Chapter Ninety: Joining Forces to Break the Barrier

The great hall was already engulfed in savage combat. Aftershocks from colliding spiritual power rattled the rafters, sending dust sifting down in sheets.

Hong Jin’s twin blades moved like venomous serpents striking from their fangs, each attack aimed unerringly at Bai Yuening’s vital points, driving her back step by step.

On the other side, Ling Shuang and Shi Meng held a slight advantage, yet even they could not bring their opponents down at once.

Just as the stalemate dragged on, the three halos of treasure suspended in the center of the hall seemed to be struck over and over by the shockwaves of battle, their radiance flashing violently across their surfaces.

And then—

It was only because the new campus was close to home, right at the foot of the mountain, that he had managed to get there on a balance scooter. Otherwise, even if he could fly, he still would not have made it in time.

If not for the fact that he was Ning Chen’s student, Flame Lord might have kicked him clean away long ago.

Golden Farh’s situation was complicated. I could feel a powerful ghost had locked onto him; it had been watching him from the moment he charged in, and to turn my head now would be far too humiliating.

After resting for the night, Gu Du left before dawn. Dongfang Xiaoran waited until sunrise before rising, called for Yun Jin Cai, and set out with Lisa.

Even so, Ning Chen had deliberately restrained his strength; otherwise, a single slap might well have killed him.

Their voices were so faint that Gu Du had to keep his eyes closed and listen with all his concentration. After Hu Zhe’s scream, there was no further sound.

Su Xi’s request to see Su Ge was reported upward by the staff, then by their superiors to the competition organizers. In short, it climbed through every layer before finally reaching Su Ge.

After learning the details from Zhou Tianfeng, the young demon named Xuan Kui said with a grave expression, "The ancestral land secret realm... the Overbearing Heaven Dynasty. So when you came here, you did not yet know this world was the Eastern Wastelands Ancient Domain, and instead thought of it as the secret realm of your dynasty’s royal ancestral land?"

After all, the youth had once been regarded by many as the source of all evil. He himself was always turning into a filthy, disheveled creature reeking of strange odors, and someone like him was the least qualified to complain that a garbage heap smelled bad.

This time, because Huang Bihai had committed a grave mistake, he had finally seized his chance. If the Alchemy Alliance became his, then given ten years, he was confident he could turn it into the Chen family’s Alchemy Alliance, just as the Nanlan family had done with the Martial Alliance.

But when she made out the seal upon it, her whole body jolted, and her casual expression instantly turned to shock and terror.

The number of bronze Buddhist statues was beyond counting. Chu Tian made a rough estimate of the ones visible to him, and there were already nearly a thousand or eight hundred; not to mention how many more lay at the bottom of the great pit. The scale of the work was truly immense.

His aunt? Zhuo Xi was somewhat startled. This Gentleman Jun was actually the nephew of Madam Fengqi! No wonder he had spoken up for her that day. And when Li Yue saw Jun Liang, her gaze sharpened at once.

This time, he was truly stunned. Unlike before, he wanted to step onto the stone platform and move forward, to get closer and observe, to experience that grandeur firsthand.

What Xu Yishen had imagined as accompanying her meant shopping for clothes and bags. He had never expected it would amount to nothing more than walking down one road after another.

The row of rooms opposite was the sleeping quarters for Ran Yu and the others; six girls shared two rooms. From the shadows cast on the windows, it seemed they were still practicing, rehearsing that butterfly dance segment of E Ru’s. He had wanted to go over and remind them to rest early, but he feared disturbing their state of mind, so in the end he let it be and turned out the lights to sleep.

“I came back with the young master last night. Take a look at this.” As Mo Yi spoke, he pulled a round bundle of cloth from his chest. When he opened it, there was actually a bright red fruit inside! One must know that at this season, not even wild grass had sprouted new leaves yet—let alone fruit, even vegetables were scarce.

Precisely for that reason, though they loathed Qi Qi, they did not dare kill her; they merely made her stupid.

After Ade left, Shangguan Yuxiu recalled what he had said and suddenly felt herself caught in an impossible dilemma.