Douluo Continent: Huo Yuhao obtains the Flame Emperor template

Chapter 147 Mirror of the Mortal World: What is Xuanzi chasing?

The Grim Reaper's hand emanated a murderous aura as he struck down with his palm, installing a timed, soul-guided high-explosive shotgun shell on Xu Sanshi's waist.

"Old man, if you don't want your students to be blown up, hurry up and save your juniors."

The Grim Reaper's smile was sinister. He set the timed soul-guided high-explosive shotgun to ten seconds, started the countdown to the explosion, and then suddenly threw Xu Sanshi off the cliff.

With his five-ring Soul King flight speed, enhanced by the flight soul tool...

The Grim Reaper estimated that it would take seven or eight seconds to fly from the mountainous region under the jurisdiction of the Star Luo Empire to the mountainous region under the jurisdiction of the Sun Moon Empire on the other side.

Therefore, he had to set a suitable countdown timer for the explosion. If the high-explosive shotgun detonated prematurely, the old man might think the student had been killed, and his anger would be fully charged, causing him to chase after him in a rage, which would be bad.

The extra two seconds were enough for the Grim Reaper to fly into the tunnel in the opposite mountain area and, following the pre-planned complex escape route, create some distance between himself and Xuanzi.

"Heh heh, you old fool, don't miss his rescue time and cause another death in the team."

After the Grim Reaper threw Xu Sanshi off the cliff, he still sneered and mocked him, disrupting Xuanzi's mind. Xuanzi quickly deployed the flying soul tool on his back and flew rapidly towards the opposite mountain.

"Don't let this old man catch you, you beast!"

Xuanzi was furious, but when he saw Xu Sanshi being thrown off the cliff, his heart tightened.

At this critical moment, we cannot afford to make the wrong choice. Although Xuanzi's anger towards the Grim Reaper has reached its peak, we absolutely cannot allow any more casualties among our team.

The quick-witted Xuanzi realized with absolute clarity: "How could the precious lives of Shrek Academy's genius disciples be compared to those of worthless scoundrels like evil spirit masters?" Xuanzi abandoned his pursuit of the Grim Reaper and flew down the cliff.

Fortunately, this time Xuanzi did not send Xu Sanshi on his way, and caught him before the soul tool exploded.

"Huh? What is this?" Xuanzi stared at the number displayed on the soul-guided bomb, slightly stunned. Since he knew nothing about soul-guided devices and did not know that the bomb had a ten-second countdown, Xuanzi was dumbfounded for two seconds as usual.

After a two-second daze, the best opportunity to disarm the soul-guided bomb was missed.

This type of soul-guided high-explosive shotgun was developed and manufactured by Jia Xu, a legitimate soul master of Mingde Hall. Some of it circulated on the black market and was purchased by the Grim Reaper. The high-explosive shotgun contains multiple miniature soul missiles.

The next second, a series of ear-piercing explosions rang out from Xu Sanshi's waist.

"What!" Xuanzi's eyes widened in shock, then he erupted in fury. "Damn evil spirit master! So treacherous and cunning! I will make sure you die a horrible death!"

Fortunately, Xuanzi's reaction speed after waking up was impressive.

He instantly released a ball of earth-yellow soul power, which passed through Xu Sanshi's waist and timely controlled the explosion of the shotgun body.

Among them, the dispersed miniature soul missiles had relatively small explosive power. After the crackling explosions, Xu Sanshi's waist was blasted open, with flesh and blood flying everywhere.

However, Xu Sanshi's life was not in danger. Xuanzi finally breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself, "Ah, I really went to great lengths to prevent any further casualties in the team..."

If we consider the possibility that his disciples might all die in battle, then this could be considered a merit.

Xuanzi focused his spiritual power to clear away all the unexploded miniature soul missiles in Xu Sanshi's waist, and then used his soul power to seal the meridians in his waist to prevent the injury from worsening as much as possible.

The Death Messenger's flying soul tool was obtained from the Sun and Moon Black Market. It also came with several boosters, which significantly increased its speed and provided extremely powerful propulsion.

It took him a second less to fly to the mountainous region under the jurisdiction of the Sun Moon Empire on the other side.

Hearing the crackling explosions coming from below the cliff, the Grim Reaper sneered and mocked, "Old man, I've never seen such a useless Title Douluo as you."

"However, I don't mind, hehe... Whenever you come to your senses, I welcome you to become my disciple and a glorious apostle of death."

After saying that, the Death Messenger quickly flew into the passage he had already planned on the Sun and Moon side, a slight smile playing on his lips. Although he had lost many corpse slaves in this wave, and the good seedlings he had captured had also been rescued, he could clearly feel that true fortune was approaching him.

Xuanzi flew up to the platform with Xu Sanshi, muttering to himself with a numb expression.

"Apostle of Death, heh, Apostle of Death..."

A surge of overwhelming soul power condensed in Xuanzi's palm. With two casual slaps, he reduced the twelve corpse slaves left behind by the Grim Reaper to ashes.

