At the sight of that white light, Hao Lan shouted, "Huo Hai, stop hiding! You traitor, today we will surely kill you here!" The moment they heard this, everyone understood who the Vast Earth Empire was looking for.
Huo Hai had long since become a wanted criminal of the Vast Earth Empire. The empire had hunted him for so long, yet found nothing. On the contrary, whenever they did find him, Huo Hai often killed quite a few of their people instead. Later, he even gained the title of Insect King. This only made the Vast Earth Empire feel even more stifled.
Today, the Vast Earth Empire had merely come here to search. They did not think Huo Hai would necessarily attend this grand gathering. But no matter what, they still had to confirm it.
If Huo Hai was allowed to keep running free, it would not only deal a tremendous blow to the Vast Earth Empire's reputation, but also leave the Vast Earth Imperial Family feeling thoroughly uncomfortable. They had failed to obtain Ancestor Tianhui's Inheritance, yet had handed their own swordsmanship to Huo Hai. Who could let that go?
Though the two sides were not locked in a fight to the death, reconciliation was nearly impossible. Now that they had used the Heaven-Seeking Disk and truly found Huo Hai, how could the people of the Vast Earth Empire not be delighted? And calling Huo Hai a traitor was not entirely without basis. After all, Huo Hai had come from the Southern Nations. Nominally, the Southern Nations fell under the Vast Earth Empire's jurisdiction.
Though the Vast Earth Empire had abandoned the Southern Nations long ago, even now it merely treated them as vassals of the empire. It endlessly took what it needed from them, yet had little intention