Challenge letters piled up in Li Hao's courtyard.
Rank 97. Rank 95. Rank 93.
Some even included hidden insults.
Wang Lei kicked one aside. "Cowards hiding behind paper."
Su Ling examined another. "They want to force you into repeated fights… drain your stamina… expose your techniques."
Lin Xue nodded. "A slow hunt."
Li Hao burned the entire stack with a flick of his finger.
"We don't fight on their terms."
He turned toward the inner mountain path.
"We hunt instead."
"Hunt?" Wang Lei grinned.
"Beasts. Resources. Breakthroughs," Li Hao replied.
Su Ling's eyes lit slightly. "Then we can refine stronger pills."
Lin Xue smiled faintly. "And I can test new formations."
The plan was simple.
Avoid traps.
Grow stronger.
Then crush them all at once.