Volume One, Chapter 44: The Infinite Stamina Potion—Run Now, or I’ll Catch Up to You

Half of his energy was being wasted just fighting the rushing river current. His already meager physical strength was now depleting even faster.

Meanwhile, Wang Jun was clearly an old hand, long accustomed to such conditions and moving through the water as if he were a fish in its element.

Less than 150 meters into the swim, Ye Lin was already at his limit. His legs stopped kicking, unable to move anymore, leaving only his two arms barely managing to stroke through the water. He couldn't take it anymore; he was completely out of stamina.

Stamina?

Suddenly, Ye Lin remembered the [Infinite Stamina Potion] the system had just given him.

Drink it!

As long as he could restore his stamina, he would be fine. If he didn't drink it now, he was going to die right here in the river.

Flipping his right hand beneath the surface, a bottle of potion materialized in his grasp. He plunged his head underwater in a swift dive and drank the potion right there below the surface...

If they continued their investigation, the closer they got to the enemy's core secrets, the more traps they would encounter and the stronger their opponents would become. Eventually, luck would not always remain on the side of the Dragon Blood Mercenaries.

The person who could foresee that she was in danger at the very first moment must be Li Yue. The person who could travel thousands of miles back to the capital to come to her side could only be Li Yue.

The Prefect of Dingzhou had said that all of the Jiang family's forces remaining here took their orders from Cheng Rui. The Crown Prince and the Jiang family had already joined forces, and upon leaving the capital, his teacher had specifically instructed him that Cheng Rui could be trusted.

The general immediately agreed. His objective had been achieved, and the other party had finally offered a price that satisfied him.

Li Yue remained calm and breezy, turning his gaze toward the guards beside the Crown Prince. His clear, penetrating stare filled the guard with dread, causing his legs to go weak and sending him collapsing to the ground.

***

At this moment, Yu Bai felt a deep sense of regret. Acting out of impulse upon seeing Bai Yuzhu, he had ended up getting the Queen captured as well. He had no idea where the Red-robed Dakini was right now, but she was surely searching for him and the Queen. The more he thought about it, the more anxious he became.

Li Daochong was solely preoccupied with how he would explain things to Tian Lan'er once they got outside. This time, he genuinely hadn't heard clearly, but to Tian Zilan, all of this looked like he was just holding out for a better offer.

Lü Bu could be considered a mere bystander in this, a total extra, and unfortunately, he couldn't see the Mewtwo in the sky clearly at all. Fierce as the battle on the field was, Lü Bu couldn't make out any of it. He had missed a grand spectacle of the year, which was truly regrettable.

However, after witnessing the scene before him, Li Daochong finally understood that what needed washing in the laundry room wasn't the clothing of human cultivators at all.

The Black Mamba slammed hard on the accelerator, and the car roared toward the highway. As they grew closer and closer to the road, Zhang Yu suddenly noticed that dust was billowing heavily across it.

To be honest, having stayed for just a single night, she missed her son terribly. If she had to stay another night, she simply wouldn't be able to endure it.

Once she accompanied Lin Zhao back to the activity center, Shi Mu sat in the car, basking in the long-awaited blast of air conditioning. She felt stuffy, hot, and utterly drained, lacking even the strength to speak.

"What?" Hearing that, Jiang Xue froze instead. Although she had long suspected that Mu Qiancheng might have brought her here with premeditated intent, she never imagined he actually planned for them to stay two nights.

It was true that Ye Tianxiao's physical body was immensely powerful, but were his internal organs as robust as his physique?

Furthermore, he had managed to seize Perseus's sword—which was embedded in Medusa's back—a step ahead, leaving Medusa with zero opportunity for a counterattack.

Every single step felt as though it could shake mountains to their foundations, causing the accumulated snow on the peaks to tumble down with a rustling roar.

The next day, the restrictions and pain-doubling effects imposed on Ye Tianxiao and Luo Baiye were finally lifted.

The tears of the French mingled with the cheers of the Italians; everything was both so beautiful and so cruel.

Hou Yi directly used an ultimate skill to stun Han Xin, Shi Mu closed in using her second ability, and Shen Yanyan did not forget to toss her second skill right at the immobile Han Xin.

Furthermore, within each of the city-states, there existed a significant aristocratic class. These arrogant nobles loathed the practice of handing over their city's sovereignty to the Federation's laws and being forced to humbly obey Federation commands. This remained the greatest and most deeply rooted obstacle in the establishment of the Silver Moon Federation.

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At midday, as if by prior arrangement, the dense fog vanished in an instant, as mysterious and sudden in its departure as it had been upon its arrival.

Yet in Yecai's field of vision, that very spot was a solid wall. Yecai simply passed through the wall in an eerie fashion, continuing deeper inside. Moreover, as he moved further in, his eyes told him he was constantly changing directions, but from the perspective of his soul's perception, his direction had remained entirely unchanged the whole time.

Hearing that there were cold-weather garments to wear, the people who had been frozen to the brink of numbness immediately followed Wu Yong's instructions, despite their inner doubts about what kind of magical spells this fellow could possibly use to conjure clothes out here in the desolate wilderness.

When the dragged figure reached a spot in front of Yecai, Yecai realized that this guy was probably still alive, because his hands were still frantically clawing at the ground... Even though his fingers were already mangled and bloody, with several fingernails torn completely back, he refused to let go...

Having fled several thousand meters, only to be blocked by an invisible barrier, at that moment Luo Mengling felt like dying on the spot.

Damn it, you even need an appointment just to find a mailman? That's going too far! Wu Yong thought with vexation. But the man was indeed out working; how on earth were they supposed to call him back immediately?

Quite a few blood bats perished in the violent energy of that collision, their shrill, agonizing shrieks ringing out endlessly.

Along the way, Huangfu Qi continuously pointed out the direction for Lü Tianming. Regardless of anything else, he was a Earth-tier martial artist, and his sensory perception of the outside world remained very sharp.

A month later, Mu Yi opened his eyes and frowned slightly. He discovered that as his strength increased, the effects of time dilation were continuously diminishing. Where one year here used to equate to just a single day in the outside world, that effect had now weakened tenfold.

At the same time, Fang Xian learned that at the end of this year, Professor Guo of the Department of Trauma Surgery would step down as the head of the department, to be succeeded by Professor Lin Jiemo as the new head, while Professor Song's position would temporarily remain unchanged.

Before she could finish speaking, she felt her left hand vibrate, so she opened her eyes and looked down at her phone with a puzzled expression.