Canghai City, a coastal city of the former Star Luo Empire.
Now, after being seized by the Spirit Hall Empire, it had become Canghai City of the Spirit Hall Empire.
As an important coastal city and the trade center of the sea Merchant Fleets, it had originally been a vital commercial hub.
But with its most important trade partner—trade with the Heaven Dou Empire—cut off by the war, this vibrant city had grown much more desolate.
More importantly, because of the envoy who occupied and ruled this city, dark clouds hung over the entire city, and everyone lived under suffocating pressure.
At a remote seaside village some distance from the town, a hazy sea fog drifted in from the ocean on a calm afternoon with no wind or waves.
The fishermen, already sensitive to changes in the weather, noticed the abnormality at once.
Some villagers gathered together and walked to the shore, observing the strange sea fog to see whether it would affect them going out to sea.
Just then, a bright circular beam of light suddenly shot out from within the sea fog.
When they narrowed their eyes and looked closely, they saw a medium-small iron warship, giving off a heavy aura of steel, sailing out of the mist.
On the bow stood a fiery-red figure.
This person was none other than Huo Wushuang, who had entered adulthood and grown into a majestic man.
Exuding the powerful aura of a Soul Douluo, he smiled at the villagers and called out loudly, "Folks, we're back."
At this moment, as the Ship Hull gradually became clear in the light, a flamboyant crimson flag fluttered over it.
It was a flag with a fiery-red background, painted with two dark-gold sickles and iron hammers crossed and overlapped together.
When the villagers saw the