"I have an idea."
A glint flashed through Tang San's eyes.
"I have an idea too!"
Xiao Wu's eyes lit up, as though she had thought of something.
The instant Tang San and Xiao Wu's gazes met, they both saw the answer in each other's eyes.
That unspoken understanding made faint smiles curl across both their lips.
"Then say it already! At a time like this, why are you still keeping us in suspense?!"
Dai Mubai paced anxiously in circles.
Ma Hongjun also leaned closer, staring at them eagerly as he waited for what came next.
"Do you still remember the Spirit Master Competition?"
"Back then, I exposed my Twin Martial Souls talent during the Promotion Tournament, and word of it soon reached Spirit Hall."
"From then on, they regarded us as thorns in their flesh and sent people after us all along the way, determined to eliminate us."
Tang San spoke slowly, his tone somewhat grave.
"I understand!"
"You mean that we in the First Timeline failed to escape Spirit Hall's pursuit?"
Ma Hongjun's eyes suddenly lit up, and realization dawned across his face.
"That is highly possible."
"The reason we survived back then was entirely because Dugu Bo and Chen Xin stepped in to help us. Only then did we barely escape Spirit Hall's pursuit."
"But the Spirit Hall of the First Timeline was even more brutal and ruthless than the one in our timeline, while Sword Douluo had been frightened out of his wits by Qian Cheng and simply dared not help."
"Without the protection of those two seniors, we could never have stood against Spirit Hall."
Dai Mubai nodded, his expression turning solemn.
"We died on the way to Spirit City!"
Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai raised their heads at the same time, their eyes fixed