"Thunder Emperor's Shocking Break?"
Tang San and the others repeated the name softly.Just from the name alone, they could tell this was no ordinary soul skill.
Xiao Lin nodded.
"This soul skill grants me a 100% boost in strength, and it's a vibration-based destructive skill that fuses lightning power and dragon might to attack."
"The enhancement to strength isn't what makes it terrifying — the power of the skill itself scales with both my dragon aura and spiritual power. It's an attack that perfectly combines physical strength, technique, and mental force."
"Its destructive force can easily shatter the air itself… even the sky. Maybe one day, it might even break space."
"Break… space?"
Tang San froze for a moment.That kind of ability was something beyond even his imagination — even though he'd come from a martial arts world.
So this Douluo Continent wasn't as "mundane" as he'd thought.True experts here clearly possessed terrifying means.
A chill of awe ran through him, but at the same time, Tang San quietly reaffirmed his earlier resolve —
Good thing I decided from the start to stay behind Xiao Lin and grow safely under his protection.
"Break space?"
This time, Tang Ni and Xiao Wu didn't react quite as dramatically.
To actually tear space apart by force… even Xiao Lin would have to be at least Title Douluo level, right?
Tang Ni even began mentally calculating whether Ditian himself had the power to shatter space.But after a while, even she couldn't be sure — so she stopped trying to figure it out.
As for Xiao Wu, she was completely uninterested.She was a pure "mechanic-type" fighter — she already had skills like Invincible Golden Body, Teleport, Wheel Tomb,and would later gain abilities like Void and Phase Shift.
Spatial power wasn't difficult for her —she just didn't use brute strength to tear space, that was all.
Meanwhile, Xiao Lin couldn't wait any longer —he was itching to test out his two new soul skills.
He also had a hundred-thousand-year left leg bone that he wanted to absorb.
Normally, leg bones grant speed boosts, while arm bones enhance strength.And Xiao Lin firmly believed that anything gifted by the Thunder Emperor Dragon would not be ordinary.
As for his earlier talk about "tearing space apart"…well, he'd just been bragging a bit.
In this world — where flight itself was already a peak-level feat —Xiao Lin was, after all, merely a Soul King.
To actually manipulate space freely, one would need to be at least a Dou Zong if this were the Battle Through the Heavens world.
So if he could really smash space apart with a punch after becoming a Title Douluo,then even gods might not be able to stand against him.
A Dou Zong is still terrifyingly strong, he thought.Then paused.Wait… why would I even use my fists to break space?
Even though his martial soul's true form — the Qiu Long Staff — could share its power with his body,the staff itself had a much higher base strength than he did.
If he used the Thunder Emperor's Shocking Breakthrough the Qiu Long Staff,then maybe — just maybe — he really could tear space once he reached Title Douluo rank.
And at that moment, Xiao Lin suddenly realized just how foolish he'd been all along.
What had he been doing in past battles?
Why have I only been using soul skills to enhance myself — and not the Qiu Long Staff?!
Never mind Comet Star Mark Slash for the moment.Even techniques like Flowing Shadow Lightning Flash and Heart of Flame —why hadn't he channeled those into his staff instead?
Imagine this:The Qiu Long Staff swings down, lightning flaring, leaving afterimages that strike alongside it —each slash or sweep becomes a double strike.
Even if the enemy dodges the first hit, could they dodge the second?And what about the third? The fourth?
With Xiao Lin's physical strength, he could chain multiple Flowing Shadow Lightning Flashes in a row —so how much stronger would the Qiu Long Staff be if it did the same?
The same applied to Heart of Flame —the staff was nearly indestructible, after all.
Would a Qiu Long Staff empowered with a soul-core-level Heart of Flame even be damaged?Not likely.
That meant Xiao Lin wouldn't need to transform into his weapon form to withstand the recoil —saving him a huge amount of soul power in battle.
A flash of inspiration struck him —and for the first time, Xiao Lin saw his mistake clearly.
Even Tang San, a prodigy of martial arts, hadn't noticed this flaw or warned him about it.
Maybe that was because even when using the "wrong" method, Xiao Lin was still overwhelmingly strong.Or maybe it was just his instinct — his overreliance on his own body's strength.
Unlike others in this world, Xiao Lin valued his physical and spiritual might above all.To him, real strength came from within.
That mindset probably carried over from his previous life —and repeating it so many times had made him forget his greatest advantage:his Qiu Long Staff — a weapon that was no weaker than a divine artifact.
Sorry, Qiu Long Staff, he thought wryly.Won't happen again.
Now that he'd realized his best fighting method, Xiao Lin was quick to adapt.
Meanwhile, inside Xiao Lin's spiritual consciousness space…
Since entering, the Thunder Emperor Dragon hadn't felt uncomfortable at all.There was no sign of his consciousness fading — in fact, his soul had become even more stable under the Qiu Long Staff's soul power.
The only problem… was his status.
Even after the two Dragon Kings had shrunk themselves to their smallest forms,they were still five or six times larger than the fully manifested Thunder Emperor Dragon.He felt like a newly hatched hatchling among giants.
And those two Dragon Kings loved to tease him.They'd toyed with him endlessly — it was torture.
Only now did the Thunder Emperor Dragon realize he'd been tricked.
Those "soul beasts" following Xiao Lin weren't mere spirit companions —they were beasts Xiao Lin had killed, whose souls had been preserved by the Qiu Long Staff.
If they were ever to be reborn, Xiao Lin himself would need to grow far stronger.
Which meant… the Thunder Emperor Dragon was, at least for now, the weakest in this hierarchy.
Still, it wasn't all bad — he'd learned something incredible.The two Dragon Kings were beings from the same era as the Dragon God himself,the Dragon God's own sons!
To him, they were the ultimate superiors — the biggest of big bosses.
If those two ever gave him personal guidance,surpassing his own father someday wouldn't just be possible — it'd be easy.
And he already knew of the current strongest dragon alive — Ditian —but in comparison, Ditian was merely a small character.
Someday, he too would ascend to godhood, surpassing his father, surpassing Ditian.
Just as the Thunder Emperor Dragon was lost in this fantasy,Xiao Lin's voice suddenly echoed through the space:
"Thunder Emperor Dragon, from now on I'll call you Lei Lei. You'll be my first divine officer when I become a god."
As Xiao Lin continued painting dreams, he suddenly grew curious again.
"Oh right — Lei Lei, what's your soul bone skill? Tell me."
"Lei… Lei?"
The Thunder Emperor Dragon's face darkened instantly.Then, transforming into human form, he began pacing through the sea of consciousness(under the protection of the Qiu Long Staff, he wasn't affected by the extreme ice and fire energies).
As a junior, he didn't dare disobey Xiao Lin in front of the two Dragon Kings —so in the end, he puffed up his chest and proudly declared:
"My soul bone skill? It's my strongest attack — Thunder Sky-Rending Flash!"
"It releases an extremely powerful thunderbolt in an instant, piercing through the air and allowing high-speed movement. The speed is slightly faster than a falling lightning strike."
"Don't be fooled by the movement part — it's also a devastating destruction-type attack."
"Not bad," Xiao Lin said with a satisfied grin.A skill with destruction attributes was already far beyond his expectations.
(End of Chapter)