Xuanzi suddenly turned his head, glaring angrily at the opposite mountain, his hatred for the messenger of death reaching its peak.

After finding a safe place to settle Xu Sanshi in the passageway, he suddenly exuded an unparalleled terrifying aura. His soul power, which reached level ninety-eight, seemed to solidify into wisps of malevolent energy at this moment.

Xuanzi's eyes almost spit fire as he swiftly flew over.

Although the terrain on the Sun and Moon side of the Mingdu Mountains was quite complex, it did not prevent Xuanzi from using brute force to directly ram into the tunnel. All the boulders in the tunnel were crushed into dust by Xuanzi's powerful soul force.

……

At the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, Jing Hongchen saw his granddaughter, dressed in a one-word battle armor, finish sparring with Di Ruiqiu and was about to lead everyone to Star Luo City.

Another teacher leading the team, Elder Ma, upon arrival, exclaimed in disbelief, "Master Hongchen, where did you find a Seventh-Ring Soul Saint?!"

Old Ma naturally recognized Meng Hongchen, but looking at Meng Hongchen in her silver-blue armor and radiating the aura of a seventh-ring cultivator, Old Ma really couldn't recognize her. He would believe it if you said she had been possessed.

Jing Hongchen stood with her hands behind her back, a hint of pride in her eyes, and smiled brightly: "What, don't you recognize my granddaughter?"

Ma Rulong walked to Old Master Ma's side, paused for a moment, and nodded silently: "Grandpa, you don't need to doubt your eyes, she is Meng Hongchen."

Upon hearing the affirmative words, Elder Ma was speechless for a moment. He carefully examined Meng Hongchen, who was wearing a full set of battle armor, and confirmed that the aura she exuded had indeed reached the seventh ring level.

He gasped, "Hmm... Master of the Red Dust Hall, she seems to be your granddaughter, but how can her cultivation level be so high?"

Jing Hongchen chuckled and stepped forward to put his arm around Old Ma's shoulder: "You wouldn't understand. Let me explain to you the concept of the fusion of machinery and flesh."

Di Ruiqiu noticed that ever since Meng Hongchen put on the One-Word Battle Armor, he always liked to flaunt himself in front of her.

Whether there's a reason or not, he'd show off in front of her, "showing off in front of others."

Di Rachel waved her small hand, looking completely unconcerned: "Miss Meng, don't show off in front of me. It's just an ordinary one-word battle armor. I don't even feel anything about it anymore."

Looking at her blonde hair and red eyes, Meng Hongchen teased with a smile, "What, not jealous anymore?"

"You said it yourself, so next time Yuhao forges battle armor, you can continue to prioritize me. Don't be jealous and say I cut in line."

"Pah—you wish!"

Di Ruiqiu's eyes flashed with anger: "I'm just not interested in the one-word battle armor. The two-word battle armor must be made by me and Yuhao first. Don't even think about getting ahead of me."

From the very beginning, the Silver Dragon King intended to design a two-word battle armor directly. So it wasn't that Di Rachel wasn't interested in one-word battle armor, but rather that the Silver Dragon King wouldn't design one for her. Di Rachel had protested to the Great Silver Dragon, but to no avail.

Huo Yuhao watched Meng Hongchen and Di Ruiqiu bickering as usual, shook his head and smiled: "Whoever has the design drawings ready, just make them. We can't just leave the design drawings lying around unused."

Di Rachel's eyes lit up, and she said happily, "Great, it's decided then."

With the Great Silver Dragon's talent for designing battle armor, it's easy for her to surpass Meng Hongchen. By then, she'll have already designed her entire set of two-word battle armor, while Meng Hongchen might still be figuring out how to make two-word calf battle armor.

Meng Hongchen's eyes were somewhat strange: "Yuhao, where does Rachel get her confidence from?"

She had never seen Di Ruiqiu seriously study battle armor design. In addition, Di Ruiqiu did not have the foundation to design one-word battle armor. How could she be so confident that she would design two-word battle armor first?

Huo Yuhao pursed his lips. As for Meng Hongchen and Di Ruiqiu themselves, Meng Hongchen did have some experience in designing battle armor, but this was obviously not comparable to the Silver Dragon King's talent.

He thought for a moment and said, "Well, Sister Meng, just think of Rachel as lucky. Maybe sometimes she just happens to be drawing casually and then she can grasp the techniques for designing battle armor."

Upon hearing this, Di Rachel crossed her arms, her pretty face slightly upturned, her little mouth pouting high, looking rather smug.

"Oh dear, did you hear that, Miss Meng? My design of battle armor is different from yours. I only need a little bit of luck, while you have to figure it out little by little..."

Meng Hongchen smiled and said, "Sister Rachel, Yuhao and I designed the two-word battle armor together. It's okay if it's a little slow, as long as we're both satisfied when it's finished."

"Hmm?" Di Ruiqiu's eyes turned serious, sensing that something was amiss. Meng Hongchen's words must have a deeper meaning.

