Douluo Continent: The Eye of Truth

Chapter 123 Arrival in the Far North

Huo Yuhao quickly compiled the design blueprints for these six soul tools, which were most suitable for mass production given the current national strength of the Heavenly Soul Empire.

While these six soul tools may not be the strongest among soul tools of the same level, they are certainly the most suitable for large-scale deployment to soldiers.

Although the Heavenly Soul Empire has extracted a lot of information about the manufacturing process of soul tools from the captured Mingde Hall soul masters, the current Heavenly Soul Empire has managed to extract a lot of information about the manufacturing process of soul tools from them.

However, only the most basic level one to three soul tools can be widely promoted throughout the country.

Because training a Soul Master from scratch is too slow, Huo Yuhao replaced most of the core array structures of these Soul Tools with mechanical expansion structures.

Meanwhile, the necessary soul guidance core array is handled by specially trained soul masters. The overall system of soul masters is too complicated, and Huo Yuhao only needs these soul masters with soul power who can carve fixed soul guidance cores.

Therefore, these soul masters cannot be called proper soul masters. However, with more training, although the soul core arrays of level two and level three soul tools are quite complex, the corresponding makers should be able to be trained within a year.

Based on this, Huo Yuhao only needs to ensure that the soul guidance core array he designed is simple and effective. As for encryption techniques, these have nothing to do with low-level soul guidance devices.

In this way, even blacksmiths can generate the mechanical expansion parts of these soul tools, while allowing the blacksmiths in charge of production to focus on making fixed, single parts.

These individual components, along with the Soul Guiding Core Formation, can then be assembled by specialized Soul Guiding Masters.

This greatly reduces the time required to train Soul Masters and produce Soul Tools, while also minimizing the use of resources such as metals.

As for the weapons given to the soldiers, the level two and three soul tools were enough to enable the mortal legions of the Heavenly Soul Empire to achieve a leap in level.

Unlike the Soul Master Legion in the original Sun Moon Empire story, which was built with elite troops, Huo Yuhao envisioned a strategy of winning by sheer numbers.

The Soul Master Corps of the Sun Moon Empire is usually equipped with one hundred level-four Soul Guidance Cannons and ten level-five Soul Guidance Cannons. However, their effective attack range is about 500 meters, and their maximum attack distance will not exceed 800 meters.

However, this information was all pried out from the soul masters of Mingde Hall, and the specifics are now a secret of Mingde Hall.

Even these seventh-level soul masters from Mingde Hall didn't have much access to the specific details, because some top-secret technological advancements hadn't been made public when they were abducted.

However, from the humanoid soul tool brought back by the Body Sect and the latest progress of Mingde Hall in sealing technology, Huo Yuhao could also deduce that the Sun Moon Empire's development in this area was now vastly different from what it used to be.

Even so, the Sun Moon Empire's main application in this area will inevitably be concentrated on the latest high-end soul tools.

Because preparations for war are not something that can be done overnight, the way the Sun Moon Empire manufactures soul tools requires each component and core array of the soul tool to be meticulously crafted by a soul tool master.

Rather than being produced in an assembly line factory, the soul guide equipment prepared by the Sun Moon Empire for each soul guide regiment could never be recycled before a technological breakthrough, otherwise the cost and commotion would be too great.

Therefore, Huo Yuhao could basically conclude that the soul tools used by the low and mid-level soul master groups of the Sun Moon Empire were roughly at the fourth level, mixed with the fifth level soul tools.

Although the soul guide equipment designed by Huo Yuhao is of level two and three, the materials used are much cheaper than those used by the Sun Moon Empire for its soul guide corps.

Given the same number of soldiers, even with these soul-guided equipment, a hundred soldiers from the Heavenly Soul Empire would naturally be no match for a standard soul-guided regiment of the Sun Moon Empire.

However, if one hundred people are not enough, then a thousand will be used. By winning through numbers, even if there is a large gap in cultivation level in battles between low-level Soul Masters and Soul Instructors, it will not lead to an absolute crushing advantage.

