After everyone had left Huo Hai's room, someone soon carried over a new door, quickly fitted it into place, and respectfully withdrew. Huo Hai stood up and locked the door from the inside.
Only then did Huo Hai finally breathe a sigh of relief. This had been far too dangerous. The ruler of the Bright Yang Kingdom had actually employed a chain of interlocking schemes. Had anything gone wrong along the way, Huo Hai would have lost his life on the spot.
The earlier encirclement had been extremely dangerous for Huo Hai. He had only managed to escape because the ruler of the Bright Yang Kingdom did not understand all the Star Gu's abilities and had no idea how sharp their teeth were. Otherwise, he only needed to place a few special spirit formations on those Body Refinement experts' armor to repel insects, or apply some special medicine that would prevent the Star Gu from biting.
Then Huo Hai would truly have been in trouble. Being surrounded by an army of a hundred thousand was no laughing matter. If he had held out to the bitter end, even a monster like him would probably have died of exhaustion right there. The ruler of the Bright Yang Kingdom was insidious indeed.
Later, when he returned to Bright Yang City, the ruler had placed the entire city under martial law, preventing him from returning. Huo Hai had only managed to force an earthworm to carry him inside by sacrificing some of his vital energy. Even then, he had nearly been discovered.
Fortunately, he had returned to his room at the very last moment-a blessing amid misfortune. Yet he had actually forgotten the bloody smell on his body. If he had not thought in time to mask it with killing aura, things would