The sky was dark and gloomy, its vast expanse shrouded in leaden clouds, oppressively heavy.
Suddenly, a flame shot up from the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace. At first, it was only a single plume, but it spread with astonishing speed. Before long, a sea of fire had swallowed the Golden Hall.
"Fire! Fire!"
A shriveled voice rang out like an old duck's squawk. Immediately afterward, squads of the Imperial Guard arrived outside the Golden Hall, each soldier carrying a bucket as they rushed to put out the blaze.
But that meager amount of water could not extinguish the raging fire inside the Golden Hall. Instead, as the water evaporated into great quantities of steam, the oxygen it contained further fueled the flames, sending the situation spiraling out of control.
Fortunately, this was the world of the Douluo Continent, where martial souls existed.
Although few powerful Spirit Masters served the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, all of them raced over with everything they had when the Golden Hall, where Xue Ye held court and handled state affairs, caught fire—especially since Xue Ye himself was inside.
The Heaven Dou Imperial Palace was enormous, covering thousands of mu. The nearby Spirit Masters who arrived first stared at the roaring flames, their faces immediately tightening with anxiety.
The vast majority of Spirit Masters skilled in water elemental Soul Skills came from the Water Element Academy. Naturally, none of those present were graduates of that academy. Without any means of suppressing the sea of fire, they could only resort to brute-force demolition.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Boom...
As white, yellow, and purple Soul Rings lit up, all manner of Soul Skills erupted, demolishing the Golden Hall's gates and walls. The group risked their lives and charged straight inside.
But the sight before them plunged every Spirit Master