The junior high student did not fear at all, and he said, âTalk after you defeat me.âHe was really arrogant!The middle-aged man scoffed. âDo you know who youâre talking to? Open your eyes and see who I am!âThe junior high student did not recognize him, but someone among the passersby recognized the middle-aged man who spoke.âIsnât this the professional player, Brone Evans?ââReally? I was wondering why he looks so familiar to me, so it turns out that heâs Brone Evans. But he apparently retired, right?ââHe retired last year. He was also a star player in the past, so he was very capable. He has always performed well in the competitions, and we should not underestimate his ability.ââWow! The kid will be done this time. Itâd be strange if you donât lose in the competition with a professional gamer.âBrone took out $100 from his pocket and threw it to the little boy before he said, âLetâs play one round. Iâll pay you $100 for the challenge fee. Weâll play fair so that nobody c
âThis kid is arrogant. He just won one round, but he has become so ignorant.ââSettling an aggressive role of a professional player in three minutes? Who does he think he is?ââTeenagers will get arrogant so easily when they have a little achievement.âThe onlookers criticized Mateo. They thought he was really young and arrogant, and he had no respect for others.This was not right!But was he wrong?If he did not act arrogant when he was in his youth, did he need to get old in order to be arrogant?Young people should have the energy like young people should have.Unlike other people, Thomas liked this kid very much. The longer he looked at this kid, the more he liked him. Mateo really looked like him in the past. He still remembered when he was in junior high school, he did not respect anyone, and he was arrogant.Humans always liked people who resembled them.The second round of competition started. This time, Brone, the retired player, was careful. He did not make the sam
Thomas just stood in front of Brone, and his grip was firm. No matter how much strength Brone used, he could not move out of Thomasâ grip at all.A normal person would not have such an ability.Brone tried many times. In the end, he used both hands, yet he could not move out of Thomasâ grip. Finally, he suppressed his anger. He had to do it.He stared at Thomas. âWhat are you doing?âThomas calmly said, âYou should admit your failure. Since youâre not as skilled as him, you lost. Do you still want to bully a kid?âEveryone around looked at Brone with contempt.Brone was embarrassed. He lowered his head and said, âI⊠I made a mistake. Let go of me.ââDonât apologize to me. You should apologize to him.â Thomas pointed at Mateo with his other hand.âAre you asking me to apologize to a kid?ââCanât you?âThomas purposely increased the strength of his grip. In an instant, Brone felt so much pain that he almost cried out. He felt like his wrist was going to be broken due to the gri
Thomas stared at the teenager in front of him and asked, âMateo, do you think you have the ability to become a professional player?âMateo said, âYes.ââAre you sure?ââOf course. I carry my brotherâs dream. I want to rank first in the world!âWhen he could say something like that at such a young age, it was impressive.Thomas liked this boy even more now.Thomas saw his old self in the boy, the arrogant young man who used to despise everything and everyone in the past.They seemed too alike!He smiled faintly and said, âMateo, I saved you today, didnât I?ââYes.â âSo, should you repay me?ââHuh?â Mateo subconsciously held the several hundred dollars cash in his hands and cautiously said, âHow do you want me to repay you?âThomas was amused by Mateoâs innocence, and he said, âDonât worry, I donât want your money. I want you to invite me to your house for a cup of tea.ââIs that all?ââYes.â Mateo did not know who Thomas was, and he had no idea what Thomas wanted to do.
