The question did pique Huo Yuhao's curiosity.
Despite knowing that the Sun Moon Empire had a scheme afoot, the Star Luo Empire had come to Mingdu to compete without hesitation, intending to seize the opportunity to assassinate Xu Tianran and throw the royal family into chaos.
But now that they had a simpler, less risky method, there was no need to remain in Mingdu.
With Huo Yuhao interfering behind the scenes, the Holy Spirit Cult's capture operation had been canceled, and the sect teams eliminated earlier had all left safely.
The troops around Mingdu had already begun to assemble. If they did not leave now, they would soon be unable to escape even if they sprouted wings.
After consulting with each other, the Star Luo Empire and Tianhun had devised different plans according to their respective interests.
The Star Luo Empire would lead the sect teams that had failed to reach the quarterfinals in a swift breakout from Mingdu's southern end one night, before the Sun Moon military finished assembling.
The White Tiger Duke had already received orders and was waiting with his troops in the Mingdou Mountains to receive them.
With their informational advantage, they had brought numerous Titled Douluo retainers ahead of time to hide in Mingdu. A smooth withdrawal would not be difficult.
As for Tianhun, they would continue competing, but they had already prepared an escape route.
Several years earlier, when the Body Sect attacked the Illustrious Virtue Hall, they had dug an astonishingly long tunnel by hand from beneath the northern outskirts into the city.
After the attack, the tunnel's far end had collapsed and been repaired by the Sun Moon Empire, yet its first stretch had somehow gone undiscovered and remained intact.
After over half a month of the Body Sect's second-phase work, the