Douluo: What the hell is the academic master development system?

Chapter 825 Preparing to Strike
After seeing Long Aotian off, Chen Ping leaned back in his chair and fell into thought.

Not to mention that he should find a way to acquire his own seventh spirit ring, the things that Long Aotian has been talking about recently are indeed urgent issues that need to be addressed.

Chen Ping rubbed his eyes with some effort. He knew he couldn't wait for Electrolux's artificial spirit ring technology to make a major breakthrough anytime soon; he had to figure out how to get a spirit ring himself.

He didn't have high requirements. Any spirit beast of the 100,000-year level would be enough for him to use as a spirit ring. As for the seventh spirit ring, it was used to open the true form of the martial spirit, so the quality of the spirit ring was just about right.

Since this operation will most likely involve a trip to Beihai, Chen Ping also plans to take the opportunity to visit Longcheng and meet with the people from Tianlongmen and Dilongmen.

When Chen Ping released the deputy sect leader of the Heavenly Dragon Sect from the water dungeon, he felt as if the deputy sect leader had prepared a great gift for him.

As for the Earth Dragon Gate, there's no need to say more. The sect's underground contains a pile of Ice Extreme Divine Crystal metal, enough to be forged into god-level battle armor after being tempered by the Heavenly Forging. They'll definitely take some of it.

For Chen Ping now, money is basically just a number. He doesn't feel aggrieved towards the Dragon Gate. Whether it's 100 million gold soul coins or 1 billion gold soul coins, as long as the other party is willing to offer a price to sell the materials from his sect, that's fine.

To put it bluntly, given the current speed of the Sun Moon Empire's invasion, Chen Ping estimates that the people of the Heavenly Dragon Gate and the Earthly Dragon Gate will have to prepare to relocate in less than a month.

At this point, if they could exchange the treasures buried in the ancestral grounds of their sect, which they had guarded for countless years but never used, for enough start-up capital to allow the Earth Dragon Sect to start over, no one should be unwilling.

After leaving Dragon City, Chen Ping considered whether he should take a trip to the far north.

It wasn't to trick the Ice Bear King, Xiaobai, into becoming a zombie and taking advantage of its inability to overcome its tribulation to become his seventh soul ring, but rather to consider the massive army-building capabilities of the soul beasts in the far north.

The far north, as the second largest gathering area of ​​land-based soul beasts after Star Dou Forest, may not be as strong as Star Dou Forest in terms of top-tier combat power, but once a beast tide is unleashed, its deterrent power is probably no less than that of the beast tide unleashed by Star Dou Forest in the original work.

Of course, doing so would also be extremely damaging to the vitality of the far north, since the far north does not have the auspicious beast as a troop-producing accelerator. Therefore, Chen Ping only considered it as a precaution.

He won't need the beast tide for many years. Artificial soul core technology has already been applied to the bodies of undead creatures. As long as Electrolux can start producing artificial soul rings in large quantities, the threat level of the undead calamity will be many orders of magnitude higher than that of the beast tide.

Moreover, traveling from the far north would make it easier for Chen Ping to cross the border of the Sun Moon Empire and reach the North Sea.

They could even take the opportunity to conduct a thorough investigation in the northern part of the Sun Moon Empire to find out who was secretly giving Xu Tianran blood transfusions.

Unlike places like the Star Dou Forest and the Far North, where everyone is related by blood or marriage, making it difficult for Chen Ping to hunt even a 100,000-year-old soul beast, Chen Ping has no relatives or friends in the Demon Forest and the Endless Sea of ​​the Sun Moon Empire.

In this situation, he found a soul beast with a cultivation level and age that suited him to hammer the seventh soul ring he obtained.

He was now incredibly curious: with his current abilities, if he were to obtain the original, unweakened version of the Martial Soul True Body, could he single-handedly defeat a Title Douluo in a head-on battle?
If possible, where exactly would be the limit of his combat power?
A slightly stronger Title Douluo, or perhaps—a Super Douluo?
"Hey, you're passing through Dragon City? Take me with you! I've been getting beaten up by the experts from Shrek Academy lately, and I'm starting to lose confidence."

Having lost a bet to Wang Dong in a major competition to Nan Qiuqiu, and now working for Nana at the Pill Pavilion, Chen Ping obtained a precise map of the northern part of the Heavenly Soul Empire from the local strongman who was also working for Nana. He was now preparing to set off. This time, he was truly traveling light, going alone without any of his team members.

This doesn't mean Chen Ping is so arrogant as to think his combat strength is enough to handle everything, but rather that with Huo Yuhao stationed at the base, he doesn't need to worry about manpower at all.

With both of them able to open doors for each other, the number of people Huo Yuhao can summon determines how many reinforcements Chen Ping can summon in a short period of time. As long as he doesn't encounter ruthless characters like Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao who can tear apart spatial doors with their bare hands, he will definitely be safe.

What should you do if you actually encounter it?
Then this matter is the same as whether he brings his teammates or not. After all, even if he really brings his teammates, he still can't deal with opponents at the Limit Douluo level, right?

"Take you with me?"

Chen Ping looked at the bored Nan Qiuqiu and shook his head helplessly: "This time it won't work. This time my mission is to go all the way north, and after passing through Longcheng, we will head straight for the far north."

"Then cross the border of the Sun Moon Empire and see if I can cause some trouble for the Sun Moon Empire, just like in the previous special missions, and also find a way to hunt down a 100,000-year-old soul beast as my seventh soul ring."

"Unless I drop you off as soon as I get to Dragon City, it's too dangerous for you to follow me there."

"As for placing you in Dragon City, have you forgotten that the reason your aunt made you fulfill your bet with Wang Dong was because she sensed the harbingers of war, and that's why she specifically sent you to Shrek Academy?"

After Chen Ping finished speaking, Nan Qiuqiu immediately became listless: "You said before that you wanted to study my Rouge Dragon Martial Soul, but I've been at Shrek Academy for so long, and all I do every day is help Sister Dragon Girl with some chores."

"I feel really bad eating and drinking your food every day. Since you're going to Longcheng this time, I'm at least a local, so I thought I'd show you the way."

"Besides, Yuhao also has that teleportation portal, right? At worst, you can just send me back after we leave Dragon City. Isn't that simple?"

Chen Ping glanced at Nan Qiuqiu out of the corner of his eye, and couldn't help but feel a little helpless: "Yuhao and the others have kept quite a few things from you. Alright then, you'll be my guide this time. If things don't look good, retreat immediately."

“On this trip, I’ll take the opportunity to study the characteristics of your Crimson Dragon Martial Soul. I haven’t studied this Martial Soul before mainly because I didn’t have time, but that doesn’t mean your Martial Soul isn’t worth studying.”

"A special soul power that annihilates all other soul power—let me think about what areas this soul power's characteristics can be applied to."

Chen Ping shrugged helplessly and looked at Nan Qiuqiu, lost in thought.

"Great!"

(End of this chapter)