Chapter 98: The Three Demon Gods' Patient Wait

After the Radiant Angel Legion and the fifth-rank assassins unleashed their strength, the No. 1 Scholar-class Demon-Hunting Squad was scattered along with Sheng Lingxin.

Bai Nianxuan noticed the invisible fighters of the Dike clan.

As Bai Haochen urged Haoyue into a charge, their group reached an open clearing.

Before Sheng Lingxin could warn them, most of the Dike clan's invisible fighters had already been eradicated by Bai Nianxuan with Solar Fire.

The knight's fifth-rank skill—Solar Fire.

The golden flames seemed to purify the darkness itself.

In that instant, Yun Xuanran and Yun Buping both recalled the days when Fragrant Grass Company had been at its peak, riding high like the sun at noon.

Fahai struck out with a palm behind him, but Chen Chen's sword was already descending before him. He hastily yanked the Buddhist beads from his neck.

"Let's sort it out first!" Jiang Guo'an's deep eyes gazed into the night, and Cao Mengde's lines suddenly surfaced in his mind: "An old steed in the stable still yearns to gallop a thousand li."

Ye Xiao watched the graceful figure recede into the distance. Deep within his sea of consciousness, the white silhouette had long since reverted to the form of a Taiji Bagua diagram. Now, as Ye Xiao fell into thought, the diagram hummed and revolved like a compass.

After entering the game, Qin Ming stopped paying attention to the messages. Since the game could grant items, he had to focus properly. This was the beginner level, so of course there must be intermediate and advanced levels—were there rewards for those as well?

Bai Xue saw Jiang Lanqing's bluffing air of confidence and could not help rolling her eyes, ruthlessly mocking her.

"So this fellow is the one Old Wu brought in?" the fat man mused to himself. He looked up at Cheng Hao and could not help letting out a cold sneer.

Walking out of the cake shop, Zhang Zhenzhen looked at the milk and bread in her hands and realized she too had splurged a little.

Just as he thought he could relax, a shadow suddenly flew out from the adjacent room and rushed toward them. The shadow was the giant bat. It had been a long while since they last saw it, and its body had grown considerably larger. Spreading its sharp claws, it struck from behind, trying to bite Su Bing.

"What's going on?" Cheng Hao could not help asking as he saw the two fellows looking as if they had seen a ghost.

"Fine. Oh, right, I've been out of money these past few days. Hand it over." A thought stirred in Mi Ning, and she extended her hand toward Ouyang Liancheng.

"Mother Empress would never interfere in matters of state, so when you punished the two ducal mansions, she did not stop you. The Han family now holds no power, and its standing is nothing like before. Could Mother Empress not even keep a single shred of honor and respect for them?" The Han Dowager's attitude began to soften, and she turned to playing the family card.

More than a hundred li from the capital, at the foot of Nine-Dragon Mountain, the Three Inauspicious Stars knelt on one knee in a bramble thicket, while a group of Wang Wulie's trusted Northern Army subordinates stood tense sentry.

He threw a punch into the sky. The Solar True Fire and Nanming Fire on Ye Shiqiu's arm intertwined and shot upward together, dyeing the entire sky of the Battle Qi Continent crimson, and even the void itself cracked.

Meng Eshi likewise felt the killing intent growing ever more intense—like thorns pressed against his back, like a blade tip against his throat. Yet he could not strike first. Once he moved, he would be led by the opponent's blade momentum, and his fist stance would fall into the disadvantage.

Manager Jin, who had been somewhat uneasy at heart, began to feel buoyant when he saw the servants attending to them so thoughtfully. He assumed it was because they valued his status. Recalling how people in other countries had always gone out of their way to please him in the past, his originally placid expression gradually gave way to arrogance.

Earthblaze Stone was the least required among all the ores needed for the Nine Wastelands—only three liang and three qian were needed. Calculating that more than five days still remained, it should be ample. After refilling their water skins, the two immediately changed direction and hurried toward the Earthblaze Stone mine.

After all, in her alchemy furnace, a pill was still being refined—it had not yet been perfected, nor had it been taken out in time.

Raising his eyes to watch Bai Yue Linglong's departing figure, he suddenly felt a touch of interest rising in his heart. He stood up and walked out at a leisurely pace.