Chapter 62: Humiliation

Yang Qiang was filled with shock. Had Zhao Hao not already been subdued by Big Brother Lin Yu and agreed to pay off his debts?

Could it be that that bastard had gone back on his word and was now trying to make a false counter-accusation?

At that moment, downstairs at the Liu Corporation.

A black commercial vehicle sped over.

It came to a direct halt right at the entrance of the lobby on the first floor of the Liu Corporation!

A person stepped out of the vehicle.

Ignoring the security guards' attempts to stop him, he barged straight inside!

That person's face was covered in bruises.

Blood was still constantly oozing from the corner of his mouth, and his arms were completely wrapped in bandages!

Yet, he paid no attention to any of it.

His face was filled with utter terror.

He practically hammered the elevator button as if trying to break it!

That person.

Was none other than Zhao Hao!

Upon learning of Lin Yu's formidable power,

he had rushed immediately to the Liu Corporation,

intending to apologize...

"You are too modest, My Lord. If the Venerable Elder were to step forward personally, this matter would achieve even greater results with half the effort," Jia Xu said with a smile and a slight nod. The Venerable Elder he referred to was naturally Xiao Yuan.

"All of you, pass down the order immediately: no one in the clan is allowed to venture out without authorization. Everyone is to remain within the clan and await further instructions."

Since the Emperor had apologized to everyone, what more could his subjects do? The civil and military officials had no choice but to hurriedly return the courtesy, putting on a facade of deep respect between monarch and subjects.

"No matter. The two elders must have something of great importance to discuss, so please speak at once," the Phoenix Emperor said pleasantly.

Xue Rengui grit his teeth fiercely and shouted in a deep voice, "There is no time left! Open the door!" With that, he was the first to charge forward.

This stalemate lasted for about a full minute. The ghost messenger had forgotten how many times his lips had trembled, and finally, he spoke in a low voice.

"Move a bit further out, there is some light over there. Let me take a good look at your wound," Ling'er said.

"Born ten thousand years ago? And right here? Could your mother be..." the Sect Master replied with a highly gossipy tone.

Huang Xuanling smiled bitterly and shook his head. It wasn't that he wanted to come out of seclusion at this moment, but the current situation left him with no other choice.

Ji Kao shouted sternly. Having witnessed the divine might of all these astral generals, he had long desired to utterly slaughter them and harvest their souls.

"It's all thanks to Second Brother!" She sat down beside her second brother with her spoils of war, resting her head on his shoulder while murmuring endlessly.

Accompanied by a loud crash, the four of them had just made contact with the light barrier when it instantly flared with blinding brilliance. A powerful surge of energy burst forth from it, violently hurling the four of them more than a dozen meters away. They spat blood and instantly lost consciousness, looking so miserably battered that the blow alone had likely cost them half their lives.

Tianqi turned back to give him a look. Whether it was an illusion of the Vast Desert and Solitary Smoke, he felt that Tianqi's gaze lingered for a moment right over his heart—much like the way Tianqi had sized him up the very first time they met, staring intently at his heart.

At the very same time, everyone's gaze instantly converged in a certain direction, yet the person being stared at acted completely oblivious, calmly sitting in cross-legged meditation and standing in a daze amongst them.

"Third Uncle..." I intended to ask anything casually; the more I asked, the more information I would gather to help me make a judgment. But before I even had the chance to speak, the old blind man gently tapped my foot with his blind staff.

The problem was, would Linghui truly put away those improper thoughts as she had repeatedly warned herself in her heart?

"Liu family descendant Liu Ruixiang, Li family descendant Li Sen—how is it that you possess such pitiful combat strength?" Longlong sneered.

Baimu went to the Underworld and, true to her word, stayed glued to her mother's side until she met Di Ting. Di Ting told her that the Great Heavenly Sovereign was in the West; it was likely too far away, so he could neither hear what the Great Heavenly Sovereign was doing nor pinpoint his exact location.

Yet precisely because he was being overly cautious, it might inevitably arouse Yu Haoxi's suspicions. Besides, An Jin's sudden visit this time carried unknown motives; one wondered if Yu Feng had asked her to verify his safety.

The two Pokémon's signature moves collided, stirring up a cloud of smoke. When the smoke cleared, the members of Team Galaxy were nowhere to be found.

What we have been plotting all along—though unsaid to you explicitly—is something your cleverness should easily deduce.

"Blood curse? What is a blood curse? Why is it so powerful? Can it not be undone?" Fairy He asked the very question Lü Dongbin was most eager to ask at that moment.

As for how Wang Xiao knew the current location of Officer Wang, Wang Xiao naturally had his own sources of information.

"Those were disastrous times. Many things I can no longer remember, save for the fact that a massive catastrophe erupted then, and nearly all Pokémon perished in that calamity."

Only wild girls who grew up playing in the countryside possessed such agile movements—specifically, children from mountainous regions leaping from high places to low ones.

Looking at Gardevoir's demeanor, Cheng Cheng suddenly understood. He had forgotten that Gardevoir was actually a "boy," and getting a boy to act spoiled was indeed no easy task.

Even that elder master of Nantian Xing, who had reached the realm of returning to simplicity, furrowed his brows and narrowed his eyes at that moment.

For someone who had run amok within the Luotuo family for so many years, his network and influence could not possibly be eradicated so easily.

Mo Lei recalled at that moment that the madman Zhou's wide crow's mouth was always terrifyingly accurate, albeit with some minor differences in the process. In the end, he still had to face the trial of life and death set by that renowned prodigy.

The "corpse" on the ground emitted a coughing sound, then struggled as it prepared to crawl up from the ground.

For millions of years, the fox clan had been brutally suppressed by the wolf clan. There were plenty of instances where wolf demons bullied fox spirits, but never had a fox spirit dared to force a wolf demon to kneel and kowtow.

A harsh, gurgling sound scraped from the throats of the two wolf-headed men as crimson blood seeped continuously along the arrow shafts, and they collapsed backward.

What baffled him, however, was that Chen Yufeng could actually escape from Jiang Hao's clutches alive. This—what could this possibly mean?

How could I be any different? I hadn't felt it earlier due to the tension, but now I could feel that my back was clammy, soaked in a layer of cold sweat. Once I sat on the palanquin, I realized my hands and limbs had gone completely limp from exhaustion. The bowl of porridge I had eaten earlier... couldn't possibly restore much strength. While my body was utterly fatigued, my mind remained in a state of extreme tension and excitement.