Developing Firearms, Strengthening Military Power

Although the Heaven Dou Empire had the support of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Clear Sky Sect, one of the Upper Three Sects, was secretly backing the Star Luo Empire.

Though the Clear Sky Sect had now sealed itself away, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect still did not dare send Titled Douluo to interfere in the war between the two empires.

Besides, while the Star Luo Empire had no Titled Douluo, it possessed hundreds of thousands of well-equipped troops. With these elite soldiers, dealing with a few Titled Douluo would not be a problem.

After all, in this bottom-tier fantasy world, even the strongest Titled Douluo could only fight ten thousand people alone, apart from Dugu Bo.

Although Dugu Bo was the weakest Titled Douluo, his poison arts were incredibly terrifying and could easily slaughter an entire city.

He was said to be unable to defeat any Titled Douluo, yet he could leave his enemies with no one but Titled Douluo remaining.

The true purpose of Titled Douluo was deterrence. They could carry out decapitation operations against the enemy and threaten their leaders. Without leaders, no matter how large an army was, it would be nothing more than a disorganized rabble, vulnerable to a single blow.

Apart from those hundreds of thousands of elite troops, his grandfather and grandmother, father and mother, and several uncles and aunts were all Soul Douluo above Level 80.

With the family's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Hell White Tiger, they possessed combat power fully comparable to a Titled Douluo. One Hell White Tiger was essentially the equivalent of an ordinary Titled Douluo, and it could even put up a fight against a Super Douluo.

If the Star Luo Empire went all out, it could fuse at least four or five Hell White Tigers with strength comparable to Titled Douluo. This was why, in the wars between Star Luo and Heaven Dou over the years, the Star Luo Empire had always held the upper hand.

If Spirit Hall had not mediated between them, more than half of the Heaven Dou Empire's territory would already belong to the Star Luo Empire. Even the Star Dou Great Forest would have become the Star Luo Empire's private property.

Unfortunately, Spirit Hall would never stand idly by over this.

Although Dai Weisi greatly agreed with Spirit Hall's ideals of peace and understood its various measures, he was, after all, a member of the Star Luo Royal Family and was even likely to become the future Star Luo Emperor.

Even if Dai Weisi himself did not wish to become enemies with Spirit Hall, they would still regard him as an enemy and seek to eliminate him as quickly as possible.

Perhaps someday in the future, Spirit Hall's higher-ups would send people to disguise themselves as his children, get close to him, and carry out a plan to steal his nation, just as they had in Heaven Dou.

Since this fire might burn him one day, Dai Weisi could not simply stand aside.

Spirit Hall was a colossal force. If he wanted to avoid being crushed by them, he had to improve both his own strength and the overall strength of the Star Luo Empire.

"Did you bring everything?"

"I did. Here is the gunpowder and white sugar you requested, as well as the raw materials needed to make gunpowder."

As he spoke, the Black-Clothed Man took out a bundle containing refined gunpowder, high-quality white sugar, and more than ten portions of charcoal, saltpeter, and sulfur.

That was right. Dai Weisi wanted to bring the gunpowder and firearms from his previous life into this world. He had begun preparing for transmigration long ago. After all, who had not fantasized about transmigrating one day?

He was fortunate that he had transmigrated into this bottom-tier fantasy world. If he had ended up in some immortal cultivation world, the modern knowledge in his head would have been useless.

"Alright, go rest first. Do not disturb me unless there is something important."

"Yes, First Prince!" With that, the Black-Clothed Man leaped away, leaving Dai Weisi alone in the room.

Dai Weisi silently took out a portion of gunpowder and examined it before him. Douluo Continent already had gunpowder, but unlike the black powder from his previous life, its gunpowder came in brilliant colors, with black making up only a small part of it.

That was because gunpowder on Douluo Continent was mainly used to set off fireworks during celebrations. Various metal powders were added during its production, which was why it displayed such dazzling colors.

