Chapter 194: Target, Mingdu!

Three days later, all of Shrek Academy's participating personnel and their accompanying teachers rose into the air together, their destination—Mingdu.

The new tournament was still the same as the plot in the original work, but this time the number of participating teams was a bit higher than the one hundred and sixty-seven teams in the original, reaching a full three hundred and fourteen.

It was not because their timeline had not changed, but because the Sun Moon Empire had made some concessions in their conditions, so the number of participating teams reached as many as three hundred and fourteen; this time, Luo Yu was even fortunate enough to attend some of the meetings as an attendant to the Crown Prince, and even offered a few suggestions.

In the early years, the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament was open to both sects and academies, but for the last thousand years, for reasons unknown, the scale had shrunk, and only academies were allowed to participate; Su Yu did not know the various reasons for this.

However, as for the power that could make such a decision for the tournament, one could guess who it was on this continent even with their toes...

This time, the Sun Moon Empire lifted the restrictions, and the participating teams naturally underwent a earth-shaking change.

But also because of Luo Yu's participation, the number of teams this time multiplied several times over, for no other reason than that Luo Yu had said this passage during a staff meeting organized by His Highness the Crown Prince.

"Your Highness, I believe that there is no need to place too many restrictions on the participating teams this time. Firstly, as participating teams, if too many restrictions are imposed, the number of participants will still not be high, which cannot provide our Sun Moon Empire with sufficient combat data. Shrek's strength lies in their peak research on soul masters; if we can also obtain a large amount of experimental data through this participation, I believe that in our future wars with the Three Great Empires and Shrek, we will not fail due to an insufficient understanding of martial souls."

"Secondly, as far as I know, the participating students from Shrek Academy are basically Shrek's candidates, and their strength represents the strongest of their generation in the Three Great Empires; the more battles they experience, the more we can understand them. Moreover, we can also learn about the general strength of the younger generation of soul masters in the Three Great Empires through other participating teams."

"Thirdly, the other students, as exchange students, naturally know of Shrek's strength. Shrek's strength is indeed powerful, but whether it is the Three Great Empires or Shrek Academy, their Soul Guidance research lags far behind our Sun Moon Empire. This time, we are not only competing for glory, but also showing our strength to the Three Great Empires. The future is destined to be the era of Soul Guidance; what we need to do now is to spread the news that the Sun Moon Empire is the holy land of Soul Guidance. The purpose of doing this is only one: to weaken the Soul Guidance strength of the original Three Great Empires."

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Even after Xu Tianran heard this, he had to admit that this was a pure, open conspiracy.

In the end, Xu Tianran finalized the rules, because after thinking it over, he discovered that this was indeed a good strategy.

Once the concept that the Sun Moon Empire is the holy land for Soul Engineers was promoted, then in the future, the development of Soul Engineers would inevitably mention the Sun Moon Empire. Once this philosophy was engraved in people's hearts, the final outcome would be that Soul Engineers would choose to join the Sun Moon Empire for the sake of strength and Soul Guidance research.

Rogue Soul Engineers do not actually have such a deep concept of the nation; if they really had such a deep concept, then no matter how hard the Soul Engineers of the other three great empires worked in the future, they would never be able to become the holy land for Soul Engineers.

Just like Shrek Academy ten thousand years ago, it was not because its teaching ability was truly that strong, but because they had gods appear!

If the Sun Moon Empire displayed a Level 9 Soul Guidance Device in this tournament, what would happen?

Xu Tianran, this supremely intelligent madman, would not fail to understand the reasons for this; the smarter a person is, the less they need to have the complete content spelled out, because they already know it all.

Communication between smart people is always pleasant, but Xu Tianran is an exception, because he is a madman!

A madman with ruthless methods, an extremely strong desire for control, and supreme intelligence!

The previous attendant minister of Xu Tianran had already had his home raided by Luo Yu himself, and not one of the more than three hundred members of his entire clan survived; they all died at the hands of Xu Tianran's guards.

If it were not for the fact that Luo Yu's value was great enough, perhaps the first thing Xu Tianran would have done after coming to power was to liquidate Luo Yu. However, Xu Tianran was destined not to do this, because he knew that liquidating Luo Yu would only cause him to lose his wings. Moreover, at the very beginning, he had suspected Luo Yu, but later, with increasingly detailed investigations, he was finally able to confirm that Luo Yu was a person worth trusting.

As the wealthiest country on the Douluo Continent, hosting such a tournament was naturally a trivial matter. Moreover, not only could they earn more profits through this tournament, but because the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Guidance Devices were far superior to those of the Three Great Empires, the profits involved could be imagined...

This time, the prizes were changed to the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Guidance Devices. In terms of rarity, the rarity of soul bones is indeed far greater than that of Soul Guidance Devices, but the versatility and practicality of soul bones are far inferior to Soul Guidance Devices. Whether the soul skill provided by a soul bone is good or bad depends on the soul master's own characteristics, and whether the strongest characteristics of the soul bone can be brought into play also depends on the soul master's own ability.

