Douluo Continent: Angel Saint Huo Yuhao

Chapter 243 Split
'He wants to highlight the burning and penetrating properties, and he even insists I create it myself… Is he trying to kill a god? He's insane!'

Jing Hongchen was momentarily flustered, unable to discern whether her current feelings were shock, anger, or fear.

While the level 9 fixed-position shells are incredibly powerful, their manufacturing difficulty and material consumption are astonishing, far exceeding the scope of other soul tools of the same level. Furthermore, they are subject to an extremely long production cycle.

Under normal circumstances, no Soul Master would undertake the production of something that is impossible to recoup its costs. Only institutions like Mingde Hall would produce a few to serve as ballast, with their strategic importance far outweighing their practical value.

Of the sixteen fixed-size items currently lying in the underground warehouse of Mingde Hall, seven were personally made by the previous hall master, Kong Deming, so that when he went into seclusion, Sun and Moon would have the confidence to face the masters of the Three Kingdoms head-on.

Obviously, the equipment he made was quite powerful, about 50% stronger than ordinary equipment of the same level.

The same principle applies to Jing Hongchen... At the same time, similar attributes can make the power of the fixed equipment more concentrated, and even achieve the effect of bursting out with power beyond the level.

"This madman!"

Jing Hongchen stopped there, about to smash the imperial edict, but then regained some of his composure and slowly put it down.

Putting everything else aside, this kind of equipment is a one-time consumable... and there's also the risk of it being passively detonated, so its actual effect on people is truly appalling.

The only possible reason for ordering so many at once is that they're going to use them to blow up the city.

Looking across the entire Douluo Continent, only Shrek Academy can meet this requirement, right?
"Hall Master..."

As Jing Hongchen vented his frustrations, Lin Jiayi, unaware of the situation, stared blankly, wondering why his boss was behaving so erratically.

With Jing Hongchen's soul guidance level, he would definitely be among the top three in the entire Sun and Moon region. It shouldn't take him too long to make a few level nine soul tools, so why is it like this?

"…fine!"

Jing Hongchen gritted his teeth and closed the scroll, his face extremely ugly.

If Sun and Moon were to defy the world and destroy Shrek City, the entire Soul Master world would be in turmoil for hundreds of years, and the ensuing peace war would be dozens of times more troublesome than expected.

We need to find a way to bypass this—

Suddenly, Jing Hongchen had a flash of inspiration and reopened the imperial edict to take a look at its contents.

Of course, defying the imperial decree was inappropriate. After all, Xu Tianran had indeed stamped the imperial seal on it, and even though everyone knew that he had orchestrated the process himself, it didn't change the fact that the procedure was legitimate.

嗏

"To report back, say that most of the materials needed for the fixed-mount shells were used for Project Zero. Level 9 is difficult to produce, but if we change it to Level 8, we can barely squeeze out some spare capacity."

Jing Hongchen and Lin Jiayi exchanged glances for a few seconds, and then walked into Hall Zero amidst the other's sudden realization.

……

"Bang~"

A resounding boom echoed from the island, which was filled with golden light, but the expected vast aura did not follow immediately.

'Elder Xuan...failed again.'

The many elders who had cast their gazes toward him sighed and one by one withdrew from their investigation.

Although Mu En left behind a staff imbued with the power of the Holy Dragon of Light and the Golden Tree, which could help Xuanzi connect with the Golden Tree and his own martial soul, unleashing even greater power…

However, the reason he was stuck at a certain level was that he lacked sufficient understanding of spatial power. Breaking through in this way was not suitable, and at most it would only allow him to gradually approach the level of a Limit Douluo.

"If this continues, Elder Xuan might replicate his breakthrough method from ten thousand years ago."

Clad in a cyan aura, Xian Lin'er sighed and turned her gaze back to Zhang Lexuan in front of her: "Are you ready?"

"bring it on!"

With blood seeping from the corner of her mouth, Zhang Lexuan calmed herself down and summoned her martial spirit again to confront her.

After absorbing the two soul bones, her cultivation level climbed to level 89 in a short period of time, but unfortunately, another bottleneck awaited her next.

This hurdle has been holding her back for a full month now. And the Sea God Pavilion's solution is: battle!

Zhang Lexuan's mental and physical strength had already met the requirements for condensing a soul core. The only things that could stop her halfway were her state of mind and an opportunity.

The former remains unresolved, but the latter...
Play a few more games and you'll have a chance.

"Starry Moon Night!"

As Zhang Lexuan's body gradually levitated, she suddenly waved her hand, and the bright moon behind her rose to the zenith. Countless beams of light carrying an aura of destruction descended with the night sky, their power even comparable to an ordinary person's eighth soul skill.

This was her signature skill, and the fundamental reason why Moon concluded that she possessed extraordinary talent.

A soul skill created by combining the first three soul rings!

"Well done!"

As a battle-crazed woman, Xian Lin'er naturally wouldn't hold back much. She immediately ignited the compressed blue flames of the wind attribute and forcefully thrust out the spear in her hand.

laugh--

The wind attribute, condensed into a fire-like form, naturally possesses terrifying decomposition properties. Just as she unleashed the spear's edge, the radiance of the approaching full moon was instantly annihilated.

In the blink of an eye, the sharp edge was already right in front of him, leaving him nowhere to hide!

Speed ​​is the second characteristic brought about by the powerful wind attribute!
"Silver Moon True Form!"

In the moment of crisis, Zhang Lexuan could only activate her seventh soul ring. The illusory image of the bright moon hanging high in the sky naturally disappeared, and in its place was a silvery-white light bursting forth from her body.

"boom…!"

Just as the light erupted in the arena, Qian Duoduo, who was standing guard below the stage, and Elder Song together activated the seven-layered soul-guiding shield, containing the explosion filled with destructive energy.

"What a pity. These things are just slightly flawed level nine soul tools, and can only rely on soul power to fill the gaps in defense."

Qian Duoduo sighed as ten percent of his soul power was drained from his body.

Even though the Soul Guidance Campus has made great strides, the progress they've fallen behind in is not something that can be caught up with in a day or two. To this day, the highest-level Soul Guidance Devices they produce are still only at level eight.

—Even the output is very low, and the quality is at most medium.

"Yeah~"

Old Song, who was standing next to him, withdrew his hand and said meaningfully, "In order to fill certain gaps, it has instead dragged down the main body."

"...Elder Song, the Soul Guidance Campus really cannot be touched."

Qian Duoduo remained silent for a moment, then decisively skipped over the unnecessary verbal exchanges: "This is the last guarantee for Shrek Academy and the Douluo Three Kingdoms to catch up with the tide of the times."

He could compromise on other matters, but he had to do his best to fulfill Old Master Mu's last task before his death.

Old Song seemed surprised by his firm stance and was momentarily speechless, but quickly chose to compromise:

"It's not that I necessarily want to interfere with your work, but the elders all agree that... now that we have a Soul Guidance Campus, our school should also revert to its status as a Martial Soul Academy."

"After all, the branch school has already established its reputation, and it's clearly inappropriate to remain entangled in such matters, a view shared by Elder Xuan. Furthermore, the inner court students and teachers all have objections to forced soul-guiding—"

"No need to say it!"

Qian Duoduo's face was pale, but she still smiled and nodded: "I will take care of this matter. From now on, I will try my best to solve the funding of the Soul Guidance Branch myself, so as not to interfere with the development of the main branch."

That would be best!

Seeing his expression, Old Song felt a pang of pity, but still sighed softly, "Shrek Academy will only ever be a holy land for soul masters."

(End of this chapter)