Douluo: Become a disciple of Jingliu and illuminate the gods

Chapter 67 Jianmu
Jing Hongchen also roared, "Leave no one behind." As he spoke, a burst of strong red light burst out from his body. Behind him, a ball of metal light like a red lotus quickly turned and combined. In an instant, thousands of red metal tubes as thick as fingers were pointed into the air.

Jing Hongchen had a scarlet helmet on his head, and a metal mask also covered his face. Countless red lights blasted towards the main body of the master in the air in the next moment.

The Mingde Hall warriors who came with Jing Hongchen also used their own soul guides to launch powerful sniper attacks on the body sect warriors. The two sides launched a fierce collision. For a moment, the soul power in the entire underground base was crisscrossed, and violent roars continued to burst out.

Mingdetang underground base.

The violent roar and the shaking of the earth made both sides stop their actions, and their faces turned pale. If there was a landslide here, then none of them would be able to get out alive.

"The poison is not fatal, why?" Jing Hongchen asked through gritted teeth. Suddenly, he seemed to realize something, shuddered, and roared, "Asshole. How dare you..." As he said that, he turned around and ran towards the inside of Mingde Hall. Because he suddenly remembered where the violent roar just now came from.

However, how could the Body Sect, which had already completed most of its plan, let him intervene at this time? A terrifying green storm suddenly descended from the sky. Du Bu Si, who was willing to spend his own original soul power, turned into nothingness, and countless terrifying figures rushed straight towards the powerful men of Mingde Hall and covered them.

That mighty aura clearly showed his intention to kill Jing Hongchen, and he turned a blind eye to the attacks from other powerful soul masters.

In desperation, Jing Hongchen had to turn around and fight. He relied only on a powerful ninth-level soul guide. In terms of strength, he was far behind Du Bu Si. This Extreme Douluo was probably the only one in the entire continent. With the peak strength of the ninety-ninth level, if it weren't for the fear of the overthrow of the entire underground world, at least one-third of the Mingde Hall masters here would have died.

The battle was ignited again in an instant. In the frantic fight between the two sides, the number of casualties did not increase too much. After all, although they could not attack with all their strength, they could defend! And Du Bu Si's purpose was to delay these Mingde Hall strongmen and create opportunities for his own people.

"Swoosh." Chen Qiye flashed out from the end of the corridor and appeared in a passage.

The soul guide lights on both sides of the passage were flashing continuously, indicating the instability of its structure.

This should be the interior of Mingde Hall, right? But why did the Body Sect attack Mingde Hall? ?

As he thought about it, he walked slowly forward, with his mental detection fully activated, searching forward.

Not long after he walked forward, he suddenly had an idea and slipped into a passage on the left. A dark metal door opened silently, and the space inside was very spacious, which turned out to be a laboratory.

At this time, the laboratory was empty. Judging from the aura left here, many of the Mingde Hall warriors who had just rushed out should have left from here.

Now that he was already here, Chen Qiye had to go take a look. He walked into this spacious laboratory.

This laboratory was very large. The circular laboratory had a diameter of more than 100 meters and a height of 30 meters. When Huo Yuhao stepped into it, he was immediately attracted by the huge structure in front of him.

This is a huge humanoid metal body, fifteen meters tall. The huge body is made entirely of metal. Although it looks a bit simple, the overall structure is complete. The chest is open, and there seems to be a seat or something inside.

After Chen Qiye's exploration, he found that there were thousands of core arrays on this huge metal man. Moreover, the precision of these core arrays was something he had never heard of before. What was even more terrifying was that this huge metal man seemed to contain an extremely terrifying energy. This energy was the metal itself.

Chen Qiye instantly realized that this should be the predecessor of the Dou San mecha.

Chen Qiye No. 2 took the mecha away without saying anything.

On the other side, Chen Qiye discovered something that shocked him, Jianmu, and it was a Jianmu with a huge life energy. Although it was only short, for Douluo Continent, it was probably no different from the status of a god.

Mingde Hall.

Standing in the underground base, Jing Hongchen almost broke his steel teeth. What he saw in front of him could only be described as shocking.

