Chapter 54: This Affection Must Remain in the Shadows

Slap!

Mother Lin, in a fit of rage, raised her hand and slapped her across the face. "Had I known things would turn out like this, I never should have given birth to you."

To think that she, Fang Yue, had been strong-willed all her life, only to give birth to such an eccentric and unruly daughter.

The moment the words left her mouth, a trace of regret flickered in her heart.

A burning, stinging pain washed over her. Lin Zhiyi covered her cheek, staring at Mother Lin with eyes full of resentment.

"Fine," she sneered. "You've finally said it."

"From the very beginning, you've always regarded me as your—"

The dragon armor was shattered to the extent that even the power of faith was too late to repair it. If the beating continued like this, once the dragon armor was completely stripped away, Qin Zheng would likely be pounded into a pulp of flesh and blood within a few of its blows.

Qi Bao's spiritual consciousness had been keeping a close eye on them. Seeing them arrive now, a faint smile tugged at the corners of his mouth.

Having experienced the destruction of heaven and earth, the elemental beings of the cosmos had now been reconstituted into human forms. Feeling that aura of destruction once more, they trembled with dread and terror.

Thick smoke, formed by the intertwining of flames and poison, billowed through the air. A massive number of black insects collapsed one after another amidst the fumes, poisoned to death.

The Holy Son of the Giant Eyes felt a bit diffident. If he had managed to advance to the Nirvana realm and unlock the Eye of Law, he would have been able to authenticate treasures. But as things stood now... he politely declined to have anything to do with such gambling on treasures.

Watching Fan Jian go flying backward through the air, the worry in Xian Yingying's eyes vanished, and she couldn't help but ask Qi Bao with a playful, teasing smile.

Stepping onto the sole mountain of the floating island, they climbed halfway up the slope, breathing in the fragrance of exotic flowers and rare herbs. Passing through a waterfall that seemed to be suspended from the heavens, they finally arrived at a cavern dwelling.

Even though Qi Bao's Fiery Eyes of Truth had not reached the realm of piercing through all worlds, the Samadhi True Fire contained within them was fully sufficient to incinerate all falsehoods.

Thus, when Elder Yin Zhu was severely poisoned yet still forced to drive the sect-protecting grand array within the Myriad Sword Mountains, he stepped forward.

Their strength had also been amplified to the limit of surpassing two stars, yet even so, it was still entirely inadequate.

How many grievances she had suffered, how much she had sacrificed, how long she had endured, and how long she had persevered—struggling tooth and nail, risking her life—just to finally secure her current position in the Fu family and make her son its master.

Liu Chen was not afraid of encountering ordinary survivors, nor would he mind running into fellow evolvers, but hearing that the other party possessed firearms made things somewhat troublesome.

"Is everything really alright, Brother-in-law~?" Prim seemed gloomy and depressed, completely unable to blend into the joyful and lively atmosphere of the Mermaid Cafe.

She felt she could no longer sit idly by and wait for her fate. Right now, a golden opportunity presented itself, and she needed to seize the initiative.

"Weren't you not coming?" Chen Feng looked at Li Shuyu in puzzlement, suddenly noticing that the gaze she fixed upon him was deeply strange—a hazy, misty look tinged with a faint, gentle smile, as if she had once again turned back into that person from Ghost Island.

Because they were utterly incapable of blocking even a casual strike from the demonic dragon. Whether it was a sweep of its tail, a wave of its claw, or a vicious bite, a mere graze by any of them would result in death or, at the very least, a complete loss of combat capability.

A person of ordinary intelligence can never truly comprehend what a high-IQ mind feels like.

His hand gently brushed across the collar of Xiao Lian's garments, just like a child hesitating to unwrap a long-awaited gift.

Sheng Chuyu wanted to break away and flee, yet he did not dare to push her away with any force. What if he accidentally hurt her feelings and couldn't coax her back? Life would become even more impossible to bear in the days to come.

Among the overlords who ruled over various settlements in the apocalyptic world, not a single one failed to have hands stained with blood and a history of slaughtering without blinking an eye.

Qingzhi and the others, as Oceanic Ghost tribesmen, directly summoned a watery domain. Within this space, they transformed into their perfect Oceanic Ghost forms, and for a short period, could even fuse into the body of a Ghost Shark. Their combat power soared severalfold in an instant, actually enabling them to go toe-to-toe with the demon king Zong Lie in direct confrontation.

Moving on impulse, Lu Congzhi lowered his head slightly. He wanted to taste those crimson lips—the ones he had failed to taste that night—and find out just what flavor they held.

The day he saw the golden sunlight striking the snow-capped mountain peaks in Tibet, he received a call from Pei Shuo saying that Jiang Suichu had woken up. As he gazed at the golden radiance crowning the summit at that moment, it felt almost like a rebirth after surviving a catastrophe.