At this moment, everyone's gaze was focused squarely on Huo Yuhao.
After glancing around at the group, Huo Yuhao first handed the barbecue in his hand to Wang Dong.
What is pure love?
This—this right here—is real pure love!
Holding the skewer, Wang Dong's face lit up with joy, happiness surging from the bottom of his heart.
He never expected that in Huo Yuhao's heart, his status was actually this high!
Huo Yuhao's second serving of roasted meat went to Ma Xiaotao.
"Junior, thank you~!"
"Next time, come to Sea God Lake and help Senior Sister suppress my Xiehuo Wuhun again!"
...
Seeing Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yuhao chatting so intimately, Wang Dong—the one who got the first skewer—suddenly felt that the meat in his hand wasn't fragrant anymore.
After that, Huo Yuhao handed them out one by one to Zhu Lu, Wufeng, Jiang Nannan, Ning Tian, and Xiaoxiao.
Xiaoxiao was placed last.
The immense contrast made Xiaoxiao's heart fill with grievance, but the strong-willed girl didn't say anything—she only silently ate her barbecue.
Huo Yuhao caught all of this, and the corner of his lips curled up in a sly grin.
Because he knew—if he wanted Xiaoxiao to fall, he had to break her down emotionally first.
...
Even Wang Yan was full of praise as he ate Huo Yuhao's barbecue.
For a moment, he even felt wrapped in happiness.
Wang Yan's mission on this trip wasn't light. Not only would he be the on-site commander during the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Competition, he also had to take care of all logistics for the students.
And Elder Xuan… did he look like someone who could do logistics?
His existence was mainly for intimidation.
The meal had everyone smiling from ear to ear. Originally, they planned to rest for half an hour to an hour, but they ended up resting here for a full hour and a half.
Everyone was stuffed—there was enough, more than enough, and Huo Yuhao's cooking skills were absolutely top-tier.
At the end, Huo Yuhao even prepared a big pot of mushroom soup for everyone.
He only added a little salt, yet the soup was unbelievably delicious.
The funniest part was that Elder Xuan, after eating too much meat, really couldn't drink any more, but he still conjured a huge gourd and filled half a pot of soup—apparently to drink on the road.
This made everyone recall what Elder Xuan said earlier about "If it's not good, Huo Yuhao will pay the price."
Elder Xuan, your switch-up is way too big!!!
After resting, the group set out again.
Since they were full and recharged, their pace became even faster.
Their speed was indeed quick. Though they rested longer, they received full nutrition. An hour later, they finally reached the border between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire.
Ahead, a large stretch of military camps blocked the way.
Dai Yaoheng entered the camp alone. Very soon, he borrowed over a dozen military-grade flying soul devices.
For soul masters to fly, aside from flight-type martial souls, they needed to reach seven rings before it became realistically possible.
Even then, pure soul power flight could only cover short distances.
Only Titled Douluo-level powerhouses could fly long distances.
This was why, on their return from the Extreme North, even with a 10,000-kilometer journey, Elder Xuan was exhausted.
Because he didn't use soul devices!
As soul tool technology rapidly advanced, flying soul devices first appeared in the Sun Moon Empire. Their appearance once caused major trouble for the neighboring Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire.
Both countries used nearly all their national resources and reverse-engineered downed Sun Moon flying devices before finally creating their own.
Star Luo's flying soul device was indeed bulky. The main body was a large iron box—one meter long, half a meter wide, and a foot thick.
Connected to both sides were folding wings that reached four meters when opened, enough to provide the necessary lift in the air.
The Inner Court students weren't using flying soul devices for the first time. Ma Xiaotao patiently explained their operation to the Outer Court students.
The key part of using them was takeoff. The process required infusing soul power into the soul device, blasting downward to lift themselves into the air.
After rising to a certain height, they would spread the folding wings. Then, using the airflow's lift, they would redirect the thrust from downward to horizontal, allowing them to accelerate and fly forward.
But a problem appeared—only those above rank forty had enough soul power to lift themselves high enough. Otherwise, without enough altitude, there wouldn't be enough airflow lift—making flight impossible.
This immediately affected Wufeng, Ning Tian, Wang Dong, and Xiaoxiao.
But there was a workaround: others could carry them into the air first, then let them operate the device themselves.
Wang Dong was easy—she could already fly using her Light Goddess Butterfly wings.
This time, Huo Yuhao assigned Ning Tian and Wufeng to Ma Xiaotao, while he carried Xiaoxiao himself!
The feeling of feet leaving the ground was strange. Guided by Huo Yuhao, Xiaoxiao was already screaming.
As for Huo Yuhao, he also felt something special—after all, this was his first time flying.
But just as he was marveling at the sensation, a tiny scorpion suddenly shot out from his chest.
"Ice Emperor?"
Before departure, the Ice Emperor had transformed into a cute little scorpion and hidden in Huo Yuhao's arms.
Now startled, she burst out. She originally planned to surprise him.
Now she was the one scared.
"H—Huo Yuhao, I'm scared!"
Saying that, the Ice Emperor tried to burrow into the warmest part of Huo Yuhao's body, trying to hide.
"Hey hey hey! Don't randomly drill around!!"
"No—not that place!!"
...
In an instant, up in the sky, Huo Yuhao sucked in a sharp breath. The sensation of being wrapped in icy energy nearly made his consciousness collapse.
Yes—you heard right. Not only did Huo Yuhao's body ascend to heaven…
His spirit ascended too!
After a while, he gradually adapted and forcibly suppressed the trembling in his heart.
To use a flying soul device, one had to concentrate, circulate soul power into the central formation through the back, and generate thrust.
However, the more Huo Yuhao tried to focus, the more the waves of pleasure from his brain made him shake uncontrollably.
Beside him, Xiaoxiao seemed to notice his strange expression.
"Huo Yuhao… are you okay? Do you want to stop and rest?"
"Your face… it looks really red!"
...
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