Immediately, Meng Hongchen took off her battle armor. Di Ruiqiu sensed that her aura had returned to the fifth ring level. He straightened his chest slightly and immediately felt that he could once again easily control Meng Hongchen.

After exchanging a few words with Master Ma, Jing Hongchen turned to look at all the students.

"Xiao, Ma Rulong, you two take the reserve team and the regular team students and get ready. Meet at the school gate in half an hour. We're going to Xingluo City to participate in the Soul Master Competition and compete for the championship. Oh no, I mean, win the Soul Master Competition championship."

Jing Hongchen and Old Ma arrived at an office in Mingde Hall, where Lin Jiayi pressed a button.

The Soul Guidance Screen lit up, displaying the initial development plans for Jing Hongchen's "Mecha Research Area" and "Battle Armor Research Area".

After listening to part of the mecha research area's explanation, Elder Ma thought for a moment, then nodded in realization: "Sect Master Hongchen, does that mean that all future research on 'humanoid soul tools' will be assigned to the mecha research area?"

Jing Hongchen nodded slightly, indicating that the investment in researching rare metals for battle armor would be higher than that in researching Experiment Subject No. 1.

The three then drank tea while Jing Hongchen recounted various information about researching battle armor.

Upon hearing this, Elder Ma was greatly shocked: "Master Hongchen, it seems that after Meng Hongchen puts on the One-Word Battle Armor, he possesses combat power comparable to a Seven-Ring Soul Saint."

"Then, wouldn't our Sun Moon Team be invincible in the Soul Master Tournament?!"

Jing Hongchen chuckled and nodded. Shrek Academy's group of brutes have always been known for their martial soul strength. So, in this Soul Master Competition, they will give Shrek Academy and the people of the other three countries a shock with their battle armor.

Old Ma was immediately filled with excitement. When he heard something particularly exciting, he even drank Jing Hongchen's and Lin Jiayi's tea clean.

Jing Hongchen glanced at the empty teacup on the table, exchanged a look with Lin Jiayi, smiled, and said without any concern, "That's the situation. Since the tea is finished, let's take the children and set off."

……

Inside a cave in the Mingdou Mountains, a mountainous region under the jurisdiction of the Sun Moon Empire.

At this time, the Grim Reaper had already escaped to the territory under the jurisdiction of the Sun and Moon Empire, and relied on the complex tunnel terrain to escape a short distance.

He entered a pre-planned cave, took out the Wenlan Tree Heart he had dug up in the Star Luo Empire, and consumed it directly.

The Grim Reaper's post-battle summary: Hmm... an incredibly brilliant record.

If this goes smoothly for him, who knows how many of those green-skinned Shrek inspectors will be turned into corpse slaves by him.

Unexpectedly, a titled Douluo suddenly appeared, not only failing to stop the corpse explosion, but also forcing him to achieve even more impressive results.

"Heh heh, just you wait, old man. With my qualifications and luck, I have at most ten more years. Even a Title Douluo will have to bow down before me."

The Grim Reaper sneered sinisterly. This time, he was chased by Xuanzi and fled for his life in a sorry state, mainly because his cultivation level as a five-ring Soul King was too low.

"Hmm? They've caught up with us again?"

The Grim Reaper suddenly sensed a familiar yet terrifying aura approaching him at its own extraordinary speed.

The mountain not far ahead collapsed with a roar, burying a large part of the forest directly under the rubble, and the cave entrance was immediately filled with smoke.

The Grim Reaper's expression changed. He swallowed the Wenlan Tree Heart and quickly pressed a series of buttons in the tunnel.

A series of loud explosions erupted from the location where the mountain collapsed, accompanied by Xuanzi's frenzied roar, as he vowed to ensure the death messenger would be annihilated. A monstrous phantom of a Taotie divine bull appeared in the sky.

Above the Mingdou Mountains on the border of the Sun and Moon Empire.

"Huh, the Mingdu Mountains? How could there be such a loud explosion? And this aura..."

Jing Hongchen led everyone to Xingluo City to participate in the competition. He equipped each student with a flying soul tool, and everyone unfolded their flying soul tools and flew over the Mingdou Mountains.

At this moment, Jing Hongchen suddenly saw a familiar, enormous phantom appear in the sky above the mountains and forests.

That was Xuanzi's Taotie Divine Ox, his true martial spirit form.

He remembered that he had taken Xu Sheng to hunt down a three-soul ghost mantis and they happened to run into Xuan Zi, who was chasing a soul beast that was less than 100,000 years old.

Jing Hongchen immediately became interested: "Isn't that Xuanzi? Last time he was chasing after a soul beast that was less than 100,000 years old. What is he chasing this time?"

"Xiao, Yu Haomeng... let's go down and take a look." Jing Hongchen smiled slightly. For Xuanzi to chase after it like this, it must be even more powerful than a 100,000-year-old soul beast.

(End of this chapter)