Chapter 53: You Are the Challenger (5000 Words)

Ice Sugar was in a very foul mood.
Having lost to Yumo by a single move on the Heaven and Earth Go board, it was simply impossible for her to feel cheerful.
She remembered there being a foolproof winning strategy for Gomoku, but today's match had been too rushed, and she had forgotten to brush up on it beforehand. As a result, through sheer carelessness, she had lost to Yumo.
That girl must have secretly memorized the winning formula, which was why she had been so confidently demanding a match on the Heaven and Earth board earlier.
She had fallen right into the trap.
Yumo was getting more and more cunning; how was she supposed to deal with her in the future—

The vast majority of the Xia army's members looked on with glee as Andorra and his men hurried away from the hunting grounds. Only Xing Tian and Dafeng had heavier matters on their minds. Leaving a few generals to lead the soldiers back to the military camp, they rushed directly to Xiahou's tent to check on him after his sudden collapse.

With ten thousand catties of sheer force, the blow struck the man in black, eliciting a muffled grunt from him. His slender body flew a full thirty meters high before crashing heavily down onto the ground behind him.

Continuous bursts of *bang, bang* rang out, and within ten seconds, that zombie was brutally and utterly pulverized right on the spot.

Monarch Demon was unwilling to let it go. Reaching out with a void-grasp, accompanied by a deafening roar and rolling white shockwaves, Tianqingzi and Tianfengzi exploded into pieces. After a wave of bloody mist cleared, their figures were completely gone.

It was merely in its nascent stage, yet its growth star rating had already reached fifty stars. If it reached the subsequent growth stages, and then the mature stage further down the line, wouldn't those growth star ratings exceed a hundred?

"You scoundrel, if you want to fool around, at least not here." The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and Mu Kexin could not help but scold him reproachfully.

"You are very smart, and what you said is not wrong. I won't listen. As long as these three blades in my hand don't kill you, I'll spare your dog's life," Dao Man said, raising the three sabers in his hand.

By now, Yang Yan was also a man of considerable wealth and status, with over three hundred people in his household. There were sixty or seventy guards alone, among whom were quite a few martial experts. Hearing Zhao Qianru's shout, seven or eight people rushed into the back courtyard all at once. Even Tie Chenglun, Gu Xueping, Zhang Wei, and others were startled.

Bai gritted her teeth, shaking her head with resolute and unswerving determination, before burying her head and cowering back onto the ground, leaving only her backside sticking high up in the air.

"Why were you knocked unconscious?" Yang Shaolun's eyes blazed with fury as he stared straight at Lihua. "Weren't you supposed to be by the Princess Consort's side?" Dammit all, she was in poor health and still carrying a child; if she were to be abducted, the consequences would be unimaginable!

The Prime Minister of the island nation had never been humiliated like this before. At the time, he had put on a graceful front and let it go, but with the Old Master kicking up such a massive fuss, the cooperation between Nanshi and the island nation had completely fallen through. Given the narrow-minded nature of the island people, how could they possibly let it rest?

"Brother Long, I am sorry. Rest assured, we will make sure you come out of this safe and sound," Wang Er said with guilt and earnestness.

At that moment, Tang Chen gripped Long Juelian by the throat, true essence circulating in his palm. With just a single thought, he could take Long Juelian's life.

In the dead of night, the monks of the Abbey of Bari were leading their devout followers in evening meditation when they were interrupted by an astonishing sight.

Following closely behind, Ye Haoxuan soared into the air as well; the vibration of his spiritual power had undoubtedly been detected by that figure in the black robe.

Had it not been for his exceptionally tenacious vitality, he would have breathed his last even before rescue could arrive.

It seemed that if he wanted to get ahead at the headquarters of the Academy Alliance base, he still needed to find a powerful backer. Otherwise, with his mediocre cultivation aptitude, there was no telling when he might be reduced to a menial trainee three months later, forever trapped with no hope of redemption.

The crowd below fell into absolute silence. Every single pair of burning eyes was fixed upon the Poison King Sword. Whoever could retrieve the Poison King Sword possessed strength and ability more than sufficient to shoulder the duties of a Hall Master. Therefore, even though a small minority harbored discontent in their hearts, they dared not provoke the public wrath at such a moment and could only remain quietly silent, tacitly acknowledging the identity of the new Hall Master.

Gan Jing walked onto the stage, glanced at Wang Xueqi sitting composedly to the side, and then looked at the director, quickly running through the script in her mind.