Meanwhile, in the Pope's Hall of Spirit City, the oppressive atmosphere was almost frozen.
Bibi Dong's emotions grew increasingly intense. Hu Liena, watching from below in Bibi Dong's direction, felt a deep sense of unease. What was going on? It was because the people Bibi Dong had sent out to search for Huo Yuhao had returned without a trace.
"Three years, three years, why haven't I found you yet, Hao Yi?"
Bibi Dong's heart was filled with longing, and the pain of unrequited love in her heart was growing stronger every day. All she wanted now was to see him and keep him by her side forever.
But as she sat high on her throne, her scepter striking the ground heavily, her icy voice echoing throughout the hall was unmistakably. "You can't even find a single person. What use are you to the Spirit Hall?"
Below the steps, several Soul Master knelt on one knee. They were the deacons and subordinates sent to search for Huo Yuhao: " Your His Holiness the Pope, Huo Lai seems to have vanished into thin air. We have searched every empire and city, even the Star Dou Great Forest, but there is still no trace of him. It's as if he never existed in the world. Perhaps he is already dead?"
"Insolence!" Bibi Dong's voice rose slightly. "He won't die! How could the Holy Son of my Spirit Hall die so easily?"
Bibi Dong said helplessly, "You may all leave."
Only then did the subordinates leave the hall, trembling with fear.
Hu Liena's eyes were filled with complex emotions, her heart also filled with worry for Huo Lai. She couldn't help but step forward and say to Bibi Dong, "Teacher, it's the same here. We haven't heard from Huo Lai at all. It's as if he doesn't exist in the world."
Where did he go?
Not only Spirit Hall, but also on the other side, in the Heaven Dou Empire, within Heaven Dou City...
Deep within the palace, Xue Qinghe, too, was consumed by lovesickness.
When he heard his men report that they hadn't found any trace of Huo Lai, his heart sank.
Where are you, Huo Lai?
"Your trace cannot be found anywhere in the Douluo Continent."
Will we ever see each other again?
His eyes were filled with melancholy. He walked to the window and reached out to grasp at the sky, but he couldn't grasp anything. The twilight outside was deep, and the afterglow of the setting sun cast a long and lonely shadow of him.
Huo Yuhao had already mastered the use of spatial power. With his experience from his previous life, once he reached the level of Titled Douluo, there was nowhere in the vast Douluo Continent that he couldn't go.
The power of space and time is magical, allowing him to travel to various places, and entering Spirit City is incredibly easy for him.
He was dressed in a black robe with a hood, making it appear as if he were wearing a black robe over a black cloak. The large hood covered half of his face, revealing only a pair of dazzling Golden Pupils.
However, none of that mattered. As he walked through Spirit City, the people from the Spirit Hall noticed the young man. Wasn't this the Holy Son Huo Lai?
The memory of that earth-shattering battle three years ago instantly flooded back to my mind. It had completely disappeared shortly after my last battle with Clear Sky Douluo.
His Holiness the Pope has been searching for him for three whole years. He has returned; he has returned.
Huo Yuhao Huo Yuhao's reputation in the Spirit Hall is still top-notch. His powerful strength earned him the title of Clear Sky Douluo in the Spirit Hall, and he was later named the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall.
When someone saw him, they immediately went to inform the Pope's Hall.
He ran even faster Huo Lai ( Huo Yuhao ). Because of the search for Holy Son Huo Lai, the His Holiness the Pope the past three years. Now that he has been found, the entire Spirit Hall leadership knows that the Pope has practically searched the entire continent for Holy Son Huo Lai over the past three years.
Hu Liena was about to leave when she was suddenly interrupted by a series of hurried footsteps. Several deacons rushed over to report, and after informing the guards outside the door, they entered the Pope's Hall.
"Your His Holiness the Pope!" they exclaimed in unison, " Holy Son Huo Lai, he, he, he's back!"
Upon hearing the news, Hu Liena rushed out first, exclaiming, "Teacher, I'll go meet him and take him to the Pope's Hall!"
When she heard that Huo Lai had returned, Bibi Dong's heart skipped a beat, and thoughts raced through her mind. She subconsciously gripped the scepter tightly, her fingertips turning slightly white from the force.
"Finally, you've decided to come back?"
She murmured it to herself, a surge of emotion welling up in the depths of her violet eyes. Three years of pent-up longing surged like a tide, finally coalescing into a resolute vow:
"Now that you're back, I'll never let you leave me again, Hao Yi."
Huo Yuhao walked to the Pope's Hall, and Hu Liena practically rushed out. The moment she saw that familiar figure, she threw herself into Huo Yuhao's arms without hesitation.
Huo Yuhao caught her steadily. Hu Liena said, "You're finally back! It's been three years! Where have you been? Huo Lai, why did you disappear for so long?"
Huo Yuhao's Golden Pupils flickered slightly. "I'm back. I went to a very far place and was delayed there, so I'm a little late."
"Saintess Nana, it's been a long time."
Hu Liena, her eyes red, punched him lightly. "Didn't I tell you to just call me Nana? What saintess? Aren't you a saint now? Do you expect me to respectfully call you ' Holy Son Huo Lai '?"
Huo Yuhao smiled and shook his head, his gaze softening. "No need for that, it's just a habit. How is Miss Nana?"
Hu Liena calmed herself down slightly. "Yes, ever since you took me to the Slaughter City last time, my cultivation speed has increased a lot. I'm already Soul Emperor now, all thanks to you."
"Let's not talk about that anymore. Your teacher misses you a lot too; she's been looking for you like crazy."
"Let's hurry to the Pope's Hall; she's waiting for you there."
Before she could finish speaking, Hu Liena pulled Huo Yuhao and quickly walked towards the Pope's Hall.
The two entered the Pope's Hall, where Bibi Dong sat on the Pope's throne.
"Teacher, I brought Huo Lai."
Bibi Dong said, "Well, Na'er, you can go now. I have something to say to Huo Lai alone."
Hu Liena said, "Yes," and glanced back at Huo Yuhao's direction as she left the Pope's Hall.
Bibi Dong said, "And you all, get out of here."
She was referring, of course, to the guards at the gate.
As the heavy palace doors slowly closed behind him, only two figures remained in the vast Pope's Hall. Huo Yuhao stood in the center of the red carpet, gazing at the peerless figure on the high throne.
Huo Yuhao looked in Bibi Dong's direction and whispered, "I... I'm back."
Bibi Dong slowly rose to her feet, casually placing the Pope's Scepter on the throne.
She descended the steps one by one, her magnificent Pope robe trailing behind her in an elegant arc. As the distance closed, Huo Yuhao could clearly see the mist welling up in her violet eyes.
Before the last step, Bibi Dong suddenly quickened her pace and pulled Huo Yuhao into a tight embrace. She held him so tightly, as if to confirm that the person before her was truly there.
"Where have you gone? I've searched everywhere, but I can't find you. I thought you were dead."
P. S.: Almost time to start the Secret Chamber Douluo" arc, but it hasn't even been five years yet. I don't know what to write. Am I just destined to be a minor character in this timeline???
1.0 in preparation... Sigh, I'm currently completely stuck on writer's block. There's not much plot left, and the later stages of Douluo II are all about war, so I don't know what to write next. Writer's block is making things difficult...