The farther they went along the outer streets of Shrek City, the quieter it became.
Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong walked side by side, chatting about this and that.
To anyone watching, they looked like two students who had just left the Treasure Pavilion and were out for a stroll. Nothing unusual.
But Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection had never stopped.
Six people.
Three on the rooftops, two in the alleys, and one trailing far behind.
They were getting closer.
Wang Dong sensed them too. With Spiritual Detection Sharing linked the whole time, those six points of light were crystal clear in her mind.
She instinctively tightened her grip on Huo Yuhao's hand.
"Don't be nervous."
Huo Yuhao's voice was low,
"Just like we planned."
Wang Dong drew a deep breath and nodded.
At the same time, Huo Yuhao clenched a strangely shaped, single-use Soul Tool in his hand.
The reason he'd suddenly said they should go back inside the Treasure Pavilion earlier was to get this.
Huo Yuhao had bought it there—a Mist Bomb-type Soul Tool.
Since Huo Yuhao hadn't joined the Soul Guidance Department this time, he hadn't studied Soul Tools very thoroughly. With so little time to prepare, he had few Soul Tools he could use.
Most of them were less lethal than his own attacks, so he'd picked only this single-use support Soul Tool.
Its main advantage was that it barely consumed Soul Power.
Wang Dong had been puzzled at the time and asked why he was buying it.
Huo Yuhao had answered with just four words: "For self-defense."
Now she understood.
The two of them turned into an even more secluded alley. The tall buildings on either side blocked most of the moonlight, leaving only a few scattered rays to faintly illuminate the path beneath their