Douluo: On Becoming a God through Science

Ignis was slightly startled, but did not show any panic. Instead, she walked confidently to the position where You Chen had made way.

Over the past year and a half, Ignis has successfully taken on tasks of all sizes as a leader and has become very familiar with them.

Although it was the first time that she took the lead in front of You Chen, driven by a sense of mission, Ignis was excited but not panicked.

She said loudly: "In this operation, what we have to do is very simple, that is, to use the Black Fire Crossbow to cause as much damage as possible to the target Archaeopteryx, and at the same time... to protect ourselves! Remember, our personal strength is not worth mentioning in front of this monster with 70,000 years of cultivation. If we hit it, we will die, and if we are scratched, we will be injured! What the leader needs is that we preserve our useful bodies and continue to serve the leader, the organization, and a better future, instead of being too hot-blooded and giving up our lives for no reason!"

After Ignis finished speaking, she looked at the crowd and saw that they had calmed down from their frenzy. She put on a serious face and nodded, "Now, let's start explaining the specific arrangements. Grace, you go ahead!"

As Ignis retreated to You Chen's side, Grace walked out of the team, and the people below still had respectful expressions on their faces.

It is true that Ignis took over the job of leader smoothly, but she also gave a large part of her power to Grace.

With You Chen's instructions, Grace had half removed from her maid job and became the other half of Ignis.

Grace already had some experience in related matters. Now that she has come to the front, she has handled many tasks in an orderly manner, and naturally won the recognition and respect of everyone.

If the Soul Beasts did not dare to disrespect Grace in the past because she was the leader's personal maid, now it is because of Grace herself.

You Chen watched the process and nodded slightly.

At present, both Ignis and Grace are doing well, so he doesn't have to worry about it anymore.

After Grace finished her instructions and completed the preliminary exercises, You Chen and the Soul Beasts once again stepped into the Star Dou Great Forest together.

Archaeopteryx was seriously injured, which resulted in a significant decrease in its mobility and a significant reduction in its range of activities.

In addition, You Chen pointed out the direction a week ago, which narrowed the search range for the Soul Fighting Beasts. It would be impossible not to lose the trace of Archaeopteryx at least in a short period of time.

Perhaps because it was injured, it was not only afraid of human soul masters, but also more afraid of other soul beasts that might smell the scent. So the Archaeopteryx flew to the outer circle to rest and recuperate.

however……

Before they reach their destination, an unexpected visitor shows up.

A middle-aged man with a fat body, a neat black beard, and noble clothes led a team of spirit masters dressed in military uniforms to block the road and said, "Hoohoo, my friends, I'm very sorry, stop ahead, stop ahead, we are hunting spirit rings, to prevent some conflicts that neither of us want to see, please leave."

pat.

The noble middle-aged man snapped his fingers, and several soul masters in military uniforms came out carrying a few figures.

After seeing those familiar faces with scars and bruises on their bodies, the Soul Fighting Beasts all looked gloomy.

The noble middle-aged man turned a blind eye to this and said with a smile: "If you are willing to cooperate, I will naturally forgive the offense of these children who accidentally entered our hunting area."

The matter is very clear.

The Soul Beasts' attempt to inquire about Archaeopteryx's intelligence was discovered by some people with ulterior motives. They did not take action immediately, but chose to reap the benefits only after confirming that Archaeopteryx had been weakened. They even captured the Soul Beasts that were tracking Archaeopteryx as hostages.

There are only a handful of forces that can do this. You Chen looked at the middle-aged man's face and guessed his origins.

Marquis Shanya, who comes from the far east of the Xing Luo Empire, is a Soul Sage with top strength who is said to be able to rival Soul Douluo.

The only person who could make such a figure guard and protect him and help him hunt for spirit rings could be the person that Marquis Shanya is clinging to, the direct descendant of Prince Antonio.

You Chen did not directly answer the question of Marquis Shanya. Instead, he turned to look at Ignis and said, "This guy is Marquis Shanya. So, the one who is hunting the Archaeopteryx and wants to use it as his spirit ring is most likely the legitimate son of Prince Antonio, the next Prince Antonio. Conservatively speaking, the other party has the combat power of at least three top spirit saints. This is the information I deduced. So, after knowing this information, make your decision, Ignis."

Obviously, even though it was a matter concerning his important sixth soul ring, You Chen still regarded it as a test for Ignis.

How should the leadership of a force make decisions when faced with threats or conflicts of interest from other major forces?

Compared to the previous minor fights, now is the time to truly test whether Ignis is qualified as a leader.

Chapter 111 Sixth Soul Ring (Part )

Marquis Shanya's pupils shrank when he heard You Chen, who was wearing a mask, accurately tell him his side's information.

