At this moment, Gao Li really wanted to say, you have so many things to do.

Sometimes a chef, sometimes a blacksmith...

However, although Gao Li was grumbling in his heart, his expression still showed a bit of helplessness when facing Lu Ran's expression of sharing the burden for the cult.

If he doesn't give support and Lu Ran takes off in the future, it will be ironclad evidence that Gao Li is "unfaithful to the religion".

Finally, Gao Li's mouth twitched and he said, "The soul-calming stone I lent you is a soul-type ore."

"I do have some here."

They are all used to detect soul talents when preaching.

Before Gao Li finished speaking, Lu Ran said, "Thank you, Brother Gao Li. When I was researching 'Soul Cuisine', I always felt that something was missing."

"If we can forge a 'Soul Kitchen Knife with a Spirit', maybe we can eliminate the growth disadvantages of the necromancy system!"

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

Gao Li shouted in his heart, you kid, you are too whimsical.

Even though I feel it's unreliable, I still have to support it.

"Okay, I can give you another soul-calming stone to help you study forging. I don't have any more than that," Gao Li said.

He wanted to slap himself now. Why was he talking so much and talking to Lu Ran about some kind of weapon spirit.

If we didn't talk about this, Lu Ran might not want the soul ore.

"Thank you." Lu Ran smiled. Beside him, Hei Yu was silent, feeling that Lord Gao Li was completely controlled.

Undead kitchenware...

Lu Ran really hadn’t thought about it at first.

The Zanpakutō he wanted to forge was purely a weapon that could "cause stable damage to the soul."

It doesn’t matter whether there is a spirit in the weapon or not.

But now that I think about it, the Death Blade seems to be more suitable as a soul cooking utensil than a simple Zanpakutō.

Of course, no matter which one, Lu Ran can only think about it at this moment.

Next, at Gao Li's request, Lu Ran and Hei Yu went back to the City Lord's Mansion.

He himself began to send people to investigate the movements of the imperial army outside.

The imperial army is ready to take action, which is not good news for Ming'an City.

"I hope nothing happens." Gao Li sighed.

…………

After Lu Ran came back, he did not let Hei Yu come to taste the food again, but chose to practice alone.

First of all, as forging the Death Blade and Zanpakutō, although he had obtained another Soul Calming Stone, he was not in a hurry.

It is impossible to cut off the soul consciousness with just a Zanpakutō, otherwise someone in the Cult would have done it long ago.

As for the Undead Blade, he couldn't forge it now. Lu Ran could probably understand the thinking of the Death Cult blacksmith.

It is to create a container for the residual souls in the land of death that is suitable for repairing their souls and has the nature of luring the residual souls.

During this process, if the weapon and the residual soul can perfectly match, then a necromancy weapon will be born.

Unfortunately, Lu Ran understands the truth, but...

Lu Ran doesn’t have a suitable place of death to nurture weapons now. Even if there is, this process is estimated to take more than a day or a night. It may take several months or even dozens or even hundreds of years.

The most important thing was that he didn't know how to forge the container for the undead weapons.

Similarly, even if the Undead Kitchen Knife was born, whether it could cut through soul consciousness would still be a question, and it is likely that it cannot.

They are just "tools".

The key point may still lie in the degree of understanding of "soul consciousness" by the person using the tool.

Only with perfect tools and the user's perfect understanding can one achieve the "pinnacle of knife skills" and perfectly cut the consciousness and energy of the soul.

So Lu Ran chose to work on himself first.

While Mr. Ha was training his "Soul Sword Intent", Lu Ran also began to practice it.

Fortunately, he had the foresight to prepare hundreds of Qingling Fruits in advance. Otherwise, it would be very difficult to buy cultivation resources in a war-torn place like Feiming Province.

"King of sudden death!"

“Roar???” King Sudden Death came out with a confused look on his face.

"Exercise with me."

King Sudden Death pondered for a moment, then asked how to practice with his partner.

"It's easy." Lu Ran said, "Just stand there."

As he spoke, Lu Ran took out a kitchen knife and said, “Next, I will use this kitchen knife to chop you continuously.”

King of sudden death: ???

"Don't worry, I won't use any strength. Besides, even if I use all my strength, I can't break your defense."

King Sudden Death was stunned for a moment, then nodded, it was indeed the case.

"In short, you only have two tasks next."

Lu Ran found a piece of black cloth and covered his eyes.

He took the kitchen knife and chopped at the hard scales of the Sudden Death King.

"The first task is to keep repeating one thought in your mind: when you feel pain, tell me."

“Remember, it’s not the pain of the body, but the pain of the soul inside.”

