Douluo Continent: The Book of Witness and Peerless Tang Sect

The sun had completely sunk below the horizon, and Long You could feel the mountain wind blowing against him growing icy cold, but even the coldest wind couldn't stop him from sweating. From the intelligence he had gathered earlier, he knew that the evil spirits living in that subspace were beyond his capabilities as a Soul Saint. This situation essentially meant that he was completely entrusting his life to someone else, which made Long You somewhat uncomfortable.

One step, two steps, Long You, who was fully activating his simulated soul skill, was already standing in the sensing array. According to the previous pattern, if he was judged to be an intruder, Long You should now be facing the attack of the evil spirit.

"Thump, thump"

The constantly beating heart in his chest revealed the essence of Long You's flesh and blood life. The cool night breeze was taking away the temperature in the mountains. Quiet, still quiet. In this place where the Holy Spirit Sect was based, even the chirping of insects was rare. Long You's footsteps were the loudest sound in this mountain basin at this moment.

"call--"

The breath that had been held back was released at this moment, and the moment he completely stepped out of the sensing array, the corners of Long You's mouth unconsciously began to turn up.

[Calm down! Calm down! The warehouse isn't open yet, and no one has left. This isn't the time to pop champagne!]

Taking a few deep breaths, Long You suppressed the sudden release of tension and the feeling of relief, and quickened his pace towards the concealed warehouse door in front of him.

"drop--"

The identity token was scanned through the identification device at the gate, and the warehouse door, which resembled a mountain wall, slid open silently. At this moment, Long You felt a great weight lifted from his heart.

Because the Holy Spirit Cult is very skilled in using flesh-and-blood and soul-based evil soul techniques, Long You was once worried that this warehouse might be equipped with biological DNA detection methods, and that the simulated soul skills might not be able to withstand it.

Fortunately, the Douluo Continent in this timeline doesn't seem to have any awareness of this kind of detection, so Long You was able to enter the warehouse smoothly.

The door slammed shut behind him, which was bad news for any intruder, as a closed door would increase the uncertainty of their escape. However, Long You couldn't afford to think about that now. Although the detection robot he had placed in the warehouse had relayed the situation inside to him during the few openings and closings of the door, Long You still felt a shortness of breath after entering the warehouse.

This difficulty breathing wasn't from the excitement of facing treasure, but rather the primal tremor of a creature confronting an existence far beyond its own strength. To be honest, the rare metals stored in this warehouse weren't abundant, and in terms of rarity, they were only mediocre. If these were all the rare metals, Long You might not have been willing to risk everything for them. What truly convinced Long You to steal the treasure was something of a different level—no, not a treasure, but a strategic threat—a level nine fixed-position soul-guided cannonball.

This kind of strategic weapon, similar to the Tsar Bomba, is something that Longyou cannot manufacture on its own, no matter the cost. If given the opportunity to acquire it as a trump card, Longyou would absolutely not give it up.

Whether it was because the manufacturers of these level-nine fixed-position soul-guided cannons were evil soul masters from the Holy Spirit Cult, in any case, just by facing these behemoths, Long You could feel the overwhelming bloody aura and the power that seemed capable of devouring souls.

Inside the massive warehouse that had hollowed out the entire mountain, besides hundreds of level-seven fixed-position soul-guided shells, fifty-six level-eight fixed-position soul-guided cannons, and about ten tons of rare metals, the remaining space was entirely occupied by sixteen level-nine fixed-position soul-guided shells.

Upon closer inspection, Long You determined that twelve of the sixteen level-nine fixed-position soul-guided cannonballs had incorporated the techniques of evil soul masters during their manufacture. Even without using them, simply possessing them for an extended period could potentially place a tremendous burden and have a significant impact on one's mental state. Only four were manufactured using normal soul master techniques. However, based on the differences in methods, Long You could not determine whether these four level-nine fixed-position soul-guided cannonballs were actually produced by the Holy Spirit Cult.

After taking a few more deep breaths, knowing that now was not a good time to stay and conduct research for a long time, Long You waved his hand and took out small remote-controlled soul-guided robots, each of which held a storage soul-guided device in its hand.

In order to prevent the warehouse from being equipped with a soul-guided mechanism that could immediately sound an alarm, attack, or even lock the warehouse door once the treasures are lost, Long You needs to open the warehouse door first. Then, at the moment the door opens, he needs to put everything into the storage soul-guided device. Then, taking advantage of the time it takes for the door to close, he needs to throw all the storage soul-guided devices out of the warehouse.

Silently counting down from five, Long You once again used his identity token to open the warehouse door. The door was only half open when Long You himself had already left the warehouse. The next second, most of the fixed-position soul-guided cannonballs and rare metals in the warehouse disappeared, leaving only three level-seven fixed-position soul-guided cannonballs and one level-nine fixed-position soul-guided cannonball that exuded a distinct bloody aura.

"Beep beep beep beep"

As Long You had anticipated, a piercing alarm blared throughout the warehouse, and a thick, ominous fog began to billow out, while the warehouse doors began to close rapidly. But it was too late. Having anticipated this, Long You used a net to catch the large number of storage soul tools launched from the warehouse by the remote-controlled soul-guided robot. He then propelled his soul-guided power mech forward, and with the synchronized action of his soul skills and soul tools, transformed into a streak of light, soaring directly into the extremely high northeastern sky.

As Long You soared into the sky, Di Tian, ​​Long Guozhang, and Zhang Lexuan, who had not yet entered the basin, also used their respective methods to bypass the place guarded by the evil spirit and accelerated their pursuit of Long You.

In the unknown underground area, the torch-shaped lighting soul guide emitted a flickering light, making the entire space even more eerie and sinister.

"Who dares to steal the treasures from the vault!"

A chilling, crazed female voice suddenly echoed throughout the space! A large number of men in black knelt on the ground like bats. Clearly, the owner of the voice possessed a power that could suppress everything and instill fear.

"Chase after him! I'll make that damned little thief experience the heat of hell!"

As the sound faded, the crowd in the underground space retreated like a tide, clearly following the instructions of the sound's owner to pursue the thief who had stolen the treasure.

Having already reached above the clouds, Long You was naturally unaware of what was happening in the underground space. However, out of caution, he placed all the storage soul tools containing the items from the warehouse into a box engraved with layers of forbidden runes, resembling a replica of the basement in the southern part of Mingdu City. Regardless of whether the items in the warehouse had any tracking signals, under this level of isolation, they would have absolutely no chance of being used.

Long You's caution paid off; before the group of men in black even left the underground space, they had already lost their sense of direction. Left with no other option, the men in black could only proceed to the basin where the warehouse was located, hoping to find some clues there.

More than half an hour later, Long You and his group, who had already left the borders of the Sun Moon Empire, saw their figures through the video surveillance soul tool they had left behind.

"Tsk! They're a bit slow! At this rate, who can they possibly catch?"

Having already entered the territory of the Star Luo Empire, and relying on the fact that he was surrounded by experts and had prepared gifts for them, Long You mercilessly taunted them.