Chapter 722: Spear and Sword

Five li ahead, Pei Ye arrived at the foot of this mountain teeming with scaled fiends.

Those magnificent wonders gradually vanished—not because they never existed, but because they had endured a warlike cleansing and could no longer be seen. Trees lay fallen, grasses broken, dust and stones scattered, the water itself dimmed.

From the moment he crossed a certain line, the scaled fiends no longer cared for him. They drifted and surged upward toward the mountain, as if bound to a single command.

Pei Ye had realized earlier.

In an instant, Li Dai opened his eyes and murmured a response; within his pitch-black pupils, flames seemed to flicker.

She was not shy at all; though meeting Baozhu for the first time, she paid it no mind, picked up her chopsticks and bowl, and began eating.

Holding the heartless girl, his spirit entered the tranquil realm of consciousness, a vast white expanse, where he coalesced a form and carefully searched for the girl’s silhouette.

He Shuping did not answer, merely pointed to the thermos on the table—the ginseng soup inside was still hot.

Perhaps because of their usual understanding, neither made a grand greeting, only nodded.

“It’s not that I don’t want to find some random place—I’m simply tired of being coerced. If the people rise up against us again, do we kill them—or flee?”

Jiang Lang is a highly cautious man; don’t be fooled by his carefree demeanor—when he takes something seriously, it’s always something major.

He searched everywhere but found no one, standing helplessly before the empty room, dazed. Bai Zhi and the head steward hurried forward to support him.

“Young Master Jiang!” Hearing Jiang Lang intended to fire him, the HR executive panicked instantly. He abandoned his post, stumbled after Jiang Lang, but saw only his retreating back.

Half an hour later, Qian Duo washed himself clean and arrived at the hall wearing a crimson-purple wedding robe.

“Go. When you return, bring the blind man’s ‘mobile phone’—let me see it.” Huo Lanxing squinted, smirking at him.

Because the Central Region is the strongest of the Five Regions, gathering the continent’s most elite sects and most powerful clans.

Seeing the many spirit crystals and spirit stones, Gu Yifeng drew a deep breath. Last time he slew Ye Yao, he gained considerable wealth; now, slaying Heisha, he gained even more.

Only half an hour later, Sun Fengzhao’s spirit sense detected two powerful spiritual fluctuations rapidly approaching the coral reef from the eastern and western deep seas. Their strength appeared to be around Level Four or Five—this made Sun Fengzhao’s expression subtly change.

This meant the entire martial artist world recognized Naruto, acknowledged him as the head of a martial arts sect, marking Naruto’s formal entry into the martial artist world.

“I—I won’t leave!” Inoue’s voice trembled with fear, yet her answer eased Naruto’s heart.

Lan Yao looked at the silent Tianhuo. “What do you go to see him for every day?” Lan Yao pointed to Qing Feng.

“Second Grandfather!” Upon seeing Tian Chen, Tianhuo knelt and paid homage—that was the Tian clan’s custom.

“Sigh, you two—sleeping but not returning to the tent, coming here instead? Trying to show off…” The fox looked down at the two already sound asleep at his feet, speaking slowly.

I was about to cheer when I saw Li Yanniang strike Jin Yan’s horse’s flank with her mallet; the horse reared in pain, nearly throwing Jin Yan off. Li Yanniang seized the ball again, dodged past Ming’er, and charged straight for our penalty zone. Seeing this, I spurred forward to intercept—but Zhang Xianru pinned me down tightly.

A single “Shut up!” was far louder than her voice—Ning Wei Yu, standing over ten zhang away on the street, heard it clearly.

“You mean we can ask Luo Yanan and Li Dabei to help investigate the truth?” Zhang the Fat’s suggestion lit a spark in Xin Ye’s mind.

Xuan Puer’s heart tightened—she had no idea her released divine light could last so long, let alone trigger a series of miraculous optical transformations.

The purple-black wooden sword on his back suddenly emitted a sharp metallic ring and shot skyward.

The survivors feared the hidden enemy might launch a counterattack and dared not linger; they followed the river upstream for a stretch, then finally collapsed from exhaustion and sat to rest.

The escapee who had just turned the corner immediately felt his foot crush against something hard.

Suwei, having taken root within Night Owl’s soul, understood Night Owl’s condition and accurately pinpointed his problem.

“Pipipapa, xixilala”—a noisy tune, as if joining the celebration, suddenly amplified the drumbeat and drowned out the world.

But upon returning to the gallery and seeing Cai Haohao, she couldn’t help but softly weep.

Before Lizi finished speaking, Jiang the Artisan shot out of the gathering hall like an arrow—Lizi never even saw how he left.

And because of this, the two wolf clans could no longer maintain their transformed states, reverting to human forms like other shape-shifting cultivators who had died.

Ye Mo considered it. Though still somewhat doubtful, he felt Yilien was right.

Ku Liqiang slowly bent to accept it. The three hidden masters from Dali suddenly felt their impulsive exposure of identity had been entirely worth it.

She had never been overly wary of Xuan Yuan Liye; her slightly parted teeth made his entry easier.

The three hurried to pick it up—and discovered the giant poison frog had dropped a Level 35 inferior dagger. Instantly, they felt as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over their heads.

The medicinal field now held almost no edible fruits. Based on today’s sales figures, the 35 mu of herbs could yield only about 800 Emperor Sand grains.

Qin Ni looked toward Xiang Hailong, who immediately seized the gun and pressed its muzzle against his temple.

Long Hun remembered clearly: on several occasions, Gu Feng had relied on that golden-yellow aura to turn the impossible into possible, escaping certain doom.

“You should leave immediately after this—you’ve already helped my family immensely. There’s no need for you to bear further danger.” Zhang Jinxuan brought up the same point again.

A Volkswagen pulled up to the Zhang family gate, and all Zhang family members and guests had gathered at the entrance waiting. In China today, even top officials still mostly used Volkswagens—not yet all Audi A6s.