Huo Qianyi

When Lin Li opened his eyes again, the sky outside the window had already gone completely dark, though massive flashes of fire still streaked across it from time to time.

Lin Li could feel that all the injuries on his body had been healed. Only the violently strained muscles still felt somewhat sore, along with a lingering mental exhaustion.

After briefly recalling what had happened before he lost consciousness, Lin Li suddenly realized something:

"What about those children...?"

He had no idea how much time had passed, so he needed to find someone and ask about the situation.

Just as he was thinking that, the door opened, and Feng Xiaotian and the other two walked in.

"You recovered pretty quickly."

Feng Xiaotian casually sat down beside Lin Li's bed and reached out to squeeze the muscles on his upper arm.

"The Spirit Hall healing Soul Masters said your body was very unusual. It actually had the ability to recover on its own, but even we didn't expect you to wake up several hours earlier than predicted."

"My Martial Soul is somewhat special."

"I could tell."

Lin Li shook his head and asked the three of them, "So what's the situation now?"

Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang exchanged a glance, and Huo Wushuang explained,

"The Vice Dean returned yesterday and gathered the strong people in the city. The academy, Spirit Hall, and City Lord Mansion all sent people out of the city. The gates are sealed now, so no one can enter or leave."

"From what I've learned, those Fallen Soul Masters probably did something and used an Evil Ritual to summon a powerful being. Rumor has it that being may have reached the realm of a Titled Douluo..."

Titled Douluo...

Those four words crashed back and forth through Lin Li's mind. For a moment, he did not know what he should do.

Rationally, he should have stayed in Spirit Hall to recover, but Lin Li wanted to go out and see whether the children abducted by those Fallen Soul Masters were still alive.

This was one of the most obvious differences between the Anime Version and the original work. Based on the original's portrayal, a Titled Douluo was at most low-martial or mid-martial level, and the gaps between realms were not that great. But in the anime, who knew how much money had been poured into special effects just to highlight its fantasy elements?

However, thinking of the original work, Blazing Academy was able to participate in the later Continental Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament. That should mean this incident would not lead to any major disaster.

"I hope Grandfather returns safely."

After saying that, Huo Wushuang sighed, as though praying.

"With Grandfather's strength as an eighty-ninth-level Spirit Douluo, he'll definitely be fine." Huo Wu stepped forward, her eyes full of trust.

But something about those words felt wrong to Lin Li.

The Blazing Academy Dean was clearly still a Spirit Douluo five years after the Spirit Master Tournament, and there were still eleven years until then.

Could it be...?

Lin Li thought of a possibility.

The current Blazing Academy Dean and many of Blazing City's experts were highly likely to perish in this incident!

Blazing City and Blazing Academy had not suffered much overall damage. Perhaps that was bought with the lives of their high-level combatants!

Lin Li reassessed this crisis and raised its danger by another level.

"Brother Wushuang, do you know what that Fallen Soul Master ritual summoned?"

"This..."

Huo Wushuang looked troubled. How could he possibly know something like that?

Why would anyone tell him? Wouldn't that just cause panic?

"It was the Flame Demon Skeleton."

A somewhat cool voice sounded from the doorway. It was the Healing-type Spirit Emperor from Spirit Hall.

Because of the nature of her Martial Soul, those being treated could not move while she used her Soul Skills. She was not suited for the battlefield, so she had remained in Blazing City as support personnel.

"Sister Bai Nan!"

Huo Wu called out when she saw the newcomer, seeming very familiar with her.

When Lin Li saw her, he first thanked her for treating him before asking, "What exactly is this Flame Demon Skeleton you just mentioned?"

Bai Nan pulled over a chair and sat down. Looking at the curious gazes of the four young people before her, she began recounting from memory:

"That was an object used in our Fire Dance Day sacrifices. It also belonged to an expert who had nearly become a god a thousand years ago..."

When Blazing Academy's Vice Dean returned to call for aid, he had also instructed some people to search through the records and quickly compile all information regarding the rumored "Fire God."

Through those materials and some reasonable speculation, information about that expert had also come to light.

Huo Qianyi, a Level 99 Limit Douluo from a thousand years ago, possessed an innate full Soul Power Flame Demon Martial Soul. During his God Position inheritance, he failed at some unknown stage. Unwilling to accept it, Huo Qianyi tried to forcibly merge the Divine Power that had already been converted within his body into his Flame Demon Martial Soul, intending to use his incomplete strength to force his way through the shackles of the next level.

But unfortunately, he failed.

The Flame Demon Martial Soul was a special Martial Soul. On one hand, it could suppress Fallen Soul Masters, but if its wielder became a Fallen Soul Master, they would become the strongest kind of Fallen Soul Master, capable of easily slaughtering and burning an entire major city to ashes.

Huo Qianyi resisted the temptation coming from his Martial Soul and cultivated all the way to the end, only to still suffer its backlash.

The Divine Power, the Flame Demon Martial Soul, and Huo Qianyi's body, which had been altered by Divine Power, underwent an incomprehensible mutation, causing him to be preserved until now.

What had been preserved along with it was the Divine Power within Huo Qianyi's skeleton.

Those Fallen Soul Masters wanted to lay their hands on that Divine Power, but they were suppressed by the Flame Demon Power and could not approach it. They could only use an Evil Ritual to inject Life into the skeleton and revive it.

Once Blazing City's experts scattered the Flame Demon Martial Soul, all that would remain would be the Divine Power sealed within the skeleton.

As Bai Nan described it, Lin Li gradually gained a rough understanding of the current situation.

As a fellow transmigrator, Lin Li knew even more.

I never expected a failed God Trial could lead to something like this...

There was actually another person on the continent who had failed, Tang Chen in Slaughter City.

But their circumstances were completely different, so their endings were completely different as well.

If Huo Qianyi had fallen here, did that mean the Fire God's Trial Grounds were here too?

This was a crisis, but also a fortunate opportunity.

Even those Fallen Soul Masters who had plotted for so long only wanted a small amount of Divine Power. With their knowledge, how could they have imagined that the true opportunity lay beneath the volcano, where a possible God Position Inheritance Ground existed?

With that thought, Lin Li made up his mind to go and take a look.

Because his Martial Soul was special, there was no God Position perfectly suited to him.

But neither was there any God Position unsuitable for him.

Strictly speaking, no matter what god it was, as long as Lin Li was given time to adapt, he could evolve the corresponding abilities. Obtaining an inheritance was not impossible!

While Lin Li was considering his plans, Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu, having heard Bai Nan's explanation, became anxious.

"So that means Grandfather and the others have to fight a Limit Douluo who possesses Divine Power, along with several Fallen Soul Masters?"

"Wouldn't Grandfather be in great danger?!"

"Don't worry." Bai Nan spoke again. "After all, so much time has passed. No one can say how much power remains within that skeleton, so the level of danger is not that great."

From his place on the bed, Lin Li could see a drop of sweat slide down Bai Nan's cheek.

She was lying!

This danger was fatal to Blazing Academy's current dean. The chance of his death was almost at its peak!