Volume 1, Chapter 42: Well Played, Girl Qu

"Qu Pan, kneel down and beg me, and I might spare your life."

Fu Hao picked up his teacup, took a sip, and looked completely leisurely.

"Make me beg you?" Qu Pan let out a mocking sneer.

"Girl, let me give you a piece of advice. This is hardly the time to be stubborn..." Huo Xin swept a look of utter contempt toward Chu Hanliang.

Chu Hanliang raised an eyebrow with a playful glint in his eye, leaning over to whisper in Qu Pan's ear.

"I'm no longer a young marshal, and everyone is bullying me. My darling, I'm counting entirely on you to protect me now."

Qu Pan tilted her head slightly, watching Chu Hanliang's handsome lips part and close right before her eyes. She didn't want to admit that she was a sucker for good looks, but having tasted that sweetness, she knew all too well how wonderful those lips felt to kiss.

"Behave yourself..." Qu Pan warned.

Chu Hanliang...

The single attribute point gained from reaching level 18 was once again added to agility by Zhang Cheng. With this, Old Cat's agility attribute broke through the major threshold of 20 points, resulting in a noticeable increase in movement speed.

Chetokeyorich was utterly terrified. He never expected that while locked in a tense standoff with the Freemasonry, the Rothschild family would still manage to dispatch manpower, and it was blatantly obvious they were coming straight for him, Chetokeyorich. Having no other choice, he had to swallow his pride for the time being, making every preparation to withstand the impending retaliation of the Rothschild family.

In ancient times, regardless of equipment, items, or materials, values were divided into seven grades based on gray, white, green, blue, purple, golden, and red.

"That is naturally not a problem. Dozens of white-furred corpses and dozens of purple-furred corpses can be easily procured, and it won't even attract the attention of the Lustful Old Man," Kong Qin said generously.

These mechanisms within the Divine-Demon Trials were actually not all that rare. One occasionally encountered ruined relics of the Divine-Demon Trials within certain underground palaces and dungeons, which contained some mechanisms alongside similar replica traps, though none of them were quite this difficult.

Hearing this, Lin Feng's mood improved somewhat. There was no helping it; his own wife was simply the best, knowing how to speak well of him. As he said this, he cast a resentful glare at Shui Ruyue, as if saying, "Just wait and see how I deal with you later."

Lu Fei could tell that this fellow appeared to be performing some kind of ritual, so he could not possibly let him continue.

He understood that the general had chosen him precisely because of his blood ties to the Yang family. Had it been someone else with a superior background, they would have competed with Cen Yue for credit; had it been someone with an inferior background, they would inevitably have been suppressed by Cen Yue. Only someone like him, whose background was slightly superior to the opponent's yet required to recuse himself in this matter, made the ideal candidate for mutual courtesy.

"It's a trap!" A massive number of Naruto shadow clones rushed out from all directions, holding exploding tags and leaping toward the Deva Path suspended in the air.

"Where is it half? I only have forty percent, okay? Hah! Had I known today's business would be this booming, I should have listened to you back then. You're just finding ways to fleece your uncle," Zhu Peijiang said with feigned regret.

If she continued this stalemate, she would suffer a total defeat. Therefore, Lena chose to make this high-stakes gamble.

"Everyone, prepare your defenses. Rotation is by no means safe," I warned them. It was obvious that during the rotation, the stones would have to endure tremendous pressure. Without preparation, they could genuinely suffer a heavy blow.

Mr. Sun pondered for a moment and also endorsed Yang Wangpeng's suggestion, so the group walked toward Pier 5 on foot.

Turning and walking away, Qiu, you will never understand what true love is, right? Yet Lige and Jun Linhu gave me this true, pure love. Therefore, if I stayed with them merely out of repayment, it would be an insult to them. I truly, truly love them with all my heart.

In outer space, when two warships begin close-quarters combat, the distance between them is actually still quite vast, usually ranging from several light-seconds to dozens of light-seconds apart.

This time, Lin Wei called out so urgently that he even omitted the address, which showed just how stirred his emotions were.

The greatest gain from this trip was obtaining the complete Chaos Jade Pendant. It was precisely due to the birth of the Chaos Jade Pendant that my strength had experienced such an obvious boost and progression. The armor derived from the Chaos Jade Pendant was also one of the enormous rewards.

"Uh," Han Jun was stunned. As for the first half of what Bai Yue said, Fu Jun protested his innocence loudly, but when it came to the second half, Fu Jun understood what was going on. As it turned out, that scoundrel Bai Meng had gone off to chase girls.

Tang Chuan tilted his head back, only to discover a hidden scar nestled deep within his hairline on his forehead—the mark left behind when Lei Hu had fired a shot at him.

An elderly police officer slowly drove an off-road vehicle over to Bian Shikai's side. Bian Shikai was not in a hurry to get in; instead, he walked around the vehicle, inspecting it thoroughly from front to back.

Na Yanhua turned around and said lazily, "Alright! Zhao Hui, help me unzip the collar of the wedding dress at the back of my neck."

Tang Long and Qin Dandan now shared the exact same thought: the deceased did not die of accidental causes, but was murdered by someone else. Judging by the time of death, it should have been last night—did people really commit foul deeds even in the middle of the night?

Recalling Xiao Yiran's blood-red eyes from earlier, Tu Chen could not help but shudder violently. He finally managed to steady his mind. Fortunately, he had chosen to befriend Xiao Yiran as a brother back then and joined the Heaven-Defying Alliance; otherwise, his own ending might have truly turned out rather tragic.

"Don't you especially love this kind of secretive feeling?" Jin Yexuan sneered as he looked at her.

When arranging the accommodations, Lei Xiaohu issued strict instructions: no one was allowed to mistreat the newly arrived "guests," and they were to be served the finest food and drink.

In the past, she hated this face of hers; now that the face had been ruined, she felt even more distressed.

After the physical examination, Zhao Hui and her classmates returned to school, sat around for a bit, and then rode their bicycles home together with Na Yanhua.

Zhang Liang could not help but speculate. Following that, he entered the cave, only to discover that the cavern was extremely dim and remarkably long.

She had originally set out to search for her family, never expecting to encounter Wu Shenghe halfway, only to be subsequently sold to a brick kiln through a scheme devised by Wu Shenghe's mother. She had always assumed these events were mere coincidences orchestrated by Wu Shenghe's mother, little knowing that everything had been meticulously planned all along.

"No problem! Absolutely no problem!" Ye Zheng smiled inexplicably, a smile that sent a shudder of dread down Tang Tang's spine.

Yet strangely, the other party did not seem to have any intention of greeting her either. Americans could sometimes be very proactive and enthusiastic; upon moving to a new environment, they would eagerly greet their neighbors, but this person clearly had no such intention.

Ibiki did not speak because he didn't quite understand what was being said, so it was better not to casually open his mouth.