“Well, is there any problem?”Ethan almost died of anger because of the other party’s words. Yeah, he had a lot of money and was willing to spend it. He could not care much.In fact, if it was six hundred million or seven hundred million dollars, Ethan could still make up his mind and win this auction.But it was raised to four billion dollars in one go, so how was he going to win it?Even if he won the auction, there was no profit at all. After returning, he would still be scolded to death by Lord Vedastus. Besides, he did not even have four billion dollars.A voice from the corner sounded, “Auctioneer, isn’t it time for you to call out?”The auctioneer came back to his senses.He coughed and shouted, “Four billion dollars first.”Obviously, nobody followed up. Who could afford to use four billion dollars to bid these cultural relics?“Four billion dollars second.”Ethan’s hands were trembling. At this time, it was too late for him to even call Lord Vedastus.“Last chance!”
When Ethan got in the car and was about to go back, he saw Thomas and the auctioneer walking out together. The two of them were talking and laughing, and they seemed happy.The more they were like this, the angrier Ethan became.He clenched his fists.Should he go back just like this and watch Thomas become triumphant because of success?He was unhappy, extremely unhappy!Young people had a relatively quick temper, especially those of noble birth like him. He had been superior to others since childhood and had not seen the harsh reality of society.Ethan had always bullied others, but no one had ever bullied him.He could not just let it go.Ethan said to the driver, “Call Birdy and tell him that it’s time to work.”The driver nodded. “Understood.”Birdy was a thug specially hired by the Art Trading Corporation, and it could even be said that he was a thug specially hired by Ethan. He was vicious and cruel.Whenever Birdy did something, it would lead to a major event, which
Thomas took out a cigarette and lit it. He smoked it slowly and asked, “You stopped my car and brought so many people. What do you want to do?”Ethan chuckled. He pointed his finger at the burly man beside him and said, “Let me introduce him to you. He is the No. 1 thug in Celandine City, Birdy. He usually wouldn’t make a move. However, once he makes a move, they are either killed or injured, and all of them are major events.“Thomas, you are brave enough to challenge the Art Trading Corporation. So, I’ll have to let you know that the Art Trading Corporation is not something you should mess with. Don’t even think of going back alive today.”Thomas narrowed his eyes and looked at the young man in front of him. He smoked and said, “There used to be two men as crazy as you. One named Bernard, and another named Silvester. The results of their fight with me were that one was killed, while one was arrested. Your name is Ethan Barlow, right? Do you think you are more powerful than Bernard
Ethan, a “talented young man” with a high status in Celandine City, had lost his life in an instance.It was his fate to meet Gemini.After Gemini finished killing people, he still felt not satisfied enough and wanted to continue killing. However, those people brought by Birdy had already been scared and ran away. How could anyone dare to stay?Today, they had seen what the real devil was.In some aspects, Gemini, the devil, was more of a deterrent than Thomas, the God of War.After a search, Gemini found that there was no one to kill. He stretched out his hand and brushed his long blue hair back. Then, he licked the blood off his fingers and walked away.Inside the car, Pisces shook his head and said, “Commander, are you sure he’s really a human, not a beast? Apart from his human shape, which part of him looks like a human?“Even when it comes to a ruthless professional killer like Scorpio, I can still communicate with him normally. But with Gemini, I can’t even talk to him nor
Thomas’s attempt to lure the enemy out was a complete failure.The trouble he caused at the auction did not make Lord Vedastus angry at all. It made Lord Vedastus see through Thomas’s current situation instead. He was all the more assured and determined to leave Thomas aside.It was an extremely unsuccessful move.But…Behind this unsuccessful move was another move. It was a low, unskilled, and purposeful move. It could be seen through at a glance.But even if they saw through this move, they would still fall into the trap.When Lord Vedastus and Hayden despised Thomas, a bodyguard walked in with a box in his hand.“Mr. Vedastus, a man asked me to give this to you. He said that it was sent by Thomas.”“Oh?”Lord Vedastus smiled. “I guess it’s something provocative. Thomas, you keep provoking me. Do you think I’ll be fooled? On the contrary, the more you make a fuss, the less attention I’ll pay to you.”As he spoke, he opened the box.“Let me see what provocative thing Thomas
Thomas and Pisces returned to Food and Medicine Hall. As soon as the car stopped, they saw a large group of people surrounding the door, looking inside with their heads stretched out. It felt like some big star had come.“Is there any guest?”The security separated the crowd and let Thomas walk in smoothly. As soon as he walked in the door, he saw an acquaintance, Blake, the editor-in-chief of the famous food magazine “Aroma”.However, although Blake was famous, not many people would try to get a glimpse of him.After all, he was an old man. How many people would like to see him so much? What everyone really wanted to see was the girl sitting next to Blake.The girl was very beautiful. However, she looked a little thin, and her body looked a little skinny.For such a girl, if the full score was ten marks, she could probably score eight marks. She was beautiful, but she had not yet reached the level of an extremely beautiful person. So, she should not attract so many people to see
