Chapter 148: Idiot

More than a dozen river workers were battered and covered in severe wounds.
Their already shabby coarse hemp garments had long been reduced to a mass of rags.
Their blood had dried, their expressions had grown numb, and an aura of death and despair radiated from their entire bodies.
Heavy iron chains were locked around their hands and feet, yet they were still driven by whips to dig earth, carry heavy sacks, and perform other grueling labor.
When night fell, they were denied proper rest; instead, they were fitted with wooden cangues and put on public display in the camp.
"They don't treat us like human beings."

After they left, I slowly stood up, picked up the disc again to examine it for a moment, and then put it back down without giving it much thought.

"Our dorm head really knows how to get things done!" Zhao Chongzhi laughed. Perhaps he was the only one who dared to tease Lin Zhi.

Lu Weiqi clearly heard a deeply magnetic male voice through the unmuted microphone. His heart sank instantly; although he had known she had a boyfriend, hearing it in reality was still far more painful.

The geniuses selected by the Winter Sun Holy City were required to meet strict standards in both cultivation and innate talent. Such individuals were few and far between even within the Pill Pavilion, and direct-entry quotas were exceedingly rare. How could ordinary people ever hope to qualify?

Because of how busy Yun Qi's company currently was, taking time off was impossible even as a newlywed, let alone going on a honeymoon. However, since Xiao Qian had not yet officially started work, Yun Qi had her rest for a couple of days first. Once He Junnan went back to work and the company became less busy, they would make up for the honeymoon then.

Among the four paths of Alchemy, Artifacts, Formations, and Talismans, Ye Han had already forged ahead in the first three. Relatively speaking, he lagged slightly behind in the path of Talismans, though this was simply due to the minimal time he had invested in it.

Had it not been for that perfectly timed arrow from the Starry Universe Blood Guard, she probably would have already escaped from this place together with Moxie.

Her entire body was utterly devoid of strength, and a piercing pain wrung her heart, leaving her unable to stir even the slightest bit. She closed her eyes in near despair, her breath as faint as a gossamer thread. She felt that this time, she truly could not hold on any longer. In the end, every trace of life left her body, and even the fleas abandoned her to seek another host.

With these words, Murong Ye turned back, smiled slightly at Long Qianyi, and then leaped gracefully off the rooftop.

Lin Banxia's head was buzzing with a splitting ache, and both of her hands were squeezed red by Rong'er. Unable to wait for Rong'er to finish speaking, she shoved her away with force, stood up, and walked straight out.

Lord Piddy found this utterly baffling. What kind of ritual was this? Yet, seeing that his mother acted similarly, he swallowed his vulgarities back down. After about two minutes, the command room was flooded with bright light once more, and the officers stood up with joy written across their faces.

Controlling the shape, density, and range of his psychic energy, Ryan tested them one by one. Although Ryan was largely self-taught, he was, after all, a mage and possessed considerable experience in manipulating energy. Once he gradually began to grasp the true essence of Nen, he even started trying to control it using methods akin to spellcasting.

They were fully geared up at this point, having boarded five medical transport ships alongside the reinforcements, intending to rush with ammunition and supplies to the valley where the previous wave of troops had been stationed. Hearing so abruptly that the very person they most wanted dead in this mission had kicked the bucket in such an unexpected manner, it was hard for them not to feel a tangle of complex emotions.

Everyone present was an old monster, each one more cunning than the last. Since they outnumbered their opponent and held an absolute advantage, why bother fighting one-on-one? Besides, they still held a lingering wariness toward Xiao Can; none of them was confident they could emerge from a duel with him completely unscathed. When victory was already within their grasp, why take unnecessary risks?

The greater the shock, the deeper the panic. When a familiar world undergoes a violent collision with one's conceptual framework, and the current reality becomes entirely unacceptable, human instinct drives one to seek a sense of security.

Upon hearing this, Chad Yasutora abruptly turned, charged forward with great strides, clenched his right fist, and threw a fierce, vicious punch.

Five hundred years ago, a supreme powerhouse appeared in the Night Demon City, known as the Night Demon. Back then, he unified the eastern regions, then forged deep into the heart of the continent, never to return.