Encountering Dugu Bo, the Four Great Single-Attribute Clans!

Before long, both the male and female dormitories had been awakened.

Huo Wu had already taken the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid. It was extremely easy to absorb, and its medicinal effects helped her break through the level-forty bottleneck.

Upon learning that the male dormitory had caught fire—and that Huo Wushuang had caused it—she immediately rushed out to find him.

When she saw Ji Bai standing at the doorway, she slowed down and walked over.

"I heard your place caught fire..."

Ji Bai shook his head helplessly.

Just then, Huo Wushuang emerged from the dormitory, his face blackened with soot as he coughed nonstop.

"What happened?!"

"Xiaobai, why were you setting the dormitory on fire in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?"

Ji Bai's mouth twitched, utterly speechless.

"You were clearly the one who started the fire. If I hadn't reacted fast enough, there wouldn't have been a single hair left in this room."

"You train, you train, then suddenly start a fire and wake me from my cultivation."

Huo Wushuang froze, then asked in astonishment, "I... started that fire?"

Ji Bai said calmly, "I noticed that your Martial Soul seems to have undergone a transformation. Release it and take a look."

At that, curiosity appeared in Huo Wushuang's eyes.

Huo Wushuang paused, then summoned his Martial Soul. As a blaze erupted, the former Single-Horned Fire Explosion Dragon Martial Soul looked completely different from before.

Not only was it more imposing now, but it had grown a second horn, its dragon scales gleamed gold, and it radiated a heavy, majestic aura.

"My Martial Soul... has become stronger!" Huo Wushuang's breathing abruptly caught as excitement flooded his heart.

Three hundred li from Blazing City lay the Flame Mountain Range. Though it was not particularly vast, it contained volcanoes and was home to many fire-attribute Soul Beasts.

Compared with the closer Sunset Forest and the Star Dou Great Forest more than three thousand li away, the Flame Mountain Range was better suited for Blazing Academy to seek suitable fire-attribute Soul Beasts.

Huo Wushuang sat cross-legged beside the corpse of a seven-to-eight-thousand-year-old fire dragon, absorbing its Soul Ring to break through his bottleneck. Ji Bai, Huo Wu, and the siblings' father, Huo Qiankong, stood guard nearby.

Another two hours passed before Huo Wushuang gradually opened his eyes. Four Soul Rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple—rose in succession and circled around him, while the evolved Crimson Flame Earth Dragon Emperor Martial Soul surfaced.

As someone who also possessed the Single-Horned Fire Explosion Dragon Martial Soul, Huo Qiankong could clearly sense the nature of Huo Wushuang's Crimson Flame Earth Dragon Emperor Martial Soul.

The Crimson Flame Earth Dragon Emperor could absolutely rival the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, perhaps even surpass it.

If this Martial Soul could be passed down through the generations, the future of the Fire Clan could reach an even greater level.

More importantly...

"Hehehe—"

"Xiaobai, my useless son has caused you trouble!"

Huo Qiankong said with a beaming smile.

"You're too polite, Uncle. Wushuang takes good care of me too, and so does Senior Sister..."

As Ji Bai spoke, he glanced at Huo Wu.

"That's good, that's good..."

Huo Qiankong continued, "Huo Wu, Xiaobai is much younger than you. You mustn't bully him."

Huo Wu said irritably, "Dad, I can't beat Xiaobai. For the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, I propose that Xiaobai serve as captain."

Huo Qiankong asked with a smile, "Xiaobai, what do you think?"

Ji Bai smiled faintly. "It doesn't matter who the captain is. When the time comes, we can discuss anything together."

Though he said that, once the tournament began, everyone would have to follow his commands.

Anyone who refused would get beaten up.

Huo Wu had absorbed her Soul Ring and broken through to Soul Ancestor before Huo Wushuang. Now that Huo Wushuang had also successfully broken through, the group left the Flame Mountain Range and returned to Blazing Academy.

Ji Bai said, "Uncle, before the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament begins, I want to lead the tournament team in forming a squad to participate in Soul Fighting Tournaments at the various Great Soul Arenas. Then we can challenge the major academies. That way, we can hone our coordination and test the strength of those academies."

Huo Qiankong froze, then said, "Xiaobai, participating in Soul Fights is fine, but challenging all those academies—isn't that just picking fights? You'd draw too much hatred. Our academy would become a target for everyone!"

Ji Bai thought about it and felt that made sense. "Then we won't go challenge them. Actually, I'm not the sort of person who likes to pick fights."

Huo Qiankong said, "Once we return, I'll make the arrangements and have a Soul Sage teacher lead the team. Have you thought about where you want the first stop to be?"

Ji Bai smiled. "Heaven Dou City."

Three days later, eight Blazing Academy students led by Huo Wushuang arrived at Heaven Dou City under the guidance of Huo Lin, the director of Blazing Academy's External Affairs Department.

Huo Lin possessed as much as seventy-fourth-level Soul Power and was considered one of Blazing Academy's high-level combat forces.

Huo Wushuang was huge, with muscles all over his body. Following behind Huo Lin, he looked exceptionally imposing.

Ji Bai and Huo Wu walked side by side behind Huo Wushuang, while the five people behind them were the other official competitors from Blazing Academy for the next tournament.

"Kid!"

Just as Ji Bai and the others were heading toward the Heaven Dou Great Soul Fighting Arena, a passing carriage suddenly stopped. The window curtain was lifted, revealing a face Ji Bai recognized.

"Old... Senior, what a coincidence!" Ji Bai asked, "Why are you here?"

Huo Wu asked, "Xiaobai, who is this...?"

Ji Bai explained, "This senior's surname is Dugu. His title is Jade Phosphorus, and he is also known as the Poison Douluo."

Huo Wu instantly froze.

The pupils of the others suddenly contracted.

Huo Lin did not even dare breathe loudly.

A Soul Sage like him would not be able to withstand even a single move before a Title Douluo.

And the person before him was the terrifying Poison Douluo.

"Following your suggestion, I had Tai Tan bring Yang Wudi, the head of the Breaking Clan, here. I'm on my way over now. Do you want to come along?" Dugu Bo asked.

Ji Bai pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly.

He turned to Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and the others. "I'm going with Senior Dugu to the Strength Clan. Find somewhere to settle down first. I'll come find you soon."

Huo Wu nervously glanced at Dugu Bo.

Seeing this, Dugu Bo looked Huo Wu up and down, then looked at Ji Bai and smiled knowingly.

Huo Lin said, "Then we'll wait for you at the Heaven Dou Grand Hotel."

Ji Bai nodded slightly.

Just as he was about to board the carriage, Huo Wu suddenly called out, "Xiaobai!"

Ji Bai turned back at her call. Seeing the worry in Huo Wu's eyes, he smiled. "Senior Sister, it's fine."

Huo Wu nodded lightly.

As Ji Bai boarded the carriage, Dugu Bo lowered the curtain and said, "Go!"

"Clatter, clatter—"

The carriage slowly drove out of Huo Wu and the others' sight.

Huo Wu remained standing where she was.

Huo Wushuang said softly, "It'll be fine. I could tell at a glance that Xiaobai is very familiar with this Poison Douluo."

"Just now, it sounded like he was about to call him old man."

"Although he changed it to Senior in time, I still noticed."

Huo Wu sighed. "I hope so."

Huo Lin said, "Before a Title Douluo, even the entire Blazing Academy would have no room to resist."