Setting Up the Thunder Domain (During the Trial Period, Please Keep Reading)

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

A series of shells being fired rang out.

A dense barrage of shells rained down from the sky, pouring toward Ling Xiao like a torrential downpour.

Those densely packed soul-guided shells were all soul tools of at least Grade 5.

Grade 5, Grade 6, and Grade 7 soul tools fired together, directly blanketing Ling Xiao with firepower.

The barrage was so dense and terrifying that it could reduce everything within a hundred meters to scorched earth.

Ling Xiao's expression changed slightly.

He had never expected this.

Before Milk Bottles had even been developed, the other side actually dared to use them so freely.

Ling Xiao transformed into a bolt of lightning once more, rapidly weaving through the gaps between the shells.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Shells exploded one after another at his side, while heat waves and shockwaves continuously battered his body.

Like a true bolt of lightning, Ling Xiao darted endlessly through the baptism of artillery fire.

If it had been a Titled Douluo, Grade 5 and Grade 6 soul tools could indeed be fired on a large scale.

However, the Grade 5 and Grade 6 soul tools were merely meant to disrupt him, with Grade 7 soul tools mixed among them.

Ling Xiao did not dare let his guard down!

The firepower was simply too dense.

Even charging at lightning speed, he could not avoid being grazed by a few shells.

Ling Xiao knew very well that he could not keep dodging. He had to strike back.

Now that he had confirmed the other party's identity, he would make sure they died here today!

Ling Xiao was still racing at high speed, carefully searching for an opportunity to kill his opponent.

However...

As a Grade 9 soul engineer, the man knew the weaknesses of soul engineers very well.

If Ling Xiao continued to dodge blindly, he would have to find a chance to flee.

After all, even a Titled Douluo could not afford the consumption of high-grade soul tools for long.

If this dragged on, the soul engineer's disadvantage would only grow greater.

So, he chose to fight while retreating.

Noticing this, Ling Xiao swiftly adjusted his own movements.

Since he had decided to kill the man, he would not give him any chance to escape.

Ling Xiao abruptly changed direction and charged straight at the soul engineer.

When the man saw Ling Xiao charging through the artillery fire toward him, he froze for a moment.

He quickly made adjustments.

The firing rate rose again, and the density of the barrage increased once more.

Instead of retreating, Ling Xiao advanced.

He became a streak of purple lightning, circling the human soul master at high speed.

Ling Xiao constantly changed directions, making it impossible for his opponent to lock onto his position.

As shell after shell missed, the soul engineer's expression became increasingly grim.

"Damn it! That speed..."

The soul engineer knew well enough.

If he wanted to leave alive, he had to charge a higher-grade soul tool.

Ling Xiao noticed his opponent preparing to charge up and knew that his chance to kill him had come!

When he circled behind the man once again, Ling Xiao suddenly came to a stop.

Then, he swiftly summoned heavenly lightning.

"Rumble...!"

Above the Extreme North, thunderclouds suddenly gathered across the clear sky.

Lightning churned within the clouds, like thunder serpents weaving back and forth through them.

Bolts of heavenly lightning descended.

They did not strike one specific area, but completely enveloped everything within a hundred meters.

Thunder Domain.

Once Ling Xiao completed the Thunder Domain, that Grade 9 soul engineer would never leave alive.

He would kill him with his own hands!

He would avenge Mama Snow Emperor. Even though Snow Emperor had not yet been taken away by the God-Sealing Platform in this time, this man still had to die here!

When the soul engineer saw the thunderclouds filling the sky, he did not realize that Ling Xiao was responsible.

After all, thunderclouds of this scale were not unheard of in the Extreme North.

However, by the time he realized he was standing in the center of the Thunder Domain, it was already too late.

Purple lightning surrounded him from all sides, while countless arcs of electricity crawled around his body.

Under the lightning's erosion, the energy consumption of his soul tool barrier instantly increased severalfold.

"Damn it!"

The soul engineer's face changed drastically.

He finally realized...

This was not natural weather at all. It was the work of that little creature before him.

A soul beast capable of summoning lightning?

What kind of monster was this?!

The Grade 9 soul engineer was an experienced veteran. Upon realizing his situation, he swiftly adjusted his tactics.

A mad look appeared on his face.

"Since you have no intention of letting me leave alive, then I'll drag you down with me before I die!"

While maintaining the barrage, he secretly began charging an eighth-grade fixed soul-guided shell.

The power of an eighth-grade soul tool was already enough to threaten a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.

But that was far from enough. He did not want to merely threaten Ling Xiao; he wanted them to perish together.

He reached toward the metal sphere at his waist. This was what gave him the confidence to drag someone down with him.

A suicide-type fixed soul-guided shell.

A soul tool infinitely close to Grade 9.

Both sides were plotting against each other.

Ling Xiao was calculating how to kill his opponent completely within the Thunder Domain.

The Grade 9 soul engineer was calculating how to drag Ling Xiao down with him before he died.

After the Thunder Domain had been set up.

The Grade 9 soul engineer began losing ground step by step.

Countless soul-guided shells shot into the sky, only to be detonated by lightning streaking through the air.

The soul engineer's suppressive barrage from earlier instantly vanished without a trace.

Because Ling Xiao's firepower was stronger.

Under the lightning's continuous erosion, the soul tool barrier could no longer hold.

Seeing that the soul engineer's death was within reach, Ling Xiao directly controlled all the lightning in the area and launched an attack.

Under his control, countless bolts of heavenly lightning fiercely struck at the human soul engineer.

"Shatter!"

"Crack—!"

With a crisp crack, the Grade 9 soul engineer's turtle shell finally shattered.

The instant the barrier broke, a soul-guided shell radiating a terrifying aura shot forth.

An eighth-grade fixed soul-guided shell!

The fixed soul-guided shell was pitch-black all over, radiating energy fluctuations that made one's heart tremble.

It carved a scorching trail through the air as it sped directly toward Ling Xiao.

Within the Thunder Domain.

Lightning continued to descend from the sky, bolt after bolt striking the soul-guided shell.

However...

The higher the grade of a soul tool, the more precious the metals used to make it. And the more precious the metal, the harder it was for Ling Xiao to detonate.

When the heavenly lightning struck the shell, it did not pierce through it immediately.

Instead, because the metal surface was too smooth, the heavenly lightning slid directly across it, failing to detonate the shell.

Ling Xiao's gaze sharpened slightly as he raised a hand and gathered several bolts of heavenly lightning together.

That bolt of lightning continued growing stronger, its power far beyond that of the previous strikes.

Only when he felt its power was sufficient did Ling Xiao blast that lightning toward the soul-guided shell.

It was precisely because of this move that he managed to pierce through the soul-guided shell.

"Boom~!"

The explosion of the eighth-grade fixed soul-guided shell lifted the ice across dozens of meters.

A scorching blast wave spread in all directions from the center of the explosion.

Seeing this.

Ling Xiao immediately retreated a hundred meters, barely avoiding the blast's reach.