He was only trying to check her pulse, yet that was considered taking advantage of her? This girl was really spoiled. “Oh Phoebe, this is part of the rules in Food and Medicine Hall.” Blake hurriedly tried to convince her to receive treatment. “You have to let them know about your condition, and only then will they be able to prepare food that suits your needs.” With a cold face, Phoebe said, “No way! How can a peasant touch me with his filthy hands?”The comment would have pissed off most people, but Thomas was amused instead. He had seen a lot of people, but this was the first time he had seen a lady with such a melodramatic personality.“It’s fine if you do not want me to touch you,” Thomas said calmly as he fished out a thin thread. “But kindly tie this thin string around your wrist and I can check your pulse remotely, Miss Mars.”That was something that just a few people were capable of.Phoebe gave Thomas a skeptical look. “I’ll see what tricks you have up your sleeve, yo
Blake, too, was feeling embarrassed. Before they arrived, he had been praising Thomas as if he were a saint, and even said that Food and Medicine Hall was one of the rare and legendary diners. But in the end? After making a show out of all the examinations, he just came out with a bowl of blue cheese. Was there ever a time when blue cheese was considered a proper dish? It was only a side dish!In Blake’s opinion, Phoebe's behavior enraged had Thomas, so he did not make a proper dish for her and even had prepared blue cheese to spite her.Blake let out a sigh and said to Thomas, “Mr. Mayo, I came here to seek your help. Sincerely. Perhaps Phoebe said something unpleasant to you before this, and I apologize. But, please, don’t stoop to this level and resort to this foolish act on purpose.”Thomas immediately raised his hands in surrender and said, “No, I’m not fooling about. I’m serious.”He was not joking? Blake looked at the blob of weird-colored blue cheese on the table an
No one knew how far down the title Emperor of Luck was inherited.They had finally caught Luck.Following that, Eric leaped into action and reeled in his haul as fast as he could. With that, all the remaining accomplices of Luck were caught in one fell swoop!The two million innocent citizens were saved, as all of them took the antidote.Once again, Thomas saved the day.In order to express their gratitude, the citizens decided to erect statues of Thomas in Celandine City and many other cities as well.In the House of Vistaria.Phoebe ran towards her father hurriedly. She then smiled at him and said, “What did I tell you, dad? Thomas will definitely turn things around, right? I won!”Declan was so agitated, that he started tearing up.Thomas was really too amazing. He was capable of turning things around, even in such a predicament.At the same time, the curse that had plagued the Mars family for over a thousand years was finally broken. From then onwards, Declan was finally
Luck was dumbfounded. Why was Thomas still alive and kicking?“No need to doubt your own eyes. I am indeed still alive.”The crowd parted, making way for a very familiar figure. It was Thomas, the very Thomas whom the public watched him die.As he walked, he said, “Our previous research has already reached ninety-nine percent completion. But no matter how hard we tried, the final one percent remained out of our grasp. At that time, I thought that perhaps the only way was to drink the Ancestral Water and experience the poison itself, which would allow me to have a breakthrough for the final one percent.“And that was what happened. I managed to do it.“After drinking the Ancestral Water, I finally understood what the one percent was and successfully created the antidote for Ancestral Water. Now that the antidote has been created, it will sever your connection with the Ancestral Water.“You will not be able to kill anyone anymore.“You have lost, Luck.”Lost?Luck's eyes were wi
It was obvious that Eric could not afford to take a gamble this time. But he had no choice. His only choice was to listen to whatever the other party said and prepare a helicopter in twelve hours’ time.That was not all. He was also supposed to request for his superiors to help Luck get out of the country.The thought of it made Eric furious.“Damn it!”He left in anger to deal with the rest of the matter.The sky of Celandine City was covered with clouds.The patriarch, Declan, was in his garden in the House of Vistaria. He stared at the withered flowers as he grieved.His entire life was spent supporting Mr. Cole in hopes that he would be able to create an antidote to Ancestral Water. But at the end of the day, Mr. Cole accomplished nothing.His two disciples — Capricious Holy Hand Elliot, and Thomas — were both dead.There was no one in the world who was capable of creating the antidote for Ancestral Water anymore.“Alas...” Declan sighed. It seemed that it was impossible
