Chapter 25: Mind-Controlled Weapons

  The old man threw out the round shield, and with a soft shout of "Go!", the round shield suddenly disintegrated into countless palm-sized scales. These scales were evenly distributed, both scattered and connected to each other.

  Immediately afterwards, countless scales transformed into countless flame flying knives, with seemingly countless threads of energy connecting each other, as if a huge array, looking mysterious and unparalleled.

  "Summon the fire pillar!" A column of flame shot up into the sky, and the flying beasts that were at the forefront were instantly incinerated. The fire pillar then split from one large column to thirty-two smaller ones, dispersing in all directions and clearing out all the flying creatures along the way.

  The dark sky was suddenly cleared of one-third, and the blue sky and white clouds could be seen clearly.

  Yang Tong and Feng Xiaobo, among other students, were left staring in shock. What kind of attack was this? The power was almost too great! Yang Tong was particularly severely impacted. Everything that had happened over the past few days completely shattered his understanding of this world and made him even more clearly aware of the enormous differences between this world and Earth.

  "Teacher Zhang, this..." Feng Xiaobo, although considered knowledgeable among his peers, didn't necessarily know everything.

  "That shield is a spiritual artifact, judging by its quality, it's at least close to a fourth-grade spirit treasure! That old man is one of the most respected spiritual masters in this county, Zheng Xuan. The move he used was called Gathering Fire Pillar, which is Zheng Xuan's signature technique, and its power is indeed boundless!" Zhang Tianming exclaimed excitedly.

  Yang Tong looked at the weapon that could produce such an incredible technique with envy, thinking to himself, "This is a spiritual artifact." Compared to these incredibly powerful weapons, using the Ling Neng series of hot weapons was much more convenient, but their power was also vastly inferior.

  "The psychic arms used by the psychics are the most expensive and difficult to develop among the same level of attack-type spiritual tools, especially the custom-made psychic arms. They require that the material, attributes, size, and spiritual pattern must all match the owner perfectly, and it's best to also leave enough room for upgrading." Zhang Tianming seemed to have done his research on this topic, spouting out a whole bunch of theories off the top of his head. "Take the dragon scale shield in Master Zheng Xuan's hand, for example - that thing cost 60 million spiritual coins!"

  Yang Tong was speechless for a moment, what concept is 60 million spiritual coins? To put it this way, the total value of Yang Tong's entire family's assets, including houses, cars, weapons and equipment, and all other materials, would not exceed 10 to 20 million spiritual coins.

  First-class and second-class spiritual tools, the cheapest are those for daily life, ranging from tens to hundreds of thousands of yuan. Combat, defense, and transportation spiritual tools are more expensive, ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands of yuan. A standard crystal stone is worth 10,000 spirit coins, which sounds expensive, but it's not. Standard crystal stones don't get consumed completely, and even if the whole stone is used up, it can be reused. If you buy a few standard crystal stones at home and use them in rotation, they can last for ten or twenty years.

  The prices in Luoyu County are not high, a family of three, if they only eat, wear, use and travel, at most it will cost two to three thousand ling coins. If you think the standard crystal is too expensive, you can choose to use beast crystals, which have no cost.

  But living in a big city like Luoxing, the monthly expenditure is at least 30,000 spiritual coins or more. For a small well-off family like Yang Tong's, the income from hunting beasts can be around 40,000 spiritual coins per month at most, and that's on a good day. If they're unlucky, they might not even get 10,000 spiritual coins. Living in Luoxing with this kind of income is barely enough to make ends meet, but there's no savings at all. If something unexpected happens, the whole family will collapse.

  In short, 60 million spirit coins were an astronomical figure for Yang Tong.

  However, you get what you pay for. Under the slaughter of Longgui Shield, the four concentrated fire pillars completely cleared the beast group in the sky, leaving countless beast crystals falling to the ground.

  "Someone come and collect the beast crystals, hand them over to Master Zheng Xuan." The county magistrate of Yanhuo shouted loudly.

  Immediately, several hundred ninth-grade apprentices jumped down from the city wall.

  "No need, donate it to the government instead. Hopefully this time we can drive away the beast horde." Zheng Xuan shook his head and refused.

  The county magistrate of Yanhuo didn't say much, he also knew that most of these beast crystals were low-grade and low-quality goods. Zheng Xuan, a dignified divine sense master, couldn't help but look down on them, it's better to use them as energy for the city defense formation.

  "County Magistrate, I'm tired. I'll go back and rest for a while. If you need help, you can find me anytime." Zheng Xuan put away the dragon scale shield, his face showing a hint of fatigue.

  "Alright, Master can rest now." Yan Huo also knew that a large-scale killing technique like Jihuozhu required a tremendous amount of spiritual energy to use. Zheng Xuan had released four Jihuozhus in one breath, so it was no wonder he was exhausted. Yan Huo gazed enviously at the Longlin Shield and said with a hint of self-deprecation: "Master's Longlin Shield is something that I admire greatly, even if I add my Huojian Gun and Yinxing Spirit Clothes together, they're not worth half of Master's Longlin Shield."

  "The Mind Force Cannon was indeed expensive, and when I made it back then, I had exhausted all my family's wealth and even borrowed a lot of external debt." Zheng Xuan laughed loudly and jumped onto the flying machine, waving his hand and saying: "I'll take my leave first." After that, he rushed into the sky and disappeared in no time.

  After the flying beast group was cleared, people began to walk out of the bunker and start cleaning up the beast corpses and bloodstains on the city wall.

  "Alright, students, your mission is complete. Now, your new mission is to distribute supplies." Zhang Tianming and several other martial arts instructors from the school announced together.

  Everyone else also breathed a sigh of relief, still feeling somewhat mentally exhausted.

  "How are you feeling, Yang Tong?" Zhang Tianming suddenly turned his head and asked.

  "It's okay, I've never seen such a big scene in my life, it's a bit tiring." Yang Tong replied truthfully, "The strength of County Magistrate Yanhuo and Master Zhengxuan is really strong."

  "Heh heh, knowing the gap is what makes a clear goal. You must be confident, you can definitely awaken, no matter when, you must have confidence, no matter what difficulties, you cannot give up. I remember my teacher said the same thing to me before, now I'm passing it on to you." Zhang Tianming said with emphasis and sincerity, "I've been a martial arts instructor for over a decade, and among all the students I've seen, you're the most ordinary yet extraordinary one. I believe your future will be extraordinary."

  Yang Tong nodded heavily after savoring the sentence, silently sighing in his heart that this Teacher Zhang was indeed a rare good teacher. In teaching primary school students and laying a solid foundation, he was strict and never sloppy. If he really achieved something in the future, the basic training of the past six years would be absolutely crucial.

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  The second watch has arrived, and soon there will be the third watch.

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