Douluo: Not enough blood? Use your brain

Back then, Cao Dezhi was definitely superior to Yun Ming in terms of leadership and overall ability.

In this world where strength is valued, being superior in overall ability suggests that the gap in actual strength isn't significant.

"Senior," Xu Yuan thought for a moment and tried calling out.

Cao Dezhi revealed a satisfied smile.

Unlike the usual high-ranking members of the Tang Sect, he didn't mention the Tang Sect at all, nor did he lament Xu Yuan's failure to join.

"Right, did you have something you wanted to say to me just now?" Cao Dezhi asked.

"I need Senior to help me with something." Xu Yuan didn't hide it, as this was the very reason he had called Cao Dezhi out.

"Help?" Cao Dezhi frowned, preemptively saying in a cautious tone, "Firstly, I cannot leave the Blood God Legion. It's difficult for me to guarantee anything outside of the legion."

"It's not something outside the legion; it's about the Abyss," Xu Yuan said.

"About the Abyss?" Cao Dezhi breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as it's about dealing with the Abyss, then I can lend a hand.

"Speak, what is it?"

"Senior should have also cultivated my teacher's Forbidden Art of Seven Absolutes, right?" Xu Yuan asked.

Cao Dezhi's eyes narrowed.

He looked at Xu Yuan and said in a deep voice, "That's right."

Xu Yuan thought to himself, 'As expected.'

Cao Dezhi had entered the Abyss before, and many times at that. Even so, he wasn't discovered by the Abyss. Plus, he was Yun Ming's captain back then, so Xu Yuan had this conjecture.

Now that he had confirmation, he continued to speak.

"What I want Senior to help with is actually related to the new type of soul-guided weapon I'm developing."

Cao Dezhi was puzzled.

"What direct relationship does the soul-guided weapon you're developing have with my mastery of the Forbidden Art of Seven Absolutes?"

"There is!" Xu Yuan said, "The most crucial aspect of why the new type of soul-guided weapon can work is one of my soul skills, but this soul skill of mine needs someone to maintain it. Senior, you master the Forbidden Art of Seven Absolutes and possess great strength, making you the best candidate."

"Maintain your soul skill?"

"I've created an illusionary space, perfecting it to the point of being almost a real space, yet it's still an illusion. Because of this, I've achieved many energy conversion steps in the new type of soul-guided weapon."

Xu Yuan looked at Cao Dezhi and revealed the key to his new type of soul-guided weapon.

The core formation within the soul-guided weapon is also important, but the real key conversion relies on the dreamscape.

"So, if your soul skill collapses, the new type of soul-guided weapon will be useless?" Cao Dezhi's eyes narrowed as he looked at Xu Yuan and asked in a deep voice.

Xu Yuan nodded.

"Yes, so it's best if Senior maintains this illusionary space."

Cao Dezhi's expression changed.

He pondered whether many of the measures passed during the meeting needed to be revised.

In the end, he didn't decide to immediately reconvene the meeting.

"Take me to see your illusionary space first."

With that, he grabbed Xu Yuan and quickly headed towards the Abyss passage.

Xu Yuan's blood energy surged, forming a protective shield around his body to prevent being impacted by the strong currents.

This newly constructed dreamscape wasn't directly connected to Xu Yuan, so handing it over to Cao Dezhi wouldn't affect Xu Yuan.

Most importantly, Xu Yuan couldn't directly state his intention to subvert Cao Dezhi.

He could only give him an opportunity.

An opportunity for him to discover the truth himself.

Chapter 446: Conversion Results

The construction of the original dreamscape was initially for the purpose of utilizing the energy flow of the Abyss.

As long as Xu Yuan was willing, he could construct a new illusionary space at any time.

And the problems of the original dreamscape wouldn't be reflected on Xu Yuan's main body. After all, this was used to deal with the energy of the Abyss. The reason for choosing this path was to avoid the incomplete devouring of the Abyss energy, as residual marks would bury hidden dangers. Since this alternative method was chosen to avoid the potential dangers brought by the Abyss energy, Xu Yuan naturally wouldn't leave any means for the original dreamscape to counter himself.

Cao Dezhi mastered the Forbidden Art of Seven Absolutes, so he would be able to control the dreamscape to a certain extent without Xu Yuan, the creator, interfering. Perhaps not to the extent of Xu Yuan's complete control, but it would be enough to stabilize the space.

"Your illusionary space is close to reality, which also means that if it's carefully investigated, there's a possibility of it being discovered by the Abyss," Cao Dezhi said.

