Tailing the Spirit Hall Team
"The Spirit Hall has suppressed the Four Elements Academy for many years, and now the opportunity has come. With the strength of the five of us, dealing with them will be a piece of cake. My suggestion is that we observe what they are up to first, and then we can make our move after we figure out their purpose. What do you all think?"
Huo Lei shared all the information he had gathered and his thoughts with his partner.
Huo Feng said, "They're in the open, we're in the shadows, so observing them won't hurt. But this opportunity is rare. If the time is right, we must wipe them out, leaving no one alive. That way, the Spirit Hall won't know who did it. These people are Bibi Dong's darlings. Wiping them out won't shake the Spirit Hall's foundation, but it will be enough to make Bibi Dong heartbroken for a while."
"It's a bit like hide-and-seek, kind of interesting. I have no objection." An Jun's face showed a playful expression.
"I have no objection. You brat, hurry up and control the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud them! The closer you are, the easier it will be for us to observe them." Jin Shan expressed his thoughts and urged Huo Lei.
With everyone's opinions agreed upon, Huo Lei was naturally delighted. He mobilized a wisp of his spiritual power, controlling the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud move towards the Spirit Hall group.
The group from the Spirit Hall hadn't gone far when they stopped less than 500 meters from where Huo Lei and his group had originally been.
Twenty experts from the Spirit Hall quickly dispersed, cutting down some trees to clear a space. They piled the trees around the edge of the space to build simple defensive fortifications. The two Titled Douluo and the three members of the Golden Generation were clearly of higher status than them. In particular, the two Titled Douluo stood quietly in the center of the space, while Hu Liena and the other two stood respectfully behind them.
The twenty experts moved quickly, and in no time they had completed the clearing of the outer area and the construction of defensive fortifications. At the same time, they set up tents, clearly intending to rest there.
The two Titled Douluo lived in one tent, while Hu Liena and the other two members of the Golden Generation lived in another tent. No one gave Hu Liena any special treatment because she was a woman. The other twenty people lived in five tents, which were arranged to subtly surround the two tents in the middle.
Throughout the entire process, they did not communicate verbally; even when cutting down trees, everyone tried to minimize the sound they made.
The two Titled Douluo and Hu Liena quickly went inside the tent to rest. The twenty people split into two groups: five people patrolled the area, while the others took out dry rations and prepared them simply, without starting a fire.
At this moment, Huo Lei had stopped one hundred meters away from the Spirit Hall's rest area. He had taken in all the actions of the Spirit Hall group.
Huo Lei said, "Since the Spirit Hall people are going to spend the night here, there's no need for us to guard them. Everyone should rest. With the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud protecting us, we don't need anyone to keep watch. We can observe them again tomorrow morning if we get up early."
Huo Feng took out a large blanket and spread it out inside the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, where the four of them lay down to rest. The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was at a constant temperature, neither too hot nor too cold, and since they were all men, they didn't have any inhibitions and lay down together. Huo Lei, on the other hand, sat cross-legged and entered a meditative state.
The next morning, Huo Lei and his group woke up very early. The first thing Huo Lei did upon opening his eyes was to get up and observe the situation of the Spirit Hall.
The group from the Spirit Hall also got up very early. When Huo Lei woke up, they were eating breakfast with dried rations and cured meat.
While the Spirit Hall members were having breakfast, Huo Lei and his group of five took out some food from their Storage Ring and began to eat.
Not long after, Ghost Douluo's voice rang out, "Let's go."
Huo Lei and his group quickly finished their food, and Huo Feng also put away the large blanket that had been spread at the bottom of the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
In a short time, the people from the Spirit Hall had packed up the seven tents in the camp.
The group of twenty-five from the Spirit Hall set off into the heart of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Huo Lei dared not be negligent and mobilized a wisp of his spiritual power to drive the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to follow suit.
A moment later, Ghost Douluo, who was at the front, began to accelerate, and the entire group sped through the forest like lightning.
"Damn it, so fast, are they in such a hurry to be reincarnated?" Huo Lei cursed under his breath and quickened his pace as well.
To Huo Lei's surprise, even when they encountered powerful Soul Beast along the way, they did not attack the Spirit Hall members; they simply watched them advance from a distance.
Huo Lei quickly understood why such a strange phenomenon had occurred. It stemmed from the power and aura emanating from the two Titled Douluo. The energy surrounding the group, resembling a barrier, was a deterrent to the Soul Beast outside.
With two Titled Douluo walking together, how many Soul Beast would dare to offend them? Therefore, this team from the Spirit Hall saved a lot of time.
However, this made things difficult for Huo Lei. While the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud could indeed conceal a person's figure and aura, it wasn't non-existent. Even though Huo Lei tried to minimize the size of the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, it was still about the size of a house. Traveling at high speed through the dense foliage of the Star Dou Great Forest without attracting attention was incredibly difficult.
Fortunately, after advancing at high speed for two hours, the Spirit Hall people stopped to rest. This gave Huo Lei and the others who were closely following behind them a chance to catch their breath.
Huo Lei stopped a hundred meters away from the Spirit Hall members. He plopped down on the ground, let out a long breath, and cursed, "Phew! That damned Ghost Douluo, I'll make him suffer a fate worse than death!"
Huo Feng, Jin Shan, and the others also felt uncomfortable inside the cramped Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. They couldn't use their speed, and their space to move around was very limited. They could only obediently follow Huo Lei's pace. The four of them also cursed the people from the Spirit Hall.
Huo Lei was the first to sit down and rest, and the other four also sat down inside the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
The experts from the Spirit Hall formed a circle, with a few patrolling nearby while the others immediately went to rest. No one spoke throughout the entire process.
"Teacher, didn't you visit the core area of Star Dou Great Forest before? How far are we from the core of the forest?" Huo Lei sat motionless on the ground, his golden eyes fixed on the actions of the Spirit Hall members. He asked Jin Shan at the same time.
Jin Shan smiled wryly and said, "Many years have passed. Back then, I only encountered the Titan Giant Python and the Sky Azure Bull Python by sheer chance. So many years have passed, I can't remember the surrounding environment anymore. However, based on my observation of the Soul Beast Soul Beast, the ones appearing here are quite old, so I believe we're not far from them. Just stick close to the Spirit Hall people; the Soul Beast can't escape. But if the Spirit Hall people aren't killed this time, they won't have such a good opportunity again."
"Okay. Got it." Huo Lei replied to Jin Shan indifferently.
At this moment, Ghost Douluo, who was about 100 meters away from Huo Lei, was the first to stand up from the ground, followed by everyone from the Spirit Hall.
Seeing the actions of the Spirit Hall members, Huo Lei immediately stood up. As soon as Huo Lei stood up, the other four followed suit. Now, the five of them were one; Huo Lei, they all had to move; if Huo Lei stopped, they all had to stop.