Novels by Camellia

So he finally nodded and smiled. "Then welcome, Commander Yvonne."Yvonne shot Vance a strange glance. She could not shake the feeling that Albert was the one calling the shots in this group, not him, the Commander of the Dragon Tooth Guard.Sensing her gaze, Vance felt helpless. What could he do? Emily and Tina clearly listened to Albert. In this team, his role was little more than an overqualified heavy hitter.Besides, why did Yvonne and her people act like they were getting a huge bargain by joining up with them?"How many high-grade Foundation Establishment spirit treasures did you get?" Vance asked.Yvonne pouted. "Not a single one. Just three mid-grade, and the rest are all low-grade. What about you?"A faint smile tugged at Vance’s lips. "Three high-grade, eight mid-grade."Yvonne and Nasha behind her froze for several breaths, then spoke in unison. "That’s impossible!"They had only just entered the dense zone of medium ghost domains. At most, Vance’s party could have cleared

"Vance, you already claimed two high-grade Foundation Establishment spirit treasures inside the ghost domain earlier, yet you’re reaching for more. That’s downright greedy!" a lower 4-star god-tier powerhouse boomed.Vance let out a cold snort. "Cowards hiding in the shadows! These spirit treasures were earned through our blood and battles. They belong to us. If you don’t like it, come out and fight!""Everyone, they just finished a brutal fight and have drained much of their power. Why don’t we join forces and seize those high-grade Foundation Establishment spirit treasures from them?" a sinister voice rang out.At those words, greed flared in quite a few god-tier powerhouses.Watching this, ferocity flashed in Vance’s eyes. He stepped forward, and four divine platforms erupted with surging soul power, crushing pressure billowed out.Albert and Emily’s expressions turned icy as well, quietly channeling their soul power.The tension that had just faded spiked once more. But the stando

The two dared not advance any further. They reined in their soul power and fled in disgrace.Woodrow at least remembered his fallen Tiger God commander. He seized the chance to drag Drucker’s corpse away.Albert did not give chase. That final arrow had sent his internal blood qi surging wildly. The feral energy from the Six-Tailed Sirius rattled inside him. Fortunately, that power feared his current body, saturated with Heavenly Dragon aura. It stayed subdued and did not erode him.Albert steadied his roiling soul power and turned toward Emily. She was looking back at him at that very moment.Sister Emily actually took down Oliver!Albert swept his gaze across the battlefield. Not even scraps of Oliver’s body remained. He instantly realized the man had met an even grimmer fate than Drucker. Shock flickered across his face. Emily’s combat strength was terrifying.A 1-Star defeating a 4-Star, leaving nothing behind.She had outdone him.A peerless prodigy truly bore an invincible bearin

Unlike Albert, who had deliberately picked off weaker foes first, Emily locked onto Oliver right from the start. Every strike she unleashed crashed straight into him. What terrified the Golden Roc Envoy most was that Oliver, a Lower 4-Star Divine Realm expert, had been suppressed by Emily’s soul power from the very beginning.Their clash did not drag on for long. Emily unleashed a fatal finishing move, an overwhelmingly powerful high-tier Divine Art. Even though Oliver defended with everything he had and deployed a Divine Talisman that only mid-tier Divine Realm cultivators could forge, he still failed to block her killing blow and died on the spot.A 1-Star slaying a 4-Star!This sight shattered the Golden Roc Envoy’s courage, and the hidden watchers were equally stunned.Was this the peerless prodigy who forged the Ten-Pillar Golden Platform? She was simply monstrous.Emily’s churning blood qi slowly steadied. Her heavily drained soul power recovered rapidly, sustained by the three

The gruesome gash left by the spear beam healed rapidly.At this point, only three of the original five foes remained.Albert, do you dare face me head-on?! Drucker roared in a frenzy. Albert had kept dodging him earlier, seizing every chance to strike down the others, and none of them could withstand even one blow from Albert.If this kept up, Albert would slaughter every last one of his men right before his eyes.Albert smiled at his outburst. You are utterly unreasonable. Five against one, and you still forbid me from thinning your ranks first?Drucker’s eyes turned pitch-black with rage. His gaze burned, wishing he could grind Albert to dust.Very well. The time is nearly right. It is your turn next.The smile faded from Albert’s handsome face, and frigid cold gathered in his eyes. He swung his Dragontooth Blade hard at the empty air before him. The void split open, and three deep, majestic dragon roars echoed out.In the next instant, three great dragons wreathed in different ele