Lu Ran closed his eyes, used all his strength to activate telepathy, captured the emotional fluctuations of the sudden death king, and swung his knife.

[I will remember this grudge.] King Sudden Death repeated over and over again.

Lu Ran, on the other hand, used his telepathic power to capture its consciousness fluctuations, trying to help King Sudden Death "cut off his hatred."

"The sword cuts the flesh, the heart cuts the soul."

Although Lu Ran's telepathic ability is not a combat ability, it can also be considered a BUG. For example, before, the space hamsters did not hide their mental fluctuations well, allowing Lu Ran to capture their hostility.

Now, Lu Ran obviously used telepathy as a means to assist himself in cultivating his soul sword intent.

Capture the enemy's emotional fluctuations through telepathy, and then cut it with a sword! Although he didn't know if it would work, Lu Ran felt it was completely reasonable. If he could hurt the heart of the King of Sudden Death with just an extraordinary kitchen knife, wouldn't that be the sword of the soul?

Of course, Lu Ran is not just practicing blindly.

He did it on multiple lines.

After swinging his sword a few times without any effect, he took out the Soul Calming Stone and slapped the soul of the Sudden Death King out.

Then, through telepathy, he could sense the different feelings of the Sudden Death King when he was attacked by himself and by the Soul Calming Stone.

This kind of comparison will allow Lu Ran to have a deeper understanding of soul damage.

Of course, there is more to it than that.

After all, although the kitchen knife does no damage, it always gets cut, and even the King of Sudden Death gets annoyed sometimes.

At this time, Lu Ran would put down the kitchen knife, release flames, and launch a fire spirit attack on the King of Sudden Death.

Similarly, when the King of Sudden Death can feel that it is his soul that is burning rather than his body, Lu Ran will be considered to have made progress. He has transformed ordinary flames into soul heart flames by combining them with telepathy.

that's all.

Five days passed in a flash.

Lu Ran insisted on practicing for 8 hours a day, at the pace of one Qingling Fruit every hour. Five days later, he and Mr. Ha invested hundreds of thousands of crystal coins.

Lu Ran can use the reverse super beast mimicry to temporarily take advantage of its weapon talent and increase his own training efficiency.

This day.

The king who died suddenly was beaten as usual.

Although Lu Ran's kitchen knife attack was annoying, King of Sudden Death had become familiar with it after so long and just treated it as a scraping.

However.

The attacks had been ordinary all along, but today, as a blue light flashed in Lu Ran's pupils, the King of Sudden Death suddenly let out an "owl" and felt a sharp pain in his heart, and stood up immediately in shock.

Boom! The huge body of the King of Sudden Death stood up, and Lu Ran was also stunned, staring at it.

at the same time.

Lu Ran looked at his information and saw some changes.

[Race]: Human [Beast Taming Level]: Level 1

[Beast Taming Skills]: Super Beast Mimicry, Flame Spirit

[Special Abilities]: Telepathy, Blizzard Sword Intent, Flame Dragon Sword Intent, Psychic Sword Intent! [Psychic Sword Intent]: A special attack derived from swordsmanship combined with telepathy that can directly slash the enemy's mind!

"Fuck." Lu Ran suddenly said loudly.

"Woof?" Mr. Ha ran out from the house, holding the sword grass in his mouth, as if to say, the sword grass is here with me.

"Stupid Mr. Ha, this time, I am one step ahead of you again."

Lu Ran held a kitchen knife, his mouth wide open, looking excited.

Damn, damn, it was worth wasting five days and investing 800,000 crystal coins worth of Qingling Fruit.

Soul sword intent? It's good as long as it works!

Lu Ran looked at the Soul Calming Stone and felt that the next step would be to try to forge it into a Zanpakuto.

What kind of sparks can be created when the Zanpakutō is combined with the mental sword intent that can attack the mental consciousness and target the soul?

"Woof woof woof!" At this moment, Mr. Ha was dumbfounded. It worked? Why did Mr. Lu do it first...

"Want to learn?"

"I'll teach you." Lu Ran looked at Mr. Ha calmly.

Gouzi, if the Beastmaster doesn't show his power, he will really think that his comprehension is beyond belief.

On the other hand, King Sudden Death also began to look at Lu Ran eagerly.

"You can't learn it." Lu Ran curled his lips, "Let me try later to see if I can really cook harmless soul food."

"When the time comes, I'll roast a few dragon souls for you to eat."

“But then again.” Lu Ran looked into the distance. It had been almost a week.

Why is there no movement from the trial-takers in the Empire camp?

After some investigation, Missionary Gao Li did find out that the remaining imperial troops were recruiting beastmasters from the surrounding areas.

