Furina readily agreed: "We'll do as you say."
Neuvillette immediately set about formulating the relevant policies and summoned the four great protectors—the four City Lords: Thunder Leopard, Long Ziyun, City Lord of Ice Wolf City, Yan Luo, City Lord of Savage City, and Wind Blows Snow—to jointly discuss the specific implementation details.
Once all matters were properly arranged, Furina met with Guardian Lei Bao alone. In the meeting room, she told this loyal Protector another of her bold ideas.
"Guardian Lei Bao, I have thought about it for a long time and decided to reintroduce the Soul Arena from ten thousand years ago to the continent."
Lei Bao was slightly surprised upon hearing this: "Soul Arena? This System was gradually abandoned by the major Empires after the Spirit Hall was destroyed ten thousand years ago, and history has no clear record of the reason."
Furina walked to the window, looking at the followers training hard on the distant training ground, and spoke slowly: "The Soul Arena has a necessity for its existence. For high-level Spirit Masters, its effect might be limited, but for low-level Spirit Masters, especially commoner Spirit Masters, it is a crucial platform. They can earn money through the Soul Arena, indirectly obtaining Cultivation resources while accumulating actual combat experience."
She turned around, looking at Lei Bao with a firm gaze: "Look, although the Soul Arena System was abandoned by officials, every Spirit Master academy has an arena, and every assessment involves actual combat duels, even selecting a first place. What is the fundamental difference between that and a Soul Arena? Shrek Academy's arena not only requires payment to use, but it is said their assessments even include making students fight Soul Beasts."
The more Furina spoke, the more she felt the feasibility of this idea was high: "Reintroducing the Soul Arena has at least three benefits for our Axis Cult: first, we can acquire wealth through tickets, bets, and so on; second, we can train newcomers and improve their actual combat abilities; and third, we can win the support of low-level Spirit Masters, further expanding our influence."
After listening, Lei Bao was completely convinced: "Lord Pope is brilliant! Your subordinate indeed failed to think of this layer."
Furina smiled slightly, but she couldn't help but feel emotional inside. In this world of Douluo Continent, where even "setting fire to a granary" could be called a divine skill, many strategies that seemed commonplace to her could have unexpected effects. If it weren't for the Tang Sect, they probably wouldn't even have been able to think of basic equipment like a battering ram. If Zhuge Liang came to this world, he could probably easily lead an army to flatten the entire continent.
"In that case, I'll leave this matter entirely in your hands," Furina finally instructed. "First, establish a few pilot Soul Arenas within the Axis Cult's sphere of influence. If the results are ideal, we will gradually promote it to the entire continent."
After Lei Bao took his leave, Furina stood alone by the window, her mind already beginning to outline the future development blueprint of the Axis Cult. In the heart of this seemingly young Pope was a grand ambition to change the entire landscape of the Douluo Continent.
"The road must be taken step by step, but for now, it seems the direction is correct." She whispered to herself, a confident smile playing on her lips.
In the following days, the Axis Cult began to push forward various reforms with intense activity.
The construction of the Soul Arena was particularly rapid. In just a few short days, the first pilot Soul Arena had already been completed in the main city of the Axis Cult. On the opening day, it attracted a large number of Spirit Masters to participate, and the level of excitement exceeded everyone's expectations.
Furina stood on the observation deck at the highest point of the newly completed Soul Arena, looking down at the bustling matches below, her heart full of gratification. She knew this was only the beginning; the future of the Axis Cult and even the entire Douluo Continent would surely be brand new because of these changes.
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