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The Void Engraving Array was not very cost-effective.

When Su Yu displayed such a method, neither Kong Deming nor Jing Hongchen thought he was merely showing off.

But they truly did not understand.

Su Yu quickly answered the doubts in their hearts.

Without the constraints of rare metals, it meant that the direction, speed, and flow of every Soul Power circuit had to be completely controlled by the soul master himself.

But at the same time, it meant there was no need to engrave them into rare metals.

As long as one was sufficiently familiar with the array, it could theoretically be constructed in an instant.

Su Yu took about a second to construct the array, and his face was somewhat pale.

The instant the array was engraved, it burst with light.

Su Yu pushed his Mental Power with all his strength, maintaining the array's operation to the greatest extent possible.

Then, the array merged into the Blue Silver Grass.

"It's been applied to his martial soul!"

Could the Core Array engraved during Soul Tool crafting be used like this?

Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen, two great Soul Tool masters, were utterly shaken!

On closer thought, though, there seemed to be nothing wrong with it.

A terrifying roar rang out.

Broken stones flew across the arena, mixed with fragments of Blue Silver Grass.

The center of the explosion had become a field of ruins, shrouded in smoke and dust.

Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming stared at the ruins.

Jing Hongchen had been so shocked by Su Yu's actions that he had forgotten to intervene for a moment. However, as a Ninth-Level Soul Engineer, his Mental Power was formidable as well. Only after sensing a thread of life amid the chaotic energy and rubble did he finally let out a breath of relief.

The smoke and dust dispersed.

"This is..."

Watching the scene on the arena, the corners of Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming's mouths twitched.

The Blue Silver Grass had nearly been blown away entirely.

Even after being reinforced by the Core Array and precisely constructed by Su Yu to maximize its protective capacity, it still could not withstand the strongest strike of two High-level Soul Ancestors' Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Still, it had offset most of the damage from that strike.

What had truly protected Su Yu in the end were the layers of defensive Soul Tools.

That was right, Soul Tools again.

Su Yu himself was also a Soul Engineer.

At the final moment, he had activated his defensive Soul Tool.

It employed the same Shock Absorption Principle. Layer upon layer of Metal Structure weakened the attack's force to the greatest possible extent.

The attack, which had already had more than half its power offset by the Blue Silver Grass, was blocked by this Soul Tool.

This Soul Tool was not Level Two.

It was a Third-Level Soul Tool!

Moreover, it was a pinnacle product among Third-Level Soul Tools.

Su Yu had mastered a great number of Level One and Level Two Soul Tool blueprints, naturally reaching the level of a Third-Level Soul Engineer.

He had even used his spare time to devise Soul Tool crafting blueprints himself.

This defensive Soul Tool was his creation.

Its crafting techniques were entirely at the pinnacle level of a Third-Level Soul Engineer. Combined with its structural principles, this Soul Tool's defensive power had reached the level of a Fifth-Level Defensive Soul Tool!

Soul Tools on the Douluo Continent had not yet begun to explore structural design.

There was very little research into Internal Mechanical Structure.

Those who had taken such research to the extreme were the Tang Sect's hidden weapons.

Su Yu had combined Soul Tool technology with Mechanical Structure to create this defensive Soul Tool.

Chunks of metal casing fell to the ground one after another.

Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen were speechless.

They could no longer see how advanced or ingenious the Soul Tool's technology was, because it had been almost completely destroyed. Without careful study, it would be difficult to make out.

However, they could identify the metals used to make the Soul Tool.

"This is fucking Magic-Sealing Crystal Stone, and Fine Gold Black Steel too!"

Magic-Sealing Crystal Stone could weaken damage from Soul Power and other energy attacks, while possessing respectable defensive strength itself.

Fine Gold Black Steel was an exceedingly rare metal, among the hardest metals on the Douluo Continent.

These rare metals could all be used to craft Sixth Level Soul Tools!

It could be said that while Su Yu's Soul Tool was certainly technologically impressive, most of its defensive power had been bought through pay-to-win spending!

With his pinnacle Third-Level Soul Engineer techniques and the principles of mechanical construction, its defense could at most have reached the fourth level.

Yet he had forcibly piled rare metals onto it until it reached the fifth level!

"Where did he get so many rare metals?"

As a Core Disciple, Su Yu had a quota for claiming rare metals. Although his already generous Core Disciple benefits had doubled after becoming Kong Deming's disciple, they were still limited.

But the key issue was that Kong Deming knew full well that the task he had assigned already required the consumption of a large amount of rare metals!

And under such circumstances, Su Yu still had enough quota left to exchange for so much Magic-Sealing Crystal Stone and Fine Gold Black Steel?

It was simply absurd!

On the arena, Su Yu moved.

Red Dust Affection's last traces of Soul Power were exhausted. A flash of light gleamed, and the Three-Legged Scarlet Gold Toad vanished, revealing Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.

"Blue Silver Critical Spear!"

"Grafting Technique!"

With their Soul Power depleted, the siblings had no ability to resist before Su Yu and could only be blasted off the arena.

Su Yu won!

Meng Hongchen had overexerted herself and suffered martial soul backlash, falling unconscious immediately.

Xiao Hongchen opened his eyes a slit and swept his gaze around, then closed them again, seemingly fainting as well.

"Meng!"

Jing Hongchen hurried forward, preparing to check on Meng Hongchen.

"Wait!"

Su Yu came before the siblings and first pulled the Blue Silver Grass branches out of their bodies.

Jing Hongchen took out a pill and fed it to Meng Hongchen, using Soul Power to regulate the toxins in her body.

The Vermillion-Eyed Ice Toad possessed terrifying poison. At the same time, like the Jade Phosphorous Serpent and the Evil Fire Phoenix, it carried the danger of Host Backlash as a martial soul.

Fortunately, this backlash had not been caused by Improper Cultivation, and Meng Hongchen's condition quickly stabilized.

Su Yu also gave Meng Hongchen a burst of healing.

"First Soul Skill, Star Spirit Power!"

"Second Soul Skill, Purple Moon Purification!"

"Your soul skills can be used on others too?" Jing Hongchen froze, giving Su Yu a surprised look.

Su Yu was too powerless to complain, not knowing how to answer that question.

Jing Hongchen realized this as well and changed the subject, praising Su Yu. "I have to say, that battle of yours was truly spectacular!"

He had learned a great deal from that battle.

In particular, a Soul Tool's Core Array could be directly applied to a martial soul!

That point gave Jing Hongchen a Burst of Inspiration.

"Little Yu, did you make this Soul Tool yourself?"

In Kong Deming's hand was Su Yu's severely damaged defensive Soul Tool.

"Yes, Teacher," Su Yu answered.

Kong Deming praised its Ingenious Structure. Seeing this, Su Yu took the opportunity to explain his own line of thought.

"I heard there is an organization called the Tang Sect that possesses hidden weapons.

They clearly require no Soul Power at all, yet they can unleash terrifying destructive force.

The finest hidden weapons can even threaten a Titled Douluo!

After much thought, I could only infer that the hidden weapons' powerful destructive force was achieved through the construction between their components.

Since such construction methods are so formidable, I thought of incorporating them into Soul Tools.

That is how this creation came to be."

"This Soul Tool of mine is only a preliminary application of construction methods, but its effects are already obvious.

Teacher, if the Tang Sect's hidden weapons truly are as terrifying as the rumors say, then the construction principles they possess must be extraordinarily profound!

If they are applied to Soul Tools, the results will certainly be terrifying as well!"