The Glory of the Sun and Moon in the Peerless Tang Sect

But this level nine fixed-position soul-guided cannon is different. Although it is complicated and relatively dangerous to make, it does not have as many stringent requirements and has always been the level nine soul-guided device with the lowest production difficulty.

"Then I'll trouble you, Elder Wang." Xu Zihuang's gaze fell on Yao Yang again, and he said seriously.

“Brother Yang, we’ll still need your involvement in wiping out those pirates. It’s time for the situation in the Yue Nan Islands to change. Xu Tianran isn’t exactly a peaceful man; once he takes power, war will inevitably break out, but he probably won’t extend his reach here again anytime soon. Reclaiming the entire Yue Nan Islands will also be beneficial for mining those seabed veins. In short, we need to firmly control those rare metal veins first, so that we can be more flexible no matter what happens in the future.”

"Don't worry, Zihuang. Leave it to me and Uncle Wang." Yao Yang smiled gently, then gave a serious instruction.

"On the contrary, you are the one who will be representing Shrek Academy in the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament in Mingdu. You must be extra careful and know your limits."

Ye Guyi's golden eyes lost their smile, and she firmly wrapped her arms around Xu Zihuang's.

"Brother Yang, I will always stay by Zihuang's side and won't let him take any risks. I also won't let him bear such great pressure alone anymore."

Feeling the strange yet slightly mocking gazes from the crowd, Xu Zihuang coughed lightly, feeling uneasy.

"Let's eat first."

Linlong and Meng Cang are relatively easy to deal with. But Wang Xiao and Yao Yang have seen his memories and know about his relationship with Ning Tian and Ju Zi. Moreover, Ye Guyi's last sentence had a rather meaningful tone.

"Um--"

Ye Guyi smiled and raised her smooth chin. Xu Zihuang immediately understood what Ye Guyi meant, picked up a piece of fresh peony lobster sashimi and put it into Ye Guyi's mouth.

Seeing the interaction between Xu Zihuang and Ye Guyi, Wang Xiao, Yao Yang, and the others present couldn't help but exchange smiles.

With hopes for the future in mind, everyone enjoyed the meal immensely. However, this did not delay their scheduled departure time.

An hour later, everyone was ready to set off.

Xu Zihuang and Ye Guyi boarded the warship, followed closely by Wang Xiao, Linlong, Meng Cang, and others—a total of twenty elite members of the Imperial Dragon Soul Instructor Corps. Wang Xiao directed the others to steer the ship towards the Douluo Continent.

Yao Yang stood on the shore of the crescent-shaped inner sea, with Nana and Elder Yu and other members of the Imperial Dragon Soul Instructor Group behind him. The group watched the warship disappear into the darkness.

This warship, which is over 100 meters long, is the same as the Hailong that Xu Zihuang had previously traveled on, with five decks on the deck and two below. The only difference is that there are far fewer rooms in the cabins.

Xu Zihuang and Ye Guyi naturally stayed in the top-floor room on the deck. There was only one room on the top floor, and it was extremely spacious.

Upon entering the room, he began to inscribe the core magic array.

Some time ago, he and Wang Xiao designed a melee soul tool for Ye Guyi. This melee soul tool is similar to his short-bladed whale tooth and can replace the internal core magic array. Under extreme conditions, it is strong enough to withstand the energy impact of an eighth-level core magic array.

In other words, the complete form of this melee soul tool is an eighth-level melee soul tool.

However, Xu Zihuang has only inscribed a level seven core magic array so far. Even if it is completed, this melee soul tool will only be level seven.

Apart from the main blade, which was crafted by Wang Xiao, a level nine Soul Master, all the other parts were made by Xu Zihuang. He had almost finished making the smaller parts; now, only the internal core magic array was missing.

According to his design, this core array complex needs to be inscribed with a total of eight level-seven core arrays.

In the room on the top deck, Xu Zihuang sat at a metal table. Under the bright soul-guiding light, the metal table was not at all glaring.

Xu Zihuang held a deep purple carving knife. The knife itself didn't appear to be made of metal; its texture was smooth, somewhat resembling amethyst. The closer to the blade, the thinner the knife became.

This carving knife has a gradient effect, from deep purple to bright purple, and then from light purple to transparent. There is also a strange dragon relief on both sides of the back of the knife, with the dragon's head at the tip of the blade and the dragon's tail spirally wrapped around the handle.

The carving knife and the dragon relief are seamlessly integrated, and you can even clearly see the distinct, deep purple dragon scales on the dragon relief.

The Purple-Veined Brilliant Dragon ranks third among the engraving knives.

This was the engraving knife once used by Xu Zihuang's father, which had been passed down within the royal family of the Sun Moon Empire. Later, along with the external soul bone, the Radiant Dragon Claw, it was entrusted to Wang Xiao. After rescuing Xu Zihuang, Wang Xiao also handed it over to Xu Zihuang.