The ferocious, domineering blade light did not slow in the slightest against Nicole’s defenses. It crashed into the flame shield forged from Divine Smoke.Only a faint sound rang out, and terror flooded Nicole’s eyes. He watched his shield split apart like soft tofu beneath the blade.The defense he had poured everything into seemed ridiculous, almost laughable, before Albert.Ice crawled over his entire body in that instant.Impossible! Impossible! How could I, a peak Lower 2-Star Divine Realm warrior, be cornered like this by a mere Peak Advanced Heavenly Spirit Realm cultivator?Nicole’s mind reeled with disbelief. The power of a Divine Great Spirit Beast was vicious beyond measure. Even he, a Divine Realm expert, dared not let such feral energy flood into his own body, for it carried chaos and malice that would backlash against whoever wielded it. Only special forces like the Spirit Beast Shrine possessed supreme, secret arts that let mortals merge their power with spirit beasts.

"If not for this string of disasters, the cornered Carlson would never have burst into the finance office on impulse.Carlson stared at the stacks of cash inside the safe, a faint smile tugging at his lips. He stepped forward and kicked the heavy safe hard.The bulky metal cabinet shifted slightly with a groan."Come over, push this cabinet to the window!" He saw he could not move it alone and shouted.Several finance clerks were forced to step forward and heave the safe together until it sat right beside the window.Carlson pushed the window open and glanced down. The crowd still lingered on the street, watching."Today I’ll be the one giving charity."He climbed onto the windowsill, cold wind slapping his face. He grabbed handfuls of bills and screamed hoarsely down at the crowd, "Money for everyone!"People on the street looked up at the shout."The rich lock all this money away, and now I’m giving it back to you!" Carlson lifted his arm, and thick bundles of paper money scattered

"Hurry inside, Director Carter! Get in!" An officer grabbed Director Carter in a panic, trying to pull him back into the lobby.Carlson sprinted up the steps, firing controlled bursts. Tripp and the men beside him went down one after another.Director Carter spun and ran for his life.*Bang!*A bullet tore into his leg. He stumbled and crashed hard against the floor-to-ceiling glass door.Ron’s brother shoved the officer next to him aside, staggered forward on his injured leg, and collapsed on the steps.Carlson glanced at him, then aimed his rifle at the bleeding banker on the ground. "This was always between you and me. Why drag innocent people into it? You’ve got money and power. Your son gets hurt, and you want the whole world to burn with him?"Director Carter pushed against the floor, struggling to scramble back up and run.Tripp, lying nearby, snaked a hand toward his holstered sidearm.A shot slammed into his abdomen. Carlson did not spare him a second look, barking sharply, "

“Alright, let’s lay it all out.” The man gasped for air. “Ron and I are brothers who’ve survived hell together. Even if you kill me, I won’t sell him out.”Banker Carter let out a sharp, cold laugh. He grabbed a nearby vase and hoisted it high above his head. “You parasites, trash, criminals who chase any dirty buck you can find. You dare talk about honor? Do you even deserve it?!”The vase crashed down hard, shattering against the man’s face.Carter drove his boot into the man’s face over and over. All the unease, fear, pent-up regret, and guilt for his comatose son spilled onto this man who had nothing to do with it.Carter was shrewd and calculating. Normally, he would never get his own hands dirty like this. But these past few days, his emotions had teetered on the edge of collapse again and again. The man’s refusal to talk was the final straw. He kept beating him for a minute or two before he finally stopped.“He won’t talk, and the trail goes cold.” Tripp sat on the sofa, his to

