Volume One, Chapter 51: It's Him—Make Him Pay

"Brother Ye, don't, please... I was just joking."

Just as I took a couple of steps, perhaps realizing I was about to follow through, Su Su suddenly panicked, curling up into the corner of the sofa with a terrified look on her face.

"All bark and no bite!"

Seeing that Su Su wasn't actually that open-minded and had just been putting on a facade, I snorted with disdain and casually sat down on the adjacent sofa.

Fortune favors the bold, while the timid starve to death.

Even though something had happened previously, it didn't mean one should develop a phobia of certain things.

Why else live if you refuse meat served right to your mouth?

Had she not acted that way, I really would have gone through with it.

Seeing that I stopped advancing, Su Su finally relaxed and offered an embarrassed, apologetic smile.

"Don't play with fire!"

"Forget this very piece of..."

As the blood bull glared fiercely at Ye Yun and charged forward with explosive momentum, Ye Yun's gaze remained equally calm as it landed on the creature. A smile then cracked across the corner of his mouth, and he shouted in a low voice to Lei Ya and Liu Bingwan beside him.

The lottery was a game of chance involving a bit of luck and gambling, so Chen Ming decided to give it a try. He refused to believe that with his current massive amount of task points, he wouldn't be able to draw anything good.

The middle-aged man's expression changed drastically as he felt his sword strike against a massive, immovable golden mountain.

After all, Murong Shisan was the person who had stayed by Lin Xiu's side the longest, and the bond between them was the deepest.

There was nothing in the Emblem Academy that particularly attracted Baili Yuan. Those mystery boxes—whether Black Iron or Bronze—couldn't yield anything of real value, Silver boxes were currently out of reach, not to mention the Gold boxes above them.

Approaching the bedroom, Xiao Donggua coughed and lay sideways on the bed. Hearing the door open, under the dim lighting, Li Qingchen's figure slowly drew near the bedside.

Precisely because of this, when Zhang Cheng had witnessed that scene just moments ago, he had almost lost his mind.

Baili Yuan hadn't expected a Bugster monster to actually appear, but it wasn't one he had ever seen before; it looked more like... a being modified by technology.

Once they reached the tenth tier, if they wished to continue breaking through, they had to transform into another form. However, pure artistic conception differed; after breaking through the tenth tier of Dan, they could continue advancing downwards, and even keep growing stronger within the exact same tier.

The moment Yuihachika dragged the Dragon Door out of the ruins and reached the surface, the signal restored, just as she was about to call the New Guts-Select Team for reinforcements, the ruins trembled. Decker and Agamasu also smashed through the buildings and emerged onto the surface, continuing their combat at human scale.

Watching Song Yi and the other two depart, the smile on Tong Qian's face gradually faded. After a moment, he let out a sneer.

Last night's Phantom Moon was very pale, and from their conversations, it was evident their lives hadn't faced much threat, though their property losses were severe. This explained why lumber was so expensive.

Li Momo scooped up Tao Zhe and walked over to the tap. Tao Zhe understood, turned on the faucet, and rinsed his scalded area with cold water.

Because the phrase "If you have the heart to befriend me, I shall never leave you" acted like a curse, appearing in barrage mode no matter whether she was eating, sleeping, or using the restroom, constantly plaguing Fan Xiaoxiao's daily life.

As soon as she finished speaking, Allen's face turned dark purple with rage. He rolled up his sleeves and rushed forward to hit someone, only to be blocked by the bodyguards and take a punch to the face.

Li Momo waved a hand at Song Nanyu, signaling him not to act rashly, and then strolled over.

On the left stood the Ox-Head, and on the right, the Horse-Face. He radiated a powerful, dark ghostly aura, and his strength genuinely reached the late stage of a Ghost King.

Even if she could speak, human corpses became rigid after death and couldn't make facial expressions. To be honest, the fatty was terrified.

Nowadays, experts above the S-class constituted the absolute pinnacle of combat strength in the starry skies, though their numbers were small. 3S-class experts were even scarcer, numbering fewer than a hundred.

However, it was better for these two to be away from the sect, lest they caused trouble before any test results were out.

"Hahaha, right, right, young people after all, a bit of mutual competition is fine." Yi Xin's father also laughed it off.

The final result of the palace examination met Master Huang's expectations. Upon reading Zhao Zizhi's examination paper, Zhao Ji literally sprang up from the dragon throne in joy, repeating the word "good" three times. Just when officials like Master Huang thought the matter was settled once and for all, new trouble arose for Zhao Zizhi.

"There's nothing I can do. Go up and notify them to come down and retrieve the deceased?" Detective Li said helplessly, feeling entirely powerless at the moment.

"Can you really make people fly up to the sky?" Zhuge Wolong appeared out of nowhere, looking sneaky as he materialized nearby. It seemed he had eavesdropped on the entire conversation between Wu Yonglin and Tantai Yuping.

Zhuge Daofeng suddenly pulled out a remote control and flashed a smug grin at Zhang Nianzu. Zhang Nianzu was baffled—was he planning to deploy a robotic vacuum to sweep up during his training session?

As for what would happen after these monsters were eliminated, that was no longer Qiu Xuan's concern. Qiu Xuan believed that once he cleared out these monsters, Ye Shuxiao would immediately dispatch personnel to handle border affairs. At that point, he could naturally retire with merit and honor.

The Surveillance Commissioner's wife came from a family of fifth-rank local officials, admired the prosperity of the capital, and having achieved a promotion upon entering the capital this time, she couldn't help feeling complacent.

In the blink of an eye, the fourth watch passed, and the fifth watch arrived. The rain grew heavier, its pitter-patter drowning out all other sounds. A group of people appeared outside the imperial palace; taking advantage of the sound of the rain, they quietly sneaked into the palace. Just as this group entered, yet another group appeared outside.

Upon touching the ground, these cyan mist-like gases corroded the stone slabs, leaving behind one pit after another.

Only, in the original work, Mother Li passed away early, and Sha Zhu never got to properly show her filial piety, instead acting like a beast of burden for the heartless Lao Jia family of five his entire life. The current He Yuzhu would never make that mistake again.

Cold-mixed asparagus, blanched lettuce, salt-and-pepper shrimp, braised pork belly, steamed sea bass, and spare rib corn soup—this was the menu for tonight.

There had to be a reason behind these monsters behaving in such a special manner. Randomly hunting monsters was certainly not as effortless as following these "abnormalities."

A tearing pain throughout her entire body made Jiang Qingtong's vision black out in waves, rendering her unable even to wail.

"The fracture happened later. Trust me, Batman is definitely not that ferocious and formidable." Tom shook his head, then suddenly looked into the distance with vigilance, as if he had caught a glimpse of a fleeting black figure.

Among them, in a large lake near Jingzhou, a massive aquatic lord had appeared. Its level was extremely high, reaching a full ninety, and it possessed a large lair at the bottom of the lake.

When this student received the material and looked through it, lo and behold, it had a wonderful exploratory synergy with a specific branch of his teacher's research. He immediately rushed over to find the scientist with the materials.

Last year it was two years old, this year it was one year old. Did the change in numbers hold any special significance? There probably was, but Murong Zhengguang was in no mood to ponder "significance" at the moment.

Upon hearing this, President He's eyes lit up. Old Guan was still the best; he had been the first to interact with Section Chief Gao and was the most familiar with his style.

Young Master Yun couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat. Had he somehow displeased this fellow again just now?

Ruotang had to admit that Liu cuisine could genuinely beat Chu cuisine by several streets, giving her yet another reason to love the Liu Kingdom.