Volume 1, Chapter 40: Fourth Brother in Critical Condition

To spare her companions from excessive suffering, Kagome readily agreed; it was hardly an unreasonable request, as they would have slain any malevolent demons they encountered in their daily travels anyway.

Consider the four or fifty individuals before them—was there a single one among them who could not effortlessly dispatch the bodyguards and retainers standing behind them?

"Then I shall rely on your kind words, Uncle. Once I return to the company, I will surely make it grow and thrive," Lin Qiu said, scratching his head.

Some cultivators who were too slow to evade the attacks of these demonic beasts were obliterated, leaving not even a corpse behind, as they were struck down from the sky and ground into dust.

When the disparity in telepathic strength is too great, the emotions of the superior telepath easily infect the inferior one. The latter becomes susceptible to persuasion and may even find themselves involuntarily obeying the former’s commands; the greater the disparity, the more pronounced this effect becomes.

Xuan Mo vanished at that moment. I did not know where he had gone, but he surely could not have left, for the rope remained tied between us; if he had departed, I could not possibly still be here. He had likely simply turned invisible.

"Since I am a classmate of Wan Xinya, I should go over and offer a toast. Come with me so you can be introduced," Zhan Yiyuan said, handing Lin Qiu a glass of wine, and the two walked toward Wan Xinya.

With his son gone, he too was heartbroken. He did not want to see his wife weeping so bitterly, as it only deepened his own sorrow and regret over why he had not stayed home the previous night.

The smile on Wan Xinjun’s face faded significantly. He even thought to himself with a touch of annoyance that he had only just returned to the capital, and yet, in just a few days, someone was already coming to cause trouble.

"Yes. If the enhancement continues, the body may be unable to withstand the influx of immense energy, triggering a self-destruction," Vados nodded.

The leopard-man was also helpless. If it were only crystal-core rifles, they might have relied on the city walls for defense, but the appearance of the crystal-core cannon forced it to abandon the resistance, and it led its kin to depart the city walls in reluctance.

However, the moment she opened her eyes, she was startled to see such a lecherous smile on Gao Pingfan’s face, only to then realize his hand was resting upon her chest. An expression of sheer fury immediately contorted her face.

That evening, inside the villa, Wei Xia laid out his thoughts to Mu Qingyu and the other sisters.

The Sixth Prince, as if delivering a final blow fueled by the burning of his very life force, gripped his blade with both hands. Seizing the moment the dragon raised its head, he cleaved through the soft scales beneath its neck and slashed downward.

Having said this, Su Zhao activated the Nightmare System, and the two entered the patient's dream world together.

Upon hearing the expert say this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but Cao Hong, who was following behind, was clearly displeased.

In the moment he stood stunned, Lu Wanxing moved again, sitting on the ground to pick up the scattered rice seeds one by one and placing them into her palm.

At the mere thought of the entire Hebei nobility being struck with terror and scrambling to overturn their own arguments, everyone could not help but burst into laughter.

Su Zhao could not guess, nor could he fathom, whether that person was a figment of the dream or a living person in reality.

Shen Yi kept me company for a while until Nan Lou called to say something urgent required his immediate return. He gave me many instructions before leaving. No sooner had he left than Yue Tang entered, rushing to my bedside in a panic to hold my hand, her eyes welling up with tears.

"Taylor, did you not know how to dispel the magic before?" Yang Yi could not help but ask.

The Dragon race has always been governed by the natural duality of Yin and Yang. The odd is Yang, the even is Yin; Yang is rigid and strong, Yin is soft and yielding. Yet, the divine arts passed down by the Ancestral Dragon all require the harmony of Yin and Yang, the blending of hardness and softness. One cannot master them without finding the Yin within the Yang, or the softness within the strength.

Before Xiao Yunlong could speak, two whistling sounds signaled Mu Chen and Blood Hunter charging forward, locking their sights on Jones and Neil, the two Gold Hunters by Edmund's side.

"As cultivators fight endlessly among themselves, the Heavenly Dao will inevitably bring down a great slaughter. Instead of waiting until one is forced into the Consecration of Gods, it is better to take up a post in Heaven now and choose a favorable divine office!" Huorong remarked.

Facing the incoming assault from Ling Yungang, Xiao Wanjun remained calm. He took a deep breath, unleashing his master-level pressure without reservation, a surge of peak-Yellow Grade master-level energy sweeping forth like a rushing river, appearing immensely heavy and enduring.

With Zhan Zhongzhong and his companion present, Guibao felt a sudden surge of surprise. Since they were also headed to the Qingdan Sect, their irreconcilable grievances would surely lead to complications.

Poor Lu Kun could never have dreamed that a momentary act of kindness would bring such a lethal calamity upon him. Outnumbered, Lu Kun died in the mountains while trying to cover the escape of Lu Yin, who had just given birth, and the newborn Lu Qin. After reverting to his original form, he was identified as a Six-Sun Deer and was carved up and eaten by the cultivators present—a truly tragic end.

Following this crushing defeat, the so-called prosperous era of the Daoist Emperor, once flourishing like flowers and brocade, was instantly riddled with holes, leading to the subsequent Jingkang Incident and the collapse of the nation.

With a flash of blue light, the three, who had not yet managed to run a hundred meters, were struck and fell heavily to the ground, meeting the same fate as the four who had gone before them.

The only thing that made Han Ge feel a bit awkward was that, along the way, some classmates would occasionally stare at him. He knew it was likely because he was wearing sunglasses.

Zhou Qi shook his head and said to Huang Qianqian, "It is useless for you to go. Keep a close watch on Nancy and Old Man Nan." If those four cultivators, equivalent to the late Golden Core stage, decided to attack, Huang Qianqian’s presence would be of little use, and their true intentions remained unclear.