Chapter 51: Burdened with Affairs of State

In the old Zhao oil mill in the southern part of the city, the man who had fought with Zhou Xiong quietly pushed open a door and slipped inside.

“Ma Chiheng, you snuck out to gamble again. Be careful, if the commander finds out, he’ll skin you alive!” a voice murmured in the darkness.

Having sparred with Zhou Xiong, Ma Chiheng pleaded in a low voice, “Brother, it’s rare to make it to the capital—I just can’t resist the itch in my hands.”

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In truth, she was well aware, only pretending not to know. Jian Hao hadn’t seen through it—was her acting really that convincing? Joking about the mission, if Captain Long found out, they’d be doomed. A wise man avoids immediate disaster, so she prepared to slip away.

A burst of vigorous applause erupted in the arena; even Long Fei couldn’t help but commend with clapping. Yet Ye Feng felt that Long Fei seemed almost too composed, a confidence radiating from deep within, suggesting that Long Fei’s strength was surely not inferior to that other person’s.

Yang Changgui’s change in attitude unsettled Madam Li. She had no idea what had happened, why the formerly familiar Yang Changgui had turned into this version of himself. But seeing his pale face tinged with anger, she couldn’t help but feel frightened.

A few of them then tried various methods to break in, attempting to seize the remains of powerful warriors from afar. Without exception, they all failed.

A gleam flashed in Ling Feng’s eyes, and he vaguely caught sight of the direction of cultivation domains. The sword dancer hadn’t used a trace of mystic energy, yet managed to create a domain; the pressure from those swords was anything but false. Even Yin Wuhui and the others narrowed their eyes.

“Is that all it takes to defeat me?” Xia Mu cast a glance at Song Qing, whose foot was halfway off the battle platform, and turned his palm, silently feeling the mutated spiritual energy that had changed after absorbing the mysterious force from the lava lake.

“Leave or stay?” Feng Yue’s aura rose again, but still refrained from delivering a fatal blow to Guo Huai. Though Guo Huai was completely suppressed by the pressure, he could still move. He calmly tossed nine jade cores around himself, then let out a thunderous roar.

The virtual entity squeezed all four of us inside, and the core body was thrown in as well. It seems this guy truly intends to leave with me. Two metal boxes were attached to the cockpit; I suppose what he’s searching for must be inside.

Shrouded in smoke, nothing could be seen from outside. All one could feel was the earth trembling repeatedly, as if the Steel Fury Demon kept shifting its form. But soon after, a flash of cold light sliced through, followed by the demon’s furious roar.

“Hahaha!” Mu Xueqi was laughing so hard she could barely breathe, finally understanding why she was always half-dead from anger whenever she met Zhang Hao. It was all thanks to his blunt honesty. Their supposed scheming was utterly defeated by Zhang Hao’s sincerity—without a shred of suspense.

Rocky countered every move, while Rick and his crew refused to sit idly by. They dared to challenge Rocky, and even provoke the Sky Alliance, so naturally they had prepared for every contingency.

At the bottom of Yin-Yang Lake, inside a coffin, a shriveled corpse’s finger twitched, and its tightly shut eyes suddenly opened.

The Holy Ghost Sage dared not relax for a moment, even harboring a trace of fear. For the opponent to come here meant absolute confidence in victory—this was no empty threat.

Zhong Yigu was utterly aghast, unable to shout any longer. His chest heaved as he gasped for breath, staring in shock at Qin Xiaotian. One blow—just a single blow—had rendered Hu Hai, a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator, completely immobile. And Qin Xiaotian hadn’t even struck him, merely used a secret technique.

Elsewhere, from the words of Sword Sovereign Like Wind, Li Insomniac discovered that Su Ning was the very culprit who had exposed him online. Though he couldn’t kill Su Ning, Li Insomniac knew he couldn’t simply ignore the matter.