At that moment, the general public was suddenly dumbfounded, as if struck by lightning. Everyone was down in the dumps.Many of those with poor psychological strength directly collapsed on the ground.They believed Thomas' death could be exchanged for their own safety, but who knew, in the end, they got nothing, and Luck, as usual, used their lives as a bargaining chip to force the authorities to listen to His Majesty's words.No antidote to Ancestral Water would ever be created by chance.The lives of people were still in His Majesty's hands.Whenever luck wanted them to die, they would die without any ability to resist.However, this was not the most frightening part. What was even more frightening than this was that the only person who could create the antidote to Ancestral Water had been forced to die alive by them.It would be impossible to create the antidote to Ancestral Water without Thomas.Mr. Cole and Elliot had all died, Thomas was the last person who mastered the
Eric sighed deeply, "Thomas, even though things have reached this point, you still remain so kind.""I have nothing to say except to choose death because the research failed." Thomas let out a long breath. "Before I die, I want to talk to my family on the phone."Originally, Emma and the others came to Celandine City because they wanted to be reunited with Thomas.Who knew it had turned into a life and death situation?The world was like a chess game; everything was unpredictable.When Thomas was video calling with his family, Emma was already bathed in tears at the other end. She was crying and shouting at Thomas to not be impulsive, and saying perhaps there was still room for things to turn around.That was what she thought, but it was not the case.Every minute Thomas dragged on, more people perished as the result of Ancestral Water, and the crowd’s fear and rage grew.Thomas’ life no longer belonged to him."Honey, take care of the baby."I love you."Those were Thomas’
For such demanding research, half a day was really too short.Thomas had recruited the best doctors and researchers he could find to work on a detailed study of Ancestral Water.In the past, it was difficult to achieve breakthroughs in the research on Ancestral Water. That was because figuring out how to create an antidote for the Ancestral Water was challenging. On the other hand, it was also because obtaining the Ancestral Water was incredibly difficult. Because they only had a few samples, the results were underwhelming.However, it was different now. Because the entire city's water supply had been turned into Ancestral Water, they were able to collect the samples at their convenience. This made it much easier for Thomas and the others to get the materials.With Thomas in charge, hundreds of researchers were conducting a massive study in just half a day. Unfortunately, things did not go according to plan.Thomas still failed. “We almost got it.“We were so close to makin
How sinister. “All we want is nothing but—safety.“As long as we’re safe, we definitely won’t make it difficult for everyone. If we’re safe, no one will die.“Now then, I have a small request to make to ensure everyone’s safety.“I demand that Thomas drink Ancestral Water immediately! This person is a real hassle for His Majesty, and we must keep him under our control for our own protection. Please forgive us for the inconvenience.“We'll only give everyone half a day to consider this. The emperor will begin killing people if Thomas does not step forward and drink Ancestral Water by this afternoon.“Okay. I've said everything I wanted to say. Goodbye.” The TV screen went dark, and so did Eric's face.He kicked the trash can over and said fiercely, “What is this? You're the only person in the world who can create an antidote for Ancestral Water’s poison, Thomas!“Once you drink Ancestral Water, you’ll be controlled by them!“Won't you have to obey Luck's every command by the
After listening to Thomas’ description, Eric also displayed a look of shock and said two words, “As expected.”What did he mean by, as expected?Was it possible that Eric knew that Luck was behind it from the start?“Thomas, follow me.”Eric took Thomas into an empty ward and locked the door. The two sat in the corner of the ward.He whispered, “There is a piece of news that I haven’t announced to the public, that is, besides Celandine City, there are more than ten cities that have problems. Do you know which cities they are?”Thomas’ eyes lit up. He already knew what Eric wanted to say.At the previous meeting, Eric had clearly stated that more than ten cities across the country had been controlled by Luck. Now, there happened to have more than ten cities where residents had been poisoned.Was there such a coincidence?Thomas said, “The residents are poisoned by Ancestral Water. Over ten cities are all under the control of Luck’s forces, so it is almost a certainty that Luck
“I didn’t. I saw the news early in the morning and was shocked. I haven’t dared to drink a sip of water until now.” Pisces took a deep breath and said, “Is this a natural disaster or a man-made disaster? It’s really terrible.”No matter whether it was a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, it was no small matter.Soon, Thomas drove to the hospital.Eric had been waiting here for a long time. As soon as he saw Thomas coming, he quickly let him enter the ward.He saw a patient lying on the hospital bed with his eyes closed, and his body was trembling. Although it was very hot, he was as cold as if he had just been lifted out of the freezer.A doctor walked over and said, “Mr. Mayo, let me tell you the general overview of the current situation.”The virus was spread through water sources.After drinking water with the virus, the virus would lurk in the human body.However, lurking did not mean that it would cause an outbreak.At present, over one hundred thousand people had b