Early the next morning, when the eastern sky had only just begun to pale, Ning Qiu, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others left the town and hastened north.
Slaughter City was the destination of their third round of training. If they had enough time, Ning Qiu hoped to arrange a fourth round of training for his companions.
Completing the third round of training would merely allow Holy Soul Village to win the championship of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. Only after completing the fourth round of training would Holy Soul Village possess a certain degree of ability to protect itself.
Of course, the prerequisite was having enough time.
In Ning Qiu's plans, the fourth round of training would ideally last two years.
To shorten the time needed for the third round of training, Ning Qiu needed to lead the team across part of the outer region of Star Dou Great Forest.
Star Dou Great Forest stretched across the Two Great Empires. It was home to countless soul beasts and was also where the border between the two nations was least clearly defined. Judging purely from the map, most of Star Dou Great Forest belonged to the Star Luo Empire. However, the Heaven Dou Empire had never acknowledged that fact.
"Stay alert. Star Dou Great Forest is one of the three major wild soul beast habitats," Ning Qiu reminded them.
Within the forest that blotted out the sky and sun, Xiang Yu, whose martial soul was the Fang Tian Painted Halberd, walked at the front. Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai followed closely behind. Ning Qiu brought up the rear. Jia Luo, Cai Ji, Liu Ke, and Su Rong were surrounded in the middle, forming a defensive formation that slowly advanced.
This was not Ning Qiu