Douluo Jueshi: Who let him join Shrek!

Chapter 654 Close Combat Soul Guidance Set!

"Perhaps. The soul tool technology of the Sun Moon Empire is indeed very advanced, leading the three great empires by hundreds or even thousands of years."

Jiang Ming slightly raised his eyes, a layer of golden light shimmering in them, his pupils as dazzling as the sun.

"However, regardless of whether the Sun Moon Empire will unify the continent in the future, it is impossible for it to be in your hands!"
Putting aside everything else, you've promoted the Holy Spirit Church to become the state religion, cooperated with it, and even brought it onto the stage of major competitions, trying to bring these rats hiding in the gutter into the street.
Haha, just based on this alone, you've already lost the people's hearts.

So, perhaps the Sun and Moon Empire can unify the continent with its powerful national strength, but you cannot.

Some fundamental mistakes, once made, are destined to lead down a wrong path!

Jiang Ming could more or less guess Xu Tianran's thoughts. The Sun Moon Empire was far stronger than the three great empires in terms of soul tools, but it was no match for the three great empires in terms of the number of soul masters, especially powerful and top-notch soul masters.

When the Sun Moon Continent and the Douluo Continent collided and merged, the Sun Moon Continent was defeated by the terrifying lineup of nearly sixty Title Douluos assembled by Shrek Academy!
Having already learned his lesson from top-tier Soul Masters, Xu Tianran wasn't stupid; he naturally wanted to exert some kind of checks and balances on the three great empires in this regard.

However, the Sun Moon Empire has always focused on developing soul tools. If it were to develop pure soul masters, it would cause dissatisfaction among the soul masters in the country. After all, resources are limited, and if they are given to pure soul masters, it would be easy to neglect the soul masters.

This is actually the same as the Martial Soul Department and Soul Guidance Department of Shrek Academy back then.

Shrek Academy is still just an academy, so once the deans of both sides reach an agreement, scheduling is relatively simple.

But the Sun and Moon Empire is a vast empire!
Compared to the pride and dedication of the Shrek Academy's Martial Soul Department to Soul Masters, the pride and dedication of the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Masters to Soul Masters are even greater!
Not to mention that soul tools are the foundation of the Sun Moon Empire's strength! If Xu Tianran dares to disperse resources to cultivate powerful soul masters, the obstacles he will encounter are foreseeable.

Moreover, even if the Sun Moon Empire wants to develop pure Soul Master combat power, or even provides strong support and resource concessions, can it really cultivate Soul Masters who are better than those of the three great empires?

At least, it's impossible in the short term.

Just as the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Master technology was hundreds or thousands of years ahead of the three great empires, the Sun Moon Empire could not catch up with the Soul Master training that the three great empires had persisted in for tens of thousands of years in a short period of time.

Even if he could catch up, Jiang Ming knew that Xu Tianran wouldn't choose that path.

why?
Because of time!

Xu Tianran is just a mortal! Even if he can reach the Title Douluo level with the help of various rare and precious materials, his lifespan will only be around two hundred years.

Even with a massive investment of resources, it would take over a hundred years to cultivate a group of top-tier Title Douluos!

He can't wait!
Did Xu Tianran not know that cooperating with evil spirit masters was like seeking help from a tiger, a wrong path?

He definitely knows!
But the wrong path... it's fast!
Risk and opportunity coexist. Cooperating with the Holy Spirit Cult carries enormous risks, but it can save time in training top-tier Soul Masters, allowing Xu Tianran to possess the ability to unify the world in a short period of time!

The Holy Spirit Cult itself is a powerful evil soul master organization that has been developing for countless years, and it even has many evil soul masters at the Title Douluo level.

This kind of evil soul master is stronger than the soul masters trained by the three great empires or even Shrek Academy!
This is readily available top-tier Soul Master combat power.

He wouldn't even need to feel sorry for these top-tier Soul Masters when war breaks out in the future.

Evil spirit masters, well, once they're dead, they're dead.

Unlike the ninth-level Soul Masters of the Sun Moon Empire, who are treasures of the empire and cannot be easily lost.

Of course, in order to establish a cooperative relationship with the Holy Spirit Cult, it is unavoidable to agree to some things from the Holy Spirit Cult.

For example, the Sun Moon Empire adopted the Holy Spirit Cult as its state religion, granting evil spirit masters the same status as ordinary spirit masters, allowing them to live in the sunlight.

