Chapter 163: A Slap to the Face

"A-Zhu, who are you talking to outside?" Medicine Aunt was clearly eavesdropping inside the room, and as soon as Gu Zhu stepped in, she hurriedly asked.

"Gu Min." Gu Zhu made no secret of it.

She certainly hadn't forgotten how the other person had been lurking around here suspiciously in the beginning.

Could this person possibly be targeting Medicine Aunt?

"Ah, her." Medicine Aunt frowned and sighed, "That girl has been pestering me for days, insisting something is wrong with her mind and asking me to examine her. No matter how I try to avoid her..."

Following Qiao Yan's explanation, everyone felt that those three locations seemed... rather intriguing. As long as the flaws of those places could be overcome, they would provide a natural barrier.

Not a breath of wind stirred the river surface in the early morning, and the weather remained as gloomy as it had been for the past few days. Looking out, the entire field of vision was swallowed by a sea of gray mist.

Suala could be written off; he had kept out of sight since the incident, and nobody knew where he had gone. However, Nimitz and Su Zhen remained unaffected, especially since they still held command over the frontier armies. Even if Situ wanted to consult someone, he should have sought out the two of them instead. Why come looking for him?

The airport security department was accustomed to seeing such spectacles; every year, they arrested an untold number of high-ranking officials at the deputy-厅 or full-厅 level.

Simultaneously, the other four major supreme factions in the Divine Realm began making meticulous and intensive preparations. The Heavenly Saint Mountain was about to descend, and whichever supreme faction managed to acquire more treasures and secret manuals from within it would ascend to become the preeminent power in the Divine Realm once the mountain vanished.

Judging by the state of the illumination, the magical lamps must have been replenished with energy not long ago, and whoever did so was quite generous. These lamps had been charged to the absolute limit, with several having already burst from the excessive energy.

At this very moment, they knew that each harbored deep affection for the other. Although the words remained unspoken, their devoted gazes conveyed everything.

"Ha! So your Eastern Clan has come to seek justice for the Murong Clan? What, Murong Zhi, that old wretch, has been crippled and dares not show his face, so you, Eastern Sheng, have actually stepped up to champion the Murong Clan?" Li Tianze laughed uproariously, his demeanor utterly arrogant.

With just a glance, Huang Yi understood what these shadowy figures represented. At that moment, the talisman on the flying sword beside him, possessing terrifying cutting power, ceased its rotation.

Cui Ning longed to hurl insults as well, but his tongue had been severed, leaving his speech indistinct. His face flushed crimson with uncontainable rage.

Upon waking once more, Asuka's first reaction was simply, "It's dawn." There was no helping it; the sensation of sunlight streaming directly through the window and hitting her eyes was far too easy to distinguish. The lingering exhaustion had mostly dissipated, and regardless of anything else, her body no longer resisted opening her eyes.

Zhao Gang held no particularly strong opinions about Liu Chang in his heart, but he instinctively felt that Liu Chang was simply not the type of person to let success go to his head so easily.

Had he been a man of the twenty-first century, he would have understood this logic; beneath the surface lay the principles of high-efficiency information warfare.

He would truly become a promising young director in the domestic film industry seven years later, earning a solid reputation for quality within the business.

By doing so, he would accumulate a certain degree of experience for the potential project of [Lilith and Ikari Yui Gene Fusion] he might encounter in the future. Especially since he still possessed some research materials concerning Sage bodies, even if they proved useless later on, there was nothing to lose—why not seize the opportunity?

Bayonetta remained completely unintimidated, her eyes blazing with a brilliant light as she thrust her long sword—wielding an unyielding, razor-sharp edge—directly toward her opponent.

A calm voice echoed, and Miao Long stared in astonishment at the figure before him, anxiously speaking out once more.

Kakashi inwardly nodded. The boy was indeed a bit weak, but his disposition was decent; perhaps he was worth nurturing.

Xiao Chen ignored Qingshui. He retreated to stand quietly by himself, unwilling to listen to his elder sister recount the events of his past.

No emotion could be read in Sheng Juezhi's eyes, yet he reached out and caught Wen Yishi by the wrist.

This approach would also generate more buzz—a former national center and a super composer producing a debut track for his own younger sister and a junior from the same agency.

These thunderous attacks inflicted no harm upon him whatsoever, but they served to temper his physical vessel, rendering it far more formidable.

At least, he did not need to be like him—forcing his prey to be consumed by terror; otherwise, even a successful hunt would fail to fulfill his mission.

A faint sense of foreboding took root in Lin Wei's heart. She glanced at the youthful, unpolished face of Zhou Rui beside her, parted her lips, but ultimately said nothing.

She could only hope that new developments would arise in the future, disrupting Duwa's efforts to project his power into the main universe and affording them a chance.

Xiao Chen climbed out from the rubble, discovering that his protective barrier had completely shattered. Though his injuries were not severe, he sensed an overwhelmingly powerful force emanating from all around him.

The exact moment Colin locked eyes with the man inside the sedan through the car window, his spiritual awareness surged wildly, as if foretelling something ominous.

At the sound, Long Ling gripped his hand tighter and shook her head repeatedly, wearing an expression of sheer panic as if terrified that he might run away, though it was largely concealed by her face mask.

By the time Ye Haoran realized what mountain this was, he was already standing at the peak, while Huafeng had likewise touched down, seating himself on a boulder near the edge with none of a grand elder's decorum, silently gazing down into the abyss below.

"Fine! I believe you." Gao Mo compromised, withholding the order to expel him. Although the man was not driven away, the goods brought by Tu Guhu needed to be taken back out by him.

The ruthless angel Clark grew impatient, a cold flash crossing his eyes. With a sudden sweep of his dual wings, he lashed out with a direct strike.

As for completely comprehending momentum, it served as a passport to breaking into the Earth Immortal Realm. Once one's true essence and spiritual energy reached that tier, one could directly shatter the threshold into the Earth Immortal Realm and establish oneself as an undisputed overlord.

Those middle school students thought nothing of it, chatting casually as they led Wang Lang toward the affluent district.

Across the boundless oceans of the universe, a brilliant white flash of lightning tore through the firmament, unleashing intense spatial energy that fermented into a ferocious spatial tempest.

The beastly director had slipped a potent sedative into the drink, and Mengyao whispered close to Lin Yi's ear, her lips brushing against his earlobe.

The reason was simple: while aircraft were unable to operate in such weather, ordinary humans could. Since the enemy had deployed armed helicopters and fighter jets, it went without saying that their ground forces would be equally substantial.

A firearm could not suddenly lose its energy, nor could it suddenly break down for no reason. There had to be an explanation—the master behind the scenes had disabled his weapon without ever coming into contact with it.

Especially upon sensing that Yuan Batian was among them, he knew full well that this fellow would never coexist with him peacefully.

Upon hearing the origin of the thumb ring, the younger brother of the Imperial Concubine's sister-in-law knew the matter could no longer be concealed. He had spotted the ring in his sister's jewelry box that day, finding it worn and antiquated—utterly unworthy of his sister—and had taken it out simply to amuse and please her, never imagining it would precipitate such a catastrophic disaster.

"Big Brother Qiuxuan, you aren't going to forbid us from coming, are you?" Upon hearing Qiuxuan's words, Meisi's eyes instantly welled with tears. She had gotten up at the crack of dawn specifically for her cultivation, having heard yesterday that Qiuxuan was willing to teach them martial arts, which was why she had risen so early.