In mid-air, Cao Dezhi also seized the time to confirm some situations with Xu Yuan.

"Yes, that's why I need Senior to help me stabilize this illusionary space, especially during the upcoming Abyss tide. Whether the illusionary space can be stabilized will determine whether the new type of soul-guided weapon can play a role in the long run."

Xu Yuan's words caused Cao Dezhi's expression to constantly change.

He had just thought that this new type of soul-guided weapon researched by Xu Yuan had a great effect, providing the Blood God Legion with a rather heaven-defying tool in all aspects.

However, now he realized that everything still required effort.

But this effort was also very reasonable.

If they wanted to maintain the advantages of the new type of soul-guided weapon, they had to work harder to obtain control of the Abyss passage entrance.

"We're here."

Soon, Cao Dezhi brought Xu Yuan to the entrance of the Abyss passage.

With Xu Yuan's advance notice, Cao Dezhi directly covered the entire area with his spiritual power.

However, even so, he didn't sense the existence of the original dreamscape.

Cao Dezhi looked at Xu Yuan with a hint of suspicion.

Are you sure the illusionary space you mentioned is still there?

"Senior, I also said that although this illusionary space is close to reality, it's still an illusion after all. Without any fluctuations, it's not that easy to find it. What I'm worried about isn't that it will be exposed itself, but the fluctuations brought about by its energy conversion when the new type of soul-guided weapon is playing its role."

As he spoke, Xu Yuan took out a soul-guided laser gun. With soul power driving the laser gun, a storm formed at the muzzle, but instead of shooting out a laser, it absorbed the surrounding Abyss energy into the gun body.

As the Abyss energy was absorbed into the laser gun, the formations within also began to take effect. The Abyss energy disappeared from the soul-guided laser gun out of thin air, and then strands of starlight power began to appear in the energy storage area of the soul-guided laser gun.

Carefully sensing all of this, Cao Dezhi followed the Abyss energy and finally discovered a trace.

"Here?" He thought to himself, sensing the illusionary space that enveloped the area.

However, even after sensing it, he had no way to enter it.

After trying many methods, he could only sense it.

Cao Dezhi looked at Xu Yuan in surprise.

"What is illusory will always be illusory. If you want to further sense everything within my illusionary space, you still need to be 'invited' in."

Of course, Xu Yuan didn't directly point everything out.

In fact, if the control of will is high enough, one can also delve into the dreamscape with will without any assistance to experience it.

Unfortunately, even Cao Dezhi, who had cultivated the Forbidden Art of Seven Absolutes, clearly didn't have enough achievement in will to achieve this.

The Seven Absolutes of Forbidden Arts only governs the essence, qi, and spirit, and can jointly enhance willpower. It doesn't mean that cultivating the Seven Absolutes of Forbidden Arts will necessarily lead to achievements in willpower. Strictly speaking, Cao Dezhi cultivates the Seven Absolutes of Forbidden Arts to control space, not for cultivation.

Conversely, although Yun Ming initially developed this set of Seven Absolutes of Forbidden Arts to control space, as his understanding of essence, qi, and spirit deepened, this unique skill became a method of cultivation in his hands after he reached the limit.

Xu Yuan, from the very beginning, used the dream space to cultivate this unique skill, coincidentally comprehending the role of willpower in the Seven Absolutes of Forbidden Arts very thoroughly. He can also be considered to be cultivating using the Seven Absolutes of Forbidden Arts, and he thoroughly implements this unique skill in his daily cultivation.

After Xu Yuan finished speaking, he also began to activate his soul skill, guiding Cao Dezhi's consciousness into the illusion.

The dream space is essentially an illusion, so only the caster and those affected by the illusion can perceive this space.

Cao Dezhi's consciousness entered the Primordial Star Space, and his mental power spread out, immediately understanding the situation here to a great extent, basically consistent with what Xu Yuan said.

His attention was not focused on the vast power of the stars that Xu Yuan had secretly withheld in the middle of this space. Instead, he was more concerned about the space outside this space.

The universe space from another perspective.

"You let me control this place, aren't you afraid I'll use up all the star power you've earned?" Cao Dezhi joked with Xu Yuan, although he didn't focus on that area.

"Senior is already a Limit Douluo and no longer needs to increase his soul power. If he really wants to go further, he should study the power of the Primordial Stars. Even though my star power is still in its original form, it has been smoothed out and is of little use to Senior."

Cao Dezhi looked at Xu Yuan in surprise.

"Your teacher really teaches you everything in advance."