Thomasâs words made the people in the room stunned at the same time. Under normal circumstances, people would think that children were not doing their work properly if they played games. They would also feel that what Jayden said made sense and would help him to âeducateâ Mateo together.But Thomas did not.That was because he had indeed seen Mateoâs talent. He could easily beat a retired professional gamer for three consecutive rounds, so his strength should not be underestimated. Besides, Thomas saw himself in Mateo.If this child really shared Thomasâs temperament, then he was definitely not an ordinary person. He could not be viewed with common sense. Jayden looked at Thomas incomprehensibly and said, âDo you know what you are talking about? Do you know how irresponsible your words are? Itâll ruin our family and ruin my childâs life!âThomas did not think so. He continued and said, âSir, I know that you, as a father, have your own ideas. But the reality is that Mateo is
In the middle of the night, after Diego finished the training match, he was forced down the side of the road by a few men in black, and they chopped his hands off with an ax!If passersby had not found out in time and dialed 999, Diego might have lost not only his hands, but also his life.The news that Heartthrob had turned into a useless person with no hands caused an uproar.Everyone speculated that it was a dirty trick of the Supreme Club, and the police also intervened in the investigation. However, there was no result after the investigation, and it was unknown who did it.It did not matter who did it.This was because the obstacle that stood in front of the Supreme Club no longer existed.They also successfully won the championship that year.Since then, all talented professional players had joined the Supreme Club, and no one dared to resist. With Diego as an example, who would dare to fight against the Supreme Club?No one had the guts.As for Diego, he was soon forgo
Aquarius on the side wanted to laugh when he heard it. Did anyone really dare to question Thomasâs strength?How should he answer?That he was the God of War, who commanded thousands of troops and owned several billion-dollar listed companies, was a super genius who dominated one industry?If he said such things, he would probably frighten Jayden.Thomas thought for a moment about how to reassure Jayden and properly explain part of his identity.After thinking about it clearly, Thomas first asked, âSir, do you know there is a company called âStarry Moon Pavillionâ?âStarry Moon Pavillion?Jayden shook his head to indicate that he did not know. People like him who did not care about other things did not even know what kind of big companies Celandine City had, let alone a Central Cityâs company like âStarry Moon Pavillionâ.On the contrary, Mateo immediately replied, âI know. Thatâs the top super technology company in Central City and even in the whole country! I heard that it wa
Back at the Food and Medicine Hall, business was still as good as usual. Without the troubles caused by Art Trading Corporation, there were more and more customers in the Food and Medicine Hall.Thomas calmly came to the lounge on the third floor, where Pisces, one of the Twelve Golden Zodiacs, had been waiting for a long time.âCommander, the latest actions of the Art Trading Corporation that you asked me to investigate have yielded results now.ââSay it.ââThere will be an auction tomorrow, and the Art Trading Corporation is going to embezzle all of them. It will take all the goods by coercion and sell them to foreigners at an expensive price to earn the price difference.âIt was not what people would do.Thomas asked, âWhat goods and who do they belong to?âPisces replied, âIt is a group of privately collected cultural relics. All of them are precious Summer Landâs cultural relics! They belong to a big trader, Gael Conway. In the past few decades, Gael has collected a large n
No one knew how far down the title Emperor of Luck was inherited.They had finally caught Luck.Following that, Eric leaped into action and reeled in his haul as fast as he could. With that, all the remaining accomplices of Luck were caught in one fell swoop!The two million innocent citizens were saved, as all of them took the antidote.Once again, Thomas saved the day.In order to express their gratitude, the citizens decided to erect statues of Thomas in Celandine City and many other cities as well.In the House of Vistaria.Phoebe ran towards her father hurriedly. She then smiled at him and said, âWhat did I tell you, dad? Thomas will definitely turn things around, right? I won!âDeclan was so agitated, that he started tearing up.Thomas was really too amazing. He was capable of turning things around, even in such a predicament.At the same time, the curse that had plagued the Mars family for over a thousand years was finally broken. From then onwards, Declan was finally
Luck was dumbfounded. Why was Thomas still alive and kicking?âNo need to doubt your own eyes. I am indeed still alive.âThe crowd parted, making way for a very familiar figure. It was Thomas, the very Thomas whom the public watched him die.As he walked, he said, âOur previous research has already reached ninety-nine percent completion. But no matter how hard we tried, the final one percent remained out of our grasp. At that time, I thought that perhaps the only way was to drink the Ancestral Water and experience the poison itself, which would allow me to have a breakthrough for the final one percent.âAnd that was what happened. I managed to do it.âAfter drinking the Ancestral Water, I finally understood what the one percent was and successfully created the antidote for Ancestral Water. Now that the antidote has been created, it will sever your connection with the Ancestral Water.âYou will not be able to kill anyone anymore.âYou have lost, Luck.âLost?Luck's eyes were wi
