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Huo Yuhao naturally did not answer, and asked coldly: "As the Holy Son, don't I even have this little freedom?"
Seeing that the tension between the two was getting stronger and stronger, Scorpion Tiger Douluo Zhang Peng and the fourth elder Nether Douluo came out to persuade them: "Saint Son and Saint Daughter, why do you have to get angry over such a small matter?"
The fourth elder, Nether Douluo, tried to smooth things over with Huo Yuhao: “Holy Son, the recent period is critical to the progress of the sect’s plans. The Sect Master has issued a strict order to minimize unnecessary outings. There will be no Soul Master Competition today, so it is best for you not to go to Xishui League.”
Huo Yuhao said calmly: "I'm going to go eat something."
Nether Douluo advised: "The leader said that the cultivation of all members of the sect will be temporarily slowed down. After the competition is over, there will naturally be plenty of opportunities to cultivate."
He naturally understood Huo Yuhao's "eating" as absorbing souls.
Huo Yuhao corrected him, “I went to the restaurant downstairs. Is that okay?”
As he said this, he turned his gaze to Ma Xiaotao in front of him: "Holy Lady of Fire Phoenix, do you need me to treat you?"
Ma Xiaotao seemed to find it a bit boring. She snorted coldly and turned back to her room: "No need. Saint Son, just enjoy it slowly by yourself."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a muffled sound of a door closing.
Zhang Peng glanced at Ma Xiaotao and said indifferently, "Sir, you should go and come back quickly, and try not to stay outside."
"understood."
With a slightly impatient response, Huo Yuhao had already left the Holy Spirit Team’s suite.
"Yuhao, it seems that your clone game has been discovered by someone." In his mind, Bingdi reminded with a little caution.
“It’s hard not to arouse suspicion when someone keeps going outside and never gives a reason, right?” Huo Yuhao said helplessly, “But it’s not that easy to see through my disguise.”
"Next, I'm going to ask Jiujiu about their plans."
Inside the Star Team suite.
Xu Jiujiu was in the study, looking at a brief map of Mingdu and its surroundings, marking on it with a red pen. There was no one else around her, only the Nebula Douluo who had been with her since childhood.
Nebula Douluo stood aside, looking at Xu Jiujiu with loving eyes.
She was obsessed with spiritual practice all her life, did not care about love between men and women, had no children, and had long regarded Xu Jiujiu as her own child.
Princess Xingluo was completely absorbed in her thoughts at the moment, and her serious expression added a different kind of temperament to her already beautiful appearance. After a long while, she leaned back on the chair and relaxed for a short while.
At this moment, in a corner of the study, a ripple appeared and Huo Yuhao's figure slowly appeared.
Nebula Douluo spotted him immediately and leaned over to remind him, "Princess, friend Yuhao is here."
“Your Highness.” Huo Yuhao bowed gently.
Xu Jiujiu smiled and asked, "Yuhao, what news have you brought?"
Every time Huo Yuhao appears, he brings a lot of information that is impossible to find out.
"The round-robin tournament is over, and Sun-Moon Empire is starting to tighten its encirclement," Huo Yuhao said. "If we want to leave Mingdu next, we won't have to face the Holy Spirit Church, but the Sun-Moon Empire's military."
Xu Jiujiu nodded slightly, his expression somewhat solemn: "We have also discovered this. There are more and more troops patrolling the streets now. I know the strength of the Sun and Moon Army too well. Once they have really assembled, it will be difficult to escape from Mingdu."
The Xing Luo Empire has always been at the forefront of the battle with the Sun and Moon Empire and has a deep understanding of their military strength.
Nebula Douluo also echoed: "Even if you are a Titled Douluo, you will not be able to gain any advantage against the Sun-Moon Empire's established Soul Guidance Group. Fortunately, we knew about the Sun-Moon Empire's conspiracy in advance, and many strong men came."
Huo Yuhao asked: "Princess, what are your plans next?"
Xu Jiujiu said: "We plan to give up the upcoming quarterfinals and leave Mingdu directly before the encirclement of the Sun and Moon Army is formed."
