Chapter 54

"Many thanks, Director Lu." Although somewhat surprised, Qi Yu managed to maintain his composure and interacted with Lu Xianglong quite naturally.

The old man was also utterly bewildered by the bizarre phenomenon that had just occurred. Suddenly, the walls of the entire hall flickered a few times and transformed into a gigantic screen, upon which the face of an aged person appeared. Trembling all over with agitation, the old man found tears welling up and spilling from his eyes.

Suddenly, the ground began to shake violently once more, and a massive quantity of immortal stones spewed forth from the earth. It turned out that the Heaven-Swallowing Beast was thrashing its body, churning up even more immortal stones hidden deep underground.

As his words came to an end, the final cigarette butt was placed inside. Samuel stared in absolute astonishment. In the ashtray, Lin Feng had actually constructed a pyramid shape out of cigarette butts, and the very top one was still lit, a thin wisp of smoke curling upward from its tip.

Yet, it was precisely at this moment that a strange transformation overtook the entire world—a terrifying mutation that caused Qi Polang's heart to skip a beat and nearly brought his breathing to a halt.

Just as she stepped outside, she happened to run into Huachun returning with the Persian cat in her arms. "Did you find it?" Su Junge asked casually.

The absolute certainty in the black-trench-coated man's tone caused Tom's heart to sink heavily to the very bottom. His anxious face gradually morphed into an expression of profound shock; the corners of his eyes twitched and his mouth fell open, yet not a single word could escape his lips.

His burning gaze roamed wantonly over her body, his large hand making wicked, suggestive gestures in sync with his low, raspy voice.

Upon seeing Shui Xinrou, a familiar, inexplicable pang of ache would still tug at his heart, though it no longer hurt with the intensity of the past.

Nearly ten thousand years had passed since the Star Officials last laid eyes on the Radiant Star Official, and equally long since any had set foot upon the uppermost tier of this Starlight Pagoda. Normally, they received the teachings of the Radiant Star Official within the Starlight Council Chamber, and as time wore on, they had actually grown accustomed to neglecting visits to this elder who had cared for them like a father.

"Previously, there was a Corpse Sovereign very much like you. He was ruthless and vicious, but the sole difference between him and you was that he still possessed a heart—possessing at the bare minimum a shred of human nature and kindness. Yet in the two of you, I can no longer sense the existence of any human nature whatsoever!" I declared.

Qin Ming was somewhat puzzled. Filming had already wrapped up; what business could the director possibly have with him? Nodding, he and Lele supported Zhao Rui over to where the director was sitting.

Prior to this, Duyuan had placated the Azure Cloud Beast and instructed Shuanglin to tend to it carefully, assuring him that he would return in a day or two.

Qin Ming gazed intently at Cheng Xin's significantly shortened hair. In his view, although Cheng Xin's hair usually remained unchanged, it had always looked neat and crisp. He found himself still slightly unaccustomed to seeing her like this.

Zhao Ji and his companions utilized their energy to staunch the bleeding of Wuge Yunxing. With her entire body's skin turning a deep, menacing red, she prepared to launch an attack on Zhao Ji's group. I hurriedly lunged forward from behind and threw my arms around her in a tight embrace.

"What did you just say again? Annihilate humanity and the demon race?" Zet grew increasingly furious; this self-absorbed individual was truly enough to make one's blood boil.

Were it not for the fact that this trip had successfully resolved the "Gate" upon the snowy mountain, Zet would have felt that his journey had been an utter waste of time.

Capturing the two aliens filled Qi Hao with considerable delight, and he directly instructed Li Bahuan to bring them both back to the spaceship.

Regaining their wits, several disciples renewed their vigorous efforts to push open the coffin lid. Now brimming with confidence, they desperately wanted to thoroughly open the coffin, heavy though the bluestone lid undoubtedly was.

Yuting placed a call to Kan Shen. Upon answering, Kan Shen muttered that he had an urgent matter to attend to and abruptly hung up, leaving Yuting sitting glumly on the sofa.

"It's over! Truly, whatever one dreads the most is bound to happen!" Zhou Chu collapsed backward onto the futon in a slump, feeling as though he could weep without tears.

Sure enough, a mere half-hour later, the faint sound of hoofbeats drifted over, growing steadily louder and more intense.

For five years, he had spent his days watching television and films, scraping by on his former savings—a substantial portion of which had even been consumed by contract breach penalties.

Yet at this moment, Su Mo remained unconscious on the ground, completely motionless, as though fast asleep.

Nevertheless, annihilating the Kunmu Organization would ultimately be a monumental achievement, and quite a few people were still lurking in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to steal the credit.

The collision of black malevolent Qi struck Shuke directly, hurling him backward a considerable distance until, upon struggling to his feet, he coughed up a mouthful of dark blood.

"The other is the Eight-Skeletons Gang. To put it nicely, they're a martial world faction; to put it bluntly, they're mere robbers and bandits, roaming throughout the entire Nanxuan Prefecture to waylay escort caravans. However, they exercise extreme caution and have never provoked the Extermination Dragon Guard into launching a large-scale encirclement and suppression campaign," Xu Yue continued, oblivious to Lin Wen's excitement.

Liu Tiantian had originally assumed that Xu Hong had come to pick her up, but those footsteps were feeble and devoid of strength, bearing no resemblance to Xu Hong's steady and athletic stride. Her vigilance instantly spiked.

Since no one had been assigned to keep watch over her previously, they now had no choice but to wait and see when Liu Tiantian would return.

Dahai rummaged frantically through the secret chamber, desperately searching for the key to unlock the doors belonging to Li Bufan and the hidden room.

At that moment, Wang Yong found himself feeling rather embarrassed by his second sister's look of mild adoration. He looked into her face; her complexion seemed somewhat improved of late. The ashen pallor was beginning to recede, replaced by a faint flush that, set against her fair skin, possessed a peculiar, youthful beauty.

As for this large contingent of senior martial brothers who were considerably older than herself, Cang Cang found herself utterly overwhelmed and unable to cope. Wasn't it said that martial brothers were supposed to be dead-serious and austere? Why was not a single one of them acting like that? How was she supposed to account for these grinning, predatory expressions? Look at them—none of them even mentioned bringing her a gift.

"That's the only way then. Let's split up and take different paths," the bat said as he headed toward an alternate passage.

Yang Xiuyuan patted Lu Ming's shoulder solemnly, nodded gently with a profound, meaningful expression, and then departed gracefully on a stride of clouds.

"Fine, fine, fine, never mind you, go sing your song."骆千帆 rushed outside with his phone and dialed LeLe's number. Hu Feifei followed right behind him, hovering around him like a hound eyeing a chunk of meat in its master's hand.

Fortunately, she had proactively transferred Zhou Tai and Le Jin back from Yizhou. Although Zhou Tai could not rival Gan Ning, he was, after all, a veteran forged in the fires of what had once been the premier naval force in the world. Employing him to lead a waterborne assault against Shu should yield results of comparable caliber.