Douluo Jueshi: Picking up Firefly at the Beginning

Chapter 328 Killing two birds with one stone

Xu Tianran secretly calculated in his heart that with the power he now controlled, the biggest obstacle on the road to the throne would be the aristocratic forces of Prince Xu Guozhong.

These people have been waiting for a good price, hoping to gain more benefits, and have never agreed to support him in taking power.

However, he clearly remembered that the military warehouse where the explosion occurred and caused this huge disaster was managed by Xu Guozhong.

Now that the explosion has caused such tragic consequences, regardless of whether Xu Guozhong himself can survive the disaster, he will definitely be held responsible.

As long as this handle is grasped, Xu Guozhong's power will definitely suffer a heavy blow, and nothing can stop him from ascending to the throne.

Thinking of this, Xu Tianran couldn't help but feel a little proud, and his originally gloomy mood actually became a little more relaxed.

It seems that today is not all bad news!
However, he still had to do enough superficial work. Xu Tianran slowly raised his head and looked at the large number of evil soul masters gathered in the air.

Then, he gritted his teeth, then suddenly opened his throat and cried out at the top of his lungs: "Father, how could you leave so cruelly!"

As he cried, two lines of tears instantly rolled down from his eyes.

It is difficult for others to tell whether these tears are due to the grief of losing his father, the heartache of Mingdu's loss, or the joy of the throne that is about to be obtained.

"Are you sure? Was it really Shrek Academy that did this?"

Liuxing looked at Gui Naifen with a burning gaze, with a hint of murderous intent in his eyes.

Gui Naifen nodded solemnly and said firmly, "The members of the Body Sect and the Xingluo Empire were together from the beginning. After the failed assassination attempt at the imperial palace, they retreated to a secret base. Later, taking advantage of the chaos, they used a ground-drilling soul guide to escape from Mingdu. During this time, their every move was under the surveillance of the Sun and Moon Empire. They simply had no time or energy to plan and execute this massive explosion."

Chongyun also hurriedly added, "According to the information from Sect Master Ning of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, this incident was definitely not their doing. They were already exhausted just trying to escape, so how could they have the energy to cause such a massive explosion?"

The Never-Night Palace and the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect have always maintained a cooperative relationship, and the two sides have always exchanged information.

This time, Ning Fengzhi took the initiative to reveal the information to them. It was obvious that he was a shrewd man and did not want to bear the blame for no reason.

After all, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect was already in a precarious and extremely difficult situation under the powerful oppression of the Spirit Hall.

If the Sun-Moon Empire really misunderstood that they were related to this earth-shattering explosion, with the strength of the Sun-Moon Empire, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect would be unable to withstand its crazy revenge.

Therefore, no matter from which angle they consider it, they dare not and will never do this thankless task.

The Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect acted in conjunction with the Body Sect, the Xingluo Empire, and the Tianhun Empire. Now that the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's suspicion has been basically ruled out, the possibility of these forces being involved in this matter has been greatly reduced.

Of course, Liu Xing did not jump to conclusions based solely on the one-sided statement of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.

In fact, he had long suspected that Shrek Academy was the mastermind behind this. At this moment, his mind couldn't help but recall a scene during the Mingdu Soul Mentor Competition.

In that soul master competition, Huo Yuhao actually created a spiritual clone. He felt it was strange at the time, but did not investigate further.

Now that I think about it, that spiritual clone might have been preparing for the explosion.

Furthermore, when they returned to Mingyue Hotel, they happened to see Zhang Lexuan and others leaving in a hurry.

Many clues, like lines of evidence, all point the finger at Shrek Academy.

Although there is no conclusive evidence at present, Liuxing's intuition tells him that Shrek Academy is definitely involved, and this is the truth of the matter.

In Liuxing's opinion, things have become very clear at this point. In this world where the strong prey on the weak, sometimes doubt is enough reason to act.

Even if Shrek Academy had misunderstood, so what? They were never friends anyway.

