Someone Was Following Him

The Star Gu had not risen in level, but for Huo Hai, who lacked any particularly powerful offensive or defensive abilities, they remained indispensable tools in battle. Instinctively, he sent some of them out.

A large number of Star Gu protected him. Although their protection was no longer particularly useful to Huo Hai, it still gave him a steady sense of reassurance. Beside him, the Star Gu continued flying dutifully, constantly scouting their surroundings.

His strength had increased, but out of caution, Huo Hai dressed as a hermit and circled the entire Academy twice before leaving through the west gate. Only after leaving did he slowly double back and head south. With a map in his hands and the Star Gu comparing the terrain from above, he was not worried about taking the wrong road at all.

"Quick, keep up! Don't let that brat get away. Hmph, such crude tricks. He's looking down on us far too much." Behind him, a man in black followed at a considerable distance. Many other black-clad men were beside him, all tracking Huo Hai.

These were the remaining twenty-four death sworn soldiers Huang Xiaotian had dispatched. Together with a tracking expert, there were twenty-five of them. Unfortunately, although the death sworn soldiers were also highly skilled at tracking, they could not keep up with someone as blatantly overcautious as Huo Hai. Otherwise, Huang Xiaotian really would not have wanted to send this man along.

Had Huo Hai been there, he would have discovered that the man tracking him was one of the people who had previously leaked information to him, someone he had been searching for all along. He had no idea where these people had been hiding lately.

The group followed Huo Hai from far behind. Somehow, they had learned that he possessed