Jiang Zifeng seemed to have just been making casual conversation and wasn't serious about it. He went on, "We're leaving Card City tomorrow. What a shame... When are you leaving?"
"Tomorrow as well," Xu Huo replied.
"It's rare to meet a friend who's so much on the same wavelength. Too bad we haven't had much time together. But since we're so fated to meet, maybe we'll see each other again someday." After saying this to himself, Jiang Zifeng slapped Xu Huo on the shoulder with great gusto. "How about we stay up all night tonight!"
There was no way Xu Huo was skipping rest. One reason he'd stayed in Card City was to get some sleep. In Dungeons, he often couldn't get a proper night's rest for days on end, so the first thing he did after leaving one was recover his strength.
Ye Bingxin had other things to take care of, so she got off the airship partway through the trip. Xu Huo and Jiang Zifeng returned to the Yongxing Hotel. The hotel staff whisked Jiang Zifeng away as soon as he got off the airship—he was hurrying to his next stop—while Xu Huo returned to his room alone.
The elevator jolted as it went up. He could faintly hear the sounds of a fight through the gaps, and at the same time, the elevator's AI announced that someone would be getting on at the next floor.
The fighting was indeed coming from upstairs. The floors of the Yongxing Hotel were made of a special metal, which limited the range and clarity of spatial perception. Xu Huo could only tell that two groups, around seven or eight people in all, were fighting upstairs; he couldn't make out their smaller movements.
But when the elevator went up, it clearly didn't