A few minutes later.After sending the address to Wells’ wife, Captain Bishop clapped his hands and shouted to the officers inside the room. “Everyone stay sharp. Move to the communications shop immediately and set up surveillance. We’re going to run this lead and make the arrest!”“Captain Bishop, we’re short-staffed,” an officer beside him warned. “Most of the team is out on patrol, containing the anti-tax crowds. Only seven or eight officers are on duty right now, nowhere near enough to run the surveillance and keep eyes on the target.”“Can we pull men from the second unit?” Captain Bishop asked.“They’re holding down Zhongmao Avenue and the Contract Neighborhood complex. They’re stretched thin and can’t spare anyone,” the officer shook his head.“That’s right, the manpower gap is huge. Central Command has already called in units from Black Street Precinct to back us up,” another officer added.Captain Bishop thought for a second and issued his order at once. “Pull six men off the

In the Reed family study, in the dead of the night.Beneath dim yellow lamplight, Deputy Mayor Reed, gray-haired and well past fifty, spoke in a steady tone. “Someone is pulling the strings behind these anti-tax protesters. Ordinary people could never hold together this tightly on their own.”“I see that, Father,” the Third Young Master nodded.“They’re coming for me.” Deputy Mayor Reed rose slowly and walked to the window, drawing back the curtains. “Our enemy hides in the dark, yet they know every move we make.”The Third Young Master fell silent.“Have you found anything about the traitor within your circle?” Deputy Mayor Reed turned to face him.“We’ve got leads. Neil will be here soon to fill me in,” the Third Young Master replied quietly.“Pin down who it is fast. We can’t keep reacting blindly,” Deputy Mayor Reed frowned at him. “Make this a priority.”The Third Young Master paused for a moment. “Father, I’d advise you to put the tax hike on hold. Public resentment is already b

At the Deputy Superintendent’s Office of the Kaiyuan Precinct.The deputy superintendent, the one who had insisted on pinning the crime on Carlson, slammed his fist down on the desk and roared. “This is an open challenge to the entire law enforcement system! If this case doesn’t get solved, none of us keep our jobs!”The captain frowned tightly and said nothing.After Carlson had slain his enemies right outside the precinct, would he stop there, slip away, and hide to survive?No. He was a fugitive forged by a twisted world. One man, one gun, and he had crossed the line completely.He still had targets, and he was still somewhere in Kaiyuan District.Late that night, inside a company owned by Merceren next to the Kaiyuan District Council, Banker Carter sat on a sofa, his face dark and taut.*Knock knock knock.*“Come in.”The door swung open. The secretary led the captain inside and spoke softly. “Banker Carter, the captain is here.”Carter glanced at him, then waved the secretary off

Ito Keiko also stood up quickly and knelt down right behind her aunt. "Allen‑kun, please accept my bow of gratitude!" she said sincerely.Allen let out a soft sigh and spoke earnestly, "Please both of you get up. There is really no need for this. By chance, I lent the Ito family some help, but in the end, it is the Ito family’s own good fortune that allowed you to survive this disaster."Only then did Ito Emi and Keiko rise to their feet.Ito Emi turned to Ito Takehiko. "Brother, Mr. Allen is right. Beyond his help, our family has truly met with rare good fortune. We can absorb the market shares left behind by the Takahashi and Matsumoto clans. With the Takahashi family badly weakened, we can push forward our partnership talks with the Bruce family. At this point, the Bruce family will have no other choice but us.""No!" Ito Takehiko replied without the slightest hesitation. "From now on, we will not enter into any form of cooperation with the Bruce family."Ito Emi could not hide her

Allen told him the truth, "I was originally in Osaka to take over Kobayashi Pharmaceutical’s production lines there. I heard Miss Keiko was staying in Kyoto, and since it was only a forty‑minute drive from Osaka to Kyoto, I decided to go visit her. I never expected to arrive just as the Fujibayashi clan’s ninjas were attacking her, so I stepped in."He sighed as he spoke, "It was pure luck. Had I shown up any later, there would have been nothing I could do."Ito Takehiko nodded, filled with lingering fear. "We truly owe everything to you, Mr. Allen."Anger welled up inside him, and he said coldly, "The Fujibayashi ninjas served Takahashi Machi. I cannot for the life of me figure out why he would target me. We were both competing for a partnership with the Bruce family. Even with past frictions and bad blood between us, there was no reason to send assassins after my daughter!"Allen’s brows drew tight at once. "What did you say? The Bruce family? Which Bruce family?!"Ito Takehiko expl