Xu Tianran readily agreed to these requests, and even revered Zhongli Wu, the leader of the Holy Spirit Sect, as the national advisor.

Does he genuinely want to cooperate with the Holy Spirit Cult and help them accomplish these things?

of course not!

He simply needed these evil soul masters to deal with the top soul masters of the three great empires and Shrek Academy.

Once he unifies the continent, or when the overall situation is settled, it won't be too difficult for the Holy Spirit Cult to remove this stain.

"Jiang Ming, history is written by the victors!"

Xu Tianran didn't care about what Jiang Ming said about public sentiment.

He is the Crown Prince of the Sun Moon Empire! The future Emperor of the Sun Moon Empire! His words and actions reflect the will of the people!
As for the Holy Spirit Church, he will deal with it naturally after he has fulfilled his ideals and ambitions.

This is not because of public opinion, but because evil spirit masters would threaten his interests.

Of course, he wouldn't tell Jiang Ming any of this, at least not now.

He also had a Dragon Emperor Douluo secretly protecting him. That was a member of the Holy Spirit Cult. If he heard that he was going to wipe out the Holy Spirit Cult after completing the unification, this bodyguard might immediately turn against him.

Jiang Ming smiled and said, "Yes, history is written by the victors, but I don't think you will win."

Their eyes met in mid-air, like two bolts of lightning clashing. Orange could even feel the sparks exploding where their gazes met.

Jiang Ming and Xu Tianran were discussing the state of the world in a teahouse, while not far from them in the western suburbs, Mingjiang was still making soul tools.

In the referee's seat, in the rest area of ​​the three major forces, both the referees and the leaders of the three underground forces already knew who was hiding behind A-Shuai's mask.

But no one bothered them. No one knew whether it was Xu Tianran's idea for Mingjiang to represent the Aodu Chamber of Commerce in the competition. Even An Litong, the president of the Aodu Chamber of Commerce, couldn't help but wonder if the Crown Prince was trying to win over the Aodu Chamber of Commerce.

Compared to the rulers of the three major underground forces, the level eight and nine soul masters on the judges' panel were more concerned about the soul tool that Mingjiang was making.

The referees, who were at the level of eighth-grade Soul Masters, were somewhat confused. They looked at the ninth-grade Soul Master, Starry Sky Douluo Ye Yulin, who was sitting in the very center.

"Elder Ye, what kind of soul tool is he making? Why can't I tell?"

Although these were all level seven or even level six core arrays, none of them were related to attack or defense. They couldn't figure out what kind of soul tool Mingjiang was trying to create.

Furthermore, as time went on, in addition to the core magic array, strangely shaped shells appeared on Mingjiang's soul guidance control platform.

These shells weren't very large, but there were many of them. In less than an hour, they had covered most of the soul-guiding control panel, even obscuring the light from the five soul bones. "These shells... I reckon he's planning to create a humanoid soul-guiding device. But this kind of humanoid soul-guiding device seems very different from the ones we've been researching. At least, I never considered adding soul bones to a humanoid soul-guiding device."

Ye Yulin, as a level nine soul master, is a towering figure in the soul master world and has also come into contact with humanoid soul tools.

However, even the Mingde Hall's research on humanoid soul guides is still in an experimental stage. Not only is the production process extremely complex, requiring hundreds of core magic arrays, but there is also a high probability of errors.

Under these circumstances, it is indeed a bit strange that Mingjiang would create a humanoid soul tool during this competition.

Of course, even so, the champion of this competition will definitely be Mingjiang. Even if Mingjiang's soul tool is not completed and he competes with a bunch of parts, he can still win!
There's no other reason than that Mingjiang, as a level nine Soul Master, is still a powerful Soul Douluo even if his cultivation level hasn't reached the Title Douluo level yet!

A Soul Douluo fighting against a group of Soul Emperors and Soul Saints wielding level six or seven Soul Tools has a very high chance of winning.

Of course, if Mingjiang can complete this soul tool, then the championship of the Mingdu Soul Master Competition can be said to be well-deserved.

"Whoo~"

Suddenly, Mingjiang stopped, and the light of the holy blade of light dimmed slightly.

But then, he let out a long sigh and took out the five soul bones from a pile of parts.

Seeing that Mingjiang was finally preparing to make a move on the five soul bones, everyone was invigorated.

