Chapter 145 Great Soul Thunder [Annihilation]

"The imperial capital's aristocratic families aren't that great. There's only one thunder-type soul species." After Xu Mu finished reading the auction catalog, he threw it onto the small table next to him and said with a slightly regretful tone.

“Top-grade elemental soul seeds are extremely precious and hard to come by even at family exchange meetings. For example, although the Mu family possesses an ice-type soul seed, they will never sell it. After all, their own mages still need it.” Zhu Meng explained.

"Usually, only when the family does not need them will they take these top-quality soul seeds to the exchange meeting for auction."

"It's good enough that I have a top-grade thunder soul seed this time. The fire soul seed I have is just a small soul seed. I got it by chance when I was implementing a hidden danger strategic plan in a city in the west." Zhu Meng touched his thick beard and said with satisfaction.

"No wonder I rarely see you cast fire magic. It turns out that your main training direction is lightning magic." Xu Mu said with sudden enlightenment.

"Well, the lightning soul seed that appeared in this auction is called [Annihilation]. Its magic enhancement effect is quite significant, up to six times. At the same time, it has powerful domain capabilities and special soul seed additional effects, which is very suitable for you."

"However, if you choose to absorb [Annihilation], then your current powerful spirit seed effect [Lightning Penetration] will also be lost."

When Zhu Meng mentioned this, there was a hint of regret in his tone.

While Soul Seed's additional effects are generally powerful, this does not mean that they are superior to Spirit Seed's effects in all cases.

The spirit seeds of various elements have a variety of special effects, some of which are even more practical than soul seed effects.

Take Xu Mu's penetrating effect for example. Although this is a characteristic of spirit seeds, when fighting against earth-type or plant-type monsters that have strong resistance to lightning, its effect is often more significant than the additional effects of many soul seeds.

Unfortunately, no matter how useful the additional effects of spirit seeds are, they will eventually be replaced by the additional effects of soul seeds.

"These are just minor issues." Xu Mu waved his hand and said nonchalantly.

He possesses the elemental seeds, and the additional effects of the spirit seeds and soul seeds can coexist, so there is no question of who will replace whom.

There is nothing to regret about it. Once you absorb the elemental soul seeds, you will have double effects. Then, if you improve your thunder cultivation, you will truly possess super-level strength!
"Congressman Zhu Meng!"

At this time, a middle-aged man came over with a smile on his face, leading several young men.

"It's Brother Dongfangze." Zhu Mengying smiled at Dongfangze and stood up to greet him.

"How come you have time to come to the imperial capital?" Zhu Meng asked casually after shaking hands and greeting Dongfang Ze as they sat down.

"I heard that there will be some rare magical instruments at this exchange meeting in the imperial capital, so I brought these young people here to broaden their horizons." Dongfang Ze explained with a smile.

"This is my nephew Dongfang Lie, the most outstanding young generation in our Dongfang family." Dongfang Ze pointed at the young man next to him and introduced him.

"I know. I've been to your family before and met you several times." Zhu Meng responded.

Zhu Meng had some impression of Dongfang Lie. He had a very good relationship with the Dongfang family. If nothing unexpected happened, he would cast his vote as a member of parliament for Dongfang Lie in the national government team selection next year. Unfortunately... an accident happened.

"Senator Zhu Meng, you have become very famous recently. Your deeds are being praised everywhere. You will be promoted to the president of the Palace Court soon." Dongfang Ze said with a smile.

"The election has just begun, and it's too early to end. Hang Cheng's deeds alone may not be enough to become the president." Zhu Meng said modestly.

"Even if you can't become the president, the position of vice president is destined to be yours." Dongfang Ze continued.

Dongfang Ze saw Xu Mu beside Zhu Meng, and immediately remembered the invasion of the Hangzhou monarch. It was said that a young man played an important role in it.

"Who is this?" Dongfang Ze turned to Xu Mu and asked.

"He is a young man with some potential. I brought him to the imperial capital to broaden his horizons." Zhu Meng explained.

Dongfang Ze nodded slightly and glanced at Xu Mu. A young man who could be praised by Zhu Meng must have extraordinary abilities. However, the other party did not seem to want to communicate with him, so he did not ask too much.

After a short wait, the auction will begin.

The auction held by the imperial capital family was very high-end. The starting price of the first auction item reached more than 100 million, and the final transaction price was more than 300 million, which shows how precious these auction items are.

No wonder Zhu Meng said he wanted to help me broaden my horizons. I did...

