Douluo Continent: Building a Divine Kingdom Starting from the Spirit Hall

He never expected that this usually low-key classmate would suddenly become so impressive, and now he has become someone that he needs to look up to.

After exchanging pleasantries, Huang Yuan suggested setting out a hot pot to welcome his senior's return, but the general's clone refused.

Just then, Xue Qinghe arrived with the Royal Fighting Team to pay a visit.

"I apologize for the intrusion from Qinghe. Please forgive me."

As he led his team inside, Xue Qinghe smiled apologetically upon seeing the scene.

"Your Highness, please have a seat."

Huang Yuan warmly invited Xue Qinghe and the others to sit down. The Crown Prince had been a great help in the reconstruction of the academy, even giving them the prime location of the royal hunting grounds. They had always remembered this kindness.

So when they heard that the Crown Prince had come to visit, they went out in person to welcome him.

"Your Excellency should understand the purpose of my visit today."

After sitting down and exchanging some polite words, Xue Qinghe turned his gaze to someone, his eyes filled with undisguised doubt. Yu Tianheng and the others beside him also didn't understand what this person was doing.

After they left, they discovered that three little guys had followed them. These were the Flame Xuanwu Turtle and the Flame Purple Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex that had materialized during the battle, as well as that strange ball of poisonous flame.

The fiery Xuanwu Turtle was now perched on the head of the stone mill, the fiery purple lightning Tyrannosaurus was perched on Yu Tianheng's shoulder, and the poisonous flames had transformed into a four-colored snake that coiled around Dugu Yan.

This was clearly not an accident, but rather something the other party did intentionally; he needed to know what the other party wanted to do.

“I cannot complete the nurturing of the strange fire by myself alone. I need your assistance. After the success, we will each receive half of it, which will be mutually beneficial.”

The general's clone used that special voice to explain the purpose of having the strange fire follow him, and while speaking, he also manifested the Flame of Life.

After the Flame of Life appeared, it first hovered around Jiangzhu's body for a moment, and then split into two. One half merged into Jiangzhu's body, and the other half flew to Ye Lingling's side.

Seeing this, Jiangzhu couldn't help but pout her lips, staring warily at Ye Lingling, who was wearing a veil, feeling as if the other party had stolen her treasure.

Xue Qinghe remained silent, his eyes fixed on the eye holes of the other person's mask, as if trying to see the eyes inside, but unfortunately, they were pitch black and he could see nothing.

"Your strange fire seems to be extraordinary, quite spiritual."

When asked a crucial question, Xue Qinghe was most surprised by this point.

He had studied the three strange flames before coming here and found that they were all very spiritual and not normal soul skill flames.

"They are fire spirits, which can be considered a kind of soul beast. How far they can grow depends entirely on your own training."

Without any hesitation, he revealed the differences between the different fires.

"Your methods are truly admirable!"

He thought to himself, "As expected," and Xue Qinghe was impressed.

When I was researching with my teacher Dugu Bo before, they made the connection to elemental-type soul beasts, and it turns out they really were.

However, the other party possesses the means to create elemental life, which is truly astonishing.

Of course, he thought there might be a problem with this flame. After all, the other party didn't seem like a kind person at all, and rashly refining the strange fire created by the other party into his body might have some hidden dangers.

However, they are using an open strategy. Even if they know there is something wrong with it, they will still refine that strange fire.

Only by refining the strange fire can their strength increase dramatically in a short period of time, thereby increasing their chances of winning the championship.

This is the closest the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy has ever come to the championship; they absolutely cannot afford to fail.

As for the potential hidden dangers, with Teacher Dugu Bo keeping an eye on things, there shouldn't be any major problems.

Where is my strange fire?

"And mine too!"

Seeing that her teammates all had different flames, and even the Shi brothers could share the tortoise flame, while she herself didn't, Meng Yiran couldn't help but speak up in dissatisfaction, and Xue Ke also expressed her dissatisfaction.

The commander's clone was silent for a moment, then reached out and remotely split the counterfeit Netherworld Poison Fire in two. One part stayed with Dugu Yan, and the other transformed into four-colored snakes that swam to Meng Yiran's side.

