Chapter 17

The figure of the wild boar spirit appeared in Yuhua Town, and the ogres near its lair were the first to sense it. At this moment, the players had not yet noticed the arrival of the wild boar spirit; their attention was entirely focused on the ogres.

Except for Song Yu and Xiao Hei.

Song Yu's perception was relatively sharp, stronger than that of the other players.

Hopefully, Xiao Hei can successfully seize that creature’s heart.

Song Yu glanced discreetly.

The leaders of the Seven Great Families were outside the Chaos Ancient Formation, unable to see what was happening deep within the formation. They had no idea that Yun Guo was in trouble, so relying on their help was a pipe dream.

“I can feel it—the divine pearl is drawing energy. My own energy is being sucked back,” Yang Jiang said fearfully.

Due to special training, Xi Yidi had taken leave immediately after the final exams and hadn’t attended make-up classes, so she had been returning to Huayi Garden alone these past few days. Today was an exception, however; at the start of winter break, Xi Yixiao had already arranged to meet her after work to pick her up and then return to Yuanyi Manor to reunite with family.

Lele thought to herself: Since I don’t have to go to school these days, I should focus on easing my pain.

“Teacher, you’re getting old and disrespectful!” Xi Yizheng teased as she tossed out a playful complaint before pretending to be busy and slipped back to her room to pack. This drew a hearty laugh from Dongfang Luming, who couldn’t resist teasing her further.

“You two, come over here.” Yun Guo beckoned, and Li Daguo and Niu Bulai involuntarily flew to his side.

“Explain what happened,” Jiang Yuan asked coldly and sternly after Jiang Chen took the roasted meat. His deep, commanding voice made Jiang Chen’s chopsticks tremble in his hand.

The next day, Zhu Zhu once again came as promised to pick him up. As soon as he got into the car, he pulled out a rose from his pocket.

“What?” Jiao’er was clearly overwhelmed with excitement, unable to catch what I said and probably forgetting what she had just uttered herself.

The middle-aged man looked down arrogantly, as if Qin Wushuang’s life were literally in his grasp. Of course, his confidence was justified—his cultivation had reached the Six Spirits Mastery Realm, a full level above Qin Wushuang.

Jun Nuo just shook his head, signaling that it was all right, but Ye Feng’s worry did not dissipate. In fact, on the carriage today, Jun Nuo’s leg had already begun to feel uncomfortable. Although there was pain nearing the fifteenth day before, it was never this severe nor did it start this early.

This scripture was concise yet profound, deeply mysterious, opening with the line: “I am the void, the void is I.”

At that moment, the raging extreme flame spread along Gao Sheng’s wound, reducing him to nothing but ashes and fragments in an instant. Ye Han saw the wide, bull-like eyes of Gao Sheng, understanding the despair he endured in his final moments.

“Damn it!” he bit his teeth in anger and secretly picked up an arrow to check for any special markings that might reveal which forces had caused this mischief.

Sun Naizheng held back laughter as he deliberately frightened Old Liu, causing him to whimper and plead for mercy, which brought waves of laughter from everyone.

“Who wishes to be a slave, who wishes to be cattle and horses? The flames of humanity’s rebellion spread across all of Europe…” Professor Shi began singing a midnight ballad.

“Ahem, ahem,” Chuxin started coughing violently, withdrawing her hand to clutch her chest, while the other took the white water gently offered by Bai Shurou, holding it to her lips.

“Yes, Your Highness!” The four guards immediately stepped forward and reached the pond’s edge. Using their light skills, they leapt up toward the high platform.

It seemed I really should find a way to make money. Otherwise, becoming a true alchemist now looked like a mere pipe dream.

After all, with no way out, letting these Blood Prison Guards kill him was worse than risking everything with the Demonic Disintegration Technique, fighting Xu Chuan to the bitter end.

Duan Tianlang left Shaolin Temple and continued southward. He handed over the martial techniques selected from the Dharma Court to Da Hu, though these were just the basics.