Volume 1, Chapter 26: A Chaste Woman Yields to Persistent Pursuit

Sensing the impending danger, Balze revealed a strange smile, choosing not to expend his remaining divine power.

The way things unfolded left even Minister Li feeling a mix of amusement and frustration, though for Tencent, it was ultimately a positive outcome.

Yu Le breathed a slight sigh of relief, reaching out to summon the Storm Sword, which had fallen to the ground, back into his hand.

His fists, wreathed in purple true energy, pounded downward with a rhythmic, thundering impact. The ground buckled, opening into a pit over thirty meters deep, inside which lay a massive cluster of bamboo leaves, layered and wrapped together like a giant bamboo shoot.

The red axe of the "Pangu Divine Dragon Jade" vanished, and five large characters flashed in Ding Zhan’s mind: "Pangu Divine Dragon Axe." The divine artifact had fully acknowledged him as its master and merged into his body.

In the game, the protagonist must collect four items—Khalim’s Heart, Eye, Brain, and Flail—and use the Horadric Cube to combine them into Khalim’s Will, which then opens the path to Mephisto.

The Pan God played his reed pipe, shifting the melody to a tune even more piercing and aggressive than before.

"Boom!" The heavy backside of the Golden Frog was truly more than an ordinary creature could handle. The Demonized Skeleton looked formidable, yet it lost two-thirds of its health in one go. No sooner had one Golden Frog climbed up than a second one plummeted from the sky.

Zhou Kai crouched in the long trench; his eyes had stopped streaming, but the stinging sensation remained, and he still could not open them. Though blind, his hearing was sharp. The moment the gunfire ceased, his heart sank to the abyss—he knew his entire team had been wiped out.

Hearing this, Tang Zhong felt a surge of joy. While it didn't solve the immediate problem, it provided a direction for future development and addressed the source of the Level 1 tires.

Tang Zhong remarked as much, staring at Zhou Ruotong. He felt there was something odd about her, but he didn't ask what her plan was, sensing she wouldn't come up with anything normal.

***

The primordial spirit could still circulate and cast spells within the sea of consciousness, yet they were utterly ineffective. It seemed as if the entire starry sky had been sealed; save for Shuidaozi, even the laws of heaven and earth could not function.

"Anything else? If not, I'm going to sleep. You all running around naked all day, doing things inappropriate for children—it’s simply an eyesore! I don't want to be led astray! Go away, don't bother me!" After this lecture, Ziyue fell silent once more.

Huang Junyi sat in the center, his expression indifferent, staring ahead with a wine glass, lost in thought.

"It is better for the three of us to act together, while the other five contain him. Whatever you do, do not let him escape." The ancestor of the Yi family looked toward Black Rock Ridge, a sinister glint flashing in his eyes.

A heart-wrenching silence descended. If three days ago there had still been a glimmer of hope among them as they reported the alien invasion of the galaxy, now, there was only despair.

Indeed, the success of the Level 1 tires was largely due to the Dechong Group. It was only because of this giant tree that the tires could be rapidly promoted and recognized by the masses.

On that palm, one could clearly see palm lines formed by condensed starlight, as if Lin Xi’s own hand had been magnified countless times. The moment it reached out toward Shuidaozi, the heavens and earth roared, as if the very world would collapse under the weight of this sky-covering palm!

The others agreed deeply, knowing this was Ye Luo’s advantage. Especially after seeing that his point-earning efficiency was indeed higher than Eastern Killing Heaven’s, they felt truly relieved and grew more confident that Ye Luo would secure the top spot.

"I didn't expect the Junior Brother's 'Light-Splitting Shadow Step' to have improved so much. Even I could barely distinguish the clones." Beneath the arena, Xing Wujie narrowed his eyes to slits, closely monitoring the battle.

Fan Tianluo nodded. "I am fine. You three must have suffered greatly; what are your cultivation levels now?" She could clearly sense that the water elemental aura around Mu Yu had grown much denser.

Yellow light mist coiled and spiraled among the army of practitioners, a more powerful attack brewing—Lin Ye could sense it.

***

Ye Fan sat in his office, looking up. He thought again of that corpse. It inevitably reminded him of those Shao Yu had killed years ago; those bodies had also been drained of blood, their heads severed. That was the monster Shao Yu had become—he only knew how to kill; he was a pure demon.

"Heh heh, I knew you wouldn't be subdued so easily." Yang Tianlong’s voice came from behind, and Jiao Lie immediately knew something was wrong.

The price finally stabilized at 15 silver coins. The big spenders were no longer interested in bidding; it was meaningless. It only granted immunity to one instance of damage—it wasn't an invincibility skill, and it belonged to a squishy class like the Assassin. The first hit might be negated, but the second would still cost them their life.

"Then don't blame me for being heartless." Despite Su Hongxiu’s desperate pleas, she could not change Gu Ling'er’s mind. The Blood Soul Bead drifted out, emitting a sinister, intense crimson light as it struck.

"Uncle, I don't care, give me a hundred thousand troops, I want to wipe him out!" The cute girl shook her head and reached into the man’s embrace.

This order truly shocked Liu Heng. Leading the vanguard, he had been eager to engage in a great slaughter to claim merit before the Northern King. Hearing such an order, he stood stunned for a long while until Shen Jizi sent a hurried telepathic message to confirm it.

Mo Dengxian curled his lip, but the aroma of the roasted chicken was too tempting, so he grabbed a chicken neck and began to nibble on it.

"I don't know how I escaped. When I woke up, you were by my side, and I brought you here. So far, I haven't found any other survivors, and I doubt there will be any." Bound by secrecy, Dragon Thorn certainly wouldn't tell Blackie the core details.