However, the value contained in a Level 9 Soul Guidance Device is absolutely far greater than a soul bone; even a 100,000-year soul bone cannot compare to a Level 9 Soul Guidance Device!

Because the intrinsic value contained in a Level 9 Soul Guidance Device is not just a powerful weapon, but the crystallization of Soul Guidance knowledge contained within the device; it is a ladder to the hall of knowledge that the Three Great Empires cannot refuse!

The war significance of a Level 9 Soul Guidance Device is far more important than a soul bone. Even a powerful sect as strong as the Body Sect, with more than a dozen Title Douluo, was eventually wiped out under the lightning strike of the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Guidance Legion, and the vast Heaven Soul Empire was also destroyed in an instant.

This is the powerful versatility and practicality of Soul Guidance Devices; this is the powerful war value that soul bones cannot compare to!

Moreover, for a Soul Engineer, possessing a high-level Soul Guidance Device is a dream come true. If one can study a high-level Soul Guidance Device thoroughly, one's own strength will also rise to a higher level.

The improvement of a Soul Engineer cannot be separated from Soul Guidance Devices, and Soul Guidance Devices are accompanied by high prices. A Soul Engineer without economic strength can only choose to attach themselves to a powerful force; this is a dead cycle that cannot be bypassed...

Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Undead Semi-Plane.

Su Yu had now been in this Undead Semi-Plane for a full half-month. Although his current state did not look as good as it appeared on the surface, Yi Lao was quite satisfied with his performance over these half-months.

Now, after half a month of training by Yi Lao, Su Yu could be considered a quasi-Necromancer. However, he was still unable to use various high-level arts as easily as Yi Lao, but Su Yu had basically mastered some curses and some Undead Summoning arts.

"Teacher, can I leave seclusion now? I can't stay in this damn place for even one more day!" Su Yu protested with dissatisfaction.

In this Undead Semi-Plane, he conservatively estimated that half a month had already passed. In these half-months, he had experienced countless crises. The most outrageous thing was that Yi Lao sealed his soul power, making him unable to use soul skills at all. Su Yu had thought that using some Soul Guidance Devices would not be excessive.

But ever since he used one once, his Storage Soul Guidance Device was immediately confiscated by Yi Lao...

Relying on manipulating the undead and undead curses, as well as other Soul Sealing Techniques, Su Yu had managed to become a qualified Necromancer in a very short time using the most dangerous and efficient method. It is no exaggeration to say that even if Su Yu went to the lair of the Evil Soul Masters now, he would not reveal any flaws.

Even those Evil Soul Masters who had awakened undead-type martial souls might not be able to outplay Su Yu; after all, look at who his teacher is?

Looking at the disheveled and ragged Su Yu, Yi Lao nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, not bad. Although the time was a bit short, the results are still there. Go, go, I reckon it's about the right time."

"Yi Lao, you knew and still said that? You didn't give me time to cultivate before, and now you're forcing me to do this. Can you find a suitable time in the future, or change the method..." Su Yu really did not want to recall the miserable experience of the past ten-plus days. Being chased around the world by all kinds of strange undead creatures, the most deadly thing was that he actually encountered a bone dragon comparable to a Soul Douluo. If it weren't for Yi Lao acting quickly, he, Su, would probably have died here.

Yi Lao smiled, "Kid, you can't say it like that. Forget it, forget it, you'll know why in the future. If you were really tired, you probably wouldn't even have the strength to stand up now, but aren't you standing in front of me just fine?"

"I..." Su Yu was not only speechless for a moment, but silently covered his forehead.

Only Su Yu himself knew the pain involved...

After leaving the Undead Semi-Plane, Su Yu returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Xue Di was no longer continuing to cultivate; with the help of the power of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, she was finally able to leave Su Yu's Spirit Sea for a short time to act freely.

However, there was a limit to the time she could leave. The reason Su Yu was able to leave for so long before was purely because of the peculiar environment of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well; otherwise, Xue Di would have lost control of her power long ago, leading to a rampage of soul power in her body, and eventually exploding and dying.

"Let's go, Xue Di, to Mingdu, to see your old acquaintance." Su Yu waved at Xue Di and said slowly.

"What's wrong, out of seclusion?" Xue Di withdrew her power into her body and looked at the spirited Su Yu.

Su Yu nodded, "I suppose so. There's no need to continue staying in this place. Staying any longer will only cause too much power to accumulate in your body. Once too much accumulates, if it becomes unbalanced, it will only blow both me and you up."

"I know. After leaving here, I will fall into a period of deep sleep. I need to absorb this power, so while I am absorbing this power, I will not be able to come out to help you, so try to be careful yourself."

After saying this, Xue Di turned into an ice rainbow and submerged into the center of Su Yu's eyebrows.

It is time to set off, destination—Mingdu.