Moreover, the Sun Moon Empire's combat style is that the Soul Master Corps is the main offensive force, while ordinary soldiers serve as logistics and auxiliary troops. They do not appear directly on the front lines and are mostly responsible for sweeping and cleaning up the battlefield after the battle.

Therefore, the Sun Moon Empire always focused on the Soul Master Corps. However, even during the most prosperous period of the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Master Corps in the original work, its total number did not exceed 20,000 Soul Masters.

Although the Sun Moon Empire may equip its lower-ranking soldiers with a certain number of soul tools and soul power encapsulation devices due to the development of encapsulation technology.

However, in terms of the overall quality of the lower-ranking soldiers, the soldiers of the Heavenly Soul Empire, especially those from the three kingdoms of the Douluo Continent, were definitely superior to those of the Sun Moon Empire.

After equipping a large number of low-level soul tools, Huo Yuhao was able to reduce the power gap between the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Sun Moon Empire from 1:0 to 2:1.

Even though they are still at a disadvantage, they will never suffer a complete rout like in the original story, which would have made the Heavenly Soul Empire the first empire to perish.

If the Heavenly Soul Empire, a powerful nation bordering the Sun Moon Empire, is a tough nut to crack, then the pressure will naturally fall on the Star Luo Empire, another empire adjacent to the Sun Moon Empire.

After finishing organizing the design drawings, Huo Yuhao handed them to Du Busi. Looking at the six stacks of papers, each as tall as a person, that Huo Yuhao released from his storage soul tool, Du Busi's eyes twitched involuntarily.

"I remember that the blueprints for normal soul tools, even for level seven soul tools, are not this complicated. Besides, the Heavenly Soul Empire does not have the ability to produce level seven soul tools."

Du Busi's impression of soul tools was still based on the time when he robbed Mingde Hall. At that time, he also obtained a lot of blueprints for level 7 and level 8 soul tools, but the thickest one was just a small booklet.

Where else could you find something as extravagant as what Huo Yuhao produced? Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao took down a page from the top and displayed it in front of Du Busi.

"This is the general outline of this soul tool, and it's the only part that requires a fully trained soul master to handle."

"As for the others, they are detailed diagrams I derived by breaking down the soul tools layer by layer in terms of style, specifications, and details."

"According to my calculations, only one level-two Soul Master, one level-thirty or higher Soul Venerable, and ten blacksmiths are needed. After specialized training, they can produce three such level-three Soul Tools in a day."

"If we speed up the production, we should be able to produce five standard level-three soul tools without leaving any lasting effects on their bodies."

"It should only take a year for the specialized training required to manufacture each component to be completed, and my plan is to set up three hundred such production lines for each type of soul tool."

"The most troublesome part is that it will require more than 3,000 Soul Masters with a strength of level 20 or above, and as for blacksmiths, it will probably require more than 20,000 people."

Upon hearing this, Du Busi nodded. It was indeed not easy to find more than three thousand Soul Masters with strength above level twenty who could operate covertly for a long time.

However, given the capabilities of the Heavenly Soul Empire, it shouldn't be a problem if they raise the funds for a while. As for blacksmiths, gathering 20,000 from across the country shouldn't be an issue either.

"In this way, each type of soul tool can be produced in nearly a thousand pieces per day after one year, and the materials used are all cheap and common metals."

"Within just one year, we should be able to complete the basic equipment for the Heavenly Soul Empire's 300,000-strong army."

"On this basis, in order to prevent these soul tools from being captured by the enemy and from being lost too much on the battlefield, three thousand matching level-seven special soul tools are also needed."

"This is also the biggest challenge. Even with the help of soul masters from Mingde Hall, manufacturing three thousand level-seven soul tools is no small project, and the resources required are astronomical."

Upon hearing this, Du Busi nodded with a somewhat solemn expression. Although these level-seven soul tools were not absolutely necessary in the plan that Huo Yuhao had just shown him.

However, its existence undoubtedly allows the Heavenly Soul Empire's legions to have the highest possible sustained combat capability during wartime, greatly reducing equipment losses during wartime.

