"Hmph, if I had known this day would come, I should've gone to South River City myself to kill you personally instead of just setting the fire!" Callum said in a glum tone, having realized something at that moment."So it was you!" Chase's intent to kill surged upon hearing this.Even if the perpetrator was from the Shelman family, it did not mean that every member of the family played a role in it. However, Chase had confirmed his suspicion—everyone in the Shelman family was in on it.A chill spread across the venue, turning the sunny noon into a semblance of deception. It was hard to imagine how intense a person's killing intent could be to feel this palpable.Chase recalled the faces of his siblings from Green Hills Orphanage and the kindly, gentle face of the old director. The pain intensified. He realized that he was the cause of the tragedy.In the next moment, his figure flickered, and a member of the Shelman family fell dead beside him. With another flicker, another member
“One, two, three…”He counted the people surrounding both of them.“Only six are left. Chester Shelman, tell me the truth of what happened back then or this is the end of all the Shelmans!” Chase said coldly. There was a murderous rage about him that convinced everyone Chase would go through with his threat.“Stop dreaming, Chase Collins. You don’t need to worry about it. I'll never reveal the truth even after I’m dead.” True energy began emanating around Chester, and it could be felt around him. This was because of the distinctiveness of the Great Void Technique.“You'll pay with your life for what you did to the Shelmans today, Chase Collins!” Chester’s eyes had turned red like a wild beast from looking at what was supposed to be his birthday party at Shelman Residence. It was now a bloody scene. Both of their true energies vibrated, one light and one dark.However, Chase ignored this.A figure flashed passed, and another person out of the six people on guard fell.“Flint!”
The first person Chase approached was Chester. Despite them being just a few steps apart, Chester was already at his limit and could barely stand, much less attack Chase.As Chase slowly approached him, Chester began to bleed out of all his orifices. If he continued being defiant, he would die!He had to kneel if he wanted to live!Even his older brother, Callum, did not give Chester a glance, much less Chase.“It doesn’t matter that I’m not your match, Chase Collins. Even if you destroy the Shelmans and become terribly powerful, you’re still nothing in front of that person. Hahaha!” Callum seemed to have thought of something and burst out laughing.Chase could not help thinking that Callum must have gone crazy when he saw how he was laughing in such a situation.While Callum laughed, Chester could no longer take the pressure. He plopped down on his knees.“Don’t you understand, Chester? He won’t let us live even if you beg for mercy on your knees,” Callum said with grief.Chas
“I promise you, Enola, that I’ll still support your career in the entertainment industry after we’re married.”Enzo got down on one knee and presented an exquisite box to her. It was clear that it was a proposal ring.“Don’t do this, Enzo. You know that I’ve always treated you as my older brother. You’re just a brother to me!” Enola stumbled a few steps back when she saw this.“Is this because of Chase Collins? Stop wasting your time on him, Enola. He’s not coming back. He’s dead!” Enzo got up and moved in closer to her.“What do you mean? What happened to Chase?” Enola quickly asked when she heard the news about Chase.“It is because of him. What’s so great about him? He’s just a hothead, Enola. He offended some powerful people in Chitara, and he’s about to die for that. He won’t be coming back,” Enzo said without beating about the bush.“Come back to me, Enola. Come home and be the little princess of the Langdons, alright?”“Stop it, Enzo!” Enola moved back further.“Don’t be
“Even though I have no idea how you managed to leave Shelman Residence alive, this is the Langdons’ family issue. You should stay out of it. If I were you, I’d leave Chitara right now and stay as far away as possible. "Even if the Shelmans don’t go looking for you, others will come for you just to get into the Shelmans’ good graces.”Enzo stood up from the corner looking furious.Chase smiled when he heard this.The ancient martial arts families must have sealed the news and stopped word of whatever happened that day from leaking,However, even if the news did leak, Enzo would not have found out what happened as someone of his caliber would not be able to get the news. When Chase stayed silent, Enzo thought he had managed to put Chase in his place.“If you know what’s good for you, get lost. Don’t force me into revealing your location to everyone.”Enzo thought he had Chase figured and got even more arrogant.“You’re such a pitiful man. I’ll be frank with you. I’ve killed all
Enola’s fanboys were unhappy to see Chase walking down the red carpet and looking intimate with her. They huddled and began discussing this.After walking down the red carpet and signing on the huge board, Enola and Chase entered the theatre.Asher was busy entertaining his friends in the industry inside the theatre. They were all renowned critics and celebrities. For the drama to do well, the critics played an important part.If the drama was able to impress the critics and earn high praise from them at the very start, it would be able to attract the interest of the general public. The media had a lot of power, and no one should underestimate them.That was why Asher was busy entertaining everyone. As for Enola, she greeted and nodded at a few people she knew and did nothing else.Chase was the same as well.Both of them were in a relaxed mode.That was when Enola noticed someone unexpected was there too.Zara, whom Asher had kicked out of the production team, was there too. S
