Douluo Continent: Peerless Angel Qian Renxue

Chapter 198 Excavating the Cold Pine Cliff

The little devil chuckled, "Teacher, you underestimate me. Actually, the Eternal Spider Emperor Martial Soul is a true Beast Emperor-type Martial Soul. When absorbing Soul Rings, it has an advantage over other Martial Souls due to its level. As long as my physical attributes are sufficient, obtaining all red Soul Rings isn't difficult."

However, what the little devil didn't expect was that Ye Xishui's current demigod level was achieved by using her divine sense and the divine power that was gradually being converted, while her own physical qualities were not yet up to standard.

She can now be called the "Peerless Douluo," a being similar to the three peerless beings of the previous era, stronger than ordinary Limit Douluos, and comparable to demigods.

Thinking about it, I felt relieved. After all, the teacher started out playing with souls, and her spiritual power can be said to be the number one among humans in the true sense. Among soul beasts, perhaps even the Evil Emperor cannot compare with her.

However, her health might actually be a little lacking.

Fortunately, the teacher's divine equipment seems to be complete at the moment. By continuing to evolve her external soul bones, her physical attributes can continue to improve.

"Then you'd better go into seclusion again during this time and try to break through to level 40," Ye Xishui said.

The little devil nodded slightly.

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For the next two weeks, Qian Renxue continued her seclusion. During this time, she did not return to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, but stayed on the Jingyang Mountains.

Because Master Kong had already arrived here at this time, his magical soul-guiding array could indeed absorb a lot of light energy. In the process, it attracted the light and fire energy of Jingyang Mountain Range and the surrounding area to a certain extent, which also helped Qian Renxue's cultivation and made meditation twice as effective.

During this time, the Sun Moon Empire began to deploy a massive engineering team, under the personal protection of the Imperial Dragon Soul Instructor Corps, to the Cold Pine Cliff on the border, in accordance with Qian Renxue and Ye Xishui's plan.

The Imperial Dragon Soul Instructor Corps was originally stationed in the northern part of the empire, very close to Cold Pine Cliff, so this task fell to them.

The leader of this Soul Master Corps is named Xu Tianyuan, Xu Tianran's younger brother. However, he disliked court intrigues and thus joined the army. He is also a Title Douluo with the Martial Soul of Purple Emperor Annihilation Dragon, and a level nine Soul Master.

Upon receiving Xu Tianran's order, he immediately led more than two hundred Soul Masters to the target location.

It is said that this operation is to excavate Cold Pine Cliff. According to Xu Tianran's secret letter, there may be countless treasures hidden underground, at least rare metals, not to mention some more advanced items.

At this moment, the Imperial Dragon Soul Master Corps has taken full control of the area surrounding Cold Pine Cliff, and the fully armed combat personnel have turned this place into an indestructible land of divine retribution.

In a temporary encampment atop Cold Pine Cliff, Xu Tianyuan continuously issued deployment commands via his soul tool. In his view, this project was not merely about excavating treasure, but also a signal of an impending attack on the Heavenly Soul Empire.

The sound of a flying soul tool came from above his base. Xu Tianyuan subconsciously looked up. This place had been designated as a military restricted area, and it was impossible to enter without special instructions.

A group of seemingly unreliable individuals descended from the sky, appearing at first glance to be a group of researchers who spent most of their time in some high-risk area. They wore spotless white soul-guided protective suits.

Xu Tianyuan jumped to his feet in surprise. The group lazily waved at him as a greeting, then went to their temporary encampment and casually took out various items from their soul tools, instantly transforming the originally simple environment into a high-end one. He had heard of this group; they were a clandestine force of the Sun Moon Empire, originating from the mysterious state religion. It was said that their research into soul tool technology was comparable to that of the Mingde Hall!

However, he didn't seem to have seen the leader of the group much before. She was a young girl with bright black hair and fair wrists peeking out from under her black and white robe. She looked to be about twenty years old and already had a stunning figure.

It didn't matter that he didn't recognize the person, but he recognized the clothes the girl was wearing. This was a newly emerging power in the Sun Moon Empire called the Sun Temple. The Sun Temple had a very close relationship with the current state religion and His Highness the Crown Prince, so this girl's status must not be low.

"The simultaneous appearance of the Sun Temple and the State Religion truly demonstrates the importance they place on this place," Xu Tianyuan nodded.

"Has the reputation of the Temple of the Sun already reached the army?" The girl was pleasantly surprised by Xu Tianyuan's reaction.

"The news from the southern battlefield is already widely known, especially within our own army where intelligence is shared among different members. Our military is deeply grateful for the Sun Temple's troop assistance," Xu Tianyuan said sincerely.

"I see." The girl scratched her head. "Let me introduce myself. My name is Lin Mengtong, and I come from Research Institute Zero of the Temple of the Sun."

"I have received the mission. I will cooperate with everyone to complete the excavation of Cold Pine Cliff and ensure everyone's safety."

"Don't worry, all you need to do right now is drive away any enemy troops that come to harass you." Lin Mengtong glanced at the researchers in the Holy Spirit Laboratory. "As for their safety... I think unless you're a Super Douluo, you won't be able to break through their defenses."

Various soul-guided devices unfolded around the researchers, instantly raising a box-like structure that imprisoned them all. This box had been prepared long in advance by the researchers of the Holy Spirit Laboratory, so that their research results could be preserved should the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters be destroyed one day.

The researchers in the laboratory took out their experimental tables and control consoles, and then quickly took over all the soul tools below level nine in the surrounding area.

No one asked Xu Tianyuan for the password to the high-altitude soul-guided monitoring device; they simply cracked the anti-theft system.

Within a short fifteen minutes, Lin Mengtong of the Holy Spirit Laboratory and the Zero Research Institute had grasped the three-dimensional topographic map and geological conditions of the surrounding area.

While the Imperial Dragon Soul Instructor Corps might only be able to grasp 70% of the situation under their supervision, this group has managed to achieve over 100% operational capability.

Xu Tianyuan's initial joy instantly turned into worry. While the members of this team were undoubtedly geniuses, were they truly controllable? What if, one day in the future, they turned against the Sun Moon Empire?

"We detected the auras of more than five Title Douluos forty miles to the east, the kind that are clearly visible," a researcher reported loudly. "After comparison, there's a 90% probability they are Sea Douluos!"

"Damn it! Everyone knows it's the Sea Douluo, why bother them?" Xu Shaoxin, the leader of the researchers, cursed angrily. "Are they tired of living?"

(End of this chapter)