After the army left, Huo Hai still had his Star Gu secretly follow behind them. He truly couldn't rest easy. What if those people turned back halfway through? That would be troublesome. But the facts proved that they weren't that clever.
Not every battle could be as twisting and turning as in a novel. After the army had been gone for an entire day, Huo Hai's Star Gu could no longer detect them. At this point, even if something happened at the granary, Huo Hai was certain they would never make it back in time. But if they couldn't make it back in time, things would become troublesome.
Fortunately, Huo Hai discovered a military camp not far from the granary. There were even more troops in that camp than in the force that had left earlier. If they marched at full speed, they would need roughly half an hour to get here.
Half an hour? That was enough. The blaze definitely would not burn all the grain inside to ashes. If nothing at all happened here, wouldn't Huo Hai become too easily suspected? A little trouble would instead make it easier to divert attention.
After an entire day had passed, the timing was about right. Huo Hai immediately summoned poison from his Inner Space. He called over a group of Star Gu, and one by one, they swallowed the poison into their mouths. Only Star Gu possessed such an ability. Huo Hai had them refrain from absorbing or digesting the poison, merely keeping it stored.
With the Star Gu's current abilities, doing this was no longer difficult. Then, those several hundred Star Gu rose into the air and swiftly approached the granary. "What's this? These people are being excessively careful."
As the Star Gu drew near, Huo Hai suddenly discovered