"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
A string of launching sounds rang out.
A dense barrage of cannonballs fell from the sky, pouring down on Ling Xiao like a torrential rain.
Those densely packed Soul Guidance Cannonballs were all Soul Tools of at least Grade Five.
Grade Five, Grade Six, and Grade Seven were fired together, directly blanketing Ling Xiao with firepower.
The barrage was so dense and terrifying that it could reduce everything within a hundred-meter radius to scorched earth.
Ling Xiao's expression changed slightly.
He had never expected this.
Before Milk Bottles had even been developed, the other party actually dared to use them so recklessly.
Ling Xiao transformed into a bolt of lightning once more, swiftly weaving through the gaps between the cannonballs.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
Cannonballs exploded one after another at his side, while heatwaves and shockwaves relentlessly battered his body.
Ling Xiao was like a true bolt of lightning, endlessly darting through the baptism of artillery fire.
If it were a Titled Douluo, Grade Five and Grade Six Soul Tools could indeed be fired on a massive scale.
However, the Grade Fives and Sixes were merely for interference, with Grade Seven Soul Tools mixed among them.
Ling Xiao did not dare let his guard down!
The firepower was simply too dense.
Even moving at the speed of lightning, he could not avoid being grazed by several cannonballs.
Ling Xiao knew full well that he could not keep dodging forever. He had to retaliate.
Now that he had confirmed the other party's identity, he would make sure the man died here today!
Ling Xiao was still racing about at high speed, carefully searching for an opportunity to kill his opponent.
However...
As a Grade Nine Soul Engineer, the man knew the weaknesses of Soul Engineers extremely well.
If Ling Xiao kept dodging blindly, the man would have to find an opportunity to flee.
After all, the consumption of high-grade Soul Tools was something even a Titled Douluo could not sustain.
If this dragged on, the Soul Engineer's disadvantage would only grow worse.
So, he chose to fight while retreating.
Noticing this, Ling Xiao swiftly adjusted his own actions as well.
Since he had decided to kill him, he would not give him a 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 was visibly stunned for a moment.
Seeing this, he immediately made adjustments.
The firing rate increased once again, and the density of the firepower coverage grew even greater.
Rather than 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 cannonball after cannonball missed, the Soul Engineer's expression grew increasingly grim.
"Damn it! This speed..."
The Soul Engineer knew well.
If he wanted to leave alive, he had to charge a higher-grade Soul Tool.
Ling Xiao noticed his opponent preparing to charge it and knew that his chance to kill had arrived!
When he circled behind the man once again, Ling Xiao suddenly halted.
Then, he swiftly summoned Heavenly Thunder.
"Rumble...!"
Above the Extreme North, thunderclouds suddenly gathered across the clear sky.
Lightning surged through the clouds, like thunder serpents weaving and slithering within them.
Bolts of Heavenly Thunder descended.
They did not strike a specific area, but completely enveloped everything within a hundred meters.
Thunder Domain.
As long as Ling Xiao completed the Thunder Domain, that Grade Nine Soul Engineer could forget about leaving alive.
He would kill the man with his own hands!
He would avenge Mother Snow Empress. Even though Snow Empress had yet to be captured by the God-Sealing Platform...
This man still had to die here!
When the Soul Engineer saw the thunderclouds gathering overhead, 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 at the center of the Thunder Domain, it was already too late.
Purple lightning surrounded him from all sides, while countless arcs of electricity slithered around his body.
Under the erosion of the lightning, the Soul Guidance Shield's energy consumption 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 handiwork of that little creature before him.
A Soul Beast capable of summoning lightning?
What kind of monster was this?!
The Grade Nine Soul Engineer was a seasoned veteran. Once he recognized his predicament, he swiftly adjusted his tactics.
A hint of madness appeared on his face.
"Since you never intended to let me leave alive, I'll drag you down with me before I die!"
While maintaining his firepower coverage, he secretly charged an Grade Eight fixed-installation Soul Guidance Cannonball.
The power of a Grade Eight Soul Tool was already enough to threaten a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast.
But that was far from enough. He did not want merely to threaten Ling Xiao—he wanted mutual destruction.
He reached toward the metal sphere at his waist. This was what gave him the confidence to drag Ling Xiao down with him.
A self-destruct fixed-installation Soul Guidance Cannonball.
A Soul Tool infinitely close to Grade Nine.
Both sides were plotting against each other.
Ling Xiao was calculating how to completely kill his opponent within the Thunder Domain.
The Grade Nine Soul Engineer was calculating how to drag Ling Xiao down with him before dying.
After the Thunder Domain was completed.
The Grade Nine Soul Engineer began to lose ground step by step.
Countless Soul Guidance Cannonballs shot into the sky, only to be detonated by the lightning streaking through the air.
The Soul Engineer's earlier firepower suppression vanished without a trace in an instant.
Because Ling Xiao's firepower was stronger.
Under the continuous erosion of lightning, the Soul Guidance Shield could no longer hold.
Seeing that the Soul Engineer's death was within reach, Ling Xiao directly controlled all the lightning across the field to launch an attack.
Under his control, countless bolts of Heavenly Thunder fiercely bombarded the human Soul Engineer.
"Break!"
"Crack—!"
With a crisp cracking sound, the Grade Nine Soul Engineer's turtle shell finally shattered.
The instant the shield broke, a Soul Guidance Cannonball radiating a terrifying aura shot forth.
A Grade Eight fixed-installation Soul Guidance Cannonball!
The fixed-installation Soul Guidance Cannonball was completely black and emitted terrifying energy fluctuations.
It carved a scorching trail through the air as it rapidly hurtled straight toward Ling Xiao.
Within the Thunder Domain.
The lightning strikes from above continued without pause, bolt after bolt striking the Soul Guidance Cannonball.
However...
The higher the grade of a Soul Tool, the more precious the metals used to make it. The more precious the metal, the harder it was for Ling Xiao to detonate.
When Heavenly Thunder struck the cannonball, it failed to pierce through it immediately.
Instead, because the metal surface was too smooth, the Heavenly Thunder slid directly along it and failed to detonate the cannonball.
Ling Xiao's gaze narrowed slightly as he raised a hand and gathered several bolts of Heavenly Thunder together.
That bolt of Heavenly Thunder continuously grew stronger, its power far beyond those earlier lightning strikes.
Once he felt its power was sufficient, Ling Xiao blasted that lightning toward the Soul Guidance Cannonball.
It was precisely this move that allowed Ling Xiao to pierce through the cannonball.
"Boom~!"
The explosion of the Grade Eight fixed-installation Soul Guidance Cannonball lifted the ice sheet across dozens of meters.
A scorching blast wave spread outward in every direction from the center of the explosion.
Seeing this.
Ling Xiao immediately retreated a hundred meters, barely avoiding the blast's aftermath.
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