Volume 1, Chapter 39: Hopelessly Romantic & Showdown

It felt like slow motion.
The younger sister's waist-length black hair fluttered, brushing against her shoulder with a cool, faint fragrance.
Her anxious voice seemed to drift across the surface of water, sounding distant and unreal: "Let me wipe it for you. I'll go buy an ice pack to bring down the swelling, your face is all swollen..."
Wang Youran shoved her away harshly: "It's all your fault!"
As for the other divine beasts, they felt somewhat hesitant to take a bite. After all, the giant frog was watching right here, and consuming the flesh and blood of fellow divine beasts was a major taboo that would break their vows.
"Alright, I'll send you my location right now. You must hurry over; otherwise, the next time you see me, I'm afraid you'll only find a corpse." With that, Fatty Sun abruptly hung up the phone and immediately used his cell phone to text his coordinates to Liu Mang.
Qi Cai suppressed the urge to begin cultivating immediately, because the power of heaven and earth was extremely sparse in this region, rendering cultivation impossible even if he wished to try.
If Lin Xuanzhen had intended to kill him, Ji Fengxiao might not have been able to escape. However, Lin Xuanzhen did not view Ji Fengxiao as a threat and couldn't be bothered to hunt him down to the last.
Sure enough, as soon as the call connected, the second oldest began talking about this very matter. His voice carried a trace of excitement; a new journey, a new beginning—this sensation of rebirth made his heart race with thrill.
The Buddha chanted another Buddhist title. At this point, he could not help but be excited. Not only would he successfully pass the heavenly tribulation this time, but he had also gained so many benefits, completely exceeding his own expectations.
The middle-aged man known as Iron Crown wielded his iron rod and pressed forward. Then, he ruthlessly stomped on Xu Tian, who was pinned to the ground and injured, before using an iron ring to secure Xu Tian's hands.
When the figure of the Scarlet-Eyed Venerable materialized through another spatial jump, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck Bi Yuntao. It seemed as though he had grasped something, and his piercing gaze locked intently onto the Scarlet-Eyed Venerable's body.
No sooner had she spoken than she noticed Murong Lingyue winking and making faces at her. Without even turning around, Murong Lingyue knew someone was approaching from behind.
None of them wore the masks required of Sacred Star Country soldiers when executing missions in harsh environments. Although the general had warned that the treacherous wind wilderness experienced erratic shifts in temperature, they had not wrapped their cloaks too tightly either. They couldn't even feel the wind; the only sensation of airflow came from the rush of the star-cast thunder beasts galloping along the way.
It was a ferocious beast devoid of intelligence, yet possessed of innate aggressiveness, making people generally avoid any place where it roamed.
He didn't even know how he had managed to do it... Having laid bare their souls to one another like this, he still hadn't claimed her.
The Empress was currently sipping a soup freshly delivered by the Imperial Kitchen. When Xu Jin entered and paid her respects, the Empress merely acknowledged her offhandedly without speaking further.
"Check if there's any movement below, continue forward." Rong Zhao's gaze darkened slightly, his eyes narrowing in the direction where the sniper had vanished... He didn't know how Gu Chen had known their squad would encounter a sniper, nor whether, just as she had predicted, he was likely to run into Xie Jingyao, number four, next.
Shangguan Yunxin had originally had no idea what Chu Yingyi was trying to do. She only saw him flick his finger slightly, and immediately felt something hurtling toward her, directly striking all four of her limbs.
While Nan Que's mind was wandering with all sorts of chaotic thoughts, Lin Shengyu couldn't help but speak up, interrupting her reverie.
To put it another way: with Meng Liuli's martial arts and footwork, which were light, spiritual, and agile, she could strike the two of them countless times, even knocking them down. Yet these two gentlemen were like roly-poly toys—knocked down, they climbed back up; knocked down again, they climbed right back up, displaying the indomitable perseverance of human will to the absolute extreme.
Nitro behind them finally managed to steady his balance, and then charged forward in a rage.