Douluo: Lord of Arms

Chapter 180 Execution
"Knowing full well that the other party had ill intentions, you still went directly to challenge them." Zhenhua laughed in anger.

Unconsciously, the aura emanating from him became three times heavier.

Chang Gongyan smiled awkwardly. Although he had made a mistake, the position of Divine Craftsman was just too tempting.

Since he knew he would never become a master craftsman, he decided to send his disciple to take on the challenge. This would not only bring him great fame, but also make him a hope for the future of the Star Luo forging industry upon their return.

They will definitely receive strong support from Xingluo, and their path will be easier.

Who knew that he would die before even getting started, failing at the very first step.

“President Zhenhua, I know this matter is very troublesome, and it will be difficult for us to clear our names, but I don’t care. I am willing to stay here and cooperate with the investigation. As for Yuhan, I hope you can forgive her past grievances. I will never let a small Soul Sect like her talk about such things.”

At this point, Chang Gongyan turned to look at Lin Xingyu and said, "Although he is far inferior to your disciple, he is still a talent in the future of the forging industry."

Lin Yuhan stood to the side, tears glistening in her eyes. Upon hearing this, she quickly said, "No! Teacher, we came together, we'll leave together. I'll stay here with you!"

"Listen to me!" Chang Gongyan's tone suddenly turned serious.

Seeing this scene of teacher-student affection, Zhenhua was immediately amused, realizing that he was the bad guy.

He waved his hand and said, "Alright, all of you stay here for now. You'll be allowed to leave once things are cleared up."

……

On the other side, in a suburb outside Tiandou City, streaks of scarlet light began to gather from all directions, eventually coalescing into a figure dressed in black robes in a courtyard.

"Cough cough!" The man in black coughed several times, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, and his right arm was also partially mutilated.

"Damn it! This guy is such a sly old turtle." Thinking of the layers upon layers of dense soul-guiding shields on Zhenhua's body, the man in black robes was speechless and couldn't help but curse angrily.

Just how afraid of death are you? With your own strength, the four-word battle armor, and the bodyguards around you, even a typical Limit Douluo wouldn't be able to do anything to you. And yet you still brought a bunch of soul tools with you.

"This mission was almost a complete failure. It will probably be nearly impossible to target Zhenhua again in the future." The man in black robes couldn't help but sigh.

This attack mission was assigned to him by the Holy Spirit Cult, with the aim of provoking a war between Douluo Continent and Star Luo Continent.

After all, collecting souls is much faster than picking them up on the battlefield through personal effort!
For this mission, they not only activated numerous covert agents, but also dispatched the hidden master craftsmen within the sect.

There are no divine craftsmen within the Holy Spirit Cult, nor is there any way to obtain celestial forging metals; the holy craftsmen are already the best blacksmiths they can acquire.

Although it is attacked by others from time to time, the Holy Spirit Cult has fully recovered in the last few hundred years. However, for various reasons, it is still lying low.

Leaving aside the top experts on the continent, the various legions of the Federation alone are enough to overwhelm them. Not to mention, if a whole bunch of fixed-position soul-guided cannons were fired at once, even a Limit Douluo would have to run away.

However, as it has kept pace with the times, the Holy Spirit Church, besides acting as a terrorist and carrying out various terrorist attacks, now primarily serves as the black glove for various organizations within the Federation.

Incidentally, they can also monopolize the underground trading market and occasionally transform into assassin organizations. These evil soul masters are the most useful pawns.

"No! We can't just let it go like this! We've paid such a high price, what if we gain nothing?" The man in black robes couldn't help but shudder at the thought of the punishment within the sect.

At the same time, nine spirit rings appeared on his body: eight black and one red. His sixth and fifth spirit rings lit up simultaneously.

It has prominent canine teeth and two dark red bat wings growing from its back.

Blood-red light appeared out of thin air on his body, accompanied by wails and howls. Illusory human faces appeared on his body, and blood-red light appeared on the missing parts of his body, slowly filling in the missing tissue.

In just a short while, his missing hand was completely healed.

After a moment, the man in black gritted his teeth and said with a cold smile, "We can't let this go! Going back empty-handed will definitely not end well."

