Volume 1, Chapter 63: Forbidden Magic

Rumble! Rumble!

In the sky, the helicopters that should have dominated the azure firmament were now like tiny birds struck by bullets, seemingly drained of all their strength, plunging straight down from the air.

The fifty-meter height, which normally felt so distant, now seemed less than an inch from the ground. Captain Zhang and his men did not even have time to struggle before they crashed into the earth along with the helicopters.

On the streets, in the bushes, and inside the ponds, the out-of-control helicopters smashed directly into them. The immense impact deformed the vast majority of the aircraft.

Astride his horse, Qi Fengling gazed coldly at the five figures before him. Among them, aside from Captain Zhang and Gangzi, the rest...

However, Zhao Gou felt not the slightest bit of fear; he eagerly wished for Yelu Chenggong to concentrate all his forces on the front lines. Xiao Jun had come to deliver a letter and observe the surroundings on all sides; Zhao Gou had seen it all and said nothing. Since they wanted to figure out the situation, Zhao Gou would simply play along with their strategy.

"Then you will be my older brother from now on! When you make money, I'll manage the ledger for you. When you take a wife, I'll allocate funds for you. When you and your wife have children, I'll allocate funds for you too. By then, I'll be an aunt!" Wolf Ear laughed and said.

Even when Li Hao brought up Wang Siyuan and Li Mikao, Han Youying and Zhong Xin remained entirely unmoved.

Under normal circumstances, it would have been certain death. In such a situation, if both ultimately failed, He Heng, who possessed the twin flowers of the Golden Elixir, should have been able to save He Yuyin. She herself should have been utterly incapable of surviving. Yet defying all conventional logic, she survived, and in the end, it was He Yuyin who died.

Li Hao dared not hesitate and rushed forward once more. When he reached the rooftop, he discovered that, at some unknown moment, a helicopter had already landed there.

Yaoyan Zuimei commanded in an orderly fashion. Facing this boss with super-high attack power, they had to adopt a steady and reliable strategy.

Suddenly, dense networks of fine cracks appeared upon the blood-colored conical spike, culminating in its complete shattering. Ling Yun brought his palms together, and the Light of World-Purification swept outward, purifying all the lingering remnants of the Divine Domain Blood Fiend Beast.

After the heavy rain, the sky cleared and the air turned fresh. The dark clouds gradually dissipated, and the bustling atmosphere of the main street was restored.

***

Hearing the county magistrate call his name, Yue Fei wanted to respond, but Zhou Dong stopped him, shaking his head to signal him not to answer. Li Chun shouted several times in succession, but received no reply at all.

However, Li Chengguo was different. For the Chief of State to host a banquet for Li Chengguo was entirely within reason; anyone would have to give him that much face.

All the officers of the 23rd Infantry Regiment, having lost their regimental colors, committed ritual disembowelment, while the remaining soldiers fell into despair and launched a desperate, suicidal charge against the China Gate. With no artillery support, no armored coordination, and no aerial bombing cover, rank upon rank of Japanese soldiers were virtually executed as they fell dead on the streets outside the China Gate and along the moat.

The man in black looked slightly startled, yet said nothing more. He merely cupped his fists toward Jinniang once again, leaped expressionlessly onto the carriage, cracked his long whip, and the horses raised their hooves, dragging the carriage away in a cloud of dust.

Due to the heavy golden shackles on his ankles, Jiang Chen's movement speed appeared notably slowed down. In the eyes of outsiders, he was nothing more than a martial artist of the third or fourth stage.

"Four chests. This servant checked the gift list; all the large, heavy gifts are gone," Mother Sun reported, bowing.

"How can they be compared? Those few of theirs and these few of mine are simply worlds apart," Chen Xiang said with a wicked smile, his hands never leaving the mesmerizing twin peaks for a moment.

"Very well, from now on, our son's affairs are under your jurisdiction." His ability to judge character truly fell short of his wife's discerning eyes.

Yang'er's head bowed even lower, his thick, long, elegant eyebrows—so closely resembling those of Leng Huating—locked in a deep frown. Jinniang sighed and chose not to disturb him further; some matters were things he had to figure out for himself.

Zhang Xuewu favored Japanese military commanders who were somewhat foolish in their strategic thinking, such as that headless idiot, Prince Asasaka-no-Miya Kunihiko. Such strategic morons were exceedingly rare, blindly attempting to capture the urban area of Nanjing while the northern bank of the Yangtze—which Zhang Xuewu feared the most—remained virtually untouched by large-scale Japanese incursions.

Zhu Zhu merely smiled without a word, remembering how in her past life, Zhao Guangming had managed to get half a month of vacation and wanted to travel south. When he called Gu Xuri, no one answered no matter how many times he dialed, nearly driving him to smash his own phone in fury.

Yet, given the nature of primeval fierce beasts, the likelihood of them being tamed was virtually nil, and their ultimate end would likewise be death.

Suddenly, Li Hao remembered that upon returning from the south, he had not yet gone to pay his respects to Master Hu, especially since he had not yet passed along the news from Master Hu's old friend. Thinking of this, Li Hao started his car and drove straight to Master Hu's old residence.

***

Lin Hanxi had no energy to spare to correct Bizhu's perspective at the moment; her own mind was shrouded in utter confusion. Where should they go?

A gust of wind swept past behind me, and by the time I regained my senses, I found myself lying on the bed, hovering above me the somewhat strained expression of Gerard.

Watching the moonlight filtering through the window, Mu Ximei's tears slipped away silently. In this starless night, where was her own light?

"That's because you lack a pair of eyes skilled at discovery, but..." Feng Yufei glared at Shangguan Honglie, instinctively wanting to retort, but suddenly remembering that she had promised him yesterday to be an obedient, gentle princess in exchange for the antidote for Chenxiang, she swallowed the words back down.

"Hee hee hee, it's nothing anymore," Zhou Chu said triumphantly, for at that moment, Su Fazhao's body was leaning forward, inadvertently revealing a breathtaking expanse of spring scenery along with a deep cleavage.

"Of course I'm not unwilling, it's just so sudden. You've never mentioned it before," Hongxi said, lowering her head shyly.

Aside from that, Song Yi, the person in charge of the film's publicity and distribution, also gave Han Ge a call to offer his congratulations.

Ten ordinary deep-sea behemoths, one close-combat "Disaster-class" deep-sea behemoth, and one ranged "Disaster-class" deep-sea behemoth.

One must bear in mind that upon returning to the main world, the Lighthouse Nation's base would no longer enjoy the protection of a safe zone.

"Look, this way your eyes won't attract unwanted attention." Indeed, Rong Yunting felt as though the two of them currently had the word "wealth" written all over their entire bodies.