Although Jiang Heng favored melee weapons and wanted even more to forge a spear-like Life Soul Tool for himself, he knew exactly what his weakness was.
He lacked long-range combat ability.
Therefore, the first Class 9 Soul Tool he forged was a long-range Soul Tool: the Golden Crystal Dragon Breath Cannon!
It suited the Golden Earth Dragon King bloodline and possessed both single-target armor-piercing and area suppression capabilities.
Even if he did not use it himself, he could reward it to his clansmen.
When inactive, the Golden Crystal Dragon Breath Cannon transformed into golden armor that covered his entire body.
Its surface was engraved with spiraling dragon patterns and Earth Vein formation arrays. A dragon crystal core containing condensed origin power was embedded at its center. Once activated, the shoulder armor unfolded and formed two dragon-headed cannon barrels over three meters long, their muzzles wreathed in golden-red flames of light and earth-yellow Earth Vein power.
Its shell was forged from Jiang Heng's own shed dragon scales mixed with Earth God Crystal from the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest. Its core used Ten Thousand Year Crystal Silver to conduct energy, while its core formation array was refined from a hundred-thousand-year Golden Earth Dragon arm bone...
It possessed two core abilities: single-target armor-piercing and firepower coverage.
Its single-target armor-piercing attack had a range of thirty kilometers, matching the ultra-long-range strike capability of the peak Class 9 long-range Soul Tool, the Sun Moon Divine Needle. It could easily pierce the defenses of Soul Masters below Rank 95.
Its firepower coverage could release multiple splitting energy shells at once. Upon landing, they triggered Earth Vein resonance across a radius of a thousand meters, raising waves of golden lava.
It also came with a special bloodline resonance technique. By temporarily burning ten percent of his essence blood, it activated the Golden Earth Dragon King bloodline's potential, doubling the power of the next attack, extending its range to fifty kilometers, and adding a dragon might intimidation effect.
Because it had been custom-made, only Jiang Heng and his clansmen could unleash this Class 9 Soul Tool's full power.
Simply put, this was the exclusive weapon of the Golden Earth Dragon King Clan!
It could be said that this Soul Tool embodied all of Jiang Heng's efforts and research from recent years, reaching the pinnacle of Class 9 Soul Tools.
With this Class 9 Soul Tool alone, his clansman Jiang Lin dared to test himself against Scarlet King.
"It's done!"
With a thought from Jiang Heng, the Golden Crystal Dragon Breath Cannon transformed into a suit of golden armor that covered his body. It responded to his control with perfect ease, without the slightest sense of obstruction.
After successfully crafting the Soul Tool, Jiang Heng quietly left the Sun Moon Empire and went out onto the Ocean to test its power.
He was extremely satisfied with the results.
Then he returned to seclusion and continued forging Soul Tools.
This left Xu Tianran frantic.
So much time had already passed, yet this senior had still not emerged from seclusion, delaying many of his plans.
With no other choice, Xu Tianran went to Ye Guyi and hoped she could visit Crocodile God Douluo under the pretext of seeking guidance, to see what he was doing.
What Xu Tianran had never expected was that Ye Guyi actually refused.
Thus, Xu Tianran had no choice but to keep waiting.
That wait lasted another half year.
Only after successfully forging another Class 9 defensive Soul Tool did Jiang Heng finally choose to emerge from seclusion.
During his time forging Soul Tools, Jiang Heng's cultivation had not fallen behind in the slightest. His Dragon Core, equivalent to that of a Demi-God, constantly supplied him with energy, while the Devouring Divine Ability madly raised his strength.
By now, he was already a Fierce Beast with three hundred and thirty thousand years of cultivation.
His spiritual power had also reached the threshold of this world's Title Douluo level.
Only then did he dare to truly set his sights on the memories within Electrolux's remnant soul.
With a thought, the piece of Gold of Life taken from the Golden Hawksbill Turtle's body appeared in his hand. He circulated his Soul Power, drew out a wisp of its power, and merged it into Electrolux's remnant soul.
