Douluo Phoenix

Chapter 95 Douluo's First Digging a Tunnel

Xiao Fei and his group of seven did not linger in Han Hai City, but headed directly to Soto City. This time, they did not take a carriage or use their family's means of transportation; instead, they ran quickly towards Soto City.

For advanced Soul Masters, their running speed far surpasses that of riding horses or other means of transportation. For some high-level Soul Masters of speed or flight, traveling a thousand miles a day is not a problem at all.

Xiao Fei and his seven companions were all high-level Soul Masters, with the lowest level being Soul Saint, and their physical abilities were extremely strong. Continuous travel was not a problem for them at all.

After traveling day and night for about four days, Xiao Fei and his group of seven arrived at their destination: the Flamebird's Nest.

Entering the Flamebird's Nest, you chased away one of the thousand-year-old soul beasts inside. You looked around at the surroundings; there didn't seem to be any other changes nearby.

When Xiao Fei told everyone about how he lived in the Firebird's Nest for almost a year when he was 11 years old, everyone was very surprised: 11 years old and he dared to live alone in a soul beast's nest, he really is a monster.

Feng Xiaotian flew around the area quickly, carefully sensing the surroundings: "I've observed this area carefully, and it doesn't look like there are any 100,000-year-old soul beasts here."

Xiao Fei shook his head: "The 100,000-year-old soul beast is not in the Fire Maple Forest, it should be inside the volcano."

Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu then realized, "Isn't this the place where we obtained our fourth spirit ring, the Fire Lizard?"

"Yes, this is the place. When I obtained the spirit ring, I felt an astonishing power coming from beneath the volcano. Although it was only for a moment, I am certain that there is an extremely powerful fire-type spirit beast hidden beneath the volcano."

Xiao Fei and his group of seven planned to rest for the night near the Flamebird's nest before heading out to search for a 100,000-year-old soul beast the next day. The seven huddled together eating, and Xiao Fei prepared to recuperate. However, everyone seemed very interested in Xiao Fei's past, especially his year-long life inside the Flamebird's nest.

Xiao Fei initially didn't want to pay attention, but he couldn't resist the curious and expectant expressions on Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er's faces, so he had no choice but to tell them some interesting stories about his time at Notting Academy and the Flamebird's Nest. As he talked, the two girls seemed to become more and more fascinated. Xiao Fei had no choice but to continue talking until midnight, when the group reluctantly dispersed to rest.

Early the next morning, the seven set off from the Flamebird's Nest and quickly climbed to the crater.

Upon reaching the crater, the same spectacular scene I had seen before unfolded: boiling lava in the center of the volcano, dotted with tiny holes, some even smaller than a person's thigh.

Xiao Fei and Huo Wu turned to look at Huo Wushuang, while the other four were a little surprised. Why were they looking for Huo Wushuang at a time like this? Shouldn't Xiao Fei have just used his mental power to investigate himself?

Helpless, Huo Wushuang had no choice but to explain the function of his head soul bone. The four people were amazed after hearing the explanation: Huo Wushuang, a battle soul master with the Fiery Dragon Martial Soul, actually has such a soul bone that can detect things. There are indeed many wonders in the world. We should be careful when we encounter Huo Wushuang in the future and not let him detect our privacy.

Looking at the expressions of the four people, from curiosity to caution, and finally to a bit of wariness, Huo Wushuang was speechless.

Next came Huo Wushuang's task. Huo Wushuang continuously unleashed Soul Bone skills at the ground, then carefully experienced the effects of the Soul Bone attacks.

After undergoing the Tidal Body Tempering, Huo Wushuang's mental strength has greatly improved, and he is now a Soul Douluo, with a detection range exceeding three thousand meters. This is not just based on his mental senses, but on actual detection, making the results more precise and even better than some mental-type Title Douluos.

Huo Wushuang searched for a long time but seemed to have found nothing. He could only say, "There shouldn't be any large cavities three kilometers underground. However, the small holes that these fire lizards use to enter and exit seem to gradually merge together underground, extending for more than three kilometers, and even showing some twists and turns."

Xiao Fei thought carefully for a moment and said, "That's right, it should be inside their nest. Have you noticed? The fire lizards never leave the crater. So where do they get their water? There must be a nest underground, maybe even an underground river. If we just keep digging along these holes, we'll definitely find it."

At this point, Xiao Fei turned to look at Niu Meng, and the others followed suit. This left Niu Meng extremely frustrated, so he could only say, "Although our Yu clan is skilled in construction, that only applies to building houses; we're not good at digging tunnels or excavating underground."

Xiao Fei was speechless: What a waste of such a great talent for construction! If this talent were used for digging tunnels and tomb raiding, and they could easily dig up some underground mines or Title Douluo tombs, the Yu Clan would have become the richest Douluo clan long ago.

Xiao Fei looked around at everyone, and none of them seemed to have the talent for digging tunnels. He had no choice but to use his external soul bone to start digging.

Looking at Xiao Fei's external spirit bone, everyone complained again: "Such a powerful external spirit bone, and you're using it to dig tunnels? What a waste!"

Xiao Fei was digging a tunnel at lightning speed, making him arguably the number one tunnel-digging machine in Douluo Continent. Who can dig a tunnel faster than a 60,000-year-old external soul bone? Niu Meng finally put his professional skills to use for the first time, constantly reinforcing the tunnel walls to prevent collapse. He truly lived up to his reputation as an earth and wood element (Xu Earth element).

Huo Wushuang continued the reconnaissance. Feng Xiaotian was responsible for scouting and protecting the outer perimeter to prevent any unforeseen circumstances, while also handling excess soil and rocks. Yang Pojun was responsible for dealing with any sudden appearances of soul beasts, either killing them or stunning them and throwing them away.

The two girls were chatting idly, seemingly still talking about Xiao Fei, and there were bursts of laughter coming from them.

Xiao Fei first dug a long distance vertically, but as he dug, the earth-fire type tunnel actually became horizontal, and eventually even had various bends going up and down, leaving Xiao Fei speechless. This tunnel was dug with such skill.

Suddenly, Huo Wushuang said with a serious expression, "Stop, stop right now." Xiao Fei and Niu Meng immediately stopped what they were doing.

Seeing Huo Wushuang's serious expression, the group knew they were almost at their destination.

Huo Wushuang said, "About three kilometers ahead there is a large cavern with an extremely powerful aura inside, like that of a 100,000-year-old soul beast."

Xiao Fei thought for a moment and told Huo Wushuang to stop probing to avoid alerting the enemy. Then he quietly continued digging forward, activating his head soul bone to prevent other people or creatures from detecting his situation.

As Xiao Fei and his companions cautiously advanced, a few sparks began to appear ahead. Feng Xiaotian, Yang Pojun, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er also stopped what they were doing and solemnly followed beside Xiao Fei. Clearly, the final battle was about to begin.

The group held their breath and quietly moved towards the firelight.

(End of this chapter)