It was obvious that Eric could not afford to take a gamble this time. But he had no choice. His only choice was to listen to whatever the other party said and prepare a helicopter in twelve hoursâ time.That was not all. He was also supposed to request for his superiors to help Luck get out of the country.The thought of it made Eric furious.âDamn it!âHe left in anger to deal with the rest of the matter.The sky of Celandine City was covered with clouds.The patriarch, Declan, was in his garden in the House of Vistaria. He stared at the withered flowers as he grieved.His entire life was spent supporting Mr. Cole in hopes that he would be able to create an antidote to Ancestral Water. But at the end of the day, Mr. Cole accomplished nothing.His two disciples â Capricious Holy Hand Elliot, and Thomas â were both dead.There was no one in the world who was capable of creating the antidote for Ancestral Water anymore.âAlas...â Declan sighed. It seemed that it was impossible
At that moment, the general public was suddenly dumbfounded, as if struck by lightning. Everyone was down in the dumps.Many of those with poor psychological strength directly collapsed on the ground.They believed Thomas' death could be exchanged for their own safety, but who knew, in the end, they got nothing, and Luck, as usual, used their lives as a bargaining chip to force the authorities to listen to His Majesty's words.No antidote to Ancestral Water would ever be created by chance.The lives of people were still in His Majesty's hands.Whenever luck wanted them to die, they would die without any ability to resist.However, this was not the most frightening part. What was even more frightening than this was that the only person who could create the antidote to Ancestral Water had been forced to die alive by them.It would be impossible to create the antidote to Ancestral Water without Thomas.Mr. Cole and Elliot had all died, Thomas was the last person who mastered the
Eric sighed deeply, "Thomas, even though things have reached this point, you still remain so kind.""I have nothing to say except to choose death because the research failed." Thomas let out a long breath. "Before I die, I want to talk to my family on the phone."Originally, Emma and the others came to Celandine City because they wanted to be reunited with Thomas.Who knew it had turned into a life and death situation?The world was like a chess game; everything was unpredictable.When Thomas was video calling with his family, Emma was already bathed in tears at the other end. She was crying and shouting at Thomas to not be impulsive, and saying perhaps there was still room for things to turn around.That was what she thought, but it was not the case.Every minute Thomas dragged on, more people perished as the result of Ancestral Water, and the crowdâs fear and rage grew.Thomasâ life no longer belonged to him."Honey, take care of the baby."I love you."Those were Thomasâ
For such demanding research, half a day was really too short.Thomas had recruited the best doctors and researchers he could find to work on a detailed study of Ancestral Water.In the past, it was difficult to achieve breakthroughs in the research on Ancestral Water. That was because figuring out how to create an antidote for the Ancestral Water was challenging. On the other hand, it was also because obtaining the Ancestral Water was incredibly difficult. Because they only had a few samples, the results were underwhelming.However, it was different now. Because the entire city's water supply had been turned into Ancestral Water, they were able to collect the samples at their convenience. This made it much easier for Thomas and the others to get the materials.With Thomas in charge, hundreds of researchers were conducting a massive study in just half a day. Unfortunately, things did not go according to plan.Thomas still failed. âWe almost got it.âWe were so close to makin
How sinister. âAll we want is nothing butâsafety.âAs long as weâre safe, we definitely wonât make it difficult for everyone. If weâre safe, no one will die.âNow then, I have a small request to make to ensure everyoneâs safety.âI demand that Thomas drink Ancestral Water immediately! This person is a real hassle for His Majesty, and we must keep him under our control for our own protection. Please forgive us for the inconvenience.âWe'll only give everyone half a day to consider this. The emperor will begin killing people if Thomas does not step forward and drink Ancestral Water by this afternoon.âOkay. I've said everything I wanted to say. Goodbye.â The TV screen went dark, and so did Eric's face.He kicked the trash can over and said fiercely, âWhat is this? You're the only person in the world who can create an antidote for Ancestral Waterâs poison, Thomas!âOnce you drink Ancestral Water, youâll be controlled by them!âWon't you have to obey Luck's every command by the
After listening to Thomasâ description, Eric also displayed a look of shock and said two words, âAs expected.âWhat did he mean by, as expected?Was it possible that Eric knew that Luck was behind it from the start?âThomas, follow me.âEric took Thomas into an empty ward and locked the door. The two sat in the corner of the ward.He whispered, âThere is a piece of news that I havenât announced to the public, that is, besides Celandine City, there are more than ten cities that have problems. Do you know which cities they are?âThomasâ eyes lit up. He already knew what Eric wanted to say.At the previous meeting, Eric had clearly stated that more than ten cities across the country had been controlled by Luck. Now, there happened to have more than ten cities where residents had been poisoned.Was there such a coincidence?Thomas said, âThe residents are poisoned by Ancestral Water. Over ten cities are all under the control of Luckâs forces, so it is almost a certainty that Luck
âI didnât. I saw the news early in the morning and was shocked. I havenât dared to drink a sip of water until now.â Pisces took a deep breath and said, âIs this a natural disaster or a man-made disaster? Itâs really terrible.âNo matter whether it was a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, it was no small matter.Soon, Thomas drove to the hospital.Eric had been waiting here for a long time. As soon as he saw Thomas coming, he quickly let him enter the ward.He saw a patient lying on the hospital bed with his eyes closed, and his body was trembling. Although it was very hot, he was as cold as if he had just been lifted out of the freezer.A doctor walked over and said, âMr. Mayo, let me tell you the general overview of the current situation.âThe virus was spread through water sources.After drinking water with the virus, the virus would lurk in the human body.However, lurking did not mean that it would cause an outbreak.At present, over one hundred thousand people had b