Douluo Jueshi: Picking up Firefly at the Beginning

Chapter 157 Large and Small Mechas

"Thanks to the help of you two, the progress of the humanoid soul guide is very fast."

Jing Hongchen first thanked Liuxing and Liuying for their help, then shook his head and said, "The large mecha is still in the experimental stage and still some distance away from success. However, the small mecha is progressing very quickly thanks to your participation. I believe it won't be long before we can go into mass production."

Jing Hongchen was all smiles. He had been receiving good news recently, which put him in a very good mood. He even forgot about the several ninth-level soul guides that Shrek had taken away from him.

Although he suffered a great loss, he also retaliated. The news that Shrek Academy was attacked by a mysterious person did not spread out, and few people knew about it. After all, this was a matter of reputation for Shrek Academy, and they would not let such a thing spread throughout the continent.

But how could Jing Hongchen, the instigator, not know? He also knew the losses of Shrek Academy and the Holy Spirit Church.

Shrek Academy lost Ma Xiaotao, while the Holy Spirit Church lost one Titled Douluo and five Soul Douluos.

Eleven people went, and only five survived.

This news has made Jing Hongchen in a good mood these days. Although the Holy Spirit Church has a cooperative relationship with them, Jing Hongchen does not like evil soul masters. He hopes that the Holy Spirit Church and Shrek Academy will both suffer losses.

This is also the reason why these people turn a blind eye to the evil soul masters. The Holy Spirit Church can help them deal with the difficult Shrek Academy.

"You two little ones need to work hard. Once this small mecha is perfected and passes actual combat testing, it can be put into mass production. The Empire will also begin to form the Molten Knights. The old teacher has reserved the positions of leader and vice-leader of the Molten Knights for you two."

Jing Hongchen smiled and said that although the Molten Knights had no connection at all, many people were eyeing them. The princes and dukes of the Sun and Moon Empire were all envious of the Molten Knights who possessed the most advanced technology of Mingde Hall.

Everyone knows that once the Molten Knights are formed, their power is likely to surpass the Four Beast King Soul Instructor Corps in the Hand of the Nation, or even the strongest Royal Soul Instructor Corps.

If Kong Deming hadn't endorsed them, the Molten Knights would never have had the chance to recruit the two young men, Meteor and Firefly.

Although the plan calls for two people to hold the positions of leader and vice-leader, the Molten Knights are now just a title.

It will take a lot of time to successfully form it. Meteor and Firefly still have time to grow. Otherwise, even with the support of Kong Deming, Jing Hongchen and others, it is impossible for two teenage boys and girls to have the turn to form such an important mecha legion.

It would be the same even if these two boys and girls were peerless geniuses that appeared once in a thousand years.

It is conceivable that when the Molten Knights are formed, the competition for the positions of leader and vice-leader will be fierce.

However, in addition to this small mecha, more people are eyeing the large mecha.

But large mechas are the exclusive property of the royal family, and the Xu family cannot let anyone else control this power.

Of course, this is all later. Now, neither large nor small mechas have reached the stage where they can be tested in actual combat.

Soon, Liuxing and Liuying were possessed by their martial spirits and cooperated with several ninth-level soul instructors to conduct research.

Whether it is a small mecha or a large mecha, they all refer to the martial spirits of the two people. Before the two people appeared, Mingdetang had actually been researching humanoid soul guides, but the progress was slow.

It was not until these two people joined that the progress was accelerated.

Liuxing and the other two also received a lot of resources and financial rewards because of joining this research.

“Boom, boom, boom, boom.”

At this moment, four consecutive roars sounded simultaneously in the huge Mingdetang experimental base. The terrifying explosive force instantly set off a nearly destructive shock wave inside.

As the vibrations and explosions were heard, the expressions of everyone who was studying the mecha changed.

"You two hide here and don't go out. I will activate the defense mechanism. Everyone else, follow me out."

Jing Hongchen reacted quickly, issued an order instantly, and rushed out of the laboratory with Ma Lao and several other ninth-level soul masters.

As the black metal door closed, defensive soul guides were activated one after another, and the entire center of the laboratory was protected by a powerful soul guide shield.

Meteor and Firefly looked at each other, both a little surprised. Who was so brave as to attack Mingde Hall, and apparently even got in?

