Night had fallen.
Huo Yuhao sat by the lake, bathed in moonlight, with a wine jug and two cups set beside him.
Footsteps sounded behind Huo Yuhao.
This scene seemed to have happened once before.
But this time, the one who came looking for Huo Yuhao was not Jiang Nannan, but Xu San Shi.
Xu San Shi saw the wine jug and cups already prepared beside Huo Yuhao and realized Huo Yuhao had expected this. He sat down beside Huo Yuhao in surprise and asked, "You already guessed I'd come looking for you?"
"Heh, Brother Xu, don't I know you?" Huo Yuhao filled Xu San Shi's cup and smiled, then put away his smile and looked seriously at Xu San Shi. "You can't wait anymore, can you?"
Xu San Shi also put away his smile. Holding the wine cup, he nodded hard. "I've waited for this day for a very long time. I don't want to waste any more time!"
"Yuhao, I'm very grateful for your help, and I'm also very grateful for the academy's help, but the hatred of my clan's destruction, the hatred for my parents' deaths—I haven't dared forget it for even a moment!"
"Now that I've finally broken through to Titled Douluo and finally seen hope for revenge, I don't want to wait any longer."
Xu San Shi stated his decision. "I'm going to leave alone, hunt for my ninth soul ring, and then go find the Cihang Demon for revenge!"
"Brother Xu, we'll help you. You don't need to leave," Huo Yuhao advised sincerely.
Xu San Shi's eyes reddened with emotion, but he did not waver in the slightest.
"Yuhao, this is the path I've chosen. I can't keep dragging the academy down!"
"Besides, this is the only thing I can still do for the