"Did they leave to the west? Let's go and see where they've gone. Humph, they did something so heinous and yet they expect to get away so easily? How could it be that easy?"

Meteor's tone was icy cold, and murderous intent emanated from him without any concealment.

According to his speculation, Xu Tianran must have made some arrangements in the west, and it would not be easy for Shrek Academy to escape from the Sun-Moon Empire quietly.

Liuxing could almost conclude that the huge explosion that brought devastating disaster to Mingdu was inextricably linked to Huo Yuhao and the others.

In this case, Shrek Academy must pay a heavy price for their actions. At the very least, they must give an explanation to the innocent people who died in the Mingdu explosion, and to the students and teachers of the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy who unfortunately died, as well as the many people in Mingde Hall.

"Meteor, grandpa has woken up. What are you going to do next?"

Meng Hongchen's eyes were red and swollen, bloodshot, and his voice was filled with grief and anger.

The Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy and Mingde Hall were the foundation painstakingly built by generations of the Hongchen family! But now, everything had vanished in that horrific explosion.

It is not difficult to foresee that after this battle, the Hongchen Family’s power in the Sun and Moon Empire will plummet and its glory will be gone.

Even as the head of Mingde Hall, Jing Hongchen is likely to be excluded from the center of power by the Sun and Moon royal family.

After all, the ninth-level fixed-type soul-guided artillery shells stored underground in Mingde Hall were detonated. Jing Hongchen could not escape the blame for such a heavy responsibility.

At this critical moment, someone has to take responsibility for such a big thing.

The Sun and Moon royal family naturally wouldn't take the blame, and Prince Xu Guozhong, who was in charge of the military warehouse, was killed instantly. Now, all the blame was directed at Jing Hongchen, a blame he had to bear even if he didn't want to. Liu Xing was equally upset, because the sudden explosion had destroyed the mecha that Mingde Hall had painstakingly crafted.

Although the mecha blueprints have backups, the time and resources required to rebuild a batch of mechas are not a small amount.

What made Liuxing even angrier was that the Sky Island project that their Nevernight Palace had been dreaming of was also to be postponed.

It’s not that his Sky Island was directly blown up. The foundation of his Sky Island was originally built in the suburbs to facilitate future launches.

But now Mingdu has suffered such a huge disaster, and the loss of resources is simply astronomical.

Originally, he had hoped to get funding from Mingde Hall and the royal family to complete the construction of Sky Island, but now Mingde Hall has disappeared overnight, and the royal family is unable to take care of itself and has no extra resources to allocate to him.

If he wants to build a hanging garden by his own strength, it will take an unknown amount of time.

Moreover, building the Sky Island requires the full assistance of a large number of top-notch ninth-level soul masters, but at the moment, rebuilding the dilapidated Mingdu is obviously more urgent and important than his Sky Island plan.

Therefore, the Nevernight Palace's Sky Island plan had to be postponed indefinitely, which made Meteor furious.

Liu Xing's face was gloomy. He suddenly spread out a huge map and slapped the location of a valley in the west. He gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "This valley has always been secretly planned by the Holy Spirit Church. If those people from Shrek Academy didn't escape back to the Heavenly Soul Empire immediately, then they are most likely hiding here."

"But that valley is said to be very dangerous. Moreover, Shrek Academy has a deep foundation and is full of powerful people, including many Titled Douluo. With our current strength, are we really sure we can surround and kill them?"

Ye Guyi frowned, her eyes full of worry. Although she was also full of disgust towards Shrek Academy, she felt that they had killed so many innocent people and must not be let off easily.

But she also knew that the strength of Shrek Academy should not be underestimated. If she wanted to catch up with them and seek justice, it would be very difficult with the current strength of the Nevernight Palace.

Moreover, the current situation in Mingdu is turbulent and chaotic. It is simply impossible to mobilize excess forces from all over to deal with Shrek Academy.

The evil soul masters who were summoned were busy absorbing the resentment of the residual souls above Mingdu. They were all full of demonic nature. Liuxing did not trust them at all and did not dare to entrust such an important task to this group of fickle guys.

