Douluo Continent: I ushered in this era

"Thanks to Chu Ci!" Tang Wulin said, panting heavily, his expression tense.

But Chu Ci's expression remained somber, as he noticed the unusually quiet surroundings.

During the riotous period, the Spirit Ascension Platform was teeming with spirit beasts, but this place was completely silent, indicating that it was likely the territory of a very powerful spirit beast.

Suddenly, Chu Ci lunged at Xie Xie, using the advantage of his short-range burst of speed with his Instant Step to successfully tackle him before he was torn to shreds by the sudden dark golden claw light.

A giant bear with dark golden fur covering its entire body, standing over three meters tall, and possessing exceptionally thick arms and incomparably sharp dark golden claws came into view.

Chu Ci recognized the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear as its origin. His expression changed drastically, and he cursed inwardly, "One after another, can't they let me have a moment's peace?"

At the same time, he quickly slapped Xie Xie's rescue signal device and sent him out.

"Get out of here!!" Chu Ci shouted at Gu Yue and Tang Wulin.

The century-old Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear can overpower a ten-thousand-year-old Soul Beast and also kill Chu Ci with a single blow.

However, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear moved extremely fast. Before Gu Yue and Tang Wulin could press the rescue signal, the dark gold claw light rushed towards them.

Seeing that the two were about to be torn to pieces, Chu Ci roared and sent a burst of soul power to the Heavenly Candle in his right hand.

Chu Ci felt his soul power surge, his body half as cold as ice and half as hot as fire.

Chu Ci's eyes had changed color, one red and one white. Without hesitation, he raised his hand and slashed out with his sword again.

The sword light collided with the dark golden claw light. The claw light paused for three seconds before the sword light was torn apart.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Tang Wulin and Gu Yue pressed the rescue signal device, while the rescue signal device on Chu Ci's wrist was also slapped off by a dragon tail that appeared out of nowhere.

Chapter 32 Alchemy, Final Exam Part 2

Chu Ci's vision went dark, and when he regained consciousness, he was already lying in a metal cabinet.

"How is it?" Wu Changkong's face appeared above the metal cabinet. He had seen Chu Ci fighting the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear from outside, so he was somewhat worried about Chu Ci's condition.

"It's nothing, I didn't get hit by the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's attack," Chu Ci replied, shaking his slightly throbbing head.

Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie, who were standing to the side, breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Chu Ci was alright. If Chu Ci had been injured because of them, they would have felt guilty to death.

After Chu Ci retrieved the metal cabinet, he stood in front of Wu Changkong along with the other three.

Wu Changkong said calmly, "Everyone got full marks on the first part of the final exam."

"yeah!"

"Dance teacher!"

Wu Changkong coldly retorted, "Don't be too happy yet. You still have a second subject in your final exams. You only pass the exam if you pass this subject as well."

The journey to the Ascension Platform came to an end, and everyone returned to the academy with the dance of the sky.

"Go back and get some rest, Chu Ci. Come to my office with me." Wu Changkong said this and then turned to leave.

Chu Ci hurriedly followed Wu Changkong to his office.

"Stretch out your hand," Wu Changkong said calmly.

Chu Ci extended her left hand as instructed, and Wu Changkong grasped Chu Ci's wrist, channeling his soul power to check Chu Ci's physical condition.

After a while, Wu Changkong withdrew his soul power and loosened his wrist.

"There are no problems with your body. I didn't expect your body to be able to withstand a thousand-year soul ring perfectly."

Your first soul ring is a thousand-year soul ring, making you an exception. It's understandable that Wu Changkong is worried about Chu Ci's body being damaged when he tries to break through to the thousand-year soul ring.

"Teacher Wu, I heard you came from Shrek Academy. I wonder how my level as the first soul spirit, which is a thousand-year-old soul spirit, compares?" Chu Ci suddenly asked.

"The advantage of having a first-generation soul spirit is that it's a thousand-year-old soul spirit; almost no one at Shrek Academy possesses that." Wu Changkong paused for a moment before answering the question.

"But you must not become arrogant and complacent because of this. There are many Soul Masters who have a great advantage in the early stages but end up fading into obscurity," Wu Changkong warned sternly.

"Understood, Ms. Wu."

……

In the underground laboratory, Chu Ci and Bai Tianzhe were busy working in front of the Soul Guiding Pill Furnace.

The Soul Guidance Furnace in front of the two was a Level 7 Soul Guidance Device, with a theoretical model provided by Chu Ci and crafted by a Level 7 Soul Guidance Master from the War God Temple.

Chu Ci placed the Thousand-Year-Old Thousand-Gold Grass and the Thousand-Year-Old Dragon Heart Willow into the alchemy furnace, and then connected several huge soul power storage devices to the furnace.

After doing all this, Chu Ci looked at the enormous soul power storage device behind him and frowned deeply.

This type of soul power storage device is expensive, requires high maintenance, and is bulky. Many soul tools in Chu Ci's soul guidance project require a large amount of soul power to operate, and this type of soul power storage device certainly cannot meet Chu Ci's needs.

Therefore, the third plan—the Soul Gathering Plan—was born.

The plan aims to create a soul fusion reactor similar to a nuclear fusion reactor, but small in size and with a large energy storage capacity.

