Douluo Continent: This Soul Master is Too Bizarre and Unpredictable

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Landing in front of Mu Yang, Shui Bing'er gave an awkward smile.

Mu Yang shook his head: "You... never mind, it's good that you're alright."

As for soul cores, if one attempt doesn't work, try two, three, or even more.

Anyway, with the Soul Bone Skill: Ice Phoenix Protection, Shui Bing'er won't be in any life-threatening danger. She can try a few more times to accumulate experience, and eventually she will be able to successfully condense it.

"Uh-huh."

Shui Bing'er nodded obediently.

Just then, a student rushed over: "Senior Mu, Senior Shui, the Dean is looking for you!"

"Hmm? Did the dean say anything?"

With her delicate brows slightly furrowed, Shui Bing'er asked.

The student replied, "No, but the dean seems to be in a hurry."

"I see."

Nodding slightly, Shui Bing'er looked at Mu Yang.

Without hesitation, Mu Yang and Shui Bing'er headed to Huo Lie's dean's office, located halfway up the mountain in the main campus.

Pushing open the office door, Mu Yang and his companion saw that all the academy's senior officials had already arrived.

"What happened?"

Seeing the solemn expressions on everyone's faces, Mu Yang asked.

"We just received news that five students who went to the Frostfire Arena for a battle went missing just two hours ago. According to the investigation by the teachers in charge, there were traces of blunt weapon-type martial souls at the scene of their disappearance."

Huo Lie said with a serious expression.

Although Linbing City is not the main city of the Northern Province, and its city size is far smaller than that of Tiandou City, or even Soto City, it is not a small city.

In addition, the Elemental Holy Academy is located dozens of miles outside of Frost City. Soul Master families from the original three cities of Blazing Fire City, Skywater City, and Divine Wind City, which had close ties with the Elemental Academy, moved their family residences to Frost City, making Frost City extremely lively and its development momentum was no less than that of the provincial capital.

Therefore, it was common for students from the Elemental Holy Academy to go to the Frost Ice Arena for battles.

Firstly, it allows students to accumulate practical experience; secondly, it enables students from disadvantaged families to earn a considerable income through the Soul Fighting Competition.

Unexpectedly, someone actually tried to cause trouble for the Elemental Holy Academy.

"A blunt weapon-type martial soul?"

Mu Yang was stunned. Could it be revenge from the remaining disciples of the Haotian Sect who were outside?

That can't be right, can it?

Even if some Haotian Sect disciples were lucky enough to be away from the sect's headquarters on the night of the massacre, the remaining remnants would only be a few small Karami at most. Where would they get the guts to provoke the Elemental Holy Academy?

Moreover, apart from the Spirit Hall, other forces don't know which force destroyed the Clear Sky Sect. Even if the surviving little Karami are bold and have a strong desire for revenge, they wouldn't have gone so far as to target the Elemental Holy Academy so quickly.

Besides, for remnants of sects like these, after learning of the sect's destruction, the first thing they do is not to find the murderer and seek revenge, but to hide their identities and pass on their martial spirit.

Otherwise, if something goes wrong, the inheritance of the Clear Sky Hammer martial spirit will be completely severed.

"What is the quality of the missing trainees? Are there any promising talents that the academy is focusing on developing?"

After a moment's thought, Mu Yang asked.

To be honest, in the days before surveillance, it was very difficult to find abducted people.

However, this only applies to ordinary students of the academy. For the students that the academy focuses on cultivating, that is, the genius students whose innate soul power level reaches level seven or above, this is not the case.

After all, if one's innate soul power level reaches level seven or above, and they don't die prematurely, their future achievements will at least reach the level of an eight-ring Soul Douluo. Furthermore, with the addition of a soul core secret technique, the possibility of becoming a nine-ring Title Douluo is extremely high.

Such students will naturally be nurtured by the academy and become the backbone of the academy's future.

