Volume 1, Chapter 54: Whoever Shows Their Flaw First Loses

Yet such thoughts remained strictly confined to their minds; anyone bold enough to voice them would surely be courting death. While astonished by Ling Yunxi's demeanor, they were even more shocked by Xiao Wuxie's reaction, which betrayed not a shred of fear.

Nevertheless, Mi Dou also knew that the Domain Enforcers represented the embodiment of justice and daylight, serving as the guardian deities for the more than three hundred million mortals across the agricultural domain. Had Luo Futu not been in the wrong first and inexplicably refused to conduct a trial, he would not have met his end by the poison of that black-robed Domain Enforcer.

The remaining demonic beasts were all above the peak of the fourteenth-grade Qi Condensation stage. Ling Xiao proceeded to break down these beasts into various materials, collecting the liquids into the holy chalice while storing the rest in his spatial pouch.

Excavation was a task second nature to the two undead creatures. Upon entering the mineral vein, they immediately set to work. The undead made exceptional laborers—requiring no sustenance and never tiring—with their only drawback being a low level of intelligence, leaving many of them uncontrollable. However, for Ling Xiao, this posed no problem at all.

Emerging from the quiet chamber, Xu Qi departed directly from the Daoist sanctuary of the Dragon-Hiding Sect. Utilizing physical transformation, he instantly morphed into a streak of red light, cleared Huayi City within a few breaths, and headed toward the distant thousand-mile dense forest.

Everyone acknowledged one another's presence as they gathered in the valley, exchanging glances without uttering unnecessary words.

On the side of the Southern Heavenly Gate, apart from the Old Immortal of the South Pole and Fairy Ziyun—two figures familiar to Su Qi—the leader of the Southern Heavenly Gate, Barefoot Immortal, attended in person.

"The command of the Exalted has its own profound purpose." Miaoxiu reached out with a wave, summoning a beam of golden light from afar that landed in her palm.

Xiao Nuo completely forgot his surroundings; his left hand gripped a ladle while his right hand wielded chopsticks with lightning speed. In the blink of an eye, the better part of a dragon-shrimp fish fillet had already vanished into his stomach.

Genius earned its title—standing high above and looking down with contempt upon peers—precisely because of this precision of control. Being invincible within the same realm, and even leaping across tiers to slay foes, was entirely due to this reason.

Driven by curiosity, Feier picked it up and unfolded it, only to find two words scrawled crookedly in blood: "Save me!" It appeared to have been written in haste by biting a finger until it bled.

"She was taken away." Shadow lowered her head, speaking in a muted voice. She had wanted to intervene, but Aier had forbidden her to interfere. As the Grand Sage's shadow guard, she naturally had to obey Aier's orders.

Black clouds filled the sky, blotting out the sun. Countless demons originating from the abyss seemed to lurk within them, and mournful horn blasts continuously echoed, piercing Xing Fei's ears.

Just at that moment, Old Man Cai unexpectedly joined the fray, causing Haoyan to feel a sudden surge of alarm! Earlier, he had only managed to snatch a victory because Old Man Cai's cultivation had been drastically depleted after unleashing a powerful spell.

Fortunately, he possessed the twin pupils of the Flood Dragon, allowing him to clearly discern the opponent's spiritual martial combat skill; otherwise, he would have suffered a disastrous and bitter loss.

As the final number welled up within her consciousness, that same calm, unperturbed voice softly resonated by her ear.

The moment the brand-new pagoda soul broke through the restrictions and destroyed all living creatures within a radius of ten miles was precisely to make up for its own losses. Though it could not increase its power, it could restore itself to its peak state.

Suddenly, he cast a glance at the scorched black stone wall beside him: "Perhaps someone once beheld this stone wall and depicted things based on it." Rather than believing the compiler of the Classic of Mountains and Seas had actually visited that terrifying world, he preferred to think they had simply seen this very wall, just as he had.

As day broke, the flying demon army that had been trailing closely behind the main demonic forces charged into the sky. Four-armed demonic apes, twin-headed demonic eagles, red-eyed yellow hornets, and three-legged thunder crows surged down from the heavens like a massive black cloud! Their overwhelming momentum relentlessly drove the frontline backward toward the human territory.

Yet Ye Tian did not press the matter further; after all, this pertained to the private affairs of the Central-Southern Apothecary, and as long as he obtained the items he desired, he had no inclination to meddle in idle business.

"Are there any other requirements for the acquired materials? With the connections and channels we currently command, we can completely sweep the market clean of these materials within a month at most," Zhu Erpang declared at that moment.

Early the next morning, Athena awoke and realized the day had already broken, despite her promise to chat with Lu Yan.

If she could turn back time, she would rather have resolved these matters herself instead of leaving them to Lu Yan. Letting Lu Yan handle this situation was truly a terrible outcome.

The path of assassins was one that must never be permitted to exist at any time or in any place, and Tianmen was a place whose existence must never be divulged to anyone.

"You are to ask no more of this matter, and you are forbidden to investigate it. If I discover otherwise, you will immediately crawl back to Linlang and vanish from my sight. I shall leave the palace in a few days, so you may temporarily lodge here for now," Murong Qingran said, growing impatient with Lang Xiaoyue's persistent questioning, her exquisitely beautiful face instantly turning cold.

In truth, whether it was Jing Ke or Lanlingwang, even if they had not been banned, it would have caused no harm had they been chosen by the Blue Kirin team.

Ji Shaofeng's hand inexplicably produced a comb, and he personally began to smooth out Ji Yin's disheveled tresses.

"Do you happen to know all these people?" Cheng Daosen asked Ye Tianyi, realizing that compared to the latter, he recognized virtually none of them.

"This, this won't do. We are supposed to be offering apologies to him, we cannot take advantage of him." Ever since she realized she had misunderstood Lu Yan, Li Xiaoru still held a rather favorable impression of him.

After going back and forth numerous times, under the old man's persistent and relentless pestering, Jia Ru had no choice but to resume her superficial friendship of eating, drinking, and playing with him.

"No, impossible, she must have left the city," Shangguan Honglie retorted flatly, his chaotic mind filled entirely with her look of disgust and her mocking smile.

Dongfang Ziyun, on the other hand, appeared quite at ease. She sat quietly and obediently beside Ye Chen, true to her nature, not the type to cast off restraint entirely.

"Feier, there is something I wish to discuss with you." At that moment, Aixiang spoke up from outside the beaded curtains.

Yu Wuhai nodded slightly. He knew that for someone like Xufeng, life and death were long of no consequence; he lived merely because he could not die, and dying would bring no regrets.

Eyun felt his soul leave his body as a massive wave of killing intent surged from the soles of his feet. Without a moment's thought, he propelled himself into the air, and immediately afterward, a massive mound swelled up from the earth like a bamboo shoot after a spring rain.

Jia Qingfeng's public stance caused Jia Ru's previously childish and ridiculous remarks to take on an entirely different light.

The Beast King's Heart, an artifact residing within the Behemoth, appeared miraculous yet remained an enigma whose true purpose no one could fathom; Mishius happened to know of it purely by chance.