Terrorist Attack

Xie Xie and the others quickly scattered, evacuating the ordinary passengers who were not Soul Masters and ensuring that the aftermath of the battle would not reach them.

Star Luo's accompanying mech unit also took to the air and began exchanging fire with the enemy mechs.

Tang Wulin leaped onto the roof of the train, then onto a yellow-rank mech in midair. Using it as a foothold, he shot straight toward the enemy mech formation, exposing himself directly among the enemy mechs.

Tang Wulin's expression did not change. Calm and composed, he drew the Golden Dragon Spear. Its radiance spread like a net, precisely intercepting every soul-guided beam. Sheets of floating ice appeared beneath his feet from time to time, helping him remain in the air.

Golden Words Transform into a Flood Dragon swept its tail across a row of yellow-rank mechs. Their shields shattered instantly, and their destabilized energy cores exploded one after another. The mechs were destroyed, and their pilots perished.

Golden light shot from Tang Wulin's eyes. Several mechs attempting to block his path took the mental assault head-on, and their pilots' fragile spiritual seas were shredded beneath the pressure of the Divine Origin Realm. Tang Wulin kicked a purple-rank mech, activating Golden Dragon Shakes the Earth. The incomparably sturdy mech was instantly crushed into powder.

Everyone below was dumbfounded.

What kind of terrifying strength was needed to kick a mech apart?

Tang Wulin charged toward the black-rank mech hovering in the air.

The other two were locked in battle with Wu Changkong. Only the black-rank mech, stationed at the center of the mech formation, could contend with Star Luo's mech squadron firepower and Gu Yue's artillery-like spellcasting.

Seeing him rapidly approach, the black-rank mech tried to evade.

But at that moment, a Starlight Chain silently locked down its movements, leaving it rigid—Tang Wulin directly grabbed its arm and viciously swung it away—"Bang!" The black-rank mech smashed into the ground.

It looked like nothing more than a brute-force throw, but how could Tang Wulin have only such methods? The instant he grabbed it, he used the Dragon Emperor Forbidden Art, sealing all the black-rank mech's power—then came another kick, and the black-rank mech exploded with a roar.

Less than a minute had passed from the moment Tang Wulin joined the frontal battlefield to the instant the situation reversed.

Standing atop the black-rank mech's wreckage, he raised his eyes toward the enemy mech squadron beginning to retreat through the sky. Wu Changkong's greatsword left its sheath, frost marks ruthlessly harvesting the lives of the remaining two mech pilots. As the last two black mechs fell, the enemy's decline became completely irreversible.

Tang Wulin's voice, carrying unquestionable authority, spread across the battlefield and slammed into the enemy mech pilots' spiritual seas like a heavy hammer. "Get lost already!"

The red-rank mech battling Cai Yue'er in the sky seemed to split into countless shadows, swiftly shaking off Cai Yue'er's pursuit.

A cold voice rang out. "Sima Lanxiao, I know you're here. Tell your emperor that if he still refuses to take a stance, then you'd better pray that a Hyper Douluo protects you every time!"

Cai Yue'er raised her hand, and strands of silver light wound toward the red figure. Silver Moon Radiance glittered as silver threads intertwined through the air, yet they failed to ensnare the fleeing fish.

With a flick of its tail, the red-rank mech vanished.

He could not defeat Cai Yue'er head-on, but Cai Yue'er would also have found it difficult to keep him. If she insisted on doing so, she would inevitably have to pay a price. Besides, this was clearly an internal matter of Star Luo, unrelated to her. There was naturally no need for her to wade into these muddy waters.

Cai Yue'er landed beside Tang Wulin.

The mech unit began clearing the battlefield. Tang Wulin's mental attacks and unreasonable method of blowing mechs apart, along with Gu Yue's firepower coverage, meant that in the end, only two clear-minded pilots were captured. The rest were either dead or insane.

The battle between the enemy and their side had inevitably affected some areas as well. Unfortunately, one section of track had been severely damaged and required half a day to repair.

After leading the crowd to safety, Xie Xie and the others rejoined Tang Wulin's group.

"Boss, you really are a lucky charm." Xie Xie clicked his tongue in amazement.

