Chapter 56: Flame Stone

The next morning, long before dawn, the faint sound of drums drifted from the direction of the mountain pass. This was the pass's daily morning drumbeat, which Corporal Ma had briefly mentioned the day before.

Fearing he would be late and daring not to delay, Li Zelin put on his clothes and stepped off the heated brick bed. Gazing at his daughter, who was sleeping soundly on the opposite bed, Li Zelin felt a pang of reluctance, yet he still gently pinched her nose and gave her instructions.

"My precious, Daddy has to go to the camp for roll call. Be a good girl at home by yourself, and don't go provoking Xin. If she bullies you, look for your third aunt and stay out of her way."

At that very moment, the two of them suddenly caught sight of numerous figures at the entrance, hastily fleeing outward in a panic and rapidly streaking across the sky.

"In that case, I suppose I ought to thank her!" Long Wu jerked his shoulder, shaking off Yang Ren's hand, and said with displeasure.

Although he had yet to break through to the mid-stage of the Golden Core, with his current level of cultivation, if he were to encounter another expert like the Crimson-Heart Ghost, he would certainly handle it with much greater composure.

The gems capable of destroying the Night Elves were in the hands of the Forest Elves, and the king refused to make any concessions; he was determined to completely eliminate the threat of the Night Elves.

Constantine looked at Carter. Those paladins were elites who had followed him through numerous battles, and without outsiders controlling them, it was impossible for them to betray the knight order.

There exists a kind of distance where, though separated by a thousand miles, there is not a single trace of estrangement; corresponding to this is another kind of distance, where people are as close as skin to the flesh yet separated by a vast chasm.

Meanwhile, Yang Ren's arrival seemed to bring them a certain stimulation, a kind of stimulation that other contestants could not provide.

In the morning, I rarely eat staple foods; I simply grab a few fruits and bite into them to get by.

However, this did not match the intelligence he had received. Just a short while ago, Constantine had claimed they had captured a city and paused their advance due to heavy snow and wind—how could a war have broken out again?

Canzhu nodded as she listened, thoroughly convinced. "That's actually quite possible; you really are smarter than me." She paused, lowered her voice, and leaned close to Liangyue's ear, saying, "I have a feeling he's taken a fancy to you." With that, she giggled uncontrollably.

"If blood bats are hiding here, what difference does it make from hiding outside?" After glancing at the surrounding environment, Cody could not help uttering a bitter laugh. However, before the corners of his mouth could even drop, a sudden intuition struck him, and he whipped his head around to look toward a decorative cabinet beside the fireplace.

"Alright, Fox Immortal, the battle is over, and it is time for you to be on your way. Go to the Asura Realm to stop Ye Fanghuang, and make sure you do not let him succeed. Bring me back the Rakshasa Bone," the Daoist Overwhelming Sun instructed.

The Evil Emperor's expression instantly darkened, and he sternly refuted Qin Yue, even flapping his two empty sleeves to show Qin Yue, hoping to dispel this notion from his mind.

It was entirely possible that having just escaped the wolf's den, they had stepped right into the tiger's lair—having just emerged from a forbidden zone, they might simply have been teleported directly into a dead zone.

Moreover, to ensure Monkey King faced no risk of indigestion, Lord Laozi personally took action, casting Monkey King into his alchemy furnace to help him completely refine the massive medicinal potency accumulated within his body.

With such a vast quantity of blood pool water, Qin Yue believed that once he digested it, both his black hole golden core and his physical strength would surge by a massive margin.

"Boom!" With a loud crash, Yiniang was sent flying straight back, violently slamming into the towering underworld boulders alongside the Road to the Yellow Springs.

Wu Yi was quite curious about that ancient tree root. With such a powerful divine seal protecting it, unless the deity who cast it had nothing better to do, it was definitely no ordinary item.

"The problem is that when you cast your taunt, it didn't just provoke the monsters—it affected all of us too." Yangyangyan wiped a non-existent cold sweat from his forehead.

This "Energy Conversion Altar" was enormous, with a diameter exceeding two kilometers. Coupled with the carving of magical runes and the preparation of materials, it was certainly not something that could be completed in a short time. Far from the front lines and guarded by powerful experts, there was no need to worry about safety here.

Sacrifice the puppet team? Why not? Was the puppet team important? To Yohm, the relationship between the puppet team and himself was akin to that of a company and its employees. Betraying and abandoning a company for the sake of love seemed... perfectly fine, didn't it?