Chapter 399 Crisis Abounds
A great war is about to break out!
The titled Douluo of the Body Sect, Star Luo, Heavenly Soul, and Shrek Academy directly clashed with the ninth-level Soul Master of the Sun Moon Empire and the Evil Douluo of the Holy Spirit Cult.
Soul skills, evil spirits, and light waves scattered and danced in the sky, turning the dark sky into a dazzling spectacle.
The ninth-level Soul Masters of the Sun Moon Empire were already at a complete disadvantage when facing the Title Douluo of the original Douluo Three Kingdoms one-on-one. At this moment, they were overwhelmed and could only parry.
As for the Evil Douluo of the Holy Spirit Cult, they didn't achieve much either. Only a very small number of evil soul masters are good at direct combat. Most of the evil soul masters' strength is only reflected in their insidious and bizarre special abilities. At this moment, they were directly suppressed to an absolute disadvantage in direct combat.
This is the advantage of having a large number of people.
High above, Long Xiaoyao seemed unconcerned about the changing situation. Facing the combined attack of Elder Xuan and Poison Undying, the massive Dark Holy Dragon merely defended, each fluctuation of its form causing large swathes of space to distort. Yet, these distorted spaces did not radiate outwards, instead dissipating the aftershocks of the surrounding impact.
On the ground!
A strike force composed entirely of experts with cultivation levels of seven-ring Soul Saint or higher stormed into the Sun Moon Empire's palace with unstoppable momentum.
These people were all masked, but each one possessed formidable strength. They roamed freely within the Mingdu Imperial Palace, already inflicting heavy losses on the Soul Masters, Soul Instructors, and guards responsible for defense. Like a sharp sword, they charged straight towards the Imperial Study where Crown Prince Xu Tianran was located.
A young man, his entire body shimmering with intense light, charged at the forefront. His speed was extremely fast; wherever he passed, ordinary Soul Master guards were utterly unable to withstand him, and they all died on the spot.
Although this person was masked, anyone who had carefully watched the Continental Elite Youth Soul Master Tournament would easily recognize him. It was none other than Long Aotian, the leading figure of the younger generation from the Snow Demon Sect, or rather, the Body Sect!
Long Aotian's martial soul is his entire body's skin, although it still can't compare to Du Busi's all-around martial soul, which is based on his entire body. However, he is still among the best in the Body Sect. At this moment, with his full power unleashed, he is truly invincible.
Not far above his head, a bright moon hung in the sky. Where the moonlight pointed, one after another, soul-guided cannons spewing flames exploded.
This is, after all, the Mingdu Imperial Palace; it's impossible to deploy weapons of mass destruction here. Shrek Academy, the Star Luo Empire, and the Heavenly Soul Empire had already reached a consensus on this point before launching the attack. This is their greatest advantage.
However, after breaking into the Sun Moon Empire's palace, a problem arose.
That's right, the Sun Moon Empire can't deploy high-lethal weapons here, but it can deploy powerful protective soul tools here!
At this moment, the elite squad was blocked by a barrier shrouded in golden light.
"Let me break this turtle shell!" Long Aotian roared, charging along the ground. His skin shimmered with light, and his entire body turned into a dazzling incandescent white, forming a silvery-white humanoid phantom.
Silver-level main body martial soul second awakening, 100% boost!
"Fifth Soul Skill, Heaven and Earth Transformation!"
The black spirit ring shone brightly, and Long Aotian's body suddenly lit up. In the incandescent light, his whole body seemed to be burning.
"Fourth Soul Skill, Mad God Slash!"
A strange scene unfolded. The burning Long Aotian's body suddenly lengthened, as if a noodle was being stretched. His entire body rose to a full four meters, his arms outstretched. It felt as if he were a piece of dark golden metal that had melted and then expanded.
In the blink of an eye, Long Aotian's height, from arms to feet, had exceeded five meters. His joined arms transformed into a giant axe.
The giant axe tilted back, and its massive, dark golden body cleaved towards the barrier in an instant.
With a deafening clang, the giant axe that Long Aotian had transformed into was sent flying. When everyone looked at the soul-guiding shield, it was completely undamaged.
"Hiss~!!" A series of gasps rang out. If they couldn't break through this so-called soul-guiding barrier, their assassination attempt would be in vain.
"Everyone from Shrek Academy, it's all up to you now." Long Aotian looked at the barrier not far away with a resentful expression, then turned to look at the three women and one man led by Zhang Lexuan.
Besides Zhang Lexuan, the rest were naturally Ma Xiaotao, Wang Qiu'er, and Wu Xuan's clone. Wang Qiu'er's appearance here was naturally at her insistence; being able to fight a Soul Douluo-level evil Soul Master to a draw, Zhang Lexuan really couldn't force her to go against her request.
Seeing everyone's gaze, Ma Xiaotao clapped her hands and stepped forward. "Leave this little matter to me!"
Upon hearing this, the crowd was not too optimistic about Ma Xiaotao. After all, five years ago she was only a Soul Emperor, how could she possibly break through to Soul Douluo now? Just as Xu Jiujiu was about to persuade Zhang Lexuan to make a move...
Stepping forward, Ma Xiaotao immediately displayed the most effective response: two yellow, two purple, three black, and one red rings! Eight rings, and she was also a Soul Douluo with a 100,000-year soul ring.
The way everyone looked at Ma Xiaotao completely changed. An eight-ring Soul Douluo, how old is she?
As Ma Xiaotao's pink eyes turned sharp, her blood-red eighth ring shone brightly, and blazing flames erupted from her body, directly dyeing her long hair white-gold.
"Eighth Soul Skill, Blazing Flame!"
The Fiery Apricot Blossom granted Ma Xiaotao her second soul skill in her eighth ring. Accompanied by a loud phoenix cry, a fiery phoenix, its entire body burning with platinum flames, soared into the sky. The phoenix's wings overlapped, and a huge magic array condensed in front of it.
The next instant, a gigantic pillar of flames, radiating an incomparably terrifying aura, fell from the sky, its unparalleled power easily piercing through the golden shield blocking everyone's path!
"Kill!" Ma Xiaotao flapped her phoenix wings and led the charge forward.
The elite squad's morale surged instantly, and they charged towards the inner city of the palace with shouts. The soul-guided shield that had previously blocked their path was naturally the gateway to the inner city.
"Stop them! Protect the Emperor! Protect the Emperor!" An eighth-level Soul Master was furious and killed the guards who were fleeing from the front with a single shot, and rebuilt a new defensive line.
"Heh heh! A bunch of useless trash, still showing up at the last minute to see our Holy Cult's arrangements." A middle-aged man shrouded in ghostly aura stepped forward, his eight spirit rings proclaiming his status as a Soul Douluo. Accompanied by a tiger's roar, a sinister and eerie giant tiger strode out.
"This martial spirit is the Netherworld Ghost Tiger!" The members of the elite squad who recognized the martial spirit exclaimed in unison.
"Howl~!" With a roar, a shadowy black panther appeared behind another Evil Soul Douluo.
"Ghost Leopard!" Two more people exclaimed in surprise.
"Crack~ Crack!" Two figures covered in black robes appeared. As they looked up, eight more soul rings flashed out, and eerie ghost flames burned from their skulls.
"Evil Martial Soul, Ghost Fire Skull!" Zhang Lexuan's expression was solemn.
(End of chapter)