Buzz!
Accompanied by a tremendous hum, Chen Fu embedded the upgraded and optimized Generation 2.5 Energy Ark into the reserved groove in the sword body. Then, amid overclocked resonance, the entire blade fused into one with Youlan's assistance.
An archaic yet elegant little metal sword, shimmering silver and blue, darted around Chen Fu.
The Generation 2.5 Energy Ark was a compromise by Chen Fu. It was still some distance away from his goal of matter = Soul Power. However, by optimizing the "soul controlling soul" material process originally used in Divine Ring Soul Tools, he gave the Generation 2.5 Ark a certain rate of energy damage absorption.
When facing energy damage, the Silver Blue Small Sword Banished Immortal, powered by the Generation 2.5 Ark, could absorb a certain proportion of that energy and convert it into its own Soul Power, enhancing Banished Immortal's special effectiveness against energy.
Once Youlan's control was removed, the silver-blue little sword dropped into Chen Fu's hand.
After inspecting the material, he found it seamless and naturally spiritual, without the slightest flaw.
"Teacher, wow, what a beautiful little sword! Is this the result of your research over this period?"
Seeing Chen Fu emerge from the Exclusive Seclusion Room with an exquisitely beautiful and lively Sword-shaped Soul Tool floating beside him, Ning Tian, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately stopped working at the Control Console and went forward to greet him.
On the other side, Golden Scale, who had been cultivating diligently, also ran out upon hearing the commotion.
"Weren't you always saying your teacher had no proper Level Nine Soul Tool to show off? Here, this proves it, so you have more to brag about."
This girl's skills had improved by leaps and bounds lately. With the cultivation of a two-ring Soul Grandmaster, she could independently use a Soul Tool Machine Tool to create a Level Four Soul Tool. She was getting a little full of herself and often liked to brag to her father—not about herself, but about how incredible her teacher was.
"Hehe..." The little girl gave an embarrassed laugh. After spending too long in the laboratory, she had somehow developed the bad habit of being a chatterbox. Golden Scale usually stayed in her room Extracting Rings and ignored her, while Ning Tian had long since finished extracting the standard Soul Rings for her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda. Her cultivation accelerator had expired.
In a sense, she was now the most capable member of the younger Ning generation in the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect. As for those skinny cousins of hers, Ning Tian could carry the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda one-handed and knock them down one by one from the south of the city to the north without even blinking—and she still could not be bothered to do it.
Ning Yi's expression was complicated.
"Level Nine combat Soul Tool, Banished Immortal. The minimum standard for using it is a level-sixty Soul Emperor." The minimum requirement of a level-sixty Soul Emperor meant only Soul Masters at that stage could unleash Banished Immortal's proper capabilities and characteristics.
As a Level Nine combat Soul Tool with the Generation 2.5 Ark as its core, Banished Immortal had almost no Soul Power requirement for its user. But if a weak Soul Master truly tried to activate and use it, they would very likely be sacrificed to the sword.
"Um... Teacher, you kept saying before that the time wasn't right to create a Level Nine Soul Tool. Does this mean now...?"
Chen Fu ruffled Ning Tian's hair into a mess. The little girl had developed quite well and was already nearly as tall as him.
"Don't overthink it. Just do what you need to do. Lin Pavilion will be handed over to you in the future. I'll be taking part in a major project later, so I won't have much time."
If a Soul Engineer capable of independently creating Level Nine Soul Tools appeared on the Douluo Continent, it would definitely touch a raw nerve on the Sun Moon Continent.
But Level Nine Soul Tools came in different qualities, didn't they? Since Chen Fu dared to begin creating this Level Nine combat Soul Tool, it meant one thing: he was no longer afraid of unrest.
Compared with traditional Level Nine melee Soul Tools, the Banished Immortal in his hand had merely one advantage—it was tougher.
But Banished Immortal's defining trait was that it was especially effective against Soul Masters.
After sending Ning Tian and Golden Scale away again, Chen Fu continued pushing his second optimization project from 99% to 100%.
"Alright, the Soul Tool has been calibrated. We can leave now."
Chen Fu folded up the calibrated second-generation Soul Ring Engraver and stored it in his space ring before walking out and speaking to the two Humanoid Power Bank guards.
"..." Mu En and Old Dragon exchanged a glance. The instincts of Peerless Douluo told them that they seemed to have been insulted.
After a year of cultivation, Ma Xiaotao had reached level seventy at the age of eighteen. It was time to visit His Excellency Black Dragon in the Star Dou Great Forest and fulfill their agreement.
As before, Mu En and Old Dragon each carried one of them, flying Chen Fu and Ma Xiaotao directly toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
Unlike before, when they had cautiously wandered outside the core region, this time they directly released their auras in the air and flew toward the center.
The Soul Masters along the way were so shocked that they all cried out that they had a death wish.
"You can stop now."
A dark, profound Soul Power barrier blocked their path. Di Tian appeared before them with Golden Scale and an unfamiliar woman.
"I did not expect that in only a year, you would come up with so many more unbelievable things."
Di Tian could not help sighing as he looked at Chen Fu, who kept his Soul Power suppressed at level sixty instead of breaking through.
Through Golden Scale, he had learned many things, especially about Melting Ring, which he now understood much more deeply. He no longer doubted that it was a grand path to Ascension.
Just as he had said, Golden Scale had reached level sixty within a year with six transparent Soul Rings. In terms of physical strength, Golden Scale, with the cultivation of a Soul Emperor, could even contend against some Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. If she condensed her Martial Soul Avatar, Di Tian had no doubt that Golden Scale would possess the terrifying power to sweep aside most Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
"Lord Di Tian, it has been a long time."
Chen Fu nodded to Di Tian.
"This is Bi Ji, the Soul Beast with healing abilities you requested."
"Mm, thank you very much."
What kind of Phoenix would it be without healing abilities?
"..." The two security guards exchanged looks, each seeing the shock in the other's eyes.
You asked for a Soul Beast with healing abilities, and they directly sent you the foremost healing Soul Beast at the Fierce Beast level? Could you really be a little Dragon person beneath human skin?
Chen Fu nodded at Golden Scale, then gestured for everyone to follow the arrangements.
Unlike last time, Di Tian did not spread out a Soul Power barrier. In the dark, Chen Fu sensed multiple gazes falling upon him from the void.
The remaining Fierce Beasts? No, why did one of those gazes feel so much like that annoying fellow? Chen Fu pondered inwardly. There were certainly many Fierce Beasts, but one of those gazes was abnormal. It had almost made Chen Fu think that that persistent bastard had come again to mutter in his ear.
As the data storage of Youlan's Data Divine Ring grew increasingly vast, Chen Fu's Spiritual Perception had become able to distinguish many things he previously could not sense.
He had finally deciphered and analyzed the whispers that had plagued him for two and a half years some time ago.
*...*
You're a perfectly good god. Why aren't you improving your craft instead of judging and criticizing me all day?
Once a god lost its mystery, it was reduced to a human.
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