After a series of auction items were presented, the soul seed segment finally arrived. The first to appear was an artificially synthesized thunder-attribute soul seed, which had a magic amplification of four times?
Xu Mu had no interest in this thunder soul seed and gave up the bidding without even looking up. It only had a four-fold increase in power and no soul seed effects, so it was not worth his attention.

Even so, this soul seed with only four times the amplification was eventually sold at a high price, reaching hundreds of millions.

The next soul seed is also an artificially synthesized ice-attribute sub-soul seed. According to the process, the sub-soul seeds will be auctioned in turn followed by the small soul seeds, and finally the highlight will be the auction of the large soul seeds!
After a long wait, the auctioneer finally displayed a grayish-white thunder-attribute soul seed.

"Everyone, please look, this is a top-grade lightning soul seed from Qiongzhou Island, named [Annihilation]! The magic amplification of Annihilation is six times higher than that of ordinary seeds, and it has powerful additional effects and annihilation fields..."

"The unique effect of [Annihilation] is extremely powerful. It can destroy elemental particles, tear space apart, and even more."

"【Annihilation Field】can gather many lightning elements and make them have a destructive annihilation effect. People or demons in it, except for the soul seed holder, will suffer continuous damage..."

The auctioneer on the stage continued to explain, but Zhu Meng in the audience interrupted and asked, "How do you feel?"

"Very good, take a picture, you must take a picture!" Xu Mu said after nodding affirmatively.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Meng raised his bidding card and offered a very competitive price.

The top-grade thunder soul seeds attracted the interest of many families. The bidding continued to rise and soon broke through the one billion mark!

However, with Zhu Meng there, Xu Mu finally succeeded in taking down the thunder soul seed.

"He is a high-level mage!"

When several young men of the Dongfang family saw Zhu Meng helping Xu Mu win an elemental soul seed, they opened their mouths in surprise.

Only high-level mages can absorb elemental soul seeds. This man, who looks the same age as them, is actually a high-level mage!

The strongest among them is Dongfang Lie, but his cultivation has only reached the intermediate level of perfection. Where did such a young high-level magician come from?
"Senator Zhu Meng, why did you help him bid for this soul seed? Has he already reached a high level?" Dongfang Ze couldn't help but cough and asked Zhu Meng.

"Well, it's been a while since he broke through to the high level. The purpose of coming to the imperial capital this time is to help him bid for the thunder soul seed." Zhu Meng nodded in confirmation.

After the bidding for the thunder soul seeds ended, Xu Mu continued to accompany Zhu Meng to watch the entire auction. Afterwards, he quickly returned to the hotel in the imperial capital and began to absorb the newly acquired elemental soul seeds.

At night——

[Element Devourer: Heavenly Punishment]

[Rank: Great Soul Seed]

[Field: Annihilation Field] [Effect Description: Gathers the surrounding lightning element particles and gives them a destructive annihilation ability.

When a person or demon is within this range, they will receive increasing and continuous damage, and the damage they receive will become more and more severe as time goes by.

[Element Amplification: Six Times]

[Elemental Effects: Devour, Judgement, Annihilation]

[Soul Seed Effect: Annihilation]

[Lightning magic contains the power of annihilation, which can destroy elemental particles and tear apart the structure of space. To a certain extent, it can ignore some defenses and cause substantial damage to the target.]

"Group attacks and true damage, I am getting further and further on the road to becoming the God of Thunder and Lightning." Xu Mu exclaimed.

With an eighteen-fold increase in magic power and the lightning cultivation level raised to perfection, a high-level magic attack might directly shatter the arena of next year's World Academy Competition!

By then, no matter whether it is India, Britain or the United States, if they meet him, as long as they can survive one of his magic spells, then they will be the well-deserved second place.

You said there's a third place? Then I'll do another magic.

After staying in the imperial capital for one night, Xu Mu flew back to the Magic City the next morning.

Zhu Meng was still sorting out the proceeds from the auction of the Silver Dome Lord's spoils, and he would probably have to stay in the imperial capital for a while. He had no interest in staying in the imperial capital with a middle-aged man, even if the other party had the heart of an eight-year-old.

The main reason was that the smog in the capital was too unbearable. Others opened windows for ventilation in the morning, but people in the capital opened windows in the morning to breathe in the smog. The bad air almost suffocated Xu Mu.

"Could it be that someone cast a forbidden spell in the imperial capital in the past, which caused the air in the imperial capital to become so bad now?
With doubts in his heart, Xu Mu went straight to Mingzhu Academy after getting off the plane.

