Ten minutes earlier, at the Star Emperor Hotel.
Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong watched Cheng Gang vanish into the night. The pressure bearing down on them vanished with him, and only then did they catch their breath.
That old bastard had suddenly come through the window and pinned them in place with Soul Power alone. They had not even been able to make a sound.
Even if they had managed to shout, the Soundproof Barrier formed from his Soul Power would have blocked their voices.
The man who called himself a Guardian Douluo had appeared and, without hearing a word of explanation, insisted that Huo Yuhao was a Ferocious Beast that had taken human form to cultivate anew—all because Huo Yuhao had released a little more of the Ice Empress's aura during today's match against Dou Ling Academy.
Fortunately, after sending Soul Power into Huo Yuhao's body, Cheng Gang had found that his meridians bore no relation to those of a Soul Beast. He truly was human.
Wang Dong had also read the room and flattered Cheng Gang a few times without showing the slightest hostility. Only then had Cheng Gang released Huo Yuhao and left.
While Cheng Gang had handled Huo Yuhao however he pleased, Tian Meng and the Ice Empress had both fallen silent in his Sea of Consciousness, without so much as a peep.
They had no choice. Huo Yuhao's physique and cultivation were far too weak compared with Cheng Gang's as a Titled Douluo. Through Huo Yuhao's body, the Ice Empress could not bring out even one percent of her strength.
If she forced it, Huo Yuhao's body would collapse before she dealt with the enemy.
Rather than resist, they had decided it was better to look away and spare themselves the anguish. Perhaps Cheng Gang