But for a clan as eminent as the Huan family to retreat again and again at this juncture was no longer merely a matter of losing influence.

Once the hearts of their followers scattered, the whole edifice would come crashing down and the monkeys would flee the fallen tree.

Even if only to shore up their core base, they had no choice but to mount a forceful counterattack.

And the strategy they had evidently settled upon was to kill the chicken to frighten the monkeys.

Prince Li Jin, the linchpin of the opposition, was the very chicken they had singled out for the slaughter.

One could foresee that not only would this session of the Divine Gathering...

The alcohol had inflamed Ye Chen's desire, and today his movements were rougher than usual, his fingers probing with greater force than before.

The man turned and crouched before Lu Xichen, tilting the umbrella slightly in his hand to shield Lu Xichen from the rain.

"You have already conquered the world—how could these people not bow down in submission?" Cang Lan whispered into Qin Changsheng's ear.

Jin Zi's move infuriated the Liang family. From the moment they had arrived with the Qiu family, they had been the ones pinned to the ground and pummeled; and in the end the villains were the first to lodge a complaint, turning around and blaming their victims instead.

Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan watched the Taiping army's assault from beginning to end, and the sight of his troops falling back in defeat filled him with boundless fury.

No wonder he was an internationally renowned painter—his skill was no empty reputation. Even she, a laywoman, could tell that his work was truly out of the ordinary.

But she had plans of her own; she wished to become acquainted with more people in this circle, and so naturally she wanted to do Director Jiang a favor.

The Holy Son of Pure Yang was courteous and refined, and even when facing Yang Du he displayed no trace of a condescending attitude.

She did not, however, know the reason the two of them had broken up. All she knew was that they had been together less than a year, and at the time she had found it strange, for she had felt that Xie Pozheng must surely have liked the other party a good deal.

A record of achievement spanning the past thousand years, destroyed in a single stroke—it did not dare imagine what mockery it would face upon returning to the main system.

"BOOM!!" A great hole was smashed in the castle wall, and from within it thrust the hideous, thick tail of a python.

"Why? Why did you all lie to me?!" By now Dongfang Yun was truly in the depths of despair. She reached out and summoned a sharp sword, which plunged into her own chest.

On the continent of Guifu, within the palace of the Blood Dragon Society that resembled a fortified city, most of the upper echelons of the entire Blood Dragon Society were gathered at this moment, and envoys had even come from among the Ten Great Sects. In that great hall, one and all blazed with surging qi and blood, overbearingly powerful.

But the other party's strength was itself a full realm below Nangong Ping's, and with Nangong Ping striking first by ambush, how could he possibly dodge or resist? In an instant, Nangong Ping's Taiji sword had hewn off one of his thighs.

"All right, I can take you to get the Aiken whale oil, but..." Black Hat said hesitantly, swallowing his words.

"There are battles raging everywhere outside—what on earth is going on?" The divine infant avatar, having received Nangong Ping's command, immediately came over to interrogate him.

"Thank you for your favor, City Lord! This subordinate takes his leave!" Yelai Xiang hastily bowed and withdrew, secretly wiping a handful of cold sweat in the dark.

After all, Lance had killed Ferre and Valerie right before their eyes, and had moreover established a connection with such a powerful figure—they could not help but be afraid.

The driver smiled and played coy, and only upon seeing the eagerness in Qin Yuan's eyes did he slowly begin to explain.

Whether it was because this incident had left too deep an impression on the nurses, or because his fierce, domineering looks were simply too memorable, the moment he reached the ground floor of the hospital he happened to run into the same few nurses on duty as last time, and they all panicked at once: the god of plague was back—oh no! Was he going to smash things up again? Who was he saving this time?

As he pondered, Di Chongxiao came up behind Yu Wuque, who was pressing Guan Shuangyan with a ferocious assault, and made a feinting attack.

"Sister Gao Qian, are Brother Zhang Fei and Sister Xia Lan going out together?" Li Feifei suddenly asked.

Drawing on the historical records, Xia Feng noted that Xu You was the greediest for wealth among Yuan Shao's faction. Liu Shang sent Xu You a great deal of money and goods, asking for his help. Seeing how generous Liu Shang was, Xu You agreed to help, and went to see Yuan Shao.