Huo Yuhao had been planning to secure the Star Dou Forest's rare metals for a long time. After all, the rare metal deposits in the other major Soul Beast habitats were either less abundant than those in the Star Dou Forest or simply too difficult to mine.
Now that Di Tian had come knocking, Huo Yuhao could take this opportunity to carry out a major development project in the Star Dou Forest and establish several stable mining routes.
Mining in the Star Dou Forest was practically waiting for money to fall from the sky.
Since ancient times, countless heroes and geniuses had dominated their eras, and Soul Masters who could stand on the same level as Di Tian at one point or another were as numerous as carp crossing a river.
Yet after the sands of time had washed away the gold, Di Tian alone remained standing. The Star Dou Forest's mineral deposits had remained untouched virgin land for tens of thousands of years.
No one could say just how abundant the Star Dou Forest's mineral reserves truly were, but Huo Yuhao firmly believed that, given the vastness and richness of the Douluo Continent, its rare metal reserves could not possibly be smaller than those of the Sun Moon Empire, which was only half its size.
The moment Ju Zi failed to take Heaven Dou City, she immediately shifted northward. That alone already said a great deal. They had most likely discovered the rare metals in the North Land of the Heaven Dou Empire through some means, perhaps even with the help of an insider—and not even the Tianhun Emperor knew about them.
Since the North Land possessed abundant rare metal reserves, there was no reason the depths beneath the Star Dou Forest would not contain massive reserves as well.