Jiaojiao nonchalantly asked Youyou,
"An accident?"
"What kind of accident could there be here?"
"That person has set up so many backup plans here, and the Azure Phosphorus Poison Array is the strongest poison array.
If a human can get in by brute force, I'll drink the entire Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well on the spot!"
Youyou shook her huge pink petals, seemingly slightly relieved.
A strange golden tulip flower, exuding a noble aura, shimmered with golden light under the bright sunlight.
Its roots resembled purple vines, with sharp, gleaming thorns, and a strange fragrance permeated the air.
The overall design was Huo Yuhao's favorite yellow and purple combination, prompting him to exclaim, "Tasteful!"
This noble yellow-purple immortal herb was none other than the Qiluo Tulip, the most coveted treasure of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, capable of evolving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School's current position is extremely awkward.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, the main branch of the sect, cannot break through to the Soul Douluo level.
This is mainly because Ning Rongrong and Oscar left no descendants, leaving only the name of Nine Treasures.
Furthermore, the emergence of Soul Cores has made Title Douluos less scarce, a rare version advantage during the Douluo Continent era.
Unfortunately, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda cannot benefit from this advantage due to its martial soul characteristics, while it reaps huge profits from negative ones, as gem-type soul beasts are rapidly decreasing!
All these reasons have left the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School in a semi-secluded state.
The sect is not as glorious as it was ten thousand years ago, with only its affiliated Nine Treasures Merchant Guild active on the continent.
The Qiluo Tulip swayed its petals, and a male voice entered Youyou's ears.
"Don't worry."
"The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well has seven 100,000-year-old soul beasts."
"If all else fails, we can also use the power of the Dragon Lord beneath the Ice Spring and Fire Spring!"
"With the Dragon Lord's might and the ultimate fire and ice, any invading enemy will not return alive!"
Youyou was pleasantly surprised to hear the Qiluo Tulip speak.
"Xiangxiang! You're awake!"
"But the two Dragon Lords' intelligence hasn't been extinguished yet; it'll probably take several thousand more years before they become mindless dragon souls."
"We probably can't command the two Dragon Lords, can we?"
Qiluo Tulip said calmly,
"We were woken up by your voices."
"The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well is our home; when the nest is overturned, how can the eggs remain intact?"
"The two Dragon Lords don't want the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to be disturbed by outsiders; they will definitely help!"
Liehuo Xingjiao also chimed in,
"That's right." "
With so many hundred-thousand-year-old soul beasts in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, plus the Dragon Lords and the Azure Phosphorous Poisonous Mist outside, getting in here requires that person's secret assistance!"
"Otherwise, even ten lives wouldn't be enough for them to squander."
Hearing that her companions all shared the same opinion, Youxiang Qiluo Xianpin was completely relieved and said,
"Well, since everyone says so, then I'm relieved."
"Then Xiangxiang, you can continue sleeping. I'm going to sleep too."
"There's nothing fun on the Magic Network lately.
I wonder when the game module will be launched?"
"That 'Yege' hasn't given a specific schedule either."
Youyou wanted to go back to sleep.
This was how it was for these 100,000-year-old plant-type soul beasts.
Because they were difficult to move, they either slept or contemplated life. Now they had the option of going online.
Just then, an even more violent explosion reached the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye Canyon.
The scorching mushroom cloud of flames that shot into the sky almost covered a quarter of the Sunset Forest's outer perimeter.
These plant-type soul beasts of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye could clearly see that the thick Azure Phosphorus Poison Cloud in the southwest of the Sunset Forest had visibly thinned, and they could even vaguely see the surging seven-colored poisonous miasma on the outer edge.
Youyou trembled with fear, stammering,
"Um, um, Xiangxiang, Jiaojiao."
"That's alright, right?"
Liehuo Xingjiaoshu and Qiluo Tulip fell silent, and the other 100,000-year-old plant-type soul beasts also panicked.
Although they were 100,000-year-old soul beasts, their combat power was average, and they had been raised in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well since birth, possessing absolutely no combat experience.
These immortal herbs were well aware of their allure to humans!
Immortal herbs combined with 100,000-year-old soul beasts—the benefits far outweighed the risks—and the humans outside would go completely mad.
"Don't worry!"
"It's not a big problem!" "
The Azure Phosphorus Poison Cloud repairs very quickly!
The Seven-Colored Poisonous Mist is the same; it won't be easily worn down!"
Qiluo Tulip, as the leader of these immortal herbs, although her heart was pounding, still reassured them.
At this moment, Kiritsugu Emiya, observing the weakening of the poisonous miasma through his binoculars, said to Shirou Emiya,
"Shirou, it's almost done."
"Fire level 7 freezing fixed-position soul-guided shells and level 7 explosive fixed-position soul-guided shells!"
"Ice and fire intertwine, destroy those Azure Phosphorus Seven Absolute Flowers in one fell swoop!"
Shirou Emiya immediately organized his men, loading the perfectly preserved fixed-position soul-guided shells one by one.
Then the final salvo began!
The fixed-position soul-guided shells,
shimmering with icy blue light, rained down on the Azure Phosphorus Seven Absolute Flowers.
