"Oh my god, is this Battle Armor?!"
Seeing the gorgeous armor appear on Wu Zhangkong's body, Tang Wulin and the others gaped in astonishment.
Although Battle Armor Masters seemed to be everywhere in the original story, their numbers were actually tiny compared to the Douluo Federation's enormous population.
Wu Zhangkong's Battle Armor was especially gorgeous, and it suited his temperament perfectly. Once he had finished putting it on, his entire presence grew much more imposing.
"This is my Two-Word Battle Armor, Sky Ice. It's made entirely of Spirit Alloy, and normally it can merge with my body.
"Your goal in the future is to become Battle Armor Masters, and you should have at least Two-Word Battle Armor."
As Wu Zhangkong put on his Battle Armor, he didn't forget to give the members of Class Zero a quick lesson. Then he turned to Lan Kai, ready to fight him.
Lan Kai took a deep breath. Holding the Orb Ring in his left hand, he stretched it out in front of him and pressed the switch, entering the transformation space once more.
"Ultraman seniors!"
"Tiga senior!"
"Please lend me the power of your light!"
"Fusion Up!"
"Ultraman Orb: Specium Zeperion Form!"
Gu Yue skillfully raised a hand to shield her eyes, keeping the blinding light from Lan Kai's transformation out of her vision. Wu Zhangkong, however, wanted to observe Lan Kai's every move, so he not only refrained from shielding his eyes but even used his Purple Demon Eye to watch.
The light from Lan Kai's transformation naturally stung his eyes, making him blink nonstop.
The Purple Demon Eye could improve a Soul Master's mental strength and observational skills. At higher levels, it could even let a Soul Master wield a power akin to "eyes that dazzled like headlights." But it couldn't protect against flash attacks.
If Lan Kai had been some Kamen Rider with high beams, Wu Zhangkong's eyes would probably have suffered even more damage.
Wu Zhangkong quickly disengaged the Battle Armor on his left hand, rubbed his eyes, and waited for them to recover. Then he fixed his gaze on Lan Kai, now transformed into Ultraman Orb, his expression growing even more serious.
The next moment, the two moved at the same time, charging toward each other.
Lan Kai raised a hand and launched a Sperion Ring. A barrage of purple rings flew toward Wu Zhangkong, attacking from all directions.
Wu Zhangkong immediately unleashed his Soul Skills, and more than one at that.
First Soul Skill: Frost Trace.
Fourth Soul Skill: Frost Ice Whisper.
Fifth Soul Skill: Frost Whisper Ice Wheel.
Nine enormous Heavenly Frost Swords, each seven meters long, appeared beside Wu Zhangkong and formed a massive wheel of blades. White Frost Traces swirled around them as they clashed nonstop with the Sperion Rings Lan Kai had thrown.
But the result Wu Zhangkong had hoped for—his three Soul Skills deflecting Lan Kai's attacks—never came. Instead, Lan Kai's Sperion Rings easily shattered his First Soul Skill, and even his Frost Whisper Ice Wheel was covered in cracks, as though it might break apart completely at any moment.
Lan Kai charged at Wu Zhangkong again, seemingly planning to pit his powerful body against Wu Zhangkong's Frost Whisper Ice Wheel.
Wu Zhangkong's expression remained blank. He simply canceled his Soul Skills in an instant, then released them again. The nine swords reappeared, slashing at Lan Kai from every direction.
But Lan Kai suddenly held both hands out in front of his chest, then stretched them to either side. He sprang into the air and raised his right hand. A massive ring of light, nearly four meters in diameter, appeared beside it. He hurled it toward Wu Zhangkong's Frost Whisper Ice Wheel once more.
The Frost Whisper Ice Wheel and the Sperion Ring clashed again. This time, the Frost Whisper Ice Wheel shattered into ice crystals without a doubt, while the Sperion Ring seemed to lose none of its force and continued flying toward Wu Zhangkong.
Wu Zhangkong raised the Heavenly Frost Sword in his hand. His First and Second Soul Rings lit up one after the other, and the remains of the Frost Whisper Ice Wheel that Lan Kai had just shattered returned to his side. They formed a huge shield, with Frost Traces as its frame and Frost Mist as its face, blocking the Sperion Ring's attack.
But just then, Lan Kai raised his right hand straight up again. A purple ring of light appeared before him. As he held out his left hand, four more lines appeared around the purple ring—above, below, and on either side—like the auxiliary targeting lines around a scope.
"Sperion Ray!"
Lan Kai crossed his hands in front of himself once more, and a bright purple beam shot toward Wu Zhangkong. It was about to strike him just as the shield created by Wu Zhangkong's first two Soul Skills disappeared.
Wu Zhangkong's expression changed dramatically. His Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Soul Rings lit up almost simultaneously. The enormous Frost Whisper Ice Wheel reappeared before him, overlapping itself as it collided with Lan Kai's Sperion Ray.
But his nine Frost Ice Whispers shattered one after another, each lasting only a second or two. Still, that was enough time for him to unleash his strongest counterattack: Heavenly Frost Slash, amplified by his Sixth Soul Skill, Frost Condensation.
Heavenly Frost Slash, boosted by Frost Condensation, collided with the Sperion Ray after it had broken through all nine Frost Ice Whispers. Wu Zhangkong pushed his Soul Power output to its limit and relied on the amplification of his Two-Word Battle Armor to withstand Lan Kai's beam.
Ten seconds later, Lan Kai voluntarily stopped firing. The light on his chest began flashing red, and an alarm sounded.
"Lan Kai, it looks like you don't have much Soul Power left, either," Wu Zhangkong thought. Even so, he held Lan Kai in very high regard.
Whether it was clashing small Sperion Rings against Wu Zhangkong's Frost Whisper Ice Wheel at the start or using the moment Wu Zhangkong spent defending against the Sperion Rings to prepare and then unleash a finishing beam, Lan Kai's sense of timing was excellent.
As for close combat, he hadn't shown what he could do, but Wu Zhangkong understood why Lan Kai had avoided fighting him at close range.
Wu Zhangkong's Heavenly Frost Sword had ice attributes. Even without a domain-type Soul Skill, anyone who fought him at close quarters would have to endure the cold.
Rather than fight with that disadvantage, Lan Kai had chosen to make the most of this form's strengths, using a wide variety of powerful ranged attacks to gain the upper hand and land a decisive blow.
Perhaps the only weakness of this form was that it made it easy to tell he had little strength left.
But Wu Zhangkong had a feeling that Lan Kai's true combat power could only be fully unleashed when his warning light was flashing red.
And even with the light flashing red, Lan Kai could still use all kinds of powerful techniques, as if they cost him no energy at all.
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