Chapter 460: The Ever-Changing Mingdu!
As the richest country on the Douluo Continent today, it is naturally nothing for the Sun Moon Empire to host such a competition. But even so, they spent three months preparing for the tournament.
As the largest city in mainland China, Mingdu has also expanded a large number of hotels and added rooms to be able to receive more guests during this event. Especially merchants from other places. Earn more profit from it.
The Sun and Moon Empire, as the continent's No. 1 soul master country, also made a bloody investment in this competition, and the final prize was no longer a soul bone, but a soul guide.
The champion team will receive a level 9 soul guide, the runner-up will be level 8, and the third place will be level 7.
The price of these three soul guides is higher than the value of soul bones. In particular, the ninth-level soul guide that the champion team can obtain is basically a priceless treasure today, and only the Sun and Moon Empire has a ninth-level soul guide.
Moreover, I heard that the Sun and Moon Empire has developed humanoid soul guides such as fighting armor and mechas, which can greatly increase the combat power of soul masters. If you can get such a soul guide, you must be at the peak of your life!
Under the heavy awards, all the participating teams are gearing up for a higher ranking. This is not only a good opportunity to become famous, but also a good time to reap the benefits!
For modern soul masters, if they want to become stronger, they have to rely on soul guides in addition to their own cultivation. And the expensive price of high-level soul guides almost discouraged most soul masters.
If you want to be strong, you can't do it without money.
Mingdu, the Imperial Palace of the Sun and Moon Empire, back garden.
The wheelchair slowly moves on the wide bluestone pavement in the back garden, and a variety of plants are neatly scattered throughout the garden, each with a unique design.
The small waterfalls in the rockery, the royal family motifs full of flowers, and the tall trees make the entire royal back garden of the Sun and Moon Empire feel like entering a beautiful forest.
"What's going on with my father?"
Xu Tianran, who was in a wheelchair, closed his eyes. The legs are covered with a thin blanket, and the whole person exudes a faint sense of leisure.
It was Tangerine who was pushing his wheelchair.
Today's orange wore a goose yellow dress, which set off her delicate and fair skin, noble and elegant. Compared with before, she now has a more calm temperament, and her beautiful eyes occasionally flash with a touching and wise light.
"I'm afraid Your Majesty's body is about to be unable to hold on, and the imperial doctor said that in the past few days, Your Majesty has often been in a coma and lost consciousness." Tangerine whispered.
Xu Tianran still closed his eyes, as if the old man in the orange mouth had nothing to do with him at all.
"My father has worked hard all his life, not seeking merit but seeking no fault, how many great opportunities have he missed! In the future history of the Sun and Moon Empire, he can only be a mediocre emperor, what is the reaction of the military? ”
Tangerine nodded and said, "At least two-fifths of the empire's army is directly in our hands, and of the other three-fifths, two-fifths are in a wait-and-see attitude or are only loyal to the emperor. As soon as you ascend the throne, it is believed that they will lean over immediately. As for the last fifth, most of them are some powerful generals on the border. Some of them have been bought by other princes, and some of them are your old enemies. ”
"And since we mastered the Sun and Moon Royal Military Academy, the elite officers who graduated from it have been scattered all over the Imperial Army, and these people are our people. As long as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince gives an order, they will all obey it. ”
A smile appeared at the corner of Xu Tianran's mouth, his smile was very beautiful, but I don't know why, when Tangerine saw this smile, his heart was as cold as falling into an ice cellar.
Because she knew very well that whenever Xu Tianran showed such an expression, it was when he decided to kill.
"Don't worry, wait until I ascend the throne. If they are stubborn to the end, you go for a trip and do things cleanly. Xu Tianran said with a smile.
"Only by letting these things that don't know what to do go down can the elites trained by the military academy ascend to the top, and with power and status, these people will follow us with all their hearts."
