Chapter 86

Just as Bai Ran was preparing to gather these things up, to use as evidence for the trial of Lieutenant General McHaoweil, the Human Emperor Banner suddenly began to tremble, and before Bai Ran could fully react, it swallowed that 20,000-year-old left arm bone and instantly refined it.

It was instantly refined again!

No, wait a minute, buddy, you ate the soul bone—how am I supposed to use it?

Although compared to a 100,000-year soul bone, a 20,000-year soul bone seems rather meager,

Moreover, as a transmigrator, not equipping oneself with a full set of 100,000-year soul bones seems somewhat unjustifiable.

However, against the grand backdrop of Douluo Continent One, without a system, relying solely on hunting soul beasts?

That's tough.

Besides, even if Bai Ran doesn't absorb this 10,000-year soul bone himself, he could give it to Uncle Feng or Old Bai.

As for letting the Human Emperor Banner refine it and then grow a corresponding soul bone? According to the energy required when previously absorbing soul rings.

This "big brother" probably needs to absorb another five or six soul bones of the same quality before Bai Ran can condense a soul bone of the same age (higher quality and matching attributes).

Bai Ran: "Where am I supposed to find that many 10,000-year soul bones, and they'd have to be from the same body part? Even blowing up the whole Spirit Hall might not yield enough. Besides, if I had that ability, I'd just absorb a market-bought 10,000-year soul bone."

"Wait, this feeling."

Bai Ran suddenly noticed a black gauntlet had appeared on his left hand.

"What is this thing?"

Bai Ran took out the Human Emperor Banner, pinched its flagpole, indicating he needed an explanation.

How is this somewhat like the battle armor researched during the Dragon King Legend era? Later battle armor is forged from various materials, and since soul bones are essentially a rare material, they can be made into battle armor components, which is normal.

The Human Emperor Banner said: "This is the Myriad Soul Set. As humans, integrating foreign corpses into our bodies is simply the most foolish method; such barely usable material should be forged into equipment."

Besides, don't even say it—fusing soul beast bones into one's body is really awkward.

Furthermore, to remove a soul bone from the limbs, one must sever the corresponding limb, after which soul power drops by ten ranks.

Compared to that, making soul bones into equipment means that even if one finds it unusable and wants to replace it, one only needs to reforge a new piece.

By the way, buddy, I didn't expect you to not only know alchemy but also weapon forging; what else can you do? Can you craft puppets? I suddenly have a bold idea.

Human Emperor Banner: "Put away your little schemes."

After some feeling, Bai Ran also came to know the function of this left-hand gauntlet—

Besides boosting strength, attack, and defense attributes by 100% when worn, there is also an active skill, God's Hand: consuming 10% of one's total soul power, then throwing a punch that clears the target's internal soul power, the clearance amount equal to 100% of the user's total soul power; this skill, when used against soul masters whose soul power level is much higher than Bai Ran's, may have a somewhat lackluster effect,

But against an opponent of the same level, this strike can directly dazed them. (Hey buddy, where's my soul power? How can you absorb even more than a spring breeze sprite?)

After simply getting used to this equipment, Bai Ran then carried these "evidence", dragged the already unconscious Lieutenant General McHaoweil, headed to Tian Dou City, and handed the items over to the military high command.

For some unknown reason, Bai Ran felt that Marshal Gelong's gaze when looking at him was very strange, and upon learning that Lieutenant General McHaoweil had embezzled a large amount of military funds, he showed no sign of surprise,

At most, he only realized this guy was preparing to defect to the Spirit Hall, at which point he showed a stern expression. ……

Again setting out from Tian Dou City, preparing to return to the Southern Legion, Bai Ran detoured to Nodin City to see Old Bai, but for some unknown reason, his father wasn't at home,

Perhaps he went to play chess with an old friend.

After staying home for a few more days, seeing that his father still hadn't returned, Bai Ran stopped waiting and chose to head to the Southern Legion's garrison.

Going back and forth, over a month of time has been wasted,

Even now, Bai Ran has never seen the full appearance of his subordinates.

Star Luo Empire, Yun Luo Duchy, Yun Luo City.

Originally, this land was the territory of the Tian Dou Empire, and it was the fief of Grand Duke Yun Luo.

Merely over a decade ago, the current Grand Duke Yun Luo, fearing the strength of the Star Luo Empire, seceded from the Tian Dou Empire, established the Yun Luo Duchy, and then merged it into the Star Luo Empire's territory.

As former subjects of the Tian Dou Empire, suddenly becoming citizens of the Star Luo Empire, many Tian Dou Empire people objected.

Consequently, uprisings often break out within the duchy,

but they are quickly suppressed.

After all, the current Grand Duke Yun Luo, though timid, is at least a Junior Soul Douluo, and he also commands a soul master troop of about a thousand, most of whom are low-ranking soul masters at the Great Soul Master level.

But facing a bunch of troublemakers whose leaders don't exceed Soul King strength? Grand Duke Yun Luo said: "It's just that I'm not collecting enough rent; if I raised taxes by another twenty percent, those peasants would be too busy farming to have time to rebel."

However, this uprising is different, because the leader on the opposing side is a... a Title Douluo! What the heck?

"Your... Your Excellency, are you eyeing my territory? If you are, just tell me, no need to go to such trouble."

Seeing nine soul rings emerge from the mid-air-standing middle-aged man, Duke Yunluo felt as if the heavens had collapsed.

"Hey, Yunluo, do you still recognize me?"

The mysterious Title Douluo slowly walked toward Duke Yunluo, and upon reaching his presence, slowly removed the mask covering his face.

"It's you, Bai Tianming! You dare to come to my door, a mere support-system soul master; even if you've become a Title Douluo, what of it? I am an assault-system Soul Douluo."

Seeing this familiar face, apart from an additional scar on it, it was almost unchanged from back then; Duke Yunluo couldn't help shouting loudly.

It seemed he was trying to give himself some confidence, but if one looked closely, one could see that Duke Yunluo's legs were trembling.

"It's me; I never imagined that the former commander of the Empire's Northern Border Legion, after being ennobled as a duke by the empire, would actually choose to betray Tiandou and become a watchdog for Star Luo."

Back then, when the beast tide erupted in the far north, if it weren't for the commander of the Northern Border Legion saving his own life, abandoning the northern populace, and leading half the troops in retreat alone, the north would not have suffered such a tragedy.

Although, among them, some higher-ups disliked Bai Tianming and wanted to get rid of him by relying on his so-called 'sense of justice for the people.'

But you, Yunluo, fled too fast—before the soul beasts even broke the border line, you vanished.

Moreover, afterward, Bai Tianming's 'battle achievements' were also assigned to Yunluo by the higher-ups, promoting him directly from marquis to duke, and even granting him a fief in the southern part of the empire as a reward.

(End of chapter)