Chapter 53

All that Zhou Heseong could do was just this much. As for the annexation of the Ryukyu Islands, he was not optimistic about it—he was not even certain he could secure the Diaoyu Islands, because post-war China simply lacked the national strength to realize such a claim.

Without a comparison, one feels nothing; but with this comparison, Old Servant Dan immediately felt that following this new master presented a truly bright future.

Devouring a dog's thigh with ravenous hunger, Xiaotian finally wiped his mouth with satisfaction. He carefully cleaned up any traces left from roasting the food, found a tall tree at random, and leaped up. Sitting on a sturdy branch, he began to ponder his future plans.

The battle was exceptionally flamboyant, lacking the fierce intensity of Boss Li's confrontations against the Immortal Machinery Battalion and the Imperial Guard.

Although all these energies were extremely weak, his current body was also exceptionally feeble due to the excessive battle, and thus could not withstand the impact of the energy at all.

"It doesn't matter. What you're saying gives me an eye-opening feeling; it's very interesting," Liu Jialao said.

Half a day passed. Just as Boss Li was burning with anxiety, the young man finally climbed to the peak of the mountain.

A month later, the Great Chu Unified Dynasty began to reform the realm, straighten out the order, establish decrees, and promulgate them across the entire land.

Inside Michael Wright's office, Andy sat on the primary single-sofa in the lounge area, casting his gaze around at the management team of the City of Freedom App Store seated all around.

After another round of unflagging, playful teasing, the two finished their bath in the tub, donned their bathrobes with flushed faces, and sat down before a dining table laden with a lavish feast.

Yang Feng raised his head and saw that Shen Xinyi had emerged from the lounge area at some point. She walked up to him and looked at him with a hint of jealousy.

Finally, Lei Poshan faced the lucky survivor. Lei Poshan's palm techniques were outstanding, and his opponent's were no less impressive. The two fought evenly, making it hard to tell who had the upper hand. Both were masters of Shaolin palm arts, knowing each other thoroughly, which made it extremely difficult for either to defeat the other. Under these circumstances, Lei Poshan decided to take a calculated risk.

Cold Thorn had not expected Suyang to let her off so easily, yet within her heart, there was no joy of survival, but rather an indescribable feeling. For she knew very well that had she acted this way toward Black Land, it would have meant certain death.

Mou Rongtian worried that there might be spies from the Eastern Depot aboard the ship. Once the Eastern Depot learned of their landing spot, Gao Jianling's life would be in mortal peril.

That soldier saw that it truly was an embroidered uniform guard's waist plaque, and smiled ingratiatingly, "I see it clearly, I see it clearly." With that, he paid his respects to Shi Yi.

Suyang was not particularly worried about the safety of Elder Su and the others. Within the tech company, Elder Su had researched quite a few formidable mechs, outperforming any publicly unveiled models in the outside world. Those were their life-saving trump cards.

"Where are you? When will you be done? I'll come pick you up," Gu Yinuo ignored her dejected tone and continued to ask.

Su Jin glanced at Nan Wuzhu; if the latter knew her time was short, the things she might do would probably be reckless enough to take those people's lives.

"Scarface, bring that fellow over to me!" Suyang abruptly shifted the conversation, turning to Scarface.

That stone platform was square and orderly, a thousand zhang wide, and crystal clear throughout, obviously not an ordinary artifact. Upon the stone platform were placed nearly a hundred sacrificial offerings—magical treasures, divine weapons, spiritual roots, and all sorts of rare heavenly materials—emitting thousands of rays of multicolored light that pierced the sky and auspicious auras that blanketed the earth.

Extreme black light flashed forth, clearly visible even in the pitch-black night. Monstrous aura billowed overwhelmingly, shrouding the entire sky. A few minor demons standing a bit too close were illuminated by this black light and vanished into nothingness, like early snow under the sun, before they could even utter a single scream.

There was no other reason; it was not that those alchemists could not condense heavenly-tier sacred flames, but rather that the success rate of refining pills using heavenly-tier sacred flames was practically zero.

Huai Ren's gaze grew rare and solemn. He did not wish to use his Abyss form to fight him right now; every time he used the power of the Abyss, it was a gamble with whether he would lose his sanity or not, and he dared not test it any longer.

A loud crash echoed, accompanied by the True God's miserable scream, and the opponent was directly smashed into countless fragments.

Though the shadow entering the room did not make much noise, as an Interpol officer, Shangguan Feiyan's vigilance was naturally far beyond that of ordinary people.

The Ghost Doctor remained expressionless. He neither took pulses nor inspected appearances; instead, he dipped his finger into a trace of blood from Shentu Yi's wound, then reached into the bamboo basket he carried. The lid was not fully opened, making it impossible to see what was contained inside.

Jiang Hao exposing his divine abilities to the heavenly court meant he was preparing a counter-espionage strategy. As long as he did not serve as a celestial official of the heavenly court, the heavenly court had no reason to forcibly command him—unless the Jade Emperor had lost his mind and wanted to drive him into rebellion.

Ignoring Wen Chou and the others, Yang Ren took hold of Huo Yuyan's soft, jade-like wrist and, with a swoosh, flew out of the Hammer World.

Then our group began shoveling down our food in a whirlwind fashion. Afterward, the brothers figured we'd go to the large restroom to smoke a cigarette. A bunch of us rambled over to the big restroom, and as luck would have it, those newly arrived kids from my class were also smoking in there. Seeing us walk in, they merely glanced at us and went right back to chatting among themselves.

Fox Dong abandoned the Tumeng Khan and headed to Bansheng, defecting to Altan Khan. At Tumeng Khan's age, right and wrong, virtue and fault, no longer had any standards; in this human world, matters came down to nothing more than choices.

It turned out that previously they had said nothing and made no complaints, yet they had kept every single incident deeply etched in their hearts.

Although the Black Water Venerable intercepted with a perfected-level Dao technique, its power was far inferior to the Seven-Treasures Golden Pagoda and the Seven-Kill Profound Yin Luo. Yet, with this sudden intervention, Lin Xuanzhi had no choice but to respond.

Wang Jin also had some gear, though it was just a bulletproof vest along with crotch and leg guards; he hadn't bothered with the rest of his body.

Everyone followed Fang Qingxun and sat down on the ground, no longer caring whether the earth was clean or not. This truly felt like surviving a catastrophe.

The jurisdiction of the California police was clearly a cut above theirs; transporting the bodies required no consultation with them at all and was handled directly by hauling them to the police station.

Just as he was clicking his tongue in amazement and preparing to hurry up and call Li Xiang for backup, a gentle voice suddenly sounded.

The two of them were furious that the person who had always been scammed by them had actually scammed them instead, and moreover, Lu Hao had played them for fools. Consequently, they took the initiative to find Ma Youliang and throw in their lot with him.