In Hope City, Lu Hao saw familiar faces. His teachers, Lü Fengrou and Liu Polu, were stationed here. He had once promised his teacher that he would kill the Heavenly Gate City Lord within three years. Now, it seemed he had truly underestimated himself. Even if he faced Qi Huanyu now, he would not be afraid.
After all, he now belonged among the strongest Rank Nines. Qi Huanyu was also known as the number one person below the pinnacle in the Earth Cave, but his combat strength definitely could not compare to Lu Hao's. Even with a Rank Nine divine weapon, he could at most fight the current Lu Hao to a draw. Once Lu Hao broke through again and forged a divine weapon, Qi Huanyu probably would not even last a single move against him.
Whenever Lu Hao sensed students or mentors in danger within the Meat Grinder, he quietly caused accidents to happen to their opponents.
For example, an Earth Cave martial artist in the middle of an attack would suddenly freeze, their energy output interrupted, allowing the human martial artists to counterkill them. Quite a few people who succeeded in turning the tables believed it was simply their own good luck, unaware that no one else had helped them.
Before long, Lu Hao returned beneath Hope City's gates. "Did you hear? Fang Ping has reached Rank Six too." "Yeah, I know. What's so surprising about that? There are too many prodigies these days. Not to mention those farther away—Qin Fengqing from Magic Martial University and Wang Jinyang from Nanjiang are both Rank Six too, aren't they?"
"That's different. Qin Fengqing and Wang Jinyang are both fourth-year students, but Fang Ping is in the same year as Grandmaster Lu."
"You mentioning it made me remember that Grandmaster Lu