Chapter 48: I Have Blocked It for You

About an hour later, Qin Yu arrived at the torture chamber.

Di Junjie had been beaten beyond recognition; his entire body was covered in whip marks, with chili powder and salt visibly caked into his wounds, and a palm-sized brand from a hot iron burned onto his chest.

The chief jailer, Xue Xiangming, hurried over, bowing and scraping with a flattering smile, "We've only just used the whip and the branding iron—that's merely the appetizer. Next up are the needle torture, water torture, scorching torture, and so on. If you, My Lord..."

Shen Ruochu's lips parted slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but not a single word came out. It was as though she had been struck with aphasia.

Shen Ruochu instantly lost her footing. In her panicked retreat, she bumped into a steamer nearby, triggering a domino effect of chain reactions. A clattering and crashing sound echoed continuously as the items on the stove and cabinets tumbled to the floor one after another.

Ai Changhuan recalled something Lu Zhankang often said—that this was his mission as a soldier, his unshakable duty, and that he would sacrifice his all for his country and its people.

The zipper of the dress was on the side, so Gu Yixin was able to put it on by herself. She first put on her undergarments and then slipped into the dress. It fit her perfectly, accentuating her already graceful and curvaceous figure even more flawlessly.

Luo Xiu glanced indifferently at Lu Juezi; he was certain that Lu Juezi knew something he himself did not.

Zhuo Yu had not yet wandered through the entire Demonic Star Territory; he had merely slipped into this region and never found a way out. This indicated that the Demonic Star Territory was quite vast, which further implied that Bai Haoshan might be fearing something.

This was heading in a completely different direction. As for what kind of place it was, it lay out on the open sea in a rather remote corner, where passing ships were exceedingly rare.

As she said this, Wang Jiaci's gaze became somewhat hazy, making it difficult to tell whether she was speaking to me or whispering to herself.

She thought that she should still be able to use the knowledge she had acquired in her past life to make this one final contribution to the people of this world.

"Wife, you've misunderstood. What I want to eat isn't food, but..." Huo Jingchen lowered his head and captured her lips, his hands already putting thought into action as he scooped her up, intending to head upstairs.

Thunder struck, shattering the heavens and the earth, and the solitary peak beneath Gu Changyan's feet crumbled into dust! A rain of blood poured down from the cosmos, startlingly crimson, accompanied by the eruption of endless, deafening lightning.

"No need!" Her tone was weak and icy, and her pale, bloodless face bore not a single trace of superfluous expression.

Yilin returned to Mount Heng and the side of Abbess Dingyi, while Yang Lianting returned to Mount Hua in the guise of Linghu Chong.

Looking at Su Zhe's "sluggish" appearance, Li Yan thought to himself that he shouldn't judge others, for he was no normal person himself; indeed, he bore quite a few similarities to that Cao Cao.

Moreover, where the air and flames met, one could visibly discern the surrounding air shimmering and warping from the intense heat.

As the words fell, he heard Lin Zinen's low laugh, kept very soft and light, like a harp plucked by an angel's hands, producing a sound that tugged at the heartstrings.

Ten taels of silver would be enough for an ordinary farming family to live on for several months, and more than enough to fund several wedding celebrations for Sister Gui.

Although Yun Canghai had long anticipated that Old Madam Luo, who disliked Lorette, would hate everyone associated with her, she never expected that Old Madam Luo, herself practically reduced to a medicine-dependent invalid, would have Ye Lingyun beaten to the point of hospitalization.

A nineteen-year-old Grand Magus—who else in history could boast such a feat?! Old Mage Sam shouted inwardly in his heart.

As the players registered their profiles one by one and paid their deposits, the numbers in the nine squares began to flicker.

Generally speaking, it is a psychological state where, after striving hard in a single direction and finding no results—or perhaps failing to achieve the expected outcome—one begins to fall into self-doubt.

Tang Chen believed that spending six minutes to kill the first long-armed monkey was entirely necessary. Through various tests, all of its attack patterns were now engraved in his mind.

Fortunately, before coming, Lelouch had considered the possibility of being discovered within the concession and had prepared an escape route in advance. Never in his wildest dreams had he expected that the backup plan would have to be utilized under such circumstances.