The concentration of the gunpowder was severely lacking. It could probably only frighten ordinary people and Soul Scholars without soul rings; it could not effectively harm Soul Masters.

Otherwise, Tang San would not have needed concentrated black powder when making the Wrath of the Buddha Tang Lotus.

Now, Dai Weisi intended to produce the black powder from his previous life and use white sugar to increase its power.

As the saying went, first saltpeter, second sulfur, third charcoal; add some white sugar, and you got Tsar Bomba. White sugar could enhance gunpowder's explosive force. If he could make guns, cannons, and hand grenades, perhaps they would not kill Titled Douluo, but they could at least injure them, right?

In a world where even mortal hidden weapons could slay gods, it was not unreasonable for enhanced black powder to wound Titled Douluo, was it?

"Let's begin the experiment."

With that, Dai Weisi took more than ten portions of materials to the courtyard. Three pestles and mortars were arranged there for grinding the materials into powder, one each for saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal.

"White Tiger Avatar!"

Roar!

A fierce tiger's roar suddenly rang out. As Dai Weisi activated his Martial Soul, a powerful Evil Eyed White Tiger appeared behind him before finally merging with his body!

After his Beast Soul Possession, Dai Weisi felt his physical abilities rise more than tenfold. He gained the White Tiger's immense strength and speed, as well as its tenacious defensive power.

"As expected of a top-tier Beast Soul. The Evil Eyed White Tiger truly is formidable. Just possessing it increased my strength more than tenfold!"

Even without using Spirit Abilities, Dai Weisi was confident he could handle dozens of fully armed ordinary soldiers.

Dai Weisi placed the materials into the three mortars separately, then picked up the pestles and ground them with force until they became powder.

The thick, heavy pestles moved continuously within the mortars in Dai Weisi's hands, while the materials inside slowly turned into powder.

Over the past week, Dai Weisi had done only two things. First, Meditation Cultivation to improve his Soul Power; second, continuously adjusting the proportions of materials to improve the black powder.

After Martial Soul Possession, his strength was immense. Before long, all the materials had been ground into powder.

"Success!"

Dai Weisi was overjoyed. He immediately mixed the three materials according to the proportions he remembered, ultimately producing a small batch of pitch-black mixture. The final step was to ignite it for testing.

"I hope it works this time."

Dai Weisi took half a jin of gunpowder and placed it inside a sturdy iron barrel, then covered it with a huge stone. Full of anticipation, he lit the gunpowder before retreating far away, afraid of accidentally injuring himself.

Over the previous few days, he had also conducted ignition tests with gunpowder, but the results had been less than ideal. It could only injure Three Ring Soul Elders, far from what Dai Weisi had envisioned.

If it could only injure Soul Elders, he might as well go buy Godly Zhuge Crossbows from Tang San.

Boom!

In an instant, the gunpowder in the iron barrel exploded, blasting the huge stone overhead into the air and shattering it on the spot. Broken fragments flew everywhere before falling to the ground, while even the sturdy iron barrel was blown apart.

"This power is not bad. At close range, it would be enough to severely injure some non-Defense System Soul Emperors. If there were more gunpowder, it could even harm Soul Masters at the Soul Saint level."

"If I mix in some white sugar and flammable, explosive materials, the explosion's power will increase drastically. Then even Soul Douluo and Titled Douluo could be injured."

"Now that the gunpowder formula is complete, the next step is to manufacture firearms and equip the Star Luo Army with them, thereby increasing the Star Luo Army's combat power."

Dai Weisi believed that once equipped with firearms, the Star Luo Army would be unstoppable. However, weapon-making was not something he could do himself, so he could only enlist the help of blacksmiths.

"Fortunately, Gengxin City, where the Blacksmiths' Association is located, lies within the Star Luo Empire. I can fully use the Star Luo Royal Family's name to ask the Blacksmiths' Association to help me develop weapons."