Peerless: Everyone's Transmigrated, Who's Still Going to Be Tang San's Son-in-Law?

Chapter 260 Split Operations

Chapter 260 Split Operations

"Oh no, a blood sacrifice!"

Huo Yuhao slapped his forehead, only then remembering that a blacksmith's first thousand-forged work seemed to be blessed with some kind of destiny, with an extremely high probability of developing special characteristics, and in Douluo Continent III, it always required a blood sacrifice.

The next moment, Huo Yuhao arrived at Ji Juechen's side almost in the blink of an eye. A small knife had appeared in his hand at some point, and with a swift movement, he slashed at Ji Juechen's wrist.

A spurt of blood sprayed out, landing right on the shimmering silver meteorite.

Amid Jing Ziyan's exclamation, blood fell into the silver light, making a hissing sound, with wisps of green smoke swirling around it.

The fiery red color faded at an alarming speed, along with the silver light.

"Phew, thankfully I made it in time."

Huo Yuhao gently wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

No wonder Huo Yuhao was completely unprepared.

Who would have thought that someone could not only complete a hundred forgings in one go on their first attempt at forging, but also manage to complete a thousand forgings?

This record is outrageous, even by the standards of Dou Sanli.

What are you doing?

Jing Ziyan only realized what was happening at this moment, and looked at Huo Yuhao with a dissatisfied expression.

Huo Yuhao said playfully, "Oh, feeling sorry for her? Ji Juechen, you'd better come and take care of your Jing Ziyan."

Jing Ziyan's face instantly turned red, and she stammered, not knowing what to say.

He turned to look at Ji Juechen, but Ji Juechen was staring intently at the Thousand-Refined Meteorite Iron in front of him, seemingly not having heard Huo Yuhao's words.

Seeing Jing Ziyan's expression turn noticeably colder, Huo Yuhao shook his head slightly.

If someone wants to achieve their goal, they have a long and arduous road ahead.

Stepping forward, Huo Yuhao gently patted Ji Juechen's shoulder: "Brother Ji, a blacksmith's first thousand-refinement work has a high probability of developing special properties. Quickly check what the properties of your work are!"

Ji Juechen gently picked up the cooled thousand-forged meteorite iron and carefully felt its texture.

The next moment, the sound of muscles tensing came as Ji Juechen gripped the Thousand-Refined Meteorite Iron tightly.

"When faced with something strong, it becomes strong."

Ji Juechen frowned slightly and said, "The greater the force applied to him, the harder he becomes. Conversely, if the force applied is insufficient, he will be no different from normal meteorite iron."

"This is good stuff."

Huo Yuhao raised an eyebrow slightly; this characteristic had a non-Newtonian fluid feel to it.

but……

Huo Yuhao looked at the storage ring.

Why does it look a bit like that thing?

Shaking his head slightly, Huo Yuhao asked again, "But is there a limit to this characteristic?"

Ji Juechen shook his head, indicating that he did not know.

"Alright, let's leave it at that. If we really want to test the limits, we shouldn't use this piece. Considering Brother Ji's forging style, it's most suitable to use this piece of thousand-refined meteorite iron to forge a forging hammer that belongs to Brother Ji. A suitable forging hammer can enable a blacksmith to perform at an extraordinary level."

After a night, with Huo Yuhao's help, Ji Juechen finally had his own forging hammer. He then tried to forge it a thousand times, but only succeeded once out of ten attempts.

On the one hand, it was due to the immaturity of the technology. In Huo Yuhao's observation, Ji Juechen had many problems in his forging process.

Secondly, and most fatally, not all meteorite iron can withstand Ji Juechen's violent forging method. Ji Juechen is not forging, but rather selecting meteorite iron that is worthy of him.

Huo Yuhao had also raised concerns, suggesting that Ji Juechen change his forging style.

After all, spirit forging is not the same as thousand-fold forging. Once spirit forging fails, the rare metal will be completely ruined.

However, Ji Juechen firmly replied that his sword could withstand it.

After that, Huo Yuhao said no more, only explaining some knowledge about spirit forging, and then let Ji Juechen figure it out on his own.

When Huo Yuhao left the undead demiplane and returned to his dormitory, the sky was already faintly turning light.

"We're going back soon..."

Huo Yuhao sighed and began cultivating the Purple Demon Eye.

Huo Yuhao had neglected some of the other techniques of the Tang Sect, but he had devoted a great deal of effort to the Purple Demon Eye.

In the absence of Electrolux, the Purple Demon Eye is the most suitable secret technique for Huo Yuhao's spiritual power cultivation, and it may even be beneficial to the improvement of the essence of his martial soul.

There's not much to say about the farewell ceremony. It was just a formality held by both academies to show the world that the exchange students had been sent back safely. Even the head of Mingde Hall gave a speech, and Prince Xu Tianran was present to show how much importance was placed on these exchange students.

