Mountain-Covering Dragon Turtle, Heavenly Moat Thoroughfare

A trace of relief appeared in Ma Rulong's eyes. His Storage Ring lit up, and two Level 7 Soul Guidance Cannons appeared in his hands.

They had similar designs, differing only in color.

One was entirely crimson, one and a half meters long, with a barrel roughly as wide as a bowl.

It was called the Annihilation Cannon!

It was especially adept at breaking through a single point.

The other crackled with dark blue lightning, electric arcs dancing wildly in the rain.

Taking advantage of the Crimson Ape joining the battlefield,

Ma Rulong immediately activated the Thunder Domain Cannon in his hand.

A cluster of lightning shot forth, transforming into a Forest of Thunder Net in midair. It spanned ten meters and enveloped the young man.

The advantage of Soul Engineers was that

they could freely combine and select the most suitable weapons for the battlefield, making up for their own shortcomings.

Unlike Soul Masters,

whose Soul Skills came with an element of chance. If they were unlucky, their entire career as Soul Masters could be ruined.

Since his opponent could summon rain, his Martial Soul had to be water-attributed.

Thus, Ma Rulong chose the Thunder Domain Cannon.

It carried intense paralysis effects, and the torrent of lightning energy it unleashed was not to be underestimated either.

Xu Tinglan's second Soul Ring lit up.

Under the Sea-Summoning Mountain-Fixing state, he activated Thousand Mountains Return to Ruins.

Soul Power took the shape of a mountain, blocking the way before him.

The Mysterious Underworld Turtle Martial Soul did not merely possess water attributes; it also carried rock attributes. Why would it fear lightning?

Before an indomitable body, restraint had no effect whatsoever.

The Annihilation Cannon in Ma Rulong's hand glowed golden-red, firing a ball of light as thick as a bowl.

It arrived in the blink of an eye.

The golden-red beam struck the mountain-shaped soul construct, burrowing through layer by layer until it pierced through.

The beam dimmed as well.

When it struck the Mysterious Turtle Shield, it was swallowed in a single bite by the turtle phantom on the shield.

Xu Tinglan strolled leisurely through the thunder domain. With the Mountain and Sea Heaven-Bearing Soul Tool Armor and the Mysterious Turtle Shield, he had suffered almost no damage.

He stroked the Demon-Slaying Sword in his hand and said blandly,

"Is that all you can do?"

Xu Tinglan knew his opponent possessed a Judgment Sword, a peak Level 8 Soul Tool with terrifying power.

But with Moon God Radiance, he did not fear Ma Rulong at all.

Ma Rulong's expression darkened terribly.

Soul Tool Armor really was useful.

His teammate Mika possessed a lightning-attributed suit of Soul Tool Armor, but it consumed a great deal of Soul Power and affected movement speed.

That was why Ma Rulong did not like the thing.

The young man's hands moved so quickly they became afterimages. The Soul Tools on his body shifted again, and at least fifty metal barrels of varying sizes appeared one after another.

The speed was astonishing.

Every barrel bloomed with dazzling light.

The Annihilation Cannon activated once more.

All the Soul Power amplified by his six Soul Rings surged forth. Taking advantage of the time the Crimson Ape had bought him, he launched his final all-out assault.

Xu Tinglan's third Soul Ring lit up.

Black Tortoise Abyssal Descent!

A beastly phantom suddenly appeared.

It coiled around the young man's body, massive and imposing. Its entire body was covered in ink-like scales, its back broad, and the spikes along its ridge sharp and savage.

The Mysterious Underworld Shield also transformed into the Black Tortoise Shield.

The muscles on Ma Rulong's face twitched. He had not expected his opponent to look down on him so much.

Even at this point, he still was not using his fifth Soul Ring.

After a barrage of bombardment.

Ma Rulong panted heavily.

Then he suddenly noticed that Xu Tinglan's fifth Soul Ring emitted a color as deep as an abyss.

The young man spoke softly.

"Fifth Soul Skill, Heavenly Moat Thoroughfare!"

Terrifying energy gathered upon the Black Tortoise Shield. The Black Tortoise phantom on the shield became almost corporeal, its gaping maw opening as heart-palpitating Soul Power surged forth.

The Black Tortoise Shield suddenly thrust forward.