While doing so, it also split the knock-off version of the Tortoise Spirit Earth Fire on the stone mill head in two, with the other one climbing onto the graphite head to make its home.

Then he took out two sword-shaped strange flames, one of which was grayish and inconspicuous, and the other was bright white.

The moment those two strange flames appeared, Xue Qinghe stared wide-eyed, and even a young woman secretly watching from his storage soul tool was shocked.

When he was researching those three strange flames before, he asked Yu Tianheng and the others and found that their martial souls and soul power could resonate with the strange flames corresponding to them. However, his own soul power is now resonating with that bright white sword-shaped strange flame.

Clearly, that sword-shaped strange fire was formed by its own power, and it must have been the sword that was thrown out using the sword-drawing technique.

Can the opponent even refine sword intent and sword energy into strange fire?

"The strange fire is yours to take to the next level. It's up to you how far you go."

Leaving behind a single sentence, the general's clone made a stylish and dignified exit.

There was something to do when they left, something that had been discussed beforehand: to make some money for the Strange Fire Academy.

After all, it's my wife's college, so naturally I have to lend a hand.

Upon returning to the residence of Blazing Fire Academy, Yingmei was already waiting there for a long time.

The two met up and headed straight for the Ironhoof Mine.

The Ironhoof Mine's veins are primarily iron ore, but they also contain other substances that can be directly smelted into high-strength alloy steel, specifically stainless steel.

They first entered the volcano dozens of miles away, absorbed a huge amount of earth fire energy with the help of the counterfeit version of the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire, and then flew out to melt a mine with the earth fire energy.

After repeating this process more than ten times, the entire iron ore mine was finally melted into molten iron.

By using pre-existing molten iron pools and filtering impurities at different temperatures, high-purity alloy steel molten steel is finally obtained.

Although this simple filtration method isn't very effective, it's sufficient as a building material since it's not intended for making weapons or armor.

It is at least much stronger than ordinary stone.

They were then molded into standard steel ingots using locally excavated mold pits, and then transported by the teachers and students of Blazing Fire Academy using storage soul guides.

For this project, almost all the teachers and students of Blazing Fire Academy were mobilized, and even many graduates who had graduated for many years were invited back to participate in the project.

Having dealt with the alloy steel molten metal, Tian Hao once again absorbed a large amount of geothermal energy from the volcanic magma. He then melted rocks on the spot towards Xuefeng City, opening up a lava channel and continuously guiding the flow of geothermal energy to prevent the magma within the channel from cooling and solidifying.

Before long, they arrived at an underground passage, which was secretly opened by people from Blazing Fire Academy using soul skills, leading directly to the outside of Snow Peak City.

With the underground passage already prepared, things became much simpler. The magma from the volcano surged forward on its own, compressed by the difference in elevation, and flowed through the passage towards Snow Peak City.

Meanwhile, Tian Hao continued to use the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire to guide the flow of earth fire energy, maintaining the magma form to prevent it from solidifying and blocking the passage. He also melted the rocks in the passage to widen it and destroyed the traces left by human excavation. In this way, they quickly arrived outside Snow Peak City.

Prince Xuezhou was also quite efficient, directly dispatching 100,000 city defense troops from Xuefeng City to demolish the structures, taking away everything usable and temporarily placing it not far from the competition venue.

It would be better to wait until the new competition venue is rebuilt before moving back, which would avoid a lot of waste.

At the same time, all the buildings around the competition venue were cleared to make way for the construction of the new venue.

Ignoring what was happening there, Tian Hao guided the magma and subterranean fire energy from the depths of the earth, eventually arriving at the bottom of the large crater he had created.

Was your approach inappropriate?

Xue Qinghe, who was in charge of overseeing the reconstruction of the stadium, looked at the magma that was constantly gushing out and was speechless.

"It's just volcanic lava that's been guided in; once it's all done, the blockage will solidify on its own."

To put it simply, the commander's clone held the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame in his palm, using the volcanic magma in the passage and the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame left inside as a medium to continuously draw the earth fire energy from the volcano.

