NOVEL NEXT Chapter 15: Trouble
At this point, Su Luoheng looked at the soul devices again, his eyes instantly sparkling with excitement.
The soul devices in front of them were no longer just soul devices but rather a collection of highly enticing Level 2 core formations!
Mingdu lives up to its reputation—what a surprise on the first day!
Originally planning to return to the hotel, Su Luoheng suddenly became interested again. Picking a target, he quickly moved toward the next soul device stall.
"I haven't learned this one."
"And this one too!"
"This one looks interesting. Let's analyze it."
"Analyze, analyze... analyze them all."
"..."
Strolling along the stalls on both sides of the street, Su Luoheng analyzed every soul device that caught his eye.
Along the way, Su Luoheng made quite a haul. To facilitate analyzing more soul device formations, he mostly chose sword-type melee soul devices that consumed the least soul power. Among them, he obtained eight Level 2 core formations and twelve Level 1 core formations.
At the same time, the projection of his martial soul gained quite a few new weapons.
For Su Luoheng, Mingdu was truly a wonderful place.
In just half an hour here, he had easily analyzed more core formations than he had learned in a week back home.
"That should be enough..."
"My soul power is almost depleted, so I'll stop here for today."
At a stall, Su Luoheng set down a soul device.
Although he had been choosing sword-type soul devices all along, continuously analyzing them had taken a toll on his own soul power.
Furthermore, even though the core formations obtained through analysis were directly memorized in his mind, he still needed some time to fully master and use these core formations.
Moreover, there were enough formations for him to digest for a while; he understood the principle of not biting off more than he could chew.
He could continue analyzing more once he had fully mastered these.
When it comes to soul devices, stalls are everywhere on the streets of Mingdu.
"It's time to go back and rest; I still have to enroll tomorrow~"
Thinking of this, Su Luoheng stretched, took a candied hawthorn from his ring, and walked toward the hotel while eating.
He had expended a lot of mental energy earlier, so he needed some sweets to replenish it. It definitely wasn't because he had a sweet tooth.
Su Luoheng: (-_-)
The night scene of Mingdu was quite unique.
The brightly lit long street was bustling with activity, and the shops along the roadside were crowded with people.
On his way back, he once again passed by the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
Even at night, under the embellishment of gold and silver patterns, the Sun Moon Empire's emblem of a golden sun and silver moon still emitted a gentle glow, exuding a sense of majesty and some noble aura.
The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy was undoubtedly the most outstanding national academy among the four empires.
It wasn't just a soul engineer academy; it represented the future path of soul masters.
Competing with Shrek Academy, which drew top talents from three nations, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy had already won with just its own national pool of talents.
Facing the grand gates of the academy, a flash of anticipation appeared in Su Luoheng's eyes.
He believed that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy would not disappoint his choice!
Just as Su Luoheng was about to turn and leave, his attention was suddenly drawn by a commotion behind him.
He saw the surrounding pedestrians hurriedly avoiding something, with screams and shouts echoing one after another. In an instant, the previously orderly street turned chaotic, with the crowd scattering in panic.
"People ahead, move out of the way quickly!"
"Hurry up and scatter; the horses in the back are startled and are rushing over here!"
"Huh?"
"What are you 'huh'-ing for? Run already!"
"…"
Seeing this, Su Luoheng followed a small group of people to take cover ahead.
Although he wasn't entirely sure what was happening, it was definitely a good idea to follow the crowd and run in this situation.
As he ran, he listened to the various conversations around him and quickly pieced together what had happened.
It turned out that a carriage in the middle of the main street had a problem. A silver-ringed horse had suddenly gone wild, breaking free from its reins and galloping uncontrollably down the street, much like a car suddenly losing control and careening through a busy city center.
Because of the sudden incident, the scene was chaotic, with pedestrians running around like headless chickens.
But it should be over soon; after all, this is the capital of the Sun Moon Empire.
There shouldn't be any major problems... right?
As he was fleeing, Su Luoheng thought this to himself.
Although he was confident he could handle the horse, even if he could stop it, the impact would be hard to take.
The best strategy was to avoid the horse's charge.
However, the sound of galloping hooves behind him was getting closer. Su Luoheng turned around and saw, to his dismay, that the silver-ringed horse was charging straight toward him, and its speed was increasing.
"Aw, come on!"
Su Luoheng cursed his bad luck under his breath, stuffed the candied hawthorn into his mouth, and sped up, running in the opposite direction.
'Can't beat you, but I can dodge you, can't I'?
When he glanced back, he saw that the silver-ringed horse wasn't behind him.
But just as Su Luoheng was catching his breath, the silver-ringed horse changed direction and charged toward him again.
"Damn it!"
This time, Su Luoheng couldn't help but curse out loud. What rotten luck today!
But all he could do was change direction again, thinking, "I refuse to believe I can't shake off this beast today!"
Yet this time, Su Luoheng had completely caught the horse's attention.
The horse had locked onto him and was following him persistently, like it had a GPS tracking system on him. No matter which direction Su Luoheng ran, the horse chased him, never slowing down.
Under normal circumstances, Su Luoheng wouldn't have had any trouble losing the horse.
The problem was that he had used up most of his soul power earlier to analyze the soul devices, and after running for so long, he was almost at his limit.
Fortunately, he wasn't slow himself, so the silver-ringed horse couldn't catch up to him just yet.
As long as he could hold on a bit longer, someone would likely come to handle the situation.
But before Su Luoheng could breathe a sigh of relief, a sudden flash of light appeared under the horse's hooves, and an invisible force grabbed his right foot.
The silver-ringed horse's innate ability: airflow manipulation.
It could accelerate itself and also affect its opponent like this.
"Oh no!"
Realizing he was being tripped up, Su Luoheng's heart sank. But everything happened so quickly that he had no time to react. He lost his balance and stumbled backward, the half-eaten candied hawthorn falling from his mouth.
Seeing the silver-ringed horse charging toward him, Su Luoheng had no choice but to use his last resort, the Ice Crystal Wrist Guard.
He wasn't sure how long the wrist guard could hold out.
"You beast, how dare you harm people!"
A sudden roar stopped Su Luoheng just as he was about to activate his shield. Looking up, he saw a burly man with an angry expression appear in front of him, raising his hand and striking the silver-ringed horse on the head.