Douluo Continent Chat Group: Building My Academy

Guided by the wind, Flanders and his companions hurried through the trees until they reached a quiet forest.

It was completely quiet; there were no insects chirping, not even the sound of birds flapping their wings and flying. All sounds seemed to have been erased.

Flander reached out, grabbed a handful of the wind in front of him, and smelled it. A strong, bird-feather scent filled the air, and there were two kinds.

"Hmm, there are two auras, one larger, and the other..." Flander pondered for a moment, "Child or brother? Neither seems quite right."

"So, it's two, then?" Zhao Wuji grinned, saying nonchalantly, "Let's bring them over now, or let's rest for a bit first."

"Let's find a place to fight, otherwise, if that big guy flies away, are you going to chase after it?"

Flander adjusted his glasses, his tone suddenly lowering, "The creature we're dealing with is known as the ruler of the skies—the griffin."

……

After several twists and turns, the darkness suddenly opened up before them, and a forest with a strong smell of wild beasts pierced their eyes.

Zhao Wuji pinched his nose, utterly disgusted. "This is the hunting ground that Old Man Cai found?"

"What, is it not suitable?"

Ignoring Old Zhao's muffled voice, Flander squinted and looked up, where he saw dense branches extending from the top of the forest, almost blocking out the sun.

With the path to the top blocked, Flander approached a random tree and tapped it.

dong dong dong...

A sound like hammering steel came from the sound, and Flander nodded in satisfaction.

"Old Zhao, I told you to read more books. Can't you tell what this forest is made of?"

"What?" Zhao Wuji looked closely and found that the surrounding trees were covered with claw marks of all sizes, as if they had been torn apart by a great force.

Even so, the trees covered in scars did not fall down; on the contrary, they stood straight, and the more claw marks a tree had, the shinier its bark became.

"It looks like an ironwood tree?"

"It is a variant of the cycad, the Fearless Cycad, a peculiar plant with extremely strong defense. The more damage it takes, the better it grows."

"Oh, then why are there dead trees?"

Zhao Wuji pointed to several withered trees that had clearly lost their vitality and casually asked a question.

"No matter how much you grow through injury, there are limits. Look at that cycad; it's grown very well even though it's covered in wounds."

Flander gestured towards a large ironwood tree that received the best light and had the most branches. Almost no piece of bark was intact, yet the bark shone with a brilliance close to that of gold.

"That iron tree should be the king of trees here. I think it must be several thousand years old. Even if it has no offensive power, it would not be easy for a Soul Master to destroy it."

Zhao Wuji looked around again at the ironwood forest, which had only a few exits of varying sizes and was almost completely impenetrable, and nodded as if he had just realized something.

"Are you trying to trap that griffin here?"

"This looks like the place where the griffin sharpened its claws. It's covered in claw marks and has a strong aura. Ordinary soul beasts wouldn't dare to come near it."

"It's covered with ironwood trees, so its defenses are quite good. Once they break in, as long as we block those few openings, they won't be able to leave easily. It couldn't be more suitable."

After saying that, the five old friends looked at each other and let out a wicked laugh.

"Old Lu, begin setting up the formation." "Old Shao, prepare the candy beans." "Old Zhao, Old Li, prepare for battle."

Lu Qibin summoned his martial spirit, the Starry Chess Piece, and five spirit rings floated up. With the glow of the spirit rings, several chess pieces began to take root in the iron forest.

With a wave of his hand, Shao Xin released five candies of different colors.

The team consists of a control type, a food type, two strong attack types, and Franky, an agility type.

Flander took the candy and popped it into his mouth. A wonderful taste, no less delicious than the candy given by Dumbledore, spread across his tongue.

Following that, speed, strength, soul power, and other abilities were enhanced, and a sense of satisfaction came through the body.

"Again."

Zhao Wuji twisted his neck and reached out to Shao Xin again to ask for it.

As more and more candies were consumed, the three people's auras grew stronger and stronger until they reached their peak, at which point the candies they had consumed no longer had any effect.

Shao Xin waved his hand, his face pale, indicating that he could no longer squeeze out a single candy bean.

The lines were drawn up, with Flander and Zhao Wuji each forming a solo team, while Li Yusong and Lu Shao formed a duo.

Once everything was ready, Flanders' voice came through.

"Ready? I'm about to release my aura."

Having said that, with a thought, the whirlwind that had been swirling around the ironwood forest, concealing their presence, slowly dissipated.

The five people's auras immediately spread, causing the ironwood forest, which was almost soaked in their scent, to react strangely.

Deep in the dense forest, almost instantly, a sleeping beast was suddenly awakened, its bright and deep eagle eyes opening, filled with anger.

Humans have trespassed into its territory!

kill……

and many more!

Another unique breeze blew by, carrying a refreshing and pure fragrance that was so clean it inspired awe and reverence.

The ultimate wind!

boom!

Its wide wings spread out instantly, with a wingspan of nearly ten meters. Just by appearing, it created terrifying hurricanes that tore apart a patch of trees.

The griffin, the master of this territory and a powerful soul beast renowned as the overlord of the skies in the Heaven Dou Empire, now had an instinctive greed surfacing in its eyes.

This gust of wind... belongs to it!

"Hey!!!"

A terrifying cry erupted, and the griffin sped off in the direction of the wind.

Under the sunlight, its agile figure was fully revealed, with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion, and wings on its back.

"Hey!"

Another cry rang out, and after the griffin had departed, another pair of wings soared into the sky.

……

"They're here!"

Flander was startled; the wind told him that a huge creature was flying rapidly towards them.

As the shadow fell, a deafening roar echoed through the sky, accompanied by a cracking sound as two massive lion claws ripped apart the outer edge of the ironwood forest.

The griffin peered into Flander's head, its eyes, more divine than any eagle's, fixed intently on him, revealing a human-like greed within them.

A griffin, a soul beast with 92,900 years of history.

"Damn, this is huge..."

Zhao Wuji's voice trembled slightly, stemming from the immense power of the griffin before him, and an instinctive fear erupted within him.

Flanders looked up at the griffin before him and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Its body is as large as a valley, and its sharp eyes are comparable to a famous sword that has been forged through countless trials.

Its broad wings draped over its back, each feather looking as if cast from molten iron, exuding a texture comparable to alloy.

The hair was spread out on its body, like soft needles hanging down, until the claws were so big that one hand could cover an entire adult.

If they hadn't received a fundamental upgrade, Flanders and his group would probably have been thinking about how to spell "death" as soon as they arrived in front of it.

Putting his thoughts aside, Flander also spread his wings, the hurricane following him, as he prepared to confront the griffin.

But then...

call!

Another gust of wind swept in, and an equally powerful and terrifying aura pressed down.

In Flander's field of vision, a griffin, smaller than the previous one, appeared before him, but its entire body radiated a golden luster like the sun.

Fourteen thousand years old soul beast - Griffin variant: Royal Griffin.