It was the first time Illustrious Virtue Hall had been attacked since its construction. A sizable hole was blasted in the wall by soul cannon shells, and a piercing alarm instantly sounded throughout the area.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"
"What's going on? What happened?"
The defense force stationed at Illustrious Virtue Hall was clearly thrown into disarray by the sudden attack.
"Boom..." A series of roars sounded simultaneously on the top floor of this massive Illustrious Virtue Hall experimental base. A terrifying explosive force instantly set off a nearly devastating shockwave in the courtyard on the dome.
The explosion occurred so suddenly that the soul engineers near the core of the explosion didn't even have time to react. At least a hundred soul engineers were instantly vaporized in the initial blast. Soul tool shields were torn apart by the terrifying explosive force, and metal fragments flew in all directions, turning into a terrifying metal storm. Screams mixed with the smell of blood shot outwards like a blowout under the effect of that terrifying shockwave.
The terrifying explosion made the ground shake violently. A hole was blasted in the huge dome of Illustrious Virtue Hall. However, not many people were affected, but they were thrown into a state of chaos.
The survival ability of the Illustrious Virtue Hall soul engineers was demonstrated at this time. Although the soul engineers patrolling around the core of the explosion were affected, the only ones who truly died were the few unlucky ones who were hit by the initial terrifying explosive force. Almost every Illustrious Virtue Hall soul engineer had a trigger-type soul tool protective shield, which helped them to mitigate the destructive power of the explosion as much as possible. Although many people were blown away by the explosion, the number of casualties was controlled within a very small range.
Following the end of the explosion, streaks of figures suddenly drilled in from the broken dome. These people were all equipped with sophisticated soul tools. Their movements were extremely agile. After appearing, they immediately launched a killing assault on Ju Zi's group on the dome.
Infighting!
This was the first guess in the hearts of the surviving soul engineers. The other party was clearly targeting certain people with a purpose, and not indiscriminately killing the innocent.
After all, Illustrious Virtue Hall was the location of the Sun Moon Empire's highest technology research base.
"They really are after us."
Ju Zi, Cui Yajie, and the other girls had long expected this. The other party was using an enemy attack as a cover, but their real purpose was to capture them, the people around Huo Yuhao who were studying at Illustrious Virtue Hall.
It was no secret that Cui Yajie, Ning Tian, and Nan Men Yun'er had entered the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to study and had successfully obtained the qualification to advance their studies at Illustrious Virtue Hall. When they learned the news of Shrek Academy's reconstruction in the Sun Moon Empire, they had smelled an unusual aura.
For the past three years, they had lived in seclusion, burying their heads in their studies, precisely to avoid contact with the people from Shrek. They had not expected these frenzied madmen to actually make a move against them in order to threaten Huo Yuhao.
"Ju Zi, Yun'er, you go first!" Cui Yajie's seventh soul ring shone brightly, and she directly activated her Immortal Fox True Body. Among the few girls present, only she was an Actual Control Soul Engineer, focusing on the use of soul tools. Her personal combat power was comparable to an eight-ring Soul Douluo.
Simply put, Actual Control Soul Engineers were special battle soul masters who enhanced their own strength through soul tools. They did not make soul tools, but they could skillfully use various soul tools, thereby enhancing their combat and survival capabilities.
"Be careful!" Nan Men Yun'er knew Cui Yajie's strength. She immediately supported Ju Zi under the arms and flew towards the escape passage with her.
Cui Yajie's soul beast cannon just now had not achieved a very significant effect. The opponent had actually blocked it with a soul tool array defense. There were as many as twenty or thirty soul engineers who had broken in, and each of them was a powerful soul engineer of Class 7 or higher.
"Capture her!" These soul engineers all wore metal masks of various shapes. Seeing Cui Yajie holding the rear alone, they immediately decided to attack together, intending to fight a quick battle.
"Fifth Soul Skill, Elemental Property Change!"
"Sixth Soul Skill, Planetary Soul Beast Cannon!"
The giant Nine-Tailed Immortal Fox True Body that Cui Yajie had transformed into condensed seven soul beast cannons in its mouth. With the assistance of a gravity soul tool, around the largest one, several smaller energy cannons with different attributes revolved on their own. The huge wind pressure it generated directly blew everything around away.