Over the years, he had kept Electrolux's remnant soul imprisoned.
He isolated it from everything and gave it no chance to recover, yet occasionally guided some power into it to prevent it from completely dissipating.
This balance was difficult to maintain.
Jiang Heng knew very well what kind of existence he was plotting against. In some respects, Electrolux was even more troublesome than Tang San.
Tang San was merely powerful, stood high above others, and had fairly ordinary methods.
But Electrolux's methods and sheer difficulty were beyond imagination. If they stood on the same level and Electrolux were at his peak, Jiang Heng would never make a move against him without absolute certainty.
Fortunately, his opponent was now only a remnant soul.
"Disassemble, devour!"
As a wisp of Gold of Life's power merged into Electrolux's remnant soul, it immediately showed signs of reviving once more.
Jiang Heng did not hesitate at all. He directly stripped away and disassembled the portion of the remnant soul that had recovered, devoured it, refined that power, and read the memories within.
In this way, he restored Electrolux's strength and allowed him to recover his memories while also devouring his power and reading those memories, maximizing the benefits and obtaining everything he possessed.
There could be no mistakes in this process.
Once the other side found an opportunity, he might be able to turn the tables.
Of course, with Jiang Heng's current spiritual power, he was not afraid of a mere wisp of Electrolux's remnant soul. What he feared was Electrolux choosing mutual destruction and leaving him with nothing.
Fortunately, he had grasped the balance perfectly. Everything proceeded without danger, and he continuously seized the riches stored within Electrolux's memories.
In the blink of an eye, another three months passed.
Over those three months, Jiang Heng successfully devoured Electrolux's remnant soul, obtained as much of his memory as possible, and took control of his legacy.
Beyond that, his greatest gain was that after devouring the power of Electrolux's remnant soul, his spiritual power underwent another transformation and was already tainted with a trace of divinity.
Or rather, he had already set foot upon the path of transforming spiritual power into Divine Sense.
Although that path remained exceedingly distant and he had only just taken half a step onto it, it was already a qualitative transformation—the realm countless Limit Douluo had pursued for ten thousand years.
As for Electrolux, this portion of his remnant soul had been completely erased and vanished between heaven and earth.
While Jiang Heng forged Soul Tools and devoured Electrolux's remnant soul, many things happened across the continent.
Shrek Academy suffered a surprise attack from Evil Soul Masters. At the critical moment, the fallen Mu En unexpectedly appeared again and protected Shrek Academy through its final stretch.
Even so, Shrek Academy suffered heavy losses, and its prestige was greatly diminished.
The reclusive Body Sect chose to enter the world. Not only did it publicly reveal its sect master's successor, it also put forth a Holy Maiden.
After the Clear Sky Sect had openly searched for someone and appeared before the public last time, it too chose to enter the world. Under Xu Jiawei's recruitment, it even chose to support the Star Luo Empire.
Beyond that, a mysterious force appeared before the various factions of the two continents in an overwhelmingly powerful manner.
Sea God Island!
After ten thousand years, Sea God Island became famous once more, and this matter was also connected to the Sun Moon Empire.
Ever since Jiang Heng used a Sea Soul Beast's Soul Bone to heal Crown Prince Xu Tianran's legs, the Sun Moon Empire had also turned its attention toward the Ocean.
After several rounds of probing, hunting Sea Soul Beasts, and plundering the resources they needed, they received neither the so-called Sea God's protection nor any Sea God punishment. Thus, Pandora's box was opened.
For the resource-poor Sun Moon Empire, the Ocean was simply an inexhaustible treasure trove. With the aid of Soul Tools, they frantically plundered the resources they required.
Then Sea God Island took action.
Two Rank 98 Title Douluo appeared and joined forces to suppress the Sun Moon Empire!
After Jiang Heng emerged from seclusion and learned all this information, he could not shake the feeling that something was strange!
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