"Qin Xiao? Now that you mention it, I remember too. In the final match of the All-Continent Soul Master Tournament, a boy from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy actually broke through Xu Jiujiu's defenses."
"He led the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to victory and took the championship. And that boy seemed to be called Qin Xiao!"
With Dai Huabin's death weighing heavily on her, the First Madam had been too despondent to go to the arena and watch that battle.
But something so momentous had happened. The Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy winning the championship had been a vicious slap in the faces of the other great empires.
So even without deliberately looking into it, she had heard a little about the matter.
But only a little.
Her knowledge of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Team's members had been limited to their names. She could not even remember some of those.
Now, hearing Dai Yueheng say this, she suddenly felt as though everything had become clear.
Of course.
What followed was boundless fury.
"Damn him! Damn him to hell!"
"If I'd known that fellow was that brat Huo Yuhao, I would never have let him leave the Star Luo Empire alive!"
The First Madam clenched her fists and spoke through gritted teeth, her eyes bloodshot.
Then an unhealthy flush spread across her face.
"Mother, what's wrong?"
Dai Yueheng's expression abruptly changed. He hurried to the First Madam's side and reached out to support her, keeping her from falling.
Pfft...
Overcome by a rush of fury, the First Madam suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
The blood spattered onto the ground, each droplet like a crimson plum blossom in bloom.
After coughing up that mouthful of blood, the First Madam's flushed face instantly