The entire underground base was like a field that had just been turned over before sowing. It was a mess everywhere. Less than one-third of the expensive lab tables were still intact, and most of them were destroyed beyond recognition. Various rare metals were seen everywhere, and the underground base was completely in tatters.

What made Jing Hongchen most depressed was that the underground base had become unstable due to the shock of the previous high-intensity battle, and collapse was not impossible. Now he was directing people to reinforce the underground base and stabilize it first.

Since its establishment, Mingde Hall has never suffered such a heavy blow. Not to mention the casualties, the loss of hardware facilities is an astronomical figure. Mingde Hall is not his own! It is the soul guide research base of the entire Sun Moon Empire! And it is also responsible for the production of high-end soul guides. Even with his status in the Sun Moon Empire, he is also responsible for such a big accident. He must bear huge pressure from the royal family.

"Body Sect, Body Sect!" Jing Hongchen's eyes were blazing with fire. The previous pursuit was fruitless. When they were halfway through the pursuit, the leader of the Body Sect, Du Bu Si, who was left behind, blew up the tunnel. The people of the Body Sect flew away.

Jing Hongchen immediately mobilized the army and put the entire city under martial law. But he himself knew very well that this had no practical significance at all. With the strength of the Noumenon Sect's strong men, how could the army stop them?
"Hall Master." Lin Jiayi's voice was trembling as he came to Jing Hongchen, lowering his head and not daring to look at him.

"What's the situation?" Jing Hongchen tried his best to calm himself down.

Lin Jiayi lowered his head and said, "The situation at the warehouse is fine. Nothing is lost. All the high-level soul guides stored are there."

After hearing what he said, Jing Hongchen breathed a sigh of relief. He finally heard good news. It seemed that the purpose of the Body Sect's trip was to find the 100,000-year soul beast embryo. They actually dared to use the entire sect's strength to raid. This revenge must be avenged.

"But..." The two words Lin Jiayi said again made Jing Hongchen's heart tighten again. He turned around suddenly and looked at his capable subordinate: "But what? Don't hesitate, just say it clearly."

Lin Jiayi gritted his teeth and said in a trembling voice: "But, subject No. 1 is missing..." "What?" Jing Hongchen felt a black screen in front of his eyes, his body swayed and he almost fell down. Lin Jiayi hurried forward to support him.

Jing Hongchen felt as if the sky was falling, his chest felt tight, and he was so sad that he felt as if he was going to die immediately.

"Say it again." This time, even his voice became a little trembling.

Lin Jiayi said in a trembling voice: "Experimental subject No. 1 is missing. Hall Master."

Jing Hongchen screamed "wow", spat out a mouthful of blood, and fell directly into Lin Jiayi's arms.

What does Experimental Subject No. 1 mean? It means that the entire Mingdetang's highest achievement in soul guidance device research, although it is only a semi-finished product, is equivalent to the culmination of the Sun Moon Empire's thousands of years of research on soul guidance devices!

Jing Hongchen looked at Lin Jiayi with a pale face, and his eyes were full of fear. If Mingde Hall was attacked by a sneak attack and caused heavy losses, he could still suppress it with his prestige in the Sun and Moon Empire. Experimental Subject No. 1 Being stolen was something he couldn't afford. This is already a major matter related to the safety of the entire country.

Taking a deep breath and trying to suppress the blood rushing through his body, Jing Hongchen whispered, "Who else knows about this?"

Lin Jiayi quickly shook his head and said, "I went to check Lab No. 1 myself. After I found out that Subject No. 1 was missing, I immediately closed the door of Lab No. 1, changed the entry password, and reported to you."

Jing Hongchen managed to calm himself down and said, "Well done. This matter cannot be known to anyone."

"Yes." Lin Jiayi quickly agreed.

Jing Hongchen's face turned red and white, and he hated the Body Sect in his heart. His only hope now was that the technological content of Experimental Body No. 1 was too high and could not be used casually. Once the body was disassembled, the self-destruct device would be triggered immediately. This was to prevent theft. Now it seemed that the original choice was correct enough.

But even so, the loss of many precious metals is still an astronomical figure. Fortunately, Mingdetang has a very high degree of autonomy. As long as this matter is not exposed, there is always hope of recovery.

