Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Chapter 114 Flying Soul Guidance Device

After giving a brief instruction, Ma Xiaotao continued, "Next, let me talk about this mission. Our surveillance mission is to find and kill a group of bandits in a mountainous region bordering the Star Luo Empire and the Sun Moon Empire. The start time of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament is approaching. We must complete this mission within three days."

"This band of bandits is extremely cunning, hiding deep in the mountains and forests along the border between the two countries. They are a ruthless gang, making a living by burning, killing, and looting, posing a huge threat to passing merchants and caravans. Not only are they cruel, but they are also exceptionally cunning. They cleverly evade the army's pursuit by utilizing the complex terrain and hidden caves, and their actions are extremely heinous. They specifically target merchants traveling between the two countries, not only robbing them of their property but also cruelly murdering innocent people, making them feared by all. They seem to have no humanity, treating life as worthless. What's even more disgusting is that the mountainous area where these bastards live belongs partly to the Sun Moon Empire and partly to the Star Luo Empire."

"As you all know, relations between the two countries are tense. Under these circumstances, it's impossible to launch a joint operation. No matter which side sends troops to encircle and suppress them, those bastards just run to the other side, almost causing clashes between the two armies several times. And now they are still at large. Their numbers are useless against them. These bastards number less than three hundred, but they are familiar with the terrain and are treacherous and cunning. That's why we need elite squads like ours to fight them."

"This band of bandits calls themselves the Messengers of Death, and their leader is said to be a rather powerful evil spirit master. Therefore, we must not be careless. Most of you have never killed anyone before, right? This is going to be a completely new experience. I want to emphasize that our objective for this surveillance mission is to leave no one alive, to annihilate them all, because there are no elderly, weak, women, or children among these bandits, and not a single kind person among them."

Murder! Ji Lin had indeed never killed a human, only a soul beast, but he didn't believe he would be so indecisive as to show mercy to a group of wicked soul masters.

Seeing the expressions on the faces of the reserve team members, Ma Xiaotao chuckled and continued, "Don't worry, the main force this time will be the seven of us. You can assist from the sidelines, but also be careful to protect yourselves. This group of bandits is extremely arrogant, having given themselves the team name 'Hand of Death.' In that vast mountainous region, the mere mention of 'Hand of Death' or 'Messenger of Death' sends shivers down the spines of the local people."

"This mountain range was formed by the collision of two continents more than four thousand years ago, hence the name Mingdou Mountain Range. It is rich in mineral resources, producing more than ten kinds of rare minerals. Therefore, the Xingluo and Riyue Kingdoms have been fighting over the Mingdou Mountain Range for years. This time, the Xingluo Empire will provide us with limited assistance."

"The Star Luo Empire's garrison in the Mingdou Mountains already knows we're coming. They will provide us with detailed maps and intelligence. If there are no problems, we'll set off. You should keep the Overseer's Ring safe and don't expose it under normal circumstances. Only wear it when carrying out missions."

Everyone nodded in agreement, indicating that there was no problem.

Seeing that everyone was ready, Ma Xiaotao continued, "Now that everyone is ready, in order to speed things up, the senior members with higher cultivation levels will take the reserve members with lower cultivation levels, and we'll set off."

Since Ma Xiaotao started introducing him, Elder Xuan has not spoken, clearly training Ma Xiaotao's command skills.

Under Ma Xiaotao's leadership, the entire team moved forward at full speed.

They marched briskly until noon before stopping to rest. The selected team members all looked normal, with only slight shortness of breath.

Apart from Xiaoxiao and Wang Dong'er, who were carried by Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen and lay flat the whole way, the reserve team members, including Ji Lin, followed on their own. Ji Lin and Wang Qiu'er were fine, as they had strong physical fitness and were not tired from this distance. However, Bei Bei and the others were a bit strained. Even Jiang Nannan, who was an agility-based attacker, was covered in sweat. The worst off was Xu Sanshi, whose clothes were completely soaked.

The team stopped to rest and the selected members gathered supplies on the spot. Gongyang Moxi and Ling Luochen brought back two rabbits, two pheasants, and a fat roe deer.

Urged on by Elder Xuan, Ling Luochen displayed exquisite control of her soul power. Under the influence of her ice element, five wild beasts floated in front of her, and each one was skinned, cleaned, and washed as if by a master butcher. In less than a minute, five clean and high-quality wild game ingredients appeared before everyone.

Ma Xiaotao then took over the chef's job and began processing the ingredients.

Ji Lin still remembered the first time she met Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen. It was the same way. Ling Luochen cleaned the ingredients, and Ma Xiaotao cooked the food. The division of labor was clear. Although the two did not get along well, you could not tell when they were together.

They didn't have much time, so after a quick meal, they set off again.

The group moved very quickly, and an hour later they finally arrived at the border between the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Star Luo Empire. Ahead, a large military camp blocked their path.

Seeing this, Dai Yueheng entered the military camp alone and soon came out with more than a dozen flying soul tools.

This is a military-grade flight soul tool, which is faster and more stable than ordinary flight soul tools on the market.

Dai Yueheng is the eldest son of the White Tiger Duke. It would be easy for him to borrow more than a dozen flying soul tools from the Star Luo Empire's army. In fact, Ji Lin could also borrow them, as long as he could produce the identity certificate that Xu Jiujiu had given him.

The Star Luo Empire's flying soul tool device was indeed rather cumbersome. The main body was a large iron box, one meter long, half a meter wide, and a foot thick. Folding wings were attached to both sides, and when unfolded, the wings could reach more than four meters. This was to ensure sufficient buoyancy in the air.

This wasn't the first time the inner court disciples had used a flying soul tool; Dai Yueheng mainly explained its usage to the outer court disciples.

Ji Lin was no stranger to it; he had several flying soul tools that Xu Jiujiu had prepared for him in his storage soul tool, which were even better than this military-grade one.

However, he didn't take it out. If he did, he would be out of place. Everyone else was using what Dai Yueheng borrowed, and he would be using his own, which would be very unsociable.

Do you really think that inner court disciples wouldn't have flying soul tools?

The method of using this flying soul tool is very simple: inject soul power into the soul tool and spray it towards the ground. After the body rises into the air, unfold the wings. At this time, relying on the buoyancy of the airflow, they only need to use the soul tool to change the downward thrust into a horizontal thrust to accelerate in the air.

However, it is quite difficult to control, requiring a soul power of level 40 or above. Now Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao will be in trouble again.

(End of this chapter)