The serpent body coiled around the turtle's shell, light gathering within its gaping maw.

A pillar of abyssal light erupted from the shield's surface, transforming into a road that pierced the heavens as it shot straight at Ma Rulong.

That road was about ten feet wide.

Immutable armor patterns flowed across its surface, while serpent phantoms seemed to swim along either side.

Wherever it passed, the air was torn apart, and a deep trench was plowed into the ground. Broken stones flew everywhere, crushing all in its path, even twisting space itself.

An Invincible Barrier lit up around Ma Rulong.

But it could only last three seconds.

The Soul Power in his body was no longer enough to activate any other defensive Soul Tools. He could only watch helplessly as the abyssal pillar of light drew near.

At the critical moment,

Elder Ma stepped in front of him. Another Invincible Barrier appeared, and after three seconds, he had no choice but to take out another Soul Tool.

Only then did he completely extinguish the attack.

Ma Rulong's eyes went vacant. His Soul Power was nearly exhausted, and his body collapsed backward.

He had never imagined that as a Level 63 Soul Emperor, every attack he had unleashed with all his Soul Power would be blocked one by one by his opponent.

And yet,

his opponent still had enough strength left to unleash such a terrifying attack.

A smile appeared on Xiao Hongchen's face.

"That's fucking awesome, brother."

Xu Tinglan stretched his body, shrinking from three meters tall back to his original size.

He looked at the team leader, then glanced sideways.

"Shouldn't you announce the result now?"

Elder Ma snapped out of his daze. "The winner of this match is Xu Tinglan!"

The young man walked off the field, still looking relaxed.

Xiao Hongchen ran over,

extended his fist, and lightly bumped it against Xu Tinglan's.

"Damn, you're strong. That strike had at least the power of a peak Soul Saint, right?"

Xu Tinglan stretched lazily.

"More or less."

The Soul Ring Xiao Hongchen had obtained was thirty thousand years old.

His would only be stronger.

He had obtained this Soul Ring under the Snow Empress's guidance.

At the border between the Far North and the Unfrozen Sea, he had found a forty-eight-thousand-year Soul Beast within the Extreme Cold Snow Glacier.

It was called the Mountain-Covering Dragon Turtle Beast.

A subspecies dragon with the Black Tortoise Bloodline, it possessed not only exceptional physical defense but also astonishing offensive power.

It could split mountains upon seeing them and fill seas upon encountering them.

Only after the Snow Empress released her origin aura to suppress the Soul Beast had Xu Tinglan been able to absorb it smoothly.

The Soul Skill he gained was also exceptionally powerful.

[Heavenly Moat Thoroughfare]

Its passive ability could greatly strengthen the user's body, granting thirty percent damage reduction.

That was why Xu Tinglan was utterly unafraid of Ma Rulong's attacks.

With thirty percent damage reduction, the Mysterious Underworld Shield, and the Soul Tool Armor, his opponent's attacks had barely affected him.

Only Level 7 Soul Tools required his attention, and that was all.

Beyond the thirty percent damage reduction,

the most powerful aspect of [Heavenly Moat Thoroughfare] was its ability to absorb an opponent's attacks and the energy scattered throughout the environment, store it, and unleash an extremely terrifying strike.

Its upper limit was closely tied to the physical strength of the Soul Ring's owner.

Xu Tinglan had not told anyone about this Soul Skill. If it leaked out, its deterrent value would be greatly reduced.

However, when the fifth Soul Skill was used together with the fourth Soul Skill,

even if the opponent remained still, as long as they stood beneath the rain curtain, the longer it lasted, the more energy it accumulated.

Its only flaw was that the charging speed would be much slower.

This put the opponent in a dilemma.

If they feared Xu Tinglan's fifth Soul Skill and did not dare attack, the Demon-Slaying Sword in his hand would not show mercy either.

Ma Rulong's Soul Power was nearly depleted, and he had already passed out.

The remaining team members looked at one another, unsure what to say.

In their eyes,

their exceptionally powerful captain had actually suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of that Reserve Team Member.

Their emotions were incomparably complicated.

Mika, Xiao Xiafeng, and the others had heard Xu Tinglan's name before and knew he was capable, but they had never expected him to be this strong.