The next day.
In a valley between Westsmoke City and Mingdu, the terrain was long and narrow—an ideal place for an ambush.
Xuan Zi and the other six had already been waiting there for quite some time.
"Why haven't they arrived yet?"
Xuanji Douluo looked at the chicken bones scattered beneath Xuan Zi, then asked Cai Mei'er, who stood beside him.
Cai Mei'er glanced at Xuanji Douluo, then at Xuan Zi, who sat on a large bluestone with a greasy chicken leg in one hand and a wine jug in the other, his mouth glistening with oil.
Xuan Zi stuffed a chicken leg the size of an adult's fist into his mouth. After chewing a few times, he spat out a bone stripped clean of meat, which landed among the pile of chicken bones.
When Cai Mei'er saw him take out another one after finishing, the corner of her mouth twitched.
She looked toward the mouth of the valley. "They should be here soon."
"Vice Dean Cai, are you certain Xu Tianchen is only a Soul Sage? And that the Sun Moon Empire has no powerful experts capable of stopping us?"
Heavenly Star Douluo, who had remained silent until then, felt increasingly uneasy. The higher one's cultivation, the more capable one was of sensing impending danger. Not long after arriving, Heavenly Star Douluo had felt a trace of unease, and as time passed, the feeling in his heart only grew more alarming.
"Hah, what a coward. No wonder your ancestors abandoned the ruler they once served. He's only a Soul Sage. Besides, Elder Xuan is here, and the Sun Moon Empire has no experts at the Super Douluo level. What are you afraid of?"
As soon as Heavenly Star Douluo finished speaking, Azure Sky Douluo sneered at him with contempt.