Someone took the lead to give the movie a standing ovation after it was over.Many were still crying from the drama. They were still invested in the story as it left a deep impression on them.“Say something, Asher.”“Yeah, say something.”Many of them asked Asher to give a speech after watching the screening.Asher was excited to see this. It meant that success was not far away if the majority loved his drama.He walked up the stage slowly.Asher calmed himself down before picking up the microphone to speak, “This drama is the best work I’ve done so far. It’s all thanks to good actors and the hard work of everyone behind the scenes. I won’t say much, but we’ll see each other during awards season.”He walked off the stage after this simple speech.“Congratulations, Asher. I can tell that this drama is going to win you an Oscar.” Ira went up to Asher and congratulated him right away.“You’re much too kind, Ira. Nothing is set in stone yet. We’ll see how things turn out,” Asher
“What are you waiting for? Just say yes.” Enola was even more anxious than Chase was.“I’m not interested,” Chase replied nonchalantly, astounding everyone present.What?Ira was offering the role to him personally, but he was rejecting it.Gosh.Had something gone wrong with the world?How could someone reject the chance to become famous?Anyone who worked on Ira’s productions was sure to become a renowned actor.“Can I know the reason for rejecting the offer?” Ira was astonished as well. He knew his own directing capabilities well and understood what his offer meant to others. However, Ira did not expect the young man in front of him to reject the offer without hesitation. “It’s because I don’t want to see him or her!” Chase pointed at Enzo and Zara.Zara had planned to just be an observer. However, Chase was pointing at her now. Only one word appeared in her mind—ridiculous.Who did he think Ira was? Chase was really full of himself if he thought he could threaten Ira li
As Clive had gained quite a lot, he decided to let it be. He allowed himself to let go of things. However, that being's consciousness began to open up to Clive, and that was when Clive realized how powerful the being was.It was one against the 12 Primal Treasures, and the universe was its target. It had existed for millions of years. The result of allowing it to take over was Clive losing complete control of his body. It was a projected image that vanished after Chase defeated it.However, Clive's body had been modified by it, and Clive's mind and soul were unable to control his own body. This was what had caused Clive to look like he was in a daze right after the match.Rania then used a mystical technique to transmit her cultivation and combine the powers of both parties. It triggered a lost talent within Clive that merged all of the swordsmanship he cultivated to form an unknown sword form that had never been seen before.Clive felt like he had been revived.He looked at the Ni
Inside the halved corpse, faint outlines of Rania and the coachman's bodies could be seen. They were twisted and contorted.Foul-smelling digestive fluid bubbled and hissed, corroding their bodies.Rania appeared to retain a shred of consciousness. "Cli... Clive... Clive... Help me... Save..."Her voice was faint, tremulous, and laced with sorrow. It stirred pity in the heart.In truth, even before she had spoken, Clive had already detected her presence through his spiritual consciousness. He raised his sword. His face was tormented as if he wanted to put a swift end to things. Yet in the end, he let out a long sigh and released a surge of true essence, pulling both the coachman and Rania from River's corpse.The coachman's cultivation was far too low, and his clothes were made of ordinary fabric. They offered no resistance to the corrosive and toxic digestive acid inside River's body.Half of his body was already unrecognizable, with the bones and internal organs exposed. His b
"Pathetic."The Nine-Sea Giant Squid that River had transformed into spoke with a human voice, then opened its gaping maw and swallowed her whole.The coachman, who had leaped off the horse the moment River transformed, scrambled and sprinted away. He was already dozens of feet out.Just then, a dark blur flashed past, and one of River's tentacles shot forward at incredible speed, snatching him back and devouring him in a single gulp as well."Disgusting. That woman tasted better," he muttered while slithering toward the carriage on his tentacles.Suddenly, an explosion echoed from within his belly, and faint glimmers of light shone through the surface of his body."That woman's protective artifact is so weak. Looks like she wasn't treated well in the Norths, after all."River examined himself carefully and found that it was indeed Rania's protective talisman that had just detonated. Yet his body remained largely unharmed. With some minor healing over ten days to half a month, he