Tangerine's delicate body shook slightly, but she still nodded and said, "Yes." ”
Xu Tianran turned his head, glanced at her and said, "Tangerine, don't be so restrained between you and me, after I ascend the throne, the first thing is to make you the queen." You are always so restrained, but you lack the grace of a queen. ”
Tangerine smiled indifferently and said, "Your Highness, you know, Tangerine does not seek any fame and status with you. Tangerine has only two wishes, one is to always be by your side, and the other is to destroy the Star Luo Empire. ”
Xu Tianran also nodded lightly when he heard this: "Your two wishes will come true, your performance in the Military Academy has exceeded my expectations, even those stubborn old generals admire you very much, and even entrusted me to me, wanting to become a student of the Military Academy and accept the art of war strategy you taught." According to this trend, when we go to war against the Star Luo Empire in the future, you will be my marshal. ”
"Your Highness." Tangerine hurriedly knelt down beside Xu Tianran's wheelchair.
Xu Tianran raised his hand to support her and said, "It's all said, we don't have to be so polite between us." If you hadn't saved my life, I would have been dead long ago. There are many subordinates around me who are stronger than you, but the only one who really reassures me is you. ”
This sentence Xu Tianran did not adulterate, for him, a person with a bitter hatred like Tangerine is the best to control, and he will never rebel.
Tangerine's beautiful eyes were full of gratitude, but Xu Tianran didn't notice it, but in the depths of her eyes, there was an indifference.
Is it really okay to be casual in front of you? Once upon a time, there was a minister who was equally kind to you, and because he was more comfortable in your presence, he died at home soon after, and I gave you the order.
Tangerine knows Xu Tianran's character too well, this Royal Highness the Crown Prince is indeed eloquent, and he has only one goal in life, that is, to unify the entire Douluo Continent.
And he has wisdom, can forbear, and is ruthless. Although he has a disability, he has almost all the prerequisites for success.
But since he broke his legs and lost his ability to be a man, his whole personality began to become more and more gloomy. The occasional anger is revealed, and even the orange does not dare to approach easily.
He's not just a hero, sometimes he even thinks he's a madman, a crazy man who is extremely smart.
If she wants revenge, she needs the support of such a madman. But she didn't want to follow in the footsteps of that minister, so when she was in front of Xu Tianran, she was very careful and conscientious at all times, and buried her true thoughts very well.
Thinking of the word madman, Tangerine suddenly remembered the young figure who was always dressed in black.
He founded the Royal Soul Master Academy, and developed powerful soul guides such as soul guide cars, soul guide mechas, and fighting armor, and his political wisdom is not inferior to Xu Tianran.
But that person has been gone for three years, and it is not known whether he is alive or dead.
"Huo Yuhao's side, is there still no news?" Xu Tianran said suddenly.
Tangerine was taken aback by Xu Tianran's words, and was stunned for a moment before replying: "There is still no news, we only know that Huo Yuhao entered the vast sea through Haiyue City, and then we can't know any of his whereabouts." ”
"It's been three years, although he hasn't come back, but both the Military Academy and Mingde Hall have treated him as a god." Xu Tianran said lightly. "But the Sun and Moon Empire only needs an emperor, not a god."
Tangerine's delicate body trembled, and he quickly knelt down again and said, "Your Highness, what do you mean?" ”
"Let's go about erasing his traces, sever his relationship with the Mingde Hall and the Military Academy, cancel his position as dean and all his positions in the Mingde Hall, and do it in three days."
"Yes"
"Woo, Wuhu! Look, Zhuqing, I've overtaken a soul guide car again! I just said I want to buy this fastest soul guide car, it feels really good! Ning Rongrong said loudly.
One day in the Divine Realm, one year in the Mortal Realm, and now three years have passed, and the seven gods sent by Tang San have already reached the lower realm.
Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing and Ma Hongjun, who were born on the side of Shrek Academy, learned the news of the start of the Continent-wide Youth Soul Master Contest and set off to Mingdu.
The remaining two gods went to Haotian Sect and contacted the two of them.
Ten thousand years have passed, and everything in the Douluo Continent has made them very novel, especially the soul guide cars that appear on the road from time to time, which makes several people very greedy.
As a god, there is naturally no shortage of money in his hands, and Oscar used some gems and gold nuggets to buy a soul guide car. And Ning Rongrong, who had just learned to drive for less than three days, volunteered to become the driver of this soul guide car.
Ning Rongrong, who originally restrained his little witch's temper after becoming a god, seemed to be led out of his nature by this soul guide car at this time.
