Douluo Continent: I, an evil soul master, work nine-to-five in the Tang Sect.

Chapter 141 Experimental Zone

"Hmm, it'll probably take a long time. After all, you know my situation, Brother Luo. Even if I break through to level 20, absorbing a second spirit ring probably won't be easy. Spirit-attribute spirit beasts are just too hard to find..."

Upon hearing Luo Chen's words, Huo Yuhao was first taken aback, and then responded with a helpless expression, though a glint of light shone in his eyes.

"Hehe, that's true. It's indeed troublesome for your Spirit Eye Martial Soul to absorb a Soul Ring. Putting aside how easy it is to find a Spirit Attribute Soul Beast, even if you do find one, it's probably difficult to find one suitable for your cultivation level..."

"But it's nothing. Once you break through to the second ring, if there's anything you can do to help me, just let me know. I, Brother Luo, will never refuse. With my current strength, helping you hunt for a spirit ring shouldn't be a difficult task."

Although Huo Yuhao gave this answer, Luo Chen knew perfectly well why he had been hesitant to break through—it was precisely because of his second martial soul…

However, since Huo Yuhao didn't say anything, Luo Chen could only pretend not to know. He just didn't know when Huo Yuhao, who was currently stuck at the level 20 threshold, would set off to obtain this "second soul ring".

It should be noted that if a Soul Master's cultivation reaches a bottleneck, their Soul Power will still increase even without absorbing a Soul Ring.

This is why Huo Yuhao wasn't in a hurry to absorb the spirit ring. Even if he didn't absorb the spirit ring, it wouldn't affect his spirit power cultivation. During this period, his spirit power cultivation would continue to grow until the second spirit ring was fully absorbed, at which point it would explode!

By then, Luo Chen estimated that Huo Yuhao's own soul power cultivation might even surpass that of a second-ring Great Soul Master and break through to the level 30 Soul Venerable realm!

Given Huo Yuhao's current rate of soul power improvement, this is not impossible. Several Xuan Shui Pills have completely made up for Huo Yuhao's innate deficiencies, in addition to the blood and qi-boosting pills given to him by Luo Chen.

Compared to the past, Huo Yuhao has undergone a transformation!

Speaking of talent alone, apart from his current soul power level being a little low, Huo Yuhao has almost reached the threshold of "genius" in every attribute. Especially in terms of mental power, he can be completely called a monster!

Compared to a few months ago, Huo Yuhao has now surpassed his previous level by countless levels. First, his physical fitness has greatly improved, and he has also made several breakthroughs in the field of mental power.

If Luo Chen weren't so monstrous, already capable of challenging a seven-ring Soul Saint, he would inevitably feel some pressure when sensing Huo Yuhao's current strength.

If Luo Chen's assessment is correct, given Huo Yuhao's current control over his mental power and his mental power cultivation that is close to the Soul King level, if he were to unleash his full soul impact, even Luo Chen would be somewhat affected!

Of course, the premise is that Huo Yuhao can break through the many passive abilities given to him by Luo Chen's Death Scythe Martial Soul, one of which is the ability to be exempt from one mental attack to a certain extent.

If Huo Yuhao really used a mental attack on Luo Chen, whether it would have any effect on Luo Chen is another matter. Just the mental backlash Huo Yuhao would suffer from after the mental attack hits Luo Chen would be enough to give Huo Yuhao a hard time.

Perhaps a few months ago, so-called mental attacks were something Luo Chen needed to worry about, since he didn't have any means to resist such mental attacks. But now, Luo Chen can be considered a well-rounded warrior, and the values ​​of each attribute are ridiculously high. There are no more weaknesses!

That's why Luo Chen said that. With his current rate of strength growth, his strength undergoes a transformation almost every time he advances to a higher realm.

Luo Chen was quite confident that Huo Yuhao, the chosen one of the Douluo Continent, could catch up with him, or even surpass him, in terms of cultivation and strength.

Even if you open it, so what? I'll just open it even harder than you, that's all.

Although Luo Chen knew that Huo Yuhao couldn't possibly catch up with him, he didn't mind leaving the other party with a little hope. After all, he couldn't suppress the other party too much, leaving him with no motivation to catch up. That would be too much of a bully.

Moreover, he will need Huo Yuhao's help in the future, as Huo Yuhao is a candidate on whom he places high hopes.

"Well, when I break through level 20 and need to absorb my second spirit ring, I will definitely ask you, Brother Luo, for help. I just hope you won't be too surprised then."

Hearing Luo Chen's straightforward words, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but smile and nod, agreeing readily.

Huo Yuhao was well aware of Luo Chen's strength. If he could have such a monster-level existence to help him when acquiring his second spirit ring, it would be several times easier for him!

Moreover, he knew that Luo Chen had already seen through almost all of his secrets, so they could no longer be called secrets. Even Electrolux was known to Luo Chen. Therefore, Huo Yuhao had no intention of hiding anything from Luo Chen in this regard.

As Luo Chen and Huo Yuhao were talking, Fan Yu, standing in front of them, also smiled and chimed in:

"It seems that the two of you have a better relationship than I thought. But that's good, since you'll be studying under me from now on. It's always good to be able to help each other."

As he spoke, Fan Yu led Luo Chen and Huo Yuhao to a corridor that was almost entirely made of metal. They stopped in front of a large metal door, and Fan Yu then spoke to Luo Chen behind him:

"We've arrived. This is where you'll learn about soul tools from now on. Whether it's making or testing soul tools, it will all take place here..."

Following the sign that Fan Yu pointed to, one could see the words "Experimental Area No. 12" clearly written on the sign in front of the door. Obviously, this was the soul tool testing area that Fan Yu was in charge of.