After the double‑leg amputation, the doctors had put him on a pain pump, so he barely felt any physical agony. Still, constant worry over Ito Keiko, who was far away in Kyoto, kept him from sleeping soundly.He had just dreamed that Keiko had met with misfortune in Kyoto. The nightmare jolted him awake at once, and he intended to tell his younger sister Ito Emi to send people to bring Keiko back to Tokyo without delay.Yet what he had never dreamed of was that when the ward door swung open, his beloved precious daughter Ito Keiko walked in together with his sister Ito Emi."Keiko?!" Ito Takehiko blurted out in shock. "What are you doing here?"Seeing her father lying pale and bloodless on the hospital bed, with thick bandages wrapped around his knees and everything below gone forever, Ito Keiko burst into tears and cried out, "Oto‑san!"She rushed over to the bedside, grabbed Ito Takehiko’s hand, and wept bitterly.It took Ito Takehiko a moment to collect himself. Relieved and deeply

Sitting in the passenger seat, Ito Keiko stayed tense throughout the whole ride. Even though Ito Takehiko had said over the phone that he was out of danger, Keiko still harbored quiet worries.A little over three hours later, Allen pulled into Tokyo and stopped at the gate of the University of Tokyo Hospital, the top‑rated medical facility in the city.This hospital boasted Japan’s highest global ranking and represented the nation’s pinnacle of medical care.Once the car came to a full stop, Keiko could not wait to push open the door and get out. Before stepping out, however, she turned to Allen and asked, "Allen‑kun, will you come upstairs with me?"Allen looked slightly awkward. "Your father might not want to see me."Keiko said earnestly, "Allen‑kun, you saved my life. No matter how big the misunderstandings or grudges between you two are, I believe Father will no longer hold them against you!"Allen thought for a brief moment and replied, "Very well, I will go with you."His reaso

Allen couldn’t help laughing and said, “If your dad heard that, he’d probably be furious.”Ito Keiko stuck out her tongue. She was about to speak when her phone suddenly vibrated.She looked confused. “Who would be calling this late? Could the servants have noticed we snuck out?”She quickly pulled out her phone and gasped in surprise. “Oh no, it’s Father!”She never expected her father to call her so late at night.She said nervously to Allen, “Allen‑kun, I need to take this call from my father…”Allen nodded with a smile. “Go ahead.”Keiko quickly answered the phone and asked cautiously, “Father, why are you calling me so late? Is something wrong?”Ito Takehiko’s weak voice came over the line. “Keiko, I’ve had an accident. I’m calling to make sure you’re safe. Is everything all right over in Kyoto?”Keiko asked anxiously, “Father! What happened to you? Are you badly hurt?”Takehiko replied, “Tanaka and I were hunted down by attackers. We barely managed to escape. But I’m afraid they

Upon hearing those words, Matsumoto Yoshito completely broke down. He lifted his head and shouted hysterically, “Why! Why wipe out my entire Matsumoto clan?! Why push for total extermination?!”The woman let out a cold laugh. “This is the price you pay for provoking the Bruce family!”Tears instantly streamed down Matsumoto Yoshito’s face. Mixed with blood, they made his whole look utterly gruesome.All will to live had deserted him. He mumbled, “Kill me. Kill me right now.”The woman nodded and pulled out a sunflower‑seed‑shaped carving of white jade from her pocket. “Matsumoto Yoshito, before you die, I want you to remember my name. I’m Suzie.”With a flick of her wrist, the jade sunflower seed shot forward at high speed.The next instant, a tiny bloody hole appeared in the center of Matsumoto Yoshito’s forehead. All life drained from his body, and he crashed to the ground, dead.Meanwhile, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.The police chief finally breathed a sigh of reli