"To be specific, Master, you should first arrange the selection of personnel for the production lines of these six types of soul tools. Let's put the matter of the seventh-level soul tool on hold for now. If I have a better solution, we can restart it later."

"Alright." After a while, Du Bu Si's brows relaxed.

Although he hadn't finished reading all the design drawings Huo Yuhao had presented to him, only skimming through them, he now had a pretty good idea of ​​what was going on.

At this moment, Huo Yuhao coughed lightly and said, "Master, I plan to leave Tiandou City for a while and go to the far north."

"Alright, go ahead." Poison Undying seemed to have no other opinion on this, simply saying it indifferently.

"?" This puzzled Huo Yuhao. Looking at the Undying Poison in front of him, he asked somewhat awkwardly, "Master, don't you have anything else to say?"

Upon hearing this, Du Bu Si rolled his eyes at Huo Yuhao: "Get lost! After our last trip to Sunset Forest, I realized you wouldn't discuss your plans with me."

With a casual flick of his wrist, Du Bu Si sent Huo Yuhao flying out of the study, before landing lightly in the courtyard.

Huo Yuhao could also sense that, besides sending him flying, Du Busi's palm strike had also left a hidden trace of soul power on his body.

"I've heard about that fox from Jinpeng. Anyway, just do whatever you want. With my innate poison by your side, what does the far north matter? I can still wipe them all out!"

Poison Undying's voice came from the study, and his words were full of strong confidence. Or rather, Poison Undying was always such an arrogant person, but he rarely showed it in front of Huo Yuhao.

Seeing this, Huo Yuhao did not linger any longer. He bowed towards the study before leaving.

After Huo Yuhao left, Du Busi watched Huo Yuhao's departing figure with his dark green eyes, put down the blueprints in his hand, sighed slightly, and murmured to himself.

"Based on what you said about luck before, Yuhao, and with that little girl who was transformed from the Emperor Beast, even though the far north is quite dangerous, we should be able to turn danger into safety."

After leaving Du Bu Si's study, Huo Yuhao returned to his courtyard. It was noon, and Di Ruier, who had been sunbathing in the courtyard, stood up when she saw Huo Yuhao return.

"Can we go to the far north now?" Direel asked expectantly.

The journey to the far north was her first step as an imperial auspicious beast to save the soul beast race, a decision she made after communicating with Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao nodded. After spending these days together, he had also grown much closer to Di Ruier.

Huo Yuhao took out two level-seven flying soul tools that the Body Sect had brought from the Mingde Hall from his own storage soul tool, and handed one of them to Di Ruier.

Although their soul power is currently around level 60, both of them far surpass other soul masters of the same level in both quality and quantity, making it a piece of cake for them to use a level 7 flying soul tool.

From then on, the two traveled together, leaving Tiandou City and using their flying soul tools to travel towards the bitterly cold land in the far north.

"Brother Tianmeng, Brother Tianmeng, we're home."

"Damn it, Yuhao, why didn't you tell me you were coming to the far north? I didn't prepare anything!"

After a long while, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm finally came to his senses. However, before he could make a move, Huo Yuhao stopped him.

"Brother Tianmeng, we don't need your help for now, but please remain alert. Let Xiaobai handle this first. If anything unexpected happens when we meet Bingdi and Xuedi, then you can step in."

Under Huo Yuhao's control of his soul power, the little white fox appeared from Huo Yuhao's sea of ​​consciousness in the icy and snowy land of the far north.

Looking at the familiar surroundings, although the body formed by soul power could not feel the temperature change, it was enough to make the little white fox overjoyed.

However, the little white fox failed to notice anything special about Di Ruier beside Huo Yuhao. After all, with Di Tian's reverse scale as a cover, even as an auspicious creature from the far north, the little white fox was unable to detect Di Ruier's true form.

"Alright, Xiaobai, let's go." In order to possess the Ice Dragon King Martial Soul, Huo Yuhao's resistance to extreme cold was greatly enhanced in the previous Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye. As for Di Ruier, whose true form is the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, she naturally has no fear of ordinary cold.

The two humans and the fox gradually ventured deeper into the far north.

(End of this chapter)