Outside Light Divine City, Rania sat inside a carriage with Clive."Clive, say something, will you? You staying silent like this is really worrying me," she said while wiping the sweat from Clive's forehead and letting out a sigh.As a collateral descendant of the Norths, Rania's life had never been particularly easy. She had thought she had finally snagged a golden opportunity with Clive, only for him to fall into a daze after just one match.What was she supposed to do now?Everyone had witnessed their behavior during the tournament. Though some might look down on them, they would undoubtedly see the two of them as a pair by now.If she abandoned Clive at this point, she would surely be labeled a heartless woman.Just then, the carriage came to a halt. They had only left the city less than an hour ago and were still far from Universal Holy Land. Was someone blocking the road? Rania frowned and lifted the curtain.Sure enough, there was someone standing in the way.She looked c
Even though the match had ended, Lisa still could not fully escape the lingering terror.The slimy, wriggling tentacles covered in suction cups and jagged teeth, stretching out toward her… Such images were seared into her mind. The impact had been too great.Though she was a direct descendant of the dragon clan—an authentic ancient lineage and one of the top races in the entire world—she had been completely overpowered then.Normally, her bloodline would exert natural suppression over most others. However, at the time, she was almost crushed by another.She could not even begin to imagine what kind of race could do that."It tried to eat you?" Walter exclaimed in shock.As a great beast himself, he understood just how powerful the dragon clan's pure bloodline was.Even though the incident with the Lightning Dragon kneeling to Chase had dulled some of the mystique around dragons, it remained undeniable that they were a superior bloodline."For a creature to make a dragon feel lik
"Pfft, what Saints or Saintesses? They're just titles. They don't have any real skills to speak of!""Exactly. These so-called Saints who suddenly emerged probably got their status through shady means. The moment they enter a duel, their real strength shows."Amid the chorus of cheers and congratulations, a few jarring voices remained, and one of them was Rania's. Although she was a social climber herself, hearing the crowd ridicule Clive after his defeat made her deeply uncomfortable."That's not true. Clive is not like that," she repeated again and again. Those were the only words she could manage.Several in the crowd recognized her as the one who accepted a gift from Clive earlier and began to mock her."She's the perfect example of a shallow woman. The moment she accepts a gift, she loses her sense of judgment. It's pathetic.""Right? The truth is right in front of her—Clive is just a big show-off with no real skills. And yet she keeps lying to herself.""Hmph. They really a
Later, a certain senior of the sect discovered a secret technique of the Nefarious Spirits.It was to meditate on the image of a divine beast or an overwhelmingly powerful immortal being the embodiment of one's soul. As the level of visualization deepened, one's spiritual soul strength would grow accordingly.This method of cultivating Nefarious Spirits was a hybrid of corpse refining and body cultivation.However, while corpse and body cultivation focused on physical bodies, Nefarious Spirits cultivation trained the intangible—the spiritual consciousness and the mind and soul.After this discovery, they even improved the methods of refining corpses and bodies using it.When refining the body, practitioners would visualize fierce beasts like bears or wolves or celestial warriors, generals, and even gods. The subjects of their visualizations would match with their nature and temperament, making them their own Nefarious Spirits.Fallon's Nefarious Spirit was an ancient giant ape. It
As for Fallon and Carla on the high platform, they clearly sensed that the ominous gaze from above had lessened significantly.Clive, who was facing Chase directly, also felt that his seemingly unstoppable sword strike had suddenly stalled in front of Chase. It could not push forward any further. This shocked him greatly.After all, even when sparring with his own master, he had never encountered this sensation. His master had even praised him for his good fortune after obtaining a peerless sword and for mastering a sword technique unparalleled in this generation. If not for the looming limit of his life span and the need to break through to gain more years, his master would have wanted to cultivate that technique himself.This sword strike, which Clive considered to be the culmination of all his understanding of the sword path, was the most perfect attack he had ever executed since beginning his cultivation journey.Even so, this nameless opponent had forced it back with a single
Tania once attended celebratory events held by other sects, only to encounter top-tier demonic beasts on the road. A brutal battle left her covered in wounds, and she missed the celebration entirely, offending the host.At that time, her master's resentment had already reached its peak.That thousand-year-old wolf demon became the last straw that broke the camel's back.Her master unleashed Emerald Lake Holy Land's most powerful technique—Radiance of Emerald, Eternal Slumber.Heaven and earth changed color the moment it was unleashed. The thousand-year wolf demon gathered all of its cultivation but still could not withstand the strike. It was reduced to ashes in an instant.Tania once thought that the gap between her and her master was not too wide and that she would rightfully inherit the mantle of leadership over Emerald Lake Holy Land within a century.Yet after witnessing that attack, she realized how wrong she had been. From then on, she started training harder and more dilig