Douluo Continent II: You're an evil spirit master, but also a philanthropist?

And just as Xu Cheng had thought.

Inside Shrek's room, everyone was already excited.

He Caitou explained the weapon to everyone, while Dai Yueheng was already itching to grab it.

When the viewing time ended, Dai Yueheng successfully bid 1.3 million, his face beaming with joy.

Back in the Sun and Moon Empire room.

"Fixed-load soul-guided projectile!"

Princess Jiujiu's voice echoed in the room: "These twelve fixed-position soul-guided cannonballs are also produced by Mingde Hall. Under normal circumstances, these twelve fixed-position soul-guided cannonballs are enough to threaten the lives of Soul Douluo-level Soul Masters. Each of them has a sophisticated core magic array. Its complexity is no less than that of a level six soul tool. Their attributes are water, fire, earth, wind, light, darkness, poison, lightning, frost, metal, explosion, and paralysis, respectively. At least a level six fixed-position soul-guided cannon is required to fire them, and if continuous firing is required, a level seven or higher fixed-position soul-guided cannon is needed."

Inside the room of the Sun and Moon Empire.

The crowd had fallen silent.

Lin Xi and the others glanced at Xu Cheng discreetly. The latter remained calm and composed, watching the screen with an unperturbed expression, but no one around him dared to utter a sound.

They could play and joke around together in the past, but they would never forget who this person was.

Prince of the Sun and Moon Empire, the future heir to the throne.

I'm afraid that when we get back, the Sun Moon Empire will be in for a major upheaval. These things were most likely resold from the military or Mingde Hall. And the person who had access to these things and was able to cover it up is probably someone of considerable importance.

But you have connections above you, while this person... has no connections at all. (The former emperor has retired from official duties, living in seclusion in the inner palace, and has handed over power to Xu Cheng.)

"Haha, interesting."

Xu Cheng exhaled a long breath and smiled.

Even Xiao Hongchen felt a chill run down his spine, because the more he understood Xu Cheng, the clearer it was that he was truly enraged at this moment.

In fact, Xu Jiujiu's description was not an exaggeration. If all these fixed-position soul-guided shells were at the sixth level, then with their power, even a titled Douluo would have a headache.

The point is not whether it is level eight or level nine.

The key lies in its core technology; that's the most important thing.

"..."

The room was eerily quiet.

The auction maid was also trembling with fear, and secretly glanced at Xu Cheng.

This aura is terrifying, so oppressive. The boy just sat there quietly, yet he made people's hearts tremble.

As if facing His Majesty...

……

Shrek Academy room.

"It's so exquisite! The core magic array is right at the tail of the shell. Wow, the outer part of this core magic array already has an acceleration circuit, and the circuit is so large. The speed of the shell after it leaves the barrel must be terrifying. No wonder it needs to be a level six or higher fixed-mount soul-guided cannon to fire it; they're afraid of it exploding!"

He Caitou looked at the fixed-mount soul-guided shells and was so excited that he almost danced with joy.

Wang Yan walked up to him and asked in a low voice: "Cai Tou, are these shells worth studying?"

He Caitou nodded without hesitation and said, "Yes, absolutely! Teacher Wang, you must buy it. In recent years, our main research direction in the Soul Guidance Department has been fixed-mount soul guidance devices, and the power of fixed-mount soul guidance shells is a major problem that has been troubling us."

"Currently, the highest level of fixed-mount soul-guided projectiles that our academy can produce is level five. These are expensive and disposable, but we can't make them either. With these projectiles, we can greatly benefit from researching higher-level fixed-mount soul-guided projectiles."

"Okay, I'll contact the higher-ups right away to get the funds!"

Wang Yan dared not delay for a moment.

With little hope of winning the championship, we can only try to make up for it elsewhere.

At least I can have some achievements to show for myself...

……

Chapter 101 The Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone, that's what she told me.

"Your Highness, should we buy these?" Ma Rulong hesitated for a long time before cautiously asking.

“I won’t buy it,” Xu Cheng said calmly. “The fact that they’re here means the Star Luo Empire already has a backup, or even a higher-level soul tool. Even if we stop Shrek from buying it, they can just buy another one from the Star Luo Emperor. The Star Luo Empire will still make money, it’s not worth it…”

"..."

Xu Cheng gave a brief reply and then remained silent.

He leaned back tactically, tapped his fingers lightly on the armrest, and closed his eyes to rest.

