although they did not know why they had fallen into this place, there was no point in blaming Heaven or anyone else. It was better to attend to their own duties. That was all Qi Zheng needed everyone to do.

Lin Jieren and Ling strained their ears, but they did not hear the expected scream, so they conducted a second experiment.

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