A New System Mission!
Xiao Hongchen's shock lasted for a long time.
He just stood there blankly, his mouth slightly agape, staring at the bottomless hole blasted out by the fifth-rank soul cannon.
His mind was a complete blank.
It wasn't until Jing Hongchen's voice rang out that he was pulled back to reality.
"Perfect."
Jing Hongchen stroked the newly born soul cannon, the admiration in his eyes unconcealed.
"Whether it's the stability of the energy circuits or the efficiency of the spirit power amplification, it far exceeds the scope of an ordinary fifth-rank spirit tool."
"This work of Little Yuan's can be called a masterpiece."
Xiao Hongchen finally snapped out of it.
He looked at Liu Yuan, his gaze filled with pure admiration, and even a hint of... looking up to him.
"Brother Liu Yuan... you... you really are a monster."
He struggled for a long time before finally squeezing out those words.
He truly didn't know how else to describe it.
Meng Hongchen also leaned in, her beautiful eyes sparkling as she looked at Liu Yuan, full of worship.
"Brother Liu Yuan, you're too amazing! It's even higher quality than the fifth-rank spirit tools my grandfather makes!"
Liu Yuan shook his head at her words and said to Meng Hongchen with mock annoyance:
"Little Meng, don't talk nonsense. Compared to the Dean, I'm still far off."
"I'm just a mere Fifth-rank Soul Engineer."
Jing Hongchen laughed heartily, but at the same time, he gave him a deep look.
Not arrogant or impetuous, with a steady Heart-Nature.
This child's future is limitless!
"Alright, that's enough for today."
Jing Hongchen was in a great mood and waved his hand grandly.
"To celebrate your successful promotion to Fifth-rank Soul Engineer, come, it's my treat! You can eat whatever you want!"
...
For a period of time after that.
Liu Yuan's life returned once again to the peaceful rhythm of Cultivation and crafting.
Since he had successfully been promoted to a Fifth-rank Soul Engineer, he naturally had to start custom-making a brand new set of soul equipment for himself.
The first thing he manufactured was a defensive spirit tool.
An unremarkable-looking black bracelet.
But inside it, complex fifth-rank defensive formations were inscribed.
Once it detected approaching aggressive spirit power fluctuations, it would instantly and automatically activate a high-intensity fifth-rank spirit power protective shield.
With it, Liu Yuan's survivability in battle would be greatly enhanced.
Subsequently.
He manufactured a melee attack spirit tool for himself.
soul tool brass knuckles.
Also fifth-rank.
Wearing them, every punch Liu Yuan threw would carry terrifying spirit power vibrations and piercing effects.
This was to make up for his weakness in lacking killing power during close-quarters combat.
...
At this moment.
Inside the spirit tool testing grounds.
Liu Yuan and Xiao Hongchen were standing together, testing these two newly finished spirit tools.
"Are you ready, Xiao?"
Liu Yuan shook the black bracelet on his wrist.
"Bring it on!"
Xiao Hongchen took a deep breath, his expression solemn.
He knew Liu Yuan had become stronger again, but he also wanted to know exactly how much stronger.
"Watch this!"
Xiao Hongchen gave a low shout, and his Spirit was immediately summoned!
Gun barrels aimed directly at Liu Yuan in front of him.
Then, Xiao Hongchen controlled the spirit power in his body, injecting it into his spirit tools, and one energy cannon blast after another shot out!
"Buzz—"
The black bracelet on Liu Yuan's wrist suddenly lit up with a glow!
A translucent energy shield instantly enveloped him!
The energy cannon blasts impacted the shield, only stirring up a few ripples before being completely blocked out.
"What?!"
Xiao Hongchen was greatly shocked.
It blocked it just like that?
"It's not over yet!"
He shouted and took out one of his own fifth-rank spirit tool energy cannons.
After aiming at Liu Yuan again, he began to fire frantically.
"Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!"
A series of dense, crisp sounds rang out.
Those powerful energy cannon blasts were still unable to break through the defense of this spirit tool.
"This defense..."
Xiao Hongchen watched, dumbfounded.
This is cheating!
"My turn."
Liu Yuan's voice rang out.
He stepped forward, his whole body like an arrow leaving the string, instantly rushing in front of Xiao Hongchen.
So fast!
Xiao Hongchen's pupils shrank, and he instinctively wanted to retreat.
But it was too late.
Liu Yuan threw a punch, the ferocious soul tool brass knuckles on his fist flashing with a dangerous light.
He didn't aim this punch at Xiao Hongchen.
Instead, it grazed past his body and slammed into an alloy testing target behind him.
"Boom—!!!"
A loud explosion.
That half-meter thick special alloy target shattered upon impact!
Blown into pieces!
Xiao Hongchen stared blankly at the fragments all over the ground, cold sweat instantly streaming down his forehead.
He had no doubt.
If that punch had hit him just now...
He swallowed hard and raised his hands.
"Stop! Stop! I'm done! I'm done!"
Xiao Hongchen had a look of utter despair.
"You guy, you're getting more and more ridiculous now."
"No need to test anymore!"
"Truly invincible!"
And just at this moment.
A clear and pleasant voice came over.
"Brother, Brother Liu Yuan, so you're both here."
The two of them looked back.
They saw Meng Hongchen walking quickly toward them.
"Meng."
Xiao Hongchen waved his hand weakly.
As soon as Meng Hongchen arrived, she brought a piece of heavy news.
"I have something to tell you."
Her face carried a hint of excitement.
"School officially starts tomorrow!"
"And, I just got news from Grandfather."
"This time when school starts, we won't be going straight to class."
"Instead, a school-wide student tournament will be held!"
Hearing this, Xiao Hongchen suddenly perked up.
"A school-wide tournament? Why?"
Meng Hongchen explained.
"Because the academy's higher-ups want to observe everyone's performance through this tournament."
"Then, from among us, they will select the most outstanding group of students to represent our Sun Moon Royal Academy..."
"To participate in the upcoming All-Continent High-Rank Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament!"
"Boom!"
This news was like a clap of thunder.
It exploded in the hearts of Xiao Hongchen and Liu Yuan.
"Great!"
Xiao Hongchen pumped his fist and shouted excitedly.
"I've been waiting for this!"
"This time, I must be selected!"
"I'm going to personally meet those guys from Shrek Academy and let them know who the number one academy on the continent really is!"
Liu Yuan was equally excited.
His heart began to race at this moment.
Finally...
Is it finally coming!
Ever since he unlocked that new mission in the Extreme North Land;
He had been waiting for this day to arrive.
Now, the time to determine the candidates had finally come!
Next time, what kind of Spirit Martial Soul would he obtain?
Liu Yuan had always been very curious about this.
Furthermore, defeating Shrek in the Soul Master Tournament and giving Xuan Zi a hard time was something he was very happy to see.
Liu Yuan couldn't help but smile.
And just at this time.
That familiar and cold mechanical voice rang out in his mind.
[Ding, congratulations Host, you have unlocked a limited-time mission.]
[Mission: Win the championship of this internal academy tournament and become the captain of the Sun Moon Team!]
[The reward is...]
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