Douluo Jueshi: Who let him join Shrek!

Chapter 704 The Divine Trial is Not Difficult
"Heh, it seems the Sun Moon Empire really values ​​these participants. There are two Soul Master Corps of 500 people each outside, and inside there are countless Soul Guidance Devices of all kinds."

Jiang Ming had already seen the general layout of Risheng City as soon as he entered.

Sunrise City is just a small city, with a diameter of only a dozen kilometers.

With Jiang Ming's strength, he could destroy the entire city by himself, along with all the defenses inside and the two Soul Master Corps outside the city.

However, since he had already decided not to intervene unless Ma Xiaotao and the others were in a critical situation, Jiang Ming naturally wouldn't continue doing these things.

"Can you find out where the contestants who are being held captive are?"

Zhang Lexuan looked around. Even though she didn't know much about soul tools, she could guess that the entire Sunrise City was probably covered by all kinds of soul tools. The city looked normal, but there were two soul tool regiments outside. It was ridiculous that the city looked normal inside.
"Oh, I'll have Xiao Huang and Xiao Kong go take a look."

Jiang Ming's eyes narrowed, and a yellowish-brown light and a silvery-white light flashed from his eyes.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Huang and Xiao Kong went underground and began to explore the entire Sunrise City.

Xiao Huang and Xiao Kong explored the underground, while Jiang Ming looked up at the sky.

Golden light flashed, flames rose in his pupils, and the entire sky held no secrets in his eyes.

"Wow! There are quite a few of these high-altitude detection soul tools. Add to that the advanced soul tools we just saw, their operation over there is going to be a bit difficult."

Jiang Ming said softly.

Sunrise City, with a diameter of only a dozen kilometers, has hundreds of high-altitude detection soul guides in the sky, which shows how much importance the Sun Moon Empire attaches to this place.

With this level of detection network, once any anomaly occurs in the city, the high-altitude detection soul guide can immediately transmit the signal to the high-level attack soul guide below and lock onto the target location in the first instance.

If you fight without restraint and disregard civilian casualties in Sunrise City, anyone who tries to cause trouble in the city will face considerable firepower.

Of course, the firepower is considerable, but with Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen, two beings comparable to Super Douluo, on the other side, it's not a big problem.

You should know that the reason the academy sent them over was because Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen had not yet officially entered the eyes of the Sun Moon Empire's higher-ups, and were relatively hidden.

Of course, if Jiang Ming were to force his way in to rescue people, the Sun Moon Empire would be powerless to do anything. No matter how strong the defenses in Sunrise City were, they could not possibly be stronger than the one that happened in the western suburbs of Mingdu.

Unless these contestants are imprisoned in the palace and the palace is filled with countless soul-guiding pathways, it would be impossible to intercept Jiang Ming.

However, keeping hostages inside the palace was clearly inappropriate.

These hostages were important, but not enough for Xu Tianran to hide them in the palace.

Moreover, even if they were hidden inside the palace, it would only be possible to block them. If they couldn't be blocked, then the problem would be much bigger, and the palace would be completely destroyed!

This is obviously unreasonable.

Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan found the best hotel in Risheng City and checked in. The hotel had a wide view and offered a commanding view of the entire Risheng City.

Unlike Ma Xiaotao and her group, who needed to keep a low profile, Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan had no such concerns.

If things really escalate, this Sunrise City won't be enough for them to demolish!

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Jiang Ming glanced at the high-level soul tools located in the city center, his eyes narrowing slightly.

Although he is now a level nine Soul Master, and Vice Dean Qian Duoduo of the academy has also broken through to level nine Soul Master, they have broken through the Sun Moon Empire's blockade of level nine Soul Masters. However, the time it took for the two of them to break through to level nine Soul Master is too short, and there are only two of them. Making level nine Soul Tools is also too time-consuming.

"What are you looking at?"

Zhang Lexuan walked to Jiang Ming's side and asked softly.

Jiang Ming turned his gaze away from the high-level soul tools in the city center and lay back on the hotel bed.

"I just checked, and there are at least five level-eight soul tools and two level-nine soul tools deployed throughout the entire Sunrise City."

He turned to look at Zhang Lexuan and said softly, "It's a bit of a waste to leave this here."

Hearing Jiang Ming say that, Zhang Lexuan's lips twitched slightly.

"You want to steal these soul tools?"

Jiang Ming sat up abruptly from the bed and said righteously, "What are you talking about? How can you call it 'following orders'? This is called weakening the enemy's powerful strength. If we don't take this level-nine soul tool, it might be used in the war in the future. Mercy to the enemy is cruelty to ourselves!"