This is really strange.

At the same time, in the Mingde Hall dormitory of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy, Gu Yuena heard Di Tian's voice.

"Master, there's been an invasion of the Mingde Hall underground base. There are a large number of them, including seven Titled Douluo and over a dozen Soul Douluo. They seem to be heading for that little guy."

Gu Yuena's face changed. If she remembered correctly, Liuxing and Liuying had just entered the underground of Mingde Hall!

"Di Tian, ​​take someone to bring that child back. Don't let anyone snatch her away. By the way..."

"Lord?"

There was doubt in Di Tian's tone. What was he doing by the way?
"Forget it, just bring the person back, and don't interfere in other matters."

Gu Yuena shook her head and said that Liuxing and Liuying should be fine. They are very important to Mingdetang now and will definitely be given special protection. Besides, those people are not targeting them.

In Mingde Hall, the sudden explosion caught everyone off guard. Four balls of light from the explosion appeared in four directions, but they were all located where the most researchers gathered.

The explosion occurred so suddenly that the soul masters at the core of the explosion did not even have time to react.

At least hundreds of soul masters were instantly vaporized at the beginning of the explosion.

Hundreds of laboratory tables were torn apart by the terrifying explosion force, and metal fragments flew everywhere, turning into the most terrifying metal frenzy.

The screams mixed with the smell of blood spread outward like a blowout under the influence of the terrifying shock wave.

The horrific explosion caused the ground to shake violently. More than one-third of the people in the huge underground soul guide device manufacturing base were affected, resulting in heavy casualties.

The soul masters' survivability was demonstrated at this time. Although one-third of the soul masters in the core of the explosion were affected, the only ones who actually died were the hundreds of soul masters who failed to react in time.

The other soul masters activated their own protective soul guides the moment they reacted, which was when the superiority of the trigger-type defensive soul guides was demonstrated. If those hundreds of soul masters had triggered-type defensive soul guides, they would not have died.

Although the explosion was sudden, its intensity was not particularly high. If it had not been so sudden, all soul masters would have been able to ensure their survival.

The bad thing was that the attack was too sudden. Many soul engineers were concentrating on carving the core formation. How could they have expected that they would be attacked in Mingde Hall?

As the explosion ended, a series of figures suddenly emerged from the ground. These people were all dressed in black and were extremely agile. After appearing, they immediately attacked the surroundings.

If you look down from the air, you can see that at the four locations of the explosion, there is a huge hole with a diameter of more than ten meters. These men in black crawled out of the hole. Not only were they well prepared, but they were also extremely powerful. Once they made a move, they set off a bloody storm.

A rough estimate shows that there are hundreds of men in black emerging from the ground. Each of them is extremely powerful, and none of them has a cultivation base lower than that of a Soul Saint. Among them there are even dozens of Soul Douluo and several Titled Douluo.

Almost as soon as they appeared, they each used their own martial spirit to wreak havoc and destroy the Mingdetang underground base.

The soul masters present were no pushovers either. Although they were caught off guard by the sudden attack, they were also the elites of Mingde Hall and immediately launched a counterattack.

But there was still a gap in strength. Just as a fifth-level soul engineer was about to launch his soul guide, he saw a burly man in black suddenly expand his right arm and turn it into a giant fist. With one punch, he blasted the fifth-level soul engineer into pieces, and blood rained all over the sky.

"Body Sect? Are they from the Body Sect?"

Several knowledgeable soul masters exclaimed at this time that the characteristics of the Body Sect were too obvious and they would be recognized quickly once the battle began.

"Body Sect, why did they attack Mingde Hall?"

At this time, Meteor turned on the monitoring equipment in the laboratory, saw the battle on the screen, and looked puzzled.

Liuying patted Liuxing's shoulder and pointed to one of the pictures.

Liuxing turned his head and saw that it was a closed secret room. Inside the secret room, a figure was bound by chains. It was the 100,000-year-old transformed soul beast that Xiao Hongchen bought at the Starlight Auction House for a huge price, a little girl with blue hair and white clothes.

"So that's how it is. The Body Sect's goal is the hundred thousand year spirit ring and spirit bone!"

