Accompanied by the Royal Soul Guide Corps, Xu Tianran left the border area, entered the central part of the country, and settled in a medium-sized city called Lancang City.
As it was getting dark, the group decided to take a break.
Make a battle summary and analyze the advantages and disadvantages.
This is an old tradition of the Sun and Moon Empire.
It is also a necessary experience for soul guides to make progress. Combat soul guides are gradually improved through continuous summarization and training.
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In the City Lord's Mansion, after dinner, the City Lord and his concubine were driven away, and a group of the top people in the Sun and Moon Empire occupied the best hall and held a group meeting.
Participants included Emperor Xu Tianran, President of the Imperial Academy of Sciences Ye Yulin, three deputy leaders of the Royal Soul Instructor Corps, and Unbreakable Douluo Zheng Zhan.
The emperor, who was sitting at the head of the long oval table, spoke first and looked at Ye Yulin and asked.
"After this battle, what is Dean Ye's assessment of your personal strength? If that veteran Extreme Douluo wasn't present, would you be confident of defeating Taotie Xuanzi in a single fight?"
"I mean he completely explodedThe situation, and if he gets close to you, are you in danger of being killed by him?"
The biggest disadvantage of a soul guide is that they are not good at close combat and have poor endurance. Although they have close-range defensive soul guides to protect their bodies, once a peak powerhouse gets close to them, their defense may be broken continuously and they may be killed with one blow. The physical explosive power of a high-level Super Douluo is really too terrifying, and this is an undeniable fact.
But now Ye Yulin has finally made a breakthrough.
As someone who controls the Imperial Academy of Sciences, which is of equal weight to Mingde Hall, and is known as one of the three ninth-level soul instructors in the empire, Ye Yulin instantly caught the ardent gazes of the emperor and his three other colleagues.
He pondered for a moment and said cautiously, "Your Majesty, if short bursts of power are the standard, I should have reached the Ultimate Douluo level. My defense has also increased since my cultivation broke through level ninety-five. Even if that old Taotie suddenly approached me, I wouldn't be killed in one blow."
"However, my ability to sustain a battle is still inferior to his, and the cost of fighting is much higher than his. Without using the ninth-level fixed-type soul guide cannon, the biggest possibility between us is that he will die and I will be seriously injured..."
Ye Yulin quickly added, lest the Emperor think he'd broken through but hadn't, "Roughly speaking, my explosive power is now comparable to that of a Limit Douluo, and my overall ability is equivalent to that of a peak Super Douluo. My defensive weaknesses have been somewhat mitigated. Facing a newly promoted Limit Douluo, as long as I keep my distance, I can still fight and won't be instantly killed."
"Before, my explosive power was only comparable to that of a peak Super Douluo, and my overall combat power was only comparable to that of a level 97 Super Douluo. Furthermore, I had significant shortcomings. Once I encountered my limit, I would most likely be completely powerless to fight back."
Xu Tianran nodded slightly. It was similar to his previous estimate and now it had been tested in actual combat.
Ye Yulin at this time was barely equivalent to the former Kong Deming.
It is likely that he is a little weaker. Although Master Kong did not reach the level of Super Douluo before, he had two martial souls and the total soul power was not inferior to that of Super Douluo. His comprehension of the realm of ninth-level soul engineer was also much higher than Ye Yulin's.
The Silver Moon Divine Light Shield also possesses extremely strong spatial power and defensive capabilities, which is even more outrageous than Zheng Zhan's unbreakable divine shield. It is not afraid of the Extreme Douluo who suddenly approaches.
Generally speaking, the previous Master Kong was not inferior to the new Extreme Douluo; he was slightly stronger than Ye Yulin at this time.
If he leads the Royal Soul Instructor Corps, his performance will be better than Ye Yulin, who has never cooperated with him, and he should be able to reach the limit of the veteran.
Xu Tianran suddenly became excited.
When Master Kong really breaks through to the tenth-level soul engineer, and cooperates with the Royal Soul Engineer Group, he should be able to surpass either Long Xiaoyao or Ye Xishui?
Long Xiaoyao is a veteran Extreme Douluo who has been breaking through for over 150 years. There is no need to compare him with Taotie Xuanzi, who just broke through to level 99 many years later; not to mention that his martial soul is comparable to the extremely dark Dark Holy Dragon.
Comparable to the ultimate martial spirit + level ninety-nine; this powerful opponent is terrifying!
If Xu Tianran wants to control the Holy Spirit Church, he must have a trump card to suppress the two of them.
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Excited by the empire's great progress, the emperor discussed the matter with his five ministers until dawn.
The following decisions were made.
First: vigorously develop and explore the ability of martial souls, cultivate super Douluo-level ninth-level soul masters like Ye Yulin, and make up for the shortcomings of the ninth-level soul masters in endurance and defense to the greatest extent.
Second: We need to forge more ninth-level fixed-type soul guide shells, and equip each ninth-level soul guide with a killer weapon and trump card at the last moment to avoid being killed instantly by the opponent's Super Douluo at close range, and to act as a same-state deterrent. Each person must be equipped with at least one.
The third was a decision that Xu Tianran did not make publicly known. He wanted to organize the development of a level 10 fixed-type soul guide cannon and soul guides with greater lethality.
The third one must of course be carried out in secret, as the empire's top secret, as the ultimate countermeasure to deal with...old-fashioned extreme creatures and above.
The time span is measured in hundreds of years, and it must be kept absolutely secret, even if the progress is slow.
As for how to keep it secret, Xu Tianran has not yet figured out a complete way to completely avoid all possible prying eyes.
Several alternative locations flashed through his mind, but he felt none of them were hidden enough;
One is that the Far North is underground in the thousand-year-old ice layer. The permafrost has natural concealment, and because of the cold climate and uninhabited environment, even the gods would not pay too much attention to it... However, the Far North is not the territory of the Sun and the Moon, so the feasibility is a little pale.
One is outer space and other planets, which are separated from the vast universe of Douluo Continent. Theoretically, they are very hidden, but how to get out is a problem. Secondly, their concealment is still questionable.
Xu Tianran, who had been racking his brains, suddenly had an idea. He drove all his subordinates out and took out the gray-white ball that suddenly vibrated.
The two gray-white spheres are exactly the same. One was found by the Sun-Moon Empire while tracking extraterrestrial energy, and the other was originally pulled out of Huo Yuhao's sea of consciousness.
At this moment, the two gray-white balls suddenly showed signs of colliding.
Xu Tianran's eyes flashed, and he stopped him without hesitation, holding one in each hand and separating them.
However, the huge pulling force made it difficult for him to keep his body steady even though it was stronger than that of a Soul Douluo.
drink!
Bang——
Xu Tianran clasped his hands together and slammed them on the table, making a loud noise. The solid wood round table exploded in an instant, and the floor shook.
Shadow Douluo, who had been hiding in the dark and was ordered by Xu Tianran not to come out until the last moment, suddenly appeared at this time, took the one thrown by the former, and disappeared into nothingness.
Outside the door, Zheng Zhan, the Unbreakable Douluo, who heard the sound, immediately pushed the door open and entered, catching the other one thrown by Xu Tianran; he had also been ordered by Xu Tianran to stay away during the previous battle.
Both of them have the combat power of Super Douluo, but in the previous situation, they can undoubtedly only become handles for Extreme Douluo to attack.
But at this moment, each of them grasped a gray-white ball and stabilized it in an instant.
After a while, the old figure that Xu Tianran had seen before slowly emerged.
The whole house was instantly shrouded in a thin layer of darkness, isolating it from the air.