Longyao City, Huaming District, 5:00 p.m.
As dusk approached, everyone in the defense camp was summoned.
"The entrance to the Spirit Fiend Abyss is about to open. All Professionals stationed along the defense line and all students of the Demon Hunter Academy, please proceed to the camp's central assembly ground to discuss the battle plans."
It was an announcement broadcast through loudspeakers.
The broadcast repeated itself over and over, as though afraid someone might miss it. It never stopped from beginning to end.
Thanks to this, all the Professionals and students resting in the camp began leaving their rooms and gathering toward the assembly ground.
Su Ming and his group of six were among them.
Everyone had made thorough preparations. They had not only brought their weapons, but also attached small pouches to their waists or thighs. Some contained Alchemy Potions, while others held various items, all ready for use at any moment.
Even Su Ming had pretended to be cautious and attached a small pouch to the small of his back, placing several Alchemy Potions inside to avoid arousing suspicion.
Of course, he had stored all the truly important items in his golden-finger backpack.
If he really needed any of them, Su Ming only had to reach into the small pouch on his lower back and pretend to rummage through it before taking the item out of his backpack.
Before setting out, Su Ming had even organized his backpack, sorting out the items he was most likely to use, counting them, and refreshing his memory of them.
There was no helping it. Su Ming had too many items in his backpack. Even after trading more than half of them to Xu Qianqian, he had replenished quite a few after opening one hundred and forty-seven packages.
To avoid forgetting an