Huo Yuhao didn’t expect Xu Jiujiu to give up so decisively and simply stop competing. He couldn’t help but be stunned for a moment.
He came back to his senses and jokingly said, "We're not going to compete anymore. Don't you want the glory of Xing Luo?"
"Xingluo originally participated in the competition to cover up the assassination of Xu Tianran. Now that the assassination has been cancelled, there is no need for us to stay in this troubled place." Xu Jiujiu said nonchalantly, "As for the so-called glory, just forget about it. Anyway, the best result we have ever achieved is to enter the semi-finals."
Huo Yuhao continued, “Where do you plan to leave? I know that the Body Sect has dug a passage to escape from Mingdu.”
Xu Jiujiu said: "We have reached a cooperation with Tianhun and will escape from different directions. They will escape from the north, and we will escape from the south."
"In the past few days, we have been investigating the situation around Mingdu. Finally, Grandpa Tian discovered that the army at this point in the south has not yet assembled."
She circled a spot on the map with a red pen.
"With Grandpa Youtian and several other senior worshippers, our safe evacuation shouldn't be a problem."
"Not only Xingluo Academy, but also the remaining sect teams from the round-robin tournament will evacuate with us, so the preparation time will be a bit long."
"As long as the time is right, we will evacuate quickly, which should be in the next few days. Before coming to participate in the competition, we notified Duke Baihu, and they will meet us in the Mingdou Mountains."
Huo Yuhao smiled softly: "It's better to leave early, so that Xu Tianran won't do anything else."
"The next step is for Tianhun and you to perform." Xu Jiujiu gave Huo Yuhao a meaningful smile, "Yuhao, the quarterfinals is my last gift to you."
Huo Yuhao was stunned and asked in confusion: "What do you mean?"
Xu Jiujiu's voice was somewhat proud: "We controlled the points in the round-robin match together with Tianhun, and controlled Xingluo's points to be first in the group."
"This way, you, who are also the first in the group, may be drawn to play against Xingluo, and since we are planning to give up the game, you will have a chance to get a bye. It also avoids you from being drawn to play against the Snow Demon Sect."
After listening to the explanation for a long time, Huo Yuhao finally reacted and smiled softly: "Your Highness, it's thoughtful. But what if I'm not the one who draws the bye?"
Xu Jiujiu shrugged: "That's nothing we can do. You're on your own. Maybe you can come with us?"
Huo Yuhao politely declined: "Your Highness, I have a more important role to play in Mingdu."
Xu Jiujiu paused for a moment, and suddenly said, "Yuhao, you must be careful when you stay in Mingdu from now on."
Her voice suddenly became soft, full of concern and trust.
Huo Yuhao smiled calmly: "Thank you for your concern, Princess. I will take my leave now."
Without any attempt to retain or stop him, Xu Jiujiu and Nebula Douluo just watched his figure disappear into thin air.
Walking in the corridor of the hotel, Huo Yuhao muttered to himself: "It's better to leave early. Tomorrow will be a place of real trouble."
He was originally worried about what he would do if Xing Luo drew an opponent from the Sun and Moon Team and the two sides fought fiercely. But now, he didn't have to worry about it anymore.
"Do you like that human?" This time it was Xue Di who asked the question. Her voice was a little unexpected and her tone was straightforward. The human she was referring to was naturally Xu Jiujiu.
“Good eyesight.” Huo Yuhao did not deny it and said casually.
"Do you love that human?" Xue Di continued to ask.
Huo Yuhao did not answer at this time. Instead, he stopped and frowned with a strange expression: "Xue Di, who did you learn this from? When did you become so gossipy?"
For some reason, he always felt that people who asked him such questions had bad intentions.
"Nothing." Xue Di's tone was calm but a little confused. "I just find it strange. Why do you deliberately keep a certain distance from her?"
Even with her 700,000 years of cultivation, she couldn't see through things like emotions.
Huo Yuhao was silent for a moment, then replied calmly: “Just like what the Ice Emperor said, I was born to rebel.”
