Chapter 117: The Fall of Zhu Yu

The day Bai Yue凝 emerged from seclusion, the clouds atop Cloudmist Peak seemed thinner than usual.

When she pushed open the door, she felt the abundant spiritual power brought by the eleventh level of Qi Refinement, along with perceptions sharper than ever before. Yet her state of mind had grown even calmer.

Outside the courtyard, the light curtain of the restriction rippled gently, cutting off the disturbances of the outside world. Even so, she could vaguely sense that the atmosphere within the sect was no longer what it had been before her retreat.

Before she could make any inquiries, a deep, steady knock sounded against the restriction outside the courtyard.

Da Kui and Dezi shone their flashlights around as they looked about. The beams illuminated only a limited area, revealing nothing beyond their immediate surroundings; they had no idea what the terrain was like in the distance.

In any case, the people of this region always showed one another the proper courtesy in name and appearance. Song Yiqing understood that very well.

After the hunter killed his own wife, he fled without a trace. Once he left the stockade, no one ever knew where he had gone.

At the center of the Blood Lake stood a Jade-Wave Pool, through which spiritual power could be drawn from another spacetime. Yet that was a slow and steady process. Thus, the entire Old Pot World had still not fully evolved.

Duan listened and nodded. It was not that he had suddenly seen reason; he was simply exhausted from fighting. He was no Mike Lan, a man skilled in close combat, so he stopped while he had the chance.

He also knew that opening this door would bring endless trouble. Yet the temptation of the Eastern Route Army was too great to abandon. Therefore, so long as Li Qing agreed to yield another step and refrain from reaching into his own government troops, he could do Li Qing a favor and hand the Doulu Army over to him in its entirety.

Thus, in the years after King Lugal-An-Montu of Adab established the Adab Dynasty, he campaigned relentlessly in the east and west. At the height of his power, he conquered the whole of Mesopotamia from the Persian Gulf to the Zagros Mountains, as well as vast territories of Elam.

“No matter who you are, I, Liu Menghu, swear that in this lifetime I will find you and tear you limb from limb!” Captain Liu pointed at the heavens and roared furiously.

It was impossible to contract with a spirit beast using any other avatar alone. Only a split body of the same nature as the original could accomplish such a thing. That was why Duan had risked using the Slug Technique once more: he needed to contract a spirit beast and add another safeguard to his plans.

In the anatomical sense, late Homo sapiens differed in no obvious physical respect from modern human beings.

As the human race rose to prominence, the spirit race and the spirit beasts were forced to retreat into their final protected enclaves. Almost the entire Hundred Herbs Realm came under human control.

The four of them witnessed the silent scene before them, yet none felt excited. An Bai’s greatest value lay neither in life nor in death, but in transcending existence here and releasing his soul.

Stealth fighters use their contours to reflect most of the electromagnetic waves they receive toward several concentrated directions rather than sending them straight back along their original paths. At the same time, special material coatings absorb and dissipate part of the electromagnetic energy.

The crisp crack of a slap rang out, and Shen Junxia’s entire face twisted. He had watched with his own eyes as his teeth went flying.

Within his sister’s empire, beneath the rule of the Great Emperor An, in this place where humans and demons met, how had Ya’er City managed to survive? An Bai would unravel the mystery step by step.

Still, it was better to retreat for now. They clearly could not contest the second tier against their opponents. Dong Mingchun placed a marker and withdrew from Bullhead’s attack range, giving them no opportunity to advance.

The Great Emperor An had attained supreme status, and naturally, Heaven and Earth had left his imprint upon all things. At that moment, a familiar figure appeared within An Bai’s sea of consciousness.

Beside him, Zhu Qiankun’s plump body began to tremble faintly. Though his status was countless times higher than that of the Young Palace Master of the Fire Spirit Palace, he did not reveal it. Yet what Bai Feng was doing and saying stirred his blood and set his heart aflame.

Wang Yanzhang had remained ill and refused to appear, which left Zhu Wen deeply dissatisfied. He believed Wang was using his illness as an excuse to avoid the matter, unwilling or too afraid to take the field.