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Celestial Soul Empire.
Royal Family.
"Vina, how is the Essence Sect's preparation this time?"
Unlike the Xingluo Empire, which was prepared to be a foil for Shrek, the Celestial Soul Empire was ambitious about this Soul Fighting Competition.
After all, with a true marital alliance with the Essence Sect, the Celestial Soul Royal Family's ambitions had further expanded.
Even if their nation's land area was far smaller than the Xingluo Empire, they could still stand toe-to-toe with Shrek and Mingde Hall in the Soul Fighting Competition!
Though it might not be highly effective, it could showcase some of the depth of the Celestial Soul Empire and warn the Sun and Moon Empire not to resort to desperate measures.
"Father, Ao Tian has already reached the Soul Saint Level and successfully obtained the Seventh Soul Ring. With a Soul Saint overseeing, coupled with the Essence Sect's combat skills, there is absolute hope to compete with Su Yu."
Five years ago, in that Soul Fighting Competition, Long Ao Tian was already engaged to Vina, and the relationship between the Essence Sect and the Celestial Soul Empire was good, but since only academy teams were participating, Long Ao Tian did not participate.
Long Ao Tian was already at the level close to Soul Emperor back then, and now he has reached Soul Saint.
Such formidable cultivation, coupled with his birth in the Essence Sect and Silver Level Martial Soul awakening for the second time, Vina has full confidence in him.
Moreover, she's with him.
Twin Martial Souls, Six-Ring Soul Emperor...
Sun and Moon Empire, Mingdu.
After Su Yu arranged the matter of the Holy Soul Grass, he began his regular cultivation.
Time quickly passed in these two months.
Su Yu was lucky enough to complete the creation of the second Ninth-level Soul-guided Beam Cannon in the first month. Its size is much smaller than the first Ninth-level Soul-guided Cannon he made, just about two meters long, so an ordinary Soul Master can easily carry it on the shoulder.
Additionally, the Soul-guided Beam Cannon significantly reduced recoil, making it usable in actual combat.
However, Su Yu does not intend to bring this Soul-guided Beam Cannon to the tournament site.
In the second month, Su Yu didn't rush to make a third Ninth-level Soul-guiding Device. Instead, he started constructing the framework for his future Super Battle Armor.
Two successful creations allowed Su Yu to accumulate some experience.
The most important thing is that his technological understanding was verified in the production of the two Ninth-level Soul-guiding Devices; his understanding was completely correct.
Since there was no problem with theoretical understanding, it was naturally possible to begin constructing the core array for the Super Battle Armor.
Su Yu bypassed the technical issues of Domain and Virtual Soul Core, planning to first build the framework.
After a month of modifying, in the vast core array rune system, exhausting tremendous energy, Su Yu finally managed to establish the framework.
"Does the Hall Master have something?"
Su Yu rubbed his forehead, feeling dizzy throughout the past month.
Luckily, the Qing Ming runes allowed him to recover his energy quickly.
With extraordinary comprehension, he thinks quickly, but the key is that the same thought process compressed into shorter time increases pressure on the will.
Genius?
A genius may not always walk the right path upon facing a difficult problem.
Often, a genius needs to traverse through wrong paths repeatedly, find the error nodes, and then look for new roads again.
The difference is they calculate quickly, think rapidly, and begin verifying the next idea systematically once they find the errors.
Some geniuses might even explain why what they did didn't work.
They do things quickly, but that doesn't mean they lack thought.
Su Yu is like this, especially in constructing core arrays where intuition isn't a truth; he needs to constantly trim the framework of his future Super Battle Armor to suit himself. Difficulties may arise during construction, or new ideas may come up, taking him back to square one.
Mirror Hongchen smiled appreciatively as he looked at Su Yu.
It was his first time seeing Su Yu in this form.
This period truly involved diligent cultivation.
Su Yu: ???
Haven't I always been cultivating diligently?
...
"Ahem, gathering you all this time is to give you an assignment. At the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy, an arena is now set up, and your task is to defeat all grades in the academy, regardless of age!"
Mirror Hongchen's words caused a small commotion among the fourteen people.
What?
Fighting amongst ourselves?
What kind of bizarre method is this?
Mirror Hongchen continued, "Beat them soundly, defeat them easily; I want you to defeat them in the areas they excel most!"
Su Yu showed a look of interest.
He roughly guessed Mirror Hongchen's intentions, since if reforms are needed, first everyone must understand why the reform is necessary.
Because he's powerful!
Undoubtedly, before the Battle Armor emerges, beating them once, followed by using this technology to prove in the Soul Fighting Competition that Armor Masters are powerful, even the strongest across the entire Douluo Continent.
This fosters a stronger recognition among the academy students for Armor Masters.
No wonder Mirror Hongchen has been the Mingde Hall Master for decades; he has some management talent.
Coincidentally, this month has been a bit too busy. Watching the match can be a form of relaxation.
Su Yu felt fairly calm inside, but the other thirteen seemed dazed.
Even Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen couldn't comprehend their grandfather's intentions.
However, fortunately, they weren't required to participate.
"This task is primarily handed over to Xiao Ping, Shi Xing, and Zhou Xinghao — you three, Su Yu Huo Yuhao, and Xiaomeng will not take action. Should an unexpected situation arise, Huo Yuhao is permitted to intervene."
Although citing the strategy for unexpected situations, Mirror Hongchen's tone obviously didn't want the three to fail, resulting in Huo Yuhao stepping in.
Five-Ring Soul King, plus the almost finished Battle Armor, ranked top among Soul Emperors, even assisted by other Soul-guiding Devices; without considering True Form of the Martial Soul, they could even challenge Soul Saints.
"You seven, without Battle Armor yet, don't need to act." Mirror Hongchen looked at the seven slightly smaller reserve team members, assigning them a different task, "You will also be on-site, responsible for correcting the mistakes of those three during battles."
Even with tremendous strength, errors can occur during combat.
The Battle Armor, freshly made, needs adaptation to fit the combat mode.
The upcoming month will be focused on that.
And adapting to what aspects?
Today's battle aims to clarify that.
The graduation threshold at Sun and Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy is fairly lenient, with some students even being 25 or 26 years old; Soul Emperors or sixth-level Soul Guides are not uncommon among them.
Today's battles will expose several gaps in using Battle Armor for combat.
"This is the Sixth-level Soul-guiding Device I made, enabling better visibility of their combat intricacies and identifying any inappropriate responses."
Mirror Hongchen handed seven soul-guiding devices resembling goggles to the reserve team members.
Can't see their moves?
I equipped you with tools so you can keep up.