Limit Douluo, Another Ultimate Ice?

"The Nine Treasures Glazed Sect, the wealthiest sect on the Douluo Continent."

After clearing the Twilight Forest, Xia Liang returned to Huo Yuhao's sea of consciousness and saw Ning Tian among the seven selected competitors.

This little girl had not existed in the original story, but she was still better than He Caitou.

But why was Xiao Xiao only level 29?

"Brother Xia Liang? What's wrong?"

Huo Yuhao asked. After all, Xia Liang rarely showed any curiosity toward people outside.

"The future Spirit Pagoda will need a great deal of money. We can get in touch with the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect."

Xia Liang answered. He was indeed very wealthy and could directly shake up the financial market of the Douluo Continent, but if he did that...

The Douluo Continent would be ruined.

Deflation, crashing prices, the collapse of every nation's economic system—none of those were consequences he wanted to see.

He would still need this world in the future. He could not ruin it.

Therefore, what Xia Liang wanted was for the Douluo Continent's own capital to circulate. He would only gradually add a few private goods at the right times, allowing the entire system to operate more smoothly.

"Then should I get close to her?"

Huo Yuhao asked. Since Xia Liang had said that, should he make contact himself?

"There's no need. The Nine Treasures Glazed Sect will approach the Spirit Pagoda themselves. Ning Tian probably came here to raise your favorability."

Xia Liang replied.

There was no need for Huo Yuhao to go to them. If the other side wanted to make contact, they would definitely approach the Spirit Pagoda. Why would they come to Huo Yuhao? Were they not afraid that something might happen and they would have to face a Limit Douluo directly?

"Oh, right. This is for you."

Xia Liang took a set of dark purple armor and a helmet from the void.

The surfaces of the two pieces of equipment carried a deep metallic sheen. The instant light fell upon them, it seemed to bend as though distorted by some force. Even gazing at them produced a subtle sense of displacement.

"The Phantom Helmet and Phantom Armor. Old Electrolux tested them. Their special ability is spatial distortion. Unless an attack has spatial lock-on, it cannot harm the wearer at all."

Unfortunately, that effect was useless in Minecraft. Over there, they only increased defense and did nothing else.

"Alright."

Huo Yuhao accepted the Phantom set. Unless a god descended, no one on the Douluo Continent could threaten him now.

"Little Yuhao, you need to be careful."

Tianmeng walked over to Huo Yuhao's side. He was no longer the ordinary child he used to be. The major powers had all turned their attention toward him, and where there was good, there was naturally bad.

"You really do need to be careful. Two Limits have already come to my side."

The little Snow Empress said as she took a bite of a berry. During this time, two Limit Douluo had come to the Spirit Pagoda in the Extreme North. The second had been alright, somewhat polite, but the first had been a huge problem.

"The first Limit Douluo who came was not only an evil soul master, but also a soul engineer." Snow Empress tossed the remaining berry into her mouth and chewed twice. "If she hadn't thrown out a tower-shaped soul tool, I would have killed her at the outskirts of the Extreme North."

As she said this, a trace of lingering killing intent remained in her eyes.

Unfortunately, they had been at the outskirts of the Extreme North at the time, where Snow Empress's projection was heavily restricted and possessed only the strength of a Limit Douluo. If they had been a little closer to the Extreme North, she could have killed her.

"Her soul tool did have something to it. It took three of my attacks before it broke."

Being able to withstand three attacks from Snow Empress meant that soul tool had broken for a worthy cause.

Hearing the description of a Limit Douluo who was both a soul engineer and an evil soul master, Xia Liang immediately knew who it was.

He had not expected her to actually dare to go there directly. What a pity she had not been killed.

Forget it. The Holy Spirit Cult would also be a wallet for harvesting faith power in the future. He could kill her if he encountered her again.

"The second Limit seemed to be from Shrek. His name was Mu En. Do you know him?"

"Mu En? He went? Makes sense. If Xuan Zi had gone, you might have killed him."

With Xuan Zi's temperament, if he went there and failed to talk things out after a few sentences, Snow Empress might very well slap him to death.

"What did he ask about?"

Xia Liang was somewhat curious about what Mu En had asked.

"Spirit souls, and he also wanted a Twilight Forest instance."

Snow Empress said. Spirit souls were easy enough to handle, but a Twilight Forest portal required Xia Liang's approval.

"Hmm. Should we cooperate with Shrek?"