Huo Yuhao successfully obtained the batch of rare metals. After taking out the materials he needed and putting them into his soul guide ring, he put the ring on.

After some pleasantries, Jing Hongchen led several senior teachers from the Sun Moon Royal Academy to use their flying soul tools to escort the Shrek Academy teachers and students eastward to the agreed-upon meeting point.

After several hours of flying, Huo Yuhao finally met the people from Shrek Academy who came to make the handover: Yan Shaozhe, the dean of the Martial Soul Department, and Xian Lin'er, the dean of the Soul Guidance Department.

Besides these, there were the Hongchen siblings and others who were exchange students.

Two years have passed, and Xiao Hongchen has recovered from the damage he suffered back then. He has even risen to a level close to Soul Saint, and his cultivation should still be at the Soul Emperor level. As for whether he can reach Soul Saint in the competition, it depends on whether he takes drugs later.

As for Meng Hongchen, her physical attributes are slightly better than her brother Xiao Hongchen's, but only by a limited margin; she should also be at the Soul Emperor level.

Several years have passed, and the brother and sister have begun to pay more attention to physical training. Unlike before, when they had Soul King level cultivation and physical qualities, they could barely absorb a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.

Apart from the Hongchen siblings, everyone else was in much better condition than when they first met two and a half years ago. Shrek Academy's resources for Soul Masters were indeed excellent. Not to mention the special treatment Fan Yu gave him, even the ingredients in the cafeteria were much better than those at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

but……

Huo Yuhao looked around but didn't see any other academy experts.

Are these the only two?

Huo Yuhao scanned the surroundings again with his mental detection, but did not see anyone else.

Having made the decision to extort money, how could Huo Yuhao not go and call for reinforcements? Although Mu En was not dead, Huo Yuhao suspected that Long Xiaoyao's arrival was most likely sent by Ye Xishui. Huo Yuhao was not Mu En's student, and Long Xiaoyao might not give his old friend any face.

Therefore, Huo Yuhao naturally wrote to the academy, stating that he had seized a lot of resources and needed more strong people to support him.

Unexpectedly, they still failed to gain Shrek Academy's attention.

With a sigh, Huo Yuhao could only turn his attention back to the matter at hand.

After exchanging pleasantries with Yan Shaozhe and the others, Jing Hongchen hurriedly took his leave, clearly knowing what was about to happen.

After watching Jing Hongchen leave, Huo Yuhao then approached Xian Lin'er.

Before Huo Yuhao could speak, Xian Lin'er interjected, "What about those rare metals you obtained?"

"Hey, here it is."

As he spoke, Huo Yuhao handed the ring that Jing Hongchen had given him to Xian Lin'er.

Xian Lin'er took the ring, and after only a brief scan with her spiritual power, her face paled instantly. She stared at Huo Yuhao in shock. "Yuhao, you didn't rob Mingde Hall's secret warehouse, did you? This...this is too much! My god! The value of these things is beyond monetary measure. No wonder you suspected they were going to make a move. If I were in their shoes, I probably wouldn't have been able to resist!"

Huo Yuhao muttered, "I wouldn't sell it if it weren't worth much. After all, I traded a pretty good idea for it."

Putting aside the reform of soul tools brought about by the triggering device, the electrical enlightenment alone is enough to point out an extremely crucial technology tree. It's only because the battle armor might need to use it that Huo Yuhao really wouldn't be willing to hand it over.

After all, the Sun Moon Empire didn't acquire this technology to benefit the common people, but rather to use it to manufacture weapons.

"What could possibly make Jing Hongchen agree to give you so much metal? Even if he wanted to take it back, he's gone to great lengths."

Xian Lin'er then became curious about what Huo Yuhao had taken out.

"Hey, this is it."

Huo Yuhao took out a model of a trigger device and tossed it to Xian Lin'er.

Now that the Sun Moon Empire has one, it would be better if the original Douluo Three Kingdoms also had one. Balancing the forces would make the battle lines more intense and prevent the original Douluo Three Kingdoms from collapsing at the first sign of trouble.

Xianlin'er took the Soul Guiding Ray, which clearly showed the steps for using it.

The first step is to infuse the baby bottle with soul power.

The second step is to aim.

Part Three: Pull the trigger.

With a whoosh, a beam of soul-guided light shot out and pierced through the tree stump in the distance.

"This stuff is pretty good."

Xianlin'er's eyes lit up.

"It's just a soul guide ray, what's so great about it?"

Unlike Xian Lin'er, Yan Shaozhe couldn't see anything good about these things.

It's nothing compared to the rare metals that Huo Yuhao wanted.

Although Yan Shaozhe didn't understand rare metals, the fact that Qian Duoduo always looked so surprised when he went to buy some of them made him realize that these metals might be just as valuable as soul bones of the same level.