He continued walking towards the suite where the Snow Demon Sect was located, thinking in his mind, and suddenly felt that something was wrong.
Xingluo and Tianhun have already thought of ways to escape and are ready to leave Mingdu at any time.
Who are the other forces left to participate in the competition in Mingdu? The Douling Empire had already been eliminated.
Shrek Academy!
How are they going to leave?
Chapter 351: The Insider Appears Again
This question made Huo Yuhao curious.
Knowing full well that Riyue had a conspiracy, Xingluo still came to Mingdu to participate in the competition without hesitation, in order to take the opportunity to assassinate Xu Tianran and thus cause chaos in the royal family.
But now, they have a simpler and less risky method, so there is no need to stay in Mingdu.
With Huo Yuhao's interference, the Holy Spirit Church's capture operation was cancelled, and those sect teams that were eliminated earlier all left safely.
The troops have begun to gather around Mingdu. If we don’t leave now, we will be unable to escape soon.
After Xingluo and Tianhun discussed, they formulated different plans based on their respective interests.
Xingluo will lead those sect teams that did not enter the quarterfinals and quickly break out from the southern end of Mingdu one night before the Sun and Moon military assembles.
Duke Baihu had already received the imperial edict and was waiting with his troops in the Mingdou Mountains for support.
Because of the information gap, many Titled Douluo priests were brought in advance to hide in Mingdu, so a smooth evacuation was not difficult.
As for Tianhun, they will continue to participate in the competition, but they are also prepared to retreat.
A few years ago, when the Benti Sect attacked Mingde Hall, they used human flesh to dig a tunnel of terrifying length from the underground of the northern suburbs to the city.
After the attack, the end of the tunnel collapsed and was repaired by the Sun and Moon side, but no one discovered the first half and it has been preserved.
After more than half a month of second-phase construction in the Body Sect, the exit was extended a lot further. Even if Mingdu was surrounded by the military, they could still evacuate without anyone noticing.
Before evacuating, they still have to do two important things.
One was to send away the younger generation of the Body Sect first, and then let Du Bu Si openly violate Xu Tianran's privacy in front of millions of people in Mingdu, causing chaos in the royal family.
The second was to take advantage of the chaos in Mingdu before evacuating and visit Mingde Hall again to grab some high-level soul guides.
Xingluo and Tianhun have already made their plans, but what about Shrek Academy?
Xing Luo also told them about the conspiracy of the Sun and Moon Empire. They did have a lot of strong men coming, but had they thought about their retreat?
"Yuhao, what are you worried about them doing?" Tianmeng asked.
“Let me guess, are they going to fight to the very end for the glory of Shrek Academy and must fight until the finals?” Huo Yuhao snorted coldly, “Humph, if they don’t leave now, they won’t be able to leave when the time comes.”
Hyotei snorted and said, "You don't need to worry about them. If the human who likes to drink is still leading the team, no one should be able to stop them if they want to leave."
"Those two Ultimate Douluos from the Holy Spirit Church and the guy in the palace are stronger than him, but they may not be able to stop him. Besides, didn't your princess say before that many strong people came to Shrek Academy?"
She was referring, of course, to Taotie Douluo Xuan Lao and the others.
Huo Yuhao said with some disdain: “Ice Emperor, you have overlooked one problem. The main force besieging the city will be the military. Even if we don’t mention Long Xiaoyao and the others, the several elite soul mentor groups in the Sun Moon Army will be enough to deal with them.”
Bingdi frowned and asked, "How many strong people are there in an elite soul mentor group?"
Huo Yuhao replied: "A standard square team is probably led by a ninth-level soul engineer, plus a hundred fifth-level soul engineers. Of course, the specific levels and numbers will vary slightly."
Xue Di said: "Those one hundred level five soul masters are nothing to be afraid of. Just an ordinary level nine soul master doesn't seem to be able to threaten those powerful people mentioned by Bing'er."
"Even if the two humans from the Holy Spirit Church take action, there is little chance of keeping them here."
After being with Huo Yuhao for so many years, Xue Di has learned a lot about soul masters and soul guides through observation and observation.