Chapter 523

Shi Ya, after dressing properly, took a deep breath and, under the guidance of the AI, entered the fleet command center.

“Report the battle situation.”

Its gaze was piercing and commanding; it methodically reviewed the intelligence files shelved by ‘Lie’e,’ while promptly responding to orders from each theater, actively mobilizing ground forces to deploy and execute defensive systems.

“Currently, the enemy has occupied over 80% of the ship’s equatorial region.”

“Aren’t you the one who told me you rent an apartment near Jin Meiren? That’s why I came.” Lao Liang said.

Seeing Shen Bingyan about to vanish before her eyes, Shen Bingyan decided to act decisively; she tapped her foot and followed after her—she wouldn’t let Shen Bingyan gain any advantage.

Qian Shicai heard the commotion outside but paid no attention; such incidents had happened many times before, and he no longer cared.

“Old man, that’s not certain,” Shen Yaxi coldly called out to Qiu Yun; seeing the Furious Dragon devour her spiritual energy, she whipped her long whip, feinted once, and in a flash of golden light, her figure vanished before Qiu Yun’s eyes.

The Empress Dowager thought Grand Xuan Xi might still not grasp the strategic importance of the Liaodong Peninsula to Bohai Kingdom, and that the Dou family had played a dishonorable role in this matter; she must make Grand Xuan Xi understand that only by making Li Ye the Prince of Liaodong could the peninsula be controlled.

Many assumed she would anger the Holy Envoy, since those in high positions never accepted gifts from others—but no one expected the boy to actually reach out and take it.

But these weren’t the issue; the issue was that Zhang Tiancheng needed time—Mizhou and Yizhou now held only their county seats under government control; everywhere else had already fallen into Li Ye’s grasp.

Master Xuanji had long noticed these stained-glass windows, which seemed meant to attract customers; Le Mengjiao’s carriage was fitted with many such glass panels, and without Le Mengjiao’s explanation, Master Xuanji had thought these glass pieces were extremely valuable.

He knew Shang Pan Lengfeng felt terrible after being humiliated, and the coach had just scolded him; now he’d just given the opposing card a free point, and he couldn’t shake the feeling that Lengfeng’s gaze at him had changed.

“Yes, long enough—Xian’er has not failed her mission and has retrieved the military tally.” Xian’er replied, pulling a gleaming military tally from her waist.

“This is straight out of a fantasy blockbuster…” An Shubao’s mouth hung open wide enough to fit a fist.

Mi’er shook her head, glanced at the two newly installed cameras facing the kitchen door, and irritably flicked her tail.

Mu carefully studied the examiner, too lazy to correct his gender, and wiped the crimson from the corner of his mouth with a casual hand.

“What’s the rush?” Shangguan Honglie released Feng Yufei from his arms, displeased.

It felt to everyone like he’d just said in a nightclub: “Tonight’s drinks are on me.”

Their only concern was unforeseen incidents, but these Fang elders didn’t want the boy to encounter them so soon.

Zhang Mu dismissed it, his pupils contracting slightly as he spotted the faint sword marks on Gao Xuan’s body, growing ever more wary of this man.

Explaining this situation was difficult. Wang Ru was slow-witted—he didn’t understand Wang Yafeng’s thoughts, nor could he understand the thoughts of anyone around him. Most of the time, he didn’t even understand himself.

Yet Li Feng’s absorption of merit still couldn’t keep pace with its generation; as far as the eye could see, the entire space was filled with merit energy in midair, filling the shadow behind Li Feng until it became as solid as a physical form.

Hearing this, Ze Jin was surprised—his teacher was a sub-deity-level mage who mastered soul magic; even if Cha Si didn’t speak up, Apophis should have had over a hundred ways to extract everything from his soul—but now?