Profit Above All, Death God Destruction Explosion! (Part One)

The camp lay wrapped in pale morning mist, its grass and trees still damp with night dew.

Huo Yuhao rose and stretched his shoulders and back. His bones crackled in a crisp cascade, and without warning, his Soul Power surged. An invisible wave of air rippled out from the hem of his clothes.

Level 26. A breakthrough!

"Boss? Did you just... break through?" Cao Jinxuan had only just sat up, rubbing his eyes, but his drowsiness vanished. He leaned closer, staring in disbelief.

Huo Yuhao had plainly dropped straight into bed last night without even assuming a meditation posture. How had he gained a level in his sleep?

Huo Yuhao smiled and brushed it off. "It was only a matter of time."

He could hardly tell Cao Jinxuan that he was in a state of perpetual Xiu and might even reach the threshold of Level 27 before long.

After all, with the Ice Empress and Ali inside him—two walking cultivation boosts—this speed was exactly what he had expected.

"Seriously...?" Cao Jinxuan tried to press him, but Huo Yuhao cut him off with a pat on the shoulder.

"Come on. Breakfast first."

Breakfast was prepared by the army cooks. The portions were generous, with plenty of fat to fuel the troops.

But the mood at the table was split as cleanly as the Jing and Wei rivers: everyone on Shrek's Main Team, along with Tang San and the others who had drunk last night, wore dark circles under their eyes. Huo Yuhao and the five Lionheart Club members, by contrast, looked bright-eyed and refreshed.

Huo Yuhao lowered his head over his porridge, but his fingers tightened bit by bit.

Across the table, Dai Hao had barely taken his eyes off him.

From subtle scrutiny of his features and Martial Soul to