However, Chu Ci's current plan is facing significant difficulties. Simply compressing soul power is insufficient to meet the reactor's requirements, and other methods must be sought.

While pondering the future plans for the Soul Gathering Project, Chu Ci activated the Soul Guiding Pill Furnace.

A flame of extremely high temperature suddenly rose inside the Soul Guiding Pill Furnace, and the indicator lights on the Hetu supercomputer flashed rapidly. Taiyi firmly controlled everything inside the Soul Guiding Pill Furnace through calculation.

Before long, the alchemy was completed. The furnace was opened, and a fragrant aroma of pills wafted out. The fourth-grade Zheng Yang Pill had been successfully refined.

The Zhengyang Pill can greatly enhance a Soul Master's physique and add a touch of Yuan Yang for protection.

"Tianzhe, after taking the Zhengyang Pill, your physical condition will be able to withstand a thousand-year-old soul." Chu Ci handed the Zhengyang Pill to Bai Tianzhe.

Bai Tianzhe solemnly accepted the pill without refusing. He knew that only by becoming strong enough could he follow Chu Ci and clear all obstacles for her.

After Bai Tianzhe took the pill, his body temperature quickly began to rise, and beads of sweat started to appear on his forehead. This was because the Zheng Yang Pill was changing Bai Tianzhe's constitution.

About ten minutes later, Bai Tianzhe's condition gradually stabilized.

Afterwards, Chu Ci took him to the training ground for a full-body test, which revealed that his overall strength had increased by 20%, making him fully capable of withstanding the pressure of a thousand-year-old soul spirit.

"Tianzhe, everything is ready. In a few days, I will arrange for you to enter the Spirit Ascension Platform to elevate your soul to the thousand-year level," Chu Ci said with a smile.

"Ok!"

……

Today was the second day of the final exams. Wu Changkong led Tang Wulin and the other two out of the academy and boarded a Soul Guidance Bus to the East China Sea Soul Guidance Technology Park, located in the suburbs of East China Sea City.

Wu Changkong led everyone to a dark blue building.

There was no one at the door; the dark blue glass door was closed. Wu Changkong stepped forward and placed his right hand directly on the glass.

A bright blue light flashed and disappeared, a projection lit up, and a somewhat humorous voice rang out, "Hey, long time no see! East China Sea Sky."

Wu Zhangkong said coldly, "Open the door."

The voice said helplessly: "You are still so boring."

After a brief exchange, the glass doors silently opened to both sides.

Wu Changkong and his group entered the building, put on metal bracelets for identification, and then, after a spatial jump, arrived at a deep blue space.

After Wu Changkong made a simple operation on the screen inside the space, a countdown began to sound inside the space.

"ten,"

"Nine,"

"eight,"

……

Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie all seemed a little flustered upon suddenly hearing the countdown. Chu Ci, however, knew what was about to happen and leisurely yawned to the side.

Four beams of blue light descended, enveloping the four people. With a flash of blue light, the four people vanished into thin air.

"Welcome to the Hall of Heroes. First trial, intermediate difficulty. Name: Chu Ci, age: ten."

"Test requirements: First round, hold on for thirty seconds."

The Chu Ci appeared in a strange space amidst a dizzying sensation, followed by this electronic broadcast.

With a flash of light, a figure appeared opposite him, a very refined-looking young man.

"Start!" the electronic voice announced again.

The boy's eyes lit up, lightning crackled around him, a dragon's roar resounded, and a dragon-like martial soul was attached to him.

Upon seeing this, Chu Ci raised an eyebrow. The Thunder Tyrannosaurus Martial Soul appeared to be Bei Bei, one of the Shrek Seven Devils from the Douluo Continent II era.

"Isn't it Huo Yuhao?" Chu Ci pouted in disappointment.

A yellow, century-old soul ring rose around Beibei's body, and a dragon claw formed from blue-purple lightning, about a foot in diameter, rushed towards Chu Ci.

But Chu Ci felt no interest whatsoever in the face of Bei Bei's aggressive advance.

With a flash of sword light, Beibei arrived at the thunderous dragon claw that had been torn in two.

"Trial passed, time taken: three seconds," the electronic voice announced.

"Second stage begins. Defeat your opponent. Or hold on for another thirty seconds." The electronic voice sounded again.

Chapter 33: The Trial Passed, the Tang Sect Makes its First Appearance

Beibei reappeared before them, this time with two hundred-year-old soul rings rising from his body.

In response, Chu Ci stated that having reached level 28, he was invincible among those of the same level, and it was the same for everyone.

Chu Ci's Thunder Sword appeared in his hand, and with a flash of lightning, it collided with countless snakes of lightning that flashed in the air, forming a dense net of thunder.

In the blink of an eye, the Thunder Sword shattered Bei Bei's overwhelming power, cutting Bei Bei in two once again.

At the same time, the electronic voice sounded again, "Four seconds, second level passed."

"Advanced assessment, first level, prepare."

Beibei appeared, still with two spirit rings, but her aura was significantly stronger than the previous one, approaching the third ring.

Chu Ci remained unfazed and struck again with his sword.

"Advanced assessment, first stage passed, four seconds."

"Advanced assessment, second stage, begin."

This time, Beibei has reached the third ring, with three spirit rings—one purple and two yellow—shining on her body.