In that instant, the image of the young man he had just seen in the blacksmith's hall flashed through his mind, especially the fact that the boy had blocked his path, causing him to pause and allowing Mu Ye to catch up. He had even been injured, which fueled his burning rage.

"You're Zhenhua's disciple, aren't you! I can't do anything to Zhenhua, but I can't do anything to you."

After making up his mind, he instantly had a plan in mind. Lin Xingyu would leave Tiandou City sooner or later, and that would be the time for him to make his move.

If we take him down, we can use that as leverage to blackmail Zhenhua.

A lot of gold coins should be able to be obtained at that time.

Rumble!
Without any warning, a dark golden figure wielding a long, sharp blade slammed down.

The man in black robes' expression changed drastically in an instant. He screamed loudly, and a dark red light instantly shone from his forehead. Then, a suit of blood-red armor enveloped his entire body.

This set of blood-red armor lacked the magnificent patterns found on other battle armors; instead, it featured only one after another extremely fierce, blood-red eye that gleamed.

In that instant, the black-robed man's aura surged dramatically, and then his blood-red wings flapped violently, causing blood-red light to flow in all directions from his body.

But the dark golden figure was like a setting sun, its endless light and fire burning away the crimson glow of everything around it.

As the black-robed man screamed, a calm voice rang out: "Nine Nether Blood Bat King, so you're a cultist from the Holy Spirit Cult! You rats in the gutter have quite the nerve."

The Nine Nether Blood Bat King is a standard evil martial spirit. Most evil spirit masters' cultivation is basically related to blood and soul.

The Nine Nether Blood Bat King can absorb blood and souls, which can be used to quickly increase one's soul power, but this kind of martial soul also has its own drawbacks.

After consuming blood and souls, the accompanying resentment will also be directly absorbed into it.

Not only does it frequently backfire, but it can even interfere with soul power. When he uses his martial soul, the faces that appear on his body are not the abilities of his martial soul, but rather the humans he has previously consumed.

Their resentment towards him still lingers to this day.

This kind of evil martial spirit is the most top-tier even among evil spirit masters.

To dispel this resentment, one must either slowly wear it down with sufficiently high mental and spiritual power, or possess top-tier rare and precious treasures.

Therefore, evil spirit masters are often even more eccentric.

But at this moment, the various power fluctuations emanating from his body were like snowflakes meeting the sunlight when facing Mu Ye.

At this moment, Mu Ye was wearing a four-word battle armor and holding a long sword that Xiao Hong had transformed into. His aura had reached its peak.

boom!
Seeing the struggling figure below, Mu Ye slashed down fiercely with his sword.

...Having just finished speaking with Chang Gongyan and the other person at the Blacksmith Association, Zhenhua suddenly stood up and stared at the outside of Tiandou City.

There, two powerful auras were constantly clashing.

However, what reassured Zhenhua somewhat was that the blood energy fluctuation emanating a familiar aura not only firmly held the upper hand, but it was also constantly crushing the evil blood energy below.

And Tiandou City came alive like a machine at this moment.

Teams frequently take to the skies.

Sensing the fluctuations in the distance, Lin Xingyu couldn't help but smile.

Time passed slowly, and none of the people present spoke, simply watching the battle fluctuations in the distance.

After half an hour.

Makino has finally returned to the Blacksmiths' Guild.

"How did things go?" Zhenhua asked curiously.

Chang Gongyan and Lin Yuhan, who were anxiously waiting to the side, also looked over, their eyes filled with anticipation.

Makino chuckled and nodded, saying:

"He was very fast, a level 96 agility-type titled Douluo. Fortunately, this guy infiltrated the blacksmith hall to ensure the success rate, and he stopped for a moment during the retreat, which allowed me to catch up with his aura and catch up with him in the suburbs outside Tiandou City."

Zhenhua took a deep breath and asked, "Do you know which side they are from?"

After hesitating for a moment, Mu Ye said, "It should be an evil soul master from the Holy Spirit Cult. Their motives can be explained clearly. Whether it's instigating a war between Douluo and Xingluo or doing anything else, it's in their interest. It's just that they are currently carrying out terrorist attacks everywhere, and various places in the Federation are conducting strict investigations. I didn't expect them to be able to reach out to you."

