Bone Douluo Blasted Away

However, Xu Mochen struck while the iron was hot, bringing out several other major lethal weapons: shotguns, sniper rifles, heavy machine guns, rocket launchers, and mortars.

First were the shotguns. Compared to automatic rifles, the barrels were shorter, but the caliber was significantly larger. The two models were the "Thunder-23 Type" and the "Thunder-24 Type."

The "Thunder-23 Type" shotgun required no soul power to operate and was classified as a Level 3 Soul Tool. Currently, it was only equipped in small numbers, and its range was quite short, at only fifty meters. Yet, when an ordinary soldier of the Sun Moon Empire fired at Bone Douluo from close range, Bone Douluo clearly saw countless steel pellets mixed with heat waves spraying out from the muzzle! Immediately after, a powerful impact caused his figure to sway once more!

The "Thunder-24 Type" shotgun was a Level 4 standard-issue Soul Guidance Weapon. It required a certain amount of soul power to consume, but not only was its range increased to seventy meters, its power was also raised by a notch! This impact forced Bone Douluo, who had already activated his first soul skill, to take a step back.

In the end, Bone Douluo judged that a direct hit from the "Thunder-23 Type" shotgun could break through the full-force defense of soul masters below level 50 and injure a small portion of those below level 60! The "Thunder-24 Type" shotgun could directly break through the full-force defense of those below level 60 and injure a small portion of those below level 70!

Of course, this was only the power of a single gun. If hit head-on by a dozen such weapons simultaneously, the vast majority of soul emperors using full-force defense would be riddled with holes, and even soul saints would have to steer clear.

Next came the sniper rifles. The "Headhunter-15 Type" sniper rifle was the only standard-issue sniper rifle currently developed by the Sun Moon Empire. It was a Level 5 standard-issue Soul Tool with a relatively high soul power consumption. Among the three thousand Marine Corps soldiers of the Sun Moon Empire, only ten were equipped with this weapon.

Furthermore, this gun required special sniper bullets crafted specifically for it, which were quite costly to produce, but its range reached an astonishing one thousand meters! It looked more precise and complex in structure than a semi-automatic rifle, and a strange cylindrical "canister" was strapped to the barrel.

When Bone Douluo was targeted by this sniper rifle, his sixth sense instantly detected a hint of danger. When the bullet struck his Bone Armor Shield, Bone Douluo immediately retreated three steps! Even the Bone Armor Shield, which had always been unscathed, showed a fine crack!

Ultimately, Bone Douluo concluded that once this gun hit the vital points of a soul master below level 70, even in a state of full-force defense, they would either die or be crippled! Even for many soul saints, it would be extremely difficult to block an attack from this gun head-on!

The subsequent demonstration of the heavy machine gun dealt another heavy blow to the fragile hearts of everyone present. Two soldiers were seen operating an "iron box" mounted on a large tripod with a "steel pipe" at the front.

One soldier took a chain of bullets from an iron box and fed it into the side of the "iron box," while the other soldier pulled a mechanism on the side, then aimed at Bone Douluo, gripping the two handles on the iron box firmly.

Accompanied by the "da-da-da-da..." sound of the "Butcher-25 Type" heavy machine gun, which roared like a monster, fire erupted and dust flew! A terrifying "metal storm" composed of machine gun bullets swept directly over Bone Douluo's entire body!

Feeling the massive onslaught rushing toward him, carrying a thick murderous intent, Bone Douluo could no longer maintain his expert demeanor. He immediately lit up his second soul ring and roared, "Second Soul Skill: Bone Scales!" Not only did the Bone Armor Shield, which had developed some cracks, instantly recover, but a dense layer of reddish scales appeared all over his body and armor!

With the appearance of these scales, Bone Douluo's defensive power rose by another level! With the first and second soul skills stacked, Bone Douluo's current defense was equivalent to the limit of what most soul douluos could achieve without using their seventh or eighth soul skills!

As a series of explosions rang out around him, Bone Douluo's figure trembled continuously in the terrifying "metal storm"! In the end, he still couldn't hold out and retreated three steps! At that moment, the heavy machine gun had just finished firing its three hundred prepared rounds!

Bone Douluo's chest was still heaving slightly, and his forehead was covered in sweat. Although he was unharmed, it was clear that he had exerted significant effort to block those bullets.

After catching his breath, Bone Douluo told the stunned crowd, "For this kind of weapon, if you are a soul master below the level of soul douluo, do not try to take it head-on! Otherwise, you will either die or be crippled!"

Xu Mochen also took this opportunity to "frankly" tell everyone that the "Butcher-25 Type" heavy machine gun was a Level 5 standard-issue Soul Guidance Weapon. The soul power consumption per shot was low, but continuous firing consumed a massive amount! Its range could reach an astonishing two thousand five hundred meters! It was also the only fully automatic weapon currently equipped by the Sun Moon Empire that could fire continuously! It was one of the Sun Moon Empire's trump card lethal weapons!

