Chapter 40

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Wang Jin could only say that he was glad he had come here, that he had not chosen the wrong place. He really had to teach that island nation a lesson.

On Adriano’s side, Rinaldi was insisting that they discuss Adriano’s contract after the World Cup. If Adriano performed exceptionally well in the tournament, it would give Rinaldi considerably more leverage in the negotiations.

At first, he had managed to restrain himself and not slap that despicable face. But after this sudden turn of events, he finally could not hold back and kicked out.

“Nicely done.” Seeing that his junior fellow apprentice had successfully brought back a strand of Wang Jin’s hair, A-Hao praised him. He impatiently wrapped it in a talisman and swallowed it, determined to make Wang Jin lose face.

“Qiao Bin, Qiao Bin, is that you?” Lang Chen and Donna followed them out as well, and his courage returned.

Zhang Zhao knew very well that the mutated zombie that had nearly attacked them had not been killed by him; it had merely retreated for the time being. They were trapped in a desperate situation, surrounded by danger. No matter how he calculated it, there was only one outcome: death.

Arthas struck the gleaming head of the warhammer with a single blow. The hammer’s shaft snapped, but Frostmourne continued its downward arc and hacked into Uther’s shoulder, striking the narrow gap where the shoulder guard met the neck guard and cutting deeply into it.

“When I killed those people, I deliberately avoided damaging these magical artifacts. I thought they might come in handy.” Lin Chen let out a sigh of relief. As long as there was no problem, that was all that mattered.

Qiao Gui did not think any further. Since Qiao Dan was fine, there was no need to worry so blindly. He had never expected Xiao Yan to cause such a huge mess on his very first day of the mission. If he were infected in a place crowded with living creatures, it would be extremely difficult to deal with.

Still, after a battle of this magnitude, only a few mid-level magical beasts remained standing. Most of them were already sprawled on the ground. Even those still clinging to life were breathing their last and would not survive much longer.

Xia Xueqing’s words sounded very much like a joke, but Ye Chengxuan knew they were a warning directed at him.

The second line of defense was the central cities—those prosperous cities relatively close to the Tang Estate. These cities were the Tang Estate’s primary defensive targets.

Although he had been forced to resign, the terms of his departure were already quite generous. If he had been forcibly dismissed, he could forget about making a living in the advertising industry afterward. Reputation mattered greatly to advertisers; who would dare hire an advertising professional fired by his company?

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As it turned out, Ye Chengzhi had also been doing a great deal behind the scenes. To help Ye Chengxuan, he had repeatedly taken advantage of Wang Defang’s trust in him, secretly assisting Ye Chengxuan and helping him gain control of the company step by step.

Looking at Xiao Peng again, they found that he was still recovering calmly and had not been affected by the dark shadow. Only one roof tile had been torn away, leaving an opening directly above Xiao Peng.

The sun sank toward the horizon, and the evening clouds dyed half the sky crimson. A cool breeze blew against them, carrying Lin Xian’er’s unique fragrance to the tip of Guo Lin’s nose. Guo Lin inhaled deeply, intoxicated.

After Song Duanwu left, the old woman showed no sign of taking action. She knew that even if, in her old age, she chased after him, Song Duanwu would still walk resolutely onward without ever looking back. In that respect, Sanmao was far too much like his father: stubbornly determined once he had set his heart on something.

“Brother, we’re finally together again! We’ll never be separated again!” Qiu Ningshan began sobbing as well and threw herself into Qiu Sha’s arms.

Now that the cause of the illness was clear, the condition was not difficult to treat. All that was necessary was to seal the internal force within Duan Yu’s body, allowing him to gradually refine it or drive it out.

Unless the endless chthonic fire that had erupted when Ye Feng first arrived in the World of Wind and Cloud and fallen into the Sword Pool had not only tempered the sword spirit once more but also stimulated its growth. In that case, Ye Feng had effectively become its adoptive parent—though this “parentage” had been forced upon it, which was why the sword spirit felt both affinity and fear toward him.

Immediately beside the half-orcs were the beastmen who could assume human form, while the entire outer perimeter was densely packed with giant hyena beasts incapable of transforming.

“Call Xiang Yu over. We need to verify the results of the operation again,” Wang Chaoyang said to Gao Fei.

Karen shoved away the beer in his hand. “Tell me, what exactly did you do that was so bad?” Why would his cousin say that he was not a good person?

As soon as Ning Daoqi arrived in Dongping Commandery, he naturally discovered Shi Zhixuan, and a great chase was unavoidable. Without Ning Daoqi and Shi Zhixuan present, Ye Feng only had to deal with Shi Qingxuan, which was naturally much easier.

After this blow, the Lion-Tiger Scripture became even more ferocious. It threw back its head and let out a long howl, then tore the giant scorpion in two with its enormous claws. Finally, it released a powerful burst of lightning and charred the remains to ash.

It was once again the same sort of deceptive, inflammatory speech, but none of the veterans dared expose him. After all, it was a process every newcomer had to go through. Sure enough, after hearing Zhao Junjie’s theory, the gloom on Jiang Lan’s face vanished and her spirits returned. The veterans could only sigh inwardly, helpless to do anything.

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These few sentences were neither servile nor overbearing. They offended no one while preserving the dignity of his own side, displaying considerable maturity and tact.

The two of us managed to drink nearly half a case before neither of us could take another sip. Shen Yiyi was already thoroughly drunk by then. She lay against my shoulder, squinting and smiling as she said that she was truly happy to have met me.

One of the special-forces soldiers quickly began setting up a radio, preparing to contact the navy and have them launch Tomahawk cruise missiles.

“Speaking of which, this really cannot be blamed on the Tea Bureau. Fifth Master Zhao was simply unlucky.” Once Zhao Xie opened the subject, he could not stop talking.

His only connection to the Thousand Mechanisms Sect was that, back in Xu Family Village, he had crippled Qin Yulong, who claimed to be the personal disciple of the sect master of the Thousand Mechanisms Sect.

Drug traffickers were not fools. Just as anti-narcotics officers infiltrated their ranks, drug traffickers planted informants throughout the villages and towns along the China-Myanmar border. And planting informants there was destined to be far easier than infiltrating the traffickers’ inner circles.

Wang Weilong spent the entire time directing Li Hui and Tao Yuan. It was clear that his experience playing Counter-Strike had helped him considerably.

Legend had it that those who died unjustly carried heavy resentment. Thus, for decades, poisonous weeds had grown thick around the mass grave, and even birds and beasts had dared not approach.

Huaiszhu and I stared in shock at Dai Shishi, who lay on the ground, afraid to move, tears streaming wildly from her eyes.

“Damn it! You call this being unprepared?” Wang Chaoyang saw at a glance that the special-forces soldiers rushing down from the dormitory were already fully armed. This was clearly not an emergency deployment; they had obviously been ready all along and had only come running down when they heard the whistle.

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