At this moment, inside the Papal Palace.
"Still no sign of him from the Heaven Dou Royal Team?" Bibi Dong listened to the report from below, her mood exceedingly foul. She said coldly, "Where has that traitorous disciple run off to?"
Hu Liena was somewhat displeased as well. "Teacher, perhaps Zhao Zilong has something to take care of! He should be back after a while!"
"He won the championship. The Heaven Dou Empire has a soul bone reward for him. Where could he possibly run off to at a time like this?" Bibi Dong was puzzled, but she did not dwell on it further. "Forget it. You may all leave."
"Yes." Hu Liena was rather dissatisfied. Ever since her teacher had taken Zhao Zilong as a disciple, it seemed her attention had shifted entirely onto him. Yet Zhao Zilong had chosen to disappear at a time like this, making Hu Liena, who worshipped Bibi Dong, deeply annoyed with him.
Meanwhile, after Tang Hao escaped Spirit City, he did not dare linger. He had discovered people pursuing him from behind, and it took him a long time to finally shake them off. Even then, he did not dare stop, because Tang Hao knew that if they caught up to him, with his Soul Power exhausted, he would be no match for them. Only after carrying Tang San and Xiao Wu a great distance did he finally stop.
After running at full speed for two hours, Tang Hao's stamina and Soul Power had both been drained. Once he set Tang San and Xiao Wu down and relaxed slightly, he spat out a mouthful of black blood. "Puh!"
"Father, are you all right?" Seeing Tang Hao vomit blood, Tang San immediately stepped forward and asked.
"Huff, huff... Cough, cough, cough... cough, cough..." Tang