I saw her slender hands frantically operating the soul guide car, and her speed was almost stretched to the limit, turning into a streamer and moving forward.
"yes, it's really enjoyable."
Zhu Zhuqing lay comfortably on the soft seat, as the god of speed, she naturally would not be afraid of this extremely fast speed, but would enjoy it.
"But Rongrong, if you do this, I'm afraid that others won't be able to stand it."
Oscar and Dai Mubai glanced at each other with sad faces, they didn't expect that after they became gods, they would get motion sickness. Under this extreme speed, their faces, who were already a little motion sick, became even paler.
"You have to give them a taste of this stuff before you can let them drive it later." Ning Rongrong said eloquently. "If we are chased in the soul guide car in the future, do we want to let them operate the soul guide car in this state?"
Zhu Zhuqing smiled lightly, nodded and said, "You are right." ”
"That's right, chasing the five of us, isn't that the birthday boy always eating arsenic and thinking about his life?" Oscar complained.
"Xiao Ao, shut up, Zhuqing, I'll tell you"
Just as Ning Rongrong was about to say something, several huge black shadows suddenly swept over the soul guide car, making everyone in the car startled.
Ning Rongrong adjusted the color of the roof of the soul guide car to transparent, and several people in the car looked into the air at the same time, and instantly saw a scene that surprised them extremely much.
In mid-air, five huge metal mechs flew. The reason why Ning Rongrong and the others were able to recognize this as a soul guide mecha was because they had heard of this kind of thing from the Sun and Moon Empire store that made soul guide cars.
The five mechs are divided into four black and one red, and the leader is naturally the bright red mecha.
The feet of that red mecha were gorgeously streamlined, and there were dark golden lines on the surface of the bright red mecha.
Normally, a mecha is composed of many parts, but the red mecha in front of me seems to have fewer components than the black mecha behind it. Like its ankle joint and the ball of the foot, it seems that there is no connection at all, it is formed in one piece, and it continues upward, revealing the calf and thigh.
It looks like this red mecha is more like an enlarged human than a mech. The body is slender, the proportions are very similar to that of humans, and the body is bright red, but apart from the dark gold lines, there is no particularly ornate equipment, nor is there a lot of armor. The height of the red mecha is about six meters, which is much smaller and lighter than ordinary mechas. The strange thing is that there is no weapons and equipment on the mecha, and the whole is very gorgeous and light.
The four black-level mecha in the back look very mechanical, and the visual impact is also great, but this red mecha looks like an enlarged version of a human wearing simple armor.
It doesn't have any powerful aura coming out of it, but the streamlined shape looks like a work of art. No matter how discerning the aesthetic is, it can't find the slightest flaw.
The red light flashed violently, and the red-level mecha had already teleported to a kilometer away, and even a few of them were slightly surprised by the speed.
And seeing that the red-level mecha flew away, the few black-level mecha behind couldn't sit still. The powerful soul guide propulsion device behind him was activated with all its might, and a circle-shaped white cloud instantly rushed up behind the mecha.
"With such a terrifying speed, even if the Soul Saint of the Flying Martial Soul opens the True Body of the Martial Soul, I am afraid that it will be slightly inferior." Dai Mubai sighed and said. "The Douluo Continent has changed so much."
"Hello, this drive has entered the jurisdiction of Mingdu, please look at the microphone and say your identity and reason, we will send special personnel to receive you."
Suddenly, a somewhat sweet female voice suddenly sounded in the cab. And it was this sudden sound that frightened Ning Rongrong so much that his hands almost shook, and the entire soul guide car skidded and flew out. 、
"Hello, this drive has entered the jurisdiction of Mingdu, please point into the microphone and say your identity and reason, we will send special personnel to receive you"
"Hello, this drive has entered the jurisdiction of Mingdu, please point into the microphone and say your identity and reason, we will send special personnel to receive you"
The clear and sweet female voice sounded three times in a row, but several people in the carriage looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
"Three paging times did not receive a response from the target, identified as a threat target, and asked the headquarters to strike with precision from the Eye of Destruction Ray Tower, Ovo." (End of chapter)