Chapter 130 Ninth-Level Soul Tool, Red Dust's Protection.
Upon hearing this, Elder Xuan secretly gasped. This soul tool would be of little use in the hands of top-tier experts above Super Douluo like them, but it would be a completely different story in the hands of ordinary Title Douluo.
Jing Hongchen, oblivious to Elder Xuan's expression, continued, "Besides its triggered use, it has a special activation method. That is, by actively activating the core array, it can generate an invincible shield that lasts for fifteen seconds. Its defensive power is three times that of the user's own cultivation. It becomes a ninth-level soul tool precisely because of this invincible shield ability. However, this special activation only needs to be used once and requires recharging. There's no need for deliberate recharging; it will gradually fill with the required soul power during the user's natural cultivation, a process that takes about three days. Of course, it can also be actively recharged, which would require about a day and a night of meditation, continuously pouring all of one's soul power into it."
Hearing Jing Hongchen's explanation, Elder Xuan's expression completely changed. He understood that although Jing Hongchen's cultivation was only at the ninety-third level, he was capable of escaping unscathed from him with just a level nine soul tool. No wonder he dared to sneak into Shrek Academy with such confidence.
Elder Mu nodded, and Jing Hongchen felt his hand lighten as the Red Dust Protection was already in front of Elder Mu. Elder Mu narrowed his eyes, raised his hand to take it, and said, "Able to bend and stretch, no wonder Mingde Hall has flourished under your leadership. You may leave now, welcome to visit the Sea God Pavilion again."
A flash of suppressed emotion crossed Jing Hongchen's face. He bowed slightly to Elder Mu and turned to leave. Once outside the Sea God Pavilion, he immediately took flight, a pair of dark golden wings unfolding from his back and disappearing in an instant. He didn't want to stay at Shrek Academy for even a second longer.
You must know that Shrek Academy itself did not possess level nine soul tools. Even in the Sun Moon Empire, level nine soul tools held a strategic position. Although the level nine soul tool that Jing Hongchen took out was not the best, it was by no means the worst. The reason for choosing Hongchen's protection was mainly because it had no offensive capabilities and its core magic array was complex enough to be difficult to crack.
However, when he saw the soul tools he had set up beforehand, he almost spat out blood.
Before entering Shrek Academy, Jing Hongchen had set up eight fixed soul tools about several kilometers away. Four of them were level nine, and four were level eight. As long as he remotely triggered them, he could immediately launch an attack on Shrek Academy and Shrek City. No matter how powerful an expert was, without prior preparation, it would be impossible to withstand such a powerful bombardment of soul tools. Perhaps top experts would escape, but ordinary soul masters and buildings would inevitably be destroyed on a large scale.
But when he found the fixed soul tool array he had set up, he found only some traces remaining. All eight powerful fixed soul tools had vanished. Undoubtedly, this was the result of Elder Mu's intervention. He tried to trigger them remotely, but there was no response. Clearly, the trigger array had been destroyed.
"A bunch of unreasonable robbers! I should have put self-destruct devices on these soul tools and blown you all up!" Jing Hongchen cursed angrily, completely losing his composure from the Sea God Pavilion.
However, his temper flared up quickly and subsided just as fast. He glanced back at Shrek Academy, snorted coldly, and got up again, quickly leaving.
"Elder Mu, we succeeded!" Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo rushed to the Sea God Pavilion to report the good news to Elder Mu.
Where did Jing Hongchen's soul tools go? They had taken them! Elder Mu was holding Jing Hongchen back here to buy them enough time.
Elder Mu smiled slightly and said, "I hope your Soul Tool Department can achieve something this time. However, you must be careful; once a powerful soul tool explodes, it's no small matter."
Wu Xuan couldn't help but yawn. He had no enthusiasm for soul tools. He could use them, but learning to make them was impossible; he didn't have the time.
Xian Lin'er said, "Elder Mu, don't worry. We will only copy the core array for research. We will never disassemble it before we understand it, and even if we do, it won't be done within the academy. Fan Yu has already taken it back and started researching it."
Elder Mu handed the Red Dust Blessing to Xian Lin'er and said, "You should also take this soul tool for research. I just tried it, and Mirror Red Dust wasn't lying. However, don't damage this soul tool; I have other uses for it."
"Yes." Xian Lin'er quickly took it. Despite her age, she was as excited and joyful as a little girl.
Shrek Academy's soul tool department has developed very slowly over the years, so this is a rare opportunity! Even if they only thoroughly study one of these soul tools obtained today, it will bring about a qualitative leap in Shrek Academy's soul tool department. Obtaining a top-tier soul tool produced by Mingde Hall is extremely difficult.
After saying goodbye to Elder Mu, the two left the inner courtyard and walked along the path to the teaching area. Everything around them seemed so familiar, yet also a little strange. Both of them felt as if they had been in another world. They hadn't been back for more than four months, and he missed his classmates quite a bit.
"Wu Xuan! Are those eight words really the path you'll take from now on?" Xiao Xiao suddenly asked, as if she had just thought of something.
Wu Xuan glanced at her, then let out a long sigh and said, "The evil spirit master ruined my ordinary life for no reason, causing my parents' deaths. I will never let them get away with this."
"Ah! I'm sorry..." Xiao Xiao's expression froze slightly, and she lowered her head, not daring to look into Wu Xuan's eyes. She never imagined that Wu Xuan would be all alone.
"It's nothing, you don't need to apologize." Wu Xuan shook his head slightly. Sunlight filtered through the gaps in the leaves, dappling their figures. Time seemed to stand still for that moment.
"I will be by your side from now on. You won't be alone." Xiao Xiao whispered in a voice only she could hear.
"What?" Wu Xuan looked at Xiao Xiao, who had her head down, in surprise.
"Nothing! Nothing! Let's hurry back to class!" Xiao Xiao's face flushed red, and she quickly ran towards the teaching building.
Wu Xuan watched Xiao Xiao flee in disarray, a smile unconsciously creeping onto his lips. He had actually heard the words Xiao Xiao had just murmured. Having a little girl who idolized him, keeping him company, wasn't that nice?
"Why is this happening?! You didn't do anything, and you're still liked. I'm so miserable, waaaaah!" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's wailing voice suddenly echoed in Wu Xuan's mind.
"No way! Maybe my charm attracted her. You can't learn that." Wu Xuan said with a hint of teasing.
"Ah~! I'm so miserable, I can't live anymore! Bingbing beat me up, and now you, little Wu Xuan, are mocking me too, waaaaah!" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm wailed.
"You piece of trash, shut up! If you whine again, I'll beat you to death!" Bingdi delivered a flying kick, sending Tianmeng Ice Silkworm back to its original form, silencing its wailing.
Seeing Tianmeng Ice Silk's pitiful expression, Ice Emperor continued her onslaught: "You piece of trash, you dare compare yourself to Wu Xuan? He has talent and strength, and what about you? What do you have? All you do is sleep, sleep, sleep. You might as well die a pathetic coward."
Tianmeng Ice Silk immediately shut up, whimpering and ignoring the two of them.
"Ahem! Wu Xuan, actually, I'm very easy to talk to. What happened just now wasn't my true nature," Ice Emperor explained tactfully.
"Haha, I understand, I understand," Wu Xuan replied tactfully before disappearing.
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