The ninth-level soul masters of the Sun-Moon Empire all shoulder heavy responsibilities at this time and must stay in Mingdu to prevent any further accidents.

After all, Mingdu suffered such a heavy blow that the entire Sun-Moon Empire fell into an unstable state and urgently needed a powerful force to defend it. There was no extra manpower to deal with Shrek Academy.

"Do you need me to take action?"

Liuying's eyes were determined. She looked straight at Liuxing, as if she had made some kind of decision. If Liuxing was really determined to keep those people from Shrek Academy, she was willing to take action and use the Sam mecha.

As long as she transforms into Sam, Liuying can kill all the people in Shrek Academy by herself and burn them all to ashes.

Liu Xing shook his head slightly, his expression grim and deep, he said, "Who said we have to fight Shrek Academy in a fair duel? Now that we have roughly determined their location, we must give full play to our own advantages. Liu Ying, don't you still have a ninth-level fixed-type soul guide shell - the Light of the Blazing Sun?"

"You mean!" After hearing Liuxing's words, Meng Hongchen and others reacted instantly, and a fierce light flashed in their eyes.

Yes, since Shrek Academy was able to detonate the ninth-level fixed-type soul guide cannon shells to blow up Mingdu, why don’t they retaliate in their own way?

"I'm going to go find Grandpa right now. He should still have a few level nine fixed-type soul guide shells. If we're going to do this, let's do it thoroughly and thoroughly!"

Meng Hongchen gritted his teeth and said fiercely, then turned around and ran out in a hurry, obviously anxious to ask Jing Hongchen for the ninth-level fixed-type soul guide shells.

"Since you have made up your mind, I will lend you a hand." Gu Yuena's eyes flashed.

Meteor's decision gave her an idea. Meteor planned to bomb the people from Shrek Academy, and the valley where they were was filled with the spiritual fluctuations of an unknown god.

Isn't this a great opportunity, killing two birds with one stone?

This opportunity can not only strike a heavy blow to Shrek Academy, but also help to explore the origin of that divine consciousness.

After all, a wisp of spiritual consciousness of unknown origin left on the Douluo Continent is always like a time bomb, making people unable to sleep or eat.

Gu Yuena has always wanted to find an opportunity to find out its background, and this time is undoubtedly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Moreover, as long as she didn't do it herself, she wouldn't have to worry about exposing her true identity.

Thinking of this, Gu Yuena secretly made up her mind and prepared to contact Di Tian and others immediately, trying every possible way to get two level nine fixed-type soul guide shells. If she was going to play, she would play big.

She knew in her heart that it might not take so many level nine fixed-type soul guide shells to deal with Shrek Academy, but the situation in that valley was strange and no one knew what secrets were hidden there. In order to ensure that there would be no mistakes, the stronger the firepower, the better.

Liu Xing was unaware of Gu Yuena's thoughts. He was currently concentrating on how to deal a fatal blow to Shrek Academy.

He also knew that the valley must be hiding some unknown secret, but at this moment he could no longer care about that. In his opinion, no matter what monsters were in there, they would all be destroyed.

If one shell is not enough, then use ten. If Xu Tianzhen had not left in a hurry because of the sudden bad news from the palace, based on his understanding of Xu Tianzhen, this guy would most likely intervene and take out a few ninth-level fixed-type soul guide shells from the royal family's secret stockpile to help.

Considering how much Xu Tianran dotes on Xu Tianzhen, and the fact that this operation is under the banner of revenge for the people of Mingdu who suffered a tragic disaster, and the target is Shrek Academy, which they believe is the culprit, Xu Tianran will most likely not be stingy in taking out a few level nine fixed-type soul guide shells.

While Meteor was busy preparing a "fatal surprise" for Shrek Academy, a sacrificial ceremony was quietly taking place in a deep valley on the western border of the Sun-Moon Empire.

(End of this chapter)