"You just don't understand."

Xian Lin'er scoffed, "The key to Huo Yuhao's design isn't the soul tool, but the triggering device. As long as the milk bottle is filled with soul power, even an ordinary person without soul power can activate the soul tool."

"Just think about it, an ordinary person with no cultivation level could kill a Soul Master with this!"

They could even be placed elsewhere, such as in fixed-mount soul-guided projectiles.

A fixed-position guided artillery shell capable of annihilating an army of a thousand men can be fired even by a civilian!

Yan Shaozhe understood now.

"You've really gotten yourself into trouble, you brat."

Yan Shaozhe said with some dissatisfaction, "If the Sun Moon Empire gets its hands on this technology, it will only fuel its ambitions."

"Alright, stop with that sour face."

Xian Lin'er said with dissatisfaction, "Even if Huo Yuhao didn't give it to us, as long as this technology is used on the battlefield, the Sun Moon Empire will definitely learn it. It's just a matter of time. Now we're just on the same starting line again. But Huo Yuhao has given us enough resources to make dozens of level-nine soul tools. That's priceless!"

Huo Yuhao raised his hand again and said weakly, "Let me add something. One of the most important reasons why Jing Hongchen agreed is that Mingdetang is about to break through the technology of sealing baby bottles. At most, a completely sealed baby bottle will be possible in a year."

"What did you say?!"

Before Yan Shaozhe could react, Xian Lin'er exploded.

"Since you knew this, why did you still give this technology to the Sun Moon Empire?!"

Xianlin'er was truly numb at this moment.

Why doesn't Xian Lin'er care about Huo Yuhao's skills?

Naturally, it's because of the charging issue of the baby bottle, even if Huo Yuhao made the soul tool controllable by ordinary people.

But ultimately, a Soul Master is needed to infuse Soul Power into it.

The soul power inside the baby bottle will dissipate over time, and will be completely depleted in no more than three days. On the battlefield, soul masters need to recharge it regularly.

Why are you yelling so loudly?

Seeing that Xian Lin'er was about to attack Huo Yuhao, Yan Shaozhe quickly pulled Huo Yuhao back.

Huo Yuhao is someone Elder Mu cares about, so we can't afford to hurt him.

"Let me go, you surnamed Yan, you have no idea what Huo Yuhao has done!"

Xian Lin'er struggled violently, roaring, "The fact that the Sun Moon Empire now possesses both the sealed milk bottle and this triggering device means that low- and mid-level Soul Masters in the army don't need to go to the battlefield. They can focus on creating Soul Tools and charging the milk bottle without any worries!"

"Are you really going to make our entire army of Soul Masters risk their lives to exchange for a bunch of ordinary people and rare metals?!"

"Let me go, I'm going to beat this brat to death!"

"Xian Lin'er! Let's talk about this back at the Sea God Pavilion. We could be ambushed by the Sun Moon Empire at any moment! Take these people back first!"

"Huo Yuhao's starting point was good; he brought such valuable resources to Shrek Academy."

"Besides, even if this sealed baby bottle technology is really that important, we can just snatch a few from the battlefield and study them, right? Isn't Huo Yuhao's soul skill good at this kind of thing?"

Upon hearing this, Xian Lin'er snorted coldly and stopped making a fuss.

Huo Yuhao suddenly remembered that he hadn't informed Shrek Academy about the Holy Spirit Cult yet. "Right, I..."

Yan Shaozhe's veins bulged as he interrupted, "We'll talk about it back at the Sea God Pavilion."

Huo Yuhao replied sullenly, "Yes."

"Next, we'll split up. Jing Hongchen and his group's target is Huo Yuhao and the supplies he has. In that case, Yan Shaozhe and I will escort Huo Yuhao back to the academy. Fan Yu, you take the other students and return to the academy first."

"Yes."

After lunch, Fan Yu left first, while Yan Shaozhe and the others stayed behind to prevent the other students from being affected.

When Yan Shaozhe and his group set off, an hour and a half had passed, and they had gone deep into the Heavenly Soul Empire, yet the weather remained calm.

At this time, Yan Shaozhe and his group were less than half an hour away from Shrek City.

"They're not not coming, are they? Then we'll have wasted our time and effort," Xianlin'er said with some regret.

Yan Shaozhe said irritably, "Isn't it better if you don't come? Returning to the academy safely is the most important thing."

That being said, Yan Shaozhe was the one most looking forward to a successful fishing trip.

The conflict between the Douluo Three Kingdoms and the Sun Moon Empire is deepening, and the Sun Moon Empire's ambitions are becoming increasingly clear. A war that will affect the entire continent is already beginning to emerge.

This counter-ambush is both dangerous and an opportunity—a chance to test the Sun Moon Empire's high-end combat capabilities.

(End of this chapter)