"When I understand something and have doubts, the teacher will naturally answer my questions," Xu Yuan said with a smile.

Cao Dezhi nodded. He looked towards the boundary of the dream space, and his mental power extended over.

"This is indeed a different kind of opportunity for me, directly contacting the universe space, which is very important to me."

Xu Yuan didn't find it strange.

The reason for bringing Cao Dezhi here was to give him this opportunity.

Xu Yuan wanted to win over Cao Dezhi's power. After all, from all aspects, Cao Dezhi was the kind of person who had the potential to develop a rebellious mentality towards the Sea God.

Of course, winning him over couldn't be said directly, especially not directly telling a Douluo Hall Master that the Sea God had a ten-thousand-year plan, but how this plan brought disaster to Douluo Star.

This would only tell Cao Dezhi the truth, but also directly inform Cao Dezhi of the hope.

The Sea God has a ten-thousand-year plan, so there must be a way to end it.

Cao Dezhi would indeed be dissatisfied with the Sea God because of the disaster the Abyss brought to Douluo Star, but he might also suppress his emotions in order to solve the disaster of the Abyss.

As long as someone can solve the Abyss, I am willing to help, whether he is good or bad.

This was what Xu Yuan was trying to avoid.

Therefore, he needed to let Cao Dezhi explore everything himself and gradually analyze the truth.

Lengthening this process and accumulating dissatisfaction to the peak in his own exploration was the method Xu Yuan prepared.

As for how to let Cao Dezhi discover all of this truth, it was naturally related to this Primordial Dream Space.

The Primordial Dream Space itself does not contain the truth, but the opportunity it provides to Cao Dezhi contains this opportunity.

"I never thought that such a nearly real, complete space could be created by a Soul Emperor like you. I have already tried it. It's not a big problem to stabilize this space with essence, qi, and spirit in the outside world. Facing the impact of the Abyss, my power alone may not be enough, especially if the Abyss Sage Emperor personally takes action, your space will inevitably collapse."

After all, this is just a space opened up by a Soul Emperor like Xu Yuan. Even if it is illusory, it can avoid many factors of interference, but it still actively exposes the internal weaknesses, introducing the Abyss energy into the interior of the space in order to play a role.

The Abyss Sage Emperor is the master of the plane and has the ability to directly control the Abyss energy. He can remotely control the Abyss energy within the Primordial Dream Space and destroy this space from within.

"The great formation you mentioned still needs to be established, and it must be built before the Abyss Tide arrives. Only with the help of the great formation will I have a chance to stabilize the operation of this space itself under the impact of the Abyss Sage Emperor."

Xu Yuan revealed a surprised expression.

He could still stabilize the Primordial Dream Space even with the Abyss Sage Emperor taking action?

"Actually, if things are impossible, it's okay to directly abandon this space. Even if it is destroyed, I don't think it will take long to rebuild one, but it needs to be paired with new soul guidance weapons," Xu Yuan said.

Cao Dezhi smiled and said, "But if that's the case, wouldn't the star power you have stored here be wasted?"

Xu Yuan's expression was awkward.

The proportion he withheld was not small.

Basically, a cost of 10 yields a return of 20 to 30, and he can keep 7 to 15.

Moreover, with the improvement of technology, the profit margin will be even higher. After all, the real motivation comes from the Abyss. In the future, perhaps a cost investment of 10 will be enough to yield a return of 50.

At that time, Xu Yuan's deduction may reach 30.

The so-called calculation of the invested cost is also relatively abstract. The reason why it can be quantified to such a low value is because the investment is essentially still the hunting of Abyss creatures.

And what needs to be considered when hunting Abyss creatures is only the mortality rate.

If they die, that is the investment.

If they don't die, that is the profit. Because the soldiers of the Blood God Legion still use the Abyss energy to hunt Abyss creatures. Apart from that, it is the infinitely recoverable physical strength, mental strength, and the initial charging required for soul guidance weapons.

"Your development of new soul guidance weapons has already helped the Blood God Legion a lot. It is also right to seek benefits for yourself. As far as I know, your mastery of unique skills and other aspects have long exceeded the level corresponding to your soul power level. Now, the most urgent thing to improve is soul power. This star power should also be what you prepared for your own cultivation, right?"

Xu Yuan nodded, not denying it.

"Well, although I haven't specifically calculated the conversion ratio of your space, after an Abyss Tide, as long as the great formation is successfully established, the star power you can leave here is enough to create a Titled Douluo."

One Abyss Tide, one Titled Douluo.