Volume One, Chapter 46: Artificial Respiration

"I beg you, please save my daughter! As long as you can save her, I will do anything you ask! I'm begging you..."

The mother had reached the absolute depth of despair, leaving her with no choice but to pin her final glimmer of hope on Zhuang Fan standing before her.

"Sigh..." Hearing Shimura Yo speak in such a manner, Karura did not say much else. She really wasn't anyone special to him, after all. Karura was well aware of this bitter reality, yet facing this situation still left her heart stinging with a dull, sorrowful ache.

A stream of crimson blood shot forth like a sharp arrow from the left eye of the victim caught in the stampede, instantly filling the air with a thick and pungent scent of blood.

Liu Mei'er trembled so violently with rage that her teeth chattered, rendering her incoherent. Covering her red and swollen cheek, she felt as though she might pass out at any second.

Selected as the venue for the Dharma-battling grand tournament, Hanxiang Mountain was truly a celestial mountain worthy of its name, with verdant peaks shaved like emeralds and towering ridges piled high with clouds. Two dizzyingly high precipices formed endless, towering canyon walls, broken only occasionally by a hidden ravine that offered a glimpse into an uninhabited, secluded fairyland far from the mortal world.

After leaving the restaurant, Huang Yuan immediately called Yun Shaolong and had him use the facial recognition system to pinpoint Hanabi's exact location.

This was also an extraordinary clan—Kaguya Kimimaro hailed from it. It seemed that in the original story, Kimimaro was the sole survivor of the Kaguya clan, while all the others perished in the bloody mist.

"Heh, it's nothing much, just casually speaking!" Qin Feng also shot a deep look at the leader, his tone calm and nonchalant.

Due to a lack of information, the worldview of these people, rooted in a more ancient era, remained relatively simple. Furthermore, this scarcity of information made their worldview exceptionally fragile; unless they were stubborn to the absolute extreme, it could be shattered with astonishing ease.

For a moment, everyone present except for Ning Lunhui, the Mark of the Heavens, and the Immortal Lord instinctively stepped backward.

The Fairy Sister lifted her tear-filled head, seeking help from Xu Xian. Unexpectedly, Xu Xian didn't even spare her a glance and walked right past.

As soon as the term "Level 4 Awakened" was uttered, everyone's expression shifted drastically, with Lin Feng growing the most tense of all.

"However, Tao Shang has now secured Jingzhou. Although he led his main forces back north, he has also left behind tens of thousands of elite troops and formidable generals to garrison the province. With the strength of our single state alone, would attempting to swallow Jingzhou be any easier than seizing Guanzhong and Longyou?" Huang Quan raised his doubts.

I waved my hand at Yan Hongqiu, signaling her to stop. Right and wrong would be judged impartially on their own merits; they could not be erased by a mere word or two, and attempting to defend oneself would only make one appear guilty.

"We can give it a try! Let's start by treating this guy as an opponent with brains just like ours."

Elio's father's hands trembled slightly, seemingly still unable to believe his own ears, needing to ask the question solemnly just to set his mind at ease.

Eighty seconds later, the birdmen soared over the airspace of the 77th Brigade. The remaining two hundred or so avian creatures unleashed their skills in the sky like laying hens, raining down countless fireballs, bursts of freezing air, and spherical lightning from above. In response, various anti-air defense positions on the ground opened fire with frantic intensity.

Within that region, there were two commanding heights. Neither of these vantage points featured terrain that was easy to defend and hard to attack, yet directly behind them lay a vast expanse of treacherous swampland completely impassable to human footsteps.

The paper figurine drifted slowly downward. The moment its feet touched the ground, it scurried directly toward the Li family estate. With just a few swift bounds, it closed the distance, leaped into the air, and vaulted over the perimeter wall.

Master Gongsun straightened his posture and sternly rebuked the young man from the Canglang Sect, looking as though he was ready to step into the arena himself to teach the fellow a harsh lesson.