Chapter 244: Fierce Battle

Flowers bloomed in clusters, the depth of spring thick with meaning; outside the small pavilion, peach and plum trees swayed in the gentle breeze, their fallen petals scattered across the path paved with snow-white pebbles.

On the thirteenth day of the fourth month, the Song court received a battle report: Zhao Xu's personal expeditionary army, after paying a heavy price, had shattered and dispersed the Western Xia heavy cavalry, the Iron Owls, annihilated the elite infantry, the Hengshan Foot Soldiers, and laid siege to Xingzhou in the Xingqing Prefecture.

The entire court of civil and military officials breathed a sigh of relief; during this period, letters from the Liao Kingdom had been constant, and the Great Song had been demanding exorbitant annual tributes from Western Xia.

"This is the territory of the Solar System; who are you, and what is your business here?" Yun Lu asked coldly. Although the other party was an enemy and not a friend, Yun Lu still offered courtesy before force.

A flash of cold light passed beneath Huo Lingfeng's cool eyes; the hand holding the wine cup paused, then he raised it and drained the wine in one gulp, striving to suppress the disgust rising in his heart.

"Since the success rate is so high, let us act now; such a high probability truly tempts my heart, though I wonder how much we can steal!" Kong Ji looked at Pan Yuhong with a hint of temptation.

Ye Weiyang was about to accept the challenge when a black-clad man floated past from behind, blocking his path. The man held a sword in his right hand, swung and raised it, and the two blades clashed; yet no sparks of love flew from the collision. Instead, the sound of metal striking metal rang out in the previously silent night as the black-clad man and the black-robed figure engaged in a fierce fight.

Truly not cute at all, especially Shangguan Jinyan, who even dragged his sister away from him.

Counting the original eleven portions of Blue Primordial Power, Jupiter stored a total of twenty portions of Primordial Power.

What worried him was that he, a spymaster who did nothing but kill and burn, was being ordered by His Highness the Crown Prince to relieve a disaster!

"That has basically been carried out across the entire empire; after all, when our Soul Clan possesses human bodies, we can acquire their memories, and our own aura is hidden so perfectly that even a General-level powerhouse cannot detect us," Hua Hao Wuhun said.

Even the Khanate of Kazan, which gathered tens of thousands of the finest warriors from Siberia to set an ambush, fell to his hand.

After exchanging polite greetings with Youqin Yiqi, Puyang Chun's attention focused entirely on Zhuo Qinglin. What almost made Youqin Yiqi laugh out loud was that Zhuo Qinglin, who had just been chatting and laughing with her and spoke the Shield Common Tongue very fluently, now pretended not to understand, looking at Puyang Chun with a blank expression as he flaunted his lineage and wealth.

Lin Que was speechless; he found it seemed increasingly difficult to conquer the Flathead Brother, whose mouth was becoming more and more like his own.

This was almost the worst scenario they could foresee; they had indeed slain that vanguard and indeed annihilated the vanguard army, but they had also learned several things.

On the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth month, the bed next to the ward was empty, with no family members present, yet daily necessities sat on the table.

When Xiao Jian bullied her, she pouted and refused to eat; later, starving, she ran to the kitchen to steal food, was caught by that fellow who laughed at her, got beaten, screamed once, and then ran away.

Wang Yumo pressed her forehead and said, "Is this really okay? On the day of your wedding, is it really appropriate to care so much about me? Can you just treat us as invisible or let us go?"

"I am so tired." She tilted her head, pressed her face against Jiang Yichen's chest, listened to his heartbeat, and involuntarily closed her eyes.

Brown continued introducing his coffee; he was using these actions to demonstrate his goodwill toward Feng E, after all, he would rely on him to support his work here.

He established his own school and even brought the "Sun God" under his banner. He further intended to use this operation to eliminate the backbone of Kennedy's forces—the assassins from the four assassin groups.

For a period afterward, he even enjoyed sitting at the bridgehead by the river, watching a group of old men play chess; his days were quite pleasant, of course, except for his master and Old Sun, who held their mobile phones day and night.

With a few flips of the spatula, the old man scooped the stir-fried dish onto the plate; every strand of shredded potato was nearly identical, yellow with a hint of red, seasoned with secret spices. This was Lu Ting's favorite dish, spicy, fragrant, and refreshing.