Chapter Twenty-Nine: You Vile Ghouls!

Zhao He once said that Fengquan was a place where resentful souls and baleful energy gathered. Could the voices speaking now belong to those vengeful ghosts?

Tang Wange was somewhat frightened.

She merely shrank back a little, but Zhao He had already stepped forward, placing his entire body between her and the danger.

Gazing at his solid, dependable back, her unsettled heart gradually grew calm.

“No, that’s not right! He isn’t an ordinary ghost or monster...” Another sharp, fawning voice filled with excitement suddenly rang out.

Wu Libo drew a deep breath, fixed Shangguan Aofei with a cold stare, removed the storage ring from his finger, and tossed it to the muscular man in fitted clothes who had come over to inspect him.

It was crazy, and frightening besides. After two consecutive three-pointers, the Warriors had taken a five-point lead. In the space of a single minute, they had gone from trailing by one to leading by five—and they had actually done it.

Zhang Tianhai went to the barracks in the guard district to take a look. The building was enormous, large enough to accommodate nearly an entire battalion of officers and soldiers, to say nothing of anything else.

But wasn’t this precisely how officialdom worked? The official circles of the Republic of China were especially particular about such things.

Damn it! You were the ones who asked me to act as the intermediary and negotiate the cooperation, and you’re also the ones treating me like a threat. Do you really think it’s acceptable to lift the bowl and smash the pot, then curse the cook after finishing the meal?

Wang Di had never imagined that Richard would blast open Aqke Harbor’s sturdy walls in a way none of them had ever seen before.

Throughout the process, Li Changan’s body was steadily losing water. His lips cracked, and his skin reddened as though scorched beneath the blazing sun, shedding dead flakes. His appearance grew increasingly dreadful, yet his aura became ever more concentrated.

Time passed second by second. In that stifling atmosphere, everyone felt as though even their hearts had missed half a beat.

“I know.” Adelman cut him off. “I know what this means, but we have to end the losing streak.” He was no fool; he knew this was tantamount to thrusting himself into the eye of the storm. Yet he did it anyway, casting himself into a desperate situation in search of survival, forcing himself—and forcing the Timberwolves players as well.

The Nationalist forces throughout the entire Fifth War Zone were making active preparations for battle. After all, troops from the Third War Zone were still buying them time to arrange their defenses in the southern part of the Fifth War Zone, so for the moment, the pressure in the south was not yet especially great.

Seeing that the Azure-Robed Corpse King could not defeat them, it turned directly and lunged toward the Lord of Forbidden Immortal City. By then, however, the lord was already under Liu Qiao’s protection, and with its present strength, the Azure-Robed Corpse King clearly could not force Liu Qiao back.

Yet it would come out at night to bite people, and on nights when the moon was full, it would emit sounds resembling the howls of a beast. Gradually, more and more people fell victim to the poison.

Li Ruoli and Liu Wen held hands, gazing curiously at everything around them like country grandmothers visiting a magnificent garden for the first time.

Everyone pointed at the cage of flames and discussed it animatedly. The bizarre spectacle left them utterly stunned.

As Zheng Chen walked, he observed the conditions along the banks of the Blood River. This sword formation was indeed vast. From here, following the Blood River in a straight line upstream, the formation’s range extended for several thousand meters.

“Wait, what am I admitting?” Lin Hai asked, utterly bewildered. He felt that A Xiu was acting rather strangely.

When policies were lenient, the people would grow careless; once they became careless, strict policies had to be used to correct them. But when policies were harsh, the people would suffer harm, and once they suffered, lenient policies would have to be adopted again. Leniency supplemented severity, and severity supplemented leniency; in this way, governance could remain balanced.

The horse lance originated in the Han Dynasty, but it was not widely used. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it was rediscovered and improved to counter the seemingly invincible heavy cavalry. It succeeded in doing so. Yet horse lances were confined to the great aristocratic clans, whose sons often commanded troops in those days. Only such clans possessed the means to manufacture horse lances in large quantities and equip their personal armies.

Thus, it evolved into a school of its own. The Ancient Buddhism emerged in precisely this way. As for figures such as Kronos and Prosius, their foundations were not especially deep, but by relying on their own strength, they had nevertheless made their organizations powerful enough to stand in opposition to the Ancient Buddhist Society.