Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 921 A Simple Mark Erasure (6K)

"This, this?"

Shi Xing was stunned and speechless, not knowing what had happened.

In just a few minutes, all the all-terrain self-propelled turrets had "walked" back on their own. Those long legs climbed over the city wall as if walking on flat ground, making Shi Xing's eyes widen in amazement.

This is too powerful! Not only is its attack power terrifying, but its adaptability to terrain is also incredibly useful on the battlefield...

"What can we do with these spirit rings?"

Shi Xing stared wide-eyed, his face full of confusion. The killers of these spirit rings should be the operators of the spirit tools, right? How could so few people absorb so many spirit rings?

"It's used for research, to analyze the soul skill templates and their underlying structure, and eventually it can be sold."

Teacher Xuan Ziwen's expression was calm, but it stirred up a huge storm in Shi Xing's heart.

He didn't understand the first few sentences, but he understood the last one.

What do you mean by "putting it out for sale"?

Soul Masters can now absorb the soul rings dropped by soul beasts hunted by others?

Seeing Shi Xing blushing, Xuan Ziwen waved his hand calmly: "Just erase a certain piece of information in the soul ring. This is much simpler than reconstructing the soul skills in the soul ring. With a little adjustment, these soul rings can all become ownerless soul rings."

"With these spirit rings, we can exchange them for some rare metals. Shrek Academy's rare metal reserves are almost depleted, so we have to find another way to make money."

Upon hearing this, Shi Xing shuddered and looked at Xian Lin'er, only to find that Xian Lin'er also looked embarrassed.

"No, Shrek Academy's rare metal reserves, accumulated over ten thousand years, are almost depleted?"

Shi Xing looked at Xian Lin'er, hoping to get a definite answer from her.

"Pretty much," Xian Lin'er said somewhat awkwardly. "Our academy collects a lot of rare metals every year, but uses up even more. Every year it seems like we have a lot of rare metals coming in, but in reality, we only have a little bit of top-grade rare metals left over."

"The continent is in turmoil. Although Yuhao made a fortune from the Sun Moon Empire, he has already spent it all. So for the time being, the Soul Palace has been using rare metals from our academy's inventory for research—including this Light Prism Energy Gathering Spirit Transmission Tower in front of you."

Shi Xing was speechless. Shrek's firepower suddenly seemed to have leaped across an era. It turned out that it was really built with real money. During this period, the firepower was able to be upgraded to be comparable to the assault team of the Sun Moon Empire. Behind it was probably the burning of tens or hundreds of billions of rare metals.

"So, does our academy still have the money to buy these all-terrain self-propelled artillery turrets?"

Shi Xing swallowed hard and asked the question that concerned him most.

War is the best stage to test weapons and equipment. Just now, this round of testing made him drool over this powerful soul tool!

Xian Lin'er chuckled and said, "I knew you couldn't resist. Don't worry, our academy has produced so many rare metals, so naturally there will be a return. One hundred all-terrain self-propelled turrets will be provided by the Soul Hall free of charge and will be deployed into our academy's Soul Master Corps."

"Besides that," Teacher Xuan Ziwen stepped out of the all-terrain self-propelled soul guide vehicle and said, "those two 100,000-year soul rings also belong to the academy, provided that we complete some basic research. As for the soul bones, they have to be left for Yuhao."

"Only a 100,000-year-old soul bone?"

Shi Xing frowned. For others, even titled Douluo or Super Douluo, a 100,000-year soul bone is something that is hard to come by. But for Huo Yuhao, is it a bit of a waste to only use a 100,000-year soul bone?

Even if you can't get a complete set of ferocious beast soul bones, you should prioritize getting ferocious beast-level soul bones first, and then use the 100,000-year-old ones last, right?

Xuan Ziwen smiled without saying a word, and Shi Xing didn't ask any further questions.

"Teacher Xuan." Just then, the members of the Soul Palace also took out their all-terrain detection soul tools and quickly gathered around.

Xianlin'er noticed that each of the trainees was holding a small, strange device.

Xuan Ziwen smiled slightly and said, "City Lord Shixing, Dean Xian, why don't you two check if the academy and our Shrek Academy's city defense forces need any spirit rings?"

"After you've finished choosing, we'll erase the aura from these spirit rings and convert them into unclaimed spirit rings. The remaining spirit rings can be sold to the various forces that have come to participate in the Spirit Pagoda ceremony."

"Yes! Absolutely. Price is negotiable." Shi Xing made a decisive decision immediately, even before Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo could, and immediately expressed his opinion to Xuan Ziwen.

Yes, of course! These are all thousand-year and ten-thousand-year soul rings. He clearly saw how many of these the Soul Palace collected just now.

A thousand-year spirit ring is a valuable item for the outer disciples of Shrek Academy, and a ten-thousand-year spirit ring is even more precious.

The academy's demand isn't too high. After all, if students reach a bottleneck in their cultivation during their studies at the academy, the academy will support them in acquiring soul rings as soon as possible.

However, the situation is not so easy within the Shrek City Defense Forces.

The Shrek City Defense Force has three thousand Soul Masters, the vast majority of whom are either graduates of Shrek's outer academy or have been eliminated by the outer academy.

Many people stay in Shrek City to gain experience and seniority in the Shrek City Defense Force.

Among the three thousand Soul Masters, quite a few have reached the bottleneck in their cultivation.

They all came from Shrek Academy, and each of them felt a certain amount of pride.

Soul power cultivation will grow with the accumulation of cultivation, so there is no rush to acquire soul rings. If there is no suitable one, these soul masters are not willing to absorb one easily.

However, the number of spirit rings that Xuan Ziwen and his group brought back was unknown, but they were all at the thousand-year or ten-thousand-year level. These were definitely valuable items for the spirit masters of the city defense army! As for the price, it certainly wasn't something they would readily pay for.

How expensive is the tuition at Shrek Academy? Everyone who can afford to study here comes from a wealthy family. Many are disciples of sects, so of course they pay for their own spirit rings.

Shi Xing and Xian Lin'er exchanged a glance, both seeing the helplessness in each other's eyes.

Which bastard is spreading rumors that Professor Xuan Ziwen has low emotional intelligence and can't do anything except scientific research?

They simply aren't interested in focusing their attention on other projects.

When the Soul Palace is short of money, if they spare even a little attention for business, rare metals will flow in like water!

The successful launch of the all-terrain self-propelled soul guide vehicle made a name for itself, and the debt owed to Shrek Academy for its rare metals was paid off. The other three great empires were also envious, and orders would soon pour in like snowflakes.

In addition, the spirit rings obtained after defeating the beast tide can be sold to Shrek Academy and the Shrek City Defense Army. The remaining odds and ends are not wasted and can be sold to various forces attending the opening ceremony of the Spirit Tower.

(End of this chapter)