The massive amount of terrestrial fire energy spread, quickly enveloping the entire arena and continuing to expand outwards. Wherever it passed, rocks and ground turned into scorching magma, eventually forming a huge pool of lava.

Fortunately, the teachers and students of Blazing Fire Academy had already created an isolation zone on the edge, preventing the lava from spreading outwards.

Once the required venues had all been transformed into magma pools, Tian Hao used the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire to extract the Earth Fire Energy from the magma, allowing it to cool rapidly and transform into hard lava, which would serve as the foundation for the new arena.

Then, the teachers and students of Blazing Fire Academy placed the alloy steel ingots, which they had transported using storage soul guides, onto the lava foundation. Tian Hao then guided the earth fire energy to spread over and melt the steel ingots back into molten iron.

Immediately afterwards, the teachers and students of Blazing Fire Academy stepped forward and used their martial spirits and soul power to guide the molten iron to perform simple shaping, gradually creating the main body of the competition venue.

Since Yingmei took over the academy, she has strengthened the students' soul power control training and even opened a special course for it. Now is the time to show the results.

After the main structure of the new competition venue was sculpted using molten alloy steel, Yingmei fired a signal flare. A Soul Douluo waiting on the other side of the volcano activated his Martial Soul True Form and plunged into the lava, blocking the passage.

After a day and a night of hard work, the main structure of the competition venue was completed. It was cast entirely from molten alloy steel and had a dark reddish-brown hue, giving it an indestructible feel.

That wasn't all. The Blazing Fire Academy dug the arena hundreds of meters deep and laid layers of special materials with a cushioning effect, mainly soil and gravel, to mitigate the impact of the battle.

Even if another battle of that magnitude breaks out again, the mud will cushion the impact on the surrounding spectator area.

Furthermore, alloy steel structures are more resilient than simple stone buildings, and given their insane size, they are unlikely to crack. Even if they do crack, a fire-attribute soul master of soul saint level or above can simply weld them together.

Seeing the bizarre actions of Blazing Academy, especially the outrageous behavior of one person, everyone who came to watch fell silent.

Tian Hao didn't care what these people thought. He controlled his General clone to return to the Blue Tyrant Academy's residence to rest, and also to train Jiang Zhu and the others, while also equipping the other members of the Blue Tyrant team with low-end versions of different flames to improve their combat power.

The interior decoration of the competition venue was handled by the teachers and students of Blazing Fire Academy, with various craftsmen dispatched by Prince Snowday to participate.

Although they had never built a structure made entirely of steel before, it was roughly the same as one built of stone. With the help of teachers and students from the Blazing Fire Academy heating and shaping the structure, the project was progressing quite quickly.

The progress was further accelerated, especially after a group of artisans specializing in glass products joined the project.

Three days passed, and the new competition venue was largely completed, at least superficially. The interior was still under construction, but it wouldn't affect the competition.

"Ding ding ding..."

In the unfinished lounge connected to the Shrek team's stands, Oscar took out a spoon and banged it against the wall. His face turned almost green.

"What kind of monster is that?!"

Looking at the spoon he had bent, Oscar slumped onto the sofa and groaned.

Although it is just a building, it reveals the terrifying nature of that being. The thought of them facing that being soon is enough to make them feel a bit overwhelmed.

Their Shrek Academy's educational philosophy is to cultivate monsters. That master even said that in the future, everyone would think of the word "monster" when they mention Shrek.

But compared to that thing, they're nothing. That thing is a monster.

Oscar wasn't the only one whose mentality was crumbling; Dai Mubai and the others were also having a headache.

They are not only troubled by this Soul Master Competition, but also by the future.

Although they were tricked by that scoundrel Ma Hongjun last year, they did join forces to kill him once, and the enmity between them is irreconcilable.

In the Soul Master Competition, the opponent will consider the competition rules and will not kill, but what about the future?

The thought of being targeted by that kind of monster sent chills down everyone's spine.

Ma Hongjun huddled in the corner, trembling. His chubby face was ashen white; he was terrified.

What kind of monster have I provoked?!

"Snapped!"