Huo Yuhao had no clear idea who his enemies truly were, but upon hearing the old man speak of his granddaughter who had once walked this same path, only to fail in the end and have even her soul dragged away to the God Realm, Huo Yuhao had already prepared himself for the possibility of being shattered to pieces.
As a ninja, Huo Yuhao was never one to shy away from using the worst possible malice to fathom the lengths to which others might go. From the old man's words, he had already gathered a great deal, and the one thing he was most certain of was that he had likely been dragged into a struggle—a life-and-death struggle.
Since it was a struggle, he harbored no illusions that his enemies would possess merciful hearts; instead, he had to anticipate every conceivable action they might take using the darkest hypotheses. Though he still did not understand which of his specific traits had led to him being chosen as a genuine pawn in their contest, for the sake of his mother's safety alone, Huo Yuhao had no choice but to accept this sudden "commission."
Chapter 22