He naturally found out that the one hunting the Archaeopteryx this time was the recently rising assassin organization "Skynet". He was indeed somewhat surprised that this force had the ability to hunt the Archaeopteryx that had cultivated for more than 50,000 years.

But he has always been disdainful of killers, who are rats in the gutter. As a nobleman, he does not take such shady forces seriously at all.

There is a focus on etiquette and interests between nobles and soul masters.

A high-age soul beast with rare ancient bloodline is indeed precious, but is this enough for a small inner world organization to make up its mind to conflict with such a huge force?

Of course not.

You know, "Skynet" is a force active in the Star Luo Empire.

It would be fine if they usually hide in the undercurrent of the world, but if this kind of shady force dares to show up and compete with the forces of the surface world for interests, countless people will swarm up and beat them to death!

And he, the Marquis of Shanya and Prince Antonio, will only be one of these forces.

As for silencing?

Don't be ridiculous.

The man in front of him was able to point out his own intelligence so accurately in such a short time. He was definitely not a brainless person.

When he said these words, he must have known that even if he killed everyone present, he would not be able to prevent the information from leaking out.

Because it was no secret that they were targeting Skynet's prey and trying to steal its results. There was no such thing as an impenetrable wall in this world, and even if they could keep it a secret for a while, it would soon become known to everyone in the upper echelons of the Star Luo Empire.

The result of this fight is that Skynet still exists, but Marquis Shanya and Prince Antonio are missing? You can figure out what's going on!

Therefore, as long as Skynet still wants to survive in the Star Luo Empire, or even in the Douluo Continent, it cannot attack its own side!

What's more... they may not be our opponents.

It was precisely because of this thought that Marquis Shanya remained so confident after hearing what You Chen said to Ignis.

Then, Marquis Shanya heard——

"Everyone—volley!"

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh——!

Compared with last year, there were many more Soul Fighting Beasts with at least Soul Master combat power on this trip. More than fifty of them took out their Black Fire Crossbows and fired a volley, directly turning the dozen or so people wearing Imperial military uniforms on the opposite side into a hornet's nest.

Including the hostages, none of them escaped.

However, compared to the imperial soldiers' unwilling expressions, the hostages looked at Ignis with joy.

And Ignis, who had given the order to shoot his companions, did not even show the slightest sign of wavering.

There was only determination on her face.

'Soul Fighting Beasts is an organization that was born to change the situation of the beast mutants, but it is also an organization that was born for the interests of the leader! And the interests of the leader, the future represented by the leader, are the future of the beast mutants!'

This is Ignis' idea, and also the idea of ​​all the Soul Fighting Beasts!

In Ignis' mind, the most important thing for a leader is to figure out the purpose of his actions and the purpose of the organization's existence!

Once this is confirmed, all you need to do is to follow this direction and execute it unwaveringly!

There shouldn't be any hesitation in this process!

They came here to help the leader obtain the spirit ring! In this case, even if they are hostile to the empire, they must give top priority to helping the leader obtain the spirit ring!

Looking at Ignis's decisive order, You Chen slightly raised the corner of his mouth.

In fact, You Chen didn't care whether Ignis chose to avoid him or put his interests first.

Because even Youchen himself cannot determine which option is absolutely correct.

So no matter what Ignis chooses, You Chen will not blame her for it.

The important thing is, as a leader, to have the courage to make decisions!

Instead of hesitating, being crushed by pressure, and being intimidated by the opponent's momentum!

Ignis obviously gave an answer that satisfied You Chen.

The technology of the Black Fire Crossbow has not yet been innovated, however, even a Black Fire Crossbow from a year and a half ago can kill a Soul Emperor by surprise.

The distance between the two camps was only tens of meters, and with the firing speed of the Black Fire Crossbow, it would only take a moment.

None of the nearly twenty soldiers that Marquis Shanya and Prince Antonio had assembled for this operation reacted.

Nearly twenty strong men from the weakest Soul King level to the highest peak Soul Emperor level were all killed in just a moment.

Only Marquis Shanya managed to survive, but he was also seriously injured.

Weapons like the Black Fire Crossbow are designed to attack humans, and are not effective against large creatures like soul beasts. However, if it can penetrate a human, basically one crossbow arrow can cause heavy damage to a large area.

After being targeted and pierced by dozens of crossbow arrows, Earl Shanya finally reacted and allowed the Wild Boar King's spirit to possess his body. He then turned around and tried to escape without hesitation, without even bothering to inform Prince Antonio and others who were hunting Archaeopteryx not far away.

Marquis Shanya felt a chill rushing to his head.