Upon hearing Mu Ye's words, Zhen Hua and Chang Gongyan both shuddered, while Chang Gongyan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Just then, Chang Gongyan added, "Hearing you say that, I remembered that when I was communicating with that blacksmith who called himself Ning Fengzhi, I found that his aura was somewhat cold and sinister, quite different from that of a normal Soul Master."

Normal blacksmiths consume a lot of qi and blood during the forging process, which is also a kind of training of qi and blood power. Therefore, each of them has a lot of qi and blood. Even a woman like Lin Yuhan has very long hands, no smaller than those of an adult man, because of forging. She also has a very masculine temperament.

The aura emanating from the master craftsman who called himself Ning Fengzhi was surprisingly cold.

Makino then said solemnly, "In that case, it should indeed be them. However, for them to act so recklessly in the Federation, they must be colluding with some forces behind the scenes. I just don't know which one it is."

Zhenhua frowned and asked, "Didn't you get any answers?"

Mu Ye shook his head: "After all, he is a level 96 Title Douluo. If he is determined to die, I have no way to capture him alive."

“I’m afraid he’ll be determined to die,” Zhenhua continued.

Makino chuckled and said, "In that case, things are probably not over yet. You'll likely face more trouble in the future."

"It's alright. Once our purpose is exposed, things will be easier. There are plenty of ways to deal with it. The only problem is that we might fall into a trap without being prepared," Zhenhua said.

Then Zhenhua looked at Chang Gongyan and the other person and said, "You two will wait here for a while and wait for the results of your delegation's negotiations with the Federation."

After arranging for Chang Gongyan and the other two, only three people remained in the room.

Mu Ye smiled and looked at Lin Xingyu, saying, "Xingyu, you need to be careful for the next period of time. Even if they don't target Zhenhua after this failure, they might target the people around him."

"Your identity as a disciple of the Divine Craftsman has now been thoroughly spread to all forces, large and small."

"Try to stay in the academy as much as possible when you don't have to. Even the most ruthless evil spirit masters wouldn't dare to make a move inside."

Lin Xingyu nodded and said, "However, I may have to go to the Star Luo Continent in a while."

"Star Luo Continent? What would we do there?" Mu Ye frowned.

"It's organized by the college; we're going there as exchange students for a year."

Mu Ye touched his hair with some worry. "We just had an accident here and you were told to stay put for a while, but now you have to go to the Star Luo Continent for a year."

After thinking for a moment, Mu Ye said, "I'll go with you. I also have something to do on the Star Luo Continent."

With the sect having successors and his own strength having improved considerably, Mu Ye felt he should also work hard to leave a better sect for them.

It's time for that old guy on the Star Luo Continent to return to his sect. The Tang Sect has a rule against defection. Does he think my Body Sect is made of clay?

We couldn't beat you guys before, but now our strength has increased, hasn't it?
"Alright! Let's not talk about this anymore," Zhenhua said, clapping his hands.

"You did a great job this time, so I've prepared a reward for you."

As Zhenhua spoke, he took out a sealed box from his storage soul tool and handed it to Lin Xingyu.

Lin Xingyu took it with some curiosity and carefully opened the well-sealed box.

In the middle of the box was a seemingly inconspicuous herb, its entire body a vibrant green, with three snow-white leaves on top and a few drops of water in the center.

Looking forward to it!
Lin Xingyu looked up in surprise.

Zhenhua said with some pride, "Things went very smoothly. I thought it would take at least a few months to get it."

"I didn't expect the Tang Clan to act so quickly, and they even happened to have the goods in stock, so I exchanged them for it."

"However, this one has only been growing for about a thousand years. Although it can't be considered top-grade, it's enough for me."

Lin Xingyu was touched. Zhenhua spoke so casually, but he wondered what he had given in exchange for the Tang Clan to be able to get him so quickly.

His spiritual power had reached the late stage of the Spirit Abyss Realm, but he had already exhausted all the benefits and could only rely on time to slowly grind it down.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Xingyu said, "Thank you, teacher." He then carefully preserved the herb.

Lin Xingyu's plan to go home fell through once again, and he stayed in Tiandou City until it was almost time before returning to Shrek City.

(End of this chapter)