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

Chapter 843 Traces of Evil Souls
Xue Di asked, "Where is your next target?"

Chen Ping unfolded the map, first selecting the location of Oak City, then moving eastward to select another city. Judging from the map, this city was much larger than Oak City.

"Dongyang City is the largest city in the northern part of the Sun Moon Empire, and the only one that meets the standards of a major city."

"For me, Oak City is just an experiment, while Dongyang City is the key to my northern attack. As long as I can break through Dongyang City, I can withdraw from the north."

"Dongyang City is the largest granary and storage center for various supplies in the north. There are 20,000 regular troops stationed in the city. It also has a certain level of soul tool defense and may have the ability to release soul tools in conjunction with other systems."

"Theoretically speaking, if Xu Tianran didn't need material aid from the northern stronghold of the Sun Moon Empire, the garrison in Oak City should only have a few thousand people, and there shouldn't be a Soul Master Corps."

"But now that Oak City has a Soul Master Corps stationed there, it's almost certain that Dongyang City, which was originally the most important town in the north, will also have a Soul Master Corps stationed there."

"Well, that's not entirely true, but the Sun Moon Empire's large-scale invasion has left the rear vulnerable. The Soul Master Corps of Dongyang City has likely been drawn away, and even if some remain, the number of Soul Masters might not be particularly large."

Dongyang City is a major northern town of the Sun Moon Empire. It is located in the northeastern part of the Sun Moon Empire, less than a thousand kilometers from the border with the former Heavenly Soul Empire.

Of course, the territory of the Heavenly Soul Empire in that direction has now been incorporated into the Sun Moon Empire. The strategic importance of Dongyang City has naturally been greatly diminished.

However, Dongyang City remains a vital northern stronghold of the Sun Moon Empire. Located very close to the Ice Sea, the troops and Soul Masters stationed here are primarily there to defend against sea spirit beasts that might emerge from the Ice Sea.

Sea spirit beasts capable of surviving in the icy sea almost always possess both ice and water attributes. They are extremely powerful. Occasionally, they will launch attacks, plundering food from the shore and hunting humans.

Therefore, Dongyang City has the task of fighting against them and defending against the sea spirit beasts coming ashore to cause trouble.

Sea spirit beasts differ from land spirit beasts in that most of them live in groups, so if they cause trouble, it can be very troublesome. This is a major reason why Dongyang City is heavily guarded.

The city walls of Dongyang City are thirty zhang high, typical of a large city. The walls are thick and wide, and various offensive and defensive soul-guided devices are deployed on the walls.

Above Dongyang City, there are more than seventy high-altitude detection soul guides, responsible for exploring the thousands of square kilometers of land around Dongyang City.

Although Dongyang City is located in the north, it is the largest city in the north and therefore very prosperous. Many northerners consider it an honor to live in Dongyang City. This has led to extremely high land prices within the city.

It was already evening, and the crowd at the city gates was gradually thinning out. This was to guard against the possibility of encountering sea spirit beasts. Every evening after sunset, the gates of Dongyang City would close.

Inside the city gate, the soldiers on guard were sitting in the tower to keep warm.

Although Dongyang City is a large city, the checks on people entering and leaving the city are not strict, and in fact, there is no need for them.

Like Oak City, Dongyang City has not seen any fighting for a long time, except for fighting against the sea spirit beasts.

Especially after the Heavenly Soul Empire lost many cities, Dongyang City had become a rear city of the Sun Moon Empire.

Furthermore, with various soul-guided detection devices in the air, there's really no need for any enemies to choose to attack this place.

Chen Ping traveled at an extremely fast speed, and before taking action, he had already shut down the high-altitude detection soul tool in Oak City, cutting off any possibility of the enemy using excessive speed to request reinforcements. Therefore, although several hours had passed since the incident in Dongyang City, it would still take a considerable amount of time to obtain information about Oak City.

The distance between Oak City and Dongyang City is over 500 li. Even if the message is sent out immediately from Oak City, it will take at least a day to arrive.

After all, all the communication devices over there had been destroyed, and all the resources had been looted. The local officials' first priority was to stabilize everything within the city, while simultaneously sending the message out.

Chen Ping flew from there to Dongyang City in just one hour, giving him ample time to carry out his next plan.

After easily disguising himself, Chen Ping slipped into the city and went into a barbecue restaurant.

The northern climate is frigid, and the people living here need to replenish a lot of energy to maintain their daily work and survival. Therefore, meat and alcohol are particularly popular in Dongyang City.

Barbecue and beer are a common form of enjoyment for ordinary people. It was dinnertime, so the barbecue restaurant was quite full, about 80% occupied.

However, Chen Ping wasn't there to sample Dongyang City's specialty roasted snow pork; he was there to keep watch.

To be precise, he was eyeing the owner of a soul tool shop. As soon as he entered the city, he saw a soul tool staff displayed in the shop's window.

Chen Ping was very familiar with the appearance of that staff; he had even used a similar type of staff before.

These were the evil soul staffs written by the Zhongli brothers that he had encountered before, staffs specifically designed to restrain beast souls.

The Shrek Academy Inspection Team suffered a great loss because of this soul tool. If it weren't for Electrolux switching accounts and fighting for them, they would have been completely wiped out that time.

That's why Chen Ping was so familiar with this soul tool; he kept a close watch on it for a while, wanting to find out who the buyer was.

Unexpectedly, after closing, the shop owner put the soul tool into a gift box and took it with him to sit down at the barbecue restaurant. It was because of this that Chen Ping had no choice but to follow him in.

"What would you like to eat, sir?" the waiter asked hurriedly as he ran over.

Chen Ping kept a close eye on the shopkeeper of the soul tool shop out of the corner of his eye, while speaking to the shop assistant, "Any recommendations?"

"The most famous dish in our Dongyang City is roasted snow pork."

"It's a type of small pig raised in our area. It's very fatty and has a rich flavor. It tastes best when roasted to medium-rare."

"If you find it too oily, you can dip it in various sauces. It's best to pair it with a glass of our local specialty ale to cut through the grease. Even the gods would drool over that!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Ping nodded: "Okay. Then give me some roasted snow pork, and a few of your signature dishes, and two glasses of ale."

"Okay, please wait a moment, I'll be right there." The shop assistant turned and left as swiftly as a man of the wind.

(End of this chapter)