Tang Wulin rolled his eyes at him. "Shut up."

Xie Xie grinned. "Heh heh."

Gu Yue looked at Tang Wulin. "You weren't hurt, were you?"

Tang Wulin shook his head, then pondered aloud, "Looks like I need to develop some flying ability. It's inconvenient to keep jumping around like this."

Wu Changkong said, "Become a Soul Sage."

Tang Wulin said helplessly, "It's not a good thing for my soul power to advance too quickly. I need to accumulate more first."

In his previous life, he had been in the Blood God Legion when he reached six rings. Absorbing a massive amount of abyssal energy had allowed him to condense a soul core as soon as he attained six rings.

In this life, he had reached six rings far too smoothly, without even encountering a bottleneck. Instead, he had missed the process of compressing his soul core. After realizing this issue, Tang Wulin consciously slowed the pace of his soul power cultivation, focusing primarily on compression and refinement.

Recently, he had mainly been strengthening his bloodline power. He had now broken through the sixth seal and regained the ability to use Golden Dragon Roar.

What he had used to drive off the mech formation just now was an application of Golden Dragon Roar.

Tang Wulin sensed his surging bloodline power, which faintly showed signs of forming into a vortex—this progress was somewhat faster than in his previous life.

Ye Xinglan said, "Next time, let's try the battle armor again."

Tang Wulin asked, "You can make a two-word battle armor now?"

Ye Xinglan nodded. "It's worth a try."

Tang Wulin said, "Don't force yourself too hard."

Ye Xinglan said, "Trust me."

Her eyes were filled with confidence.

Tang Wulin gave a wry smile. "If it gets scrapped again..."

Ye Xinglan sneered. "Then compensate me with two pieces of divine-grade metal."

Gu Yue added, "At the very least, we need to figure out why."

Tang Wulin said, "Mm. Once things settle down, we'll try again."

Half a day passed quickly, and the Douluo delegation once again set out for Star Luo's capital.

The train's reception car.

Cai Yue'er sat beside Tang Wulin and said, "I have no interest in Star Luo's internal affairs, but you need to give us an explanation for this matter."

Sima Lanxiao's face was full of apology. "I'm truly sorry, Elder Cai. I never expected Green Skull and the others to be so unscrupulous in pursuit of their goals."

The Green Skull organization had split from Star Luo during the evolution of its imperial power. During Star Luo's political upheaval, Green Skull's first-generation leader took the opportunity to become independent, gaining control of part of the economic lifeline and forming a faintly oppositional balance with the imperial family. Otherwise, how could the Green Skull organization possibly afford to maintain a red-rank mech?

But as the Star Luo imperial family continued to develop, Star Luo's social administrative system gradually moved closer to that of the Federation under reforms led by the imperial family. The Star Luo imperial family's prestige, strength, and control over the economy continued to rise.

At first, the interest group represented by the imperial family would still meet some of Green Skull's demands. But in recent years, Green Skull's expanding interests had increasingly been suppressed and squeezed out. The voices of its left-wing faction had steadily grown louder, gradually giving rise to extremist terrorism.

This attack was a product of terrorism.

Sima Lanxiao said solemnly, "Our Star Luo government will absolutely not let this matter rest either. I will truthfully report to His Majesty the important role all of you from Shrek played in this attack. Shrek is an honored guest of Star Luo, and the Federation is also our sincere partner. We will certainly give you a satisfactory response."

Cai Yue'er and the Federation Foreign Minister nodded slightly. They knew no substantive conclusion could be offered immediately, but in politics, certain necessary attitudes still had to be made clear.

Tang Wulin watched quietly, gaining some insight into why Cai Yue'er had brought him along.

Sima Lanxiao gave Cai Yue'er a slight bow. "We have you to thank for this."

Cai Yue'er said, "No need."

Sima Lanxiao smiled at Tang Wulin. "What an outstanding young talent."

Tang Wulin smiled faintly. "Thank you. When will we arrive?"

"Tomorrow."

Sima Lanxiao smiled. "You have all worked hard today."

Cai Yue'er and Tang Wulin rose to their feet. "Farewell."

The next instant, the two vanished from the reception car.