The next five items to be auctioned were a left arm bone, a right arm bone, a left leg bone, an extremely rare metal, and a level eight ranged soul tool.

Apart from the soul tool and the metal, Xu Cheng basically instructed everyone else to bid on the other soul bones.

Does the Sun and Moon Empire lack soul bones?

It's scarce, very scarce.

After all, no one is like Shrek Academy, which is backed by the Star Dou Great Forest and can even afford to spend 1,001 skulls of the Fearful Demon Dragon to build a mental training room.

At Xu Cheng's instruction, these soul bones were distributed to everyone present.

They are all students competing for the Empire, there's no particular order, just take whichever is suitable.

This also gradually dissipated the tense atmosphere, and everyone praised the boss for his generosity.

Xu Jiujiu's beautiful image appeared on the big screen for the eighth time. She smiled and said, "The next two items will be the highlights of today's auction. I believe all of you will be interested. Please take a look."

With a flash of light and shadow, a soul bone appeared on the soul guidance screen.

This soul bone is entirely emerald green, and as the light flows, it resembles an emerald green liquid.

Judging from the appearance, this is a left arm soul bone, with a light white mist exuding from the green body.

Because it was magnified many times, its strangeness was even more apparent. On the emerald green surface of this arm bone, there seemed to be tiny, translucent crystals, almost like gemstones. Compared to it, the other soul bones that had appeared before paled in comparison, clearly not in the same league.

"how come……"

"Asshole!"

Xu Cheng slowly opened his eyes.

The Ice Emperor's fury and Tianmeng's bewilderment in the Sea of ​​Spirit all illustrate the importance of this soul bone.

Indeed, this soul bone was precisely the purpose of his trip; otherwise, without the Snow Emperor's embryo, he wouldn't have bothered coming to this auction.

"Hyotei, are these your clansmen?"

Xu Cheng spoke up.

“That’s right! And those who can reach this level of cultivation are definitely the best among my Ice Jade Scorpions!” the Ice Emperor said resentfully. “In other words, if I could be born with this soul bone, I might even be qualified to challenge the Snow Emperor!”

Upon hearing this, Xu Cheng nodded slightly.

In the original work.

The only suitable candidate for this soul bone is someone with the Martial Soul Ice Jade Scorpion. The Ice Emperor even planned to frame Ling Luochen, but fortunately, Huo Gua wasn't too ruthless at the time. After weighing the pros and cons, he told the Star Luo Emperor and got a soul bone for free.

Moreover, the Ice Blast spell is already considered a miracle.

After all, just hearing about the zombie explosion would probably make those Shrek students weak in the knees, leaving them with psychological trauma.

The true chosen one, who achieved brilliant results by using Corpse Explosion, also had something to say.

Even the Ice Jade Scorpion, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, which is the Ice Jade Scorpion King, does not have this skill in the Ice Emperor's talent list.

"Acheng, we must get this soul bone! It'll be a relief for my clansman...sigh." The Ice Emperor was depressed again.

When did such a prodigy emerge from among his own family? He was killed by humans before he even knew it, and his soul bones were stripped away and openly auctioned off.

This kind of heartache is truly unbearable...

"Don't worry, Hyotei, I'll find a solution."

Xu Cheng comforted him.

He actually had some ideas about the theory of mechanized soul rings and soul bones, but due to the many things that needed to be tackled at the moment, he didn't dare to bother Elder Cheng, and it was only in its infancy.

After all, the goal is to resolve the conflict between humans and spirit beasts.

Deterrence alone is not enough.

To solve the problem at its root, we must find the essence of it.

What is the core of the conflict between the two? Interests!

Humans need spirit rings and spirit bones from spirit beasts to enhance their strength; these are essential options. No human can go from zero to godhood without a single spirit ring.

Of course, Electrolux may also draw some inspiration from this in its future legacy system.

After all, he remembered that on the continent where Long Haochen lived, humans were only divided into classes, and there were no bottlenecks like soul beasts...

If he could truly research and mechanize spirit rings, replacing them with spirit tools, or even create spirit rings artificially, then the killing of spirit beasts by humans would be greatly reduced, and the same would be true for spirit bones…

"……Thanks."

Hyotei remained silent for a long time before slowly speaking.

Because she could tell that Xu Cheng was serious. Regardless of whether it succeeded or not, the fact that a human was willing to go to such lengths for this deserved her thanks, Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion.

"You're welcome, we're friends."