Everyone knew that Mingjiang hadn't brought out these five soul bones just to show off. As a level nine soul master, he wouldn't resort to such methods to influence the other contestants.

But they really didn't understand what kind of soul tool required five soul bones to be embedded at the same time!

Five soul bones are far too extravagant!
After picking up the soul bones and glancing at them, Mingjiang put the five soul bones back down.

Immediately afterwards, he picked up a part from the table and quickly began to assemble the parts that covered the entire workbench.

"Here he comes! He's going to assemble these parts!"

On the judges' stand, all seven judges had their eyes wide open, not even daring to blink, for fear of missing a crucial detail.

Even though all seven of them were level eight or even level nine Soul Masters, Mingjiang's method and creativity in making Soul Tools were still extremely novel to them!

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, a pair of leg armor pieces were pieced together.

The leg armor is entirely gold and looks very luxurious, but what kind of soul tool is this?

Moreover, after assembling these leg armors, only a small portion of the parts on Mingjiang's table were used.

Mingjiang didn't touch any other parts. Instead, he picked up two soul bones and examined and compared them with the two leg armors.

I observed the whole process for several minutes. During this time, Mingjiang seemed to be somewhat dissatisfied with the leg armor. He frowned and then picked up the carving knife to make changes.

Then, to everyone's astonishment, Mingjiang directly embedded the two soul bones into the leg armor!
The two soul bones were encased in metal, completely concealing their appearance.

But Ye Yulin could indeed see from the tiny gaps that the soul power pathways and core magic arrays within the leg armor were completely shaped around the two soul bones!

In other words, the soul tool that Mingjiang wanted to create was based on these five soul bones as its absolute core.

But if he puts the core power of the soul tool into the skills of the soul bone, then part of the core magic circle he inscribed before will be superfluous!
When Mingjiang was inscribing the core magic array, he observed carefully. Some of the core magic arrays were indeed the core magic arrays needed when the soul bone was embedded, but some were linking magic arrays, and he couldn't see the function of some magic arrays.

"This guy truly deserves to be called the most talented Soul Master. What kind of Soul Tool is he going to make?"

Ye Yulin's face was somewhat flushed, and she sighed deeply.

To be honest, if he hadn't known that Mingjiang had already become a disciple of that old scoundrel Kong Deming, he would definitely have taken Mingjiang as his disciple.

Unfortunately, Mingjiang is now not only Kong Deming's disciple, but also a level nine Soul Master!

If he wants to snatch Mingjiang from Kong Deming, he must become a level 10 Soul Master.

And that is almost impossible.

Ye Yulin even felt that Mingjiang might not only be the youngest level nine soul master in the history of the Sun Moon Empire, but also the first and youngest level ten soul master in history!

That's insane!

After Mingjiang embedded the leg armor and the two leg soul bones together, he began to assemble the other parts of the armor.

The helmet on the head is a majestic and sacred part that looks like it has dragon-like features. It is also gold, but the eye patch is blood red, making it look very domineering!

Jiang Ming assembled the parts piece by piece, from the shoulders and chest to the waist. The parts that originally covered the entire control panel were quickly transformed into a full suit of armor with gold as the main color and silver-white as the secondary color!

The five soul bones prepared earlier were embedded in five locations on the armor: the left arm, right arm, chest, left leg, and right leg. It was as if the entire armor had transformed into a real human body, and the five soul bones were absorbed by the armor.

"This is a humanoid soul tool! No, this doesn't seem to be the direction we're researching for humanoid soul tools. This is an armor-type, close-fitting combat soul tool suit!"

Ye Yulin exclaimed in surprise.

Mingjiang seemed to have heard Ye Yulin's exclamation. He glanced in that direction, then reached out and placed his hand on the chest of the armor.

As soul power was channeled in, the armor emitted a golden and silver light. Then, despite the armor being a separate set of pieces, golden rays began to emanate from its edges. These rays densely intertwined and filled the exposed spaces, transforming the entire armor into a single unit!
"Yes, it works!"

A smile appeared on the corner of Mingjiang's mouth beneath the mask, but he quickly put the armor aside and continued to pick up other rare metals to inscribe the core magic array.

The Aodu Chamber of Commerce has prepared plenty of rare metals for him, so he might as well use them.

Moreover, this armor is inlaid with five soul bones, making it very powerful, but it's not enough for Mingjiang!

As long as his soul power can support it, the more powerful the armor, the better!
(End of this chapter)