The Azure Phosphorus poisonous cloud attempted to corrode the shells in mid-air, but to no avail.
Root's Third Squad had gone all out this time; the shells' outer shells were mixed with a small amount of Ice Extreme Divine Crystal, making them resistant to corrosion by the poisonous cloud.
With the explosions, white icy mist instantly swept across the entire Azure Phosphorus Seven Absolute Flowers grove.
The Azure Phosphorus Seven Absolute Flowers, already weakened by the previous nine rounds of bombardment, could no longer withstand the onslaught and their buds closed in the low temperature.
Then, the explosive, fixed-position soul-guided projectiles transformed into fiery meteors in the air, crashing heavily into the closed buds of the Azure Phosphorous Seven Absolute Flowers.
Without the obstruction of poisonous miasma, the viscous, liquid-like flames spread throughout the southwest, even causing rocks to crack and turn to dust under the intense heat.
This explosive soul-guided device was modeled after napalm bombs, but it was far more powerful!
After the flames dissipated, the entire southwest of Sunset Forest was practically plowed through; the once lush forest now revealed scorched earth, with ice crystals visible in many places.
In the distance, the Azure Phosphorous Seven Absolute Flowers array, struck by the explosive soul-guided projectiles, still burned, like flames rising from hell.
"Wow, such a big scene! Anyone who didn't know better would think there was a war going on here."
Kiritsugu Emiya suddenly heard a familiar voice behind him and immediately turned around to bow.
Huo Yuhao patted him on the shoulder and said,
"Well done. Conventional methods shouldn't be used to deal with this kind of poison array."
"The previous leader even thought of finding a way out through exploration."
"Kiritsugu, you're really resourceful."
"Luckily, there aren't any environmental protection organizations here, otherwise we'd be publicly criticized on the magic network."
Huo Yuhao slowly walked to Kiritsugu's side.
Su Tong was recording the scene on the magic network; this was the first real-world application of the explosive fixed-position soul-guided cannon, and it was worth recording.
Kiritsugu Emiya smiled and said,
"Just doing my job."
"These soul-guided devices are really useful."
"I think the research department could develop some even more powerful projectiles in the future!"
Huo Yuhao, looking at the scene that was practically hell, said,
"They will."
"The soul-guided fission bomb is under research; you'll see it within five years."
"Hiss, you should know about fission reactions, right?"
Shirou Emiya below, his eyes lighting up, said,
"I know that."
"I remember when I graduated, it was just theory, wasn't it?"
"Research progress is that fast?"
Huo Yuhao looked at Shirou Emiya below, whose innocent demeanor suggested he was a kind-hearted person, and said,
"The most difficult part of developing a technology is finding the direction."
"Knowing the direction of research is like finding a diamond on the ground." "
Subsequent research is just picking up that diamond."
Shirou Emiya hesitated slightly after hearing this and said,
"According to the textbook, that kind of weapon would be very powerful, right?"
"Wouldn't it be very dangerous?"
Huo Yuhao gently shook his head and said,
"No weapon is without danger."
"If possible, I also hope these weapons never need to be created."
"I prefer using fission energy for energy rather than weapons."
"Unfortunately, that's how the world is; we always have to learn to compromise with reality."
The Soul-Guided Fission Bomb is essentially the Douluo Continent version of a nuclear bomb.
Due to equipment limitations here, it's difficult to purify and enrich uranium-235.
Fortunately, the Douluo Continent possesses rare metals and a core magic array, allowing the purification and enrichment process to be completed entirely through the core magic array—much more convenient than in his previous life.
He'd even let the scientists of his previous life call this a heretical method.
Huo Yuhao also added soul power properties to the fission bomb based on the characteristics of the rare metals found on the Douluo Continent.
He estimated that when the fission bomb is detonated, it will not only have the effect of a nuclear bomb from his previous life but will also frantically compress and release elements of heaven and earth, causing elemental turbulence—its power would be absolutely astonishing!
In the future, once the research is complete, Huo Yuhao
plans to throw one into the Qiankun Asking Love Valley.
However, more than its weapon applications, Huo Yuhao wants to find a way to convert fission energy and electrical energy into soul power.
Soul power is far superior to electrical energy.
The various wondrous properties of soul power alone far surpass those of conventional energy sources.
Huo Yuhao stretched and jumped down from the platform, saying,
"We should have arrived two hours earlier."
"On the way, we encountered a young lady being chased by someone.
The mastermind was her own father, who was jealous of her cultivation talent."
"Before I killed her with a single blow, I discovered that her real father was her grandfather.
Her real father had already been possessed by him.
He was obsessed with his granddaughter's body and planned to kill her and then slowly savor her."
That old bastard even mocked me, saying he was hiding in a misty forest and told me to go find him."
"How could I tolerate that? I just picked up my Nichirin Spear! I wiped out that entire forest on the spot!"
Emiya Kiritsugu was speechless after hearing this; it felt like something out of a martial arts novel.
Meanwhile, Su Tong was completely exasperated.
Who knew why they'd encountered an ambush the moment they used Kamui, with a steel blade pointed directly at their heads?
Such a low-probability event!
Luckily, her teacher's spiritual eyes were useful, allowing her to quickly complete the side quest.
(End of Chapter)
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