Seeing Li Yuan explode outright, the old man froze for a moment, but quickly came to his senses.
With a lion's roar, the old man vanished from where he stood. In his place appeared a massive Golden Lion, which positioned itself directly in front of Xue Beng and took the blast wave for him.
Once the force of the Soul Power explosion had completely dissipated, the old man dispelled his Martial Soul Avatar and promptly spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Father, are you all right?" Luon Cheng, who had rushed over after sensing the disturbance, hurried forward to support the old man when he saw his listless state.
"I'm fine, Cheng'er. I'm fine. An explosion like that can't hurt me." The old man pushed away the worried Luon Cheng and regulated the Soul Power within his body. Before long, his complexion returned to normal.
To be honest, while the explosion caused by Li Yuan's clone was not weak, it was clearly impossible for it to injure a Spirit Douluo.
The reason Luo Shixin had coughed up blood earlier was not the explosion, but because he had forcibly used his Martial Soul Avatar.
That was right. This man was none other than the previous Golden Lion Marquis, Luo Shixin—the Spirit Douluo rumored to have died on the battlefield.
Although Luo Shixin had not died on the battlefield back then, it was true that he had suffered grave injuries. Several Spirit Douluo had joined forces to severely wound him, and he had only barely managed to survive.
However, the injuries he sustained were extremely serious, and even now, they had yet to fully heal.
As a result, Luo Shixin could not bring out his full strength. He especially could not use a major move like the Martial Soul Avatar casually.
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