“Something’s not right!”Peter looked down at the cigar in his hand, and he realized what the problem was. “There’s something wrong with this cigar.”Dragon Head stayed silent and watched quietly as Peter’s eyes fluttered close. He dropped to the floor like a dead pig, while slipping into a deep sleep. Lord Vedastus kicked Peter and said, “How did a fence-sitter like him even have the guts to come to us?”“Well, when people have lost too much, they tend to see red,” Dragon Head answered.“What are you going to do with him? How about we chop him up and feed him to the sharks?” Lord Vedastus suggested. “It’s quite a waste to feed him to the sharks.” Dragon Head looked at Peter, who was lying on the floor, and with an evil smirk he said, “I have a better plan.”......In a few hours, the Business Alliance introduced a new appearance and finished forming a new team. Thomas was very satisfied with the result. The newly established Business Alliance would be greatly useful to t
After he hung up, Thomas was still thinking about the other party's intentions. Were they true or false?Pisces said, "There must be a problem with Dragon Head! There’s no way he would ask for a truce. Well, then the sun will rise from the west tomorrow. As I see it, he must have set up a trap and has an ambush ready.Thomas laughed, "The time and venue are chosen by me. How can he set up a trap?""Er..." Pisces was speechless but still insisted. "Anyway, I think Dragon Head is not a good person. He certainly has no good intentions."Actually, Thomas also had the same thought.How could a man like Dragon Head choose to sue for peace?For a while, they could not figure out his true intentions. They would not know what was on his mind until they met.Thomas decided on a safer venue and time after much deliberation and had Pisces notify Dragon Head.Two days later, at the appointed time and venue, Thomas sat inside the octagonal pavilion in the park as he patiently waited for the
Thomas was happy, "This is my condition. Just say whether you agree or disagree with it."Dragon Head shook his head. The veins on his forehead twitched. "What nonsense condition is this? You are trying to exterminate us and totally get rid of us! With this attitude, are you here for peace talks?""Good question!" Thomas pounded the table. "That's right! I'm not here for peace talks today!"Dragon Head was astonished. "Why did you ask me out to meet you if you aren't here for peace talks?"Thomas lightly laughed, “Cut that out right now, as if you are also here for peace talks. Just tell me, what are you up to? I don't have much time, so I’m not going to ramble on with you."The situation was very awkward for a while.After a long time, Dragon Head clapped his hands, and the angry expression on his face disappeared, replaced with a cunning and treacherous smirk."You are indeed Thomas. You were already aware that I had ulterior motives?""Well, it seems there is no point in act
Thomas found Dragon Head’s strategy of dealing with him both funny and annoying in how it was really straightforward. However, Thomas seemed to really be in trouble.He knew that the corpse of Peter would have been tampered with, and the evidence found together with the pre-arranged ‘witness’ would point to him. With only Pisces standing at his side, the judiciary would not recognize his words.Hence, Thomas was certainly going to be jailed, but was unlikely to face the death penalty.If the authorities took their time and investigated the matter thoroughly, the truth would be eventually revealed. But the problem was, how long would it take? By the time the truth was revealed and Thomas was released, the entire Celandine City would be under the control of Dragon Head.Then everything would be too late.Dragon Head’s strategy was nasty!Thomas gave a thumbs up, "I’m impressed, I’m really impressed. If not, Dragon Head, how would you be the brains behind the Emperor of Luck, as wel
Excluding Thomas, no one else dared to speak to two of the Golden Zodiacs so arrogantly. Pisces met Dragon Head head-on.“Stop acting like you’re hot shit! Take this!”By common sense, Dragon Head should either block or dodge Pisces's punch. But no matter what he did, Aquarius was already ready with a follow-up.The cooperation between two of the Golden Zodiacs was not to be trifled with! But they did not expect Dragon Head acting way differently from what they expected.Dragon Head stood on the spot without moving a single inch, just like a statue. He was allowing Pisces to punch him in the face!Pisces was dumbfounded. Was this the extent of Dragon Head’s strength?Was it possible that Dragon Head was all brains, no brawns? That could not be it. Both Dragon Claw and Dragon Scale’s strengths were on par with the Golden Zodiacs.How was it possible that Dragon Head, the boss, be so weak?While Pisces was distracted, Aquarius felt that something was wrong and shouted, “Get b
While he was on his way out, Dragon Head thought of ways to deal with the current situation.It was pretty hard for him to continue his stay in Celandine City.For his own sake, he had no choice but to temporarily leave Celandine City, only to return on a later date when the fire calmed down. At the same time, he would be controlling Lord Vedastus, using him as his puppet to deal with Thomas.While he was still deep in his thoughts, they arrived at a cross junction.A bus was blocking the way at the junction. At the same time, a man was leaning on the bus as he smoked quietly.The smoke from his cigarette slowly dissipated into the air.“Hmm?” The car stopped, and the driver said, “Sir, there is someone in front of us!”Dragon Head took a look out of the window and found out the one blocking his path was the one who had been a pain in the ass for him!Thomas!Dragon Head clenched his fist tight. He wanted to kill Thomas right away, putting an end to everything once and for a
Fight!Thomas made the preemptive strike. He dashed forwards in a flash, punching Dragon Head’s forehead.Surprisingly, Dragon Head did not dodge it but stood there rooted to the ground. He countered Thomas’s punch, returning it right to his chest!What was that? Some sort of suicidal move?However, Thomas was an experienced fighter himself. A move where both of them inflicted damage on each other was pretty common. He dodged the punch in a flash and countered, landing a punch on the back of his head.That punch alone would have taken out any ordinary human.Unexpectedly, Dragon Head had a really strong defense. Thomas’s fist was but a mere tickle, dealing no damage at all.“God of War?“Heh, that is all you amount to!”Dragon Head brushed the back of his head disdainfully.With Thomas’s acute fighting sense, he had grasped his opponent’s strength in that single move. He knew that Dragon Head was not being suicidal just now.That was because Dragon Head had a high defense. H
Dragon Head opened his eyes suddenly. It was followed up by him throwing up a mouthful of blood.“*Cough cough...*”Dragon Head gave Thomas a thumbs up. “You sure are powerful. You are the first person who managed to hurt me to such an extent. The title of Asura, the God of War is indeed worthy of its reputation.“But no matter what God of War you are, you must die here today!”While he was still talking, Dragon Head took out a small vial, which looked like a small bottle of wine, from his pocket, and slowly unscrewed the cap off.Dragon Head continued, “Let me tell you another secret today, Thomas. You know that City Luck uses Ancestral Water to control its subordinates, right? But do you know, Ancestral Water is not only a poison that is capable of taking lives but also an elixir that stimulates human potential!”“If they were going to betray us, the City’s Luck would trigger the poison and take away their lives. “If they were in danger, City’s Luck can instead stimulate thei
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