In the blink of an eye, it was the next day.
The atmosphere in the City Lord's Mansion's council hall was even heavier than yesterday.
Only one final day remained until the appointed date at Divine Punishment Mountain.
Tomorrow at noon was the agreed time, yet they still had not found a way to break the deadlock.
"Fuck!"
Pei Xiu sprang from his chair, his eyes bloodshot and the veins on his forehead throbbing. "Think, think, think! Think my ass! We've thought ourselves sick—what fucking use has it done? Either way, we're dead! Tomorrow, I'm fighting those sons of bitches to the bitter end! Even if I have to throw away this miserable life, I'll tear a chunk of flesh off that old dog Shen Zhiqin! Everything that happened today is that old dog's sin!"
Zhou Yunnan, beside him, let out a deep sigh. His brows were likewise tightly furrowed, but he still tried to soothe him. "Old Pei, calm down... Think some more, think some more. Perhaps... there is still a sliver of hope?"
"Hope? Where the hell is this hope?!"
Pei Xiu whipped around, his bloodshot eyes glaring at Zhou Yunnan as though they could bore holes through him. His spit nearly sprayed onto Zhou Yunnan's face. "You tell me where the hope is! It's been a full day and night! We haven't thought of shit! Which one of you? Which one of you can tell me how to break this deadlock?! Do you think the Divine Punishment World Annihilation Array is some harmless toy? Touch it and you die, brush against it and you perish! Jiang Bei going there is sending himself to his death! It's a fiery pit where ten enter and none survive! What the hell is there to think about?!"
After that retort, Zhou