Zhu Meng told him last night that there would be a surprise waiting for him when he returned to Mingzhu Academy. If nothing unexpected happened, it should be the selected candidate for the World Academy election.

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"President Xiao, I'm here to see you again."

Xu Mu came to Dean Xiao's office again. This time he didn't even knock on the door and walked straight in.

I walked into the office and took a look. Hmm, good, there were no other teachers there, so there was no more pretentious and face-slapping plot.

It’s a bit of a pity!

"I've heard about what happened in Hangzhou. You performed quite well." Dean Xiao nodded slightly and looked at Xu Mu with satisfaction.

Although Xu Mu had just been promoted to a high level not long ago, he was already able to assist in killing a monarch-level creature. Even if that was only to assist the black snake, it was enough to show his extraordinary potential.

"This is all thanks to what we learned in school." Xu Mu said lightly, then sat down easily.

"Although you have made significant contributions to Hangzhou, I still have to say that you should not exaggerate when you encounter danger in the future." When Dean Xiao mentioned this, he couldn't help rubbing his forehead, looking a little helpless.

Xu Mu is a guy who always likes to exaggerate and make small things sound earth-shattering. In Hangzhou, he was just being hunted by the congressman because of his personal behavior, but he said that he was being hunted by the congressman.

Dean Xiao, who mistakenly believed that Xu Mu was really hunting him, hurriedly reported the matter to the Imperial Palace in the capital. He was then reprimanded by the court for exaggerating the matter.

After all, I am a third-level forbidden spell caster, but I was actually reprimanded by several super-class mages...

"Definitely next time." Xu Mu said indifferently.

"Do you know about the World University Competition?" Dean Xiao continued to ask.

"Of course I know. This is a world competition held every four years. The domestic selection will begin next year. I remember that the last one seemed to have happened when I was a sophomore in high school."

"By the way, where did our country rank in the last session?" Xu Mu nodded to show his understanding and then asked.

He seemed to remember that there was a time when China was ranked very low among the world's universities?

"The ranking is very low." Dean Xiao sighed. In the last National Government Competition, China really didn't perform very well, but there was nothing they could do about it, since so many things had happened in the country in the past few years.

"The Hangzhou Lingyin Tribunal strongly recommends you as the designated player for the National Government Team. Even Councillor Zhu Meng, who is expected to take over the position of president, supports your recommendation."

"Perhaps you don't understand how wide Zhu Meng's influence is now. In short, you won the support of many senior officials last night with the power of Zhu Meng alone." Dean Xiao pushed his glasses and said with some surprise.

In all his years as dean, this was the first time that Dean Xiao had seen someone appointed so quickly. Even Ai Jiangtu from the military hadn't been able to do that.

"Then I don't have to participate in the selection within the college?" Xu Mu asked in a questioning tone.

"That's right. In the next period of time, you just need to focus on your own cultivation." Dean Xiao responded affirmatively.

"That's great. This will save me a lot of trouble. I was originally planning to find an opportunity to beat up the top ten students from other departments and let the school start the nomination competition as soon as possible."

Xu Mu breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't want to be like Mo Fan, who put in huge efforts but ended up being a substitute and unable to obtain the resources he deserved.

If he really became a substitute because of the catastrophe in the ancient capital, he was sure that when he met the official members of the government, he would not hesitate to take tough measures to force those people to sign the agreement.
Let them "willingly" hand over all the resources of the national government to him for "safekeeping"!
After leaving Dean Xiao's office, Xu Mu returned to the Space Department. After all, he was still a student who needed to attend classes and he had to go.

The head teacher did not inquire too much about Xu Mu's absence. After all, as a high-level mage, he already had the ability to graduate perfectly and no longer needed the head teacher's instruction.

After finishing a day's class, Xu Mu returned to Qingtian Hunting House.

When you push open the door of the hunting ground, the first thing you see is Lingling, a little loli wearing a JK uniform skirt and sitting at the bar. Her legs are shaking and she is wearing black stockings.

Lingling was leaning against the bar, savoring the strawberry milk tea in her hand, and ignored Xu Mu who had just returned from the imperial capital.

"Where is old man Bao?" Xu Mu asked casually.

"Grandpa went to the Hunter Alliance." Lingling replied.

"Is that so?" Xu Mu stroked his chin and then said to Lingling, "I know a place where members of the Black Church are hiding, including at least one blue-robed deacon. Are you interested in going there?"

"Black Church, blue-robed deacon!"

Lingling's eyes immediately sparkled with excitement. She stared at Xu Mu and asked, "Is everything you said true?"

(End of this chapter)