30. Stripped Bare

“What was that noise on your end?” Si Yun asked. Several seconds passed.

“I’m busy. I’ll hang up for now.”

Si Yun could only wait in speechless silence for the rude man. Could it be that he had realized she had seen right through him and, too ashamed to face her, had fled?

As expected, he was utterly unreliable.

Before the stone gate, two Boundary Breakers in blue cloth uniforms trimmed with white stood guard on either side.

Originally, because He Zheng had, through “good luck,” become the middle-aged man’s nominal disciple, he had been spared a great deal of trouble and should have been able to relax and get some proper rest. Yet now he could not sleep at all.

“Of course I can understand it. Want me to translate it for you? She just told you not to go near him, called you a dog, and cursed you to go to hell,” Hela said.

Others might not have been able to see clearly, but the Grandmaster had seen everything plain as day. Yuan Jun had as well.

“Yes. In our Four Directions City, challenging the City Lord is a very serious matter,” the soldier continued.

“All right, tell me the bad news.” Lena no longer heard the sound of potato chips being crushed between teeth on the other end. Clearly, this was not pleasant news.

You might be able to withstand an attack from a Great Zenith Immortal—but could you withstand the attacks of dozens of Great Zenith Immortals striking at once?

Zhu Chongba would never leave anything unfinished, so this matter had to succeed. He needed to make thorough preparations.

Zhang Gui and the others had gone to Qingyuan. When they discovered that the Cliff-Sea Association was not there, they searched anxiously in every direction. By a twist of fate, they arrived at Weiyu, where the Cliff-Sea Association’s main hall was located, and happened to run into Sadu La, who had just received word from overseas. Zhang Gui and the others could certainly count themselves lucky.

Qi Bao naturally could not hear what Hua Yuexin was thinking. He rose once more and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. The thirty-eight attribute points he had gained by working with the villagers to exterminate the bandits had all been added to his stamina, instantly raising it to 53/100.

I hear Zhao Qianzhi is quite intelligent. He even studied abroad and has a real talent for financial management.

“Mr. Su, this is Teacher Ma Yimo, the finest recording engineer at our company. He has an excellent reputation in the industry, and his technique is absolutely top-tier.”

Besides, he was nothing more than a kept man who did not even have a job. If they broke up, they broke up—what was there to regret?

To him, this thing was really a hot potato: he had to hold it temporarily as a favor, while also shouldering the risk of being hunted down by the Mad Shark Group.

Zhu Sanyuan nodded. More and more, he felt how wise his decision had been back then. Although Lin Xiangdong was under enormous pressure now, he believed that once Lin made it through this ordeal, his future development would be truly immeasurable.

The sharp blade flashed with a cold glint and pierced Dong San’s skin in an instant. A thin line of blood trickled down the blade.

He held a blood-red serpent spear in one hand, while a blood tower hovered above his head. He looked every inch a master of the Blood Dao.

Slowly, all the materials melted. The blazing phoenix fire burned away even the scarce impurities within them, then fused everything into an unknown alloy. At last, the rough outline of a doorway emerged.

He walked softly to the front door and peered through the crack to study the person knocking: tall and lean, yet extraordinarily strong, with a face black as coal and a thick black beard around his mouth. His eyes were bright and piercing—or rather, filled with savage ferocity.

Tang Ru felt as though heaven and earth had begun to spin. A wave of dizziness overcame her, and her cold back pressed against the soft sofa. The man’s frank, unblinking gaze made her uneasy.

I do not know what exactly had kept him awake, but I was grateful that he could still find time to accompany me amid his “busy schedule.” And that, in turn, made me sad.