Ju Zi and Wutong's Direct Confrontation, Half-Truths Reveal Xiaotao's Clues

Early the next morning, Tang Wutong personally chose the meeting place.

She chose a small relay city along Heaven Soul Old Road. It was far from both sides' main forces, with no large-scale Soul Tool Cannon Arrays nearby—only several long-abandoned trade routes and half-collapsed city walls. If Ju Zi used the meeting to set a trap, she could withdraw at once with the Light Dragon Goddess Butterfly; if Ju Zi truly wanted to talk, this place was quiet enough.

Huo Yuhao did not come with her. That was Tang Wutong's request.

The person Ju Zi wanted to see could be Huo Yuhao, but the matters Tang Wutong wanted to ask Ju Zi about could not be discussed with Huo Yuhao standing beside them, making either of them uncomfortable. Nor could she allow Ju Zi to hide another layer of meaning behind his silence. More importantly, the changing of the guard at the Transport Array during the hour of the tiger, mentioned in the letter, was too urgent. Huo Yuhao had to scout the route first.

So, at daybreak, Huo Yuhao took Xu Sanshi north along the transport route. His Spirit Eyes swept over both sides of the path, and icy-blue spiritual power slowly sank into the ground. The traces left along the route were shallow, as if someone had deliberately wanted him to follow.

The Sun Moon Army's transport routes and the Holy Spirit Cult's Black-Red Fire Lotus became ever more intertwined, like two snakes biting each other's tails.

When he reached the second break in the trail, a Black-Red Fire Lotus suddenly burst from underground and struck at the edge of his Spirit Eyes. Xu Sanshi's Black Tortoise Shield swept across in time and blocked the attack, but the ambush forced them both half a step back.

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