However, before heading to Shrek Academy, Xu Zihuang had placed the Purple-Patterned Radiant Dragon with Wang Xiao, and it was only now that it was returned to its rightful owner.

After all, given his disguised identity at the time, it would have been too easy for him to arouse suspicion if he had possessed such a top-ranking engraving knife.

Although this Purple-Patterned Radiant Dragon Blade is only known within the royal family of the Sun Moon Empire and few have ever seen it in person, making it the most mysterious engraving knife in the list, any experienced high-level Soul Master can immediately recognize its extraordinary nature.

To avoid causing unnecessary trouble, Xu Zihuang didn't take it with him. He didn't need it at the time anyway.

But now his spiritual power has reached a level that is tangible and substantial, enough to ensure that he will not be discovered when using it in private.

Therefore, he certainly wouldn't waste such a top-quality engraving knife by leaving it idle.

The most powerful aspect of the engraving knives lies in their unique characteristics, even their spirituality. When creating soul tools, especially when inscribing core magic arrays, they can imbue the resulting soul tools with the knives' own properties, thereby generating abilities surpassing those of the original soul tool.

The two engraving knives ranked first and second both possess at least three attributes.

The Purple-Patterned Radiant Dragon, ranked third, possesses only one attribute: destruction. That it can rank third among over a hundred listed carving knives with only one attribute speaks volumes about its power.

Xu Zihuang gripped the Purple-Patterned Radiant Dragon with his right hand, infusing it with soul power. The carving knife immediately emitted a deep purple light, like a ball of deep purple flame dancing with the movement of Xu Zihuang's right fingertips.

With a gentle swipe of his right hand across the rare, gleaming gold metal, a fine layer of powder fell and settled evenly around the metal.

The Purple-Patterned Radiant Dragon began to operate, its blade faintly emitting a low dragon roar. With each strike, a layer of deep purple would appear on the rare golden metal before quickly engulfing it—that was the fluctuation of the destructive attribute.

This rare metal was chosen by Xu Zihuang as the core array aggregate, capable of withstanding the energy impact of eight level-seven core arrays, and its hardness and structure are extremely sturdy. However, under the carving of the Purple-Veined Radiant Dragon, it was as easy as cutting tofu with a knife, without the slightest resistance or hesitation.

The deep purple flames would suddenly slash down, then pierce like fine needles, and occasionally conjure countless blades of light that silently covered everything, moving with fluid grace. Ye Guyi, watching from the side, was completely dazzled.

However, Ye Guyi simply sat quietly to the side, admiring Xu Zihuang's flawless profile, without uttering a word to disturb him.

Reaching level 70 is a significant hurdle for Soul Masters; over 90% of Soul Masters are limited by the quality of their Martial Soul and their talent, making it difficult to cross this threshold in their lifetime. The same principle applies to Soul Instructors; a level 7 Soul Instructor can be considered a master in the Soul Instructor world. The effort and energy required to become a level 7 Soul Instructor are undoubtedly immense.

The reason it is so difficult to overcome is that the level 7 core array is completely different from the level 6 core array. The complexity of the level 7 core array is at least ten times that of the latter.

Ordinary soul masters can only reduce errors and try to increase the chances of successful engraving through tedious and arduous training and repeated attempts.

However, Xu Zihuang held an absolute advantage by relying on the innate ability of his Golden Eye Martial Soul and his spiritual power at the tangible and tangible level.

No matter how hard mediocre people try, they can hardly improve their potential, while geniuses are endowed with unparalleled glory from birth.

An hour later, Xu Zihuang suddenly raised his left hand high.

Three blades of light landed fiercely on the core magic array he was inscribing, turning and cutting like serpents, completing the final step.

Xu Zihuang pointed a finger at the center of the core magic array with his left hand.

A soft, humming sound rang out, and the entire core array lit up. Golden light first emanated from within, then burst forth from every gap. Dense fluctuations of soul power were released, and rings of golden light spread outwards. The patterns on the entire core array shone with dazzling light, crystal clear and translucent.

Success! However, to complete this core array aggregation, seven more level-seven core arrays still need to be successfully inscribed.

Xu Zihuang looked around and realized that Ye Guyi had already sat cross-legged on the bed and entered a meditative state.

He withdrew his gaze and, without disturbing Ye Guyi, continued to inscribe the remaining seven level-seven core magic arrays on his own.

Despite being battered by the waves and rocking continuously, the warships remained completely undisturbed, allowing them to focus entirely on their mission.

With Wang Xiao and others as their guards, they encountered some attacks from sea spirit beasts along the way, but they were all easily dealt with.

In order to complete the melee soul tool as soon as possible, Xu Zihuang rarely had time to spend with Ye Guyi.

However, Ye Guyi wasn't the type to act like a little girl and never threw tantrums. When she felt bored during breaks from cultivation, she would go out and deal with any sea spirit beasts that attacked her.

