Old friends reunited, Shrek's changes

Setting down the metal in his hands, Luo Can smiled at the three of them. "All right, now that we have a clear direction, take the next couple of days to rest. Clear your heads a little. Don't wind yourselves too tight."

Ju Zi, Xuan Ziwen, and Lou Gao all nodded.

After more than half a month of research that had left them neglecting food and sleep, all three were exhausted. A little time to rest and recover was just what they needed.

Luo Can stayed no longer. Taking Ju Zi's hand, he led her out of the casting room.

Outside the Soul Tool Hall, the sunlight was just right, warm against their skin.

They strolled along the bluestone path. After walking some distance, Luo Can took the thunder-attracting disk damaged during the Scarlet King's tribulation out of his storage bracelet and held it out to Ju Zi.

"Oh, right. This improved thunder-attracting disk of yours cracked on the third lightning strike during the Scarlet King's four-hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation."

As he spoke, he also took out the soul tool's crystal core, its surface covered in fine cracks. Electricity crawled over it, wisps of tribulation lightning power constantly seeping out.

"And this crystal core couldn't withstand the four-hundred-thousand-year tribulation lightning either. It broke."

Ju Zi took the thunder-attracting disk and crystal core, lowered her head, and examined them carefully.

A trace of soul power seeped from her fingertips. Feeling out the damaged internal structures and the lingering lightning power, she soon reached a conclusion.

"When I designed it, I based the improvements on the standards of a three-hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation." Ju Zi looked up, perfectly matter-of-fact. "Surviving the first two strikes of a four-hundred-thousand-year tribulation already exceeded my expectations. You used it to take a four-hundred-thousand-year tribulation head-on. Of course it