This also made Missionary Gao Li certain of the determination of the remnants of the empire to retake Ming'an City, so during this period of time, the necromancers in the city have been preparing for war.

However, the other side was slow to take action.

Lu Ran became anxious. Although the opponent had not taken any action, he could win without fighting and complete the task successfully.

But I feel like the rating won't be high that way.

"No, I want to perform."

"I can't go on like this. I can't just practice. After completing the breakthrough mission, I can continue to study the sword intent of the soul."

"The most urgent thing is to raise the score of the breakthrough mission to SSS level first."

"Since the enemy won't take the initiative to attack the city, then I will also learn from the guy who sneaked into the city lord's mansion before and 'sneak attack' the high-ranking officials of the imperial camp to prompt the war to start quickly."

Lu Ran made up his mind. Although this seemed a bit arrogant and dangerous, he was more worried that the breakthrough score would be poor, resulting in no good rewards. After all, a person can only get one level of breakthrough reward at a time, and if you miss it, it will be gone.

"The reason why he dared to come to the base camp of the Undead Camp alone was because he relied on his space system. No one could do anything to him, and he could escape safely."

"If I want to launch a surprise attack, I have to prepare a retreat first. Our advantage... should be considered 'air superiority', right?"

After integrating the characteristics of natural control, Mr. Ha's control over the wind is perfect.

Not only can he walk in the air at high speed perfectly, but he can also mobilize strong winds to hinder others from chasing him. Lu Ran feels that he can let President Ha take him to a high altitude and give the Imperial camp a big gift from the air.

…………

When Lu Ran was planning.

The princess's side has also been actively preparing these days, such as gaining a deeper understanding of the undead system and formulating battle strategies.

On the other hand, it is to persuade the imperial army.

The infiltration of the Daylight Knight did indeed cause the Death Cult's reaction to become more intense.

This intense action also allowed the Empire camp to detect an extraordinary aura, and they were afraid that the Undead camp would attack.

"Captain Kane, we are here to respond to the call of the Imperial Army. We are here to participate in the fight against the evil cult of the dead. We are here to hone our skills, to pursue justice and help the weak. We are not here to accompany you on the garrison."

"The nine of us are planning to attack Ming'an City alone. Are you, the Beast Tamers, sure you don't want to join us?"

"There are still many innocent people in Ming'an City, and many beastmasters who are about to be harmed. Are you just going to watch them suffer the persecution of the evil dead spirit cult?!"

The Knight of Glory said sternly to the highest commander of the remnants of the Imperial Army, a captain of the army who was a second-level Beast Tamer.

"We really can't stand it anymore. Now we make a final request, no, a request, a request for the Beast Taming Corps to attack with us."

"Brother Rongguang, don't worry. This matter..." Captain Kane was sweating profusely, and his heart was conflicted. At this time, waiting for reinforcements was obviously the best option. The military order only asked them to garrison outside. It would be irrational to go up and fight now.

However, the words of the Knight of Glory pierced Kane's heart again and again. Indeed, the sooner Ming'an City was liberated, the more opportunities there would be to save many citizens of the empire from the persecution of the necromancers.

"Humph, I still say that. If you are afraid, we can rush to the front line."

"It's not a question of being afraid or not." Captain Kane pondered.

In fact, what concerned him most was not the safety of the people of the empire.

Although he felt a little guilty, so many people had died over the years that it was impossible to save them all. He was just a second-level beastmaster.

What made him fearful was the strength of the Knights of Glory.

The strength of the Princess of Light and the three Knights of Light had been demonstrated to the Imperial Army before.

Especially the strength of the Princess of Light, which even made Kane, a second-level Beastmaster, a little frightened.

This also made Kane judge that this group of people definitely had a good background and were the second generation of the royal family who had come from powerful forces to gain experience.

If this group of people attacked Ming'an City on their own, and then got into trouble or got injured, if their background information showed up and they knew it was because they didn't join them in the siege, this group of remnants would definitely not end well.

The result may be even worse than directly attacking the city.

On the contrary, if you use the power of this group of people to capture the city, please them and make them satisfied, you may be able to achieve great success in the future.

"Okay." After a few days, Kane's psychological defenses were gradually broken, and he said, "Brother Rongguang, the people of Ming'an City are being persecuted by the cult, and I feel pain in my heart, screw the military order!

The undead forces in Ming'an City are ready to move and seem to abandon the city. In order to prevent the undead forces from escaping, we... have to attack in advance!"

"Please help us. Let's attack together!"

"That's right." The Knight of Glory smiled.

Finally, they can officially attack the city. He is now very curious whether the mysterious man who hurt Nikko will appear in the siege. This guy scared Nikko, and their Knights must avenge Nikko.

(End of this chapter)