If fired as a single shot, the power was great but limited, only ensuring the penetration of the defenses of most soul masters below the soul saint level. However, if fired continuously and the opposing soul saint was foolish enough to take it all head-on, then even a soul saint's defense would likely be unable to withstand it!

Finally, Xu Mochen decided to go big, so the "Punishment-65 Type" and "Punishment-66 Type" rocket launchers, as well as the "Thunderbolt-44 Type" and "Thunderbolt-45 Type" mortars were brought out!

Without exception, these were Soul Guidance Weapons that consumed a significant amount of soul power with each use! Among them, the "Thunderbolt-44 Type" and "Thunderbolt-45 Type" mortars were Level 4 and Level 5 standard-issue Soul Tools, respectively, focusing on area-of-effect damage. Their ranges were 1,200 meters and 1,500 meters, with damage radii of eight meters and ten meters!

Xu Mochen first had the Sun Moon Empire soldiers use the "Thunderbolt-44 Type" and "Thunderbolt-45 Type" mortars to attack Bone Douluo. The result was that the "Thunderbolt-44 Type" mortar only made Bone Douluo, with his first and second soul skills fully activated, tremble slightly, while the "Thunderbolt-45 Type" mortar made him tremble more violently, but he still held his ground.

In fact, the power of the "Thunderbolt-44 Type" mortar was not even as high as the "T334-Type" high-explosive grenade, which was also a Level 4 Soul Tool, and the "Thunderbolt-45 Type" mortar was only slightly more powerful than the "T334-Type" high-explosive grenade. The only difference was that their damage radii were truly terrifying.

Don't look at the eight-meter and ten-meter radii as if they aren't long! But if you estimate carefully, the explosive damage areas of the two exceeded two hundred square meters and three hundred square meters, respectively!

This kind of weapon was not only easy to transport, but as long as these shells landed in a neat and tight military formation, it would absolutely cause heavy casualties to the entire army! If things went poorly, after one round of artillery fire, the entire army might collapse instantly!

Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, and the others couldn't figure out how this thing, consisting of a tripod, a long steel tube, and a square metal base, could allow a conical metal block no bigger than a palm to unleash such astonishing damage!

When the two Sun Moon Empire soldiers used the "Punishment-65 Type" and "Punishment-66 Type" rocket launchers, these two single-target lethal weapons, it officially announced to everyone what the king of single-target damage among individual standard-issue weapons was!

When the Level 5 soul-guided rocket fired by the "Punishment-65 Type" rocket launcher dragged a long tail flame and whistled toward Bone Douluo, Bone Douluo felt his heart skip a beat. But before he could react, this powerful rocket slammed fiercely into his Bone Armor!

With a loud "Boom!", not only did Bone Douluo's previously recovered Bone Armor show large cracks again, but Bone Douluo was also shaken by the powerful impact and retreated five steps before stabilizing. He looked quite disheveled!

Before Bone Douluo could fully stabilize, the "Punishment-66 Type" rocket launcher on the other soldier's shoulder followed up, firing a Level 6 soul-guided rocket!

"Boom!" With another more shocking explosion, Bone Douluo's Bone Armor Shield was not only completely shattered under this violent attack, but Bone Douluo himself was blown away before he could react! Accompanying his flying figure were the gasps and screams of the crowd!

"Your Excellency Bone Douluo!"

"Uncle Gu!"

"Senior Gu!"

Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, and Xu Mochen exclaimed in shock and were the first to rush forward to check the situation! Fortunately, their worries were somewhat redundant. Although Bone Douluo had been blown away, he quickly gathered his soul power to control his body and landed steadily on the ground!

However, his state looked far from good: his hair and clothes were disheveled, his clothes were damaged and stained with dust and smoke, his already withered face was covered in black ash, his chest was heaving violently, and he coughed a few times.

Clearly, in the previous attack, facing the two successive rockets, even Bone Douluo, who had used his first and second soul skills, had suffered some minor injuries. Fortunately, it was nothing serious, but he no longer looked unfathomable; instead, he looked utterly wretched.

Raising a hand to stop Ning Fengzhi from using his martial soul to buff him, Bone Douluo tidied his clothes, his face turning blue and white, the shock in his eyes still lingering!

Who was he? He was a Titled Douluo with a top-tier defensive martial soul! Although his attack power might be inferior to Titled Douluos of the same level, in terms of defense alone, even most level 96 Super Douluos could not compare to him! Although this injury was because he had only used his two weakest soul skills and was caught off guard, it was enough to prove the terrifying power of this weapon!

However, Bone Douluo did not forget his evaluation duties. He immediately reported in a trembling voice: "Your Highness, Sect Master, the former weapon's power can break through the full-force defense of most soul masters below the soul douluo level! The latter's power can even break through the full-force defense of most soul masters below the Titled Douluo level!"

"The power of these weapons is too astonishing! If the Sun Moon Empire can truly mass-produce and equip all the Soul Guidance Weapons demonstrated so far, including these, then I must say, the military strength of the Sun Moon Empire is absolutely shocking to any force on the Douluo Continent!"