The method to prevent disappearances is simple: give the key genius students a metal object made by a powerful academy member through blood sacrifice and recognition.

There is a special connection between the blood sacrifice metal and the person who has accepted the blood sacrifice as their master. When students wear it, it can act as a locator.

If any of the five missing students are geniuses, and the items they wore made of blood sacrifice metal have not been lost, then they can still be found.

Well, at least we can find the body.

Huo Lie said in a deep voice, "The other party must have come specifically targeting the academy's geniuses. Of the five missing students, three were key talents that the academy was grooming."

"Then why not just find it? Or did they discover the trickery surrounding the blood sacrifice metal and throw it away?"

Mu Yang asked, somewhat surprised.

"No, that's not it. The main thing is that we suspect the mastermind behind this is not a simple person."

These five students disappeared near the Great Soul Arena, which is not a secluded or deserted place. However, they disappeared without a trace, which shows that the person who did the attack was far more powerful than the students.

But in fact, the teacher in charge found blunt force trauma at the scene of the disappearance—more precisely, traces left by a hammer-type martial spirit. This was clearly a frame-up.

Shui Yanyu said with a solemn expression.

Mu Yang understood the implication in Shui Yanyu's words and said, "You mean the Spirit Hall? That doesn't make sense, does it? The Clear Sky Sect is already gone, leaving only traces of hammer-type spirits. Who are they trying to frame?"

"No, there's one thing you forgot: the Spirit Hall didn't know beforehand that the academy would take action to destroy the Clear Sky Sect."

If this plan was conceived and implemented before the destruction of the Haotian Sect, but due to time constraints, the person in charge of the operation had not yet received news of the Haotian Sect's destruction, then this plan makes sense.

Furthermore, it's not hard to understand why the Spirit Hall wiped out the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan a few days ago and stirred up conflict between the academy and the reclusive Clear Sky Sect.

"Uh, is that so?"

Mu Yang stroked his chin and fell into deep thought.

Perhaps the Spirit Hall's original purpose was not to provoke conflict between the academy and the Clear Sky Sect, but to push the Elemental Sacred Academy to the opposite side.

If someone else were in charge of the Spirit Hall, Mu Yang would naturally not think this way, but who can blame him when the current Spirit Hall Pope, Bibi Dong, has a somewhat abnormal thought process?

It's worth noting that in the original story, Bibi Dong did quite a few things that made enemies for her own Spirit Hall, and even let powerful enemies go unpunished.

"No matter what, let's find those students first."

Shaking his head, Mu Yang addressed the crowd.

"Finding the students is easy, but the difficulty lies in how we deal with the Spirit Hall afterward. In terms of strength alone, although the academy is not bad, it is still far inferior to the Spirit Hall."

Huo Lie said with a rather unpleasant expression.

The Spirit Hall is indeed the overlord of the Spirit Master world, with the "Invincible in the Sky" Qian Daoliu in charge. If it really comes down to a head-on confrontation, the Elemental Holy Academy will only be crushed.

But if we don't respond and just pretend it never happened, then the academy becomes a pushover.

"Leave this to me. If the Spirit Hall is indeed the mastermind behind this, I believe they will give the academy an explanation."

After a moment's thought, Mu Yang said in a deep voice.

Although Bibi Dong is the Pope of the Spirit Hall, she cannot fully represent the entire Spirit Hall. Moreover, while the Spirit Hall is powerful, the Elemental Sacred Academy is not far behind. If a major conflict were to break out, Qian Daoliu might not agree.

In Qian Daoliu's view, all problems would be solved once Qian Renxue ascended to the position of angel. Why bother with a big war? It would be enough to subdue her directly with the power of a deity.

This would not only prevent unnecessary casualties for the Spirit Hall, but also significantly reduce the hatred generated by the Spirit Hall during the unification of the continent, and would be more conducive to the spread of the Angelic Faith in the future. (End of Chapter)