Douluo Unrivaled: The Beginning Materializes the Black Abyss and White Flowers

Chapter 114 Danheng
Time flies like an arrow, passing by in a flash.

In the blink of an eye, Lu Jingming has turned fourteen. At the same time, the 2024 All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament is about to begin in Haiyuan City.

Months in advance, the Star Luo Empire had made meticulous preparations and sent invitations to all the invited Soul Master academies.

All participating academies were notified that this year's Soul Master Competition would no longer be held in the familiar Star Luo City, but in a slightly unfamiliar city—Haiyuan City.

For many Soul Master academies, the change of competition location does not seem to have had a significant impact.

They came for the Soul Master Competition, single-mindedly focused on showcasing their strength and vying for glory on the field. Where the competition was held was of little importance.

Although some astute individuals sensed something unusual about the change in the competition's location, they ultimately paid little attention, as everyone understood that this was, in essence, an internal affair of the Star Luo Empire.

The difficulty of hosting such a top-level event across the entire continent with the resources of a single city is beyond imagination.

The preparation, security, and logistical support for the event are numerous and complex, requiring comprehensive and meticulous consideration. Any slight mistake could lead to chaos.

Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu were well aware of this, so they specially dispatched an experienced and highly professional team to Haiyuan City to assist them in the overall planning of the competition.

Initially, when the news spread that the Soul Master Competition would be held in Haiyuan City, the entire Star Luo Empire's high-ranking officials were shocked.

The interests behind this event are complex and intertwined, with various forces deeply entrenched. The change of venue for the event has triggered a series of chain reactions.

However, with Xu Jiawei's full support, they ultimately succeeded in helping Haiyuan City win the right to host the Soul Master Competition.

With the full support of the Star Luo Royal Family, the Guardian Douluo, Tianying Douluo, a level 98 Super Douluo, personally stepped forward to express his support, and Haiyuan City made huge concessions in the distribution of benefits, voluntarily giving up most of the profits, the uproar caused by the change of venue was finally quelled.

After that, Haiyuan City acted swiftly and devoted itself wholeheartedly to the preparations for the competition.

In a very short time, a brand-new competition venue was built, and various supporting hotels and restaurants sprang up like mushrooms after rain.

Thanks to Xu Jiawei's decision to allocate a large area of ​​surrounding territory to Haiyuan City, Lu Jingming was able to carry out a large-scale expansion of Haiyuan City.

Today, Haiyuan City has been completely transformed, with a significantly expanded urban scale, a more rational urban layout, and more complete infrastructure.

With the existing conditions, it can easily accommodate five million people without any pressure.

If temporary high-rise buildings are included, the city's population capacity exceeds 20 million.

All of this is thanks to the advanced soul-guiding technology of Haiyuan City, and Keqing's tireless overtime planning.

A more modern architectural style can make full use of every inch of space and plan more living and activity areas.

Despite the rapid development of Haiyuan City in a short period of time, it must be admitted that there is still a certain gap compared with other major cities.

Currently, Haiyuan City has a permanent population of less than one million, while Xingluo City has a permanent population of eight million, and Shrek City has a permanent population of five million. As for Mingdu, which is known as the number one city on the continent, it is even more out of reach.

As far as Lu Jingming knew, Mingdu covered a vast area, larger than the combined area of ​​the original three capitals of Douluo Kingdom, and had a permanent population of over 20 million.

The area boasts a thriving economy, a massive population, and a dazzling array of soul-guided technology products, making it arguably the most prosperous place on the continent.

Compared to it, cities like Xingluo City, Tiandou City, Douling City, and Shrek City are far inferior.

However, Lu Jingming is full of confidence in the future of Haiyuan City.

Based on the current development trend, as long as the Soul Master Competition can be successfully held, it will definitely attract a large influx of people to Haiyuan City, bringing unprecedented development opportunities.

This is exactly what Lu Jingming hoped for. He values ​​not only the influence of the event itself, but also the huge benefits hidden behind it.

In his view, population growth is the core driving force of urban development. As long as the population of Haiyuan City continues to increase, the economy will naturally prosper, and the benefits that were temporarily given up will be earned back in double the amount sooner or later.

"Hmm? What about March 7th?"

At St. Freya Academy, as the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament draws ever closer, Gu Yue, Robin, Jin Xi, and other team members, who are officially representing the academy in the competition, have been frequently gathering together to practice teamwork.

Lu Jingming held a different view. In his opinion, with the strength of the seven of them, they could easily sweep away their opponents and win the championship even if they fought individually in this competition. There was no need to spend a lot of time on team training.

However, March 7th was full of enthusiasm and high spirits for this competition.

Participating in such a grand, continent-wide event for the first time, Xiao Sanyue displayed an extraordinary level of seriousness.

As one of the team's darlings, March 7th is deeply loved by everyone, and her affection is no less than that of the pink-haired fox. Therefore, both the robin and Jinxi are very cooperative with March 7th, taking precious time to practice with her.

