Douluo: In an extraordinary world, with unparallel understanding!

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"As expected of Old Kong; his arrangements for the core formation are far more reasonable than mine," Xuan Ziwen sighed.

He was an avid fan of Old Kong and held him in blind admiration.

Old Kong's handling of the core formation in the mid-level soul armor design had greatly benefited Xuan Ziwen.

Xuan Ziwen's own designs were not without merit, especially his deeper insights into the internal structure of soul armor.

Old Kong's research appeared more tailored for Su Yu and himself, as the mid-level and high-level soul armors were not very versatile. Many of the structures seemed only suitable for the specific needs of the master and disciple.

Xuan Ziwen, on the other hand, had researched with the intention of benefiting a broader group of soul masters, making his approach to the core formation more inclusive and adaptable.

Su Yu did not spend much more time on the research.

After handing over the mid-level soul armor techniques developed by his teacher to Xuan Ziwen, he began focusing on other aspects of his cultivation.

These included training his soul skills, perfecting his rune drawings, researching methods to increase the age of his soul rings, and creating soul tools.

With the addition of his basic soul armor, Su Yu's overall strength had become nearly invincible among soul emperors. Especially after his journey to Longgu, his physical constitution had been greatly enhanced. His vitality was now tremendously robust, and his mental power had surged to double its previous strength, making the creation of soul tools more effortless.

He first honed his ability to craft sixth-grade soul tools.

He had already fully absorbed the theory of sixth-grade tools over the past six months and had even created a set of sixth-grade wings, which were incorporated into his basic soul armor.

Now, he was refining his skill in crafting soul tools.

At the same time, he was striving for the title of seventh-grade soul master.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

Su Yu successfully became a seventh-grade soul master.

Meanwhile, Xiao Hongchen, aided by the basic soul armor Su Yu had created, became a sixth-grade soul master.

Upon hearing the news of Su Yu's advancement to seventh-grade soul master, Xiao Hongchen was devastated.

He turned around and left, retreating to study the theory behind seventh-grade soul tools in hopes of quickly advancing to become a seventh-grade soul master.

With Su Yu achieving the rank of seventh-grade soul master, Xuan Ziwen also successfully digested Old Kong's techniques and solidified the foundation of the mid-level soul armor theory.

Su Yu, in turn, began designing for himself using the available techniques.

Meanwhile, an intelligence report from Kong Deming brought Su Yu great joy.

(Regarding the Blue Silver Emperor's inheritance, I can only write based on my understanding. The original work in Douluo's first part suggests there can only be one, with one dying and another naturally evolving in its place. However, in Douluo's second part, when Huo Yuhao found the Blue Silver Emperor, it was stated that Ah Yin had pure blood from the Blue Silver Royal family, which contradicts the first setting. I'm following my own interpretation here.)

The report stated that traces of the Blue Silver Emperor had been found in a valley outside Tianhai City.

The bad news was that this Blue Silver Emperor might have reached the terrifying cultivation of 190,000 years.

However, Su Yu was not concerned about the age of the Blue Silver Emperor.

In fact, the 190,000 years of cultivation was even better.

This was because the next step would be the 200,000-year soul ring, which comes from a terrifying beast soul ring.

If it could not advance further, wouldn't that be the perfect opportunity for Su Yu?

The flaw in the Soul Spirit method was exactly this.

Old Yi had already begun to develop a soul spirit contract formation.

"First, let's finalize the mid-level soul armor research."

Strictly speaking, Su Yu's constitution was more than capable of absorbing a soul beast of 120,000 to 130,000 years.

With the support of his vitality and the enhancement of the soul armor, combined with his spiritual power and other factors, merging the 190,000-year Blue Silver Emperor into the Soul Spirit method was no problem.

"And that Thunderous Hell Prison Vine... I wonder how long it will take to find it."

Su Yu's Blue Silver Grass already possessed extremely strong vitality, having reached the peak of life's attributes. To make further progress, apart from amplifying the Blue Silver Grass itself, which meant absorbing the soul ring of the Blue Silver Emperor, the most effective method he could think of was the power of rebirth through destruction.

Fortunately, such a soul beast, struggling at the edge of destruction to grasp a sliver of life, existed in the Douluo Continent.

The Thunderous Hell Prison Vine was a soul beast at the pinnacle of the plant-type category, possessing innate intelligence. When it first grew, it resembled a small bamboo shoot with only a single segment. It could only be found in places with heavy lightning.

The Thunderous Hell Prison Vine's cultivation increased through trials by thunder and lightning, and it possessed terrifying destructive power. A 10,000-year Thunderous Hell Prison Vine was enough to change the weather, bringing down thunder and wreaking havoc with the power of lightning.

However, due to its nature, the Thunderous Hell Prison Vine was constantly on the brink of self-destruction.

Weaker Thunderous Hell Prison Vines might collapse after 8,000 or 9,000 years under the pressure of lightning.

Stronger Thunderous Hell Prison Vines, on the other hand, might manage to endure and grow into 10,000-year soul beasts.

But very few Thunderous Hell Prison Vines have reached a cultivation age of over 50,000 years.

70,000 years might be the theoretical maximum, and 100,000 years is nearly impossible.

After considering these soul beasts, Su Yu immediately used his teacher's authority to search for relevant information in the Soul Beast Intelligence Database of the Sun Moon Empire.

He found several possible locations where Thunderous Hell Prison Vines of about 50,000 years might be located.

The Thunderous Hell Prison Vine and the Soul Spirit method were the perfect match.

As long as a soul master is powerful enough, it's entirely feasible to feed the Thunderous Hell Prison Vine with a massive amount of lightning in a short time, absorbing its soul ring before it self-destructs.

Su Yu's thoughts were clear.

"First, create the mid-level soul armor. Once it's done, I'll go find the Blue Silver Emperor and have a talk."

The creation of the mid-level soul armor was much more difficult; Su Yu had to craft and design it himself.

Su Yu successfully broke through to the seventh-grade soul master level.

However, creating a seventh-grade soul tool was already a challenge beyond his current level, and the pressure was immense.

Arriving at the imperial family's rear mountains, Su Yu began creating his mid-level soul armor with Kong Deming's assistance.

"Spiritual Formation!"

After forging and carving the rare metal, Su Yu sketched out the Spiritual Formation and began refining it again through smelting.

With his mental power guiding the process, the spiritual forging was successfully completed with ease.

"Fusion Formation!"

Su Yu drew a core formation in the air, and with a slash of the Soul Blade, he drew blood, which merged into the formation as his wound healed.

The formation fused into the awakened rare metal alloy before him.

As the formation fused, Su Yu felt an odd sensation—he had formed a contract with the alloy in front of him.

His spiritual power merged with it, and with a thought, the rare metal transformed into a sphere of light and entered Su Yu's body.

Su Yu closed his eyes and sensed the alloy's presence alongside his martial soul, in addition to his soul rings.

Once again, he focused his mental power and summoned the alloy back into existence before him.

"On Douluo Continent, martial souls are the intermediary between the soul and the body.

Soul rings serve as the bridge between the martial soul and the body, placing more emphasis on the requirements for the physical form.

However, using a blood contract to bind a soul armor will begin to place a burden on your mental power.

In the future, soul spirits will work in a similar way."

Old Yi reminded Su Yu that, just as the body's physical capacity has limits, there would come a time when mental power would also reach its full capacity.

"Old Yi, don't worry. The spiritual essence of the rare metal I've initially awakened isn't strong, so the burden on me won't be too great for now."

(End of Chapter)