Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 1030 Deep-Sea Sunken Silver as Fine Iron (6K)

Before they knew it, several months had passed since Huo Yuhao returned from the Sun Moon Empire.

Following the beast tide, Shrek City was rapidly rebuilt thanks to the concerted efforts of the Soul Masters.

The Sun Moon Empire's army swept through the land like a whirlwind, wiping out Tian Dou City and the last remaining territory of the Tian Hun Empire.

In fact, the local officials and soul masters had indeed lost the will to resist.

It's clear to everyone that the demise of the Heavenly Soul Empire is inevitable.

No matter how much they resist, it will only increase casualties. If they surrender, at least a few fewer people will die.

It was after returning from the Sun Moon Empire that Huo Yuhao made this surprising discovery.

I suddenly feel like I have a lot of free time?

It's not that he has nothing to do, but rather that there are no external things to interfere with him doing what he wants to do.

After occupying the last piece of territory of the Heavenly Soul Empire and declaring its complete demise, the Sun Moon Empire also ceased its activities.

It has quietly entered a period of rest and recuperation.

Even the four guardians of the nation and nearly half of the evil soul masters withdrew collectively, either guarding the area around Mingdu or roaming in the north.

The Sun Moon Empire's army is indeed powerful, but this is achieved by using gold soul coins and resources that cost many times more than ordinary equipment.

War is the most expensive thing to do.

Every moment, the assets in the Sun and Moon Empire's treasury are evaporating at an alarming rate.

If this continues, we'll really go bankrupt.

Xu Tianran really wants to unify the continent right now, and that's true.

But the situation simply doesn't allow it.

If they continue fighting with gritted teeth, the Sun Moon Empire might disintegrate before the Douling Empire is even finished.

Even under the most ideal circumstances, the current economy of the Sun Moon Empire will need at least six months of recuperation before it can launch a second war.

Moreover, it can only be a surprise attack, not a protracted war.

Otherwise, the domestic economy will still collapse, and logistical supplies will become unsustainable.

The Sun Moon Empire was quiet. Under these circumstances, Huo Yuhao pondered for a long time and found that he had a lot of elite troops under his command, so he no longer needed to do many things personally.

Especially after He Caitou was brought back, with Xuan Ziwen leading the soul tool project and He Caitou and Ning Ge assisting, there was no need for him anymore.

Various rare metals are produced from the Starry Sky Forest, and massive amounts of deep-sea silver are mined from the icy sea and transported to Shrek Academy via the far north.

With no shortage of money or resources, Huo Yuhao finally enjoyed a rare period of free time.

He decided to do something that Mr. Yi had analyzed for him a long time ago.

Soul Ring Transfer Ritual.

Try to move the spirit ring of the second spirit onto the first spirit.

However, to complete this step, Huo Yuhao must first reach level 80, otherwise there will be no extra slots available.

According to Elder Yi's suggestion, Huo Yuhao could move the Ice and Snow Emperor Fusion Ring of his second martial soul to his first martial soul, leaving the second martial soul vacant.

In addition, Elder Yi and Qian Daoliu also held a small meeting with Huo Yuhao to analyze the next upgrade path.

But as I said before, no matter what, Huo Yuhao needs to reach at least level 80 first.

That being the case.

Seclusion!

Level up!

Taking advantage of the fact that he is only at level 70-something and the super-fast cultivation boost from the Soul Core is still very obvious, Huo Yuhao plans to quickly go into seclusion and cultivate for a period of time.

Having a Soul Core after level 90 only slows down the cultivation of a Title Douluo, but having a Soul Core before level 90 makes cultivation incredibly fast.

The Soul Saint-level undead life forms that sprang up like mushrooms after rain in the undead demiplane within just a few years are the best example.

Level 90 is a hurdle, but isn't level 70 also a hurdle?

The cultivation before level 70 is even more terrifying with the enhancement of the Soul Core. At present, the average leveling speed of this group of undead is less than one level per month, and more than two levels per month!

Although Huo Yuhao, who has already reached the Soul Saint realm, will not have such a fast cultivation speed, he can still achieve a speed of more than one level per month before reaching the Soul Douluo realm, which is quite frightening!

After all, Shrek Academy students had only just entered the inner courtyard, and even Soul Masters and Soul Kings at levels 40 or 50 wouldn't dare say they could guarantee a level increase of more than one level per month. Huo Yuhao, on the other hand, was a genuine Soul Saint.

Even Elder Xuan was shocked when he heard that Huo Yuhao planned to go into seclusion and try to break through to the Soul Douluo level in just over six months.

This cultivation speed, is it really starting right away, without even putting on an act?

"Yuhao, are you just going to wash your hands of everything regarding soul tools?"

Old Master Xuan gulped down a few mouthfuls of chicken soup from his wine gourd, then ate a couple more bites of chicken leg.

"The general direction has been determined, so there's no need for me to handle the rest."

Huo Yuhao sat on the sofa and casually picked up a few grapes and popped them into his mouth.

"I never expected that the sunken silver from the deep sea was actually a product of the deep sea. It can't be found in shallow waters, but it's everywhere in the deep sea."

"Now I have transported back over a hundred tons of deep-sea sunken silver in one go, and the mermaid clan will continue to send more deep-sea sunken silver from the far north."

"In addition, with the various rare metals that are steadily mined from the Starry Sky Forest, we can use the deep-sea sunken silver as refined iron. At least for this period of time, we have achieved complete freedom in obtaining rare metals."

Upon hearing this, Elder Xuan nodded in agreement: "That's true. We have a free supply of rare metals. Since the establishment of the Soul Guidance Department, so many years have passed, and we've never been this wealthy before."

"Don't be fooled by the fact that the academy allocates tens of millions to hundreds of millions of gold soul coins to the Soul Guidance Department every year. In reality, when converted into rare metals, it's just a tiny amount."

"Now that we have two more production lines, we no longer need to risk our lives to smuggle rare metals from the Sun Moon Empire with mules. It's great!"

At this point, Elder Xuan couldn't help but drink a few more mouthfuls of chicken soup and smack his lips.

Huo Yuhao then took out a miniature mechanical spider leg made of deep-sea silver, a playful look in his eyes.

"With so much deep-sea sunken silver, the defense level of our soul-guided rotorcraft will be raised several levels at once. Originally, it could only be used for reconnaissance, but now it seems that it can actually carry out some offensive missions."

"I visited Brother Ning a while ago, and he raised a very interesting question: if there are unmanned rotorcraft in the sky, could there also be some kind of unmanned soul-guided devices on the ground?"

"Anyway, we have enough rare metals now, so let them do what they want. Judging from Professor Xuan Ziwen's expression after hearing this idea, they probably already have some ideas in mind. I'll just be a hands-off manager."

"Elder Xuan, I'm starting to understand why we couldn't keep up with the Sun Moon Empire's research progress on soul tools."

(End of this chapter)