Volume 1, Chapter 45: Late at Night, an Uninvited Guest Arrives at the Camp!

Shen Shuli used pieces of wood as thick as a baby's arm to build several sturdy dog cages.

She drove all dozen or so fierce dogs raised by the Lin family into them.

Over the past few days, these vicious hounds had stolen and eaten the most, so they had to be locked up and starved properly.

She certainly hadn't forgotten that these very beasts had almost taken her life.

As for that last small patch of land, she would plant vegetables on it once the livestock were relocated.

Having finished organizing the spatial dimension, Shen Shuli fell into a deep, exhausted sleep.

She hadn't had a single proper night's sleep in the last two days.

The moment he came into contact with the green energy, Qian Baiwan's entire body trembled. Half of this shudder was from the pain, and the other half from excitement—this sensation of simultaneous agony and pleasure felt almost intoxicatingly ecstatic.

Bae Joo-hyun scrolled her fingers upward, wanting to see if she had missed any earlier messages, and while pouring a glass of wine, she typed out a reply to her mother.

Last night, after releasing the very last drop of his blood, he had hidden the bead underneath his pillow and fallen asleep instantly. To his surprise, when he finally woke up, he was already in the hospital's emergency room.

Therefore, those three country girls respected only Han Haoran. In their eyes, Han Haoran was the one who had guided them into the e-sports industry; even if they were to act like dogs, they would recognize only Han Haoran as their master.

"Master Chen Yunfeng, spare my life!" Meiwu screamed in despair, urging her Nascent Soul to leave her body and fly away to escape. But Chen Yunfeng gave her no chance at all; a surge of purple true essence swept directly toward Meiwu's Nascent Soul, shattering her soul with a loud *bang*.

Melphis's remark could be said to have swept everyone with the same brush, including himself, His Majesty the Emperor, and Duke Messa. Yet upon hearing his words, the two great figures could only exchange bitter, helpless smiles and shake their heads. They understood this prince all too well and were thoroughly familiar with his personality.

Young people, after all! Lacking extensive social experience, they would wholeheartedly work for you the moment you offered them some casual benefits. Such situations always played out this way no matter where you looked.

Originally, Duanmu Xun's approach was not problematic in itself, but since this was his first time encountering such a situation, he was utterly inexperienced in handling it. The methods taught by his father could not be considered wrong, yet they proved somewhat unsuitable when dealing with an affair of this nature.

Hearing this, Elder Nie smiled, glanced once more at the two players locked in their chess match, and then walked away, shaking his head. Naturally, Elder Li had no choice but to follow closely behind him.

Desperate to get his money back, Tiangang threw caution to the wind, raised his hand, and delivered a resounding slap right across Weilai's face.

Upon returning to the Senju household, Tsunade locked herself in her room and began a session of self-criticism.

"Well..." Lu Wu had assumed that masters could adapt to any environment. Come to think of it, the master himself had once said that as long as he had a solid substrate to anchor to along with a source of energy, it would be enough to sustain his existence, but he had never mentioned anything about requiring a specialized environment.

To be frank, a mere single night was entirely insufficient to restore the puppets to their initial state. Still, dragging things out a bit longer was obviously beneficial and harmless. However, Quetzalcoatl did not care about this; instead, he was far more concerned with why the Nether-Moon Warlocks had arrived so late.

Aside from having a sharper mind, greater daring, and knowing some unorthodox tricks, Murong Zhao was completely clueless about sorcery.

At this thought, Zheng Yue glanced at Xiao Jinyu, only to find the latter's complexion even more unsightly than her own, likely having realized the gravity of the situation as well. The two of them trembled with apprehension, terrified that Li Xu might announce his intention to take people out of the estate and establish a separate household.

"They made you play video games... while they went off to sleep?" She finally decided to offer a roundabout hint.

Within the "Stone Forest," rubble lay thick, and the ruins of collapsed buildings had long since lost their original shapes, resembling a cluster of mountains piled high from discarded rocks.

The four of them simultaneously reined in their internal force and stopped, the Four-Imperial Qi Barrier shattering like a bubble. The mist over the river grew increasingly thin, and blown by the wind, it drifted apart, once again revealing the numerous dragon boats.