In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed.

Chapter 327 Soul Bone Skills: Scorching Sun Flame and the 30,000-Year-Old Lion Mane Jellyfish

It's another morning.

Xu Zihuang sat at the metal table, carefully assembling the melee soul tool.

During his two-week voyage at sea, he successfully completed the most crucial core magic array assembly. He began debugging and assembling it early this morning.

As usual, Ye Guyi would go up to the deck for some fresh air in the early morning, and then personally bring back breakfast to avoid disturbing Xu Zihuang.

At this moment, only Xu Zihuang was in the room.

The golden morning sun slanted in through the window, and another golden halo swept across the room.

Xu Zihuang gripped a slender, golden-white sword, stood up, and swung it once. A halo of light gathered on the sharp blade, seemingly absorbing sunlight, becoming as translucent as golden crystal.

The most dazzling feature is the seven golden gemstones inlaid on the sword. Golden gemstones are an extremely rare and precious metal that can absorb the essence of the golden yang.

A single golden gem is worth at least 100,000 gold soul coins. That means the seven golden gems alone would cost 700,000 gold soul coins. This exceeds the price of many level-seven melee soul tools.

The sword is three feet seven inches long and two and a half fingers wide. Although it looks slender, it is actually quite heavy. It fits the hand perfectly.

The sword's jaws are shaped like angel wings, and the hilt is also imprinted with golden angel wing patterns. Xu Zihuang created it based on the Angelic Holy Sword, a divine artifact of the Angel God from ten thousand years ago.

However, there are two diamond-shaped grooves on either side of the center of the serrated jaw.

It wasn't that Xu Zihuang and Wang Xiao designed it this way, but rather that this golden rapier was missing two things to be perfect.

The two missing items are the crystallization of the power of light-attribute soul beasts and fire-attribute soul beasts.

As Xu Zihuang envisioned, the crystallization of the fire-attribute soul beast's power would be obtained from the 100,000-year-old Blazing Apricot's fiery glue. He would then condense that fiery glue into a rhomboid crystal that fit perfectly.

Crystallized power from light-attribute soul beasts is quite rare; they'll have to search for it properly once they reach the mainland. Anyway, with Ning Tian around, using the resources of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School behind him, obtaining suitable crystallized power from light-attribute soul beasts shouldn't be difficult.

The most suitable material would naturally be the dragon crystal of the Holy Light Dragon. However, the Holy Light Dragon has long since become extinct, so we have to settle for second best.

Clearly, this golden-white rapier is a level seven melee soul tool with both light and fire attributes.

Seven Star Flame Sword - Blazing Sun Judgment.

Xu Zihuang stretched his body and was about to go find Ye Guyi when suddenly, the warship began to shake violently without warning.

From a high altitude, one would see that the warship's hull was covered with orange-yellow tentacles. Like the tentacles of the Evil Eye Tyrant, they were soft and limp, but much thinner. There were also more tentacles, densely packed like a lion's mane.

Besides being attached to the hull, many tentacles were also raised high above the warship, seemingly ready to fall at any moment.

Wang Xiao, Linlong, and Meng Cang, who were originally having a meal, suddenly became serious and rushed to the deck.

The other Royal Dragon Soul Master Corps soldiers on guard on deck also responded immediately. Each gripped a metal protrusion on the ship's hull, channeled their soul power, and activated a soul-guided shield to envelop the entire warship. There was no sign of panic.

With Wang Xiao, a titled Douluo-level powerhouse, in charge, they didn't feel that the strange soul beast in front of them could pose any threat to them.

"Division Commander." Everyone looked at Wang Xiao, ready to follow his instructions.

Upon noticing that the light of the soul-guiding shield was gradually dimming, Urokodaki decisively said, "Disarm the soul-guiding shield first, and leave the rest to me."

"Yes!"

Linlong's strength was second only to Wang Xiao, and he was highly respected in the Imperial Dragon Soul Master Group. Seeing that Wang Xiao did not object, everyone quickly withdrew their soul power.

As soon as the soul-guided shield was removed, tentacles lashed out at the people on the deck.

Linlong's gaze turned cold, and a strange soul power fluctuation emanated from his right leg. Enveloped in a dark red aura, he kicked out fiercely.

Countless dark red light blades, each only a foot wide, erupted from his right leg in an instant, spreading out with a piercing whistling sound.

The right leg bone skill of a 20,000-year-old demonic orca, Orca Fang-Shattering Slash. A powerful group attack-type innate soul skill of the demonic orca clan.

These dark red light blades, though small in size, were numerous. Moreover, each red light blade was filled with a sharp killing intent, tearing the tentacles into pieces.

Wang Xiao stared at the fragments of tentacles that gradually turned from orange-yellow to pink as they fell from the sky, and suddenly realized what was happening.