Even the usually aloof Gu Yue was no exception. After all, among the seven, she had the closest relationship with San Yue Qi and simply couldn't refuse San Yue's request.

But today, Lu Jingming was surprised to find that March 7th, which is usually full of energy, was nowhere to be seen.

"As for Xiao Sanyue, she went out with Gu Yi. It seems that she heard that evil soul masters have appeared in the Mingdou Mountains and have been entrenched there for a long time, but they have not been wiped out by the White Tiger Army. Gu Yi wanted to purify those evil soul masters and improve her cultivation, so Xiao Sanyue went along to join in the fun."

"The robin explained softly."

Although Ye Guyi has not been a member of the academy for long, she has become one of the few A-level students in the academy thanks to her outstanding strength.

Moreover, she has a tenacious personality and has always stubbornly challenged Firefly, Ancient Moon and others. After many exchanges and sparring, she gradually became familiar with Robin and the others.

Furthermore, Ye Guyi, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo were all selected as members of the academy's reserve team, and they often participated in team practice activities organized by March 7th.

"The evil soul masters of Mingdou Mountain Range! Who went with them?" Upon hearing this, Lu Jingming's brows furrowed instantly.

He had been nurturing Ye Guyi, and even specially ordered the Wuchang Division to search far and wide for evil spirit masters, capture them and bring them back for Ye Guyi to purify, in order to help her improve her cultivation.

If he remembered correctly, the evil soul master who occupied the Mingdou Mountains was no ordinary person; he was none other than the Death Messenger who was known as the strongest "Soul King" in history!
This Death Messenger, with the power of a Soul King, nearly wiped out all seven regular members of Shrek Academy.

Even in front of a level 98 Title Douluo, he could act as if he were in an empty place, brazenly kidnap Huo Yuhao, and then escape unscathed.

Such a brilliant record is unparalleled in the entire Douluo Continent. Even the Holy Spirit Cult would probably have to give him a thumbs up and admire him if they knew about it.

"Don't worry, Danheng went with them."

The robin's lips curled slightly upward, and with a smile in its eyes, it spoke softly.

Although Ye Guyi is very brave, Xiao Sanyue is a coward. The legend of evil soul masters is widely circulated in the soul master world. Those bloody and terrifying stories are enough to make people's hair stand on end just by listening to them.

However, her strong curiosity still drove Xiao Sanyue to go with Ye Guyi. However, before setting off, she was careful and deliberately brought along Dan Heng, who had only recently been manifested by Lu Jingming.

As a fellow member of the train crew, Danheng possesses both strength and composure. With him by her side, Xiao Sanyue became much bolder.

"I see. With Danheng here, I feel relieved."

Lu Jingming nodded. Ye Guyi was reckless, and Sanyue Qi was naive. He really wouldn't feel at ease with just the two of them. Dan Heng was much more composed and strong enough. When he summoned Dan Heng, he didn't hold back his true power.

At his peak, it was impossible, as the required true power was beyond Lu Jingming's means, but reaching the level of a Title Douluo was no problem.

Dan Heng was no ordinary elder of the Holy Spirit Cult, nor was he merely a Soul King of Evil Souls. He couldn't imagine the possibility of Dan Heng's downfall.

When Robin and Lu Jingming mentioned Dan Heng, Gu Yue's expression turned strange. Over the years, she had also discovered the peculiarity of Haiyuan City and the mystery of Lu Jingming.

Jinxi was one thing, but now Danheng has appeared. Both of them give her the feeling that they are dragons.

And each one was stronger than the last, making this Silver Dragon King question her very existence!
Lu Jingming noticed Gu Yue's expression and chuckled inwardly. He wondered what her expression would be when she found out that Xia Die also kept a dragon. Thinking of this, he was somewhat looking forward to it.

As for summoning Dan Heng, it was for two reasons: firstly, for the Soul Master Competition, and secondly, because he felt that his Haiyuan City was somewhat dominated by women.

Apart from him, the city lord, almost all the high-ranking officials in Haiyuan City were women. Although they were the pillars of Haiyuan City, Lu Jingming still felt that some yang energy needed to be added.

Moreover, Xiao Sanyue would be very happy to summon Danheng, and as for Jingliu, without her demonic body, she is no longer so extreme.

Dan Heng doesn't consider herself Dan Feng, and Jing Liu can't define her either. Dan Heng is Dan Feng. What she hates is Dan Feng, who desecrated Bai Heng, forced her into the demonic realm, and committed a great sin, not Dan Heng.

Lu Jingming knew very well that the once-famous and legendary Five Heroes of the Clouds were now a thing of the past.

Even if he has the ability to summon Bai Heng, the past cannot be reversed, and the beauty and affection of the past can never be returned.

However, Lu Jingming still planned to summon Bai Heng at the right time; at least, Jingliu should be happy.

After all, Bai Heng's self-destruction and death in front of her to save her and Danfeng remained her lifelong regret.

(End of this chapter)