Xia Liang considered the question, but quickly dismissed it. Shrek Academy was too special a force. It was best not to let the Spirit Pagoda get too close to it, at least until he could confirm a few more things.

"Spirit souls are fine, but the Twilight Forest isn't."

"Mm."

At that moment, in the reception room at the top of the Spirit Pagoda in the Extreme North.

Snow Empress's avatar looked at Mu En before her.

"Spirit souls are acceptable. The Twilight Forest is not."

Hearing that it was not acceptable, Mu En did not mind and continued asking, "Do you believe the compensation offered by Shrek is insufficient?"

"No."

"Then let us forget the Twilight Forest."

Mu En nodded and did not persist.

The other party had refused very decisively and made it clear that the matter had nothing to do with the price. There was no point in asking further.

Besides, the Twilight Forest instance itself was an exceedingly special resource. It was perfectly reasonable for them to refuse to lend it out. Obtaining spirit souls was already a tremendous gain.

"Spirit souls cannot be taken away. Have your academy's people come here."

Snow Empress said. Generally speaking, people of the Douluo Continent could not possibly decipher the spirit soul contract formation, but it naturally could not be placed outside for others to observe either.

"Mm, my academy's students are already on their way. It seems I will have to impose upon you for a few more days."

"It is no trouble."

Snow Empress did not mind. Compared to the Limit who had come before, this Limit named Mu En had yet to fully recover and could not stir up much trouble.

"May I ask who the Limit Douluo who previously fought the Pagoda Master was?"

Mu En asked. Although he had already guessed some things from a few scattered words, he still wanted to hear Snow Empress explain it.

A female Limit Douluo, and a soul engineer...

"An evil soul master whose martial soul is the Scarlet Puppet. Her soul ring configuration was six black and three red. She was very powerful, but the soul power within her soul rings was extremely mixed. She likely achieved it through sacrificing living beings."

"..."

Mu En's fingers stopped on his knee. After a moment of silence, he lowered his eyes and ran those keywords through his mind. Then he raised his hand, picked up his teacup, and set it down again without asking another question.

"Please."

At the side, Su Tong held a teapot and refilled Mu En's cup.

The moment Mu En saw Su Tong, he understood the attribute of her martial soul.

Another Ultimate Ice...

If this faction had appeared earlier, it would have been better. As for that child Xiaotao, he did not know whether she was fortunate or unfortunate...

If they had discovered this sooner and suppressed her evil fire from childhood, freeing up the time she spent suppressing it for cultivation, Ma Xiaotao's cultivation might already have reached Soul Sage.

Fortunately, it was not too late now.

At Shrek Academy, under Xuan Zi's announcement, the seven officially became the reserve team for Shrek's Soul Master Tournament.

"Your status as the reserve team is an academy secret. None of you may reveal it. Otherwise, you will be stripped of your qualifications. From now on, you will cultivate with me one day every week. There is one month until this year's Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament. I will lead you in training alongside the Seven Monsters competing this time. I hope you seize this precious opportunity and improve yourselves as much as possible."

"Alright, dismissed."

Hearing that they were dismissed, Wang Yan gave Xuan Zi a strange look. Were there not still some things to discuss? But Xuan Zi ignored Wang Yan's gaze and left directly.

"I'm exhausted. Yuhao, let's go back and rest."

Wang Dong stretched lazily. Getting up early in the morning just to fight was truly tiring.

"Let's go back."

At that moment, inside the sea of consciousness, Xia Liang and Electrolux were studying the Knight set.

"This... is rather interesting."

Xia Liang looked with great interest at the knights summoned through the Knight set. This was a set obtained from the Twilight of Torment. Every knight had the strength of level 98, and their physical defense had already surpassed level 99.

Should I just sweep across the Douluo Continent?

Xia Liang considered it, then reconsidered. He had no desire to manage any organization. In any case, the Sun Moon Empire would soon launch its war. He could wait until the deeply entrenched feudalism of the Douluo Continent had been defeated.

In the original story, if not for a certain shameless person interfering, Douluo Star would already have been unified. Although the Sun Moon Empire was no great thing either, it was still somewhat better than the current Douluo Continent. This place was far too feudal.

Originally, Xia Liang had not wanted to interfere in the war between the two continents. However, this period truly was the best opportunity to gather faith.

When the time came, he could protect the commoners. As for the conflict of interests between the two continents, it had nothing to do with him. As long as they were unified, that was enough.