Mission complete

This Level 8 Soul Guidance Bomb was Qian Xixi's greatest trump card. It was very expensive even in the game shop, and purchases were limited.

Before the Star Luo City map was unlocked, this item had been locked in the game shop as well.

When Cheng Gang saw the Level 8 Soul Guidance Bomb in Qian Xixi's hand, he instinctively sensed danger.

But it was already too late. He did not even have time to activate his Martial Soul True Body.

Without the slightest hesitation, Qian Xixi detonated the Level 8 Soul Guidance Bomb.

The Level 8 Soul Guidance Bomb was astonishingly powerful. Qian Xixi and Ten-Year Veteran were naturally sent straight back to the Respawn Point, while Cheng Gang was also engulfed in the explosion.

Fortunately, before the blast wave from the Level 8 Soul Guidance Bomb reached her, I Am an Angel touched the quest item—the Ice Jade Scorpion's Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Bone—and submitted it.

Otherwise, all their efforts would have come to nothing at the final hurdle.

At the Respawn Point, the players immediately checked their quest progress after respawning.

When they saw that the quest progress showed completion, the players burst into cheers.

Wang Zhongwang: "We did it! We snatched a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Bone from a Title Douluo! Hahahaha!"

Ten-Year Veteran looked at Qian Xixi somewhat helplessly.

Ten-Year Veteran: "You used something that powerful. Couldn't you have warned us first?"

Qian Xixi: "That thing was meant for Title Douluos in the first place. Its description said it could injure a Title Douluo at close range. With a point-blank suicide blast like that, that Title Douluo definitely won't be feeling too good."

I Am an Angel: "You had your fun, but do you realize I almost failed the quest? If your explosion had killed me instantly first, all our efforts would have come to nothing at the final hurdle."

Qian Xixi: "How could that happen? I believe in you. You're an angel, after all. The goddess of luck is sure to smile on you."

I Am an Angel: "Enough sweet talk. You're covering the Fate Coins I was going to give everyone as compensation, too."

Qian Xixi: "Hehe, sure. No problem."

Qian Xixi did not care about that little bit of money. The game announcement appeared just then, too.

[Congratulations to the players on completing the quest. Rewards have been issued. Please claim them promptly.]

The rewards were soon claimed. Qian Xixi received the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Bone, and when he obtained it, an equipment slot for soul bones appeared on his panel.

Qian Xixi: "So there's an equipment slot for soul bones, too. That means I can swap it out anytime once I get a better soul bone."

Wang Zhongwang: "So soul bones are equipment. Don't tell me they need enhancing like in DNF."

Qian Xixi: "I don't see an enhancement option, but you can refine it to increase its age."

Wang Zhongwang: "Sure enough, different broth, same medicine. You still have to spend money."

Ten-Year Veteran: "What's that soul bone's Soul Bone Skill?"

Qian Xixi: "The Soul Bone Skill is called Golden Body. It strengthens defensive capabilities, increasing the defensive effects of defensive soul skills by one hundred percent."

Spirit Hall Eternal: "Double defense for defensive soul skills? Awesome! With this Soul Bone Skill, even a Soul Emperor couldn't break your Black Tortoise Prison, right?"

Primordial One: "In that case, don't we actually have a chance of winning the championship?"

I Am an Angel: "The Super-Concentrated Soul Guidance Cannon works against Soul Kings, but it'll be hard for it to do much against a Soul Emperor."

Wang Zhongwang: "I remember now. There was a Thunder Cannon at this point in the original story. It could apparently decide the match with one shot, but they never ended up using it."

Spirit Hall Eternal: "Could you be more specific? What exactly is this Thunder Cannon? Can we get it in the game shop or sect shop?"

Wang Zhongwang: "My memory's a little fuzzy. Let's look through the shops. If it really is there, we could use it as a secret weapon."

The players began searching through the sect shop and game shop together.

Invincible Tyrannosaurus Warrior: "Found it. This Thunder Giant Cannon."

I Am an Angel: "This thing needs to be assembled on the field, and it needs charging, too. That takes far too long."

I Am an Angel: "@Qian Xixi, can your defensive skills hold out?"

Qian Xixi: "Hard to say!"

Ten-Year Veteran: "Let's take it one step at a time. At least this thing gives us a sliver of a chance."

Meanwhile, Cheng Gang had been badly battered by the Level 8 Soul Guidance Bomb.

The commotion was so great that even Xu Jiawei, the emperor of the Star Luo Empire, had been alerted.

"Your Majesty! This old servant was incompetent and failed to protect the treasure."

"Please rise, please rise. This wasn't your fault. No one expected things to reach this point."

Xu Jiawei then asked Xu Jiujiu beside him, "Little Sister Jiu, have you found anything?"

Xu Jiujiu shook her head. "We haven't found anything, not even remains of their bodies. From what Excellency Cheng Gang just said, the people who attacked him were a complete bunch of lunatics.

"And when it comes to people that utterly deranged, I can only think of those people."

"You mean Evil Soul Masters?"

"Yes. Earlier, Elder Xuan from Shrek Academy eliminated an Evil Soul Master hiding in the city."

"You mean this attack was retaliation by Evil Soul Masters?"

"That's possible, but it isn't certain yet. Those lunatics used soul guidance bombs. That doesn't seem like the methods of Evil Soul Masters."

"Do you think they might have mistaken one item for another?"

"Imperial Brother, you mean they actually came for that item?"

Xu Jiawei nodded. A mere Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Bone would not warrant such a huge commotion.

Xu Jiujiu nodded as well. "Rest assured, Imperial Brother. I'll do everything I can to ensure the Auction proceeds smoothly."

"Good. Little Sister Jiu, thank you for your hard work."

With a single Level 8 Soul Guidance Bomb, Qian Xixi had sent the Star Luo Empire's attention completely off course.

On the players' side, Ten-Year Veteran received a Martial Soul Slot Card, then topped up his account himself and bought a Martial Soul Awakening Card from the game shop.

With that, he too had twin martial souls. His luck was also very good: the second martial soul he awakened was the Flame-Treading Black Steed.

A Wuzhui Horse paired with an Overlord Spear—he was practically a little overlord.

As for I Am an Angel, she received a Martial Soul Awakening Card. She also topped up her account herself and bought a Martial Soul Slot Card from the game shop.

Thus, she too became a twin martial soul wielder, awakening the Sun Crown as her second martial soul.

Moreover, under the influence of her second martial soul, the Sun Crown, I Am an Angel's first martial soul evolved into a Four-Winged Angel.

Wang Zhongwang: "You've all got twin martial souls now. I'm so jealous. Still, this gives our chances of winning the upcoming matches another huge boost."

Spirit Hall Eternal: "We still don't know who we're facing in the next round. Hopefully we draw an opponent who isn't too strong."

Wang Zhongwang: "The original story only focused on a handful of teams. The rest probably aren't strong teams. As long as we aren't unlucky enough to run into those few teams, making the top eight won't be a problem at all."

Agile Dog in the Mountains: "Then let's trust our luck! Our luck seems to have been pretty good the whole time we've been playing."