Jiang Ming felt no guilt whatsoever about taking things from the Sun Moon Empire.

Since we're already enemies, if we have the chance to take down the Sun Moon Empire's highest-level level nine soul tool, then we definitely should!

Otherwise, these bullets will all end up hitting us!
"Yes, you make a good point, but let's wait until we have a clearer picture of the situation with Xiaotao and the others before we take action. This mission is already dangerous enough; let's not make it any more difficult for them."

Zhang Lexuan was just joking; she certainly knew the principle that being merciful to the enemy is being cruel to oneself.

"Of course. By the way, Sister Lexuan, after this mission is over, I'll take you on a trip for a few months, and we'll explore all the beautiful scenery on the continent. After that, let's go back to the academy for seclusion. Although the God Assessment isn't too difficult, we still need to take it seriously."

Jiang Ming has a very clear plan for the future. They have gradually reached the pinnacle of Douluo Continent. The only problems left on the continent are the potential war launched by the Sun Moon Empire and the Holy Spirit Cult.

There's really nothing else to worry about.

The war that the Sun and Moon Empire might launch has not yet begun, and they are unlikely to take action before the Sun and Moon Empire makes its move.

In war, whoever strikes first is in the wrong.

As for the Holy Spirit Cult, Jiang Ming had already planned it out. When he completed the seventh trial and killed the Evil Eye Tyrant, he would take the opportunity to destroy the Holy Spirit Cult.

Anyway, the headquarters of the Holy Spirit Cult is located in the Demon Forest.

Hearing Jiang Ming's plans for the future, Zhang Lexuan couldn't help but roll her eyes.

"You're probably the only one in the Douluo Continent who would say the God Assessment isn't too difficult. But you're right, we really need to prepare well for the God Assessment. Once we get back to the academy, I'll settle all my business affairs and then go into seclusion."

Speaking of this, Zhang Lexuan's eyes suddenly narrowed.

If they're in seclusion preparing for the divine examination, then Xiao Tao and Luo Chen also have a divine examination to take.
Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan were relatively relaxed, but Huo Yuhao was quite tense.

They went to great lengths just to get into Sunrise City.

Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen, both Title Douluo, could control the flow of their soul power, preventing it from being detected by the soul tools at the city gate. But the others couldn't!
Fortunately, after some planning, the group managed to enter the city smoothly.

However, once inside the city, the situation was not optimistic.

Even with Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen, both Super Douluo-level fighters, they felt immense pressure after roughly surveying the situation here!
The defenses of Sunrise City are simply too tight!

Given this level of stringent control measures, it will be extremely difficult for them to rescue the person!
The group split up and spent the entire day exploring Sunrise City, covering most of the city, but still couldn't find where the contestants were being held.

Sunrise City is only so big; it can't be in the sky, and it's not in the city either, so that leaves only the underground.

However, exploring underground is obviously much more difficult than exploring in cities.

Whether it's mental energy detection or soul energy detection, the search area underground is much smaller than that above ground.

But they have no better way right now, so they can only use this clumsy method to search for any possible clues little by little.

Fortunately, Sunrise City is not large, so even using this clumsy method, it won't take long to explore the entire underground area of ​​Sunrise City.

However, while Huo Yuhao and his team were still searching for the location where the contestants were being held, Jiang Ming, in the tallest hotel in Sunrise City, already knew where the contestants were being held.

When Xiao Kong and Xiao Huang work together, one uses spatial teleportation and the other uses the power of the earth, their search speed is incredibly fast!
They didn't even need to leave. With Xiao Huang's current cultivation level, he could easily detect the underground conditions of the entire Sunrise City using the power of the earth.

"The water dungeon beneath the south city wall?"

As Jiang Ming listened to Xiao Huang's story, he raised an eyebrow slightly.

Being imprisoned underground and submerged in water was a hardship that these geniuses, on whom the academy and sect placed high hopes, had never experienced before.

If their cultivation hadn't been sealed, they might have been able to resist using their soul power.

However, it is clear that after being imprisoned, these people could no longer use their soul power.

"That's a bit tragic. But, Xiao Huang, you just said there are evil spirit masters?"

When Jiang Ming heard Xiao Huang say that there were evil spirit masters guarding these contestants, his eyes flickered slightly.

Xiao Huang nodded and said, "I did sense the aura of evil soul masters. There were Soul Douluo level and Title Douluo level. There were two Title Douluo level ones."

At this moment, Xiao Kong, who was standing to the side, also said, "Besides these two evil soul masters, there should be two more level nine soul masters."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ming raised an eyebrow slightly.

