Moreover, Elder Ma, originally Mirror Hongchen's trusted aide, was appointed as the Branch Hall Master of this division.
"It's nothing, the Hall Master also said we should fully cooperate, even mobilizing the entire division's power to help you guard this area well."
Elder Ma didn't know what secret Su Yu wanted these elite troops to guard, but he sensed the importance that Mirror Hongchen and Su Yu attached to it, so he was very diligent in selecting elites.
This time, he brought over a hundred elite Soul Guides, all of them Fifth-level and above.
There were ten Sixth-level Soul Guides and one Seventh-level Soul Guide!
The armed forces were even comparable to the configuration of the Royal Soul Guide Team.
"Alright, come with me."
Su Yu released a Life Energy Barrier, instantly condensing hundreds of Life Seeds.
These Life Seeds were similar to the ones Su Yu had previously entrusted to Xuan Ziweng for the Soul Guides from the soul bone research team through soul-guiding technology, compressed from Life Force, though their effect had changed somewhat.
The Life Seeds condensed this time could last for a full three years, and their effect was no longer to relieve fatigue as before.
With the integration of the Second Soul Skill effect, these Life Seeds could be called Seeds of Purification, able to shield against the effects of toxins in the poisonous miasma, allowing these Soul Guides to operate normally within it.
Although they couldn't resist the Seven-Colored Poisonous Miasma, being able to resist toxins within the miasma itself was already considered a treasure.
Kuang Tie had to rely on his Martial Soul and that Ice Crystal to barely resist the erosion of toxins deep within the miasma.
Su Yu handed the Seeds of Purification to these hundred Soul Guides and led them to the depths of the miasma, beyond the Seven-Colored Poisonous Miasma.
"Do not attempt to approach the Seven-Colored Poisonous Miasma, even the Seeds of Purification I gave you cannot resist the toxins there."
Su Yu briefly explained the deadly properties of the Green Phosphorus Seven Extremes Flower, which made the Soul Guides look at each other with a hint of trepidation.
Green Phosphorus Seven Extremes Flower.
So toxic!
Su Yu nodded in satisfaction; these were the elites painstakingly selected by Elder Ma, and they shouldn't fall victim to curiosity by recklessly charging in, but he still needed to remind them of the dangers here.
"Alright, your task is to prevent anyone from entering the Seven-Colored Poisonous Miasma. Of course, generally, no one has the ability to enter its depths, let alone force their way through the Seven-Colored Poisonous Miasma."
In the absence of forced intrusions, they could naturally enjoy the quiet atmosphere here in the depths of the miasma, make soul-guiding devices, or cultivate Soul Power.
Although the Immortal Spirit Qi of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye and various mystical enhancements were well concealed, this area ultimately was a place where the Primordial Energy of heaven and earth gathered in abundance, and without the trouble of toxins, cultivation was quite effective.
Moreover, since this was naturally a place infused with mystical enhancements, Su Yu felt it should inexplicably provide support for cultivation.
"These are the Eighth-level Soul-guiding Devices I've prepared for you."
Su Yu handed over a complete set of Eighth-level Soul-guided Chain Beam Cannons to the ten Sixth-level Soul Guides of this group.
Each was an Eighth-level Soul-guided Beam Cannon composed of Sixth-level Soul-guiding Devices, coordinated by the Sixth-level Soul Guides, alongside several Fifth-level Soul Guides, they could unleash Soul-guided Beams of Eighth-level Soul-guiding Device grade.
The ten Soul-guided Beams could even be fused with one another.
Just three Soul-guided Beams converged could form a standard Ninth-level Soul-guided Beam, six beams converged could pose a fatal threat to a Titled Douluo below Level 94, and ten beams converged, comparable to a full-powered strike from a Level 95 Super Douluo.
In addition to these Soul-guided Beam Cannons, Su Yu also handed over a Ninth-Level Soul Guide Array Plate to the leading Seventh-level Soul Guide.
"This is a Soul-guiding Array, utilizing linkage technology, even a Fifth-level Soul Guide can activate it under your direction, and with other Soul Guides initiating the array, it can act as an amplifying array, boosting the Soul-guided Beam Cannons to Ninth-level."