The reason Fan Yu explained to Luo Chen instead of Huo Yuhao was probably because he saw that Luo Chen was new to the Soul Guidance Department and didn't know anything about it, so he specially explained it to him.

As for Huo Yuhao beside him, he had long been a disciple taught by Fan Yu, and was probably already very familiar with this so-called soul tool testing area.

However, just by standing in front of this metal door, Luo Chen could feel the deep rumbling sounds coming from inside. Clearly, someone was testing a soul tool in this No. 12 test area.

Moreover, the soul tool tested was probably a very powerful cannonball-type soul tool, since only cannonball-type soul tools could produce such a continuous and rhythmic intense shock...

"Wow, we thought we were early enough, but it turns out Big Brother is even earlier than us! He's here so early to test the power of the fixed-mount soul cannon. It seems Big Brother is quite concerned about that soul tool he just made yesterday. Look, he's here to test its power as soon as it's light..."

Clearly, Huo Yuhao also felt the vibrations emanating from inside the door, and couldn't help but show a look of realization, smiling as he spoke to Fan Yu in front of him.

Fan Yu simply smiled and didn't say anything. After all, he knew the personalities of his two disciples well; they were both incredibly diligent.

Without saying much, a blue light suddenly flashed on Fan Yu's wrist bracelet, and then a hexagonal metal token appeared in his palm.

Judging from the shape of this token, it fits perfectly into the hole on the gate of the experimental area.

Under Luo Chen's watchful gaze, Fan Yu gently "attached" the token to the metal door of the experimental area, and then the huge metal door in front of him quietly "cracked open".

As the cracks in the metal door gradually widened, the door slowly opened, and a strong shockwave emanated from the experimental area in front of him, directly hitting Luo Chen's face. Fortunately, Luo Chen's cultivation level was not weak.

Faced with this exceptionally scorching heatwave, Luo Chen simply released his soul power, easily blocking the heatwave from his body.

Although the heatwave wouldn't have affected him much even if it hit him directly, Luo Chen still resisted it for the sake of his hairstyle and didn't try to withstand it.

When the folding metal door in front of him was fully opened, Luo Chen was able to see the situation inside the soul tool testing area. Inside the metal door was a vast space that was almost the size of a playground!

The interior decorations and structures are all replaced by metal. You can see that the most basic soul tool facilities, such as soul tool forging platforms and soul tool metal targets, are almost all available in this test area!

Just from this, you can see that Shrek Academy has definitely put a lot of effort into the research of soul tools. The amount of money required to build and manufacture these facilities and this huge space is an astronomical figure!

"Hehe, how about it, Brother Luo? Our Soul Guidance Department didn't disappoint you, did it? The teacher said that just this one experimental area cost the academy millions of gold soul coins!"

Seemingly sensing Luo Chen's thoughts, Huo Yuhao, who was used to this, also spoke up to explain to Luo Chen.

Shrek Academy values ​​soul tools just as much as the martial soul system. After all, almost everyone understands the importance of soul tools. Shrek Academy has put in a lot of effort to develop these high-level soul tools and cultivate more high-level soul masters.

Upon hearing Huo Yuhao's answer, Luo Chen couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

It seems he underestimated the costs Shrek Academy had invested in soul tool research. This one soul tool testing area alone cost the academy millions of gold soul coins. How staggering must the funds invested in the entire soul tool department be?

Although Luo Chen knew that it would be extremely difficult for Shrek Academy, which originally only focused on martial soul systems, to also take on the research and development of soul guidance systems, and the manpower, material resources, and financial resources required would be enormous.

However, he never imagined that the funds spent on researching and developing soul tools would be so enormous!

Nowadays, the Soul Guidance Department alone probably spends no less than ten million yuan a year on researching Soul Guidance Devices.

It's worth noting that an ordinary soul bone only costs tens of thousands of gold soul coins at an auction, while a rare soul bone of the ten-thousand-year level only costs a million gold soul coins.

However, Shrek Academy spent a staggering ten million gold soul coins on the Soul Guidance Department in just one year. That's equivalent to ten rare soul bones!

Even Luo Chen, who was used to seeing big scenes and had a 50,000-year-old spiritual attribute gem-type soul bone in his hand, couldn't help but fall silent when he thought of this.

It's no wonder Shrek Academy is so wealthy and powerful. With such a huge expenditure, other academies would probably have gone bankrupt long ago. They wouldn't have the resources to research and develop soul tools.

At this point, Luo Chen realized how wrong his previous thinking had been. The Sun Moon Empire was able to develop soul tools so quickly because it had gathered the power of an entire country, or even an entire continent, which enabled it to advance soul tool technology so rapidly.

With the financial and human resources support of an empire, the research and development of soul tools was able to make continuous progress. However, Shrek Academy is ultimately just an academy. Even if it has a city like Shrek City, how could its power compare to that of an empire?

Shrek Academy's research and development in the field of soul tools lags far behind the Sun Moon Empire. Rather than saying that Shrek Academy is able to achieve such development in the field of soul tools with the strength of an academy, it is already quite remarkable!

After all, apart from Shrek Academy, other forces, although they also research and produce soul tools, are definitely not as advanced as Shrek Academy.

The Sun Moon Empire has now developed soul tools to the level of level eight or even level nine, which means they can play a significant role in battles between powerhouses at the level of eight-ring Soul Douluo or even nine-ring Title Douluo.

However, Shrek Academy has spent unimaginable funds and manpower in the field of soul tools. In the past few hundred years, the highest level soul tool they have developed is only level five!

Let alone high-level soul tools, Shrek Academy can't even mass-produce low-level soul tools like level two or three. After all, training a soul master is no easy feat...

(End of this chapter)