Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 337 Is the Star Luo Empire Going to War? (8K)

It's worth mentioning the long-range soul tool. As an eighth-level soul tool, its use requires a Title Douluo-level powerhouse. It's called the Heaven-Opening Earth-Piercing Cannon. It also originated from the Sun Moon Empire, but wasn't produced by the Mingde Hall. Its maker was a rare ninth-level soul master.

This Heaven-Opening Earth-Piercing Cannon is somewhat similar to He Caitou's trump card, the Super Energy Cannon, except that its power is even more terrifying. It can only be used once a day, and its direct burst of power is equivalent to the full-force attack of a level 95 Super Douluo.

The reason it was rated as an eighth-level soul tool instead of a ninth-level one is mainly due to its slightly inferior material, which limits the number of times this Heaven-Opening Earth-Piercing Cannon can be used. It can only be used once a day. Additionally, its charging time is relatively long. Furthermore, it can only be used against fixed targets.

Huo Yuhao was somewhat interested in this thing, but he simply couldn't afford the soul power required to activate it.

Even with all his current soul power reserves, he can barely activate the Wind Mantis Giant Shadow Slash soul bone skill once. Once his soul power reserves are truly sufficient to activate a powerful weapon like the Heaven-Opening Earth-Piercing Cannon, he probably won't even bother with it anymore, since it can only be used once a day.

Ultimately, the Heaven-Opening Cannon was bought by another buyer for a price of seven million gold soul coins.

For Shrek Academy, the Heaven-Opening Earth-Piercing Cannon is somewhat of a "good but bad" weapon, but for a sect or force with only one level 91 titled hero, or even just one level 85 or higher Soul Douluo, the Heaven-Opening Earth-Piercing Cannon is quite valuable.

With such a world-shaking cannon guarding the sect, it might be the last straw to turn the tide in times of crisis. The full-force attack of a level 95 Super Douluo is a strategic threat.

Inside the auction house's private box, Princess 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, so be sure to seize the opportunity!"

"Some rare items are hard to find, and you might not even find another one like it on the mainland. For example, our eighth item is still a soul bone, but it's different from others. Please take a look."

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

This soul bone is entirely emerald green, with an emerald green halo flowing and undulating on it, as if it contains emerald green liquid.

Judging from its appearance, this is a left arm soul bone, with a faint white mist emanating from its emerald 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 crystals, crystal clear, almost like they were carved from gemstones.

Compared to this, the other soul bones that had appeared before paled in comparison, clearly not in the same league. Even the Golden Light Left Arm Bone that Wang Dong had once obtained was not, in appearance, stronger than this.

"asshole!"

Hearing the Ice Emperor's shocked and angry voice in his mind's eye, Huo Yuhao guessed the origin of this soul bone.

"The left arm bone of the Ice Jade Scorpion?"

Huo Yuhao expressed his guess with some curiosity, noting that the appearance of this thing was too similar to the Ice Emperor Scorpion's torso bone from the Ice Emperor.

Upon hearing this, Qingya couldn't help but glance sideways.

"Mr. Huo, you are truly knowledgeable. This is indeed a left arm bone of an Ice Jade Scorpion, and it is between 50,000 and 70,000 years old. It has solidified the Ice Explosion skill and is the highest quality soul bone in our Starlight Auction House."

Before Qingya could finish her flattering words, Huo Yuhao interrupted her.

Huo Yuhao looked around cautiously before beckoning Qingya, the auctioneer, to come over.

Qingya was also confused by Huo Yuhao's behavior. What did he mean?

"Who are you, the Starlight Auction House—no, your Star Luo Empire—planning to kill, that you'd use such a precious soul bone as bait? Is it Meng Hongchen?"

Huo Yuhao looked somewhat mysterious, his face showing a hint of shock, and whispered a question to Qingya.

The others naturally couldn't possibly miss Huo Yuhao's words, and upon hearing them, their eyes widened, their hearts nearly leaping out of their chests.

What did Yuhao just say?

Qingya was so frightened by Huo Yuhao's words that her face turned pale: "Sir, sir, I don't understand what you mean."

Qingya was almost in tears. She didn't understand what Huo Yuhao meant by those words, but the matter seemed quite serious.

Huo Yuhao was also taken aback, but quickly understood and lay back down: "It's normal that you don't know. The higher-ups at Xingluo would never tell you auctioneers about something like this."

"The siblings Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen are very talented, and there are rumors that they seem to have mastered a martial soul fusion technique."

"I saw Meng Hongchen's martial soul at the Soul Master Exchange Conference. His martial soul is the top-level Zhu Qing Ice Toad, which has the three attributes of ice, fire, and poison. It is reasonable for your Star Luo Empire to worry that this brother and sister will be difficult to control as they grow up. It is reasonable to kill one of them first."

"The Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy is probably unaware that non-ultimate ice attribute martial souls will explode and die after absorbing ultimate ice attribute soul bones. Even if someone dies, your Star Luo Empire can still deny it to the death. It is indeed a vicious scheme."

"Your Star Luo royal family knows quite a lot of secrets about martial spirits. As expected of a great empire with a history of tens of thousands of years, you have a rich foundation."

"Speaking of which, did you Star Luo assess the situation and conclude that the Sun Moon Empire definitely wouldn't start a war prematurely? Meng Hongchen is the granddaughter of Jing Hongchen, a ninth-level Soul Master and the head of the Mingde Hall in the Sun Moon Empire. Such a big matter, why didn't you inform the other major powers in advance?"

At this point, Huo Yuhao's face showed a hint of emotion and regret: "It's such a pity about this soul bone. It's an ultimate ice attribute soul bone with the Ice Explosion skill. You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub. Your Star Luo Empire is so generous."

After hearing what Huo Yuhao said, Qingya's legs were trembling.

She didn't know if what Huo Yuhao said was true. If that was really the plan, they should have told the auctioneers earlier so they could pass it on to the VIPs in the VIP room!

Otherwise, who knows who will ultimately buy this soul bone?!

If a student from Shrek Academy bought this soul bone, it might not be a big deal, because judging from Huo Yuhao's reaction, it seems to be common knowledge within Shrek Academy. But do other forces really know this?

Thinking about this, Qingya became more and more frightened. She had to figure out whether this was intentional on the part of the Empire or if there had really been a mistake.

Given the frequent blunders by the appraisers at Starlight Auction, Qingya leans towards the latter!

Thinking of this, Qingya jumped up.

"I apologize, distinguished guests, I must leave for a moment. I am truly sorry."

(End of this chapter)