Crucially, under the coordination of the array, the fusion of ten Soul-guided Beams would be more reasonable, and the resulting power more formidable.
Besides serving as an amplifying array, this Soul-guiding Array also serves as a defensive array; additionally, Su Yu embedded golden crystal stones within it, capable of initiating an Invincible Shield thrice, defensively comparable to the strongest Defense Soul Skill of a Super Douluo with Martial Soul True Form at Level 97.
This was the result of Su Yu's research over the past year, aside from cultivation at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
These two sets of Soul-guiding Devices could be considered the pinnacle of Su Yu's craft.
A true testament to Su Yu's mastery in Soul-guiding Devices.
Combining the power of numerous Soul Guides to unleash absolutely powerful energy.
This was also Su Yu's advance research for his future plans.
After all, places like the Abyss required formidable power to reverse the swallow.
Assistance from external forces was equally valid.
In the Douluo Continent, a characteristic of the world is that even though the gap between different Great Realms can be described as a chasm, it ultimately can be bridged by sheer quantity.
It remains at a stage where quantity can make up for it.
After hearing Su Yu's introduction to the power of two sets of Soul-guiding Devices, not only were these hundred elites amazed, but even Elder Ma was in disbelief.
These two sets of Soul-guiding Devices could be said to maximize the potential of linkage soul-guiding technology!
True to Su Yu, he could create Soul-guiding Devices of such caliber.
"If you encounter enemies beyond your capacity, activate the defensive effects of the array, let them in, and with my arrangement in the Seven-Colored Poisonous Miasma, coupled with the internal defense system, launch Soul-guided Beams from outside the miasma."
Actually, Su Yu hoped not to instigate any intense battles outside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
If some damage were to occur to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, it wouldn't be good.
After setting up this hundred-member team, Su Yu and Elder Ma exited the miasma.
"Elder Ma, I still need to trouble you to deploy a troop to surround this miasma."
It's not just the depths of the miasma that Su Yu intended to encircle, but also its outer perimeter.
Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye deserves protection of this degree.
"Rest assured, I'll send people to completely encircle this place," Elder Ma assured.
Su Yu nodded, harboring no doubt about Elder Ma's ability to execute.
"By the way, at what stage is Kuang Tie's forging technology now?"
Elder Ma was essentially within the core tier of Mingde Hall and also served as a Branch Hall Master, so he knew about Battle Armor technology.
The significance of Kuang Tie's research on forging technology in relation to Battle Armor was clear to him.
After the Sun and Moon Empire took over the Celestial Soul Empire, the Iron Blood Sect officially renamed itself the Blacksmith Association, engaging in deep cooperation on forging technology with the Mingde Hall branch to continuously develop forging technology.
"Spiritual forging technology can now craft Spiritual Metal needed for the Advanced Battle Armor."
Through forging, directly advancing to infusing rare metals with enough spiritual essence to create Advanced Battle Armor!
Previously, relying on arrays to induce spiritual essence in Spiritual Metal was only preliminary, far from sufficient for crafting Advanced Battle Armor, struggling even to make Intermediate Battle Armor.
Now, through forging, it can directly be upgraded, making rare metals suitable for crafting Advanced Battle Armor.
Currently, only Kuang Tie has mastered such a level of forging technique.
"Hmm, raising the standard of forging techniques doesn't necessarily have to rely solely on brute force; consider combining with the Rune System and Soul-guiding Array, lowering the barrier while expanding the upper limit."
"Yes, I will inform Kuang Tie," Elder Ma nodded, harboring no doubt about Su Yu's words.
Since the advent of the Rune System, numerous impossibilities were transformed into realities.
The Rune System seemed capable of complementing any path, be it the cultivation of Soul Masters, crafting of Soul-guiding Devices, or even aiding Soul Masters in controlling Soul-guiding Devices!
Bone Pattern, Battle Armor...
Now, Su Yu said the runes could merge with forging, and Elder Ma felt there wasn't any problem with it.
...
Su Yu gathered information on the development of forging technology, shared some of his thoughts, and handed the Sunset Forest to Elder Ma, preparing to head to Shrek City.
"Golden Ancient Tree, Plane Will, here I come!"