"Don't let her fire that shot!" The attacking soul engineers' faces changed drastically. They all felt the aura of death from the energy that Cui Yajie had condensed.
"In the Death-Fire-Sea trio, Fatty isn't the only one who can keep up with Yuhao's footsteps!"
Cui Yajie sneered and fired that terrifying energy cannon—
...
Rising Sun City, Sea God's Fate Blind Date Convention.
"Heavens—"
Everyone couldn't help but scream. The various powers in the field who had been maintaining their vigilance immediately shifted their attention over.
A young man wearing a straw hat was seen unhurriedly controlling the water lily beneath his feet towards the fairies' side. Rising up from under his feet one by one were, shockingly, eight soul rings.
However, this was not the most terrifying thing. What caused everyone to scream was the color of his soul rings, which was beyond all reason.
Red, Red, Red, Red, Red, Orange-Gold, Orange-Gold, Orange-Gold—eight soul rings!
What the hell was an orange-gold soul ring?
If this soul ring color was enough to make the world change its expression, then his apparent age of only sixteen or seventeen was enough to make the world go crazy.
A Soul Douluo under the age of twenty!
Not just the men and women, but even His Majesty the old emperor on the viewing stand couldn't help but suck in a cold breath.
On the tall building far away, Gou Luanshi clenched his fists. The screams had not only attracted the attention of everyone present but had also successfully ignited the fire of his hatred.
Xie Huanyue, you've finally appeared...
"This person is one of the closest companions to the Demon King Huo Yuhao?" Xu Tianran's eyes were grave. If this guy's age was really only sixteen or seventeen, then he was truly too terrifying.
It could be foreseen that this person would absolutely be able to reach the Titled Douluo realm around the age of twenty and would break the record set by the Sea God Tang San of a generation ten thousand years ago. The Divine Realm would surely extend an olive branch to this person. At that time, he would be a new legend.
And once he was linked to a deity, it would be difficult to touch him again in the future.
"Your Highness, if this son is not eliminated, I'm afraid it will be difficult to sleep or eat in peace." Gou Luanshi bowed slightly to Xu Tianran and advised.
"In your opinion, this person cannot be used by me?" Xu Tianran raised his eyebrows slightly. To personally erase such a genius, in his view, was like burning a zither and cooking a crane. From another perspective, if this Xie Huanyue could be used by him...
"It's difficult." Gou Luanshi smiled bitterly. Not long ago, on the eve of Marshal Xie Long being forced to a decisive battle with the old imperial family in front of Heaven Dou City, he had specially sent someone to persuade this powerful right-hand man of Huo Yuhao. As long as he was willing to serve the Sun Moon Empire in the future, they were willing to send a soul engineer legion a thousand li to support him.
The result was obvious: the other party refused.
Since Xie Huanyue had already appeared, then the Demon King Huo Yuhao had very likely already arrived, or was lurking somewhere.
Seeing Xie Huanyue appear, the faces of Bei Bei and Xixi were both stunned, and then a thick wariness was revealed.
Xie Huanyue's reputation was now also well-known. Although not as universally invincible as the legends of the Demon King Huo Yuhao, he had still fought the Body Sect's Golden Body Douluo to a standstill with his own power. One had to know that that was a Super Douluo of the Body Sect.
But if Huo Yuhao didn't appear, no one dared to act rashly. After all, the target this time was that notorious Demon King. If the main character had not yet appeared, acting recklessly would only alert the enemy.
With Xie Huanyue's appearance, the gazes of all the fairies present were instantly attracted to him.
Heavens, a Soul Douluo under the age of twenty! Isn't that a bit too terrifying?
Many of the fairies' hearts were instantly moved. If not for the explicit rules set in advance, many girls would probably not have been able to resist throwing themselves at him.
At this time, Xie Huanyue's attention was not on the beauties opposite him. His peripheral vision swept towards the direction of the Sun Moon Empire's capital, Ming Dou, four hundred li away from here.
I wonder how Huo Yuhao's side is doing...
Xie Huanyue's gaze scanned the surroundings. If the people from Shrek were going to make a move, now was the best time.