Liuxing showed a look of realization. No wonder the Body Sect made such a big move. As everyone knows, in order to obtain a hundred thousand year soul ring and soul bone, the Body Sect once hunted seven hundred thousand year soul beasts in succession in the Star Dou Great Forest, triggering a beast tide.

Given the arrogant style of the Body Sect, it is normal for them to come and snatch it after knowing that Mingde Hall has a 100,000-year-old transformed soul beast.

Watching the video of the crazy killing and amazing combat power of the soul masters of the Body Sect, Liu Xing frowned and felt a dislike for the Body Sect. Among those soul masters who were killed, there were also people he knew. Although their relationship was not that close, watching them being killed still made him very uncomfortable.

But he would not show off his strength. Among those who came to attack from the Body Sect this time, the weakest ones were Soul Saints, and their body martial souls were very strong, not inferior to the top beast martial souls.

If he and Liuying team up and don't use their trump cards, they can only stop one or two Soul Saints. They can't play any role at all, so they won't go out to cause trouble for Jing Hongchen and others.

The Body Sect attacked ruthlessly. In just a short while, hundreds of soul masters died. Although the soul masters were also resisting, they were suddenly attacked by the soul masters of the Body Sect. They could not play the advantages of soul masters at all. In addition, the difference in strength was too great, and they were crushed in a moment.

Moreover, the people from the Body Sect were simply destroying things. Those precious laboratory tables were constantly broken in their hands like they were made of paper. In just a short while, the damage caused could no longer be measured in monetary terms.

Looking at the experimental base being constantly destroyed, Liuxing felt a little distressed. How much money would be lost!
Although the money is not his.

Mingdetang, as the most powerful soul guide research institute on the continent, is definitely not easy to deal with.

After a brief panic, Mingdetang's counterattack began amid the piercing sirens.

Huge soul guides protruded from the dome. These soul guides were spiral-shaped, more than five meters long, and two meters in diameter at the thickest part. They coiled upwards with blue-purple light, and the sharp tips of the front began to shoot out purple lasers crazily and rapidly, as if they had eyes, bombarding the people of the Body Sect.

At the beginning, the strong men of the Body Sect did not take it seriously and tried to resist with their powerful soul power, but they soon found something wrong.

These purple lights that fell from the sky landed on their bodies, instantly generating terrifying electric currents. Although their soul power defenses could block the damage from the electric currents, they would inevitably be temporarily paralyzed.

Even a Titled Douluo elder of the Body Sect fell into a temporary paralysis after being attacked by dozens of purple lights.

The soul masters who had retreated to the surrounding areas began to launch crazy attacks on them, and the strong men of the Body Sect finally began to suffer casualties.

After being paralyzed, several Soul Saints could only watch as the soul guide cannons fell on them. Amidst the violent explosions, broken limbs flew everywhere.

At this moment, a figure appeared out of nowhere and flashed into the air. Chased by countless purple lights, he seemed to become illusory and flashed all over the place. No purple light could fall on him.

Immediately afterwards, the entire dome was completely covered by a green poisonous cloud. Under the cover of the terrifying green poisonous cloud, all the soul guides on the dome were melted.

"Go." The figure stood still in the air and waved his hands. Suddenly, the melted green venom flew in all directions and attacked the surrounding soul masters.

"If the poison doesn't kill you, you're seeking death."

A loud shout was heard, and a layer of crimson light instantly expanded horizontally, blocking the large amount of green venom.

Deep in the underground base, dozens of figures came flying, and the one in front was none other than Jing Hongchen, the leader of Mingde Hall.

When Jing Hongchen saw the mess in the underground base, he was furious. No matter how hard he tried, he was still a step too late.

Mingde Hall had never suffered such a severe blow since its establishment. Looking around, the corpses of Mingde Hall's soul guides were everywhere.

Compared with the damage to the equipment, the death of these elite soul guides of Mingde Hall was what distressed him the most.

It is very difficult to train an excellent soul guide. The so-called excellence does not mean that you are good at fighting, but your talent and spirituality in studying soul guides.

For the Sun-Moon Empire, soul mentors are also divided into research-type and combat-type. Undoubtedly, research-type soul mentors are the real treasures of the Sun-Moon Empire.

And in this underground base, most of them are research-type soul masters!

Seeing such a tragic scene, Jing Hongchen's heart was bleeding.

(End of this chapter)