'How dare they? How dare they!? What assassin group? They are just a bunch of lunatics! The one who gave the order is a lunatic, the one who carried out the order without hesitation is a lunatic, and the man who seemed to have done nothing but handed the decision to the lunatic is also a lunatic! And what the hell are those weapons!? How can there be such a thing that can kill a Soul Emperor and severely injure a Soul Saint in a second if a Soul Master or Soul Sect member takes it!? '

Hun Fei was frightened and fled at full speed. With the speed of a Soul Saint, even if Marquis Shan Ya was a Soul Saint of the assault system, it would be difficult for the Soul Fighting Beasts to even aim at him.

Ignis stopped everyone from getting involved with a gesture. As she turned her eyes, the ethereal figure had grown beautiful white wings and quickly caught up.

Even before Marquis Shanya was injured, his speed was not as fast as You Chen, let alone after he was injured?

In just a few breaths, You Chen arrived in front of Marquis Shanya and looked into his eyes.

Marquis Shanya was already in a state of fright, his mental will was panicked and fragile, and under Youchen's Soul-Shocking Technique, he lost his sight in an instant and fell to the ground.

Killing a human soul master who is in a trance and unable to resist is much easier than killing a soul beast who is in a trance.

You Chen's dragon-transformed arm quickly performed a variant of the Wind Fist's soul skill "Wind Claw", which pierced through Marquis Shanya's chest neatly, ending his life in an instant.

After finishing all this, You Chen quickly returned to the crowd and ordered in a deep voice: "Your participation is no longer needed for what happens next. After erasing all traces at the scene, quickly return to the base camp, gather all the beast soldiers and beast masters who are out, and prepare to move positions. After I finish things here, I will also come to help as soon as possible. For a long time to come, all missions and intelligence gathering work will be stopped!"

Ignis' pupils shrank: "But, Chief, there are probably at least two Soul Saints in the Archaeopteryx. If we help, even if it's just me, we can..."

"This is the leader's order."

You Chen said calmly, staring at Ignis: "They need your protection, but I don't."

As soon as he finished speaking, You Chen's breath quickly disappeared.

Ignis gritted her teeth, unable to hide her unwillingness, but she turned around and said, "Everyone, evacuate quickly!"

……

On the other side, You Chen had restrained all his breath and quietly approached the place where the battle between soul beasts and soul masters was happening in the distance.

Such a huge accident would occur in this operation, and it might even lead to the destruction of the intelligence network built by Soul Fighting Beast over the years in one fell swoop. This was naturally beyond You Chen's expectations.

But... this kind of accident is difficult to avoid absolutely.

When soul beasts reach a certain age, they become absolutely rare resources, especially for soul masters with suitable attributes. They are absolute resources that must be fought for.

Since we use the intelligence network to collect information on target high-age soul beasts in order to reduce search time, it is inevitable that there will be a conflict with other soul masters one day.

It's just that there are only a few spirit rings, and the number of times they need to be hunted is only a few times. Some spirit masters just happen to have never encountered such a situation in their careers.

If you really want to feel resentful, you can only blame the heavens for not fulfilling your wishes.

You Chen was not too upset, he quickly regained his composure. He knew that as time passed, Prince Antonio and others would definitely notice that Marquis Shanya and others had lost contact.

The reason why I didn't come over to check the situation now is probably because the battle is fierce and I have no time to take care of it.

It didn't take You Chen much time to quickly reach the edge of the human-beast battlefield.

It is obvious to the naked eye that Archaeopteryx is at a disadvantage.

It was constantly controlled by a control-type Soul Saint and several Soul Emperors, and was unable to break away from the battle line.

On the other hand, a handsome young man wearing platinum knight armor, with golden hair and holding a greatsword surging with storms, had extremely strong wind power surging around him. He attacked the Archaeopteryx again and again, leaving scars on its body.

But he himself was by no means unscathed.

From time to time, the Archaeopteryx would shoot out nearly invisible, silk-like air blades, attacking the knight in front of it again and again.

Use claws, beak, wings, tail, even feathers!

It seems as if the entire body of the Archaeopteryx is a launcher of air blades!

If the knights had not continued to use the strategy of attacking from the rear to save Zhao and took the initiative to withstand most of the damage, the soul masters responsible for assistance and control in the surrounding area would probably have been killed or injured by more than half in a short period of time.

Even so, casualties still occur from time to time.

This powerful and highly concealed air blade is the signature skill of Archaeopteryx, and it is the reason why You Chen chose it as his sixth soul ring.

After finding the perfect evolutionary ratio, You Chen decided to make the fifth, sixth and seventh rings of his large body all pure wind spirit rings.

There are actually quite a few types of soul beasts to choose from, but You Chen doesn’t really care about their specific soul skills.

Especially for the fifth and sixth rings, You Chen did not demand extremes and perfection.

He chose Arc'teryx for no other reason than because it was of the right age and had good qualities in all aspects. As for obtaining the opponent's unique skill of air blade, it was just a bonus.