Forced to stand up straight, Jing Hongchen's originally violent mood calmed down in the face of the crisis.

"Jia Yi, pass on my order. Everyone present today must keep their mouths shut. Anyone who dares to spread what happened today will be killed without mercy."

"Send people to all major auction houses, including ours, to keep an eye on all high-end auctions. If Subject No. 1 appears, immediately buy it back at all costs."

"In the name of Mingde Hall, we are issuing killing missions to all mercenary guilds and assassin guilds. We are offering a high reward for the heads of all members of the Benti Sect."

At this point, Jing Hongchen paused for a moment and said, "Except for the injured Mingde Hall disciples, all healthy members of the Mingde Hall are in emergency mobilization mode and must repair the underground base as soon as possible at all costs. Tell the elders to rebuild the defense of the Mingde Hall. There can't be any blind spots this time, understand?"

"Yes." Lin Jiayi quickly agreed. Seeing Jing Hongchen regain his composure, he felt relieved.

Jing Hongchen seemed to suddenly remember something and asked anxiously, "How are the exchange students from Shrek Academy? Especially the one named Huo Yuhao. Did they suffer any casualties in this battle?"

Lin Jiayi was also a thoughtful person. He had already guessed that Jing Hongchen would ask about this and had already investigated it before.

"At Shrek Academy, Fan Yu and Cai Tou are out testing their soul guides and are not in the base. The other students are also outside the experimental area, and the initial explosion did not affect them. They were all very cunning and retreated to a safe area as quickly as possible, and did not participate in the previous battle. Several people were injured, but none of them were too serious. Huo Yuhao was also among the injured. Our medical soul guide checked him. Although he is in a coma, his body has not suffered too strong a blow. He should have been knocked unconscious, and he only needs to rest for a while to recover."

"As for Chen Qiye, he has not been found yet."

Jing Hongchen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "What? Give the order to take good care of them. Nothing can go wrong."

"As for Chen Qiye, hurry up and find him, regardless of life or death."

……

After hesitating for a while, Lin Jiayi said, "Master, do you think this matter is a collusion between Shrek Academy and the Body Sect? How can the Body Sect determine the location of our underground base so accurately, especially the location of Experimental Subject No. 1 and the 100,000-year soul beast embryo? And how can they forcibly break through the defense of the 100,000-year soul beast embryo? I'm afraid there is a traitor!"

Jing Hongchen glared at him fiercely and said, "Idiot. Don't I know there is a traitor? But it was definitely not done by Shrek Academy. What's in your head? Do the people from Shrek Academy know where our 100,000-year soul beast embryos are? They can't even enter the real core area of ​​Mingde Hall. Moreover, Huo Yuhao is still with me as a hostage. Shrek Academy is not that stupid. Maybe they will applaud after knowing this, but this is definitely not what they did. Do you think they have a good relationship with the Body Sect?"

"Okay, you quickly do as I tell you and try to minimize the negative impact of this incident. I'm going to the palace immediately. It seems that I really have to pay a visit to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. It's really God's will!" As he spoke, Jing Hongchen had already forced himself to cheer up and strode away.

Even if Mingdetang has been trying its best to suppress the news, how could such a big thing be kept secret?
Within a few days, the news that Mingde Hall had been attacked and suffered heavy losses had spread across the continent. Although the Sun Moon Empire officials did not say who did it, the fact that Mingde Hall immediately issued a killing order against the Body Sect showed their target.

For a time, the continent was shaken. The three kingdoms that originally belonged to Douluo Continent all applauded. Although they didn't know the extent of Mingde Hall's losses, for them, this was definitely a good thing!
The Emperor of the Sun and Moon Empire was also furious after learning about this. His already poor health was getting worse. The head of Mingde Hall, Jing Hongchen, was severely punished and his title of Duke was stripped. If it weren't for the Crown Prince Xu Tianran's exoneration, I'm afraid the punishment would be even more severe.

As soon as the attack on Mingde Hall came out, the prices of high-level soul guides on the mainland dropped sharply, while the prices of rare metals increased greatly. For a time, the news spread like wildfire.

(End of this chapter)