Morning sunlight streamed into the room.
Huo Yuhao opened his eyes. Today was different from every other day—the mission to wipe out the Evil Soul Masters was happening today.
More importantly, today was also the day Spirit Hall would officially be rebuilt.
He got up and dressed. Just as he finished tidying up, urgent knocking came from outside the door.
"Xuelian! Are you up yet? Time to gather!"
Ma Xiaotao's voice was filled with excitement.
Huo Yuhao opened the door, and Ma Xiaotao grabbed his wrist and dragged him outside.
"Come on, come on! Don't be late!"
Sixteen inner courtyard students had already assembled at the training grounds.
Yan Shaozhe stood at the front, with a burly old man beside him. The old man had grizzled hair and beard, eyes like blazing torches, and an indistinct pressure surrounding him—a rank ninety-eight Super Douluo, the Taotie Douluo, Xuan Zi.
Huo Yuhao's gaze lingered on Xuan Zi for a moment, and something stirred in his heart.
Taotie Bloodline...
No rush.
Yan Shaozhe cleared his throat and said gravely, "Everyone is here. Let me repeat this one last time before we depart—Elder Xuan and two elders will lead this mission. All actions are to follow orders. No one is to act on their own. Understood?"
"Understood!" everyone answered in unison.
Yan Shaozhe nodded and looked toward Xuan Zi.
Xuan Zi swept his gaze across the group and waved a hand. "Let's go."
The group headed east toward the border of the Heaven Soul Empire.
Ma Xiaotao walked beside Huo Yuhao, chattering nonstop. Huo Yuhao occasionally replied, but most of the time, he simply listened.
A sliver of his consciousness stretched across the distance to the Sun Moon Empire.
The groundbreaking ceremony would begin at noon.
There was still time.
Meanwhile, in Radiant City