Douluo Continent: The Ice Dragon King Martial Soul, Ma Xiaotao is Addicted

"It's alright. I'll stay here for a few days. As for the Holy Spirit Cult, I'll take care of that."

Ye Chen gently comforted her.

"Yeah~"

Orange nodded gently, revealing a sweet smile, clearly showing that she trusted Ye Chen very much.

Of course, the main reason was that Ye Chen stayed to keep her company.

……

……

After calming Ju Zi down, Ye Chen's gaze fell upon the Demon Forest, and he quickly found the headquarters of the Holy Spirit Cult.

Deep within the Demon Forest, an impenetrable miasma, like a dark green curtain, obscured the sky.

The ancient, towering trees twisted their branches, casting grotesque shadows in the dim light.

It was a huge valley that had been forcibly carved out, far exceeding any imagination.

The black rock buildings, like crouching giants, stand side by side, stretching to the horizon.

In the heart of the valley, a colossal altar constructed of bones and black stone emanates a chilling aura.

Dark red energy patterns flowed across its surface, like dried blood.

What's even more chilling are the honeycomb-like cave entrances around the valley and the huge underground cave entrances faintly visible deep within the valley—all of these are the "experimental fields" of the Holy Spirit Cult.

The experimental field was like a scene from hell.

Huge metal cages were stacked one on top of another, crammed with emaciated men and women, each with a blank expression and eyes filled with despair.

Most of them were barely clothed, their bodies covered with new and old scars and strange experimental markings, and one could almost hear silent wails and desperate gasps in the air.

Next to it is the prison area for soul beasts.

Various soul beasts were bound by specially made chains, with tubes inserted into their bodies, their life force being forcibly drained, emitting mournful cries, their eyes filled with deep-seated hatred and pain.

Some evil spirit masters dressed in black robes moved like ghosts between the cages, coldly conducting various inhumane experiments and recording data.

The rest of the valley camp was the activity area for members of the Holy Spirit Cult.

A rough estimate suggests that at least a thousand evil spirit masters reside here.

Among them were powerful auras at the level of Contra.

They may be practicing some strange secret technique, and the materials they use are naturally "living people and soul beasts".

After being "cultivated," perfectly healthy people and spirit beasts become useless, either mentally impaired or insane, and are all locked up, waiting to be recycled...

Ye Chen frowned deeply as he watched this scene.

He wasn't a kind person, but compared to evil spirit masters, Ye Chen was still very kind.

"Holy Spirit Cult..."

Ye Chen whispered to himself.

His initial idea was to take action personally and sweep them away with swift and decisive measures.

But when he saw the pitiful people in the experimental field who had been tortured beyond recognition, he hesitated again.

These people number over a thousand.

Of course, these are alive.

Countless people have died.

The mass grave is almost full of skeletons.

Their minds have been destroyed by the Holy Spirit Cult using sorcery and drugs; they are no longer normal people.

If we release them, it will cause trouble and lead to incalculable disasters for the entire society.

If they were all killed, Ye Chen, who wasn't bloodthirsty, would be in a difficult situation.

Ye Chen thought of Hyotei and Yuki-tei.

With their strength, it wouldn't be difficult for them to wipe out this place if they joined forces.

But I already felt a little embarrassed asking them to help deal with the evil spirit master last time.

Now they have to take action again. Although Ye Chen knew that the Ice Emperor and the Snow Emperor wouldn't mind.

But Ye Chen also had his pride.

It's a little inappropriate to always make those two girls do the dirty and tiring work, letting their hands get covered in blood...

"It seems... that plan is the only option."

Ye Chen thought secretly in his heart.

He needs a simple and efficient solution—nuclear coverage!
Nuclear weapons in Ye Chen's mind.

It is not a weapon like the Level 9 Fixed Soul Guided Cannon, which is expensive and has a limited power ceiling.

Rather, it is a weapon truly comparable to a nuclear explosion in the previous life, an ultimate means that can instantly release world-destroying energy to erase the entire Holy Spirit Cult headquarters, along with its deeply buried sins, from the map.

A thorough physical purification might also bring final relief to those tormented souls.

Ye Chen possesses the Myriad Manifestations Catalogue, which contains various types of soul tools.

When Ye Chen first browsed the Myriad Phenomena Catalogue, he saw many wonderful things, but they were all extremely difficult to make and took a very long time to produce.

However, as Ye Chen's research deepened...

They also found some "heretical" methods of production, which can be described as taking shortcuts.

For example, there is a weapon that can compress soul power to its limit and then release it, unleashing an extremely terrifying power.

Ye Chen was also shocked when he saw this soul tool.

However, it is extremely difficult to make, requiring a very durable material, at least level 10.

The system had just rewarded Ye Chen with a large amount of level 10 rare metal—refined gold.

While adamantite itself isn't very strong, if it's melted down with other metals to create an alloy, its strength can increase by tens of thousands of times!

Among the nine rare metals, the strongest is "Star Iron," which is said to come from outer space, and even the Sun Moon Empire produces very little of it.

If we could combine Star Iron and Refined Metal, we should be able to create a vessel that can compress a large amount of soul power to its limit, thereby producing a "nuclear bomb" with power far exceeding that of a level nine fixed-position soul missile.

However, Ye Chen has now almost completely grasped the Sun Moon Empire.

Commercial invasion and financial encroachment are minor issues.

In this world where the strong rule, the fastest way to acquire resources is through war and plunder.

It's like data transmission from a past life.

Even gigabit or 10-gigabit networks can't match the speed of a truck directly transporting a hard drive.

If the quantity is large, cargo planes are used, which are faster.

Even without relying on the Tang Sect, Ye Chen now possesses all the resources of an entire empire, greatly facilitating his research.

Over the next few days, Ye Chen's life became unexpectedly regular.

Besides conducting research, Ye Chen also leisurely scanned the intense battles in various sub-regions of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Competition using the "Eye of Boundless Heaven and Earth".

The Shrek team was overwhelmingly successful, winning almost every battle.

Of course, the main reason is that the other teams are a bit weak, and they haven't encountered any decent teams yet.

However, Ye Chen was more focused on the production of "nuclear weapons".

Ye Chen spent half a month finally completing the basic production of the nuclear weapon.

……

Outside the capital, in a secretly constructed basement.

A black shell, two meters high and half a meter in diameter, stood silently.

The shell casing has a strange dark gold color, which is an alloy born from the forging process of "refined gold" and "star iron" through eighty-one steps.

The smooth, cold metal surface has no intricate patterns and looks quite ordinary.

No one would have imagined that this thing could withstand the compression of Ye Chen's soul power by tens of thousands of times.

(End of this chapter)