Two Title Douluo-level evil soul masters and two level nine soul masters, which is equivalent to the combat power of four Title Douluo-level individuals.

In addition to the other evil soul masters below the title Douluo level within the city, as well as soul masters of various levels and the two soul master regiments outside the city.
Goodness, that defense is really strong!
From Jiang Ming's perspective, even if Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen went all out, they might not be able to complete the mission with this lineup.

First of all, the combat power of evil soul masters is very strong among soul masters of the same level. As long as they make a move, even if the two evil soul masters at the Title Douluo level are not a match for Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen, they can hold them off without any problem.

At that time, Huo Yuhao and his few Soul Kings and Soul Emperors would have virtually no chance of winning against a Level 9 Soul Master and the remaining Evil Soul Masters and Soul Masters!

Of course, this is the worst-case scenario of a head-on confrontation.

Since they're here to rescue people, they naturally can't confront them head-on.

Should we tell Xiaotao and the others this news?

Zhang Lexuan looked at Jiang Ming and asked softly.

Jiang Ming shook his head and said, "No need. With their strength, getting this information won't be difficult; it will only take a little effort. Besides, the situation here isn't as dire as I imagined. They might be able to complete the mission without us even having to lift a finger."

Jiang Ming had a lot of confidence in them.

He and Zhang Lexuan came along mainly to prevent the presence of Limit Douluo like Long Xiaoyao or the Holy Spirit Cult leader like Zhongli Wu. Such powerful figures are definitely not something Huo Yuhao and his group can contend with.

But if it's just two evil soul masters and two level nine soul masters, then... it's actually not bad.

It's challenging, but not so challenging that it's impossible to win; it's a pretty good learning experience.

As Jiang Ming expected, even without his and Zhang Lexuan's help, Huo Yuhao and his group found the water dungeon where the hostages were being held after some twists and turns, and after some preparations, they officially prepared to take action!
Rumble!
In the once peaceful city of Sunrise, hundreds of streaks of fire suddenly shot into the sky.

If you have good eyesight, you can see that they are clearly fixed-position soul-guided cannonballs!

Hundreds, no, that's almost two hundred fixed-position soul-guided cannon shells! Even though they weren't high-level, just level three or four fixed-position soul-guided cannon shells, the sheer number was enough to cause a huge sensation.

Moreover, what suddenly appeared was not only these low-level fixed-position soul-guided shells, but also a level 7 fixed-position soul-guided shell and a level 8 fixed-position soul-guided shell of sufficient weight!
Currently, besides the Sun Moon Empire, only Jiang Ming possesses level-nine fixed-position soul-guided cannon shells. Even Qian Duoduo, who has already broken through to the level-nine soul master level, cannot manufacture a level-nine fixed-position soul-guided cannon shell in a short period of time.

However, the academy is still able to manufacture level 7 and 8 fixed-position soul-guided cannons, and has a certain stockpile.

Clearly, Huo Yuhao and his group brought a lot of good stuff with them when they came out.

"Rumble"

The earth is shaking and the mountains are shaking.

The terrifying explosive force was earth-shattering; even in Mingdu, the sound of the massive explosion could be faintly heard.

Outside the Soul Master Corps' position, the protective shield was teetering on the brink of collapse, but thanks to its strong overall integrity, it managed to withstand the blast.

The level-seven fixed-position soul-guided cannon shells failed to destroy their protective shields, and the soul masters of the Soul Master Corps breathed a sigh of relief.

But before they could even catch their breath, the ground beneath their feet had completely turned golden, and the area covered by this golden expanse far exceeded the area where their Soul Masters were stationed.

Level 8 fixed-type soul guide shells!

Moreover, it is a level eight soul tool specifically designed for soul-guided defense positions!
When the level-seven fixed-position soul-guided cannon shells that directly attacked the soul-guided position exploded, no one saw that an even more dazzling golden light had already pierced the ground, then silently traveled hundreds of meters underground, arriving at the core of their encampment. Then...
"Rumble"

A terrifying golden light instantly transformed the entire area outside the northern city into a golden sea. A massive golden ray, like the rising sun, revealed half of its golden face on the ground.

Faced with this terrifying explosion, which resembled the might of heaven, fewer than ten people managed to escape from the area covered by the terrifying golden light by activating their own soul guidance shields, invincibility shields, and flying soul guidance devices.

Everyone else was engulfed by the power of the Level 8 fixed-position soul-guided cannon shell explosion, leaving no trace of their bodies!
(End of this chapter)